Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story is a 1997 TV-movie about diver Greg Louganis based on the best-selling book Breaking the Surface co-written by Greg Louganis and Eric Marcus that stayed on top of the New York Times Best Seller list for 5 weeks. In Seoul, 1988, Greg Louganis (played by Mario Lopez) hits the diving board while plunging towards the water cutting his head open. Splashing into the water Greg begins to have flashbacks: As a young kid being ridiculed by neighborhood bullies and where his adoptive father (played powerfully by Michael Murphy) is not accepting, overbearing; winning the silver medal; the 1982 world championship; to gold medals in 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles; the struggles of an abusive relationship with Tom Barrett; his father's terminal cancer; Tom's losing battle with AIDS and Greg's own HIV positive status. After doctors in Seoul stitch Greg's head wound, he returns to competition and picks up two more gold medals. After his father's death and Tom's lost AIDS' battle, Greg courageously decides to come out and go public with every aspect of his life as a gay athlete. Mario López was nominated for an ALMA Award for "Outstanding

Code Name Phoenix is a made for TV movie that aired on UPN on March 3, 2000. In the year 2020, where global peace has prevailed, a sinister new threat to world stability is exposed with a genetically engineered virus that can stop the human aging process. Faced with potential worldwide anarchy when the masses clamor for the drug, Special Agent Lucy Chang, code name Phoenix, must go undercover to track the drug's illegal marketer who has conspired with a beauty products magnate to auction the virus' rights to international bidders and ensure worldwide chaos. Chang is publicly denounced as a fugitive by a traitor in her organization and is immediately sought by Jake Hawkins, a U.S. Marshal. Convincing Jake that a planet-wide destabilization threat exists if the virus is made public, the duo joins forces and, with the combination of her remarkable martial arts prowess and his high-tech weaponry, battle to expose the plot and destroy the virus supply.

Heart Condition is a 1990 fantasy-comedy film starring Denzel Washington and Bob Hoskins. Hoskins plays police sergeant Jack Moony, a racist cop and Washington plays Napoleon Stone, an adorable but sleazy ambulance chasing lawyer whom Moony hates. Moony's years of bad habits, such as overeating, smoking, and drinking, finally catch up with him. At the same time, Stone is gunned down in a drive-by shooting. After suffering a heart attack, Moony wakes up to find out that his new heart was once Stone's, and the dead lawyer's ghost has become his constant companion. Now, Moony will have to solve Stone's murder. The movie's reception was largely negative, scoring 0% on Rotten Tomatoes. At the end of its run, the box office total was $4,134,992. Washington was talked into making this movie by his agent. Afterwards, Washington fired him and has not starred in a full scale comedy since.

Johnny Handsome is an 1989 American crime-drama film directed by Walter Hill and starring Mickey Rourke, Ellen Barkin and Morgan Freeman. The film was written by Ken Friedman, from the novel by John Godey. The music for the film was written, produced and performed by Ry Cooder, and (four songs) Jim Keltner . John Sedley is a man with a disfigured face, mocked by others as "Johnny Handsome." He and a friend are double-crossed by two accomplices in a crime, Sunny Boyd and her partner Rafe, and a judge sends Johnny to jail, where he vows to get even once he gets out. A surgeon named Fisher is looking for a guinea pig so he can attempt an experimental procedure in cosmetic surgery. Johnny, figuring he has nothing to lose, is given a new, nearly unrecognizable face before he is released back into society. Lt. Drones, a dour New Orleans law enforcement officer, is not fooled by Johnny's new look or new life, even when Johnny lands an honest job and begins seeing Donna McCarty, a respectable woman who knows little of his past. The lieutenant tells Johnny right to his changed face that, on the inside, Johnny is still a hardened criminal and always will be. The cop is correct. Johnny

The St. Tammany Miracle is a 1994 B film directed by Joy N. Houck, Jr. and Jim McCullough Sr. The film stars television stars Mark-Paul Gosselaar and Soleil Moon Frye. Frye occasionally showed up late on the set while filming this movie and repeatedly got into arguments with her co-stars. The film focuses on the basketball team of an Episcopalian all-girl high school, where they try to make a name, despite only a little funding. the team's new female coach soon realizes she will have to work very hard if she wants the team to become a success.

Winter People is a 1989 romantic drama film directed by Ted Kotcheff. It stars Kurt Russell and Kelly McGillis. The film is based on the novel by John Ehle. Wayland Jackson, a widower with a young daughter, moves to a small, impoverished mountain village in North Carolina, circa 1934. They are taken in by Collie Wright, a single mother, and she and Wayland soon fall in love. Wayland is a clockmaker whose ambition is to build one for the center of town. His life and Collie's, however, are threatened by family members from the evil Campbell clan, one of whom is the father of Collie's baby and intent on getting his child back in any way, even if it means murdering the couple. Cole Campbell is found dead, and his relatives demand that Wayland and Collie be held responsible and give up the child. Winter People has an overall approval rating of 13% on Rotten Tomatoes.