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5.1

♡ 23

9%

Antonia Bogdanovich Director

Rebecca Romijn as Ms. Rose

Gbenga Akinnagbe as Roman

Thomas Brodie-Sangster as Samuel Emerson

Tobin Bell as Smashmouth

Two brothers barely scrape by as their father continues to gamble and drink away the money they do bring home. They hatch a plan for a robbery but at what price?

Mad Genius

3.3

♡ 18

Royce Gorsuch Director

Faran Tahir as Eden

Levy Tran as Nicola

Spencer Locke as Sawyer

Gbenga Akinnagbe as Sun Moon

A young mad genius attempts to 'hack the human mind' in order to fix humanity.

Egg

2018

5.1

♡ 8

100%

Marianna Palka Director

Christina Hendricks as Karen

Anna Camp as Kiki

Alysia Reiner as Tina

Gbenga Akinnagbe as Wayne

Two couples and a surrogate lay bare the complications, contradictions, heartbreak, and absurdities implicit in how we think about motherhood.

Goldie

2019

5.7

♡ 5

95%

Sam de Jong Director

Marsha Stephanie Blake as Carol

Paul James as Chris

Ito Aghayere as Lisa

Gbenga Akinnagbe as Richard

Goldie, a precocious teenager in a family shelter, wages war against the system to keep her sisters together while she pursues her dreams of being a dancer. This is a story about displaced youth, ambition, and maintaining your spirit in the face of insurmountable obstacles.

Home

2013

♡ 1

Drama

Jono Oliver Director

Theo Stockman as Charles

Tonya Pinkins as Esmin

Adrian Martinez as Hector

Gbenga Akinnagbe as Jack Hall

The story of a man suffering from mental illness who attempts to rebuild his life.

The Savages

2007

parent child relationship

7.1

♡ 11

89%

sibling relationship

Tamara Jenkins Director

Nancy Lenehan as Counselor

David Zayas as Eduardo

Gbenga Akinnagbe as Jimmy

Diane Michelle as Videotape Narrator

A sister and brother face the realities of familial responsibility as they begin to care for their ailing father.

Reopening Night

2021

5.9

95%

Documentary

Rudy Valdez Director

Gbenga Akinnagbe as Self

Susan Kelechi Watson as Self

Jeremy Adams as Self

Jocelyn Bioh as Self

This documentary follows the cast, crew and staff of the world-famous Public Theater as they prepare to mount an all-black adaptation of Shakespeare’s “Merry Wives,” at the open-air Delacorte Theater in New York City. Contending with the ever-present threat of COVID-19 and one of the rainiest Julys on record, the production marks the return of live theatre following more than a year of closures in the city.

Blue Bloods

2010

7.7

♡ 10

Douglas Aarniokoski Director

Lyanka Gryu as Anya 1 episode, 2017

Robert Stanton as Connor Kelly 1 episode, 2022

Sadie Sink as Daisy Carpenter 1 episode, 2014

Gbenga Akinnagbe as Pierre 1 episode, 2011

Blue Bloods follows the lives of the NYPD's First Family of Law Enforcement: the Reagans. Frank, the Police Comissioner and son of former PC Henry Reagan, must balance his duties of running the largest police force in the world and being his kids' boss. His daughter Erin is an Assistant District Attorney, son Danny is a senior detective and fellow Marine Veteran, and new Harvard Law grad turned cop, Jamie all swirl through this family drama and passionately defend their city from harm. The Irish-American family is deeply rooted in their patriotism, passion, and love of family.—ahmetkozan

Fort Bliss

2014

6.4

♡ 6

75%

Claudia Myers Director

Emmanuelle Chriqui as Alma

Gbenga Akinnagbe as Sgt. Butcher

Pablo Schreiber as Staff Sergeant Donovan

Michelle Monaghan as Staff Sergeant Maggie Swann

After returning home from an extended tour in Afghanistan, a decorated U.S. Army medic and single mother struggles to rebuild her relationship with her young son.

