Rockers (1978)

Starring:

• Leroy 'Horsemouth' Wallace
• Richard 'Dirty Harry' Hall 
• Gregory Isaacs 
• Burning Spear 
• Kiddus I. 
• Marjorie Norman 
• Jacob Miller 
• Robbie Shakespeare 
• Big Youth 
• Leroy Smart 

Storyline
Making it in the music business in Kingston, Jamaica, is hard, and nobody knows it better than regularly unemployed drummer Horsemouth (Leroy Wallace). Although talented, he earns precious little for his music and is obliged to try hustling vinyl records on the side. It's a lousy gig, but Horsemouth takes his lumps amiably, until some brash members of the local Mafia steal his motorbike. Determined to get it back, he and his friends concoct a daring scheme.

The Harder They Come (1972)

Starring:

• Jimmy Cliff
• Janet Bartley 
• Carl Bradshaw 
• Ras Daniel Hartman 
• Basil Keane 
• Bob Charlton 
• Winston Stona

Storyline
Ivanhoe Martin (Jimmy Cliff) 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 (Bob Charlton), 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.