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Bernie Mac has 16 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2000s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Ocean's Eleven.
Sugar & Spice
2001
Crime · Comedy

Above the Rim
1994 · Movie · Actor
Top 31%Peacock · Included

Life
1999 · Movie · Actor
Top 35%Prime Video · Included

Soul Men
2008 · Movie · Actor
Top 60%Paramount+ · Included

Bad Santa
2003 · Movie · Actor
Top 69%Max · Included

Guess Who
2005 · Movie · Actor
Top 72%Pluto TV · Free w/ ads

Booty Call
1997 · Movie · Actor
Top 86%Starz · Included

Less than 24 hours into his parole, charismatic thief Danny Ocean is already rolling out his next plan: In one night, Danny's hand-picked crew of specialists will attempt to steal more than $150 million from three Las Vegas casinos. But to score the cash, Danny risks his chances of reconciling with ex-wife, Tess.
Dir. Steven Soderbergh · With George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Andy Garcia

as Officer Self Hatred
When Ashtray moves to South Central L.A. to live with his father (who appears to be the same age he is) and grandmother (who likes to talk tough and smoke reefer), he falls in with his gang-banging cousin Loc Dog, who along with the requisite pistols and Uzi carries a thermo-nuclear warhead for self-defense. Will Ashtray be able to keep living the straight life?
Dir. Paris Barclay · With Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Tracey Cherelle Jones

Despite pulling off one of the biggest heists in Las Vegas history and splitting the $160 million take, each of the infamous Ocean's crew have tried to go straight, lay low and live a legit life... but that's proven to be a challenge. Casino owner Terry Benedict demands that Danny Ocean return the money, plus millions more in interest. Unable to come up the cash, the crew is forced to come together to pull off another series of heists, this time in Rome, Paris, and Amsterdam – but a Europol agent is hot on their heels.
Dir. Steven Soderbergh · With George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Brad Pitt

Story of a promising high school basketball star and his relationships with two brothers, one a drug dealer and the other a former basketball star fallen on hard times and now employed as a security guard.
Dir. Jeff Pollack · With Duane Martin, Tupac Shakur, Bernie Mac

Two men in 1930s Mississippi become friends after being sentenced to life in prison together for a crime they did not commit.
Dir. Ted Demme · With Eddie Murphy, Martin Lawrence, Obba Babatundé

Alex, Marty, and other zoo animals find a way to escape from Madagascar when the penguins reassemble a wrecked airplane. The precariously repaired craft stays airborne just long enough to make it to the African continent. There the New Yorkers encounter members of their own species for the first time. Africa proves to be a wild place, but Alex and company wonder if it is better than their Central Park home.
Dir. Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath · With Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer

Danny Ocean's team of criminals are back and composing a plan more personal than ever. When ruthless casino owner Willy Bank doublecrosses Reuben Tishkoff, causing a heart attack, Danny Ocean vows that he and his team will do anything to bring down Willy Bank along with everything he's got. Even if it means asking for help from an enemy.
Dir. Steven Soderbergh · With George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Al Pacino

Two former backup soul singers, Louis and Floyd, have not spoken to each other in 20 years, and reluctantly agree to travel across the country together to a reunion concert to honor their recently-deceased lead singer. Cleo, a beautiful young woman who is believed to be Floyd's daughter, accompanies them as a new singer.
Dir. Malcolm D. Lee · With Samuel L. Jackson, Bernie Mac, Sharon Leal
You'd better watch out - Willie T. Soke is coming to town, and he doesn't care if you've been naughty or nice. Willie's favorite holiday tradition is to fill his sacks with loot lifted from shopping malls across the country. But this year his plot gets derailed by a wisecracking store detective, a sexy bartender, and a kid who's convinced Willie is the real Santa Claus.
Dir. Terry Zwigoff · With Billy Bob Thornton, Tony Cox, Lauren Graham

When a young African-American woman brings her fiancé home to meet her parents, she's neglected to mention one tiny detail – he's white.
Dir. Kevin Rodney Sullivan · With Bernie Mac, Ashton Kutcher, Zoe Saldaña
When a presidential candidate dies unexpectedly in the middle of the campaign, the Democratic party unexpectedly picks a Washington, D.C. alderman as his replacement.
Dir. Chris Rock · With Chris Rock, Bernie Mac, Dylan Baker

Rushon is sexually pent-up and ready to take thing things to the next level with his girlfriend, Nikki. But when he calls for a date, she asks to make it a double — bringing along her brash friend, Lysterine, whom Rushon sets up with his lewd buddy, Bunz. Things go better than expected. As the evening transitions from the restaurant to the bedroom, the two men go on a madcap search for what will surely make the night complete: condoms.
Dir. Jeff Pollack · With Jamie Foxx, Tommy Davidson, Vivica A. Fox

as Uncle Jack
Thief Kevin Caffery attempts to rob from the home of rich businessman Max Fairbanks. But Fairbanks catches him and steals his cherished ring that his girlfriend gave him. Caffery is then bent on revenge and getting his ring back with the help of his partners.
Dir. Sam Weisman · With Martin Lawrence, Danny DeVito, John Leguizamo
Charlie and Dan have been best friends and business partners for thirty years; their Manhattan public relations firm is on the verge of a huge business deal with a Japanese company. With two weeks to sew up the contract, Dan gets a surprise: a woman he married on a drunken impulse nearly nine years before (annulled the next day) shows up to tell him he's the father of her twins, now seven, and she'll be in jail for 14 days for a political protest. Dan volunteers to keep the tykes, although he's uptight and clueless. With Charlie's help is there any way they can be dad and uncle, meet the kids' expectations, and still land the account?
Dir. Walt Becker · With John Travolta, Robin Williams, Kelly Preston
Aging baseball star who goes by the nickname, Mr. 3000, finds out many years after retirement that he didn't quite reach 3,000 hits. Now at age 47 he's back to try and reach that goal.
Dir. Charles Stone III · With Bernie Mac, Angela Bassett, Michael Rispoli

The Angels are charged with finding a pair of missing rings that are encoded with the personal information of members of the Witness Protection Program. As informants are killed, the ladies target a rogue agent who might be responsible.
Dir. McG · With Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu
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