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Kasi Lemmons has 9 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1980s through the 2020s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including The Silence of the Lambs.
1998
Crime · Drama
The Silence of the Lambs
1991 · Movie · Actor
Top 1%MGM+ · Included
Harriet
2019 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 19%Netflix · Included
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
2022 · Movie · Director
Top 43%Hulu · Included
Talk to Me
2007 · Movie · Director
Top 48%Netflix · Included
Eve's Bayou
1997 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 68%Prime Video · Included
Vampire's Kiss
1989 · Movie · Actor
Top 72%Tubi · Free w/ ads
Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for various acts of murder and cannibalism. Crawford believes that Lecter may have insight into a case and that Starling, as an attractive young woman, may be just the bait to draw him out.
Dir. Jonathan Demme · With Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn
The extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman's escape from slavery and transformation into one of America's greatest heroes. Her courage, ingenuity and tenacity freed hundreds of slaves and changed the course of history.
Dir. Kasi Lemmons · With Cynthia Erivo, Leslie Odom Jr., Janelle Monáe
When a woman's father goes missing, she enlists a local to aid in her search. The pair soon discover that her father has died at the hands of a wealthy sportsman who hunts homeless men as a form of recreation.
Dir. John Woo · With Jean-Claude Van Damme, Arnold Vosloo, Lance Henriksen
The joyous, emotional, heartbreaking celebration of the life and music of Whitney Houston, the greatest female R&B pop vocalist of all time. Tracking her journey from obscurity to musical superstardom.
Dir. Kasi Lemmons · With Naomi Ackie, Ashton Sanders, Stanley Tucci
The story of Washington D.C. radio personality Ralph "Petey" Greene, an ex-con who became a popular talk show host and community activist in the 1960s.
Dir. Kasi Lemmons · With Don Cheadle, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Bruce McFee
The Candyman, a murderous soul with a hook for a hand, is accidentally summoned to reality by a skeptic grad student researching the monster's myth.
Dir. Bernard Rose · With Virginia Madsen, Tony Todd, Xander Berkeley
Summer heats up in rural Louisiana beside Eve’s Bayou, 1962, as the Batiste family tries to survive the secrets they’ve kept and the betrayals they’ve endured.
Dir. Kasi Lemmons · With Jurnee Smollett, Meagan Good, Samuel L. Jackson
A publishing executive is visited and bitten by a vampire and starts exhibiting erratic behavior. He pushes his secretary to extremes as he tries to come to terms with his affliction.
Dir. Robert Bierman · With Nicolas Cage, María Conchita Alonso, Jennifer Beals
Romulus, a misunderstood musician turned recluse hiding from personal demons in a New York City cave, finds the frozen body of a young drifter in a tree. The authorities, including his police officer daughter, claim the death is accidental. Romulus is convinced the man was murdered by a prominent art photographer but how can he prove he's right when everyone thinks he's insane?
Dir. Kasi Lemmons · With Samuel L. Jackson, Colm Feore, Ann Magnuson
