---
title: 'Mo'' Better Blues (1990)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Spike Lee'
released: '1990-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 129
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Music'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/mo-better-blues-1990'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100168/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Mo' Better Blues (1990)

1990 · 129 min · Drama, Music · United States


## Synopsis

Mo' Better Blues is a 1990 American dramatic film starring Denzel Washington, Wesley Snipes, and Spike Lee, who also wrote, produced, and directed. It follows a period in the life of fictional jazz trumpeter Bleek Gilliam as a series of bad decisions result in his jeopardizing both his relationships and his playing career. The film focuses on themes of friendship, loyalty, honesty, cause-and-effect, and ultimately salvation. It features the music of the Branford Marsalis quartet and Terence Blanchard on trumpet. The film was released five months after the death of Robin Harris and is dedicated to his memory, being his final acting role.

## Credits

- **Original Music Composer:** [Bill Lee](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-lee-2)
- **Director:** [Spike Lee](https://cinepixo.com/people/spike-lee)
- **Screenplay:** [Spike Lee](https://cinepixo.com/people/spike-lee)
- **Producer:** [Spike Lee](https://cinepixo.com/people/spike-lee)
- **Director of Photography:** [Ernest Dickerson](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernest-dickerson)

## Cast

- [Charlie Murphy](https://cinepixo.com/people/charlie-murphy)
- [Jeff "Tain" Watts](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeff-tain-watts)
- [Nicholas Turturro](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicholas-turturro)
- [Rubén Blades](https://cinepixo.com/people/ruben-blades)
- [Wesley Snipes](https://cinepixo.com/people/wesley-snipes)
- [Giancarlo Esposito](https://cinepixo.com/people/giancarlo-esposito)
- [Abbey Lincoln](https://cinepixo.com/people/abbey-lincoln)
- [Samuel L. Jackson](https://cinepixo.com/people/samuel-l-jackson)
- [Monty Ross](https://cinepixo.com/people/monty-ross)
- [Dick Anthony Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/dick-anthony-williams)
- [Joie Lee](https://cinepixo.com/people/joie-lee)
- [Cynda Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/cynda-williams)
- [Deon Richmond](https://cinepixo.com/people/deon-richmond)
- [Branford Marsalis](https://cinepixo.com/people/branford-marsalis)
- [Denzel Washington](https://cinepixo.com/people/denzel-washington)

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