Life

Apr 16, 1999

1h 48m

★ 6.7

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Overview

Two men in 1930s Mississippi become friends after being sentenced to life in prison together for a crime they did not commit.

Genres

Comedy

Crime

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

Imagine Entertainment

Eddie Murphy Productions

Brian Grazer Productions

Life Trailers

Cast

Rayford Gibson

Eddie Murphy

Claude Banks

Martin Lawrence

Willie Long

Obba Babatundé

Sergeant Dillard

Nick Cassavetes

Jangle Leg

Bernie Mac

Goldmouth

Michael Taliferro

Anthony Anderson

Pokerface

Barry Shabaka Henley

Biscuit

Miguel A. Núñez Jr.

Can't Get Right

Bokeem Woodbine

Sylvia

Lisa Nicole Carson

Daisy

Sanaa Lathan

Eight married college friends plus one other non-friend (all of whom have achieved middle to upper class economic status) go to Colorado for their annual week-long reunion, but the mood shifts when one couple's infidelity comes to light. As secrets are revealed, each couple begins to question their own relationship.

6.3

Johnny Dangerously

Dec 21, 1984

An honest, goodhearted man is forced to turn to a life of crime to finance his neurotic mother's skyrocketing medical bills.

6.5

Madea Goes to Jail

Feb 20, 2009

After a high-speed car chase, Madea winds up behind bars because her quick temper gets the best of her. Meanwhile, Assistant District Attorney Josh Hardaway lands a case that's too personal to handle: that of a young prostitute and former drug addict named Candace, also a childhood friend. When Candace winds up in jail, Madea takes the young woman under her protective wing.

7.2

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse

Jul 20, 1938

A wealthy society doctor decides to research the medical aspects of criminal behaviour by becoming one himself. He joins a gang of thieves and proceeds to wrest leadership of the gang away from its extremely resentful leader.

6.7

My Dog Skip

Jan 12, 2000

A shy boy is unable to make friends in Yazoo City, Mississippi in 1942, until his parents give him a terrier puppy for his ninth birthday. The dog, which he names Skip, becomes well known and loved throughout the community and enriches the life of the boy, Willie, as he grows into manhood. Based on the best-selling Mississippi memoir by the late Willie Morris.

6.9

Psycho-Pass: Providence

May 12, 2023

While attending a meeting as a Chief Inspector of the Public Security Bureau, Akane Tsunemori received a report that an incident had occurred on a foreign vessel , and this was the beginning of a big and unexpected case.

5.7

Holy Smoke

Sep 4, 1999

While on a journey of discovery in exotic India, beautiful young Ruth Barron falls under the influence of a charismatic religious guru. Her desperate parents then hire PJ Waters, a macho cult de-programmer who confronts Ruth in a remote desert hideaway. But PJ quickly learns that he's met his match in the sexy, intelligent and iron-willed Ruth.

4.9

Ankle Bone

Dec 19, 1968

While escaping from prison to be with her lesbian friend, a 19-year-old girl breaks her ankle and is picked up by an ex-con, with whom she begins a passionate affair. She finally turns to prostitution and robbery to support herself.

6.8

Fantomas Unleashed

Dec 8, 1965

In the second episode of the trilogy Fantômas kidnaps distinguished scientist professor Marchand with the aim to develop a super weapon that will enable him to menace the world. Fantômas is also planning to abduct a second scientist, professor Lefebvre.

6.7

Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard

Mar 16, 1967

In the third and final episode of the trilogy, Fantômas imposes a head tax on the rich, threatening to kill those who do not comply.

8.3

Léon: The Professional

Sep 14, 1994

Léon, the top hit man in New York, has earned a rep as an effective "cleaner". But when his next-door neighbors are wiped out by a loose-cannon DEA agent, he becomes the unwilling custodian of 12-year-old Mathilda. Before long, Mathilda's thoughts turn to revenge, and she considers following in Léon's footsteps.

8.1

Taxi Driver

Feb 9, 1976

A mentally unstable Vietnam War veteran works as a night-time taxi driver in New York City where the perceived decadence and sleaze feed his urge for violent action.

7.8

The Untouchables

Jun 3, 1987

Elliot Ness, an ambitious prohibition agent, is determined to take down Al Capone. In order to achieve this goal, he forms a group given the nickname “The Untouchables”.

7.3

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Aug 30, 2000

In the deep south during the 1930s, three escaped convicts search for hidden treasure while a relentless lawman pursues them.

6.4

Saw III

Oct 26, 2006

Jigsaw has disappeared. Along with his new apprentice Amanda, the puppet-master behind the cruel, intricate games that have terrified a community and baffled police has once again eluded capture and vanished. While city detective scrambles to locate him, Doctor Lynn Denlon and Jeff Reinhart are unaware that they are about to become the latest pawns on his vicious chessboard.

7.1

Natural Born Killers

Aug 26, 1994

Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.

7.3

Pocketful of Miracles

Dec 18, 1961

A New York gangster and his girlfriend attempt to turn street beggar Apple Annie into a society lady when the peddler learns her daughter is marrying royalty.

5.3

No Good Deed

Jun 28, 2002

While doing a friend a favour and searching for a runaway teenager, a police detective stumbles upon a bizarre band of criminals about to pull off a bank robbery. The screenplay by Christopher Cannan and Steve Barancik is based on the short story "The House in Turk Street" by Dashiell Hammett.

6.8

Payback

Feb 5, 1999

With friends like these, who needs enemies? That's the question bad guy Porter is left asking after his wife and partner steal his heist money and leave him for dead -- or so they think. Five months and an endless reservoir of bitterness later, Porter's partners and the crooked cops on his tail learn how bad payback can be.

6.5

The Cotton Club

Dec 14, 1984

Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves of entertainers and gangsters collide.