"Favorite" playlist

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1938)

The first, and by far most memorable full-length animated feature from the Disney Studios, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" may have been superseded technical...

Pinocchio (1940)

Walt Disney's second full-length animated feature is a timeless, breathtakingly beautiful classic. Based on an 1800s story by Carlo Collodi, it stars Jiminy Cri...

A Raisin in the Sun (1961) (1961)

Director Daniel Petrie's highly acclaimed drama is a seminal portrait of African American life in the mid-1950s, based on Lorraine Hansberry's groundbreaking ...

Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964)

Sam the snowman tells us the story of a young red-nosed reindeer who, after being ousted from the reindeer games because of his beaming honker, teams up with He...

How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966) (1966)

Bitter and hateful, the Grinch is irritated at the thought of the nearby village having a happy time celebrating Christmas. So disguised as Santa Claus, with hi...

Twisted Nerve (1968)

Martin is a troubled young man. With a mother who insists on treating him like a child, a stepfather who can't wait to see the back of him, and a brother with D...

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)

In the early 20th century England, eccentric Caractacus Potts works as an inventor, a job which barely supports himself, his equally eccentric father, and his ...

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)

Charlie Bucket, a poor boy who is barely able to support his family, is fortunate to be chosen as one of the 5 people to go inside the most popular and powerful...

Richard Pryor: Live And Smokin (1971)

Richard Pryor delivering his one-of-a-kind routine. One of his earliest live performances in 1971 at the Improvisation in New York.

To All My Friends on Shore (1972)

An airport redcap works hard to get his family out of the ghetto, only to discover that his son has sickle-cell anemia.

Willard (1972)

A social misfit, Willard is made fun of by his co-workers, and squeezed out of the company started by his deceased father by his boss. His only friends are a co...

Lady Sings the Blues (1972)

Chronicles the rise and fall of legendary blues singer Billie Holiday. Her late childhood, stint as a prostitute, early tours, marriages and drug addiction are...

Coffy (1973)

Coffy is a nurse whose younger sister gets involved in drugs and is severely injured by contaminated heroin. Coffy sets out on a mission of vengeance and vigil...

The Mack (1973)

Goldie returns from five years at the state pen and winds up king of the pimping game. Trouble comes in the form of two corrupt white cops and a crime lord who...

Uptown Saturday Night (1974)

Steve Jackson and Wardell Franklin sneak out of their houses to visit Madame Zenobia's: a high-class but illegal nightclub. During their visit, however, the pl...

The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974) (1974)

Mrs. Claus tells us about the time Santa had a bad cold and decided to take a vacation from Christmas. Two of his elves, Jingle Bells and Jangle Bells decided t...

Mahogany (1975)

A young black woman rises to fame and fortune as a fashion model, only to later discover that life is meaningless without the man she loves.

Rudolph's Shiny New Year (1976)

Father Time sends Santa a message telling him that the baby new year, Happy, is missing! And without the baby new year, it'll remain the old year forever. But i...

Car Wash (1976)

A preacher, a cabby, other customers and employees mingle to disco music at a Los Angeles car wash.

Carrie (1976)

Carrie White is the outsider of her class. She's a mousy girl, all of her classmates hate her, and her mother is a religious fanatic who walks around in a black...

Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids (1972)

The educational adventures of a group of Afro-American inner city kids.

Good Times (1974)

A poor Afro-American family make the best of things in the Chicago housing projects.

What's Happening!! (1976)

What's Happening is loosely based on the 1975 movie Cooley High written by Eric Monte. Monte created What's Happening and was also a co-creator and writer for t...

The Richard Pryor Show (1977)

The Richard Pryor Show lasted only 4 episodes during the 1977 season. It was a far cry from the goofy, cookie cutter "bad comedy skits with songs" type of varie...

The Cosby Show (1984)

The goings-on in the life of a successful African American family.

A Different World (1987)

A group of students at a historically Black university struggle to make it through college.

Der Prinz von Bel-Air (1990)

When Will, an inner-city teenager from Philly is sent by his mother to live with his relatives (the Banks') in Bel-Air, everybody is in for a surprise. It is fu...

In Living Color (1990)

An afro-american focused comedy sketch show.

Def Comedy Jam (1992)

Def Comedy Jam: DEFying Conventions. DEFining a new generation.

Living Single (1993)

Lives of several single male and female roommates and friends in the 90's Brooklyn, New York.

Sister, Sister (1994)

Tia and Tamera Mowry are twins separated at birth who learn of each other and come back together in their teen years.

The Parent 'Hood (1995)

The Wayans Bros. (1995)

The wacky escapades of brothers Shawn and Marlon Williams, along with their wise but eccentric father.

Kenan & Kel (1996)

The comic misadventures of teenagers Kenan and his dimwitted buddy Kel.

Behind the Music (1997)

Musical artists, their careers, their highs, their lows and everything in between are profiled and interviewed.

The PJs (1999)

Thurgood Stubbs lives with his wife Muriel in the housing project where he is the chief superintendent. The show, created by Eddie Murphy (who provides Stubbs' ...

The Parkers (1999)

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Girlfriends (2000)

A look at the lives, loves, and losses of four different women, Toni, Maya, Lynn, and Joan.

Soul Food (2000)

The everyday life and problems of the Josephs, a black family living in Chicago, Illinois.

My Wife and Kids (2001)

Michael Kyle longs for a traditional life, but his day-trader wife Janet, gangsta rap-worshipping son Michael Jr., and brooding daughters Claire and Kady make h...