Malcolm X (1992)

Marshall (2017)

Summary: The story of Thurgood Marshall, the crusading lawyer who would become the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, as he battles through one of his career-defining cases.

Release Date: October 13, 2017

Genres: Drama, Crime, Biography

Director: Reginald Hudlin

Writers: Michael Koskoff

, Jacob Koskoff

Runtime: 1 h 58 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Chestnut Ridge Productions, China Wit Media, Starlight Culture Entertainment

Distributor: KVH Media Group, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)

Countries: United States, China, Hong Kong

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 12,000,000

Domestic: $ 10,051,659

International: $ 65,157

Sing Your Song (2011)

Summary: Most people know the lasting legacy of Harry Belafonte, the entertainer. This film unearths his significant contribution to and his leadership in the civil rights movement in America and to social justice globally.

Release Date: April 14, 2012

Genres: Music, Documentary, Biography

Director: Susanne Rostock

Writer: Susanne Rostock

Runtime: 1 h 43 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Thought Engine Media Group

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 47,718

International: $ 17,592

Captain Marvel (2019)

Summary: Carol Danvers becomes one of the universe's most powerful heroes when Earth is caught in the middle of a galactic war between two alien races.

Release Date: March 08, 2019

Genres: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Directors: Anna Boden

, Ryan Fleck

Writers: Anna Boden

, Ryan Fleck

, Geneva Robertson-Dworet

Runtime: 2 h 03 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Walt Disney Pictures, Marvel Studios, Animal Logic

Distributor: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, Disney+, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment

Countries: United States, Australia

Language: English

Franchise: Marvel Cinematic Universe

Movie budget: $ 160,000,000

Domestic: $ 426,829,839

International: $ 704,586,607

Giant (1956)

Summary: Sprawling epic covering the life of a Texas cattle rancher and his family and associates.

Release Date: November 24, 1956

Genres: Drama, Western

Director: George Stevens

Writers: Edna Ferber

, Fred Guiol

, Ivan Moffat

Runtime: 3 h 21 min

MPAA: G

Production: George Stevens Productions, Polyphony Digital

Distributor: Warner Bros., National Broadcasting Company (NBC), Warner Home Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 5,400,000

Domestic: $ 32,855,818

International: $ 1,248

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The Color Purple (1985)

Summary: A black Southern woman struggles to find her identity after suffering abuse from her father and others over four decades.

Release Date: February 07, 1986

Genre: Drama

Director: Steven Spielberg

Writers: Menno Meyjes

, Alice Walker

Runtime: 2 h 34 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Warner Bros., Amblin Entertainment, The Guber-Peters Company

Distributor: Warner Home Video, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), CBS, Warner Bros. Television, HBO Max

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 15,000,000

Domestic: $ 98,467,863

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)

Summary: As Harry, Ron and Hermione race against time and evil to destroy the Horcruxes, they uncover the existence of the three most powerful objects in the wizarding world: the Deathly Hallows.

Release Date: November 19, 2010

Genres: Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery

Director: David Yates

Writers: Steve Kloves

, J.K. Rowling

Runtime: 2 h 26 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Warner Bros., Heyday Films

Distributor: ABC Family, HBO Max, Home Box Office (HBO), Peacock, Studio Distribution Services (SDS), Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, Warner Home Video

Countries: United Kingdom, United States

Language: English

Franchise: J.K. Rowling's Wizarding World

Movie budget: $ 150,000,000

Domestic: $ 296,374,621

International: $ 680,695,762

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Bend It Like Beckham (2002)

Summary: Two ambitious girls, despite their parents' wishes, have their hearts set on careers in professional football.

Release Date: August 01, 2003

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director: Gurinder Chadha

Writers: Gurinder Chadha

, Guljit Bindra

, Paul Mayeda Berges

Runtime: 1 h 52 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Kintop Pictures, UK Film Council, Filmförderung Hamburg, Helkon Media, The Works, Scion Films, Bend It Films, Roc Media, Road Movies Filmproduktion, Future Films, Redbus Pictures

Distributor: Searchlight Pictures, Disney+, Twentieth Century Fox

Countries: United Kingdom, Germany, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 3,500,159

Domestic: $ 32,543,449

International: $ 44,042,379

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The Great Debaters (2007)

Summary: A drama based on the true story of Melvin B. Tolson, a professor at Wiley College Texas. In 1935, he inspired students to form the school's first debate team, which went on to challenge Harvard in the national championship.

Release Date: December 25, 2007

Genres: Drama, Romance, Biography

Director: Denzel Washington

Writers: Robert Eisele

, Jeffrey Porro

, Tony Scherman

Runtime: 2 h 06 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Harpo Films, Marshall Production, Roth Films

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 15,000,000

Domestic: $ 30,236,407

International: $ 35,149

Wonder Woman (2017)

Summary: When a pilot crashes and tells of conflict in the outside world, Diana, an Amazonian warrior in training, leaves home to fight a war, discovering her full powers and true destiny.

