List of the best Vondie Curtis-Hall movies: Glitter(2001), Abducted: The Carlina White Story(2012), Toni Braxton: Unbreak My Heart(2016), Drop Squad(1994), Turn It Up(2000), Deceit(2004), Passion Fish(1992), Ali: An American Hero(2000), Honeydripper(2007), Heaven's Prisoners(1996), Breaking Brooklyn(2017), Black Nativity(2013) ... ...
Drama
USA
2001
104 Minutes
Director
Mariah Carey Max Beesley Da Brat Tia Texada Valarie Pettiford Ann Magnuson Terrence Howard Dorian Harewood Grant Nickalls Eric Benet Padma Lakshmi
aspiring singer mother record producer dj drug addict friend positive melodramatic mushy new york city nightclub recording studio restaurant dance studio stage stardom aspirations mother/daughter relationship singing romance
A young singer dates a disc jockey who helps her get into the music business, but their relationship become complicated as she ascends to super stardom.
Drama
2012
90 Minutes
Director
Aunjanue Ellis Keke Palmer Sherri Shepherd Roger Cross Afton Williamson Fulvio Cecere Candus Churchill Heather Doerksen
Ann Pettway (Aunjanue Ellis) kidnaps an infant from a New York hospital and raises the child as her own daughter.
Drama, Biography
2016
90 Minutes
Director
Lex Scott Davis Debbi Morgan Gavin Houston Cortney Scott Wright Skye P. Marshall LaToya Franklyn Tiffany Hines
Rhythm and blues singer-songwriter Toni Braxton (Lex Scott Davis) tackles personal issues related to her battle with lupus, divorce and her son's autism.
Drama
USA
1994
86 Minutes
Eriq La Salle Vondie Curtis-Hall Ving Rhames Kasi Lemmons Leonard L. Thomas Eric Payne Vanessa Williams Michael Ralph Nicole Powell Afemo Omilami
ad executive activist african-american restaurant employee kidnapper militant amusing campy outlandish new york city office restaurant warehouse racial issues activism brainwashing kidnapping advertising secret society transformation
Political satire about an underground militant group that kidnaps African-Americans who have sold out their race. The story follows as the group led Curtis-Hall and Rhames kidnaps an ... See full summary »
Drama, Music
USA
2000
86 Minutes
Cliff
Pras Ja Rule Vondie Curtis-Hall Tamala Jones Jason Statham Eugene Clark John Ralston Chris Messina
rapper manager drug trafficker mother father girlfriend engaging brutal gritty brooklyn, n.y. nightclub recording studio stage warehouse mansion street life rap music drug trade theft aspirations
Trying to bootstrap his way out of Brooklyn's mean streets is Diamond, a rap musician. With his long-time pal Gage acting as his manager, he's trying to lay down a demo tape with cut-rate ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
2004
96 Minutes
Detective Hal Kazin
Marlo Thomas Brett Cullen Vondie Curtis-Hall William Devane Emily Barclay Louis Corbett Andrew Robertt Catherine Boniface
A woman (Marlo Thomas) makes alarming discoveries about her husband's business and personal life after he is reported lost at sea.
Drama
USA
1992
134 Minutes
Sugar LeDoux
Mary McDonnell Alfre Woodard David Strathairn Vondie Curtis-Hall Nora Dunn Sheila Kelley Angela Bassett Leo Burmester Mary Portser Shauntisa Willis John Henry Redwood
actress nurse daughter therapist friend emotional fiery profound louisiana family home new york city accident paralysis grief friendship alcoholism love-hate relationship discovery transformation rise
After an accident leaves her a paraplegic, a former soap opera star struggles to recover both emotionally and mentally, until she meets her newest nurse, who has struggles of her own.
Biography
2000
97 Minutes
Drew "Bundini" Brown
David Ramsey Clarence Williams III Joe Morton Vondie Curtis-Hall Martin Ferrero Antonio Fargas Khalil Kain Earl Boen Ray Baker Beverly Todd Yvonna Kopacz
Boxer Cassius Clay's life includes his Muslim transformation into Muhammad Ali and his 1974 fight with George Foreman for the heavyweight championship.
Drama
USA
2007
123 Minutes
Slick
Danny Glover LisaGay Hamilton Yaya DaCosta Charles S. Dutton Vondie Curtis-Hall Gary Clark Jr. Stacy Keach Ruben Santiago-Hudson
club owner pianist guitarist singer landlord frenetic amusing alabama club train station field technology music industry debt changing times underdog rise 1950s
1950. Rural Alabama. Cotton harvest. It's a make-or-break weekend for the Honeydripper Lounge and its owner, piano player Tyrone "Pine Top" Purvis. Deep in debt to the liquor man, the ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA|UK
1996
126 Minutes
Minos P. Dautrieve
Alec Baldwin Mary Stuart Masterson Kelly Lynch Teri Hatcher Eric Roberts Vondie Curtis-Hall Badja Djola Samantha Lagpacan Joe Viterelli Tuck Milligan Hawthorne James
ex-policeman drug lord exotic dancer wife young girl thug gripping suspenseful new orleans family home lake streetcar murder marriage helping others investigation plane crash drug trade mystery revenge
A hardened New Orleans cop, Dave Robicheaux, finally tosses in the badge and settles into life on the bayou with his wife. But a bizarre plane crash draws him back into the fray when his family is viciously threatened.
