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Top 25 Movies in Urban

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John Singleton - 2 Fast 2 Furious artwork 2 Fast 2 Furious
John Singleton
Genre: Action & Adventure
Price: $14.99
Rental Price: $2.99
Release Date: June 6, 2003

'The adrenaline-fueled thrill ride that began with The Fast and the Furious takes an explosive new turn in 2 Fast 2 Furious! It's the nitro-fueled answer to the question: how fast do you like it? Now an ex-cop on the run, Brian O'Connor (Paul Walker) hooks into outlaw street-racing. When the Feds strong-arm him back, O'Connor's no rules, win-or-die skills are unleashed against an international drug lord. With his velocity-addicted buddy (Tyrese) riding shotgun, and a drop-dead-gorgeous undercover agent (Eva Mendes) dialing up the heat, 2 Fast 2 Furious accelerates the action into a desperate race for survival, justice... and mind-blowing, jaw-dropping speed!'
© © 2008 Universal Studios. All rights reserved.
Curtis Hanson - 8 Mile artwork 8 Mile
Curtis Hanson
Genre: Drama
Price: $14.99
Rental Price: $2.99
Release Date: November 8, 2002

"Eminem wins by a knockout!" raves Rolling Stone, as the Grammy Award-winning phenomenon makes his feature film debut in this gripping story about the boundaries that hold us back - and the courage that can set us free. For Jimmy Smith, Jr. (Eminem), life is a daily fight just to keep hope alive. Feeding his dreams in Detroit's vibrant music scene, Jimmy wages an extraordinary personal struggle to find his own voice - and earn a place in a world where rhymes rule, legends are born and every moment… is another chance. From Academy Award winner Curtis Hanson (L.A. Confidential) and Oscar-winning producer Brian Grazer (A Beautiful Mind), 8 Mile is the triumphant film Time Magazine hails as "Powerful!" and Entertainment Weekly applauds as "Electrifying and Mesmerizing!"
© © 2002 Mikona Productions GMBH & CO., KG. All Rights Reserved
Lotfy Nathan - 12 O'Clock Boys artwork 12 O'Clock Boys
Lotfy Nathan
Genre: Documentary
Price: $12.99
Rental Price: $3.99
Release Date: January 31, 2014

In the most thrilling trip into Baltimore since The Wire, we follow Pug, a precocious kid who will stop at nothing to join the 12 O’Clock Boys – a notorious dirt bike pack who perform death-defying stunts while evading the police.
© © 2013 The Red Gap Film Group, LLC.
Ridley Scott - American Gangster artwork American Gangster
Ridley Scott
Genre: Drama
Price: $14.99
Rental Price: $2.99
Release Date: February 19, 2008

Academy Award® winners Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe team with director Ridley Scott (Gladiator) for an epic story as powerful as it is true. Armed with ruthless, street-wise tactics and a strict sense of honor, crime boss Frank Lucas (Washington) rules Harlem's chaotic drug underworld. When outcast cop Richie Roberts (Crowe) sets out to bring down Lucas's multi-million dollar empire, it plunges both men into a legendary confrontation. American Gangster is "a brutal and brilliant film" (Pete Hammond, Maxim)
© © 2007 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved.
Ridley Scott - American Gangster (Unrated Extended Edition) artwork American Gangster (Unrated Extended Edition)
Ridley Scott
Genre: Drama
Price: $14.99
Rental Price: $2.99
Release Date: February 19, 2008

Academy Award® winners Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe team with director Ridley Scott (Gladiator) in this powerful, epic story. Armed with ruthless, streetwise tactics and a strict sense of honor, crime boss Frank Lucas (Washington) rules Harlem's chaotic drug underworld. When outcast cop Richie Roberts (Crowe) sets out to bring down Lucas's multimillion-dollar empire, it plunges both men into a legendary confrontation. American Gangster Unrated includes over 18 minutes of additional footage not shown in theaters and an alternate ending!
© © 2007 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved.
Steve Rash - Bring It On: All or Nothing artwork Bring It On: All or Nothing
Steve Rash
Genre: Comedy
Price: $14.99
Rental Price: $2.99
Release Date: August 8, 2006

Get ready for more fun, attitude and excitement in this all-new comedy! When popular Britney Allen (Hayden Panettiere) moves from posh Pacific Vista to working-class Crenshaw Heights, her life goes from cheer-topia to cheer-tastrophe. Britney finds herself at odds with her new classmates, especially head cheerleader Camille (Solange Knowles-Smith). But when she wins a spot on the cheer squad and faces her former team in a cross-town cheer-off to star in music sensation Rihanna's upcoming video, only one team can "bring it" and earn a place in cheer history!
© © 2006 Universal Studios. All Rights Reservred.
Justin Lin - Fast & Furious artwork Fast & Furious
Justin Lin
Genre: Action & Adventure
Price: $14.99
Rental Price: $2.99
Release Date: April 3, 2009

