List of the best Derek Luke movies: Miracle at St. Anna(2008), Friday Night Lights(2004), Catch a Fire(2006), Notorious(2009), Baggage Claim(2013), Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail(2009), Sparkle(2012), Lions for Lambs(2007), Supremacy(2014), Definitely, Maybe(2008), Self/less(2015), Alex of Venice(2014) ... ...
War, Drama, History
Italy|USA
2008
160 Minutes
Derek Luke Michael Ealy Laz Alonso Omar Benson Miller Pierfrancesco Favino Valentina Cervi Matteo Sciabordi John Turturro Joseph Gordon-Levitt John Alberto Leguizamo Kerry Washington
reporter detective veteran soldier german soldier commander gripping dark tense tuscany, italy new york city village apartment war zone battlefield world war ii behind enemy lines pow/mia investigation racial issues
Set in 1944 Italy, the story of four black American soldiers who get trapped in a Tuscan village during WWII.
Drama
Germany|USA
2004
117 Minutes
Billy Bob Thornton Derek Luke Jay Hernandez Lucas Black Garrett Hedlund Tim McGraw Connie Britton Lee Thompson Young Lee Jackson Grover Coulson Connie Cooper
coach football player townsperson girlfriend quarterback high-school student emotional winsome rousing football field locker room classroom texas football small-town life high school redemption ambition pride sports
Based on H.G. Bissinger's book, which profiled the economically depressed town of Odessa, Texas and their heroic high school football team, The Permian High Panthers.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
France|UK|South Africa|USA
2006
102 Minutes
Tim Robbins Derek Luke Bonnie Henna Mncedisi Shabangu Tumisho K. Masha Sithembiso Khumalo Terry Pheto Michele Burgers
coach police officer wife son beauty queen suspenseful engaging powerful south africa prison inner city car freedom torture corruption politics revolution racism revenge rise
A drama about terrorism in Apartheid-era South Africa, revolving around a policeman and a young man who carries out solo attacks against the regime.
Biography, Drama
USA
2009
122 Minutes
Angela Bassett Derek Luke Jamal Woolard Anthony Mackie Antonique Smith Naturi Naughton Kevin Phillips Dennis L.A. White Marc John Jefferies Julia Pace Mitchell Aunjanue Ellis
rapper mother friend producer tense touching los angeles jail street studio las vegas hip-hop gangs prison career murder christopher "biggie smalls" wallace rise fall rivalry
The life and death story of The Notorious B.I.G. (a.k.a. Christopher Wallace), who came straight out of Brooklyn to take the world of rap music by storm.
Romance
USA
2013
96 Minutes
William Wright
Paula Patton Derek Luke Taye Diggs Jill Scott Boris Kodjoe Trey Songz Adam Brody Tia Mowry La La Anthony Djimon Hounsou Terrence Jenkins
flight attendant mother sister fiancé ex-boyfriend best friend heartwarming airy mushy airplane airport bedroom hotel apartment love romance marriage divorce sex family
Pledging to keep herself from being the oldest and the only woman in her entire family never to wed, Montana embarks on a thirty-day, thirty-thousand-mile expedition to charm a potential suitor into becoming her fiancé.
Comedy
2009
103 Minutes
Joshua
Tyler Perry Derek Luke Keshia Knight Pulliam David Mann Tamela Mann RonReaco Lee Ion Overman Vanessa Ferlito Robin Coleman Viola Davis Sofía Vergara
grandmother assistant district attorney prostitute daughter brother lawyer hysterical madcap endearing jail law office car courtroom diner church prison motherhood crime law and order class conflict
After a high-speed car chase and anger-management issues land Madea (Tyler Perry) behind bars, she befriends a young prostitute (Keshia Knight Pulliam).
Musical, Drama
USA
2012
112 Minutes
Stix
Jordin Sparks Whitney Houston Derek Luke Mike Epps Carmen Ejogo Tika Sumpter Omari Hardwick CeeLo Green Curtis Armstrong Terrence Jenkins Tamela Mann
mother daughter sister singer manager spirited melodramatic detroit household stage sister relationship music business mother/daughter relationship ambition romance rise sacrifice 1960s
In the 1960s, three sisters form a girl group and soon become local sensations with major label interest, but fame becomes a challenge as the close-knit family begins to fall apart.
