Devil In A Blue Dress (1995)

Starring:

• Denzel Washington
• Don Cheadle
• Jennifer Beals
• Tom Sizemore
• Maury Chaykin
• Terry Kinney
• Mel Winkler
• Albert Hall
• Lisa Nicole Carson
• Jernard Burks
• David Fonteno

Storyline
It is 1948 in LA and Ezikeal "Easy" Rawlins, an African-American World War II veteran, is looking for work. At his friend's bar, he is introduced to a white man, DeWitt Albright, who is looking for someone to help him find a missing white woman assumed to be hiding somewhere in LA's Black community. This woman, Daphne Monet, happens to be the fiancée of a wealthy "blue blood," Todd Carter, who is currently the favorite in the city's mayoralty race. Daphne Monet is known to frequent the Black jazz clubs in LA. Easy, innocently, accepts Albright's offer; however, he quickly finds himself amidst murder, crooked cops, ruthless politicians, and brutalizing hoodlums. This is a Chandler-esque "who-done-it" with an African-American theme.

Candyman (1992)

Starring:

• Virginia Madsen 
• Tony Todd 
• Xander Berkeley 
• Kasi Lemmons 
• Vanessa Williams 
• DeJuan Guy

Storyline
Helen Lyle is a student who decides to write a thesis about local legends and myths. She visits a part of the town, where she learns about the legend of the Candyman, a one-armed man who appears when you say his name five times, in front of a mirror. Of course, Helen doesn't believe all this stuff, but the people of the area are really afraid. When she ignores their warnings and begins her investigation in the places that he is rumored to appear, a series of horrible murders begins. Could the legend be true? 

Cabin In The Sky (1943)

Starring:

• Ethel Waters
• Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson 
• Lena Horne 
• Louis Armstrong 
• Rex Ingram 
• Kenneth Spencer 
• John William Sublett 
• Oscar Polk 
• Mantan Moreland 
• Willie Best 
• Butterfly McQueen

Storyline
When compulsive gambler Little Joe Jackson (Eddie "Rochester" Anderson) dies in a drunken fight, he awakens in purgatory, where he learns that he will be sent back to Earth for six months to prove that he deserves to be in heaven. He awakens, remembering nothing and struggles to do right by his devout wife, Petunia (Ethel Waters), while an angel known as the General (Kenneth Spencer) and the devil's son, Lucifer Jr. (Rex Ingram), fight for his soul.