17 Movies Starring Ving Rhames

Patty Hearst

Patty Hearst

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1988-09-23

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, USA

Runtime:

108 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.2 (954 Reviews)

Director:

Paul Schrader

Cast:

Writer:

Patricia Hearst (book)

Alvin Moscow (book)

Nicholas Kazan (screenplay)

Fullplot:

The true story of a rich girl who was abducted by American revolutionaries in the 1970's. Her time spent with her captors made her question herself and her way of life and she joined forces with the cause that her abductors were fighting for. This created a US scandal and Patty Hearst has become a pop culture fixture.

The Long Walk Home

The Long Walk Home

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1991-04-12

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

97 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (2403 Reviews)

Director:

Richard Pearce

Genres:

DramaHistory

Fullplot:

Dramatizes the events in 1955-1956 in Montgomery, Alabama, when blacks boycotted public transport becuase they were forced to sit at the back. Odessa works as a maid for the Thompsons, and as well as she is treated, she feels it is her duty to walk to work, even if it means she is exhaused, and gets to work late.

Striptease

Striptease

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1996-06-28

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

115 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

4.3 (32681 Reviews)

Director:

Andrew Bergman

Cast:

Writer:

Carl Hiaasen (book)

Andrew Bergman (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Erin Grant loses care and custody of her daughter when she's divorced from her husband Darrell, a small-time thief. Struggling for money, she is a dancer at a nightclub, where one night Congressman Dilbeck (in disguise) attacks another member of the audience. A spectator, who recognizes Dilbeck and is fond of Erin, offers to get back her daughter by blackmailing Dilbeck. Things do not work out as planned, though.

Don King: Only in America

Don King: Only in America

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1997-11-15

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

121 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (1052 Reviews)

Director:

John Herzfeld

Cast:

Writer:

Jack Newfield (book)

Kario Salem (teleplay)

Fullplot:

Biography of fight promoter Don King follows his rise from a street goon convicted of strong arm tactics to a minor music promoter to pulling off his first major fight with Muhammed Ali for a charity. Ving Rhames' characterization gives a fully three dimensional person with warts and all, but still makes it understandable how he became the affluent promoter he has become.

Rosewood

Rosewood

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1997-02-21

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

140 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (5937 Reviews)

Director:

John Singleton

Fullplot:

Ving Rhames stars as Mann, a drifter caught in Rosewood, a town filled with racial prejudice. He ends up aiding the surviving African-Americans escape the town, with the help of a humble store owner played by Jon Voight.

Mission: Impossible II

Mission: Impossible II

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2000-05-24

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, Germany

Runtime:

123 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

(219038 Reviews)

Director:

John Woo

Cast:

Writer:

Bruce Geller

Ronald D. Moore (story)

Brannon Braga (story)

Robert Towne (screenplay)

Fullplot:

IMF agent Ethan Hunt has been sent on a mission to retrieve and destroy the supply of a genetically created disease called 'Chimera'. His mission is made impossible due to the fact that he is not the only person after samples of the disease. He must also contest with a gang of international terrorists headed by a turned bad former IMF agent who has already managed to steal the cure called 'Bellerophon' and now need 'Chimera' to complete their grand plan of infecting the whole world. In order to infiltrate and locate the terrorist group he relies on the help of an international thief Nyah of whom he quickly develops a love interest. Time is not only running out for Agent Hunt to find and destroy 'Chimera' before the terrorists get their hands on it, but he must also find 'Bellerophon' so as to save his love interest who has already become infected by the disease from a terrible and rapid death.

Entrapment

Entrapment

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1999-04-30

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, UK, Germany

Runtime:

113 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.2 (81674 Reviews)

Director:

Jon Amiel

Cast:

Writer:

Ronald Bass (story)

Michael Hertzberg (story)

Ronald Bass (screenplay)

William Broyles Jr. (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Following the theft of a highly-secured piece of artwork, an agent convinces her insurance agency employers to allow her to wriggle into the company of an aging but active master thief. Connery's burglar takes her on suspiciously and demands rigorous training before their first job together--stealing a highly-valued mask from a chichi party. Their deepening attraction and distrust could tear apart their partnership but the promise of a bigger prize (some eight billion odd dollars) by Zeta-Jones keeps the game interesting. Only, who's playing with whom?

Bringing Out the Dead

Bringing Out the Dead

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1999-10-22

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

121 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (50872 Reviews)

Director:

Martin Scorsese

Cast:

Writer:

Joe Connelly (novel)

Paul Schrader (screenplay)

Fullplot:

An Easter story. Frank is a Manhattan medic, working graveyard in a two-man ambulance team. He's burned out, exhausted, seeing ghosts, especially a young woman he failed to save six months' before, and no longer able to save people: he brings in the dead. We follow him for three nights, each with a different partner: Larry, who thinks about dinner, Marcus, who looks to Jesus, and Tom, who wallops people when work is slow. Frank befriends the daughter of a heart victim he brings in; she's Mary, an ex-junkie, angry at her father but now hoping he'll live. Frank tries to get fired, tries to quit, and keeps coming back, to work and to Mary, in need of his own rebirth.

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2001-07-11

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, Japan

Runtime:

106 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (69574 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Hironobu Sakaguchi (story)

Al Reinert

Jeff Vintar

Jack Fletcher (additional dialogue)

Ramin Mebdy (Farsi adaptation)

B.L. Jurgens (story)

Fullplot:

In the year 2065, the next great assault against an invading race of phantom-like aliens is about to be launched. Dr. Aki Ross, a brilliant young scientist, races to find the invaders' secrets, not only to save the planet, but herself as well after her body is infected by alien particles. She teams up with the prestigious Deep Eyes military squadron, led by her old friend Grey Edwards. But as Aki, her mentor Dr. Sid, and Grey work toward a peaceful end, the scheming General Hein devises a plot to eradicate the aliens in one swift, destructive blow...even if it destroys the Earth right along with them.