Vin Diesel and Paul Walker reteam with Michelle Rodriguez and Jordana Brewster for the ultimate chapter of the franchise built on speed! When fugitive Dominic Toretto (Diesel) returns to Los Angeles to avenge a loved one’s death, it reignites his feud with agent Brian O’Conner (Walker). But, as they race through crowded city streets and across international lines, they must test their loyalties by joining together to bring down a shared enemy. From big rig heists to precision tunnel crawls, Fast & Furious takes you back into the high-octane world, which lives for speed, drives for the rush and breaks all the rules!
© © 2009 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved.
Justin Lin - Fast Five (Extended Edition) artwork Fast Five (Extended Edition)
Justin Lin
Genre: Action & Adventure
Price: $14.99
Rental Price: $2.99
Release Date: April 29, 2011

Get ready for “five times the action, excitement and fun” (Shawn Edwards, FOX-TV) as Vin Diesel and Paul Walker lead a reunion of all-stars from every chapter of the franchise built on speed. This Extended Version of Fast Five delivers even more explosive action than seen in theaters. Fugitive Dom Toretto (Diesel) partners with former cop Brian O'Conner (Walker) on the opposite side of the law in exotic Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. There, they are hunted by a high-powered U.S. strike force led by its toughest Fed (Dwayne Johnson) and an army of corrupt cops working for a ruthless drug kingpin. To gain their freedom and win this ultimate high-stakes race they must pull off one last job - an insane heist worth $100 million.
© © 2011 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved.
Tamra Davis - Half Baked artwork Half Baked
Tamra Davis
Genre: Comedy
Price: $14.99
Rental Price: $2.99
Release Date: January 16, 1998

Dave Chappelle stars in this hilarious adventure of three lovable party buds trying to bail their friend out of jail. Just when the guys have mastered a plan, everything comes dangerously close to going up in smoke! Packed with memorable appearances by Snoop Dogg, Jon Stewart, Willie Nelson and Tommy Chong, Half Baked delivers high times and big laughs.
© © 1998 Universal City Studios Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Spike Lee - Inside Man artwork Inside Man
Spike Lee
Genre: Drama
Price: $14.99
Rental Price: $2.99
Release Date: March 24, 2006

Academy Award winner Denzel Washington, Academy Award nominee Clive Owen and Academy Award winner Jodie Foster star in this intense and explosive crime thriller. The perfect bank robbery quickly spirals into an unstable and deadly game of cat-and-mouse between a criminal mastermind (Owen), a determined detective (Washington), and a power broker with a hidden agenda (Foster). As the minutes tick by and the situation becomes increasingly tense, one wrong move could mean disaster for any one of them. From acclaimed director Spike Lee comes the edge-of-your-seat, action-packed thriller that The Wall Street Journal calls "a heist film that's right on the money."
© © 2006 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved.
Sam Mendes - Jarhead artwork Jarhead
Sam Mendes
Genre: Action & Adventure
Price: $14.99
Rental Price: $2.99
Release Date: November 4, 2005

Academy Award® winner Jamie Foxx and Jake Gyllenhaal star in this critically acclaimed, brilliantly unconventional war story from Oscar®-winning director Sam Mendes. Jarhead (the self-imposed moniker of the Marines) follows Swoff (Gyllenhaal) from a sobering stint in boot camp to active duty, where he sports a sniper rifle through Middle East deserts that provide no cover from the heat or Iraqi soldiers. Swoff and his fellow Marines sustain themselves with sardonic humanity and wicked comedy on blazing desert fields in a country they don't understand against an enemy they can't see for a cause they don't fully grasp.
© © 2005 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved.
Leslie Small & Tim Story - Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain artwork Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain
Leslie Small & Tim Story
Genre: Comedy
Price: $12.99
Rental Price: $3.99
Release Date: July 3, 2013

Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain captures the laughter, energy and mayhem from Hart’s 2012 "Let Me Explain" concert tour, which spanned 10 countries and 80 cities, and generated over $32 million in ticket sales.
© © 2013 Summit Entertainment, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
George Tillman Jr. - Notorious artwork Notorious
George Tillman Jr.
Genre: Drama
Price: $14.99
Rental Price: $2.99
Release Date: April 21, 2009

