Best award winning movies with an intertwined story from Jamaica
Check out today’s highest ranked movies with an intertwined story from Jamaica! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies with an intertwined story from Jamaica, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.
1 Marley (2012)
Bob Marley's universal appeal, impact on music history and role as a social and political prophet is both unique and unparalleled. Directed by Academy Award-winning director Kevin Macdonald (The Last King of Scotland), MARLEY is the definitive life story of the musician, revolutionary, and legend, from his early days to his rise to international superstardom. Made with the support of the Marley family, the film features rare footage, incredible performances and revelatory interviews with the people that knew him best.
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- 2012-04-20 | Music / Documentary
Cast
- Ziggy Marley, Rita Marley
Rating
7.56
2 The Last Tourist (2021)
Travel is at a tipping point. From Carribean beaches to remote villages in Kenya, forgotten voices reveal the real conditions and consequences of one of the largest industries in the world. The role of the modern tourist is on trial.
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- 2021-10-02 | Documentary
Cast
- Elizabeth Becker, Sangduen Lek Chailert
Rating
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6.2
3 Joseph (2020)
A Jamaican doctor trained in Western medicine and in conflict with his family (all of whom are doctors) about his belef in the benefits of bush medicine, travels to Ghana to prove then wrong.
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- 2020-01-14 |
Cast
- kevoy burton, Mawuli Gavor
Rating
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0.0
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4 One Love (2003)
Kassa a free-wheelin rasta man, falls for a straight laced gospel singer Serena, when they both meet as they enter a music contest. Serena's father the pastor forbids her to see him and wants her to marry one of his church members. Meanwhile the record boss organizing the contest, tries to get Kassa's band to sign to his label on his terms not theirs. By using heavy tactics, he pushes the band to fight back.
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- 2003-05-18 | Drama / Romance
Cast
- Ky-Mani Marley, Cherine Anderson
Rating
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5.6
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5 Rockers (1979)
Horsemouth, a drummer living in a ghetto of Kingston, plans to make money selling records. After his prized motorcycle is stolen, his plans fall through and he's forced to adapt.
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- 1979-11-23 | Comedy / Drama
Cast
- Leroy Wallace, Richard 'Dirty Harry' Hall
Rating
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7.1
6 The Harder They Come (1972)
Ivanhoe Martin arrives in Kingston, Jamaica, looking for work and, after some initial struggles, lands a recording contract as a reggae singer. He records his first song, "The Harder They Come," but after a bitter dispute with a manipulative producer named Hilton, soon finds himself resorting to petty crime in order to pay the bills. He deals marijuana, kills some abusive cops and earns local folk hero status. Meanwhile, his record is topping the charts.
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- 1972-09-01 | Crime / Drama
Cast
- Jimmy Cliff, Janet Bartley
Rating
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6.6
7 Shottas (2002)
A raw urban drama about two friends raised on the dangerous streets of Kingston, Jamaica. Biggs and Wayne take on the "Shotta" way of life to survive. As young boys, they begin a life of crime, eventually moving to the US where they begin a ruthless climb from the bottom. They remain bound to each other by their shottas loyalty as they aggressively take control of the Jamaican underworld.
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- 2002-02-27 | Action / Adventure
Cast
- Ky-Mani Marley, Spragga Benz
Rating
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7.672
8 No Place Like Home (2006)
When Susan, a film producer from NYC, goes to Jamaica to shoot a shampoo commercial, she finds herself, through a series of unforeseen circumstances, drifting further and further away from the world she knows and into the life of the island, a strange alternative reality that turns many of her previously held assumptions upside down.
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- 2006-09-13 | Drama
Cast
- Susan O'Meara, Carl Bradshaw
Rating
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5.5
9 Countryman (1982)
A young woman crash-lands her plane in Jamaica. A local named Countryman rescues her and leads her away from the authorities, who have fabricated a story about the plane, involving drug and arms smuggling by the CIA, in order to gain popularity in an upcoming election.
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- 1982-07-05 | Drama
Cast
- Countryman, Hiram Keller
Rating
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5.7
10 Third World Cop (1999)
Loose cannon cop Capone returns to his home town of Kingston to join a group of officers fighting organised crime in the area. On his first day he uncovers gun smuggling operation that may be connected with lead criminal Oney. However his old crew, led by Ratty, also are involved leading Capone to a choice between his job and his old crew.
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- 1999-09-14 | Action / Drama
Cast
- Paul Campbell, Mark Danvers
Rating
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6.8
