Louis Gossett Jr. films, ranked by your taste

Actor · 16 films on Boxlist

Known for The Color Purple, An Officer and a Gentleman and Sidney.

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Starring Louis Gossett Jr.

Sidney
2022 · Film
7.7/10 · TMDB
This revealing documentary honors the legendary Sidney Poitier—iconic actor, filmmaker, and civil rights activist. Featuring interviews with Denzel Washington, Spike Lee, Halle Berry, and more.
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2024 · Film
7.5/10 · TMDB
A young girl who goes through a difficult experience begins to see everyone's imaginary friends who have been left behind as their real-life friends have grown up.
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Three Months
2022 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
Coming-of-age film about Caleb, a South Florida teen. On the eve of his high school graduation, everything changes when he's exposed to HIV. While he waits three months for his results, he finds love in the most unlikely of places.
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An Officer and a Gentleman
1982 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
Zack Mayo is an aloof, taciturn man who aspires to be a navy pilot. Once he arrives at training camp for his 13-week officer's course, Mayo runs afoul of abrasive, no-nonsense drill Sergeant Emil Foley. Mayo is an excellent cadet, but a...
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The Color Purple
2023 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
A decades-spanning tale of love and resilience and of one woman's journey to independence. Celie faces many hardships in her life, but ultimately finds extraordinary strength and hope in the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood.
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Enemy Mine
1985 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
A soldier from Earth crashlands on an alien world after sustaining battle damage. Eventually he encounters another survivor, but from the enemy species he was fighting; they band together to survive on this hostile world. In the end the...
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Daddy's Little Girls
2007 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
Monty is a mechanic struggling to make ends meet as he raises his three young daughters. When the court awards custody of his daughters to his shady ex-wife, Monty desperately tries to win them back with the help of Julia, a beautiful, Ivy...
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The Perfect Game
2010 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
Based on a true story, a group of boys from Monterrey, Mexico who become the first non-U.S. team to win the Little League World Series.
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The Principal
1987 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
Burglary. Drugs. Assault. Rape. The students at Brandel High are more than new Principal Rick Latimer bargained for. Gangs fight to control the school using knives - even guns - when they have to. When Latimer and the head of security try...
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The Cuban
2020 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
When a young Afghan immigrant named Mina gets her first job in a nursing home, an unexpected friendship with Luis, a resident with dementia, reignites her love of music and changes her life forever.
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Blue Chips
1994 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDB
Pete Bell, a college basketball coach is under a lot of pressure. His team isn't winning and he cannot attract new players. The stars of the future are secretly being paid by boosters. This practice is forbidden in the college game, but...
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Outlaw Johnny Black
2023 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
Hell bent on avenging the death of his father, Johnny Black vows to gun down Brett Clayton and becomes a wanted man in the process while posing as a preacher in a small mining town that's been taken over by a notorious Land Baron.
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The Punisher
1989 · Film
5.8/10 · TMDB
The avenging angel of Marvel Comics fame comes brilliantly to life in this searing action-adventure thriller! Dolph Lundgren stars as Frank Castle, a veteran cop who loses his entire family to a mafia car bomb. His ex-partner believes...
Iron Eagle
1986 · Film
5.4/10 · TMDB
When Doug's father, an Air Force Pilot, is shot down by MiGs belonging to a radical Middle Eastern state, no one seems able to get him out. Doug finds Chappy, an Air Force Colonel who is intrigued by the idea of sending in two fighters...
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Firewalker
1986 · Film
5.4/10 · TMDB
A pair of adventurers try to track down an ancient Aztec/Mayan/Egyptian/Apache horde of gold.
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Jaws 3-D
1983 · Film
4.4/10 · TMDB
This third film in the series follows a group of marine biologists attempting to capture a young great white shark that has wandered into Florida's Sea World Park. However, later it is discovered that the shark's 35-foot mother is also a...
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