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Why Do Fools Fall in Love? (1998) - The film stars Larenz Tate as R&B sensation Frankie Lymon, who became the first black teenage singing idol, in America. The movie tells 3 different stories about the life of the lead singer of the famous NYC-based group called 'The Teenagers" and follows his shaky relationships with 3 different women; Zola Taylor (Halle Berry), Elizabeth Waters (Vivica A. Fox) and Emira Eagle (Lela Rochon).
Hoop Dreams (1994) - This critically-acclaimed documentary was shot over the course of 5 years. It chronicles the (real-life) events of 2 high-school athletes (William Gates and Arthur Agee) who travel 90 minutes each way from inner-city Chicago to St. Joseph High School in Westchester, Illinois. (A predominately white suburban school that is well-known for its excellent basketball program.)
Gates and Agee dream of NBA stardom, and with the support of their close-knit families, they battle the social and physical obstacles that stand in their way. This documentary won over 20+ prestigious film awards & was also nominated for an Academy Award.
The Inkwell (1994) - The Inkwell is a 'coming-of-age' comedy about Drew Tate (played by Larenz Tate); a quiet 16-year-old still recovering from the trauma of accidentally burning his own house down. Drew's parents, Kenny (Joe Morton) and Brenda (Suzzanne Douglas), take the family to Martha's Vineyard, Mass., to vacation with their wealthy relatives for the summer.
On the island, Drew discovers an upper-class black community that centers on parties held at a beach called the Inkwell. There, he falls for two different women (played by Jada Pinkett & Adrienne-Joi Johnson).
Hoop Dreams (1994) - This critically-acclaimed documentary was shot over the course of 5 years. It chronicles the (real-life) events of 2 high-school athletes (William Gates and Arthur Agee) who travel 90 minutes each way from inner-city Chicago to St. Joseph High School in Westchester, Illinois. (A predominately white suburban school that is well-known for its excellent basketball program.)
Gates and Agee dream of NBA stardom, and with the support of their close-knit families, they battle the social and physical obstacles that stand in their way. This documentary won over 20+ prestigious film awards & was also nominated for an Academy Award.
The Inkwell (1994) - The Inkwell is a 'coming-of-age' comedy about Drew Tate (played by Larenz Tate); a quiet 16-year-old still recovering from the trauma of accidentally burning his own house down. Drew's parents, Kenny (Joe Morton) and Brenda (Suzzanne Douglas), take the family to Martha's Vineyard, Mass., to vacation with their wealthy relatives for the summer.
On the island, Drew discovers an upper-class black community that centers on parties held at a beach called the Inkwell. There, he falls for two different women (played by Jada Pinkett & Adrienne-Joi Johnson).
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Not sure if everybody caught it, but the two black detectives chasing them were Coffin Ed and Gravedigger Jones from Cotton Comes to Harlem and Come Back Charleston Blue (different actors of course, but same characters).
“Who is that?”
“That’s Jesus.”
“I know who Jesus is, who’s in the other picture?”
“That’s his mama.”
“Got Damn!”
Lmao! I think i remembered that correctly.
Anybody put up Judgment Night yet?
It was heavily slept on back then.
It was heavily slept on back then.
Sugar Hill (1994) - Roemello Skuggs (Wesley Snipes) and his brother, Raynathan (Michael Wright), grew up surrounded by crime. As an adult, Roemello becomes a high-ranking drug dealer. Roemello's girlfriend, Melissa (Theresa Randle), however, does not approve of his lifestyle, and, after some violent altercations, Roemello begins questioning his choices also. Roemello and Melissa decide to start over in North Carolina, but Raynathan does everything he can to keep his brother from leaving.
Boiling Point (1993) - A Treasury agent (Wesley Snipes) and a mobster (Dennis Hopper) hunt each other according to their separate-but-equal deadlines for success.
Drop Zone (1994) - A daring prison break from an airliner at 30,000 feet leaves U.S. Marshal Pete Nessip (Wesley Snipes) mourning a brother and gunning for revenge. After being ordered to turn in his badge, he seeks out Jessie Crossman (Yancy Butler), a noted skydiver, and offers to sponsor her crew for the annual Independence Day parachuting show in Washington, D.C., if she trains him. Meanwhile, the mastermind behind the mid-air jailbreak (Gary Busey) is planning a daring computer theft on Independence Day.
