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1. Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun

Animation, Adventure, Fantasy | Pre-production

A teenager discovers that she has super powers then she travels to Nigeria to learn more about her origins. There, she found out a threat to her newfound magical community.

2. Cyrano the Moor

Musical | Announced

A musical mash-up of the classic romantic tale of Cyrano de Bergerac and Shakespeare's tragedy, 'Othello'.

Star: David Oyelowo

3. Becoming King (2024)

66 min | Documentary

An emotional portrait of David Oyelowo's journey to play legendary civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Featuring behind-the-scenes footage and intimate home videos, it is a story of faith, friendship and a destiny fulfilled.

Director: Jessica Oyelowo | Stars: Ava DuVernay, Martin Luther King Jr., David Oyelowo, Jessica Oyelowo

Votes: 31

4. The Talk (2010–2024)
Episode: David Oyelowo/Jessica Oyelowo/Diane Farr (2024)

TV-14 | 38 min | News, Talk-Show

Actor David Oyelowo; director Jessica Oyelowo; actress Diane Farr.

Director: Joseph Carolei | Stars: Akbar Gbajabiamila, Amanda Kloots, Natalie Morales, Jerry O'Connell

5. Lawmen: Bass Reeves (2023)

TV-MA | 45 min | Drama, Western

About the legendary lawman Bass Reeves, one of the greatest frontier heroes and one of the first Black deputy U.S. marshals west of the Mississippi River.

Stars: David Oyelowo, Lauren E. Banks, Demi Singleton, Forrest Goodluck

Votes: 11,157

6. Lawmen: Bass Reeves (2023)
Episode: Part 1 (2023)

TV-MA | 57 min | Drama, Western

Bass rides into hell. Esau makes a violent impression on Bass. Bass escapes his chains, but has to make a hard sacrifice.

Director: Christina Alexandra Voros | Stars: David Oyelowo, Lauren E. Banks, Demi Singleton, Forrest Goodluck

Votes: 887

7. Lawmen: Bass Reeves (2023)
Episode: Part II (2023)

TV-MA | 43 min | Drama, Western

Bass and his family endure tough times on their farm. Bass gets a visit from the law and is faced with an interesting proposition.

Director: Christina Alexandra Voros | Stars: David Oyelowo, Lauren E. Banks, Demi Singleton, Forrest Goodluck

Votes: 730

8. Lawmen: Bass Reeves (2023)
Episode: Part IV (2023)

TV-MA | 41 min | Drama, Western

Bass and his new posse man have a fateful encounter at the Women's Boarding House. Jennie reunites with someone from her past.

Director: Damian Marcano | Stars: David Oyelowo, Lauren E. Banks, Demi Singleton, Forrest Goodluck

Votes: 563

9. Lawmen: Bass Reeves (2023)
Episode: Part III (2023)

TV-MA | 40 min | Drama, Western

Bass is sworn in and embarks on his first mission as a US Deputy Marshal. The Underwood gang strikes after Bass is let in on a secret.

Director: Christina Alexandra Voros | Stars: David Oyelowo, Lauren E. Banks, Demi Singleton, Forrest Goodluck

Votes: 637

10. Lawmen: Bass Reeves (2023)
Episode: Part V (2023)

TV-MA | 44 min | Drama, Western

After pandemonium erupts at Bywater's store, Bass is forced to choose between his oath and family. Sally runs into trouble at the carnival, while Bass confronts an old nemesis.

Director: Damian Marcano | Stars: David Oyelowo, Lauren E. Banks, Demi Singleton, Forrest Goodluck

Votes: 508

11. Lawmen: Bass Reeves (2023)
Episode: Part VI (2023)

TV-MA | 46 min | Drama, Western

Chaos ensues as a firefight breaks out in Checotah. Bass and Jennie have a painful reunion. Bass has an unsettling realization about the myth of Mister Sundown.

Director: Damian Marcano | Stars: David Oyelowo, Lauren E. Banks, Demi Singleton, Forrest Goodluck

Votes: 479

12. Lawmen: Bass Reeves (2023)
Episode: Part VII (2023)

TV-MA | 32 min | Drama, Western

Bass struggles with the weight of the badge like never before. After a deadly mission goes awry, the U.S. Deputy Marshal's fate is left in the hands of someone else.

