Movies (68) tagged by 'Black American'
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The Temptations (1998)
The Temptations perform with a special guest appearance from The Four Tops
Menace II Society (1993)
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 ...
Waiting to Exhale (1996)
This story based on the best selling novel by Terry McMillan follows the lives of four African-American women as they try to deal with their very lives. Friend...
Go Fish (1994)
Rose Troche paved the way for lesbian movies in the 1990's with Go Fish, an exploration about love and its many faces.
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
A Major with an attitude problem and a history of getting things done is told to interview military prisoners with death sentences or long terms for a dangerou...
The Walking Dead (1995)
This acclaimed film traces the relationship between a death-row inmate and the local nun to whom he turns for spiritual guidance in the days leading up to his...
Lockdown (2000)
Avery had to drop out of college to support his girlfriend Krista and their son Jordan, but he saved his money and is eager to get back in the game. He has retu...
Nobody's Fool (2018)
A woman is released from prison and reunites with her sister. She soon discovers that her sister is in an online relationship with a man who may not be what he ...
Cooley High (1979)
Two high-school pals (Glynn Turman, Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs) hang out, face a teacher and flee the police in 1964 urban Chicago.
The Hate U Give (2018)
Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Now, facing pressure from all sides of the community, S...
American Pimp (1999)
Street pimps, all of them African-American, discuss their lives and work: getting started, being flamboyant, pimping in various U.S. cities, bringing a woman in...
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (1996)
A dramatization of the life of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (Don Cheadle), with a lot of factual based occurrences. A reformed junkie returns from prison to clean...
Who's the Man? (1993)
Ed Lover and Doctor Dre are two inept barbers. Deciding that maybe they ought to find another line of work, they join the police. A big mistake, as far as thei...
Stranger Inside (2001)
Treasure Lee has been serving time for her crimes since her teenage years. Reaching adulthood she is now being transferred to an adult maximum security prison...
Roman J. Israel Esq (2017)
Roman J. Israel, Esq., a driven, idealistic defense attorney, finds himself in a tumultuous series of events that lead to a crisis and the necessity for extreme...
Medicine for Melancholy (2008)
A love story of bikes and one-night stands told through two African-American twenty-somethings dealing with the conundrum of being a minority in a rapidly gentr...
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999)
The troubled life of Dorothy Dandridge, the first African-American woman to garner an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress (for CARMEN JONES) is dramatiz...
Casey's Shadow (1978)
Casey is a young boy in a family that trains racehorses. His best friend, a foal they call "Casey's Shadow", looks to be a loser, but comes out a champion.
The Marksman (2005)
Chechen rebels take over a Russian nuclear plant and it's up to a mysterious agent(Snipes) to stop them.
3 A.M. (2001) (2001)
Three stories about New York City cab drivers are linked by a murder. It's a lonely and dangerous profession--working the night shift. One day you could just ...
Dave Chappelle: For What It's Worth (2004)
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Shakespeare Behind Bars (2005)
Filmmakers Hank Rogerson and Jilann Spitzmiller go behind the scenes at a Kentucky prison where inmates produce and perform Shakespeare's play...
Da Block Party (2004)
One hot summer day in New Orleans, BJ (Troy Anders) tries to keep his deceased brother's legacy alive by throwing the hottest, rip-roaring block party of the su...
Original Gangstas (1996)
Marvin Bookman is a small shop owner in Gary, Indiana, USA. After he sees a drive-by shooting of Laurie Thompson's son by a local gang, he gives up the license ...
The People Speak (2009)
A look at America's struggles with war, class, race and women's rights. based on Howard Zinn's "A People's History of the United States."
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy (2009)
An off-screen narration, four dozen talking heads, and clips of performances tell a chronological story about Black comedy: who has made us laugh since 1901, w...
If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)
A woman in Harlem embraces her pregnancy while she and her family struggle to prove her fiancé innocent of a crime.
Mudbound (2017)
Two men return home from World War II to work on a farm in rural Mississippi, where they struggle to deal with racism and adjusting to life after war.
Love Sex and Eating the Bones (2003)
A sexy urban comedy about how a guy who is addicted to watching pornography discovers love is stronger than fantasy when he meets and falls in love with the gir...
Dressed to Kill (1941)
Detective Michael Shayne and his girlfriend Joanne leave a marriage bureau when shots fired in a nearby theatre draw his attention to a string of theatrical mu...
Applause for Miss E (2009)
"Applause for Miss E" is a heartwarming comedy proves that you never know where life will take you!
Iced (1988)
Years ago, their dear friend was killed when he fell from a cliff while skiing for a love of a woman. Now, years later, they have all been invited to a remote s...
