List of the best Paul Mooney movies: Homie Spumoni(2007), The Legend of Dolemite!(1994), High Freakquency(1998), Hollywood Shuffle(1987), Bamboozled(2000), Dance With a Stranger(1985), The Buddy Holly Story(1978) ... ...
Comedy
USA
2007
90 Minutes
George
Donald Faison Joey Fatone Tony Rock Paul Mooney Whoopi Goldberg
All his life, African-American Renato has been raised in an Italian-American family. Completely unaware that he is Black, his life is upended when his birth parents materialize, causing Renato to examine what he true heritage is.
Documentary, Comedy
USA
1994
75 Minutes
Eddie Griffin Ice-T John Landis Mike D Paul Mooney Rudy Ray Moore
Blaxploitation legend Rudy Ray Moore tells all in a retrospective of his illustrious career as the original "Godfather of Rap".
Comedy
1998
98 Minutes
Love Doctor
John Witherspoon Marcus Chong A.J. Johnson Ajai Sanders Paul Mooney
An intern, a disc jockey and others oppose a corrupt manager (John Witherspoon) trying to sabotage his radio station's successful ratings.
Comedy
USA
1987
80 Minutes
President of NAACP
Robert Townsend Anne-Marie Johnson Starletta DuPois Helen Martin Craigus R. Johnson Dominick Irrera Paul Mooney Lisa Mende Robert Shafer John Witherspoon Ludie Washington
actor brother mother grandmother writer director hilarious profound dreamy los angeles barbershop hot dog stand movie studio basketball court movie set stereotypes hollywood prejudice african-americans acting self-respect
An actor limited to stereotypical roles because of his ethnicity, dreams of making it big as a highly respected performer. As he makes his rounds, the film takes a satiric look at African American actors in Hollywood.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2000
135 Minutes
Junebug
Damon Wayans Savion Glover Jada Pinkett Smith Tommy Davidson Michael Rapaport Thomas Jefferson Byrd Paul Mooney Sarah Jones Gillian White Susan Batson Yasiin Bey
writer television producer television star assistant brother cheeky creative hysterical quirky gutsy studio new york city office apartment race relations television performance stereotypes unexpected success underdog
A frustrated African-American TV writer proposes a blackface minstrel show in protest, but to his chagrin it becomes a hit.
Drama
UK
1985
102 Minutes
Clive Gunnell
Miranda Richardson Rupert Everett Ian Holm Matthew Carroll Tom Chadbon Jane Bertish David Troughton Paul Mooney Stratford Johns Joanne Whalley-Kilmer Susan Kyd
hostess boyfriend son dark chilling london nightclub murder obsession class conflict betrayal affair forbidden love revenge fall 1950s
A stormy relationship, complicated by the strictures of 1950s social class and gender roles, ends in death. Based on the life of Ruth Ellis, the last woman hanged in Britain.
Biography
USA
1978
113 Minutes
Gary Busey Don Stroud Charles Martin Smith William Jordan Maria Richwine Conrad Janis Albert Popwell Amy Johnston Jim Beach Jake Barnes Fred Travalena
performer band member wife rock star engaging frenetic rousing texas nashville, tenn. concert stage harlem, n.y. airplane buddy holly rock 'n' roll ambition freedom tragic death quest underdog love
The story of the life and career of the early rock and roll singer, from his meteoric rise to stardom, to his marriage and untimely death.