The Great Debaters

The Great Debaters 2007

7.30

The true story of a brilliant but politically radical debate team coach who uses the power of words to transform a group of underdog African-American college students into a historical powerhouse that took on the Harvard elite.

2007

The Color Purple

The Color Purple 2023

7.10

A decades-spanning tale of love and resilience and of one woman's journey to independence. Celie faces many hardships in her life, but ultimately finds extraordinary strength and hope in the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood.

2023

The Hundred-Foot Journey

The Hundred-Foot Journey 2014

7.30

A story centered around an Indian family who moves to France and opens a restaurant across the street from a Michelin-starred French restaurant.

2014

Selma

Selma 2014

7.40

"Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous statement by President Lyndon B. Johnson that ultimately led to the signing of the Voting Rights Act.

2014

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2017

6.52

An African-American woman becomes an unwitting pioneer for medical breakthroughs when her cells are used to create the first immortal human cell line in the early 1950s.

2017

The Water Man

The Water Man 2020

6.16

Hoping to save his sick mother, a boy named Gunner and his friend Jo venture into the remote Wild Horse forest to search for a mythical figure who possesses the secret to immortality. When they go missing, Gunner's father Amos must immerse himself in his son's world to find them.

2020

Beloved

Beloved 1998

5.70

After Paul D. finds his old slave friend Sethe in Ohio and moves in with her and her daughter Denver, a strange girl comes along by the name of "Beloved". Sethe and Denver take her in and then strange things start to happen...

1998

Their Eyes Were Watching God

Their Eyes Were Watching God 2005

5.80

A drama set in the 1920s, where free-spirited Janie Crawford's search for happiness leads her through several different marriages, challenging the morals of her small town. Based on the novel by Zora Neale Hurston.

2005

One Fine Christmas

One Fine Christmas 2019

6.00

The families on Christmas Street have been so busy with their day-to-day lives that they lose sight of the importance of family during the holiday season.

2019

The Wedding

The Wedding 1998

8.30

Shelby Coles (Halle Berry) is engaged to marry talented white jazz musician Meade Howell, but the pair face opposition from both Meade's family, who object to an inter-racial marriage, and Shelby's parents, who want her to marry a professional. As Shelby is afflicted by pre-marital doubts, handsome Lute McNeil arrives on the scene, determined to make Shelby his at any cost.

1998

A Christmas Fumble

A Christmas Fumble 2022

7.10

Nicole Barnes gets the toughest assignment of her career when she’s asked to handle a breaking scandal for former pro footballer-turned-TV-commentator Jordan Davies, whose network contract isn’t going to be renewed because of a violation going back to his college days. However, Nicole fails to disclose that she and Jordan were once boyfriend and girlfriend — a conflict of interest that could end her own hopes of being made partner at her firm. To make matters worse, Nicole’s efforts to rehabilitate Jordan’s image are constantly undermined by Jordan’s shallow entertainment reporter fiancée.

2022

Amy & Isabelle

Amy & Isabelle 2001

6.70

In 1971, in the small town of Shirley Falls, in Maine, the odd and lonely secretary Isabelle Goodrow raises her teenager daughter Amy alone. She has only two friends in her job among her gossiper colleagues. When her overprotected daughter is seduced by her mathematic teacher Peter Robertson, the world of Isabelle falls apart. She becomes lost and loses her confidence on Amy, spoiling their relationship. Their bond gets tied again when Isabelle discloses her inner secrets from the past to Amy.

2001

Before Women Had Wings

Before Women Had Wings 1997

5.20

An adaptation of Connie May Fowler's 1996 novel tracing the unlikely friendship between a young white girl, daughter of an alcoholic mother and a no-good father, and a tender-hearted but reclusive black woman in the rural South of the '60s.

1997

David and Lisa

David and Lisa 1998

5.50

A psychiatrist tries to treat an emotionally disturbed teenage boy who has a pathological fear of being touched. The only person who can communicate emotionally with the young patient is a girl suffering from split personalities who speaks in rhymes and withdraws from anyone who refuses to do the same.

1998

The Great Holiday Bake War

The Great Holiday Bake War 2022

6.71

When former pastry school rivals Julian and Brianna meet years later in a TV baking competition, the sparks – and the flour – fly! Each has their own plans for the winning prize money, but only one can win…unless they work together. While Brianna struggles to support her daughter Willow and Julian longs to escape his mother’s shadow, they learn that collaboration can create a new recipe for success – and love.

2022

Baking Christmas

Baking Christmas 2019

7.90

When their mother decides to retire, her three children organize Christmas Cake Off to choose which one of them is going to take over the family bakery.

2019

The Water Dancer

The Water Dancer 1970

1

Hiram Walker, born into slavery in the pre–Civil War South, loses his mother as a child and over time loses all memory of her. As a young man, Hiram almost drowns when he crashes a carriage into a river, but he is saved from the depths by a mysterious power he never realized he had and struggles to understand.

1970

Untitled 'Majorettes-Inspired Dance' Movie

Untitled 'Majorettes-Inspired Dance' Movie 1970

1

An introverted ballet dancer from L.A. who defies her parents by putting her thriving dance career on hold to go to college. There, she joins her HBCU’s struggling majorette team and attempts to overcome culture shock, her stuffy dance background, and fierce rivals to help return the team to its former glory.

1970