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Barry Jenkins has 5 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2010s through the 2020s. 2 rank in the Top 10%, led by Charm City Kings.
Mouse desperately wants to join The Midnight Clique, the infamous Baltimore dirt bike riders who rule the summertime streets. When Midnight’s leader, Blax, takes 14-year-old Mouse under his wing, Mouse soon finds himself torn between the straight-and-narrow and a road filled with fast money and violence.
Dir. Ángel Manuel Soto · With Jahi Di'Allo Winston, Meek Mill, Teyonah Parris
Mufasa, a cub lost and alone, meets a sympathetic lion named Taka, the heir to a royal bloodline. The chance meeting sets in motion an expansive journey of a group of misfits searching for their destiny.
Dir. Barry Jenkins · With Aaron Pierre, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Tiffany Boone
The tender, heartbreaking story of a young man’s struggle to find himself, told across three defining chapters in his life as he experiences the ecstasy, pain, and beauty of falling in love, while grappling with his own sexuality.
Dir. Barry Jenkins · With Trevante Rhodes, André Holland, Janelle Monáe
After her fiance is falsely imprisoned, a pregnant African-American woman sets out to clear his name and prove his innocence.
Dir. Barry Jenkins · With KiKi Layne, Stephan James, Regina King
Follow young Cora’s journey as she makes a desperate bid for freedom in the antebellum South. After escaping her Georgia plantation for the rumored Underground Railroad, Cora discovers no mere metaphor, but an actual railroad full of engineers and conductors, and a secret network of tracks and tunnels beneath the Southern soil.
Dir. Barry Jenkins · With Thuso Mbedu, Chase W. Dillon, Joel Edgerton