Money Train (1995) - Charlie (Woody Harrelson) is a New York City transit cop with a mountain of gambling debts, and John (Wesley Snipes) is his responsible, and frequently exasperated, foster brother. They compete amicably for the affections of fellow officer Grace (Jennifer Lopez), but things become more serious when Charlie decides to rob the "money train" that carries the Transit Authority's daily proceeds. John must decide whether to prevent Charlie's crime or to join in on the heist.
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Down In The Delta (1998) - Sinclair family matriarch Rosa Lynn (Mary Alice) raises enough money to help her two grandchildren and drug-addicted adult daughter, Loretta (Alfre Woodard), move to a small Mississippi town in order to escape the dangers of inner-city Chicago. There, Loretta and her kids are taken in by her gruff uncle, Earl (Al Freeman Jr.), who attempts to instill a work ethic and sense of history in his niece. With the help of Earl's tough love, Loretta does her best to put her past demons behind her.
Once Upon a Time...When We Were Colored (1996) - It's 1946 in Mississippi, and young Cliff (Charles Earl Taylor Jr.), living under the care of great-grandfather Poppa (Al Freeman Jr.) and great-grandmother Ma Pearl (Paula Kelly), is starting to notice the world around him. But it isn't a pretty one for blacks in the South, and over the span of 16 years, Cliff gets introduced to segregation and sadness. But hope finally arises when his close-knit community bands together to fight for civil rights in a nonviolent way.
Daughters of the Dust (1991) - At the dawn of the 20th century, a family in the Gullah community of coastal South Carolina -- former West African slaves who adopted many of their ancestors' Yoruba traditions -- suffers a generational split. Young Haagar (Kaycee Moore) wants to move to the mainland away from tradition-bound matriarch Nana (Cora Lee Day). Former prostitute Yellow Mary (Barbara-O) gets a cold shoulder when she returns to the island with her female lover, especially from her sister Viola (Cheryl Lynn Bruce).
Eve's Bayou (1998) - Over the course of a long, hot Louisiana summer, a 10-year-old black girl, Eve Batiste (Jurnee Smollett), discovers that her family's affluent existence is merely a facade. The philandering of her suave doctor father, Louis (Samuel L. Jackson), creates a rift, throwing Eve's mother, Roz (Lynn Whitfield), and teenage sister, Cisely (Meagan Good), into emotional turmoil. Eve, though, manages to find some solace with her quirky psychic aunt, Mozelle (Debbi Morgan).
Once Upon a Time...When We Were Colored (1996) - It's 1946 in Mississippi, and young Cliff (Charles Earl Taylor Jr.), living under the care of great-grandfather Poppa (Al Freeman Jr.) and great-grandmother Ma Pearl (Paula Kelly), is starting to notice the world around him. But it isn't a pretty one for blacks in the South, and over the span of 16 years, Cliff gets introduced to segregation and sadness. But hope finally arises when his close-knit community bands together to fight for civil rights in a nonviolent way.
Daughters of the Dust (1991) - At the dawn of the 20th century, a family in the Gullah community of coastal South Carolina -- former West African slaves who adopted many of their ancestors' Yoruba traditions -- suffers a generational split. Young Haagar (Kaycee Moore) wants to move to the mainland away from tradition-bound matriarch Nana (Cora Lee Day). Former prostitute Yellow Mary (Barbara-O) gets a cold shoulder when she returns to the island with her female lover, especially from her sister Viola (Cheryl Lynn Bruce).
Eve's Bayou (1998) - Over the course of a long, hot Louisiana summer, a 10-year-old black girl, Eve Batiste (Jurnee Smollett), discovers that her family's affluent existence is merely a facade. The philandering of her suave doctor father, Louis (Samuel L. Jackson), creates a rift, throwing Eve's mother, Roz (Lynn Whitfield), and teenage sister, Cisely (Meagan Good), into emotional turmoil. Eve, though, manages to find some solace with her quirky psychic aunt, Mozelle (Debbi Morgan).
Gang Related (1997) - Corrupt cops Divinci (James Belushi) and Rodriguez (Tupac Shakur) have been murdering drug dealers and then selling their narcotics. But they accidentally kill an undercover DEA agent, and soon after the murder, the dead man's partner, Simms (Gary Cole), comes calling. In search of a scapegoat, Divinci and Rodriguez find a homeless alcoholic they call Joe Doe (Dennis Quaid). But keeping up the scheme becomes increasingly dangerous and complex, and the DEA grows suspicious of the crooked duo.
