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Netflix
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7.3
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/15900/
70
/5465/
3.6
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92
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/1345/
72
/34/
cc age 16+

El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (2019)
In the wake of his dramatic escape from captivity, Jesse Pinkman must come to terms with his past in order to forge some kind of future.
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Starz
66
6.3
/5328/
69
/166/
64
/52/
3.0
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64
/67/
84
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50
/23/

The Brothers (2001)
This is the story of four African-American "yuppies" (a banker, a doctor, a lawyer, and a "playboy") who call themselves "The Brothers". When the playboy gets engaged, the other three friends find themselves having to come to terms with their own issues of commitment and honesty...
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Amazon Prime Video
63
6.7
/16991/
73
/1360/
68
/506/
3.3
/16647/
58
/38/
69
/75/
49
/12/
cc age 11+

Please Stand By (2018)
A young autistic woman runs away from her caregiver in order to boldly go and deliver her 500-page Star Trek script to a writing competition in Hollywood. On an adventure full of laughter and tears, Wendy follows the guiding spirit of Mr. Spock on her journey into the unknown.
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MGM Plus
51
5.0
/11886/
66
/626/
61
/190/
2.7
/8155/
19
/36/
66
/1392/
42
/15/
cc age 13+

Madea's Witness Protection (2012)
For years, mild-mannered Wall Street banker George Needleman has meandered through life oblivious to his family's dysfunction and his company's malfeasance, but he's forced to wake up when he learns that he's been framed in a mob-backed Ponzi scheme. Placed under federal protection, George and his family are shipped down South to Madea's house, where the no-nonsense matriarch whips them all into shape using her special brand of tough love.
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Kanopy
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4.8
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50
/158/
44
/59/
2.7
/9537/
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59
/20/
cc age 15+

Lemon (2017)
Isaac has seen better days. His acting career is tanking, his blind girlfriend of 10 years plans to leave him, and his own family singles him out as a constant disappointment. Even as he takes a chance on new romance, he struggles to define his place in a world that has seemingly turned against him.
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5.2
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2.7
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The Meteor Man (1993)
One night Jefferson Reed gets hit in the chest by a souped-up chunk of meteor. So he can fly, but he's scared of heights. He can master the information in any book ... for about thirty seconds. Now his friends and family want him to protect their community from the dreaded Golden Lords.
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Fandango at Home Free
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/232/
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/25/
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48
/8/
cc age 10+

Spirit Halloween: The Movie (2022)
A group of middle schoolers must survive a night inside a haunted Spirit Halloween store.
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Amazon Prime Video
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40
5.9
/2490/
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/218/
61
/155/
2.6
/2044/
25
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/15/

Love Jacked (2018)
Maya, a headstrong 28-year-old with artistic ambitions – a strong contrast to what her father Ed wants: a dutiful daughter to run the family store. Ed is shocked when Maya takes her assertions of independence a step further and decides to travel to Africa for inspiration and returns with a fiancé who is not quite what he seems.
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Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons" (2019)
Celebrities re-create an original episode each from "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons."
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The Roku Channel
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5.1
/7228/
56
/123/
50
/95/
2.5
/2372/
14
/51/
28
/159/
19
/21/

Lost & Found (1999)
In order to impress his beautiful French neighbor, Dylan Ramsey dognaps her pet pooch so he can return him and become a hero.
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34
4.9
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/13/
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/34/

Foolish (1999)
'Foolish' Waise is a talented comedian with a hard-edge trying to make it in the comedy clubs in LA while his brother is a hard-nosed gangster trying to make it on the streets. With all the competition they face in their chosen "professions," their biggest battle is with each other over the love of a pretty girl.
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Amazon Prime Video
37
18
4.1
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47
/142/
48
/31/
2.2
/957/
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/10/
34
/8/

Bromates (2022)
Longtime best friends Sid and Jonesie are dumped by their respective girlfriends. Both without a living situation, they decide to become "bromates", bros who are roommates, which puts their relationship to the ultimate test.
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Amazon Prime Video
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17
5.4
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69
/84/
61
/12/
44
/12/

