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Lucas Black has 12 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2010s.
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Karl Childers, a mentally disabled man, has been in the custody of the state mental hospital since the age of 12 for killing his mother and her lover. Although thoroughly institutionalized, he is deemed fit to be released into the outside world.
Dir. Billy Bob Thornton · With Billy Bob Thornton, Dwight Yoakam, J.T. Walsh

In 1947, Jackie Robinson becomes the first Black man to play in Major League Baseball facing unabashed racism from the public, the press and other players.
Dir. Brian Helgeland · With Chadwick Boseman, Harrison Ford, Nicole Beharie

In order to avoid a jail sentence, Sean Boswell heads to Tokyo to live with his military father. In a low-rent section of the city, Sean gets caught up in the underground world of drift racing
Dir. Justin Lin · With Lucas Black, Nathalie Kelley, Sung Kang

A small, turbulent town in Texas obsesses over their high school football team to an unhealthy degree. When the star tailback, Boobie Miles, is seriously injured during the first game of the season, all hope is lost, and the town's dormant social problems begin to flare up. It is left to the inspiring abilities of new coach Gary Gaines to instill in the other team members -- and, by proxy, the town itself -- a sense of self-respect and honor.
Dir. Peter Berg · With Billy Bob Thornton, Lucas Black, Garrett Hedlund

A movie spun out of equal parts folk tale, fable and real-life legend about the mysterious, 1930s Tennessee hermit who famously threw his own rollicking funeral party... while he was still alive.
Dir. Aaron Schneider · With Robert Duvall, Bill Murray, Sissy Spacek
The son of a Vietnam War Veteran must deal with neighborhood bullies as well as his dad's post-traumatic stress disorder while growing up in the deep south in the 1970's.
Dir. Jon Avnet · With Elijah Wood, Kevin Costner, Mare Winningham

A Mississippi district attorney and the widow of Medgar Evers struggle to bring a white supremacist to justice for the 1963 murder of the civil rights leader.
Dir. Rob Reiner · With Alec Baldwin, Whoopi Goldberg, James Woods

Jarhead is a film about a US Marine Anthony Swofford’s experience in the Gulf War. After putting up with an arduous boot camp, Swofford and his unit are sent to the Persian Gulf where they are eager to fight, but are forced to stay back from the action. Swofford struggles with the possibility of his girlfriend cheating on him, and as his mental state deteriorates, his desire to kill increases.
Dir. Sam Mendes · With Jake Gyllenhaal, Jamie Foxx, Peter Sarsgaard

An abused wife heads to California to become a movie star while her nephew back in Alabama has to deal with a racially-motivated murder involving a corrupt sheriff.
Dir. Antonio Banderas · With Melanie Griffith, David Morse, Lucas Black

When God loses faith in humankind, he sends his legion of angels to bring on the Apocalypse. Humanity's only hope for survival lies in a group of strangers trapped in an out-of-the-way, desert diner with the Archangel Michael.
Dir. Scott Stewart · With Paul Bettany, Dennis Quaid, Lucas Black

A salesman for a natural gas company experiences life-changing events after arriving in a small town, where his corporation wants to tap into the available resources.
Dir. Gus Van Sant · With Matt Damon, Frances McDormand, John Krasinski

The year is 1949. A young Texan named John Grady finds himself without a home after his mother sells the ranch where he has spent his entire life. Lured south of the border by the romance of cowboy life and the promise of a fresh start, Cole and his pal embark on an adventure that will test their resilience, define their maturity, and change their lives forever.
Dir. Billy Bob Thornton · With Matt Damon, Henry Thomas, Lucas Black
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