Notorious is the story of Christopher Wallace who, through raw talent and sheer determination, transforms himself from a Brooklyn street hustler to become the greatest rapper of all time, The Notorious B.I.G. This story charts his meteoric rise to fame and his refusal to succumb to expectation. Produced by Voletta Wallace (BIG's mother), Wayne Barrowman and Mark Pitts (BIG's managers), Notorious challenges us all to redefine our notion of what is "The American Dream."
© © 2008 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. All rights reserved.
Taylor Hackford - Ray artwork Ray
Taylor Hackford
Genre: Drama
Price: $14.99
Rental Price: $2.99
Release Date: October 29, 2004

Jamie Foxx stars as the one-of-a-kind innovator of soul who beat impossible odds to become a music legend. Ray is the triumphant and remarkable story of one of America's true musical geniuses, Ray Charles. From his humble beginnings in the South through his meteoric rise to the top of American music charts, Ray's inspirational journey is a tale of hope, redemption and the power of the human spirit. "Ray is Electrifying" hails Peter Travers of Rolling Stone. Witness the incredible true story of a musician who fought harder and went further than anyone could imagine.
© © 2004 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved.
David Twohy - Riddick (Unrated Director's Cut) artwork Riddick (Unrated Director's Cut)
David Twohy
Genre: Action & Adventure
Price: $14.99
Release Date: September 6, 2013

Vin Diesel reprises his role as the antihero Riddick in the latest chapter of the groundbreaking saga. A dangerous, escaped convict wanted by every bounty hunter in the known galaxy, Riddick has been left for dead on a sun-scorched planet that appears to be lifeless. Soon, however, he finds himself fighting for survival against alien predators more lethal than any human he’s encountered. The only way off is for him to activate an emergency beacon and alert mercenaries who rapidly descend to the planet in search of their bounty. With time running out and a deadly storm on the horizon that no one could survive, his hunters won’t leave the planet without Riddick’s head as their trophy. Also starring Katee Sackhoff (TV’s Battlestar Galactica), Karl Urban (Star Trek Into Darkness) and Dave Bautista (WWE). Experience the Riddick Unrated Director’s Cut with an alternate ending!
© © 2013 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved.
Brian De Palma - Scarface (1983) artwork Scarface (1983)
Brian De Palma
Genre: Drama
Price: $14.99
Rental Price: $2.99
Release Date: December 9, 1983

In the spring of 1980, the port at Mariel Harbor was opened, and thousands set sail for the United States. They came in search of the American Dream. One of them found it on the sun-washed avenues of Miami... wealth, power and passion beyond his wildest dreams. He was Tony Montana. The world will remember him by another name... Scarface.
© © 1983 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved.
Malcolm D. Lee - The Best Man Holiday artwork The Best Man Holiday
Malcolm D. Lee
Genre: Comedy
Price: $14.99
Release Date: November 15, 2013

After nearly 15 years apart, Morris Chestnut, Taye Diggs, Regina Hall, Terrence Howard, Sanaa Lathan, Nia Long, Harold Perrineau, Monica Calhoun and Melissa De Sousa reprise their career-launching roles in The Best Man Holiday, the long-awaited next chapter to the film that ushered in a new era of comedy. When the college friends finally reunite over the Christmas holidays, they will discover just how easy it is for long-forgotten rivalries and romances to be ignited.
© © 2013 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved.
Gary Fleder - The Express artwork The Express
Gary Fleder
Genre: Drama
Price: $14.99
Rental Price: $2.99
Release Date: October 10, 2008

Witness the inspirational true story of a real American hero. Rising from the humblest of beginnings, Ernie Davis (Rob Brown) overcame impossible odds to become the first African-American to win college football's greatest honor – the Heisman Trophy. Starring Dennis Quaid as the hard-nosed coach that helped drive him to greatness, The Express is a powerful story of triumph on and off the field that will have you cheering again and again!
© © 2008 Universal Studios and IDEA Filmproduktionsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG. All Rights Reserved.
Rob Cohen - The Fast and the Furious artwork The Fast and the Furious
Rob Cohen
Genre: Action & Adventure
Price: $14.99
Rental Price: $2.99
Release Date: June 22, 2001

On the turbo-charged streets of Los Angeles, every night is a championship race. With intense full-throttle action, awesome high-speed stunts, and full-on pedal to the metal intensity, this fast and furious assault puts you in the driver's seat and dares you to exceed all limits.
© © 2008 Universal Studios. All rights reserved.
Justin Lin - The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift artwork The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Justin Lin
Genre: Action & Adventure
Price: $14.99
Rental Price: $2.99
Release Date: June 16, 2006