Drama
USA
2007
92 Minutes
Arian
Robert Redford Meryl Streep Tom Cruise Derek Luke Michael Peña Andrew Garfield Peter Berg Kevin Dunn
college student college professor journalist senator lieutenant soldier gripping emotional fascinating college fraternity house government offices household military base afghanistan education military service inspiration politics war in afghanistan
Injuries sustained by two Army rangers behind enemy lines in Afghanistan set off a sequence of events involving a congressman, a journalist and a professor.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2014
106 Minutes
Raymond Walker
Danny Glover Joe Anderson Dawn Olivieri Derek Luke Evan Ross Lela Rochon Robin Wilson Anson Mount Nick Chinlund Sean McGowan
A just paroled white neo-nazi and his ruthless girlfriend kill a cop and take an African-American family hostage. Meanwhile the supremacist leader who oversees his criminal empire from behind bars, is not happy. Inspired by real events.
Romance, Drama
UK|France|Germany|USA
2008
112 Minutes
Russell T. McCormack
Ryan Reynolds Isla Fisher Abigail Breslin Rachel Weisz Derek Luke Elizabeth Banks Kevin Kline Kevin Corrigan Adam Ferrara Liane Balaban Nestor Serrano
political consultant daughter love interest journalist wife endearing amusing new york city family home father/daughter relationship love divorce marriage quest transformation 2000s
A political consultant tries to explain his impending divorce and past relationships to his 11-year-old daughter.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA
2015
116 Minutes
Anton
Ryan Reynolds Natalie Martinez Matthew Goode Victor Garber Derek Luke Michelle Dockery Ben Kingsley Jaynee-Lynne Kinchen Melora Hardin Sam Page Brendan McCarthy
billionaire industrialist dying person young man doctor assistant brooding confident intense suspenseful penthouse restaurant laboratory car bar bedroom medicine dying wish immortality ethics
A dying real estate mogul transfers his consciousness into a healthy young body, but soon finds that neither the procedure nor the company that performed it are quite what they seem.
Drama
USA
2014
86 Minutes
Frank
Mary Elizabeth Winstead Chris Messina Don Johnson Katie Nehra Derek Luke Timm Sharp Skylar Gaertner Matthew Del Negro Reg E. Cathey Jennifer Jason Leigh
lawyer ex-husband ex-wife workaholic uplifting sad moving inspiring venice beach, calif. separation lifestyle changes career vs. family discovery love rise 21st century
A workaholic attorney is forced to reinvent her life after her husband suddenly leaves.
Romance, Comedy, Drama
USA
2012
101 Minutes
Speck
Steve Carell Keira Knightley Adam Brody Connie Britton Melanie Lynskey Rob Corddry Patton Oswalt Derek Luke Martin Sheen Roger Aaron Brown Rob Huebel
salesman neighbor wife ex-girlfriend co-worker amusing cheeky offbeat suburb office household open road united states car apocalypse road trip search unlikely friendship lost love discovery
As an asteroid nears Earth, a man finds himself alone after his wife leaves in a panic. He decides to take a road trip to reunite with his high school sweetheart. Accompanying him is a neighbor who inadvertently puts a wrench in his plan.
Fantasy, Action, Adventure
USA
2011
124 Minutes
Chris Evans Hayley Atwell Sebastian Stan Tommy Lee Jones Hugo Weaving Dominic Cooper Richard Armitage Stanley Tucci Samuel L. Jackson Toby Jones Neal McDonough
soldier nazi best friend love interest supervillain superhero charming thrilling spectacular military base war zone laboratory germany united states times square good versus evil patriotism absolute power captain america world war ii
Steve Rogers, a rejected military soldier, transforms into Captain America after taking a dose of a "Super-Soldier serum". But being Captain America comes at a price as he attempts to take down a war monger and a terrorist organization.