Best award winning movies with wasted potential from Jamaica

Check out today’s highest ranked movies with wasted potential from Jamaica! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies with wasted potential 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

rating icon 7.56
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #44 for
    Rockumentary
  2. Ranked #65 for
    soulful music
  3. Ranked #115 for
    with anecdotal evidence

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2 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

rating icon 5.6
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1183 for
    flattering light
  2. Ranked #1935 for
    MTV style editing
  3. Ranked #2582 for
    locking horns

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3 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

rating icon 5.7
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #7033 for
    cogent narrative
  2. Ranked #8269 for
    kitschy editing
  3. Ranked #10147 for
    mythology extending

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4 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

rating icon 0.0
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #395 for
    stopgap
  2. Ranked #507 for
    wrapped-up nicely
  3. Ranked #588 for
    intentionally funny

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5 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

rating icon 5.5
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #4985 for
    pretty scenery
  2. Ranked #6253 for
    magnificent scenery
  3. Ranked #7928 for
    scenic view

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6 The Axe (1969)

A breathtaking story in which a woman goes in search of her husband.

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1969-10-27 | Crime / Drama

Cast

Margarita Lozano, Folco Lulli

Rating

rating icon 7.2
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #6588 for
    ad lib
  2. Ranked #6785 for
    inorganic acting
  3. Ranked #10186 for
    afterschool special

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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

rating icon 7.672
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #586 for
    inside look into organized crime
  2. Ranked #693 for
    like Scarface
  3. Ranked #1478 for
    gruesome murder

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8 Destiny (2014)

After death of her parents, Lisa Pullen journeys to sell land acquired through inheritance. She not only uncovers truths about her family’s past, but also finds love.

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2014-01-01 | Romance / Drama

Cast

Karian Sang, Sabrina Diana Colie

Rating

rating icon 2.0
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2949 for
    hoary
  2. Ranked #6055 for
    poor photography
  3. Ranked #6142 for
    poor shooting

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9 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

rating icon 6.6
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #605 for
    Rockumentary
  2. Ranked #784 for
    morally dubious
  3. Ranked #937 for
    inside look into organized crime

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