Contact, based on the novel of the same name by Carl Sagan, is the story of a free thinking radio astronomer (Jodie Foster) who discovers an intelligent signal broadcast from deep space. ...more about Contact

Ambitious land developers descend on a tiny Florida coastline community, inhabited mostly by local yokels and elderly African Americans. Many of them don't want to see their homes and businesses sacrificed in the name of "progress" (a.k.a. ...more about Sunshine State

Nick Wells, a professional criminal, decides to leave the business for good, since he nearly got caught on his last job. His plan is to live in peace with his girl Diane, running his Montreal jazz club NYC. ...more about Score

Lewis has invented a memory scanner in effort to know why his mother placed him up for adoption. When the evil Bowler Hat Guy steels Lewis' invention, Wilber takes Lewis to the future in a time machine to get his invention back and discover the secrets of the Robinson family. ...more about Meet the Robinsons

Twelve year-old Akeelah Anderson's life is not easy: her father is dead, her mom ignores her, her brother runs with the local gangbangers. She's smart, but her environment threatens to strangle her aspirations. ...more about Akeelah and the Bee

City of Hope is a portrait of a typical middle-sized American city of the present day. The crux of the story is an old apartment block which stands in the way of a major commercial development. ...more about City of Hope

The true story of a young teacher who fights against the board of education in her bid to teach underprivileged kids in a Harlem school the beauty of music through the violin. ...more about Music of the Heart

Bernie Mac stars as an over-the-hill ballplayer who learns there's more to the game than individual stats and a Hall-of-Fame plaque. ...more about Mr. 3000

Stella (Angela Bassett) is a highly successful, forty-something San Francisco stock broker who is persuaded by her colorful New York girlfriend Delilah (Whoopi Goldberg) to take a well deserved, first-class vacation to Jamaica. ...more about How Stella Got Her Groove Back

A movies special effects man is hired by a government agency to help stage the assassination of a well known gangster. When the agency double cross him, he uses his special effects to trap the gangster and the corrupt agents. ...more about F/X

Marie has two appetites, sex and blood. ...more about Innocent Blood

Maximillian is the only survivor from a race of vampires on a Caribbean Island, and as a vampire, he must find a mate to keep the line from ending. ...more about Vampire in Brooklyn

Stan Ross was a baseball superstar who turned his back on the game years ago when he finally hit 3,000 hits. Years later, he's now a successful, self-made entrepreneur whose many businesses revolve around his title: Mr. 3000. ...more about Mr 3000

This story based on the best selling novel by Terry McMillan follows the lives of four African-American women as they try to deal with their very lives. ...more about Waiting to Exhale

On a cold afternoon during the Apartheid era, an aging "Brown" couple arrive at the Swartkops mud flat near Capetown. They are scavengers rousted out of their shanty town that morning by Afrikaners. They've walked all day carrying what they possess. ...more about Boesman and Lena

May-Alice Culhane was a successful soap opera star, but a car accident has left her bound to a wheelchair. She returns to her now-empty family home in the bayous of Louisiana which she had eagerly left years before. ...more about Passion Fish

Supernova chronicles the search and rescue patrol of a medical ship in deep space in the early 22nd century and its six-member crew which includes a Captain and Pilot (Robert Forster),a co-pilot (James Spader), a medical officer (Angela Bassett), a ...more about Supernova

Against the backdrop of a nation on the brink of revolution, Uncle Sweetheart (John Goodman) and Nina Veronica (Jessica Lange) are slimy promoters planning a benefit concert. ...more about Masked and Anonymous

Panther is a semi-historic film about the origins of The Black Panther Party of Self-Defense. The movie spans about 3 years (1966-68) of the Black Panther's history in Oakland. Panther also uses historical footage (B/W) to emphasize some points. ...more about Panther

A single mother living in inner city Chicago, Brenda has been struggling for years to make ends meet and keep her three kids off the street. ...more about Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns

Chronicles the career of Tina Turner from the time she met musician-songwriter Ike Turner until the launch of her solo career in the early 1980's. Contains faithful reenactments of stage performances by Ike and Tina turner. ...more about What's Love Got to Do with It

Supernova chronicles the lives of a six-man crew and their search and rescue mission in deep space in the early 22nd Century. ...more about Supernova

A road accident leaves seven-year-old Frankie Heywood gravely injured and deeply comatose, when she is hit by a bus, and her twelve-year-old brother Ben severely depressed and traumatised after he witnessed the event. ...more about Lazarus Child