5 Movies Starring Allen Payne

New Jack City

New Jack City

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1991-03-08

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

97 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (21790 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Thomas Lee Wright (story)

Thomas Lee Wright (screenplay)

Barry Michael Cooper (screenplay)

Fullplot:

The gangster Nino has a gang who call themselves Cash Money Brothers. They get into the crack business and not before long they make a million dollars every week. A cop, Scotty, is after them. He tries to get into the gang by letting an ex-drug addict infiltrate the gang, but the attempt fails miserably. The only thing that remains is that Scotty himself becomes a drug pusher.

Jason's Lyric

Jason's Lyric

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1994-09-28

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

119 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (2328 Reviews)

Director:

Doug McHenry

Genres:

CrimeDrama

Fullplot:

The story of a young man, Jason (Allen Payne) who must confront his own insecurities about love as well as a sense of owed responsibility to his mother and troubled younger brother Joshua (Bokeem Woodbine). Jason, an assistant manager and sales clerk at a T.V. store falls in love with Lyric (Jada Pinkett Smith) and finds happiness, but his family history and mentally ill war veteran father, Maddog (Forest Whitaker) plague his life's plans before he can leave it all for a better life.

The Tuskegee Airmen

The Tuskegee Airmen

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1995-08-26

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

106 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (3906 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Paris Qualles (teleplay)

Trey Ellis (teleplay)

Ron Hutchinson (teleplay)

Robert Williams (story)

T.S. Cook (story)

Fullplot:

During the Second World War, a special project is begun by the US Army Air Corps to integrate African American pilots into the Fighter Pilot Program. Known as the "Tuskegee Airman" for the name of the airbase at which they were trained, these men were forced to constantly endure harassement, prejudice, and much behind the scenes politics until at last they were able to prove themselves in combat.

A Price Above Rubies

A Price Above Rubies

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1998-03-25

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, USA

Runtime:

117 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (2283 Reviews)

Director:

Boaz Yakin

Genres:

DramaRomance

Fullplot:

About a young woman who is married to a devout Jew and the problems that trouble their marriage because of the woman wanting something more out of her life

Blue Hill Avenue

Blue Hill Avenue

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2001-08-03

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

128 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (983 Reviews)

Director:

Craig Ross Jr.

Genres:

CrimeDrama

Fullplot:

A child of a middle class home with solid moral values is lured into a world of crime and corruption.

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