Release Date: June 02, 2017

Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Director: Patty Jenkins

Writers: Allan Heinberg

, Zack Snyder

, Jason Fuchs

Runtime: 2 h 21 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Warner Bros., Atlas Entertainment, Cruel & Unusual Films, Cruel & Unusual Films, Wanda Pictures

Distributor: KVH Media Group, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, HBO Max, Cartoon Network

Countries: United States, China

Language: English

Franchise: DC Extended Universe

Movie budget: $ 149,000,000

Domestic: $ 412,845,172

International: $ 410,825,510

Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)

Summary: A housewife who is unhappy with her life befriends an old lady at a nursing home and is enthralled by the tales she tells of people she used to know.

Release Date: January 24, 1992

Genre: Drama

Director: Jon Avnet

Writers: Fannie Flagg

, Carol Sobieski

Runtime: 2 h 10 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Universal Pictures, Act III Communications, Avnet/Kerner Productions, Electric Shadow Productions, Fried Green Tomatoes Productions

Distributor: Universal Pictures, MCA/Universal Home Video, National Broadcasting Company (NBC)

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 11,000,000

Domestic: $ 82,418,501

International: $ 37,000,000

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)

Summary: With their warning about Lord Voldemort's return scoffed at, Harry and Dumbledore are targeted by the Wizard authorities as an authoritarian bureaucrat slowly seizes power at Hogwarts.

Release Date: July 11, 2007

Genres: Action, Adventure, Family

Director: David Yates

Writers: Michael Goldenberg

, J.K. Rowling

Runtime: 2 h 18 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Warner Bros., Heyday Films, Cool Music

Distributor: American Broadcasting Company (ABC), HBO Max, Peacock, Studio Distribution Services (SDS), Warner Bros. Home Entertainment

Countries: United Kingdom, United States

Language: English

Franchise: J.K. Rowling's Wizarding World

Movie budget: $ 150,000,000

Domestic: $ 292,382,727

International: $ 649,895,318

Radio (2003)

Summary: The story of a high school coach and the developmentally challenged man who he took under his wing.

Release Date: October 24, 2003

Genres: Drama, Sport, Biography

Director: Michael Tollin

Writers: Mike Rich

, Gary Smith

Runtime: 1 h 49 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Revolution Studios, Tollin/Robbins Productions

Distributor: Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE), Columbia Pictures, Revolution Studios, Sony Pictures Releasing, Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, Fox Network, Sony Pictures Television International, The CW Network (The CW)

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 35,000,000

Domestic: $ 52,333,738

International: $ 959,890

Till (2022)

Summary: In 1955, after Emmett Till is murdered in a brutal lynching, his mother vows to expose the racism behind the attack while working to have those involved brought to justice.

Release Date: October 28, 2022

Genres: Drama, Biography, History

Director: Chinonye Chukwu

Writers: Michael Reilly

, Keith Beauchamp

, Chinonye Chukwu

Runtime: 2 h 10 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Eon Productions, Frederick Zollo Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Orion Pictures, Whoop/One Ho Productions/Lil' Whoop Productions

Distributor: United Artists Releasing, Studio Distribution Services (SDS), Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)

Countries: United States, United Kingdom

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 33,000,000

Domestic: $ 9,000,202

International: $ 2,498,682

Strange Days (1995)

Summary: A former cop turned street-hustler accidentally uncovers a conspiracy in Los Angeles in 1999.

Release Date: October 13, 1995

Genres: Action, Drama, Crime

Director: Kathryn Bigelow

Writers: James Cameron

, Jay Cocks

Runtime: 2 h 25 min

MPAA: R

Production: Lightstorm Entertainment

Distributor: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 42,000,000

Domestic: $ 7,959,291

Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)

Summary: When Tony Stark and Bruce Banner try to jump-start a dormant peacekeeping program called Ultron, things go horribly wrong and it's up to Earth's mightiest heroes to stop the villainous Ultron from enacting his terrible plan.

Release Date: May 01, 2015

Genres: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Director: Joss Whedon

Writers: Joss Whedon

, Stan Lee

, Jack Kirby

Runtime: 2 h 21 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Marvel Studios, Walt Disney Pictures

Distributor: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, Disney+

Country: United States

Language: English

Franchise: Marvel Cinematic Universe

Movie budget: $ 250,000,000

Domestic: $ 459,005,868

International: $ 946,012,180

Red Tails (2012)

Summary: A crew of African American pilots in the Tuskegee training program, having faced segregation while kept mostly on the ground during World War II, are called into duty under the guidance of Col. A.J. Bullard.

Release Date: January 20, 2012

Genres: Action, Drama, History

Director: Anthony Hemingway

Writers: John Ridley

, Aaron McGruder

, John B. Holway

Runtime: 2 h 05 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Twentieth Century Fox, Lucasfilm, Pakt Media

Distributor: Sea Movies, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, Disney+, HBO Max

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 58,000,000

Domestic: $ 49,876,377

International: $ 489,121