John Amos

John Amos
Date of Birth: 27 Dec 1939
Country: USA
Total Credits at Criticker: 39 (Actor)
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Die Hard 2
John McClane is forced to battle mercenaries who sieze control of an airport's communications and threaten to cause plane crashes if their demands are not met. (imdb)
Coming to America
An African prince goes to Queens, New York City to find a wife whom he can respect for her intelligence and will. (imdb)
The Beastmaster
A sword-and-sorcery fantasy about a young man's search for revenge. Armed with supernatural powers, the handsome hero and his animal allies wage war against marauding forces. (imdb)
Two Evil Eyes
Two horror tales based on short stories by Edgar Allan Poe directed by two famous horror directors, George A. Romero and Dario Argento. (imdb)
Lock Up
Frank Leone is nearing the end of his prison term for a relatively minor crime. Just before he is paroled, however, Warden Drumgoole takes charge. (imdb)
The World\
In this Disney comedy, a down on his luck coach travels to Africa where he spots the world's greatest athlete - a white Tarzan-type. The coach brings him back to the U.S. of A. to compete. (imdb)
Ricochet
An attorney is terrorized by the criminal he put away years ago when he was a cop. (imdb)
Sweet Sweetback\
After saving a Black Panther from some racist cops, a black prostitute goes on the run from "the man" with the help of the ghetto community and some disillusioned Hells Angels. (imdb)
Roots
Roots (1977) - TV Mini-Series
A dramatization of author Alex Haley's family line from ancestor Kunta Kinte's enslavement to his descendents' liberation. (imdb)
Vanishing Point
Kowalski, the hero of the story, works for a car delivery service. He takes delivery of a 1970 Dodge Challenger to take from Colorado to Frisco, California. Shortly after pickup, he takes a bet to get the car there in less than 15 hours. After a few run-ins with motorcycle cops and highway patrol they start a chase to bring him into custody... (imdb)
Hologram Man
Hologram Man (1995) - Direct-to-Video
Five years after the mad terrorist Norman Galagher was sentenced to holographic stasis, he is given a parole hearing. But an equipment failure engineered by his cronies transforms the criminal into a living hologram with god-like powers. Now, stopping him is up to Kurt Decoda, the man who as a police rookie was responsible for arresting Galagher. (imdb)
Dr. Dolittle 3
Dr. Dolittle 3 (2006) - Direct-to-Video
Lisa Dolittle sends her daughter to 'Durango', a Dude Ranch, to find herself. While there, she uses her talent to talk to the animals in order to save Durango from being taken over by a neighboring Ranch. (imdb)
Touched By Love
A young nurse becomes determined to reach an unresponsive teenage cerebral palsy patient by encouraging her to write to her favorite rock singer, Elvis Presley. (imdb)
Dario Argento: An Eye for Horror
Documentary that explores Argento's film career. (imdb)
Dance of the Dwarfs
A drunken helicopter pilot ferries a lady anthropologist to a remote jungle outpost to look for a lost tribe of pygmy/alligator/bat people. (Chas. Balun)
Let\
In order to save their financially troubled fraternal order, scheming treasurer Bill Cosby and hypnotist Sidney Poitier concoct a plan to put a "winning whammy" on lanky boxer Jimmie Walker and bet the bank on him. Everything goes smooth until the mobsters who wagered against the puny pugilist show up and want their money back. (moviesunlimited.com)
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
Somewhat fact-based story of the lives and attempted 1962 escape of several inmates in the famous correctional facility. Young inmate Clarence Carnes masterminds a grand escape involving several inmates who have nothing to lose, serving life sentences. (imdb)
Disappearing Acts
A couple in the midst of a tumultuous relationship fight to stay together. (imdb)
Madea\
A Wall Street investment banker who has been set up as the linchpin of his company's mob-backed Ponzi scheme is relocated with his family to Aunt Madea's southern home.
Mac
Niccolo (Mac) Vitelli is the eldest of three brothers and leads their family after their beloved father dies. Their father was a builder and his sons continue in this family trade. At first, they work for Polowski, who does shoddy work and cheats on his jobs. When the brothers can no longer take being employed by such an angry vitriolic boss who takes no pride in his work, they set up their own company. (imdb)
Bonanza: The Next Generation
This is the continuing saga of the Cartwrights, only none of the original Cartwrights are here anymore but their sons. Ben and Hoss have passed on, and Little Joe is MIA; he went with Teddy Roosevelt and is currently missing. Ben's brother, Aaron is now in charge of the Ponderosa, and Little Joe's wife Annie also lives there. His son, Benjamin has come back fom the East. (imdb)
Cops and Robin
A veteran street cop is teamed up with the police department's new crime-fighting effort--an android. (imdb)
For Better or Worse
A comic love triangle wherein Alexander falls in love with his younger brother's wife. (imdb)
Night Trap
A man sells his soul to the devil and shows up on a killing spree at Mardi Gras in New Orleans. Leaving a trail of bodies, the apparently indestructible demon challenges the detective to stop him by the end of Mardis Gras or lose his soul. With help from a voodoo lady and his police captain, who remembers the demon from a past Mardis Gras, he gets closer, but risks the destruction of his ex-wife and newly found girlfriend. (imdb)
Bad Asses on the Bayou
Frank Vega and Bernie Pope return, this time to Louisiana in an attempt to find a kidnapped friend. (imdb)
Good Times
Good Times (1974) - TV Series
A poor Afro-American family make the best of things in the Chicago housing projects. (imdb)
Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You
A look at the life, work and political activism of one of the most successful television producers of all time, Norman Lear.
Hunter
Hunter (1984) - TV Series
Detective Sergeant Rick Hunter and his partner, Sergeant Dee Dee McCall, are homicide investigators with the Los Angeles Police Department. Often they must go undercover to catch a variety of L.A.-style villains. "Sporty" James, a helpful police-informant, occasionally provides a bit of humor in this action-drama T.V. series.
Mercy for Angels
Runaway Tracy is snatched from a dangerous L.A. neighborhood by sadistic thugs while searching for her homeless boyfriend. Her police detective mom races against time to rescue Tracy from the big money, high crime world of sex trafficking.
Uncut Gems
Set in the diamond district of New York City, Howard Ratner, a jewelry store owner and dealer to the rich and famous, must find a way to pay his debts when his merchandise is taken from one of his top sellers and girlfriend. (imdb)
Coming 2 America
The African monarch Akeem learns he has a long-lost son in the United States and must return to America to meet this unexpected heir and build a relationship with his son.
I Love the \
  • 1973 (2003) - Season 1
  • 1974 (2003) - Season 1
Roots - Season 1
The Movies That Made Us - Season 3
Me Time
Follows a Dad who finds time for himself for the first time in years while his wife and kids are away. He reconnects with a friend for a wild weekend.
Good Times - Season 1
The Last Rifleman
A WWII veteran escapes his care home in Northern Ireland and embarks on an arduous but inspirational journey to France to attend the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings, finding the courage to face the ghosts of his past. (imdb)
Men in Trees
A relationship-advice guru, upon learning that her fiancé is cheating on her, decides to stay in a small town in Alaska, the most recent stop on her book tour. It's in this remote town, where the ratio of men to women is ten to one, she realizes she can truly learn about the subject she thought she knew so well -- how to find, and keep, a good man. (imdb)