The Banker

The Banker 2020

7.60

In the 1960s, two entrepreneurs hatch an ingenious business plan to fight for housing integration—and equal access to the American Dream.

2020

Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story

Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story 2009

7.80

Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story is a movie based on the life story of world-renowned neurosurgeon Ben Carson from 1961 to 1987.

2009

Shaft

Shaft 2000

6.02

New York police detective John Shaft arrests Walter Wade Jr. for a racially motivated slaying. But the only eyewitness disappears, and Wade jumps bail for Switzerland. Two years later Wade returns to face trial, confident his money and influence will get him acquitted -- especially since he's paid a drug kingpin to kill the witness.

2000

Nickel Boys

Nickel Boys 2024

4.00

Chronicles the powerful friendship between two young Black teenagers navigating the harrowing trials of reform school together in Florida.

2024

Waves

Waves 2019

7.40

A controlling father’s attempts to ensure that his two children succeed in high school backfire after his son experiences a career-ending sports injury. Their familial bonds are eventually placed under severe strain by an unexpected tragedy.

2019

Sing Sing

Sing Sing 2024

7.30

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 of resilience, humanity, and the transformative power of art.

2024

Respect

Respect 2021

6.80

The rise of Aretha Franklin’s career from a child singing in her father’s church’s choir to her international superstardom.

2021

Holiday Rush

Holiday Rush 2019

5.60

After his sudden firing, a popular radio DJ moves in with his aunt, bringing along his four spoiled children, and a plan to return to the airwaves.

2019

Little

Little 2019

6.90

Jordan Sanders, a take-no-prisoners tech mogul, wakes up one morning in the body of her 13-year-old self right before a do-or-die presentation. Her beleaguered assistant April is the only one in on the secret that her daily tormentor is now trapped in an awkward tween body, just as everything is on the line.

2019

The Blackening

The Blackening 2023

6.10

Seven black friends go away for the weekend, only to find themselves trapped in a cabin with a killer who has a vendetta. They must pit their street smarts and knowledge of horror movies against the murderer to stay alive.

2023

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai 1999

7.32

An African-American Mafia hit man who models himself after the samurai of ancient Japan finds himself targeted for death by the mob.

1999

The Wiz

The Wiz 1978

6.00

Dorothy Gale, a shy kindergarten teacher, is swept away to the magic land of Oz where she embarks on a quest to return home.

1978

We Grown Now

We Grown Now 2024

6.50

In 1992 Chicago, a story of two young legends in their own right begins. As wide-eyed and imaginative best friends Malik and Eric traverse the city, looking to escape the mundaneness of school and the hardships of growing up in public housing, their unbreakable bond is challenged when tragedy shakes their community just as they are learning to fly.

2024

The Last Black Man in San Francisco

The Last Black Man in San Francisco 2019

7.03

Jimmie Fails dreams of reclaiming the Victorian home his grandfather built in the heart of San Francisco. Joined on his quest by his best friend Mont, Jimmie searches for belonging in a rapidly changing city that seems to have left them behind.

2019

100 Rifles

100 Rifles 1969

5.90

When half-breed Indian Yaqui Joe robs an Arizona bank, he is pursued by dogged lawman Lyedecker. Fleeing to Mexico, Joe is imprisoned by General Verdugo, who is waging a war against the Yaqui Indians. When Lyedecker attempts to intervene, he is thrown into prison as well. Working together, the two escape and take refuge in the hills, where Lyedecker meets beautiful Yaqui freedom fighter Sarita and begins to question his allegiances.

1969

Skin

Skin 2019

6.51

In a small supermarket in a blue collar town, a black man smiles at a 10 year old white boy across the checkout aisle. This innocuous moment sends two gangs into a ruthless war that ends with a shocking backlash.

2019

The Wood

The Wood 1999

6.77

In the panicky, uncertain hours before his wedding, a groom with prenuptial jitters and his two best friends reminisce about growing up together in the middle-class African-American neighborhood of Inglewood, California. Flashing back to the twenty-something trio's childhood exploits, the memories capture the mood and nostalgia of the '80s era.

1999

Hair Love

Hair Love 2019

7.60

When dad has to unexpectedly step in for mom to do his daughter Zuri’s hair before a big event, what seems like a simple task is anything but as these locks have a mind of their own!

2019

All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt

All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt 2023

5.80

Tender caresses and enveloping embraces are portals into the life of Mack, a Black woman in Mississippi. Winding through the anticipation, love, and heartbreak she experiences from childhood to adulthood, the expressionist journey is an ode to connection — with loved ones and with place.

2023

Kokomo City

Kokomo City 2023

7.10

Four Black transgender sex workers in Atlanta and New York City break down the walls of their profession.

2023

Everybody Hates Chris

Everybody Hates Chris 2005

8.00

Chris is a teenager growing up as the eldest of three children in Brooklyn, New York during the early 1980s. Uprooted to a new neighborhood and bused to a predominantly white middle school two-hours away by his strict, hard-working parents, Chris struggles to find his place while keeping his siblings in line at home and surmounting the challenges of junior high.

2005

227

227 1985

6.70

A housewife sits on the stoop of her apartment building in a black neighborhood of Washington, D.C., and discusses all manner of things with her neighbors.

1985

When They See Us

When They See Us 2019

8.24

Five teens from Harlem become trapped in a nightmare when they're falsely accused of a brutal attack in Central Park.

2019

Diff'rent Strokes

Diff'rent Strokes 1978

7.03

The series stars Gary Coleman and Todd Bridges as Arnold and Willis Jackson, two African American boys from Harlem who are taken in by a rich white Park Avenue businessman named Phillip Drummond and his daughter Kimberly, for whom their deceased mother previously worked. During the first season and first half of the second season, Charlotte Rae also starred as the Drummonds' housekeeper, Mrs. Garrett.

1978

Motown Magic

Motown Magic 2018

7.50

Imaginative boy Ben transforms his city by bringing colorful street art to life, armed with a magic paintbrush -- and the classic sounds of Motown.

2018

Hungry For Answers

Hungry For Answers 2022

1

Caroline Randall Williams, an award-winning writer, cookbook author and restaurateur, travels the United States uncovering the fascinating, essential and often untold black stories behind American food.

2022