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87
7.9
/122731/
78
/3530/
77
/1930/
4.4
/485593/
92
/150/
89
/3366/
93
/26/
cc age 16+

Do the Right Thing (1989)
Salvatore "Sal" Fragione is the Italian owner of a pizzeria in Brooklyn. A neighborhood local, Buggin' Out, becomes upset when he sees that the pizzeria's Wall of Fame exhibits only Italian actors. Buggin' Out believes a pizzeria in a black neighborhood should showcase black actors, but Sal disagrees. The wall becomes a symbol of racism and hate to Buggin' Out and to other people in the neighborhood, and tensions rise.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
85
7.8
/3858/
77
/124/
72
/47/
4.0
/5767/
100
/25/
90
/116/
88
/16/

4 Little Girls (1997)
On September 15, 1963, a bomb destroyed a black church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing four young girls who were there for Sunday school. It was a crime that shocked the nation--and a defining moment in the history of the civil-rights movement. Spike Lee re-examines the full story of the bombing, including a revealing interview with former Alabama Governor George Wallace.
poster
81
7.0
/891/
73
/37/
56
/14/
3.7
/1872/
93
/15/
89
/35/
93
/9/

Sankofa (1993)
On a photo shoot in Ghana, an American model slips back in time, becomes enslaved on a plantation and bears witness to the agony of her ancestral past.
poster
Kanopy
75
7.2
/2200/
71
/34/
67
/36/
3.7
/2211/
81
/59/
83
/48/
78
/22/

Lumumba (2000)
The true story of the rise to power and brutal assassination of the formerly vilified and later redeemed leader of the independent Congo, Patrice Lumumba. Using newly discovered historical evidence, Haitian-born and later Congo-raised writer and director Raoul Peck renders an emotional and tautly woven account of the mail clerk and beer salesman with a flair for oratory and an uncompromising belief in the capacity of his homeland to build a prosperous nation independent of its former Belgian overlords. Lumumba emerges here as the heroic sacrificial lamb dubiously portrayed by the international media and led to slaughter by commercial and political interests in Belgium, the United States, the international community, and Lumumba's own administration; a true story of political intrigue and murder where political entities, captains of commerce, and the military dovetail in their quest for economic and political hegemony.
poster
75
6.7
/2029/
72
/70/
62
/20/
3.6
/2269/
89
/70/
91
/121/

I Like It Like That (1994)
After her husband is arrested for looting, Lisette struggles for independence while dealing with her transgender sibling, her critical mother-in-law and assorted neighborhood eccentrics.
poster
74
7.3
/40481/
73
/910/
69
/538/
3.6
/12702/
77
/148/
86
/1210/
62
/32/
cc age 14+

Antwone Fisher (2002)
A sailor prone to violent outbursts is sent to a naval psychiatrist for help. Refusing at first to open up, the young man eventually breaks down and reveals a horrific childhood. Through the guidance of his doctor, he confronts his painful past and begins a quest to find the family he never knew.
poster
Netflix
74
6.8
/17488/
68
/482/
66
/350/
3.6
/69487/
94
/33/
72
/262/
79
/11/
cc age 17+

She's Gotta Have It (1986)
The story of Nola Darling's simultaneous sexual relationships with three different men is told by her and by her partners and other friends. All three men wanted her to commit solely to them; Nola resists being "owned" by a single partner.
poster
Hoopla
74
7.6
/21741/
78
/1193/
72
/352/
3.8
/14917/
79
/24/
85
/1258/
54
/10/

Eddie Murphy Raw (1987)
Eddie Murphy delights, shocks and entertains with dead-on celebrity impersonations, observations on '80s love, sex and marriage, a remembrance of Mom's hamburgers and much more.
poster
Kanopy
73
6.6
/3760/
69
/116/
64
/54/
3.7
/17937/
94
/82/
66
/58/
81
/18/
cc age 13+

Daughters of the Dust (1991)
In 1902, an African-American family living on a sea island off the coast of South Carolina prepares to move to the North.
poster
72
6.7
/41825/
72
/1425/
66
/570/
3.4
/34064/
81
/37/
80
/1186/
61
/13/

New Jack City (1991)
A gangster, Nino, is in the Cash Money Brothers, making a million dollars every week selling crack. A cop, Scotty, discovers that the only way to infiltrate the gang is to become a dealer himself.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
75
71
7.1
/6124/
74
/213/
69
/67/
3.7
/8059/
83
/53/
88
/243/
72
/8/

Cooley High (1975)
In the mid-1960s, a group of high school friends who live on the Near North Side of Chicago enjoy life to the fullest...parties, hanging out, meeting new friends. Then life changes for two of the guys when they are falsely arrested in connection with stealing a Cadillac. We follow their lives through to the dramatic end of high school.
poster
69
6.7
/14877/
68
/346/
65
/251/
3.7
/22325/
71
/35/
75
/382/
61
/23/

