8 Movies Starring Michael Clarke Duncan

The Green Mile

The Green Mile

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1999-12-10

Languages:

English, French

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

189 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

8.5 (681825 Reviews)

Director:

Frank Darabont

Cast:

Writer:

Stephen King (novel)

Frank Darabont (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Death Row guards at a penitentiary, in the 1930's, have a moral dilemma with their job when they discover one of their prisoners, a convicted murderer, has a special gift.

Planet of the Apes

Planet of the Apes

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2001-07-27

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

119 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.7 (169053 Reviews)

Director:

Tim Burton

Cast:

Writer:

Pierre Boulle (novel)

William Broyles Jr. (screenplay)

Lawrence Konner (screenplay)

Mark Rosenthal (screenplay)

Fullplot:

It is the year 2029: Astronaut Leo Davidson boards a pod cruiser on a Space Station for a "routine" reconnaissance mission. But an abrupt detour through a space time wormhole lands him on a strange planet where talking apes rule over the human race. With the help of a sympathetic chimpanzee activist named Ari and a small band of human rebels, Leo leads the effort to evade the advancing Gorilla Army led by General Thade and his most trusted warrior Attar. Now the race is on to reach a sacred temple within the planet's Forbidden Zone to discover the shocking secrets of mankind's past - and the key to its future.

The Whole Nine Yards

The Whole Nine Yards

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2000-02-18

Languages:

English, French, Spanish

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

98 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (85528 Reviews)

Director:

Jonathan Lynn

Genres:

ComedyCrime

Fullplot:

Oz is a Montrèal dentist, paying off debts so he can divorce his wife: the dislike is mutual. When she learns their new neighbor is hit man Jimmy the Tulip, with a price on his head, she sends Oz to Chicago to earn a finder's fee telling Mob boss Yanni where to find Jimmy. To get his wife off his back, Oz goes, his assistant Jill urging him to get laid while there. One of Yanni's men awaits Oz at the hotel; Oz's now in too deep to avoid telling Yanni what he knows. Meanwhile, Oz's wife rats on Oz to Jimmy, hoping Jimmy will kill Oz and she can cash in on life insurance. Oz meets Jimmy's wife (Yanni's captive), flips for her, and the double-crosses mount. Even Jill isn't whom she seems.

Planet of the Apes

Planet of the Apes

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2001-07-27

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

119 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.7 (169130 Reviews)

Director:

Tim Burton

Cast:

Writer:

Pierre Boulle (novel)

William Broyles Jr. (screenplay)

Lawrence Konner (screenplay)

Mark Rosenthal (screenplay)

Fullplot:

It is the year 2029: Astronaut Leo Davidson boards a pod cruiser on a Space Station for a "routine" reconnaissance mission. But an abrupt detour through a space time wormhole lands him on a strange planet where talking apes rule over the human race. With the help of a sympathetic chimpanzee activist named Ari and a small band of human rebels, Leo leads the effort to evade the advancing Gorilla Army led by General Thade and his most trusted warrior Attar. Now the race is on to reach a sacred temple within the planet's Forbidden Zone to discover the shocking secrets of mankind's past - and the key to its future.

See Spot Run

See Spot Run

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2001-03-02

Languages:

English, American Sign Language

Countries:

USA, Australia

Runtime:

94 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

5.4 (7080 Reviews)

Director:

John Whitesell

Cast:

Writer:

George Gallo (screenplay)

Gregory Poirier (screenplay)

Dan Baron (screenplay)

Chris Faber (screenplay)

Andrew Deane (story)

Michael Alexander Miller (story)

George Gallo (story)

Stuart Gibbs (adaptation)

Craig Titley (adaptation)

Fullplot:

A drug sniffing agent canine is a target for an assassin boss so the FBI calls Witness Protection to send him somewhere else. Meanwhile a single Mom puts her 6 year old boy James in the care of her irresponsible, mailman, neighbor, Gordon, when the babysitter bails on her. Meanwhile, an assassin mob boss hires 2 goons to kill Agent 11. But when 11 escapes from the van when they tried to kill him, he hides in Gordon's Mailtruck that James is in too. And guess what they name him. Spot.

The Scorpion King

The Scorpion King

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-04-19

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, Germany, Belgium

Runtime:

92 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.5 (92960 Reviews)

Director:

Chuck Russell

Cast:

Writer:

Stephen Sommers (story)

Jonathan Hales (story)

Stephen Sommers (screenplay)

William Osborne (screenplay)

David Hayter (screenplay)

Fullplot:

In an ancient time, predating the pyramids, the evil king Memnon is using the psychic powers of his sorceress Cassandra to fortell his great victories. In a last ditch effort to stop Memnon from taking over the world, the leaders of the remaining free tribes hire the assassin Mathayus to kill the sorceress. But Mathayus ends up getting much more than he bargained for. Now with the help of the trickster Arpid, tribal leader Balthazar and an unexpected ally, it's up to Mathayus to fufill his destiny and become the great Scorpion King.

Daredevil

Daredevil

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2003-02-14

Languages:

English, Greek, Italian

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

103 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.3 (162692 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Mark Steven Johnson (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Fate deals young orphan Matt Murdock a strange hand when he is doused with hazardous waste. The accident leaves Matt blind but also gives him a heightened "radar sense" that allows him to "see" far better than any man. Years later Murdock has grown into a man and becomes a respected criminal attorney. But after he's done his "day job" Matt takes on a secret identity as "The Man Without Fear," Daredevil, the masked avenger that patrols the neighborhood of Hell's Kitchen and New York City to combat the injustice that he cannot tackle in the courtroom.

School for Scoundrels

School for Scoundrels

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2006-09-29

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

100 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.9 (25359 Reviews)

Director:

Todd Phillips

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

Todd Phillips (screenplay)

Scot Armstrong (screenplay)

Fullplot:

An unlucky meter reader enrolls in a confidence-building class so he can win the love of the girl of his dreams. The class turns out to be something quite different when it becomes clear to the young man that his professor has his sights set on the same girl.

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