Yasiin Bey — Actor (18)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005) [Movie] TMDB Douban NeoDB IMDb WikiData Melon Log
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
7.5 (13 ratings) director: Garth Jennings actor: Martin Freeman / Yasiin Bey
other title: Guida galattica per autostoppisti / Håndbog for vakse Galakseblaffere
Mere seconds before the Earth is to be demolished by an alien construction crew, Arthur Dent is swept off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher penning a new edition of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."
Cadillac Records (2008) [Movie] NeoDB IMDb TMDB Douban WikiData
Cadillac Records
director: Darnell Martin actor: Adrien Brody / Jeffrey Wright
The story of sex, violence, race and rock and roll in 1950s Chicago, and the exciting but turbulent lives of some of America's musical legends, including Muddy Waters, Leonard Chess, Little Walter, Howlin' Wolf, Etta James and Chuck Berry.
Begin Again (2014) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb
Begin Again
7.8 (13 ratings) director: John Carney actor: Mark Ruffalo / Keira Knightley
other title: Tutto può cambiare / Forelsket i New York
Gretta, a budding songwriter, finds herself alone after her boyfriend Dave ditches her. Her life gains purpose when Dan, a record label executive, notices her talent.
Amy (2015) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB Douban IMDb WikiData
Amy
9.0 (5 ratings) director: Asif Kapadia actor: Amy Winehouse / Mark Ronson
other title: Amy - The Girl Behind the Name / Amy (La chica detrás del nombre)
A documentary on the life of Amy Winehouse, the immensely talented yet doomed songstress. We see her from her teen years, where she already showed her singing abilities, to her finding success and then her downward spiral into alcoholism and drugs.
Dave Chappelle's Block Party (2005) [Movie] Douban IMDb WikiData TMDB
Dave Chappelle's Block Party
director: Michel Gondry actor: Dave Chappelle / Erykah Badu
other title: Festa de Arromba / Block Party
The American comedian/actor delivers a story about the alternative Hip Hop scene. A small town Ohio mans moves to Brooklyn, New York, to throw an unprecedented block party.
I'm Still Here (2010) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB Douban
I'm Still Here
director: Casey Affleck actor: Joaquin Phoenix / Antony Langdon
other title: Joaquin Phoenix - Io sono qui! / I'm still here
I'm Still Here is a portrayal of a tumultuous year in the life of actor Joaquin Phoenix. With remarkable access, the film follows the Oscar-nominee as he announces his retirement from a successful film career in the fall of 2008 and sets off to reinvent himself as a hip-hop musician. The film is a portrait of an artist at a crossroads and explores notions of courage and creative reinvention, as well as the ramifications of a life spent in the public eye.
Life of Crime (2013) [Movie] TMDB
Life of Crime
director: Daniel Schechter actor: Jennifer Aniston / John Hawkes
other title: Life of Crime - Scambio a sorpresa / Det Kriminelle Liv
Two common criminals get more than they bargained for after kidnapping the wife of a corrupt real-estate developer who shows no interest in paying the $1 million dollar ransom for her safe return.
The Woodsman (2004) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB IMDb WikiData Douban
The Woodsman
director: Nicole Kassell actor: Kevin Bacon / David Alan Grier
other title: The Woodsman - Il segreto / O Lenhador
After twelve years in prison, Walter returns home. His family has abandoned him, save for his brother-in-law. Few know he's a sex offender and pedophile. Walter finds an apartment and is regularly visited by his parole officer. He gets a job at a lumber mill and starts seeing a coworker. Then his new world begins to unravel; as his past becomes known, he strikes up a high-risk friendship with a young girl and realizes that a man loitering near a schoolyard is a child molester prowling for his next victim.
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
director: Adam McKay actor: Will Ferrell / John C. Reilly
other title: Ricky Bobby - La storia di un uomo che sapeva contare fino a uno / Talladega Nights
The fastest man on four wheels, Ricky Bobby is one of the greatest drivers in NASCAR history. A big, hairy American winning machine, Ricky has everything a dimwitted daredevil could want, a luxurious mansion, a smokin' hot wife and all the fast food he can eat. But Ricky's turbo-charged lifestyle hits an unexpected speed bump when he's bested by flamboyant Euro-idiot Jean Girard and reduced to a fear-ridden wreck.
Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap (2012) [Movie] TMDB
Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap
director: Ice-T / Andy Baybutt actor: Ice-T / Dr. Dre
other title: Something from Nothing
SOMETHING FROM NOTHING: THE ART OF RAP is a feature length performance documentary about the runaway juggernaut that is Rap music. At the wheel of this unstoppable beast is the film's director and interviewer Ice-T. Taking us on a deeply personal journey Ice-T uncovers how this music of the street has grown to dominate the world. Along the way Ice-T meets a whole spectrum of Hip-Hop talent, from founders, to new faces, to the global superstars like Eminem, Dr Dre, Snoop Dogg and Kanye West. He exposes the roots and history of Rap and then, through meeting many of its most famous protagonists, studies the living mechanism of the music to reveal 'The Art Of Rap'. This extraordinary film features unique performances from the entire cast, without resorting to archive material, to build a fresh and surprising take on the phenomenon that is Rap.
Be Kind Rewind (2008) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb NeoDB Douban
Be Kind Rewind
director: Michel Gondry actor: Jack Black / Yasiin Bey
other title: Be Kind Rewind - Gli Acchiappafilm / Rebobine, Por Favor
A man whose brain becomes magnetized unintentionally destroys every tape in his friend's video store. In order to satisfy the store's most loyal renter, an aging woman with signs of dementia, the two men set out to remake the lost films.
You're Watching Video Music Box (2021) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
You're Watching Video Music Box
director: Nas actor: Nas / Ralph McDaniels
The untold story of the world’s longest running video show, Video Music Box. A hip hop mainstay since 1983, VMB gave a platform to artists like Jay-Z, Nas and Mary J. Blige before they hit it big. Host Ralph McDaniels’ archives — amassed over nearly 40 years — reveal the show’s importance to numerous big-name musicians, as well as to the kids that grew up watching.
16 Blocks (2006) [Movie] KevGa-NeoDB IMDb TMDB WikiData
16 Blocks
director: Richard Donner actor: Bruce Willis / Yasiin Bey
other title: Solo 2 ore / 16 blocs
An aging cop is assigned the ordinary task of escorting a fast-talking witness from police custody to a courthouse, but they find themselves running the gauntlet as other forces try to prevent them from getting there.
Brown Sugar (2002) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Brown Sugar
director: Rick Famuyiwa actor: Sanaa Lathan / Taye Diggs
Sidney and Dre can attribute their lifelong friendship and the launch of their careers to one single childhood instant... witnessing the birth of hip-hop on a New York street corner. Now some 15 years later, she is a revered music critic at a national magazine and he is a successful, though unfulfilled, hip-hop record company executive. Both come to realize that their true life passions will only be fulfilled by remembering what they learned that day on the corner.
Bamboozled (2000) [Movie] WikiData NeoDB IMDb Douban TMDB
Bamboozled
director: Spike Lee actor: Damon Wayans / Savion Glover
other title: It’s Showtime / The Very Black Show
Frustrated when network brass reject his sitcom idea, producer Pierre Delacroix pitches the worst idea he can think of in an attempt to get fired: a 21st century minstrel show. The network not only airs it, but it becomes a smash hit.