High School High (1996)

Starring:

• Jon Lovitz
• Tia Carrere
• Louise Fletcher
• Mekhi Phifer
• Malinda Williams
• Guillermo Díaz
• Lexie Bigham
• Gil Espinoza
• John Neville
• Brian Hooks
• Natasha Gregson Wagne

Storyline

High-school history teacher Richard Clark (Jon Lovitz) leaves the prestigious Wellington Academy and heads to inner-city Marion Barry High. He aims to inspire the D-grade students there, no matter what it takes, including holding chicken races, though he also finds time to flirt with a fellow teacher (Tia Carrere). But when the clueless Clark tries helping a struggling student (Mekhi Phifer) who wants to learn, he finds himself in the middle of a gang turf war.

Caught Up (1998)

Starring:

• Bokeem Woodbine
• Cynda Williams
• Clifton Powell
• Joseph Granda
• Tony Todd
• Jeffrey Combs
• Basil Wallace

Storyline
Daryl Allen (Bokeem Woodbine) was recently released from prison because his involvement in a bank robbery gone wrong. While trying to live a straight life, Daryl meets many challenges in finding work as an ex-con. By fate, he meets a perplexing and attractive woman, Vanessa (Cynda Williams), who resembles his ex-girlfriend that left him while in prison. Unbeknownst to Daryl, this fateful meeting triggers a series of events that gets him involved with gangsters, corrupts cops, a vengeful nemesis from his past.