So astute about the economic and racial politics of the Jim Crow South, and particularly about the trauma suffered by black men struggling for respectability, that it's hard to believe it was made by two white guys ...
Nothing But a Man
Nothing But a Man has the violence, passion, tenderness of a Negro man and a girl in a smoldering southern town!
1964 · 1h 35m
Drama, Romance
Directed by
Michael Roemer
Overview
Railroad laborer Duff Anderson struggles to maintain his dignity and marriage to a preacher's daughter in the racially segregated South.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
The title almost suggests manhood as something trifling. The film, however, confirms it's a mighty hard ideal to reach.
Its historical import as a peripheral civil-rights document can't be understated.
[Roemer] and his collaborators create images and sounds, characters and situations, that embody the title's existential affirmation.
A sincere, intelligent, and effectively acted independent feature.
More films
The Sixth Sense (1999)
Drama · Mystery · Thriller · PG-13
Following an unexpected tragedy, child psychologist Malcolm Crowe meets a nine year old boy named Cole Sear, who is hiding a dark secret.
- Runtime
- 1h 47m
- Director
- M. Night Shyamalan
- Cast
- Bruce Willis, Haley Joel Osment, Toni Collette
Gattaca (1997)
Drama · Science Fiction · PG-13
Vincent is an all-too-human man who dares to defy a system obsessed with genetic perfection. He is an "In-Valid" who assumes the identity of a member of the genetic elite to pursue his goal of traveling into space with the Gattaca Aerospace Corporation.
- Runtime
- 1h 47m
- Director
- Andrew Niccol
- Cast
- Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Jude Law
Stranger Than Fiction (2006)
Comedy · Drama · Fantasy · Romance · PG-13
Harold Crick is a lonely IRS agent whose mundane existence is transformed when he hears a mysterious voice narrating his life.
- Runtime
- 1h 53m
- Director
- Marc Forster
- Cast
- Will Ferrell, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Dustin Hoffman
Mirror (1975)
Drama · History · Not Rated
A dying man in his forties recalls his childhood, his mother, the war and personal moments that tell of and juxtapose pivotal moments in Soviet history with daily life.
- Runtime
- 1h 47m
- Director
- Andrei Tarkovsky
- Cast
- Margarita Terekhova, Ignat Daniltsev, Larisa Tarkovskaya
Underground (2007)
Action · Not Rated
In the UK suburbs, an underground tournament is set to challenge twelve fighters from different backgrounds to compete for the price of £500,000. They have been handpicked for a no-holds barred competition that will push each fighter to their limit. Each fighter has their own reason for competing, and each will give everything they've ...
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Director
- Chee Keong Cheung
- Cast
- Mark Strange, Nathan Lewis, Joey Ansah
Bodyguard: A New Beginning (2008)
Action · Drama · Thriller · R
Leung is the bodyguard of a Chinese Triad boss, Wong, to whom his loyalty is unrivaled. Living in Hong Kong, Wong requests that his bodyguard travel to the UK to protect a young British woman, whose true identity is known only by Wong himself. Even Wong's son, Yuen, is kept in the dark, which leads to a betrayal that threatens to destr...
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Director
- Chee Keong Cheung
- Cast
- Vincent Sze Cho-Lam, Richard Ng Yiu-Hon, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa







Comments
Talk about the film with other members