Some Well-Connected Movies
Boyz n the Hood

Follows the lives of three young males living in the Crenshaw ghetto of Los Angeles, dissecting questions of race, relationships, violence and future prospects.
1991
Angela Bassett
actor
Mo' Better Blues

Jazz trumpeter Bleek Gilliam makes questionable decisions in his professional and romantic lives.
1990
Denzel Washington
actor
Mo' Better Blues

1990
Spike Lee
director
Malcolm X
Biographical epic of the controversial and influential Black Nationalist leader, from his early life and career as a small-time gangster, to his ministry as a member of the Nation of Islam.
1992
Angela Bassett
actor
Denzel Washington
actor
Spike Lee
director
Vampire in Brooklyn

Maximillian is the only survivor from a race of vampires on a Caribbean Island, and as a vampire, he must find a mate to keep the line from ending. He knows that a child had been born to a ...
1995
Angela Bassett
actor
Philadelphia

When a man with HIV is fired by his law firm because of his condition, he hires a homophobic small time lawyer as the only willing advocate for a wrongful dismissal suit.
1993
Denzel Washington
actor
Crooklyn

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.
1994
Spike Lee
director