Diahann Carroll Movies

In the early 1900s, the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina serves as home to a black fishing community. Crippled beggar...

Genre: Music

Cast: Sidney Poitier

Archival music performances and contemporary interviews cover some of the history of Motown Records and Productions.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Diana Ross

A group of thieves attempt a daring robbery of a football stadium.

Genre: Action

Cast: Jim Brown

During the 1960s, two American jazz musicians living in Paris meet and fall in love with two American tourist girls and must decide between music and...

Genre: Romance

Cast: Paul Newman

In the early 1960s, a quintet of hopeful, young African-American men form an amateur vocal group called The Five Heartbeats. After an initially rocky...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Robert Townsend

Summer heats up in rural Louisiana beside Eve’s Bayou, 1962, as the Batiste family tries to survive the secrets they’ve kept and the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Jurnee Smollett

A Classic Holiday Celebration with Dean and Friends.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Dean Martin

A detective uncovers a sinister conspiracy when he is sent to research a disintegrating neighborhood for a public relations campaign.

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Andie MacDowell

Detective Win Garano is asked to reopen a twenty-year-old murder case, and soon finds himself endangered by the political ambitions of a district...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Andie MacDowell

A musical salute to The Beatles.

Genre: Music

Cast: Tony Randall

At an all-Black army camp, civilian parachute maker and "hot bundle" Carmen Jones is desired by many of the men. Naturally, she wants Joe, who's...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Dorothy Dandridge

In 19th century New Orleans, creole Henriette must choose between love and devotion to the church. Neither choice is going to be easy, as there is...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Vanessa Williams

The story follows what happens when a child psychologist surprises his girlfriend by showing up at her political family's annual get-together at...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Craig Robinson

Claudine is a single mother in New York City who endures an exhausting commute to the suburbs where she works as a maid for wealthy families. In one...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Diahann Carroll

Most people know the lasting legacy of Harry Belafonte, the entertainer. This film unearths his significant contribution to and his leadership in the...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Harry Belafonte

Documentary commemorating the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King's March on Washington, a pivotal moment in the Civil Rights Movement in the...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Martin Luther King Jr.

Stars celebrate Bob Hope's 50 years with NBC.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Bob Hope

A ruthless Southern opportunist tries to buy his cousin's land, and when thwarted, brings several tragedies to the lives of his loved ones.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Michael Caine

Epic television miniseries exploring the complicated relationship of Thomas Jefferson and slave Sally Hemings, who conducted a 38 year love affair,...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Sam Neill

Based on writer Maya Angelou's eloquent reminiscences of her days as a gifted youngster growing up in the South during the Depression years where she...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Paul Benjamin

A former associate of Perry Mason returns to handle the defense of a world-class chess player accused of murdering a prominent TV personality.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hal Holbrook

Two neighboring families in Florida, one black and one white, struggle with the problems of race, poverty, prejudice, and absent fathers, as their...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Helen Shaver

Fictional character, Heidi Abromowitz, is the butt of everyone's jokes.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Joan Rivers

A celebration of NBC's 75 year history, featuring clips of special moments.

Genre: TV Movie

Cast: Barbara Eden

Constructed from a wealth of archival footage, the documentary follows Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. from 1955 to 1968, in his rise from regional...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Martin Luther King Jr.

From the creator and director of the critically acclaimed documentary Dark Girls, award-winning filmmaker Bill Duke continues the conversation on...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Raven-Symoné

Talented but self-centered trumpeter Bleek Gilliam is obsessed with his music and indecisiveness about his girlfriends Indigo and Clarke. But when he...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Denzel Washington

This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited from a seven-hour live entertainment marathon that was...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Debbie Allen

Tells the story of Sadie and Bessie Delany, two African-American (they preferred "colored") sisters who both lived past the age of 100. They grew up...

Genre: History

Cast: Diahann Carroll

The journey of a professional wrestler who becomes a small town pastor and moonlights as a masked vigilante fighting injustice. While facing crises...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Brett Granstaff

Luke Skywalker and Han Solo battle evil Imperial forces to help Chewbacca reach his imperiled family on the Wookiee planet - in time for Life Day,...

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Peter Mayhew

An all-star cast celebrates George Burn's 90th birthday and showcases highlights in Burns' career.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: George Burns

Middle-aged businesswoman Paula Tessier rejects the advances of her client's amusing 25-year-old son, Philip Van der Besh, but reconsiders when her...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ingrid Bergman

The true life story of famed singer Natalie Cole, daughter of Nat 'King' Cole. Gripping drama of her struggle with addiction and living in her...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Natalie Cole

Having established himself as a household name after his previous A Man and His Music specials, Frank Sinatra made a bold statement in 1968 by...

Genre: Music

Cast: Frank Sinatra

Heated confrontations and revelations result when a divorcee returns with her young son to the home of her two sisters.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Diahann Carroll

Discover how television has reflected the African American experience in this retrospective of the medium's first half-century. Actors, writers and...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Muhammad Ali

After having a near death experience Joanna finds her life in constant danger. She begins to believe that certain forces are trying to bring her back...

Genre: Fantasy

Cast: Lindsay Wagner

Tom Bosley hosts a tribute to the American musical theater taped before a live audience featuring dozens of stars recreating their original...

Genre: Music

Cast: Ethel Merman

A recently appointed black police commissioner is killed. So, Frank Janek is assigned to investigate.

Genre: Crime

Cast: Richard Crenna

A pilot for an unsold NBC series. A single woman with three children realizes that her family has lost sight of their values and gives up her career...

Genre:

Cast: Brandon Quintin Adams

From Amos 'n' Andy to Nat King Cole, from Roots to The Cosby Show, black people have played many roles on primetime television. Brilliantly weaving...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Ruby Dee

This documentary, hosted by actor Burgess Meredith, explores the life and career of movie director Otto Preminger, whose body of work includes such...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Otto Preminger

The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Anjelica Huston

Loosely based on the true story of the killing of Kitty Genovese: A young woman's murder is witnessed by fifteen of her neighbors who do nothing to...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Raúl Juliá

Ocean a 27-year-old highly-motivated mother has found her calling in managing a neighborhood apartment building along with the residents and the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Monica Calhoun

Tells the inspiring story of how six iconic African American female entertainers – Lena Horne, Abbey Lincoln, Nina Simone, Diahann Carroll,...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Abbey Lincoln

At the height of his KOJAK TV series fame, Telly Savalas starred in this variety special that was sponsored by Kraft Foods and shown without...

Genre: Music

Cast: Telly Savalas

A brave boy named Temba ventures to find food and water for his drought-striken village. But when he is given a set of magical bones, he uses them to...

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Paul Winfield

The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place Friday February 19, 1982 at New York's Radio City...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Jane Alexander

A British documentarian profiles washed-up diva Jackie Washington as she prepares for her comeback concert.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Jenifer Lewis

Louis Gossett Jr. takes viewers through a special documentary celebration of the groundbreaking achievements of African-American performers and their...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Donald Bogle