Best award winning movies with recommend to anyone from Jamaica

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

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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #44 for
    Rockumentary
  2. Ranked #64 for
    soulful music
  3. Ranked #116 for
    with anecdotal evidence

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2 Kingston Paradise (2013)

A hustler's journey into chaos to steal a car and his lady friends dream for peace from a painting, forces a crime that changes their lives forever.

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2013-09-14 |

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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #492 for
    sexually aggressive character
  2. Ranked #770 for
    aggressive
  3. Ranked #823 for
    belligerent

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3 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 #1168 for
    flattering light
  2. Ranked #1917 for
    MTV style editing
  3. Ranked #2571 for
    locking horns

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4 Better Mus' Come (2013)

The film follows warring political factions in 1970s Jamaica as they enlist the support of gangs to enforce their policies, and advance their political agenda. It is a fictionalized dramatization of real historical events, specifically, the Green Bay Massacre, where the government finally tracked down these gangs and had systematically wiped out.

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2013-03-15 | Crime / Action

Cast

Sheldon Shepherd, Sky Nicole Grey

Rating

rating icon 4.6
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1480 for
    violent
  2. Ranked #3634 for
    feeling motion sickness
  3. Ranked #6296 for
    punishing

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5 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 7.7
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #583 for
    inside look into organized crime
  2. Ranked #688 for
    like Scarface
  3. Ranked #1475 for
    gruesome murder

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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

rating icon 6.583
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #604 for
    Rockumentary
  2. Ranked #778 for
    morally dubious
  3. Ranked #938 for
    inside look into organized crime

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7 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 #7011 for
    cogent narrative
  2. Ranked #8233 for
    kitschy editing
  3. Ranked #10109 for
    mythology extending

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8 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

rating icon 7.0
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1690 for
    groovy soundtrack
  2. Ranked #1947 for
    deep insight
  3. Ranked #2142 for
    great casting

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9 Dancehall Queen (1997)

Street vendor Marcia is scraping together a living in the ghetto section of Kingston, Jamaica. Her young daughter is being hounded by a rich sugar daddy who has been supporting the family; her brother's life is being threatened by a local thug. So, when the licentious patron threatens to abandon the family, and her brother breaks down under pressure, Marcia hits bottom. She needs to escape to a haven where she can get lost in fantasy; Marcia, don in sex-me-up clothing and outrageous glamour, finds refuge in the beats of the very dance hall outside of which she normally vends.

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1997-10-10 | Drama

Cast

Audrey Reid, Carl Davis

Rating

rating icon 6.4
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #6195 for
    femme fatale
  2. Ranked #6708 for
    with cockney accent
  3. Ranked #7021 for
    travelogue

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10 Ghett'a Life (2011)

GHETT’A LIFE is an “against the odds” action drama set in a politically turbulent inner city community of Kingston. Derrick, a determined inner city teenager realizes his dream of becoming a champion boxer despite a country, community and family conflicted by divisive political system

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2011-12-02 | Drama

Cast

Kevoy Burton, Winston Bell

Rating

rating icon 5.0
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #15095 for
    one sided view
  2. Ranked #15254 for
    like Scarface
  3. Ranked #17558 for
    artificial intelligence

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