Movies
I, Tonya
Competitive ice skater Tonya Harding rises amongst the ranks at the U. S. Figure Skating Championships, but her future in the sport is thrown into doubt when her ex-husband intervenes.
Donald Glover
Actor, Musician
- No, but do you have an ideal of how society should function?
- I don’t know. You remember that movie about Tonya Harding that came out?
- I think it was I, Tonya?
- Yeah. There’s a scene where she’s not getting scored correctly because they don’t think she represents what America is.
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Anakin Skywalker, a young slave strong with the Force, is discovered on Tatooine. Meanwhile, the evil Sith have returned, enacting their plot for revenge against the Jedi.
Donald Glover
Actor, Musician
- Star Trek or Star Wars?
- Donald: Yeah. Star Wars. If only for its influential value. Huge impact on my life.
City of God
Buscapé was raised in a very violent environment. Despite the feeling that all odds were against him, he finds out that life can be seen with other eyes...
Donald Glover
Actor, Musician
City of God is one of Donald's favorite movies.
American Gangster
Following the death of his employer and mentor, Bumpy Johnson, Frank Lucas establishes himself as the number one importer of heroin in the Harlem district of Manhattan. He does so by buying heroin directly from the source in South East Asia and he comes up with a unique way of importing the drugs into the United States. Partly based on a true story.
Donald Glover
Actor, Musician
Have you ever seen American Gangster? You know Bumpy, the guy at the start who has a heart attack? My grandpa used to work with him, he was his right-hand man in real life. They ran numbers together. Those guys had this drive to go out and make something of themselves by any means necessary. So I look at all of them, and I wonder why does it stop with me, and I realize that it's because I have so many options available.
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
As bass guitarist for a garage-rock band, Scott Pilgrim has never had trouble getting a girlfriend; usually, the problem is getting rid of them. But when Ramona Flowers skates into his heart, he finds she has the most troublesome baggage of all: an army of ex-boyfriends who will stop at nothing to eliminate him from her list of suitors.
Donald Glover
Actor, Musician
That movie is brilliant - it's funny, very interesting and it has got good values.
The 400 Blows
For young Parisian boy Antoine Doinel, life is one difficult situation after another. Surrounded by inconsiderate adults, including his neglectful parents, Antoine spends his days with his best friend, Rene, trying to plan for a better life. When one of their schemes goes awry, Antoine ends up in trouble with the law, leading to even more conflicts with unsympathetic authority figures.
Donald Glover
Actor, Musician
It's a very snobby, geeky lyric but it has my favourite things in it: one of my favourite movies (The 400 Blows) and a double entendre (Truffaut and "true-faux", as in fake).
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5 Desert Island Movies
Donald Glover picks 5 movies he'd watch (again and again) on a desert island.
Donald Glover
Actor, Musician
Donald Glover picks 5 movies he'd watch (again and again) on a desert island.
The Counselor
A lawyer finds himself in far over his head when he attempts to get involved in drug trafficking.
Donald Glover
Actor, Musician
The Atlanta staff writers’ text-message group is named “Team Bolito,” after a mechanical weapon featured in Ridley Scott’s 2013 The Counselor. Glover says the writers became “super-obsessed” with a clip in which Brad Pitt’s character succumbs to the bolito, and they “watched it every day, probably three times a day.” He predicts, “[The Counselor] will probably become a classic.”
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