Caught Up (1998) - Poor choices and bad luck land a Los Angeles man (Bokeem Woodbine) in prison and in other scrapes with a new girlfriend (Cynda Williams).
Buffalo Soldiers (1997) - At the end of the Civil War, Washington Wyatt (Danny Glover) is liberated from slavery and signs up as a sergeant in the first all African-American U.S. Army unit. Once assigned to the unit, Wyatt realizes that both his commanding officer (Tom Bower) and his colonel (Bob Gunton) are racists. Tensions rise when Wyatt arrests Capt. Draper (Robert Knott) and several other Texas Rangers, all of whom are white. Later, Wyatt and his fellow soldiers set out to capture a hostile Indian chief.
Caught Up (1998) - Poor choices and bad luck land a Los Angeles man (Bokeem Woodbine) in prison and in other scrapes with a new girlfriend (Cynda Williams).
Buffalo Soldiers (1997) - At the end of the Civil War, Washington Wyatt (Danny Glover) is liberated from slavery and signs up as a sergeant in the first all African-American U.S. Army unit. Once assigned to the unit, Wyatt realizes that both his commanding officer (Tom Bower) and his colonel (Bob Gunton) are racists. Tensions rise when Wyatt arrests Capt. Draper (Robert Knott) and several other Texas Rangers, all of whom are white. Later, Wyatt and his fellow soldiers set out to capture a hostile Indian chief.
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A Lesson Before Dying (1999) - Grant Wiggins (Don Cheadle) is an African-American schoolteacher in the pre-Civil Rights Movement South who feels conflicted about his status as one of the only educated black men in his area. When Grant learns of Jefferson (Mekhi Phifer), a young black man falsely accused of killing a white shop owner, he reluctantly visits the condemned prisoner. Gradually, the two form a friendship, and Grant tries to remind Jefferson of his value as a human being.
Drop Squad (1994) - Bruford Jamison Jr. (Eriq La Salle) is an ambitious advertising executive. Despite his personal feelings, he uses offensive racial imagery in order to sell products like fried chicken and malt liquor to the African-American community. A militant activist group called the DROP Squad kidnaps Bruford in order to reprogram him with a sense of racial pride. But tensions between two Squad leaders (Ving Rhames, Vondie Curtis-Hall) complicate Bruford's re-education.
Rosewood (1997) - Rosewood, Florida, is a small, peaceful town with an almost entirely African-American population of middle-class homeowners, until New Year's Day 1923, when a lynch mob from a neighboring white community storms the town. Among the carnage, music teacher Sylvester (Don Cheadle) and mysterious stranger Mann (Ving Rhames) stand tall against the invaders, while white grocer John (Jon Voight) attempts to save the town's women and children. The film is based on a true story.
The Piano Lesson (1995) - Boy Willie (Charles Dutton), a sharecropper, travels to Pittsburgh in the 1930s hoping that his sister, Berniece Charles (Alfre Woodard), will let him have the piano that their enslaved uncle engraved in pre-Civil War Mississippi. Willie hopes to parlay proceeds from selling the instrument into ownership of the land his uncle once worked. But when Berniece has other ideas, it becomes clear that the piano represents very different things to the siblings.
Rebound: The Legend of Earl The Goat Manigault (1996) - The Harlem playground basketball legend Earl "The Goat" Manigault (played by Don Cheadle) picks himself back up after drugs and despair ruin his '60s basketball career.
Zooman (1995) - Rueben Tate (Louis Gossett Jr.) is devastated when his 9-year-old daughter is killed by a stray bullet during a gangland shootout. He is equally disturbed to learn that in the wake of the heinous crime no one is willing to testify against the shooter, a petty thug known as Zooman (Khalil Kain), despite there being several witnesses. Frustrated by the apathy that surrounds him in his neighborhood, Reuben resolves to take matters into his own hands.
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Miss Evers' Boys (1997) - When nurse Eunice Evers (Alfre Woodard) is chosen to facilitate a program intended to curb syphilis rates among African Americans in rural Alabama, she is gratified to be able to serve her community. Over time, however, the study becomes twisted into a shocking human experiment in which patients are systematically denied much-needed medicine. Decades after the fact, Evers is called before a Senate committee to testify as to what really happened during the infamous "Tuskegee Study."
The Wishing Tree (1999) - An attorney (Alfre Woodard) investigates tales of a mysterious man who guides lost travelers through dense Georgia forests.