The Hammer

5.9

♡ 6

boxing

Drama

prison

Angela Shelton Director

Gbenga Akinnagbe as George

Kerry Cahill as Officer Katie

Jay Huguley as Officer Paul

Ritchie Montgomery as Warden Barry

When prison boxer George "The Hammer" Martin is offered freedom for fighting in the 1984 Olympics, he says no in order to protect the woman he loves, forcing his best friend to learn the true meaning of loyalty.

Passing

2021

6.6

♡ 38

91%

86%

4:3

based on novel or book

Drama

interracial relationship

Rebecca Hall Director

Gbenga Akinnagbe as Dave

Bill Camp as Hugh

Tessa Thompson as Irene

Alexander Skarsgård as John

In 1920s New York City, a Black woman finds her world upended when her life becomes intertwined with a former childhood friend who's passing as white.

Edge of Darkness

2010

6.6

♡ 79

54%

Martin Campbell Director

Frank Grillo as Agent One

Wayne Duvall as Chief of Police

Mel Gibson as Craven

Gbenga Akinnagbe as Detective Darcy Jones

As a seasoned homicide detective, Thomas Craven has seen the bleakest side of humanity. But nothing prepares him for the toughest investigation of his life: the search for his only daughter Emma's killer. Now, he is on a personal mission to uncover the disturbing secrets surrounding her murder, including corporate corruption, government collusion and Emma's own mysterious life.

Detour

2016

6.2

♡ 16

63%

Christopher Smith Director

John Lynch as Frank

Emory Cohen as Johnny Ray

Gbenga Akinnagbe as Officer Mike Andrews

Jared Abrahamson as Paul

A young law student, grieving for his dying mother, struggles to decide whether he should kill his unfaithful step-father.

Lottery Ticket

2010

5.1

♡ 24

34%

44%

Comedy

Erik White Director

Brandon T. Jackson as Benny

Mike Pniewski as Carl

Gbenga Akinnagbe as Lorenzo

Keith David as Sweet Tee

Kevin Carson is a young man living in the projects who has to survive a three-day weekend after his opportunistic neighbors find out he's holding a winning lottery ticket worth $370 million.

DC Noir

2019

5.3

♡ 6

95%

Crime

Gbenga Akinnagbe Director

Aaron Dean Eisenberg as Bob Devane

Gbenga Akinnagbe as Detective Mitch Brooks

Judith Hoag as Mary Sullivan

Jay O. Sanders as Sgt. Peters

A crime anthology film based on George Pelecanos' book of the same title.

Crown Heights

6.7

♡ 3

79%

78%

based on a true story

miscarriage of justice

Romance

wrongful conviction

Matt Ruskin Director

Brian Tyree Henry as Clayton 'Massup' Benton

Adriane Lenox as Grace

Ron Canada as Judge Marcy

Gbenga Akinnagbe as Sampson

When Colin Warner was wrongfully convicted of murder, his best friend Carl King devoted his life to proving his innocence.

Rob Peace

2024

6.6

♡ 8

75%

94%

based on novel or book

Chiwetel Ejiofor Director

Gbenga Akinnagbe as Carl Robertson

Caleb Eberhardt as Curtis Gamble

Michael Kelly as Father Leahy

Jay Will as Rob Peace

An underprivileged, gifted young black man from Newark reaches Yale University, only for shadows and injustices from his past to threaten his future.

The Sun Is Also a Star

2019

5.9

♡ 61

52%

60%

based on young adult novel

Ry Russo-Young Director

Charles Melton as Daniel Jae Ho Bae

John Leguizamo as Jeremy Martinez

Cathy Shim as Min Soo Bae

Gbenga Akinnagbe as Samuel Kingsley

Two young New Yorkers begin to fall in love over the course of a single day, as a series of potentially life-altering meetings loom over their heads - hers concerning her family’s deportation to Jamaica, and his concerning an education at Dartmouth.

Detroit

♡ 138

82%

79%

based on a true story

Kathryn Bigelow Director

John Krasinski as Attorney Auerbach

Gbenga Akinnagbe as Aubrey Pollard Sr.

Will Poulter as Krauss

Samira Wiley as Vanessa

A police raid in Detroit in 1967 results in one of the largest citizens' uprisings in the history of the United States.

Independence Day: Resurgence

2016