The Narrows (2008)

Actors: Roger Rees (actor), Titus Welliver (actor), Vincent D'Onofrio (actor), Richard Marvin (composer), Kevin Zegers (actor), Brieann Rich (miscellaneous crew), Michael Ciesla (actor), Monica Keena (actress), Saul Stein (actor), Michael Kelly (actor), Michael Nozik (producer), Sophia Bush (actress), Shawntay Dalon (actress), Brendan Kehoe (miscellaneous crew), Michael Hoffman (producer),

Plot: A 19 year old Brooklyn boy who is torn between two worlds when his photography portfolio wins him a partial scholarship to NYU. He must figure out how to balance his Italian neighborhood roots with the expansive, sophisticated world on the other side of the East River. This compelling coming-of-age story combines suspense, murder and loyalty. Based on Tim McLoughlin's novel "Heart of the Old Country."

Keywords: based-on-novel, brooklyn-new-york-city, college-student, coming-of-age, father-son-relationship, mob-boss, mobster, new-york-city, photography-portfolio
Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller,
Taglines: He's got to get out, if he's going to get ahead.

Quotes:

Mike Manadoro: Gina Abrutzi - my girl friend. She says she'll quit smoking the day I ask her to marry me. So, on top of everything else, I cause lung cancer.

Mike Manadoro: I work in the typical car service crew. Evenly split between the retired, and the retarded.

Vinny Manadoro: [father-son conversation] He owns you now.

Kathy Popovich: [date conversation] My mother's a psychiatrist, so...::Mike Manadoro: What does your, uh, what does your mom say about you?::Kathy Popovich: That I'm a classic borderline histrionic, cerebral narcissist.

Lost in the Struggle (2006)

Actors: Paul Nguyen (producer), Tamar Weinstein (director), Mark Simms (producer), Tamar Weinstein (producer), Gillian Findlay (writer), Gillian Findlay (actress), Jennifer Fowler (producer), Albi Aziz (actor), Chuckie Akenz (actor), Andrew Burnett (actor),

Plot: For almost a year, three young men who grew up on the rough streets of the Jane and Finch area of Toronto, gave Gillian Findlay and the fifth estate unprecedented access to the complexities that make up their neighborhood and their world. For these three friends--Chuckie, Burnz and Freshy--the Jane and Finch area is a tough world to navigate, an even tougher one to escape. It is a story that will resonate in cities across the country.

Keywords: gangster-rap
Genres: Documentary, Short,

Akeelah and the Bee (2006)

Actors: Keke Palmer (actress), Aaron Zigman (composer), Laurence Fishburne (producer), Mark Cuban (producer), Rennie Cowan (actress), Michael Paseornek (producer), Angela Bassett (actress), Curtis Armstrong (actor), Craig Wasson (actor), Lee Garlington (actress), Wolfgang Bodison (actor), Laurence Fishburne (actor), D.T. Carney (actor), Dante (miscellaneous crew), Cassandra Barbour (miscellaneous crew),

Plot: Eleven year-old Akeelah Anderson's life is not easy: her father is dead, her mom ignores her, her brother runs with the local gangbangers. She's smart, but her environment threatens to strangle her aspirations. Responding to a threat by her school's principal, Akeelah participates in a spelling bee to avoid detention for her many absences. Much to her surprise and embarrassment, she wins. Her principal asks her to seek coaching from an English professor named Dr. Larabee for the more prestigious regional bee. As the possibility of making it all the way to the Scripps National Spelling Bee looms, Akeelah could provide her community with someone to rally around and be proud of -- but only if she can overcome her insecurities and her distracting home life. She also must get past Dr. Larabee's demons, and a field of more experienced and privileged fellow spellers.

Keywords: african-american, airplane, animal-in-title, birthday-party, brother-sister-relationship, bully, child's-point-of-view, child-prodigy, child-protagonist, courage
Genres: Drama,
Taglines: Changing the world... one word at a time.

