Sidney poitier

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poster Sounder
Sounder
(3.8/5)
105mn - Drama
The oldest son of a loving and strong family of black sharecroppers comes of age in the Depression-era South after his father is imprisoned for stealing food.
poster Algiers
Algiers
(3.3/5)
96mn - Drama, Action, Mystery
Pepe Le Moko is a notorious thief, who escaped from France. Since his escape, Moko has become a resident and leader of the immense Casbah of Algiers. French officials arrive insisting on Pepe's capture ar…
poster Sundown
Sundown
(2.9/5)
90mn - Drama, War
Englishmen fighting Nazis in Africa discover an exotic mystery woman living among the natives and enlist her aid in overcoming the Germans.
poster The Snows of Kilimanjaro
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
(3.1/5)
114mn - Action, Adventure, Drama
A dying writer reflects on his passionate but destructive relationships and lost dreams while lying wounded on an African safari, confronting the waste of his talent and the price of his pursuit of litera…
poster Man in the Attic
Man in the Attic
(3.1/5)
82mn - Crime, Drama, Mystery
London, 1888: on the night of the third Jack the Ripper killing, soft-spoken Mr. Slade, a research pathologist, takes lodgings with the Harleys, including a gloomy attic room for "experiments." Mrs. Harle…
poster In the Blink of an Eye
In the Blink of an Eye
(2.8/5)
90mn - Drama, Short, Crime
Hamel portrays director Dickoff who suspends her career in order to help a friend who's been in prison for quite some time in connection with a murder.
poster Pay or Die
Pay or Die
(2.7/5)
97mn - Action
An underworld kingpin's daughter is kidnapped by his own men. So, he calls in Cleopatra Wong, a beautiful karate queen. She brings a team with her - a 300+ pound psychic and a female impersonator
poster The Cape Town Affair
The Cape Town Affair
100mn - Action, Thriller
South African secret agents attempt to save confidential microfilm before it falls into the hands of Communists. A color remake of the Sam Fuller film, Pickup on South Street.
poster Rogues' Gallery
Rogues' Gallery
60mn - Mystery, Thriller
Reporter Patsy Reynolds and photographer Eddie Porter are assigned to interview John Foster, head of the Emmerson Foundation regarding a listening device the organization is working on. Foster evades them…
poster The Klansman
The Klansman
(2.6/5)
112mn - Crime, Drama, Thriller
A small southern town has just been rocked by a tragedy: a young white woman has been raped by a black man. When young black man Garth witnesses the Ku Klux Klan's violent retaliation against his innocent…
poster Behind Locked Doors
Behind Locked Doors
(3.3/5)
62mn - Drama, Crime, Thriller
Behind the locked doors of a mental institution resides crooked politico Judge Drake, free from prosecution so long as he pretends to be crazy. To get the goods on Drake, private detective Ross Stewart ha…
poster Stakeout
Stakeout
90mn - Crime, Drama
A young private investigator on the gritty streets of Los Angeles faces an impossible choice when he falls for the woman he's supposed to be surveilling for insurance fraud. With his sick mother's medical…
poster Just Pals
Just Pals
50mn - Drama, Western
Bim (Buck Jones) seems to be his town's biggest loser, but when he takes a needy 13-year-old boy named Bill (George Stone) under his wing, it seems there may be some hope for Bim. After learning about Bil…
poster Canon City
Canon City
(3.3/5)
82mn - Action, Crime, Drama
Prisoners battle each other -- and the police -- when they escape the Colorado State Penitentiary.
poster Africa Screams
Africa Screams
(3/5)
79mn - Comedy
When bookseller Buzz cons Diana into thinking that his friend Stanley knows all there is to know about Africa, they are abducted and ordered to lead Diana and her henchmen to an African tribe in search of…
poster House of Numbers: Anatomy of an Epidemic
House of Numbers: Anatomy of an Epidemic
(2.7/5)
90mn - Documentary
In House of Numbers: Anatomy of an Epidemic, an AIDS film like no other, the HIV/AIDS story is being rewritten. This is the first film to present the uncensored POVs of virtually all the major players; in…
poster Notorious
Notorious
(4.0/5)
102mn - Thriller, Drama, Romance
In order to help bring Nazis to justice, U.S. government agent T.R. Devlin recruits Alicia Huberman, the American daughter of a convicted German war criminal, as a spy. As they begin to fall for one anoth…
poster Exposé
Exposé
(2.7/5)
Nonemn - Drama, Thriller, Horror
A paranoid writer is unable to get started on his second novel. He hires a secretary and then his troubles really begin.
poster The Return of Superfly
The Return of Superfly
95mn - Drama, Action, Crime
In this third entry in the Superfly films, Priest returns to New York from Paris to find who is responsible for his friend's murder. With a couple of new friends, he attempts to bring the killers to justi…
poster Greed
Greed
(4/5)
100mn - Drama, Crime
A lottery win of $5,000 forever changes the lives of a miner turned dentist and his wife.
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