Director: Christina Alexandra Voros | Stars: David Oyelowo, Lauren E. Banks, Demi Singleton, Forrest Goodluck

Votes: 456

13. Lawmen: Bass Reeves (2023)
Episode: Part VIII (2023)

TV-MA | 53 min | Drama, Western

After a waltz with the devil, Bass, Billy Crow, and Sherrill have a dangerous reckoning with Mister Sundown. Meanwhile, trouble ensues for Jennie, Sally, and Esme back at the Reeves' farm.

Director: Christina Alexandra Voros | Stars: David Oyelowo, Lauren E. Banks, Demi Singleton, Forrest Goodluck

Votes: 460

14. Ten Percent (2022)

TV-MA | 49 min | Comedy

The series takes place at a London talent agency where agents scramble to keep their star clients happy and their business afloat after the sudden death of their founder.

Stars: Jack Davenport, Lydia Leonard, Maggie Steed, Prasanna Puwanarajah

Votes: 2,667

15. Rock a Bye Baby (2022)

6 min | Short, Comedy

A drug deal goes wrong when instead of cocaine the dealers find out they have a baby, and one of them refuses to give it back.

Director: Monique Sorgen | Stars: Mo McRae, Scott Krinsky, Jessica Oyelowo, Camilla Brewer

16. Ten Percent (2022)
Episode: Episode #1.6 (2022)

TV-MA | Comedy

Relationships all over the office reach breaking points due to unspecified boundaries, while Jonathan must manage those of a married acting couple client.

Director: Sam Leifer | Stars: Jack Davenport, Lydia Leonard, Maggie Steed, Prasanna Puwanarajah

Votes: 90

17. Last Known Position (2021– )
Mutiny! (2022 Podcast Episode)

Documentary, Thriller

Trust is broken and the crew takes sides that could determine the fate of the expedition. A secret message is finally decoded.

Director: John Wynn | Stars: Gina Rodriguez, James Purefoy, Jessica Oyelowo, Travis Joe Dixon

18. Last Known Position (2021– )
All Hands on Deck (2022 Podcast Episode)

32 min | Documentary, Thriller

The ship is no longer under its original control. Truths are revealed...and the answers Mikaela has been seeking are nothing short of true horror.

Director: John Wynn | Stars: Gina Rodriguez, James Purefoy, Lauren B. Mosley, Jessica Oyelowo

19. Last Known Position (2021– )
Unknown Waters (2022 Podcast Episode)

28 min | Documentary, Thriller

In the season finale of Last Known Position, Mikaela, under interrogation, recalls the final hours of the expedition.

Director: John Wynn | Stars: Lauren B. Mosley, Ashley Bell, Olivia Cheng, Travis Joe Dixon

20. Last Known Position (2021 Podcast Series)

Documentary, Thriller

Last Known Position follows a group of experts including submersible pilot Mikaela Soto (Gina Rodriguez) as they seek to recover a flight that suddenly vanished over the Pacific Ocean.

Stars: Giovanna Quinto, Travis Joe Dixon, Ashley Bell, Gina Rodriguez

Votes: 63

21. Ferguson Rises (2021)

82 min | Documentary

Ferguson Rises is the inspiring story of the residents of Ferguson, Missouri, a small town that suffered a powerful loss and became the flash point for a modern day civil rights movement.

Director: Mobolaji Olambiwonnu | Stars: Jeffrey Amado Ahrens, Rasheen Aldridge, Dominique Alexander, Ank Ankenbrand

Votes: 56

22. Last Known Position (2021– )
Mayday Mayday! (2021 Podcast Episode)

35 min | Documentary, Thriller

In the series premiere, submersible pilot Mikaela Soto joins a private expedition to locate a plane that went missing over the Pacific fourteen months ago. Shortly after arriving onboard, ... See full summary »

Director: John Wynn | Stars: Gina Rodriguez, James Purefoy, Lana McKissack, Chloe Stearns

23. The Water Man (I) (2020)

PG | 91 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

A boy sets out on a quest to save his ill mother by searching for a mythic figure said to have magical healing powers.

Director: David Oyelowo | Stars: David Oyelowo, Amiah Miller, Lonnie Chavis, Rosario Dawson

Votes: 4,615

24. Sorry, Not Sorry (2019)

8 min | Short, Comedy

A couple's oneupmanship reaches unbelievable heights after a man eats his wife's plums.

