The best Melvin Van Peebles’s comedy movies
We present our ranking of the best Melvin Van Peebles’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Melvin Van Peebles.
Last Action Hero
6.5/10
Danny is obsessed with a fictional movie character action hero Jack Slater. When a magical ticket transports him into Jack's latest adventure, Danny finds himself in a world where movie magic and reality collide. Now it's up to Danny to save the life of his hero and new friend.
Boomerang
5.6/10
Marcus is a successful advertising executive who woos and beds women almost at will. After a company merger he finds that his new boss, the ravishing Jacqueline, is treating him in exactly the same way. Completely traumatised by this, his work goes badly downhill.
Watermelon Man
6.7/10
Jeff Gerber, a racist insurance agent and fitness freak, lives in a typical suburban neighborhood. But Jeff's bigoted world of taunting and harassing black people on and off the job is turned upside down when his skin inexplicably turns dark overnight. As Jeff tries to come to terms with this unexplained phenomenon that has befallen him, he soon becomes the victim himself, when all of his friends and neighbors suddenly shun and harass him.
The Hebrew Hammer
6.1/10
A Jewish blaxploitation hero saves Hanukkah from the clutches of Santa Claus's evil son.
True Identity
5.1/10
In order to escape from the mob, an African-American man must disguise himself as a white man.
Peeples
5.4/10
The story follows what happens when a child psychologist surprises his girlfriend by showing up at her political family's annual get-together at their Sag Harbor vacation home only to find them desperately in need of therapy.
Farewell, Babylon!
5.9/10
Arrabal's sixth film based on his novel from 1969 with the same name as the movie.
O.C. and Stiggs
5.3/10
O.C. and Stiggs aren't your average unhappy teenagers. They not only despise their suburban surroundings, they plot against it. They seek revenge against the middle class Schwab family, who embody all they detest: middle class.