Quotes:

Akeelah: [Javier has just kissed her] Why'd you do that?::Javier: I had an impulse. Are you gonna sue me for sexual harassment? [pause, then they both laugh]

Akeelah: [quoting Marianne Williamson] Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.::Dr. Larabee: Does that mean anything to you?::Akeelah: I don't know.::Dr. Larabee: It's written in plain English. What does it mean?::Akeelah: That I'm not supposed to be afraid?::Dr. Larabee: Afraid of what?::Akeelah: Afraid of... me?

Akeelah: Okay. But when I'm at the bee, and they tell me to spell some little fish from Australia or some weird bacteria on the moon, we're going to wish we'd done a little bit more "rotemorizing" and not so much essay reading. If you don't mind me saying.::Dr. Larabee: Bacteria don't exist on the moon.

Dr. Larabee: Where do you think big words come from?::Akeelah: People with big brains?

Akeelah: I'm naturally inquisitive.::Dr. Larabee: Yes, which is also sometimes confused with being naturally obnoxious.

[last lines]::Akeelah: You know that feeling where everything feels right? Where you don't have to worry about tomorrow or yesterday, where you feel safe and know you're doing the best you can? There's a word for that, it's called love. L-O-V-E.

Mr. Welch: So whoever wins the school bee today, gets to represent Crenshaw at the district bee next month.::Akeelah: Why would anybody want to represent a school where they can't even put doors on the toilet stalls?::[coughing]::Mr. Welch: Akeelah, if we can't show students can perform were not going to have money for books let alone bathroom doors. [pause] Now I want you to do the bee today, okay?::Akeelah: So everyone can call me a freak and a brainiac? No I ain't down for no spelling bee.::Mr. Welch: Well, maybe you'd be down for spending the rest of the semester in detention for all your absences?

Derrick-T: Man, that's a white word if I ever heard one. It's a trick. Stop playing!

Katie Kerwin McCrimmon: [commentating on TV] Several of the kids placed very high in last year's bee, especially Dylan Chiu. He's come in second two years in a row.::Derrick-T: Kick his butt, Akeelah! B-U-T-T, butt!

Even Trade (2004)

Actors: Robert C. Yu (miscellaneous crew), Simeon Henderson (actor), Duane Buford (composer), Michael Merrill (director), Michael Merrill (writer), David Newman (actor), Joseph Marcus (actor), Faris FayCurry (writer), Faris FayCurry (actor), JoAnn Fakhouri (actress), Faris FayCurry (producer), Ryan Palmer (actor), Vanessa Hughes (composer), Juan Marsh (actor), Nikole Childress (actress),

Plot: Childhood friendships mean nothing, when power and money come into play. There are brothers, and then there are best friends. Bonded in crime, now divided in their deep desire to become legitimate. Is Blood really thicker than water? Or, will water wash the blood away? Who stays in the street? Who stays uptown? Even Trade - When no deals a good deal.

Genres: Drama,
Taglines: When no deal's a good deal...

The Master of My Life (2002)

Actors: Jack Lilley (actor), Geoffrey Blake (actor), Brian Taylor Lee (actor), Nancy Renee (actress), Sheri Dayton (actress), Alexander Cole (actor), Drexel Maguire (actor), Mikey Holland (actor),

Genres: Drama,

Summer of Sam (1999)

Actors: Bill Raymond (actor), Elvis Presley (actor), John Leguizamo (actor), Arthur J. Nascarella (actor), Michael Imperioli (actor), Peter Maloney (actor), Anthony LaPaglia (actor), Michael Badalucco (actor), Keith Jackson (actor), Spike Lee (actor), Ben Gazzara (actor), Adrien Brody (actor), Howard Cosell (actor), John Savage (actor), Michael Rispoli (actor),

Genres: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller,
Taglines: The summer of '77 was a killer........ It Was A Time They'd Never Forget No one is safe from son of sam

Quotes:

Ritchie: Evil spelled backwards is live!

Ritchie: All right. What do you want me to tell you? Get a fuckin' divorce, then.::Vinny: Divorce is fuckin' evil, Ritchie. You got some fuckin' really bad advice.::Ritchie: Evil spelled backwards is live.::Vinny: You're a corny fuck, you know that?