Drama
USA
2017
97 Minutes
Greg Bryant
Chris Petrovski Nathan Kress Louis Gossett Jr. Jack Noseworthy Madeleine Mantock Vondie Curtis-Hall Catherine Curtin Liza Colón-Zayas
young boy brother showman estranged brother amusing confident dreamy emotional heartwarming tender dance studio street theater new york brooklyn survival reconciliation dancing passion discovery
A 12 year old boy with a passion for dance and his brother are rescued from the streets by an old showman who takes them to live with his estranged former dancing partner/brother.
Musical, Other, Drama
USA
2013
93 Minutes
Pawnbroker
Forest Whitaker Angela Bassett Jennifer Hudson Tyrese Gibson Jacob Latimore Mary J. Blige Nas Vondie Curtis-Hall Luke James Grace Gibson Rotimi
african-american teenager mother reverend heartwarming lighthearted melodramatic baltimore new york city church faith healing christmas family love temptation quest 2010s
A street-wise teen from Baltimore who has been raised by a single mother travels to New York City to spend the Christmas holiday with his estranged relatives, where he embarks on a surprising and inspirational journey.
Crime, Drama
USA
2009
121 Minutes
Capt. James Brasser
Nicolas Cage Eva Mendes Val Kilmer Alvin "Xzibit" Joiner Fairuza Balk Shawn Hatosy Jennifer Coolidge Tom Bower Vondie Curtis-Hall Irma P. Hall Denzel Whitaker
lieutenant drug addict father police chief client prostitute disturbing intense gritty new orleans house apartment police station addiction moral dilemma hard times crime police work murder investigation fall
Terence McDonagh is a drug- and gambling-addled detective in post-Katrina New Orleans investigating the killing of five Senegalese immigrants.
Drama
USA
2014
85 Minutes
Caius Lucius
Ethan Hawke Ed Harris Milla Jovovich John Alberto Leguizamo Penn Badgley Dakota Johnson Anton Yelchin Peter Gerety Kevin Corrigan Vondie Curtis-Hall Bill Pullman
kingpin baron outlaw thrilling street city anarchy empire war rivalry
A gritty story of a take-no-prisoners war between dirty cops and an outlaw biker gang. A drug kingpin is driven to desperate measures.
Drama
1992
96 Minutes
Anna Maria Horsford Curtis McClarin Christopher Daniel Barnes Georg Stanford Brown Taurean Blacque Guy Killum Cuba Gooding Jr. Jay Underwood Carla Gugino Dakin Matthews Hari Rhodes
Based on Robert Sam Anson's book about the 1985 death of a black honor student at the hands of police.
Biography, Drama, History
USA
2015
97 Minutes
Peter Sarsgaard Winona Ryder Dennis Haysbert Jim Gaffigan Taryn Manning Kellan Lutz John Alberto Leguizamo Anton Yelchin Anthony Edwards Lori Singer Edoardo Ballerini
professor wife psychologist test subject student frightening new york city yale university university home human nature unintended consequences ethics life story consequences authority discovery 1960s
In 1961, famed social psychologist Stanley Milgram conducted a series of radical behavior experiments that tested ordinary humans' willingness to obey authority.
Drama, Romance
1996
120 Minutes
Leonardo DiCaprio Claire Danes Brian Dennehy John Alberto Leguizamo Pete Postlethwaite Paul Sorvino Diane Venora Harold Perrineau Paul Rudd Jesse Bradford Dash Mihok
romeo juliet mother father cousin suitor thrilling passionate outlandish sad california beach church mansion ballroom street young love family feud passion murder
Twentieth-century teenagers (Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes) fall in love, despite feuding families, in an update of the classic tragedy.
Action, Biography, Drama, History
China|USA
2019
125 Minutes
Cynthia Erivo Janelle Monáe Leslie Odom Jr. Joe Alwyn Clarke Peters Jennifer Nettles Vanessa Bell Calloway Omar J. Dorsey Henry Hunter Hall Tim Guinee Nick Basta
freedom fighter slave slave trader civil rights activist civil rights leader racist cheery confident cool emotional engaging gripping gutsy heartwarming intense inspiring patriotic positive powerful profound
The extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman's escape from slavery and transformation into one of America's greatest heroes, whose courage, ingenuity, and tenacity freed hundreds of slaves and changed the course of history.
Drama
USA
2009
99 Minutes
Shannyn Sossamon Brandon Routh Lara Flynn Boyle Kerry Washington Carly Pope Thomas Ian Nicholas Desmond Harrington Illeana Douglas Evan Ross Ariel Winter Victor Rasuk
Various stories of how crack cocaine has infiltrated the inner-city streets.
Drama
USA
1994
112 Minutes
Alfre Woodard Delroy Lindo David Patrick Kelly Zelda Harris Carlton Williams Sharif Rashed Tse-Mach Washington Christopher Knowings Jose Zuniga Isaiah Washington Ivelka Reyes
young girl brother teacher father mother musician emotional moving brooklyn, n.y. apartment american south country house coming of age family youth growing up love transformation 1970s
Spike Lee's vibrant semi-autobiographical portrait of a school teacher, her stubborn jazz musician husband and their five kids living in Brooklyn in 1973.