From the makers of The Fast and the Furious and 2 Fast 2 Furious comes the highest-octane installment of the hit movie franchise built for speed! When convicted street racer Sean Boswell (Lucas Black) tries to start a new life on the other side of the world, his obsession with racing sets him on a collision course with the Japanese underworld. To survive, he will have to master drifting—a new style of racing where tricked-out cars slide through hairpin turns, defying gravity and death for the ultimate road rush. With more mind-blowing stunts and heart-pounding racing sequences than ever, The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift puts you in the driver's seat. "Strap yourself in for a blistering, super-charged ride."-- Pete Hammond, Maxim
© © 2008 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved.
Manny Rodriguez - The Fluffy Movie (Extended Edition) artwork The Fluffy Movie (Extended Edition)
Manny Rodriguez
Genre: Comedy
Price: $14.99
Rental Price: $4.99
Release Date: July 25, 2014

Gabriel "Fluffy" Iglesias, the world-famous Hawaiian-shirt-clad comedian, takes viewers on a joke-filled journey into his life in this nonstop laugh fest. The funnyman delves into subjects such as the joys of parenting a teen, the similarities between India and Mexico, and more hilarious observations, while also providing fans with special backstage access and exclusive never-before-seen footage from his sold-out Unity Through Laughter tour. See Fluffy himself unleashed, as he puts his animated storytelling, spot-on impressions and vivid sound effects on display before audiences around the world in this must-own comedy featuring event. This extended edition includes more jokes not seen in theaters!
© © 2014 Open Road Films. All Rights Reserved.
Walter Hill - The Warriors artwork The Warriors
Walter Hill
Genre: Action & Adventure
Price: $14.99
Rental Price: $2.99
Release Date: September 15, 1979

A battle of gigantic proportions is looming in the neon underground of New York City. The armies of the night number 100,000; they outnumber the police 5 to 1; and tonight they're after the Warriors—a street gang blamed unfairly for a rival gang leader's death. This contemporary action-adventure story takes place at night, underground, in the sub-culture of gang warfare that rages from Coney Island to Manhattan to the Bronx. Members of the Warriors fight for their lives, seek to survive in the urban jungle and learn the meaning of loyalty. This intense and stylized film is a dazzling achievement for cinematographer Andrew Laszlo.
© © 1979 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
Steven Soderbergh - Traffic artwork Traffic
Steven Soderbergh
Genre: Drama
Price: $14.99
Rental Price: $2.99
Release Date: December 27, 2000

It's the high-stakes, high-risk world of the drug trade as seen through a well-blended mix of interrelated stories: a Mexican policeman (Benicio Del Toro) finds himself and his partner caught in an often deadly web of corruption; a pair of DEA agents (Don Cheadle and Luis Guzman) work undercover in a sordid and dangerous part of San Diego; a wealthy drug baron living in upscale, suburban America is arrested and learns how quickly his unknowing and pampered wife (Catherine Zeta-Jones) takes over his business; and the U.S. President's new drug czar (Michael Douglas) must deal with his increasingly drug-addicted teenage daughter.
© © 2000 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved.
Tyler Perry - Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail artwork Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail
Tyler Perry
Genre: Drama
Price: $11.99
Rental Price: $2.99
Release Date: February 20, 2009

After a high-speed freeway chase puts Madea (Tyler Perry) in front of the judge, her reprieve is short-lived as anger management issues get the best of her and land her in jail. A gleeful Joe (Tyler Perry) couldn't be happier at Madea's misfortune. But Madea's eccentric family members the Browns (David and Tamala Mann) rally behind her, lending their special "country" brand of support. Meanwhile, Assistant District Attorney Joshua Hardaway (Derek Luke) is on the fast track to career success. But Hardaway lands a case too personal to handle - defending young prostitute and former drug addict Candace Washington (Keshia Knight Pulliam) - and asks his fiancée and fellow ADA Linda Holmes (Ion Overman) to fill in on his behalf. When Candace ends up in jail, Madea befriends the young woman, protecting her in a "motherly" way as only Madea can.
© © 2009 Very Perry Films. All Rights Reserved.
Tyler Perry - Tyler Perry's the Single Moms Club artwork Tyler Perry's the Single Moms Club
Tyler Perry
Genre: Comedy
Price: $14.99
Rental Price: $3.99
Release Date: March 14, 2014

When five struggling single moms put aside their differences to form a support group, they find inspiration and laughter in their new sisterhood, and help each other overcome the obstacles that stand in their way.

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