Movies by Ernest R. Dickerson
As a director:
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Last Man Standing (2011)
Cast: Anthony Michael Hall, Catherine Bell, Mekhi Phifer …
Directed by: Ernest R. Dickerson
Abby Collins's quiet life as a wife and mother shows no trace of her past work as a military special-ops expert -- until the day her husband is kidnapped. With no alternative, Abby must…
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Masters of Horror: The V Word (2007)
Cast: Michael Ironside, Jodelle Ferland, Lynda Boyd …
Directed by: Ernest R. Dickerson
Director Ernest R. Dickerson offers this chilling tale of two kids who break into a mortuary and unwittingly let loose a vampire who thirsts for blood -- theirs! When they suspect…
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Miracle's Boys (2005)
Cast: Sean Nelson, Dr. Dre, Pooch Hall …
Directed by: LeVar Burton, Bill Duke, Neema Barnette …
Five renowned directors (Spike Lee, Ernest R. Dickerson, Neema Barnette, Bill Duke and LeVar Burton) take their place at the helm of this Nickelodeon-produced miniseries based on Jacqueline…
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Never Die Alone (2004)
Cast: DMX, David Arquette, Michael Ealy …
Directed by: Ernest R. Dickerson
After gang kingpin King David (DMX) is snuffed out, a reporter (David Arquette) who witnessed his murder investigates the circumstances leading up to his death by reading the dead man's…
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Good Fences (2003)
Cast: Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, Mo'Nique …
Directed by: Ernest R. Dickerson
Mabel and Tom are an upper-class African-American couple in the 1970s who discover racism literally in their own backyard. After Tom is promoted at his law firm, they move their family to an…
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Monday Night Mayhem (2002)
Cast: John Turturro, John Heard, Kevin Anderson …
Directed by: Ernest R. Dickerson
This fascinating look at the birth of the nationwide phenomenon known as "Monday Night Football" stars John Turturro as Howard Cosell -- the reviled, revered and legendary sportscaster who…
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Big Shot: Confessions of a Campus Bookie (2002)
Cast: David Krumholtz, Tory Kittles, Jennifer Morrison …
Directed by: Ernest R. Dickerson
Transplanted Brooklyn-ite Benny Silman (David Krumholtz) makes a name for himself as the campus bookie at his beloved Arizona university. It seems like he has it all -- hot women, nice cars…
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Our America (2002)
Cast: Josh Charles, Brandon Hammond, Serena Lee …
Directed by: Ernest R. Dickerson
This riveting drama is based on the true story of two African-American teenagers from the South side of Chicago and the National Public Radio producer who takes a chance and hires them to…
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Bones (2001)
Cast: Snoop Dogg, Pam Grier, Michael T. Weiss …
Directed by: Ernest R. Dickerson
Jimmy Bones (Snoop Doggy Dogg) is a tough but fair pillar of his community who works hard to keep drugs out of the hood. Unfortunately, that doesn't stop fellow community members from…
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Futuresport (1998)
Cast: Dean Cain, Vanessa L. Williams, Wesley Snipes …
Directed by: Ernest R. Dickerson
In 2025, big business has turned the one-time inner-city game Futuresport -- a mix of handball, ice hockey and rollerblading -- into a moneymaking machine. When Hawaii tries to secede from…
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Blind Faith (1998)
Cast: Charles S. Dutton, Courtney B. Vance, Kadeem Hardison …
Directed by: Ernest R. Dickerson
In 1957 New York, young African American Charles Williams Jr. (Garland Whitt) is accused of strangling an Irish American boy and readily admits to the crime. The case appears open-and-shut…
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Ambushed (1998)
Cast: David Keith, Virginia Madsen, Robert Patrick …
Directed by: Ernest R. Dickerson
Black cop Jerry Robinson (Courtney B. Vance) and a dead Ku Klux Klan leader's racist 12-year-old son, Eric (Jeremy Lelliott) -- the lone eyewitness to his father's murder -- become…
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Bulletproof (1996)
Cast: Damon Wayans, Adam Sandler, James Farentino …
Directed by: Ernest R. Dickerson
In this buddy crime comedy, hard feelings must be set aside when undercover cop Rock Keats (Damon Wayans) is first shot by small-time crook Archie Moses (Adam Sandler), then forced to team up…
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Surviving the Game (1994)
Cast: Charles Dutton, Ice-T, Gary Busey …
Directed by: Ernest R. Dickerson
Mason (Ice-T) is a man down on his luck with nothing to lose when he's approached to lead a group of wealthy hunters on an expedition in the Pacific Northwest. But things get really…
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Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight (1994)
Cast: Billy Zane, William Sadler, John Kassir …
Directed by: Ernest R. Dickerson
A wanderer named Brayker has the last of seven keys that hold the power to eliminate evil and protect the world from darkness. The evil Collector, however, possesses the other six, and…
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Juice (1992)
Cast: Omar Epps, Tupac Shakur, Jermaine "Huggy" Hopkins …
Directed by: Ernest R. Dickerson
Four Harlem homeboys kick their troublesome habits up a notch in this intense urban drama. Torn between his dream of becoming a rap DJ and his devotion to his friends, "Q" (Omar Epps) gets…