The Man in 3B (2015)
Daryl Graham (Lamman Rucker) has just moved into a Jamaica, Queens, apartment building and his neighbors, both male and female alike, can't stop talking about him. From his extreme attractiveness to his undeniable swag, Daryl is the man every woman wants and every man wants to be. Connie (Brely Evans), an unhappy wife, turns to Daryl for help losing weight, hoping to fix her marriage. But when Daryl starts making Connie feel beautiful again, she questions whether her marriage is worth saving. Benny (Robert Ri'chard), a spoiled teenager raised by a single father, looks up to Daryl. When an unexpected event occurs, Benny is left questioning everything he's ever known to be true. Krystal (Nafessa Williams), Daryl's first love, wants to make things work with her current boyfriend. Yet having Daryl back in her life sends her happy home spiraling out of control.
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7.1
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/6/
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Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy (2009)
Directors Robert Townsend and Quincy Newell offer this comprehensive and hilarious examination of the history, evolution and cultural significance of African American comedy in America, from the earliest minstrel shows to the latest HBO special. Featuring interviews with cultural critics and loads of comedic clips, this program features appearances by a who's-who of black comedians including Chris Rock, Bill Cosby, Whoopi Goldberg and many more.
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Amazon Prime Video
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10
3.5
/509/
61
/33/
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/12/
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/4/
cc age 15+

She Ball (2020)
On a mission to save his Inglewood community center, Avery Watts enlists a talented basketball player, Shelby, to help him win the grand prize in a street ball tournament. Together, Avery and Shelby challenge local politicians, gangs and their own stereotypes to save their community.
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6.9
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50
/3/
3.8
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Passing Through (1977)
Eddie Warmack, an African American jazz musician, is released from prison for the killing of a white gangster. Not willing to play for the mobsters who control the music industry, including clubs and recording studios, Warmack searches for his mentor and grandfather, the legendary jazz musician Poppa Harris.
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8.5
/21/

Jalen Vs. Everybody (2017)
Follows former NBA star and current TV personality Jalen Rose as he juggles his career responsibilities with the challenges of being a single dad.
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9.9
/7/

Mildred 4 a Million (2024)
Mildred 4 a Million is a poignant comedy about a great grandma who desperately wants to connect with her 7-year-old tablet-obsessed great granddaughter, so she sets out to get a million followers on TikTok.
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Behind the Groove: The Black Ice Documentary (2023)
Told by a member's son, this is the story of five kids from L.A.'s Watts neighborhood who formed a little-known funk and soul outfit in the 1970s.
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8.0
/30/

The Last Revolutionary
Two African Americans fight against a far right group.
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Menu for Murder (1990)
Joanne Mayfield, head of the parental school commission, behaves like a dictator and makes all the other women her enemies. But when she suddenly falls dead on a party after having a sandwich, the main suspect is Susan, who served her the food. The handsome detective Joe Russo interrogates her repeatedly and they become friends. He invites her to help him with the investigation, what she happily accepts - too happily, says her husband.
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Border to Border (1998)
Rambling indie about the people a couple of ramblers meet as they race from place to place.
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The Roku Channel
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5.1
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/18/
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/8/
cc age 13+

A Snowy Day in Oakland (2023)
A Snowy Day in Oakland - A magical urban tale about a beautiful psychologist from San Francisco who decides to end a stalled romance with her longtime, high-profile, psychiatrist, boyfriend/business partner. She moves on with her life by opening her own private practice in a vacant, street-front office space in the middle of a small, commercial block located across the bay in Oakland, turning the predominately African-American and psychologically ignored neighborhood on its emotional ear.
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The Roku Channel
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7.9
/60/
55
/2/

A Christmas Prayer (2022)
When a former alcoholic and now respected leader of the local church gets accused of a heinous crime, he struggles with the possibility of not only doing hard time but keeping his own "faith" while trying to prove his innocence.
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Hoopla
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7.6
/127/
10
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60
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Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy (1983)
The history of the television version of "Amos and Andy" and the public outcry to cancel it.
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5.2
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Your Alcohol I.Q. (1988)
Just how much do you know about alcohol consumption? Take this video quiz to find out!
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HBO Max
51
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5.4
/173/
36
/6/
60
/4/

Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special (1997)
Whoopi Goldberg is the voice of Mother Goose in this all-star, all-rhyming tale set in multi-ethnic nursery-rhyme land.
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7.3
/81/
60
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You Can't Take it With You (1979)
Emmy winner Jean Stapleton and Academy Award winner Art Carney star in the Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart about a slightly daft family who do exactly as they please.
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8.1
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Up Against the Wall (1991)
A black teen from a Chicago housing project struggles to find acceptance after he transfers into a suburban high school.
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/126/
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80
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Night of 100 Stars II (1985)
This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited from a seven-hour live entertainment marathon that was taped February 17, 1985, at New York's Radio City Music Hall, this sequel to the 1982 "Night of 100 Stars" special features 288 celebrities.
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6.3
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Stanley's Gig (2000)
An emotionally dysfunctional ukulele minstrel lands a gig at a nursing home where he strikes up an unlikely relationship with an ancient jazz chanteuse and awakens from a lifetime of loneliness and inconsequence.
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Plex
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Second Sight (2016)
Cursed with horrifying visions of the future, Tatyana Ali stars as a woman looking to save a kidnapped girl in this TV One original movie.
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5.5
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Drug Free Kids: A Parents' Guide (1988)
Ken Howard hosts a series of role-playing vignettes (featuring some of Hollywood's top stars) to help parents and children deal with typical family situations involving the use of illegal drugs.
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The Visit (2001)
A young man dying in prison brings his family together for a fateful visit, and proceeds to put his life back together.
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One Fine Christmas (2019)
The families on Christmas Street have been so busy with their day-to-day lives that they lose sight of the importance of family during the holiday season.
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4.3
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46
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The Heart Specialist (2006)
Suave Harvard Medical School grad Ray Howard seems destined to specialize in womanizing. That is, until he heads to Florida to intern under the tutelage of chief resident Dr. Sidney Zachary. With help from his girlfriend, "Dr. Z" sets out to mold Ray into a caring, responsible doctor. Along the way, he shares some important truths and a whole lot of humor in this sexy romantic comedy
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46
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3.9
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33
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C'mon Man (2012)
Unlike most stand-up comics, Jeff actually gets his break but, while on his way to the top, his insecure ego quickly sends his career into a freefall.
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7.8
/58/
56
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Love on Layaway (2005)
Marla Gibbs narrates a filmed staging of playwright David E. Talbert's comedy-drama. Directed by Talbert and Leslie Small, this fly-on-the-wall production looks at the lives of three very different couples living in the same Philadelphia brownstone. A single mother can't decide between her new boyfriend and her 6-year-old son; Monique can't figure out her live-in boyfriend; and Ms. Willanetta questions her 12-year relationship.
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6.4
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Lily in Winter (1994)
Lily Covington, a Manhattan housekeeper, embarks on a trip to the rural Alabama town of her youth. To Lily's surprise, her employer's nine-year-old son Michael stows away for the ride. Together, Lily and Michael realize just how alike and how different their worlds really are. Michael explores a way of life he never knew existed, while Lily discovers some tender truths about the family she left behind.
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Fandango at Home Free
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/8/
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Grantham & Rose (2014)
When a petty crime thrusts him into the company of a feisty eighty-one-year-old African-American woman named Rose Price, Grantham and Rose push the boundaries of their relationship, their lives, and what it means to love, as they take a road trip back to their roots.
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5.9
/86/
50
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The Missing Are Deadly (1975)
An emotionally disturbed teenager whose father is a research scientist takes a rat from his father's laboratory that is infected with an incurable virus that can kill 100 million people in three weeks.
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4.2
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Afro Ninja (2009)
This homage to martial arts legend Jim Kelly is based on a hugely successful YouTube video. Reggie's got a dead end job, a cruel boss, and no real prospects. Until he uncovers a pair of magic nun-chucks that gives him karate superpowers and set Reggie up for a battle with the evil Kung Fu Master.
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5.0
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Sweet Jesus, Preacherman (1973)
A Black hit man poses as a Baptist preacher in a ghetto church. He decides to take over the local rackets.
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The Young Landlords (1983)
Four teen-age New York residents try to raise cash to improve a dilapidated building they brought for a dollar.
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Orpheus Star (2020)
Douglas Privett is a young musician who returns to the small mid-western town of his childhood to see Ezrela Mae Privett, the ailing grandmother who'd raised him, a Baptist preacher battling demons of her own. Despite childhood memories of emotional trauma, Douglas agrees to stay in town and help her with therapy. Douglas searches for Cal, his only childhood friend and secret crush, but only finds Cal's younger sister, Jaylene. While staring at a starry night sky, Douglas recalls a positive memory o his grandmother and has a chance encounter with Dora, a wise homeless woman.


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