Don King: Only in America

Don King: Only in America

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1997-11-15

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

121 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (1066 Reviews)

Director:

John Herzfeld

Cast:

Writer:

Jack Newfield (book)

Kario Salem (teleplay)

Fullplot:

Biography of fight promoter Don King follows his rise from a street goon convicted of strong arm tactics to a minor music promoter to pulling off his first major fight with Muhammed Ali for a charity. Ving Rhames' characterization gives a fully three dimensional person with warts and all, but still makes it understandable how he became the affluent promoter he has become.

Undisputed

Undisputed

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-08-23

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, Germany

Runtime:

94 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.1 (19514 Reviews)

Director:

Walter Hill

Fullplot:

George "Ice Man" Chambers (Rhames) is a top ranked heavyweight boxer. However Chambers has his world turned upside down when he is accused of rape and sent to prison. Upon his arrival he hears talk about Monroe Hutchen (Snipes) who is the top ranked prison boxing champ 10 years running. Immediately there is bad blood with Chambers not wanting to be second to no one which leads to a lunch room fight between the men. Figuring it will be a good way to make money fellow convict Emmanuel 'Mendy' Ripstein (Peter Falk) sets up a prison boxing match between the two men to decide who is the real UNDISPUTED champ. Michael Rooker plays a guard, Fisher Stevens, John Seda, and Master P co star.

Mission: Impossible III

Mission: Impossible III

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2006-05-05

Languages:

English, Italian, Mandarin, Cantonese, German, Czech

Countries:

USA, Germany, China

Runtime:

126 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (231998 Reviews)

Director:

J.J. Abrams

Cast:

Writer:

Alex Kurtzman

Roberto Orci

J.J. Abrams

Bruce Geller (television series)

Fullplot:

Super-spy Ethan Hunt has retired from active duty to train new IMF agents. But he is called back into action to confront the toughest villain he's ever faced - Owen Davian, an international weapons and information provider with no remorse and no conscience. Hunt assembles his team: his old friend Luther Strickell, transportation expert Declan, and background operative Zhen. They are to rescue one of his very own trainees, Lindsey who was kidnapped while on a surveillance detail of Davian. It soon becomes evident that Davian is well-protected, well-connected, and downright malicious. This forces Hunt to extend his journey back into the field in order to rescue his wife, Julia, and uncover IMF double agents in the process.

Dawn of the Dead

Dawn of the Dead

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2004-03-19

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, Canada, Japan, France

Runtime:

101 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (180739 Reviews)

Director:

Zack Snyder

Cast:

Writer:

George A. Romero

James Gunn (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Ana, a young beautiful nurse finishes her day-shift at the hospital to return home to her beloved husband, they make love and sleep together. The next day, after her husband is killed by her neighbor next door, he suddenly comes back to life. She discovers the chaos happening in her neighborhood and escapes from her home. Soon after coming to her senses in the woods, she encounters a cop and other survivors, they decide to find safety in a mall. Soon more survivors come, and they learn that if they want to stay alive, they should stick together as the world is overrun by an army of undead. Can they survive the horror in this horrific global chaos? When there is no more room in hell, the dead will walk the earth

Piranha 3D

Piranha 3D

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2010-08-20

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

88 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.5 (68674 Reviews)

Director:

Alexandre Aja

Genres:

ComedyHorror

Fullplot:

Lake Victoria's annual Spring party by 50,000 young revelers is about to turn into a feeding frenzy with prehistoric hunger-pains. With knee-trembler's above the waves and tremors below, released from their dormant sleep, thousands upon thousands of flesh-eating nippers are released into the lake with whetted appetites and razor-sharp teeth. With a motley crew of strangers thrown together to defend these shores, it is now up to them to prevent the largest eat-out in human, and piranha, history.

Saving God

Saving God

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-10-14

Languages:

English

Countries:

Canada

Runtime:

101 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.9 (682 Reviews)

Director:

Duane Crichton

Genres:

CrimeDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Michael Jackson (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Convicted felon Rev. Armstrong returns back to his neighborhood a changed man looking to take over his father's old church. The neighborhood is tough and full of drugs and gangs. Through Armstrong's tough demeanor and strong faith he tries to make a difference with Norris - a youth on the edge of falling into a lifetime of drugs and gangs. Also Armstrong must deal with his past history of violence and make sure he doesn't fall again.

The River Murders

The River Murders

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2011-07-01

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

92 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.2 (3181 Reviews)

Director:

Rich Cowan

Fullplot:

While investigating a series of murders, a homicide detective becomes the prime suspect when the FBI uncovers his close personal ties to all the victims.

Force of Execution

Force of Execution

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2014-03-13

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

99 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

4.6 (1762 Reviews)

Director:

Keoni Waxman

Genres:

ActionCrime

Cast:

Writer:

Richard Beattie

Michael Black

Fullplot:

"Force of Execution" is the story about a crime lord torn between his legacy and his desire to get out of the life of crime that has built his empire, when a new player to the scene tries to use the town anti-hero's network to climb to power. The only friend the crime lord has is his assassin protègè who has troubles of his own. An epic battle of under bosses and crime lords. Only one will come out alive.

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