Melvin Van Peebles Movies

List of the best Melvin Van Peebles movies: Confessionsofa Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha(2008), The Story of a Three-Day Pass(1967), Watermelon Man(1970), Identity Crisis(1989), Don't Play Us Cheap(1972), Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song(1971), Peeples(2013), Fist of the North Star(1995), Black, White and Blues(2010), Armed(2018), Antilles sur Seine(2000), Boomerang(1992) ... ...

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Confessionsofa Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha

A semi-autobiographical story about an adventurer whose journeys take him from Harlem to the high seas and back again.

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The Story of a Three-Day Pass

A black American soldier is demoted for fraternizing with a white girl in France.

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Watermelon Man

An extremely bigoted white man finds out the hard (and somewhat humorous) way what it's like being a black man, firsthand!

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Identity Crisis

A rapper finds himself possessed by the soul of a dead fashion designer; frequently switching personalities.

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Don't Play Us Cheap

Melvin Van Peebles wrote and directed this tale about two henchmen from hell who try to bust up a party in Harlem.

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Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song

A black man (Melvin Van Peebles) flees to Mexico after killing two white policemen who beat a black militant.

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Peeples

Sparks fly when Wade Walker crashes the Peeples annual reunion in the Hamptons to ask for their precious daughter Grace's hand in marriage.

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Fist of the North Star

Based on a graphic novel, this apocalyptic adventure centers on a man who must reverse the cataclysmic conditions of his world.

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Black, White and Blues

A stranger (Michael Clarke Duncan) has personal reasons for helping a would-be musician (Morgan Simpson) overcome his stage fright and get his career back on track.

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Armed

A former U.S. Marshal struggling to put his life together after a case gone wrong. A former colleague reappears in his life and explains all of the survivors of the man's unit are suffering... See full summary »

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Antilles sur Seine

While in Paris, Lucia Sainte Rose is kidnapped. Her husband, mayor of Marie-Galante, learns that he can only get his wife back in exchange for valid land in his town intended for the construction of a huge building complex.

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Boomerang

A successful executive and womanizer finds his lifestyle choices have turned back on him when his new female boss turns out to be an even bigger deviant than he is.

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