Mo' Better Blues (1990)
Talented but self-centered trumpeter Bleek Gilliam is obsessed with his music and indecisiveness about his girlfriends Indigo and Clarke. But when he is forced to come to the aid of his manager and childhood friend, Bleek finds his world more fragile than he ever imagined.
poster
Hoopla
63
6.4
/4793/
72
/151/
63
/49/
3.3
/1755/
54
/56/
76
/236/
cc age 16+

Why Do Fools Fall In Love (1998)
In the mid-80s, three women (each with an attorney) arrive at the office of New York entertainment manager, Morris Levy. One is an L.A. singer, formerly of the Platters; one is a petty thief from Philly; one teaches school in a small Georgia town. Each claims to be the widow of long-dead doo-wop singer-songwriter Frankie Lyman, and each wants years of royalties due to his estate, money Levy has never shared. During an ensuing civil trial, flashbacks tell the story of each one's life with Lyman, a boyish, high-pitched, dynamic performer, lost to heroin. Slowly, the three wives establish their own bond.
poster
60
5.8
/6852/
70
/216/
61
/122/
3.0
/2054/
57
/93/
45
/54/
54
/28/
cc age 14+

Sparkle (2012)
Musical prodigy, Sparkle struggles to become a star while overcoming issues that are tearing her family apart. From an affluent Detroit area and daughter to a single mother, she tries to balance a new romance with music manager Stix while dealing with the unexpected challenges her new life will bring as she and her two sisters strive to become a dynamic singing group during the Motown-era.
poster
Criterion Channel
60
56
5.5
/6312/
59
/181/
51
/113/
3.3
/13518/
73
/30/
47
/253/
71
/10/

Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971)
After saving a Black Panther from some racist cops, a black male prostitute goes on the run from "the man" with the help of the ghetto community and some disillusioned Hells Angels.
poster
MGM Plus
52
5.5
/5267/
63
/163/
53
/86/
3.0
/3718/
33
/18/
46
/112/
56
/20/

Posse (1993)
A group of mostly black infantrymen return from the Spanish-American War with a cache of gold. They travel to the West where their leader searches for the men who lynched his father.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
67
44
6.3
/1700/
72
/88/
68
/33/
3.3
/576/
92
/158/
41
/4/

Blue Hill Avenue (2003)
A child of a middle class home with solid moral values is lured into a world of crime and corruption.
poster
Kanopy
67
41
6.6
/1049/
65
/41/
61
/21/
3.9
/8953/
96
/24/
43
/7/

Losing Ground (1982)
Sara, a cold college professor, and her husband, an ecstatic painter, spend a summer away from the city, straining their rocky relationship.
poster
Criterion Channel
72
40
6.8
/341/
58
/11/
59
/8/
3.9
/4651/
100
/11/

Drylongso (1999)
A young woman in a photography class begins taking pictures of black men out of fear they will soon be extinct.
poster
64
31
6.9
/781/
60
/26/
58
/23/
3.4
/1118/
67
/28/

BaadAsssss Cinema (2002)
With archive film clips and interviews, this brief look at a frequently overlooked historical period of filmmaking acts as an introduction rather than a complete record. It features interviews with some of the genre's biggest stars, like Fred Williamson, Pam Grier, and Richard Roundtree. Director Melvin Van Peebles discusses the historical importance of his landmark film Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song. For a contemporary perspective, the excitable Quentin Tarantino offers his spirited commentary and author/critic bell hooks provides some scholarly social analysis.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
62
31
6.3
/1214/
74
/34/
55
/13/
3.3
/428/
35
/20/
83
/93/

Hav Plenty (1997)
Lee Plenty is an almost broke would-be novelist and Havilland Savage is a rich and very beautiful woman and his friend. When she invites him to her home for New Year's Eve, they start to build up a romance.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
52
20
4.0
/805/
58
/28/
36
/15/
3.0
/205/
71
/38/

Trois (2000)
Jermaine, a young struggling Atlanta lawyer, decides to spruce up his marriage with Jasmine, who's mentally recovering from an abusive previous relationship, by hiring Jade, a bisexual stripper/prostitute fighting a custody battle with her ex-husband for their four-year-old son, for a threesome menage-a-trois get together only to have all three of them suffer the after-affects when Jermaine begins acting possessive towards Jasmine and Jade which leads to Jade (or someone) stalking him and disrupting his private and professional life. Written by Matt Patay
poster
72
13
6.8
/205/
74
/5/
61
/5/
86
/15/

500 Years Later (2005)
Why do drugs, crime, HIV, poor education, inferiority complexes, low expectations, poverty, corruption, poor health, and underdevelopment plague people of African descent around the world? Why, 500 years after the onset of Slavery and subsequent Colonialism, do Africans still struggle for basic freedom? Filmed in more than twenty countries across five continents, 500 YEARS LATER examines the atrocities that uprooted Africans from their cultures and homeland. Infused with the spirit and music of liberation, it chronicles the struggle of a people who fight for the most essential human right: freedom.
poster
Plex
40
7
4.2
/324/
46
/13/
40
/8/
3.1
/533/
14
/2/

