THE PROTEGE (2021)

 

Directed By: Martin Campbell Written By: Richard Wenk Cinematography: David Tattersall Editor: Angela M. Catanzaro

Cast: Maggie Q, Michael Keaton, Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Patrick, David Rintoul, Ray Fearon, Patrick Malahide, Ori Pfeffer 

Rescued as a child by the legendary assassin Moody, Anna is the world's most skilled contract killer. However, when Moody is brutally killed, she vows revenge for the man who taught her everything she knows.

THE HITMAN’S WIFE’S BODYGUARD (2021)

 Directed By: Patrick Hughes  Written By: Brandon Murphy & Phillip Murphy  Based On Characters Created By & Story By: Tom O’Connor  Cinematography: Terry Stacey  Editor: Jack Hutchings & Michael J. Duthie

Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson, Salma Hayek, Frank Grillo, Antonio Banderas, Tom Hopper, Caroline Goodall, Richard E. Grant, Morgan Freeman, Alice McMillan 

The bodyguard, Michael Bryce, continues his friendship with assassin, Darius Kincaid, as they try to save Darius' wife Sonia

SPIRAL: FROM THE BOOK OF JIGSAW (2021)

 

Directed by: Darren Lynn Bousman Written by: Josh Stolberg & Peter Goldfinger Cinematography: Jordan Oram Editor: Dev Singh 

Cast: Chris Rock, Samuel L. Jackson, Max Minghella, Marisol Nichols, Dan Petronijevic, Richard Zeppieri, Patrick McManus 

Working in the shadow of his father, an esteemed police veteran, brash Detective Ezekiel "Zeke" Banks and his rookie partner take charge of a grisly investigation into murders that are eerily reminiscent of the city's gruesome past. Unwittingly entrapped in a deepening mystery, Zeke finds himself at the center of the killer's morbid game.

187 (ONE EIGHT SEVEN)

 

Directed By: Kevin Reynolds Written By: Scott Yagemann Cinematography: Ericson Core Editor: Stephen Semel

Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, John Heard, Kelly Rowan, Clifton Collins Jr., Karina Arroyave, Tony Plana, Lobo Sebastian, Jack Kehler, Jonah Rooney, Method Man, Richard Riehle, Antwon Tanner 

15 months after being stabbed 9 times by a student at work as a high school teacher in NYC, Mr. Garfield is working in LA as a substitute teacher come full-time. He refuses to be a victim anymore.

KISS OF DEATH (1995)

 

  

Directed By: Barbet Schroeder  Written By: Richard Price  Based on the Original Screenplay “KISS OF DEATH” By: Ben Hecht & Charles Lederer Based on a story By Eleazar Lipsky  Cinematography: Luciano Tovolli  Editor: Lee Percy 

Cast: David Caruso, Nicolas Cage, Samuel L. Jackson, Ving Rhames, Stanley Tucci, Helen Hunt, Michael Rapaport, Kathryn Erbe, Jay O. Sanders, Hope Davis, Anthony Heald, Philip Baker Hall, Paul Calderon, Anne Meara, John Costelloe 

A reformed convict goes undercover with the help of an angry detective to ensnare a psychotic mobster.

SHAFT (2019)

Directed By: Tim Story 
Written By: Kenya Barris & Alex Barnow 
Based Upon the character John Shaft from the novel by: Ernest Tidyman 
Cinematography: Larry Blanford 
Editor: Peter S. Elliot 

Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Jesse T. Usher, Regina Hall, Alexandra Shipp, Richard Roundtree, Avan Jogia, Luna Lauren Velez, Issach De Bankole, Cliff “Method Man” Smith, Matt Lauria, Tashiana Washington 

JJ Shaft, a cyber security expert with a degree from MIT, enlists his family's help to uncover the truth behind his best friend's untimely death.

SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME (2019)

Directed By: Jon Watts 
Written By: Chris McKenna & Erik Sommers 
Based On Characters Created By: Stan Lee & Steve Ditko 
Cinematography: Matthew J. Lloyd 
Editor: Leigh Folsom Boyd & Dan Lebental 


Cast: Tom Holland, Zendaya, Jake Gylenhaal, Samuel L. Jackson, Jon Favreau, Cobie Smulders, Marisa Tomei, Jacob Batalan, Tony Revolori, Martin Starr, J.B. Smoove, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Peter Billingsly, Angourie Rice 


Our friendly neighborhood Super Hero decides to join his best friends Ned, MJ, and the rest of the gang on a European vacation. However, Peter's plan to leave super heroics behind for a few weeks are quickly scrapped when he begrudgingly agrees to help Nick Fury uncover the mystery of several elemental creature attacks, creating havoc across the continent.

THE AVENGERS (2012)

Written & Directed By: Joss Whedon 
Story By: Zak Penn & Joss Whedon 
Cinematography: Seamus McGarvey 
Editor: Jeffrey Ford & Lisa Lassek 


Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Scarlett Johanssen, Tom Hiddleston, Jeremy Renner, Chris Hemsworth, Clark Gregg, Cobie Smulders, Stellan Skarsgard, Samuel L. Jackson, Gwyneth Paltrow, Alexis Denisof, Jerzy Skolimowski, Jenny Agutter, James Eckhouse, Harry Dean Stanton, Stan Lee 

Nick Fury is the director of S.H.I.E.L.D., an international peace-keeping agency. The agency is a who's who of Marvel Super Heroes, with Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye and Black Widow. When global security is threatened by Loki and his cohorts, Nick Fury and his team will need all their powers to save the world from disaster which is formed by Loki and his team

CAPTAIN MARVEL (2019)

Directed By: Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck 
Written By: Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck & Geneva Robertson-Dworet 
Story By: Nicole Perlman, Meg LaFeuve, Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck & Geneva Robertson-Dworet Cinematography: Ben Davis 
Editor: Debbie Berman & Elliot Graham 

Cast: Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn, Annette Bening, Jude Law, Lashana Lynch, Clark Gregg, Lee Pace, Gemma Chan, Dijmon Hounsou 

Carol Danvers becomes one of the universe's most powerful heroes when Earth is caught in the middle of a galactic war between two alien races.

GLASS (2019)

Written & Directed By: M. Night Shyamalan 
Cinematography: Mike Gioulakis 
Editor: Luke Ciarrocchi & Blu Murray 

Cast: Bruce Willis, James McAvoy, Samuel L. Jackson, Anna Taylor-Joy, Sarah Paulson, Spencer Treat Clark, Charlayne Woodard, Luke Kirby 

After pursuing Kevin Wendell Crumb and the multiple identities that reside within. David Dunn finds himself locked in a mental hospital alongside his archenemy, Elijah Price and must contend with a psychiatrist who is out to prove the trio do not actually possess superhuman abilities.

S.W.A.T. (2003)

Directed By: Clark Johnson 
Written By: David Ayer & David McKenna 
Story By: Ron Mita & Jim McClain 
Based on Characters created by: Robert Hammer 
Cinematography By: Gabriel Beristain 
Editor: Michael Tronick 


Cast: Colin Farrell, Samuel L. Jackson, Michelle Rodriguez, Jeremy Renner, Josh Charles, LL Cool J, Brian Van Holt, Oliver Martinez, Domenick Lombardozzi, Reginald E. Cathey, Larry Pointdexter. E. Roger Mitchell, Reed Diamond, Lucinda Jenney, Denis Arndt, Ashley Scott, Octavia Spencer 


Based off of a one time T.V. show, two Los Angeles S.W.A.T. officers Jim Street and Brian Gamble were sent in to foil an extremely violent bank robbery. Although they thwarted the robbery, they shot a hostage in the process. Street was suspended from S.W.A.T. while Gamble was fired altogether. After 6 months, a veteran S.W.A.T. officer, Daniel Harrelson or "Hondo", is told to assemble a S.W.A.T. team for his division. He chooses other S.W.A.T. officers as well as 3 rookies. However, after they pass the S.W.A.T. training, they receive a message that a French crime boss, known as Alex Montell is trying to escape from prison. This will not be easy to prevent, especially after Montell promises $100 Million to his rescuers.