Director: Monique Sorgen | Stars: Wallace Langham, Jessica Oyelowo, Cori Snelson, M. Emmet Walsh

Votes: 36

25. Sleepwalker (II) (2017)

Unrated | 88 min | Thriller

Troubled by bouts of sleepwalking and disturbing nightmares, graduate student Sarah Foster goes to her university sleep research center for help. But when she wakes up after her first night... See full summary »

Director: Elliott Lester | Stars: Ahna O'Reilly, Richard Armitage, Izabella Scorupco, Rachel Melvin

Votes: 1,238

26. Waiting for Hassana (2017)

10 min | Documentary, Short

In 2014, 276 teenage girls came together for exams in Chibok, Nigeria -- by dawn, nearly all had disappeared and their school was burnt. Jessica, an escapee, shares her haunting account of a friendship violently interrupted by Boko Haram.

Director: Ifunanya Maduka

Votes: 17

27. E! Live from the Red Carpet (1995– )
Episode: The 2017 Academy Awards (2017)

Unrated | 340 min | News

Add a Plot

Directors: Timothy Ciancio, Fred Mendes, Alan Wu | Stars: Ryan Seacrest, Giuliana Rancic, Ross Mathews, Zuri Hall

28. A United Kingdom (2016)

PG-13 | 111 min | Biography, Drama, History

The story of King Seretse Khama of Botswana and how his loving but controversial marriage to a British white woman, Ruth Williams, put his kingdom into political and diplomatic turmoil.

Director: Amma Asante | Stars: David Oyelowo, Rosamund Pike, Tom Felton, Jack Davenport

Votes: 16,983 | Gross: $3.90M

29. Nina (I) (2016)

Not Rated | 90 min | Biography, Drama, Music

The story of the late jazz musician and classical pianist Nina Simone, including her rise to fame and relationship with her manager Clifton Henderson.

Director: Cynthia Mort | Stars: Zoe Saldana, David Oyelowo, Kevin Mambo, Ronald Guttman

Votes: 3,053

30. After the Storm (II) (2016)

15 min | Short, Drama, Family

Inspired by current social events, 'After The Storm' reveals a snapshot into the lives of an African American family caught in the aftermath of an incident that has changed their dynamic ... See full summary »

Director: Jessica Oyelowo | Stars: Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Chiké Okonkwo, Caleb Oyelowo

Votes: 20

31. Captive (II) (2015)

PG-13 | 97 min | Action, Biography, Crime

A single mother struggling with drug addiction is taken hostage in her own apartment by a man on the run who has broken out of jail and murdered the judge assigned to his case.

Director: Jerry Jameson | Stars: Kate Mara, David Oyelowo, Mimi Rogers, Michael Kenneth Williams

Votes: 7,240 | Gross: $2.56M

32. A Most Violent Year (2014)

R | 125 min | Action, Crime, Drama

In New York City 1981, an ambitious immigrant fights to protect his business and family during the most dangerous year in the city's history.

Director: J.C. Chandor | Stars: Oscar Isaac, Jessica Chastain, David Oyelowo, Alessandro Nivola

Votes: 77,572 | Gross: $5.74M

33. Childrens Hospital (2008–2016)
Episode: British Hospital (2012)

TV-14 | 12 min | Short, Comedy

British adaptation of America's long-running medical show.

Director: Tristram Shapeero | Stars: Lauren Cohan, Frank Ferrante, Frances Fisher, Sasha Jackson

Votes: 102

34. Off the Map (2011)

TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A group of doctors from the U.S. travel to work at a remote clinic in the South American tropics in an attempt to discover the true reasons they became doctors.

Stars: Jonathan Castellanos, Valerie Cruz, Caroline Dhavernas, Jason George

Votes: 5,307

35. Rahab (2011)

20 min | Short, Action, Drama

A slave, a spy, a city under siege and a choice to be made that will change their world forever.

Director: Rob McLellan | Stars: Jessica Oyelowo, David Oyelowo, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Nick Clark Windo

Votes: 48

36. Off the Map (2011)
Episode: Smile. Don't Kill Anyone. (2011)

TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

When a 12-foot anaconda snake takes hold of a wildlife photographer, Zee, Lily and Ben spring into action. Meanwhile Tommy learns a tough cultural lesson and Mina struggles to get along with new colleague Ryan.

Director: Mark Tinker | Stars: Jonathan Castellanos, Valerie Cruz, Caroline Dhavernas, Jason George

Votes: 156

37. Alice in Wonderland (I) (2010)

PG | 108 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Nineteen-year-old Alice returns to the magical world from her childhood adventure, where she reunites with her old friends and learns of her true destiny: to end the Red Queen's reign of terror.

Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne Hathaway

Votes: 440,923 | Gross: $334.19M

38. The Talk (2010–2024)

TV-14 | 42 min | News, Talk-Show

A weekday gabfest offering a female perspective on the day's headlines.

Stars: Sharon Osbourne, Julie Chen Moonves, Sheryl Underwood, Sara Gilbert

Votes: 2,374

39. Big Guy (2009)

TV-PG | 23 min | Short, Comedy, Romance

Rodney hates salads, the gym and daylight, until that is, Kate comes along and changes everything.

Director: David Oyelowo | Stars: Josh Gad, Kate Mara, Alfred Molina, Clint Howard

Votes: 94

40. Childrens Hospital (2008–2016)

TV-14 | 11 min | Short, Comedy

Explores the emotional struggles and sexual politics of a group of doctors charged with healthy libidos. Their dedication to their personal lives is relentless, interrupted only by the occasional need to treat sick children.

Stars: Rob Huebel, Rob Corddry, Ken Marino, Erinn Hayes

Votes: 8,177

41. Inseparable (2008 TV Movie)

Drama

A television series centered on a partially paralyzed forensic psychiatrist with a split personality.

Director: Grace Wan | Stars: Tricia Helfer, Monique Ganderton, Aisha Hinds, Warren Kole

Votes: 22

42. Murphy's Law (2003–2007)
Episode: Food Chain; Part 1 (2007)

TV-MA | 57 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Murphy is in charge of an undercover operation that goes badly wrong. When one officer is found dead and rookie undercover cop Kim Goodall goes missing in the dangerous world of people ... See full summary »

Director: Colm McCarthy | Stars: James Nesbitt, Andrea Lowe, Michael Klesic, Tim Dantay

Votes: 58

43. Murphy's Law (2003–2007)
Episode: Food Chain; Part 3 (2007)

TV-MA | 59 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Their cover compromised, Murphy and Cole pursue new leads the search for the missing Goodall. Atwood waits for the other shoe to drop.

Director: Colm McCarthy | Stars: James Nesbitt, Christopher Fulford, Andrea Lowe, Sarah Ball

Votes: 55

44. Murphy's Law (2003–2007)
Episode: Food Chain; Part 2 (2007)

TV-MA | 58 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Murphy gets close to Baker, finding disturbing evidence in the process.

Director: Colm McCarthy | Stars: James Nesbitt, Christopher Fulford, Andrea Lowe, Jessica Oyelowo

Votes: 47

45. The Gil Mayo Mysteries (2006– )

60 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Charismatic detective wise-cracks his way through murder mysteries.

Stars: Alistair McGowan, Jessica Oyelowo, Louise Brealey, Huw Rhys

Votes: 571

46. The Gil Mayo Mysteries (2006– )
Episode: Cast a Cold Eye (2006)

60 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

The death by fire of a patient at a treatment center is the focus of Gil Mayo's team of investigators.

Director: Metin Hüseyin | Stars: Alistair McGowan, Jessica Oyelowo, Louise Brealey, Huw Rhys

Votes: 47

47. The Gil Mayo Mysteries (2006– )
Episode: Late of This Parish (2006)

Comedy, Crime, Drama

DI Gil Mayo and the team are on the case when Cecil Willard is found, by the aptly named Reverend Beaver, clubbed to death with a large brass candle in the church. The elderly gentleman was... See full summary »

Director: Fraser Macdonald | Stars: Alistair McGowan, Jessica Oyelowo, Louise Brealey, Huw Rhys

Votes: 25

48. The Gil Mayo Mysteries (2006– )
Episode: Requiem for a Dove (2006)

Comedy, Crime, Drama

Mayo and the team investigate the apparent murder of Marian Dove, the matriarch of a family-owned glass business. Working late one night, Marian is lured onto the shop floor where someone ... See full summary »

Director: Metin Hüseyin | Stars: Alistair McGowan, Jessica Oyelowo, Louise Brealey, Huw Rhys

Votes: 29

49. The Gil Mayo Mysteries (2006– )
Episode: A Species of Revenge (2006)

Comedy, Crime, Drama

Mayo and the team investigate the apparent murder of Philip Barker who is found in a nice residential neighborhood face down in the back garden of a posh house owned by nouveau riche Dermot... See full summary »

Director: Metin Hüseyin | Stars: Alistair McGowan, Jessica Oyelowo, Louise Brealey, Huw Rhys

Votes: 25