Van Peebles's résumé is long and varied, boasting movie, television and music credits. But he is perhaps best known for New Jack City (1991), an inner-city crime thriller in which he also starred. At the time of its release, the film was the highest-grossing feature from an African-American director.
Van Peebles paid homage to his father with Baadasssss!, a quasi-documentary about the making of the elder Van Peebles's landmark film and the mountains he had to move to get it made. Baadasssss! garnered an Independent Spirit Award nod, among other honors.
Baadasssss!Mario Van Peebles pays homage to his father, Melvin, by playing him in this account of how the famous director made his 1970s opus Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, about a black man who rises up against the injustices of white cops. By all accounts, it was a difficult shoot, and the determined... Read More
SoloThe Pentagon designed robot soldier Solo (Mario Van Peebles) to carry out the government's most dangerous and top-secret operations throughout the world. Solo, however, has been programmed to think for himself -- which leads to his unwillingness to kill innocent bystanders. After ruining a covert... Read More
Rappin'Just out of lockup, rapper John Hood (Mario Van Peebles) discovers that his girlfriend (Tasia Valenza) is living with a gang leader (Charles Grant) hired by a land developer to evict tenants so he can demolish the neighborhood. Can John use the power of rap to save the 'hood and win back his woman?... Read More
Full EclipseMax (Mario Van Peebles) is a good cop in a bad city. But when his life begins a downward spiral, he becomes a prime candidate for a new elite crime-fighting force -- a group of super-cops injected with a serum that turns them into werewolves. Max is lured into the group by a sexy officer (Patsy... Read More
Identity CrisisMelvin Van Peebles helmed this slapstick comedy written by his son, Mario, who plays rapper Chilly D, a man inhabited by two disparate souls. When French fashion designer Yves Malmaison (Richard Fancy) is poisoned and Chilly D finds himself in grave danger, a diminutive witch thinks she's doing them... Read More
All Things Fall Apart (2011) | R | |
Across the Line (2010) | R | |
Multiple Sarcasms (2010) | R | |
Redemption Road (2010) | PG-13 | |
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Sharpshooter (2007) | NR | |
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Hard Luck (2006) | R | |
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Carlito's Way: Rise to Power (2005) | R | |
The First Amendment Project (2004) | NR | |
Ebony Elegance (2004) | R | |
The Hebrew Hammer (2003) | R | |
R | ||
44 Minutes (2003) | R | |
Gang of Roses (2003) | R | |
R | ||
Crown Heights (2002) | R | |
Ali (2001) | R | |
Guardian (2001) | R | |
Blowback (2000) | R | |
NR | ||
Judgment Day (1999) | R | |
Raw Nerve (1999) | R | |
Mama Flora's Family (1998) | NR | |
R | ||
Love Kills (1998) | PG-13 | |
Riot (1997) | R | |
Stag (1997) | NR | |
Crazy Six (1997) | R | |
Gang in Blue (1996) | R | |
Solo (1996) | PG-13 | |
PG-13 | ||
Posse (1993) | R | |
Gunmen (1993) | R | |
Full Eclipse (1993) | R | |
R | ||
Triumph of the Heart (1991) | NR | |
Identity Crisis (1989) | R | |
PG-13 | ||
Heartbreak Ridge (1986) | R | |
Last Resort (1986) | R | |
Hot Shot (1986) | PG | |
Rappin' (1985) | PG | |
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