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George Tillman Jr. has 6 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2000s through the 2020s. 3 rank in the Top 10%, led by The Hate U Give.
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The Hate U Give
2018 · Movie · Director
Top 2%Peacock · Included

Big George Foreman
2023 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 8%Hulu · Included

Men of Honor
2000 · Movie · Director
Top 11%Prime Video · Included

Notorious
2009 · Movie · Director
Top 46%Starz · Included

Faster
2010 · Movie · Director
Top 75%Paramount+ · Included

Raised in a poverty-stricken slum, a 16-year-old girl named Starr now attends a suburban prep school. After she witnesses a police officer shoot her unarmed best friend, she's torn between her two very different worlds as she tries to speak her truth.
Dir. George Tillman Jr. · With Amandla Stenberg, Regina Hall, Russell Hornsby

The lives of a young couple intertwine with a much older man as he reflects back on a lost love while he's trapped in an automobile crash.
Dir. George Tillman Jr. · With Britt Robertson, Scott Eastwood, Alan Alda

Fueled by an impoverished childhood, George Foreman channeled his anger into becoming an Olympic Gold medalist and World Heavyweight Champion, followed by a near-death experience that took him from the boxing ring to the pulpit. But when he sees his community struggling spiritually and financially, Foreman returns to the ring and makes history by reclaiming his title, becoming the oldest and most improbable World Heavyweight Boxing Champion ever.
Dir. George Tillman Jr. · With Khris Davis, Forest Whitaker, Sullivan Jones

Against formidable odds -- and an old-school diving instructor embittered by the U.S. Navy's new, less prejudicial policies -- Carl Brashear sets his sights on becoming the Navy's first African-American master diver in this uplifting true story. Their relationship starts out on the rocks, but fate ultimately conspires to bring the men together into a setting of mutual respect, triumph and honor.
Dir. George Tillman Jr. · With Robert De Niro, Cuba Gooding Jr., Charlize Theron
"Notorious" is the story of Christopher Wallace. Through raw talent and sheer determination, Wallace transforms himself from Brooklyn street hustler (once selling crack to pregnant women) to one of the greatest rappers of all time: The Notorious B.I.G. Follow his meteoric rise to fame and his refusal to succumb to expectations - redefining our notion of "The American Dream."
Dir. George Tillman Jr. · With Jamal Woolard, Derek Luke, Naturi Naughton

After 10 years in prison, Driver is now a free man with a single focus - hunting down the people responsible for brutally murdering his brother.
Dir. George Tillman Jr. · With Dwayne Johnson, Billy Bob Thornton, Oliver Jackson-Cohen