Barry Jenkins
All information about every movie and show with the involvement of Barry Jenkins.
- Rating 68%
Mufasa: The Lion King (2024)
A rated PG family movie starring Aaron Pierre and Kelvin Harrison, Jr.
The prequel enlists Rafiki to relay the legend of Mufasa to young lion cub Kiara, daughter of Simba and Nala, with Timon and Pumbaa lending their signature schtick. Told in flashbacks, the story introduces Mufasa as an orphaned cub, lost and alone until he meets a sympathetic lion named Taka - the heir to a royal bloodline. The chance meeting sets in motion an expansive journey of an extraordinary group of misfits searching for their destiny - their bonds will be tested as they work together to evade a threatening and deadly foe.
Aftersun (2022)
A drama starring Paul Mescal, Frankie Corio and Celia Rowlson-Hall
Sophie reflects on the shared joy and private melancholy of a holiday she took with her father twenty years earlier. Memories real and imagined fill the gaps between miniDV footage as she tries to reconcile the father she knew with the man she didn't.
If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)
A drama starring KiKi Layne, Stephan James and Teyonah Parris
Director Barry Jenkins' ambitious follow-up to Moonlight adapts James Baldwin's poignant novel about a woman fighting to free her falsely accused husband from prison before the birth of their child.
Moonlight (2016)
A drama starring Ashton Sanders, André Holland and Naomie Harris
The tender, heartbreaking story of a young man’s struggle to find himself, told across three defining chapters in his life as he experiences the ecstasy, pain, and beauty of falling in love, while grappling with his own sexuality.
Never Rarely Sometimes Always (2020)
A drama starring Sidney Flanigan, Talia Ryder and Ryan Eggold
A pair of teenage girls in rural Pennsylvania travel to New York City to seek out medical help after an unintended pregnancy.
- Rating 72%
The Fire Inside (2024)
A rated PG-13 drama starring Ryan Destiny, Brian Tyree Henry and Judy Greer
The story of Claressa 'T-Rex' Shields, a boxer from Flint, Michigan who trained to become the first woman in her country's history to win an Olympic gold medal in the sport.