Bugged (1996)
Bugged! tells the story of a group of bumbling exterminators who are called over to the house of an attractive young novelist to rid her house of insects. Unfortunately, due to a horrible chemical mix-up, the poison spray causes the bugs to grow to enormous sizes, and pretty soon everyone's trapped inside the house and have to find a way to stop the dastardly pests before they start multiplying and take over the world.
poster
?
6.3
/68/
10
/1/
30
/4/

How U Like Me Now (1992)
Set on the south side of Chicago, How U Like Me Now? is a comedy that captures the lifestyles of several twenty-something African Americans. Centering on a slacker named Thomas and his ambitious girlfriend Valerie, the film follows the couple as they decide whether to continue their relationship or call it quits.
poster
?
5.0
/53/
20
/1/

Hip Hop 4 Life (2001)
Devon prepares for a rap battle that will make or break him as a rapper
poster
?
5.8
/92/
40
/3/

Runt (2005)
When Christopher confronts his own violent temper which threatens the family life of his wife and children, he flies home to Jamaica and engages in an exorcism of the spirit, from his memories of his abusive, philandering, and hard-living father, Henry, whose name for his only son was "Runt".
poster
56
?
6.4
/283/
37
/5/
23
/3/
80
/10/
82
/8/
55
/6/

One Week (2000)
A soon-to-be groom learns that he may have contracted HIV. Waiting a full seven days for the test results turns out to be the most hectic week of his life.
poster
67
?
5.6
/128/
48
/5/
100
/1/
77
/3/

Book of Love: The Definitive Reason Why Men Are Dogs (2002)
Book of Love delivers humor along with the mysteries of unrequited love and relationships gone bad. The film's story line focuses on three men living, dating and loving in Los Angeles in the 90's. They struggle with heartbreak and insecurity as a result of failed relationships. The three characters’ stories unfold through sessions with their therapist – sessions that are often as comedic as they are insightful.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
55
?
6.0
/349/
56
/12/
52
/9/
53
/7/

Love Come Down (2000)
Two brothers in their early 20s, one black, one white, each the other's keeper since their family was torn apart by a decade old tragedy. Neville is a comedian struggling with his comedy, and his brother, Matthew, is a boxer consumed with the pleasure and pain of his skin. Neville becomes enchanted with Niko, a beguiling young singer who becomes entangled with him on his journey of self-discovery. With the support of their long-time friend Julian and Sister Sarah, a nun with a past, Neville and Matthew come to understand love in all its forms. Written by Conquering Lion Productions/FilmWorks
poster
66
?
6.8
/128/
52
/4/
80
/2/

Together for Days (1972)
A black radical activist and a young White woman find themselves drawn to one another during the politically and racially-charged atmosphere of early 1970s America.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
65
?
7.1
/85/
40
/3/
84
/16/

Dark Angels (1998)
A faith-based action movie about a woman who faces a choice between her abusive, drug-dealing husband and her unborn baby on the way. Her world is full of sex, drugs, money, and power, with violence an ever-present threat. On the mean streets of Atlanta, the expectant mother finds that only spiritual awareness and the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse can help her escape the madness. Dark Angels was written, produced, and directed by David Wadley, featuring A.J. Johnson (Friday, Menace II Society). Dark Angels is available on multiple streaming services, including Prime Video and Tubi.
poster
47
?
5.3
/162/
46
/3/
56
/61/

Hook'd Up (1999)
Keith, a freelance journalist, knows sex sells. With the help of a personal ad, he decides to combine business and pleasure through a piece of freelance investigative reporting on the dating scene: 30 dates in 30 days, A Personal Journal. The research takes him beyond his wildest expectations. Keith's world begins to unravel when he meets a girl who sees right through him. Can his cool be liquefied by a funny thing called love? Is this true happiness or is it the prelude to a core meltdown?
poster
?
8.0
/88/
60
/2/
65
/4/

Adwa (1999)
In 1896, Ethiopia, an African nation, largely armed with spears and knives, defeats a well-equipped and organized Italian military bent on colonization.
poster
?
6.6
/97/
10
/2/
10
/2/
50
/8/

Love Trap (2005)
Richard, a law student, is hanging out at a sports bar. When Angel, a seductive vixen, appears from nowhere and smothers him with attention, he finds himself in a situation most guys wish for. Faced with temptation, Richard makes a seemingly innocent suggestion that sets in motion a series of events that ultimately unbalances his world.
poster
?
7.2
/34/

Sisters in Cinema (2003)
Explores the careers of twenty black women working as film directors.
poster
?

Rahyne (2021)
A short, motion-comic film about a non-binary Afro-Indigenous youth who turns to the water for guidance.


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