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"urban movies" playlist


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Created by: okalone

Movies: 31, TV Shows: 1 [scroll to tv]

Playlist description:  african american favs



Movies (31)


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Straight Outta Compton (2015)

The group NWA emerges from the streets of Compton, California in the mid-1980s and revolutionizes pop culture with their music and tales about life in the hood.

Views: 44,003 • Reviews: 11

Ray (2004)

The story of the life and career of the legendary rhythm and blues musician Ray Charles, from his humble beginnings in the South, where he went blind at age sev...

Views: 2,691 • Reviews: 2

The Color Purple (1985)

Drama 

A black Southern woman (Whoopi Goldberg) struggles to find her identity after suffering years of abuse from her father and others over 40 year...

Views: 31,265 • Reviews: 7

Menace II Society (1993)

Crime  Drama 

This urban nightmare chronicles several days in the life of Caine Lawson, following his high-school graduation, as he attempts to escape his violent existence ...

Views: 48,691 • Reviews: 10

Untitled Jackie Robinson Project (2013)

The life story of Jackie Robinson and his history-making signing with the Brooklyn Dodgers under the guidance of team executive Branch Rickey.

Views: 3,551 • Reviews: 1

The Jacksons: An American Dream (1992)

There's fame…there's fortune…and then there's family. Sometimes it's hard to choose. Based on the inspiring and true story of the First Family of music, The J...

Views: 23,964 • Reviews: 2

CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story (2013)

The story of Legendary hip hop/r&b/pop trio TLC.

Views: 2,970 • Reviews: 0

Love Under New Management: The Miki Howard Story (2016)

Story of Miki Howard, an American R&B and Jazz singer, whose hits include "Ain't Nobody Like You" and "Ain't Nuthin' in the World."

Views: 1,267 • Reviews: 0

What's Love Got to Do with It (1993)

Anna Mae always had a special voice. Soon after arriving in St. Louis to live with the mother who had walked out when she was small, the now teenage Anna soon ...

Views: 38,585 • Reviews: 3

Marshall (2017)

About a young Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, as he battles through one of his career-defining cases.

Views: 2,141 • Reviews: 0

Paid in Full (2002)

Ace is an impressionable young man working for a dry cleaning business. His friend, drug dealer Mitch goes to prison. In an unrelated incident, he finds some co...

Views: 5,806 • Reviews: 0

Get on Up (2014)

A chronicle of James Brown's rise from extreme poverty to become one of the most influential musicians in history.

Views: 6,518 • Reviews: 5

Dead Presidents (1995)

This action film, directed by the Hughes brothers, depicts a heist of old bills, retired from circulation and destined by the government to be "money to burn."...

Views: 20,108 • Reviews: 8

When Love Kills: The Falicia Blakely Story (2017)

Drama 

"Hit A Lick," tells the tragic story of Falicia Blakely, a teen mom who grows up in the fast-lane. When she becomes an exotic dancer, she attracts the attention...

Views: 2,782 • Reviews: 3

Imperial Dreams (2014)

Drama 

A 21-year-old reformed gangster's devotion to his family and his future is put to the test when he is released from prison and returns to his old stomping groun...

Views: 1,573 • Reviews: 0

Bessie (2015)

The story of legendary blues performer, Bessie Smith, who rose to fame during the 1920s and '30s.

Views: 2,310 • Reviews: 0

Notorious (2009) (2009)

NOTORIOUS is the story of Christopher Wallace. Through raw talent and sheer determination, Wallace transforms himself from Brooklyn street hustler (once sellin...

Views: 54,221 • Reviews: 7

Brooklyn's Finest (2010)

Three unconnected Brooklyn cops wind up at the same deadly location after enduring vastly different career paths.

Views: 30,878 • Reviews: 3

Brotherly Love (2015)

Drama 

Set on the backdrop of Philadelphia's famed Overbrook High School, we track the lives of the nations number one high school basketball player Sergio Taylor as h...

Views: 4,309 • Reviews: 0

Brown Sugar (2002)

Sidney is a writer who's just left her L.A. Times music review gig to edit New York hip-hop magazine XXL. Dre is an executive with a hip-hop record company bas...

Views: 41,389 • Reviews: 3

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Tv Shows (1)


The New Edition Story (2017)

A 3 night miniseries chronicling the ups and downs of legendary music group New Edition from their humble beginnings in Boston to individual solo success and ev...

Views: 17,216 • Followers: 3Reviews: 0
Season:1 Episode:3 (7 years ago)



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