One Eight Seven (1997) - When a student writes the police code for homicide, 187, inside a textbook owned by teacher Trevor Garfield (Samuel L. Jackson), he feels threatened. The principal dismisses the incident, but, soon after, Trevor is stabbed by the same student. Fifteen months later, a physically and emotionally scarred Trevor relocates to California and takes up substitute teaching. To his dismay, his new school is as full of dangerously undisciplined students as the last one, driving Trevor over the edge.
Race To Freedom: The Underground Railroad (1994) - In the 1850s, escaped slaves embark on a perilous journey to Canada via the famed Underground Railroad.
Heaven Is a Playground (1991) - When not at work, a white lawyer, Zach Telander (D.B. Sweeney), likes to leave his affluent surroundings so that he can play basketball with a bunch of inner-city African-American youths. But life beyond the court for these young men is dangerous because of drugs and crime. It's also potentially dangerous when a big-shot sports agent, David Racine (Richard Jordan), comes around to scoop up potential talent. Zach and coach Byron Harper (Michael Warren) try to keep the young men centered.
The Wishing Tree (1999) - An attorney (Alfre Woodard) investigates tales of a mysterious man who guides lost travelers through dense Georgia forests.
One Eight Seven (1997) - When a student writes the police code for homicide, 187, inside a textbook owned by teacher Trevor Garfield (Samuel L. Jackson), he feels threatened. The principal dismisses the incident, but, soon after, Trevor is stabbed by the same student. Fifteen months later, a physically and emotionally scarred Trevor relocates to California and takes up substitute teaching. To his dismay, his new school is as full of dangerously undisciplined students as the last one, driving Trevor over the edge.
Race To Freedom: The Underground Railroad (1994) - In the 1850s, escaped slaves embark on a perilous journey to Canada via the famed Underground Railroad.
Heaven Is a Playground (1991) - When not at work, a white lawyer, Zach Telander (D.B. Sweeney), likes to leave his affluent surroundings so that he can play basketball with a bunch of inner-city African-American youths. But life beyond the court for these young men is dangerous because of drugs and crime. It's also potentially dangerous when a big-shot sports agent, David Racine (Richard Jordan), comes around to scoop up potential talent. Zach and coach Byron Harper (Michael Warren) try to keep the young men centered.
The Saint of Fort Washington (1993) - In New York City, Jerry (Danny Glover), a homeless, street-smart Vietnam veteran, befriends Matthew (Matt Dillon), a mentally ill young man who has recently been kicked out of his home. As Jerry teaches Matthew how survive as a homeless person, the two split time between the streets and a shelter, where they're viciously bullied by Little Leroy (Ving Rhames). As their friendship strengthens, the two plan to save enough money to rent an apartment.
Heat Wave (1990) - Robert Richardson (Blair Underwood) moves out of Alabama, believing that as a black man, he'll find more equality in Los Angeles. He quickly lands a job as a messenger for the Los Angeles Times. But then two white police officers make a small traffic arrest that sets off a string of race riots in L.A.'s Watts district. Since white reporters aren't allowed into these violent protests, the newspaper sends Robertson in to cover the events and talk to the rioters.
Jackie's Back (1999) - A British documentarian (Tim Curry) profiles a washed-up diva (Jenifer Lewis) as she prepares for her comeback concert.
White Lie (1991) - A New York official (Gregory Hines) avenges his Southern father's racial slaying with a doctor (Annette O'Toole) probing her past.
Pastime (1990) - In the late 1950s, veteran minor league baseball player Roy Dean Bream (William Russ) befriends an African-American rookie named Tyrone Debray (Glenn Plummer). Cast off by his teammates because of his age, Bream can't help but relive past glories as a one-time big leaguer, and Bream recognizes a kindred spirit in Tyrone, who himself is shunned by the others because of his race. So, with his wealth of experience, Bream takes the younger player under his wing as his protégé.
Heat Wave (1990) - Robert Richardson (Blair Underwood) moves out of Alabama, believing that as a black man, he'll find more equality in Los Angeles. He quickly lands a job as a messenger for the Los Angeles Times. But then two white police officers make a small traffic arrest that sets off a string of race riots in L.A.'s Watts district. Since white reporters aren't allowed into these violent protests, the newspaper sends Robertson in to cover the events and talk to the rioters.
Jackie's Back (1999) - A British documentarian (Tim Curry) profiles a washed-up diva (Jenifer Lewis) as she prepares for her comeback concert.