Ritchie: [British accent] You ain't Bruce Lee. Stop kicking Woodstock.

Anthony: Yeah, they suck really good. Just like you, Ruby.::Ritchie: Come on. Relax.::Ruby: Yeah, I learned from your mother, dick.::Anthony: You gonna let your sister talk that way to me?::Brian: She's my half-sister.::Ritchie: Come on. Get lost.

Ritchie: [English accent] It's all in the at-titude.::Ruby: [mimicking] In the at-tit-ude...

Vinny: And now I'm just cheatin' a lot more than I ever did. But I thought- you know, I thought the man up there understood. I thought he under- would fuckin' understand...::Ritchie: God has nothing to do with this, Vin!::Vinny: Yes, he does. Yes, he does.

Vinny: Fuckin' make me sick, you fuckin' slut.::Dionna: I am a slut? You're calling me a slut? You lowlife piece of shit- you fucked- my- cousin! You didn't think I knew about that! I smelled her pussy juice all over your fuckin' face! You fuckin' sick bastard! How dare you? And all this time I'm thinking there's something wrong with me. You perverted sick fuck!

Vinny: Come on, get in the car. Please, baby.::Dionna: Baby? Don't you dare "baby" me! I'm gonna wait here! I'm gonna wait here until somebody comes along. You know what? I'm gonna wait until some soul brother comes along in his big black Cadillac. And you know and I know that he's got a big black dick too.::Vinny: Don't talk like that, just get inside the car.::Dionna: Oh, fuck you!::Vinny: Please, please, don't make me have to beg you. Come on- don't make me have to hurt you.::Dionna: Hurt me? Don't you lay a fuckin' pinkie on me!

Anthony: Hey, Ritch, why buy the cow when everybody else is gettin' the milk and steaks for free?::Ritchie: I like the cow.

Dionna: You wanna watch, Vinny? Will that turn you on, Vinny? You linguini dick motherfucker! You wanna watch?

Family Values (1995)

Actors: Susan Ruttan (actress), Marianne Muellerleile (actress), Kathryn Morris (actress), Orlando Brown (actor), Rick Peters (actor), David Lipper (actor), Matt Dotson (actor), Gerry Cohen (director), Jenna von Oÿ (actress), Christian Hoff (actor), Drew S. Levin (producer), Robert A. Bowen (miscellaneous crew), Catherine Nagan (actress),

Genres: ,

Magic to Love (1989)

Actors: Vangie Labalan (actress), Tony Carreon (actor), Jimmy Santos (actor), Boy Alano (actor), Zandro Zamora (actor), Jaime Fabregas (actor), Flora Gasser (actress), Janno Gibbs (actor), Bayani Casimiro (actor), Rudy Meyer (actor), Balot (actor), Robert Talabis (actor), Palito (actor), Romy Romulo (actor), Lucy Quinto (actress),

Genres: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi,

Kambal tuko (1988)

Actors: Ike Lozada (actor), Palito (actor), Bomber Moran (actor), Larry Silva (actor), Dencio Padilla (actor), Cris Daluz (actor), Flora Gasser (actress), Boy Alano (actor), Joaquin Fajardo (actor), Eddie Gutierrez (actor), Max Alvarado (actor), Richard Gutierrez (actor), Rudy Meyer (actor), Susan Roces (actress), Lucy Quinto (actress),

Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy,

Wild Thing (1987)

Actors: Robert Knepper (actor), Lorena Gale (actress), Robert Davi (actor), Ron Lea (actor), Tom Rack (actor), Lynne Adams (actress), Shawn Levy (actor), Arthur Holden (actor), Tyrone Benskin (actor), Clark Johnson (actor), Maury Chaykin (actor), J. Michael Hunter (actor), Robert Knepper (actor), Cree Summer (actress), Kathleen Quinlan (actress),

Genres: Action, Drama, Thriller,
Taglines: A loner. A legend. A hero.