TV Shows - Melvin Van Peebles
Sorted by online popularity, based on the Engagement Score on March 29, 2025. Melvin Van Peebles has appeared in 1 television series with data.
- #629Homicide: Life on the Street1 episode • #629 most popular showHomicide: Life on the Street is an American police drama television series chronicling the work of a fictional version of the Baltimore Police Department's Homicide Unit. It aired for seven seasons on NBC and was based on David Simon's book Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets. The show won numerous awards and accolades, including Television Critics Association Awards and Peabody Awards.
Movies - Melvin Van Peebles
Sorted by online popularity. Melvin Van Peebles has appeared in 10 movies with data.
- #1,395Boomerangas Editor • #1,395 most popular movieBoomerang is a 1992 American romantic comedy film featuring Eddie Murphy as a womanizing advertising executive who gets a taste of his own medicine when he meets his female counterpart.
- #1,808Last Action Heroas Melvin Van Peebles • #1,808 most popular movieLast Action Hero is a 1993 American fantasy action comedy film that satirizes the action genre through parodies and clichés. The movie follows a young boy magically transported into the universe of his favorite action hero, Jack Slater, and together they must prevent a ruthless assassin from bringing chaos to the real world.
- #3,042Jaws: The Revengeas Mr. Witherspoon • #3,042 most popular movieJaws: The Revenge is a 1987 American horror film focusing on Ellen Brody's belief that a great white shark is seeking revenge on her family and following her to the Bahamas.
- #4,299Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Songas Sweetback • #4,299 most popular movieSweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song is a 1971 American film written, co-produced, scored, edited, directed by, and starring Melvin Van Peebles.
- #5,282Pantheras Old Jail Bird • #5,282 most popular moviePanther is a cinematic adaptation that delves into the origins of The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, focusing on its early years in Oakland from 1966 to 1968.
- #5,975Terminal Velocityas Noble • #5,975 most popular movieTerminal Velocity is a 1994 American action film following a daring skydiver and a former KGB agent joining forces to thwart a Russian mafia heist.
- #6,109Posseas Papa Joe • #6,109 most popular moviePosse is a 1993 American Western film featuring an ensemble cast led by director Mario Van Peebles. The storyline revolves around a posse of African-American soldiers and one white soldier seeking revenge after being betrayed by a corrupt colonel.
- #6,855Wattstaxas Self • #6,855 most popular movieWattstax is a documentary film that captures the essence of the Afro-American concert held in Los Angeles to commemorate the Watts riots. Directed by Mel Stuart, the film intertwines concert footage with scenes depicting the living conditions in the Watts neighborhood at the time.
- #7,551Peeplesas Grandpa Peeples • #7,551 most popular moviePeeples is a 2013 American romantic comedy film written and directed by Tina Gordon Chism. It stars Craig Robinson and Kerry Washington and was released by Lionsgate on May 10, 2013. Despite being billed as a Tyler Perry film, it is the only movie that he has produced but did not write or direct.
- #8,441The Hebrew Hammeras Sweetback • #8,441 most popular movieThe Hebrew Hammer is a 2003 American comedy film that parodies blaxploitation movies, following a Jewish crime fighter who must protect Hanukkah from the evil son of Santa Claus.