Robert Townsend Movies

Mercenary Captain "Hawk" is in Acion again to save a hostage. But he and his team are betrayed. Nothing is as it seems...

A failed window dresser exploits a being with rat-like features in an effort to make money.

Sixteen-year-old Xtra Keys hopes to raise his son better than his boozy, razor-edged mother raised him, and he just might get his wish when he's...

Robert (John Ritter) is a lawyer who takes more than professional interest in the new investigator hired by his firm, Isobel (Karen Carlson). As the...

Coach Banks (Robert Townsend) is used to calling all the shots for his championship high school basketball team and in his own love life. But...

Rudy Ray Moore tells all as only he can in this all-new retrospective legendary career. From his humble beginnings to his crowning as "King of the...

This mockumentary about fictional movie studio Adequate Pictures boasts an interesting cast. Tony Randall hosts, and James CoCo (practically on his...

Five college buddies start their own moving business only to find themselves tangling with sleazy competitors and the mob.

Legendary comedian Richard Pryor's friends and admirers host a tributary party in his honor during which clips from his movies, shows and stand ups...

A group of graduating students from a midwestern high school comes to New York City on a trip to celebrate the impending end of school. The students...

Alan Chambers (Townsend) is a lawyer and sick of his job. He corrals his friends into forming a vigilante group. Everyone goes along with it at...

Bill Cosby shares his hilarious new observations on life and family in this comedy special, his first televised concert in 30 years.

In the 70's, Langston Faizon Santisima, barely 18, left his native Cuba on an impossible quest- to direct a film starring Bruce Lee. Against all...

A new highway threatens a Chicago neighborhood, so to protest the residents throw a block party.

In 1990, actor, comedian, writer and director, Robert Townsend, went against every obstacle in Hollywood, relying on his faith, street smarts, and...

A look at the development of film making and its contribution to the social and political times form the perspective of Black film makers.

Filmmaker Robert Townsend executive-produced the following fifty-six-minute program for Criterion’s Meet the Filmmakers series in 2018. In it,...

American stand-up comedian Robin Harris performs his legendary comedic jokes as part of HBO's classic comedy series One Night Stand.

Showtime's "In the 20th Century" is a millennium-related strand of feature-length documentaries in which famous directors take on major subjects of...

After a homocide that the police believe is over gasoline theft, a tax investigator discovers the Russian mafia is involved and that they are...