Manson (1973)
Documentary on Charles Manson and his family. Has a number of insightful interviews with many family members most notably Squeaky and Sandy (Blue and Red). Ther...
Panic in Echo Park (1977)
A young black M.D. tries to prove that the community of Echo Park is endangered by a deadly epidemic. But he has to fight his superior in the hospital and city ...
Murder on a Sunday Morning (2001)
Oscar-winning documentary that documents a murder trial in which a 15-year-old African-American is wrongfully accused of a 2000 murder in Jacksonville, Florida.
Two-Gun Man from Harlem (1938)
A cowboy is wrongfully accused of murder. He winds up in Harlem, where he assumes the identity of a preacher-turned-gangster who looks like him. He infiltrates...
OC and Stiggs (1985)
O.C. and Stiggs aren't your average unhappy teenagers. They not only despise their suburban surroundings, they plot against it. They seek revenge against the mi...
A Date with Judy (1948)
Developed from a radio program which began in 1941, hyperactive teenager Judy challenges and is challenged by her overly proper parents, pest of a brother Rando...
Morgan's Ferry (2001)
Three escaped convicts hide out in the home a reclusive woman as they wait to catch a ferry.
Trust (2006)
E. Roger Mitchell stars as Myles Rome , an architect in steamy Atlanta Georgia . He buys an engagement ring from a beautiful woman who happens to be the devil's...
Buds for Life (2004)
This story follows four friends transplanted from New York to Los Angeles to follow thier acting dreams. The four get distracted in four very different ways but...
Classified X (1998)
A history of the racially stereotyped portrayal of African Americans in cinema.
Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People (2014)
A film that explores how African American communities have used the camera as a tool for social change from the invention of photography to the present. This ep...
Dr Martin Luther King Jr A Historical Perspective (1994)
This documentary brings out the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his importance to the conquest of rights for the Black People in the US in the 50s and 60...
Check It (2016)
Documentary that follows members of Check It, a group of young LGBT black men and women who live in Washington D.C.
Sylvie's Love (2020)
A woman working at her father's record store in Harlem in the late 1950s meets an aspiring saxophone player.
Remember My Name (1978)
Just released from prison, a young woman arrives in town to "start a new life", but soon begins stalking a married construction worker for no apparent reason, t...
A Distant Shore: African Americans of D-Day (2007)
The role of African American soldiers during the World War II Allied invasion of Normandy.
The Whole Gritty City (2013)
Young members of 3 New Orleans school marching bands grow up in America's most musical city, and one of its most dangerous. Their band directors get them ready ...
Zombiez (2005)
A woman finds herself on the run from the living dead. Her friends are being slaughtered and she can find no help. Will she survive or will she too fall victim ...
Paul Mooney: A Piece of My Mind - Godbless America (2014)
Stand-up comedy concert film about modern America by comedian Paul Mooney.
The McMasters (1970)
When a black Civil War veteran becomes co-owner of the southern McMasters ranch, the incensed local Confederate veterans come gunning for him and his Indian wif...
Halls of Anger (1970)
An all-black inner city school has to become an integrated school. Few dozen white kids are transfered there, but the black students are aggressively opposed to...
Baby Face (1933)
Lilly (Baby Face) sleeps her way from basement speakeasy bartender, literally floor by floor, to the top floor of a New York office building. Bank submanager Ji...
The Sleepwalker Killing (1997)
Can a sleepwalker commit murder? Mark Schall admits being guilty of murdering his mother-in-law. In his defense, a team of lawyers attempt to prove that while M...
Farewell Amor (2020)
Reunited after 17 years, an Angolan immigrant is joined in the U.S. by his wife and daughter. Now strangers sharing a one-bedroom apartment, they discover a sha...
The Women of Brewster Place (1990)
Based on the novel by Gloria Naylor, which deals with several strong-willed women who live in a rundown housing project on Brewster Place in an unidentified eas...
Everything's Jake (2000)
A homeless man takes a newly homeless man under his wing and teaches him how to survive on the streets.
For Love of Ivy (1968)
Upon learning their maid will be leaving to earn an education, the son of the family decides to set her up with a man.
Michelle Obama: Life After the White House (2020)
In the history of the United States there has never been a more empowering, intelligent or charismatic First Lady as Michelle Obama. From humble beginnings on t...
The Big Score (1983)
A narcotics detective lets nothing stand in the way of his bringing down a major drug dealer.
The Color Purple (2024)
A woman faces many hardships in her life, but ultimately finds extraordinary strength and hope in the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood.
Sing Sing (2024)
Divine G, imprisoned at Sing Sing for a crime he didn't commit, finds purpose by acting in a theatre group alongside other incarcerated men in this story o...
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