LAKEVIEW TERRACE (2008)

Directed By: Neil LaBute 
Written By: David Loughery & Howard Korder 
Story By: David Loughery 
Cinematography By: Rogier Stoffers 
Editor: Joel Plotch 


Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Kerry Washington, Patrick Wilson, Ron Glass, Justin Chambers, Jay Hernandez, Regine Nehy 


In California, the Caucasian Chris Mattson and his African-American wife Lisa Mattson move to a house in a gated community. The racist and dysfunctional next-door neighbor is the abusive LAPD Officer Abel Turner who feels uncomfortable with the relationship of the newcomers and transforms their lives into Hell on Earth.

MISS PEREGRINE'S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN (2016)

Directed By: Tim Burton 
Written By: Jane Goldman 
Based on the Book By: Ransom Riggs 
Cinematography By: Bruno Delbonnel 
Editor: Chris Lebenzon 


Cast: Eva Green, Asa Butterfield, Ella Purnell, Samuel L. Jackson, Terrence Stamp, Judi Dench, Chris O’Dowd, Rupert Everett, Kim Dickens, O-Lan Jones, Alison Janney, Milo Parker, Raffiela Chapman, Finlay MacMillan, Lauren McCrostie 


When Jacob discovers clues to a mystery that stretches across time, he finds Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. But the danger deepens after he gets to know the residents and learns about their special powers.

BLACK SNAKE MOAN (2006)

Written & Directed By: Craig Brewer 
Cinematography By: Amy Vincent 
Editor: Billy Fox 


Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Christina Ricci, Justin Timberlake, David Banner, S. Epatha Merkerson, John Cothran, Michael Raymond-James, Adriane Lenox, Kim Richards, Clare Grant

BARELY LETHAL (2015)

Directed By: Kyle Newman 
Written By: John D’Arco 
Cinematography By: Peter Collister 
Editor: Stephanie Corsalini Ligorner 


Cast: Hailee Steinfeld, Samuel L. Jackson, Jessica Alba, Sophie Turner, Dove Cameron, Rachael Harris, Finesse Mitchell, Thomas Mann, Rob Huebel, Dan Fogler, Steve-O

BIG GAME (2015)

Written & Directed By: Jalmari Helander 
Cinematography By: Mika Orasmaa 
Editor: Iikka Hesse 

Cast: Onni Tommila, Samuel L. Jackson, Ray Stevenson, Mehmet Kurtulus, Ted Levine, Victor Garber, Felicity Huffman, Jim Broadbent, Jorma Tommila

KITE (2014)

Directed By: Ralph Ziman 
Written By: Brian Cox 
Based on the film by: Yasuomi Umetsu 
Cinematography By: Lance Gewer 
Editor: Megan Gill 


Cast: India Eisley, Samuel L. Jackson, Callan McAuliffe

OLDBOY (2013)

Directed By: Spike Lee 
Written By: Mark Protosevich 
Based On The Manga By: Garon Tsuchiya & Nobuaki Minegishi 
Cinematography By: Sean Bobbitt 
Editor: Barry Alexander Brown 

Cast: Josh Brolin, Sharito Copley, Elizabeth Olsen, Samuel L. Jackson, James Ransone, Michael Imperiolli, Pom Klementieff, Max Casella, Lance Reddick, Ricahrd Partnow, Hannah Simone

JEFF OF THE CINEFILES: HALL OF FAME: FILE #0030: JACKIE BROWN (1997)

Written & Directed By: Quentin Tarantino 
Based On The Novel “RUM PUNCH” By: Elmore Leonard 
Cinematography By: Guillermo Navarro 
Editor: Sally Menke 

 Cast: Pam Grier, Robert Forster, Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Keaton, Michael Bowen, Bridget Fonda, Robert DeNiro, Chris Tucker, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Tony “Tiny” Lister, Sid Haig, Aimee Graham, T’Keyah Crystal Keymah,

THE GREAT WHITE HYPE (1996)

Directed By: Reginald Hudlin 
Written By: Ron Shelton & Tony Hendra 
Cinematography By: Ron Garcia 
Editor: Earl Watson 

 Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Jeff Goldblum, Peter Berg, Damon Wayans, Jamie Foxx, Salli Richardson, Jon Lovitz, Cheech Marin, Michael Jace, Corbin Bernsen, John Rhys-Davies, Rocky Carroll, A.J. Johnson, Reno Wilson, Art Evans