House Party (1990), Baadasssss! (2003), The Tuskegee Airmen (1995), Middle of Nowhere (2012), Chapter & Verse (2015), Off and Running (2009), Rosewood (1997), A Raisin in the Sun (2008) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best African American movies.
Storyline: Play's parents are out of town, and he's planning the house party to end all house parties. His best friend, Kid, wants to go more than anything, knowing Sydney (Tisha Campbell-Martin), the hottest girl in school, is sure to be there. But when Kid gets into a fight at school, his father grounds him. Still determined to go, Kid sneaks out of the house and faces one calamity after another as he makes his way to Play's house and the party of the school year.
Plot Keywords: comedy, music, dance, teen, party, friendship, romance ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Director Mario Van Peebles chronicles the complicated production of his father Melvin's classic 1971 film, "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song." Playing his father in the film, Van Peebles offers an unapologetic account of Melvin's brash and sometimes deceptive conduct on the set of the film, including questionable antics like writing bad checks, tricking a local fire department and allowing his son, Mario, to shoot racy sex scenes at the age of 11.
Plot Keywords: biography, drama, history, independent film, cultural, social, art ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Grueling training and racist officers challenge black recruits in the Army Air Corps during World War II.
Plot Keywords: war, history, race, discrimination, america, african american, world war ii ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A med student (Emayatzy Corinealdi) considers leaving her long-imprisoned husband (Omari Hardwick) for a charming bus driver (David Oyelowo).
Plot Keywords: drama, independent film, family, marriage, female director, african american, los angeles ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A reformed gang leader returns to Harlem and takes a job delivering meals. When he meets and bonds with an older woman, the two of them discover there is hope and joy in their surroundings.
Plot Keywords: drama, social, new york, african american, community, redemption, urban life ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The focus of this film rests on Avery Klein-Cloud, a teenage African-American girl living in Brooklyn, N.Y., with her Caucasian Jewish lesbian mothers and two brothers who are also of other races. When Avery decides to contact her birth mother, this development triggers a major identity crisis for the college-bound teen, leading to troubling behavior that threatens her promising academic career and her relationship with her adoptive family. Can Avery reconcile her roots with her everyday life?
Plot Keywords: documentary, family, race, adoption, identity, coming of age, african american ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Rosewood, Florida, is a small, peaceful town with an almost entirely African-American population of middle-class homeowners, until New Year's Day 1923, when a lynch mob from a neighboring white community storms the town. Among the carnage, music teacher Sylvester (Don Cheadle) and mysterious stranger Mann (Ving Rhames) stand tall against the invaders, while white grocer John (Jon Voight) attempts to save the town's women and children. The film is based on a true story.
Plot Keywords: history, racial discrimination, violence, true story, american south, african american, race relations ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A widow (Phylicia Rashad), her son (Sean Combs) and other members of a black family have differing ideas on how to spend a $10,000 life-insurance check.
Plot Keywords: family, race, dreams, poverty, discrimination, american dream, african american ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: They are the "Silver Belles," five women aged 84 to 96. They first met in the 1930's as chorus dancers at the Cotton Club and the Apollo Theater where they worked 15 hour days, rehearsing a new show every week. In their heyday they performed with legendary band leaders like Cab Calloway, Jimmie Lunceford and Duke Ellington. When the big band era ended, and with it the need for show dancers, they all went into other work. In 1985 they put their tap shoes back on, and are still performing regularly. But in one week, Cleo tumbles down the subway stairs and breaks her knee and arm, Marion gets a pacemaker, and Bertye is taken to the hospital. Is this the end of the Silver Belles?—Signy
Plot Keywords: documentary, dance, elderly, new york, african american, women, history ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Jazz saxophonist Charlie "Bird" Parker (Forest Whitaker) lives fast and self-destructs, dead at 34 in 1955.
Plot Keywords: biography, music, drama, jazz, musician, drugs, addiction ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Willie (Doug E. Doug), Tom (Mario Joyner), Johnny (John Alberto Leguizamo) and Vinny are fast-talkers from the South Bronx looking for a party.
Plot Keywords: comedy, drama, youth, friendship, urban life, coming of age, new york ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: "The Execution of Wanda Jean" chronicles the life-and-death battle of Wanda Jean Allen. By telling one woman's story, the film becomes an unforgettable exploration into one of America's most controversial moral and political dilemmas: the death penalty. "The Execution of Wanda Jean" is an unflinching investigation of the role that poverty, mental health, race, and sexuality play within the criminal justice system.
Plot Keywords: crime, documentary, true story, justice system, death penalty, race, gender ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: This is a documentary of 'drag nights' among New York's underclass. Queens are interviewed and observed preparing for and competing in many 'balls'. The people, the clothes, and the whole environment are outlandish.—Robbie Smith <robsmith@u.washington.edu>
Plot Keywords: documentary, lgbtq+, new york, 1980s, african american, identity, marginalized communities ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Three sisters strive to keep their family together.
Plot Keywords: family, african american, culture, tradition, reunion, love, conflict ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Walter Lee Younger is a young man struggling with his station in life. Sharing a tiny apartment with his wife, son, sister and mother, he seems like an imprisoned man. Until, that is, the family gets an unexpected financial windfall...—Greg Bruno <burlynerd@usa.net>
Plot Keywords: family, race, discrimination, dreams, american dream, poverty, chicago ...
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