White Lie (1991) - A New York official (Gregory Hines) avenges his Southern father's racial slaying with a doctor (Annette O'Toole) probing her past.
Pastime (1990) - In the late 1950s, veteran minor league baseball player Roy Dean Bream (William Russ) befriends an African-American rookie named Tyrone Debray (Glenn Plummer). Cast off by his teammates because of his age, Bream can't help but relive past glories as a one-time big leaguer, and Bream recognizes a kindred spirit in Tyrone, who himself is shunned by the others because of his race. So, with his wealth of experience, Bream takes the younger player under his wing as his protégé.
A Murder of Crows (1999) - In the wake of a career-ending scandal, disgraced lawyer Lawson Russell (Cuba Gooding Jr.) moves to Key West, Fla., where he befriends aging novelist Christopher Marlowe (Mark Pellegrino). After letting Russell borrow his latest manuscript, "A Murder of Crows," Marlowe dies of a heart attack. When Russell publishes the dead man's manuscript under his own name, he makes the best-seller list -- and unwittingly becomes the prime suspect in the investigation of a grisly multiple homicide.
Light It Up (1999) - The topical story of a group of high school students who form a protest when they become fed up with their school's poor conditions. After a shot is accidentally fired and a police officer is wounded, the resulting stand-off results in a media frenzy that pits the dirt-digging media against the well-intentioned students.
Gladiator (1992) - After whipping a rival in a brawl, Chicago teen Tommy Riley (James Marshall) is asked to box in the illegal fights organized by Jimmy Horn (Brian Dennehy). Tommy has bigger aspirations, but when Jimmy agrees to cover the betting debts his father (John Heard) incurred, Tommy agrees. He soon befriends Abraham Lincoln Haines (Cuba Gooding Jr.), a black boxer helping to support his family. When Jimmy realizes that the friends are his two top draws, he matches them in a bout neither wants.
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999) - Ghost Dog (Forest Whitaker) is a contract killer, a master of his trade who can whirl a gun at warp speed and moves through this world like a phantom -- stealthy and evanescent. In the spirit of the samurai, he has pledged his loyalty to a small time mobster named Louie (John Tormey) who saved his life many years before.
Light It Up (1999) - The topical story of a group of high school students who form a protest when they become fed up with their school's poor conditions. After a shot is accidentally fired and a police officer is wounded, the resulting stand-off results in a media frenzy that pits the dirt-digging media against the well-intentioned students.
Gladiator (1992) - After whipping a rival in a brawl, Chicago teen Tommy Riley (James Marshall) is asked to box in the illegal fights organized by Jimmy Horn (Brian Dennehy). Tommy has bigger aspirations, but when Jimmy agrees to cover the betting debts his father (John Heard) incurred, Tommy agrees. He soon befriends Abraham Lincoln Haines (Cuba Gooding Jr.), a black boxer helping to support his family. When Jimmy realizes that the friends are his two top draws, he matches them in a bout neither wants.
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999) - Ghost Dog (Forest Whitaker) is a contract killer, a master of his trade who can whirl a gun at warp speed and moves through this world like a phantom -- stealthy and evanescent. In the spirit of the samurai, he has pledged his loyalty to a small time mobster named Louie (John Tormey) who saved his life many years before.
Straight Out of Brooklyn (1991) - When Dennis (Lawrence Gilliard Jr.), the oldest son of an impoverished family living in a Brooklyn housing project, decides to earn some quick money by robbing a drug dealer, he gets caught up in much more than he bargained for. The stolen briefcase is filled with thousands of dollars in cash. Despite his concern, Dennis intends to use the money to move his family into a better neighborhood. But things take a turn for the worse when the dealer and his henchmen track Dennis down.
Gridlock'd (1997) - Jazz musicians (and heroin addicts) Spoon (Tupac Shakur) and Stretch (Tim Roth) decide to get clean after their friend and bandmate Cookie (Thandie Newton) overdoses when she tries heroin for the first time. As they attempt to enter a detoxification program, however, they encounter a series of bureaucratic roadblocks. Worse, they are being hunted by both the police and drug dealers. Struggling with withdrawal, Spoon and Stretch reflect on the moments that led up to their predicament.
Jason's Lyric (1994) - In a violent, drug-infested neighborhood in Houston, Jason (Allen Payne) dreams of something better. He works as a TV salesman and helps out his mother, and tries to steer his criminally minded brother, Joshua (Bokeem Woodbine), onto the right path. But real joy enters Jason's life when he meets Lyric (Jada Pinkett). As their romance develops, Jason starts to see a future for himself -- while also being forced to confront a painful secret from his past.
First Time Felon (1997) - A young criminal (Omar Epps) serves four months in a military-style prison program, where he helps save an Illinois town from flooding.
Fly By Night (1992) - Three New York rappers (Jeffrey D. Sams, Ron Brice, Daryl Mitchell), with nothing in common but their music, struggle to gain acceptance.
Diggstown (1992) - After being released from a Georgia prison, smooth-talking con man Gabriel Caine (James Woods) teams up with his partner in crime, Fitz (Oliver Platt), and travels to remote Diggstown. Upon arriving, Fitz and Caine bet the wealthiest resident, former boxing manager John Gillon (Bruce Dern), that they know a guy who can beat Diggstown's 10 best fighters in one day. After Caine reels in "Honey" Roy Palmer (Louis Gossett Jr.), an aging boxer and old acquaintance, the grift is on.
Gridlock'd (1997) - Jazz musicians (and heroin addicts) Spoon (Tupac Shakur) and Stretch (Tim Roth) decide to get clean after their friend and bandmate Cookie (Thandie Newton) overdoses when she tries heroin for the first time. As they attempt to enter a detoxification program, however, they encounter a series of bureaucratic roadblocks. Worse, they are being hunted by both the police and drug dealers. Struggling with withdrawal, Spoon and Stretch reflect on the moments that led up to their predicament.
Jason's Lyric (1994) - In a violent, drug-infested neighborhood in Houston, Jason (Allen Payne) dreams of something better. He works as a TV salesman and helps out his mother, and tries to steer his criminally minded brother, Joshua (Bokeem Woodbine), onto the right path. But real joy enters Jason's life when he meets Lyric (Jada Pinkett). As their romance develops, Jason starts to see a future for himself -- while also being forced to confront a painful secret from his past.
First Time Felon (1997) - A young criminal (Omar Epps) serves four months in a military-style prison program, where he helps save an Illinois town from flooding.
Fly By Night (1992) - Three New York rappers (Jeffrey D. Sams, Ron Brice, Daryl Mitchell), with nothing in common but their music, struggle to gain acceptance.
Diggstown (1992) - After being released from a Georgia prison, smooth-talking con man Gabriel Caine (James Woods) teams up with his partner in crime, Fitz (Oliver Platt), and travels to remote Diggstown. Upon arriving, Fitz and Caine bet the wealthiest resident, former boxing manager John Gillon (Bruce Dern), that they know a guy who can beat Diggstown's 10 best fighters in one day. After Caine reels in "Honey" Roy Palmer (Louis Gossett Jr.), an aging boxer and old acquaintance, the grift is on.
hella of a list here ..... thanks
STicky this
Luv 3 Strikes... So fucking funny
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Damn forgot about this thread.
I forget nothing
Very True, but in 1994, the 2 highest grossing movies were Forrest Gump & The Lion King.
Both made over $300+ million in USA theaters alone.
- The Lion King made over $ 900 million, worldwide.
- Forrest Gump made over $600 million, worldwide.
So it got major Oscar recognition several months AFTER it left theaters.It was very 'slept on' when it was in theaters... but the movie critics remembered it when Award Season came around... beacuse the 1994 Oscar nominees did not get announced until February 1995. (So most people probably saw it 'outside' of a movie theater, later on.)
That's why i posted it.
Just saying.
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Very True, but in 1994, the 2 highest grossing movies were Forrest Gump & The Lion King.
Both made over $300+ million in USA theaters alone.
By comparison, in 1994 Hoop Dreams only made $7 million dollars at the US (domestic) box office... and $11 million total, worldwide.
- The Lion King made over $ 900 million, worldwide.
- Forrest Gump made over $600 million, worldwide.
It was very 'slept on' when it was in theaters... but the movie critics remembered it when Award Season came around... beacuse the 1994 Oscar nominees did not get announced until February 1995. (So most people probably saw it 'outside' of a movie theater, later on.)
That's why i posted it.
Just saying.
Understood..i think one thing affected it was the length of the film...it wasn't a romantic film like Titanic but i'm glad it was shown some love after the fact
This movie and Class Act was the shit. Dan Akroyd was good in this too. Funny movie, especially the dinner part.
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