Black Films. Not Hood Films
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1. The Best Man (1999)
R | 120 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Just before his best friend's wedding, the life of a Chicago writer becomes crazy when his best friend guesses that his new book's story is based on his bride's fervent past.
Director: Malcolm D. Lee | Stars: Taye Diggs, Nia Long, Morris Chestnut, Harold Perrineau
Votes: 11,843 | Gross: $34.10M
2. Love Jones (1997)
R | 109 min | Drama, Romance
Darius Lovehall is a young black poet in Chicago who starts dating Nina Mosley, a beautiful and talented photographer. While trying to figure out if they've got a "love thing" or are just "... See full summary »
Director: Theodore Witcher | Stars: Larenz Tate, Nia Long, Isaiah Washington, Lisa Nicole Carson
Votes: 5,644 | Gross: $12.51M
3. The Brothers (2001)
R | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Four friends begin to question women and relationships when one of them announces impending nuptials.
Director: Gary Hardwick | Stars: Morris Chestnut, Shemar Moore, D.L. Hughley, Bill Bellamy
Votes: 5,075 | Gross: $27.46M
4. Waiting to Exhale (1995)
R | 124 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Based on Terry McMillan's novel, this film follows four very different African-American women and their relationships with men.
Director: Forest Whitaker | Stars: Whitney Houston, Angela Bassett, Loretta Devine, Lela Rochon
Votes: 12,202 | Gross: $67.05M
5. Walk Away from Love (2017)
TV-14 | 90 min | Romance
WALK AWAY FROM LOVE is the story of Micah (Noree Victoria), a single attorney who hasn't been in a committed relationship in three years. After having her heart broken, Micah has no plans ... See full summary »
Director: Christopher Nolen | Stars: Noree Victoria, Brad James, Robert Christopher Riley, Brely Evans
Votes: 128
6. First Impression (2018 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 96 min | Comedy
VERNON RICHARDSON and IMANI TOWNSEND meet unexpectedly at a cozy Jazz club, unpretentious, and unaware, they're a match made for heaven on a popular internet dating website.
Director: Arthur Muhammad | Stars: Lisa Arrindell, Sheronda Blanton, Les Brown, Jackson Che
Votes: 171
7. Really Love (2020)
95 min | Drama, Romance
Set in contemporary Washington D.C., a rising black painter strives to break into the competitive art world, while balancing a bittersweet romance he never expected.
Director: Angel Kristi Williams | Stars: Kofi Siriboe, Yootha Wong-Loi-Sing, Uzo Aduba, Tristan Mack Wilds
Votes: 1,148
8. Resort to Love (2021)
PG | 101 min | Comedy, Romance
Erica, who ends up as the entertainment at her ex-fiancé's wedding after reluctantly taking a gig at a luxurious island resort while in the wake of a music career meltdown.
Director: Steven K. Tsuchida | Stars: Christina Milian, Tymberlee Hill, Kayne Lee Harrison, Ruth Nadler-Nir
Votes: 6,761
9. Juanita (I) (2019)
TV-MA | 90 min | Drama
Fed up with her life, Juanita leaves her grown kids behind and hits the road in search of a fresh start.
Director: Clark Johnson | Stars: Alfre Woodard, Bonnie Johnson, Jordan Nia Elizabeth, Acoryé White
Votes: 2,584
10. Love & Basketball (2000)
PG-13 | 124 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
Monica and Quincy love and play basketball together through many life challenges from childhood to adulthood.
Director: Gina Prince-Bythewood | Stars: Sanaa Lathan, Omar Epps, Glenndon Chatman, Jess Willard
Votes: 24,329 | Gross: $27.44M
11. Uncorked (I) (2020)
TV-MA | 104 min | Drama
Elijah must balance his dream of becoming a master sommelier with his father's expectations that he carry on the family's Memphis BBQ joint.
Director: Prentice Penny | Stars: Courtney B. Vance, Lashun Pollard, Michael Mobley, Robert Cox
Votes: 7,037
12. Take a Giant Step (1959)
Approved | 100 min | Drama
A black high school senior struggles with becoming a man, and living in a middle class white neighborhood in the late 1950s U.S. In protest of the paternalistic views of the Civil War ... See full summary »
Director: Philip Leacock | Stars: Johnny Nash, Estelle Hemsley, Ruby Dee, Frederick O'Neal
Votes: 489
13. Baggage Claim (2013)
PG-13 | 96 min | Comedy, Romance
Pledging to keep herself from being the oldest and the only woman in her entire family never to wed, Montana embarks on a thirty-day, thirty-thousand-mile expedition to charm a potential suitor into becoming her fiancé.
Director: David E. Talbert | Stars: Paula Patton, Taye Diggs, Jill Scott, Djimon Hounsou
Votes: 9,720 | Gross: $21.56M
14. This Christmas (2007)
PG-13 | 117 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A Christmastime drama centered around the Whitfield family's first holiday together in four years.
Director: Preston A. Whitmore II | Stars: Regina King, Columbus Short, Delroy Lindo, Idris Elba
Votes: 10,448 | Gross: $49.12M
15. Juwanna Mann (2002)
PG-13 | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A star basketball player decides to dress up as a woman and join the women's professional basketball league when his on-court antics get him suspended.
Director: Jesse Vaughan | Stars: Miguel A. Núñez Jr., Christopher Simmons, Vivica A. Fox, Kevin Pollak
Votes: 7,100 | Gross: $13.57M
16. Doctor Dolittle (1998)
PG-13 | 85 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
A doctor discovers that he can communicate with animals.
Director: Betty Thomas | Stars: Eddie Murphy, Peter Boyle, Ossie Davis, Oliver Platt
Votes: 102,145 | Gross: $144.16M
17. The Photograph (I) (2020)
PG-13 | 106 min | Drama, Romance
A series of intertwining love stories set in the past and in the present.
Director: Stella Meghie | Stars: Issa Rae, LaKeith Stanfield, Chanté Adams, Y'lan Noel
Votes: 6,208
18. Soul Food (1997)
R | 115 min | Comedy, Drama
One person can keep a family together and, when that one person is gone, a family can be torn apart.
Director: George Tillman Jr. | Stars: Vanessa Williams, Vivica A. Fox, Nia Long, Michael Beach
Votes: 9,014 | Gross: $43.49M
19. Brown Sugar (2002)
PG-13 | 109 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Friends since childhood, a magazine editor and a hip-hop record executive stumble into romantic territory.
Director: Rick Famuyiwa | Stars: Taye Diggs, Sanaa Lathan, Yasiin Bey, Nicole Ari Parker
Votes: 10,245 | Gross: $27.36M
20. Two Can Play That Game (2001)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Romance
An arrogant career woman plays a series of heartless mind-games with her boyfriend to "put him in line," only to discover that he has a few tricks up his own sleeve.
Director: Mark Brown | Stars: Vivica A. Fox, Morris Chestnut, Anthony Anderson, Gabrielle Union
Votes: 7,373 | Gross: $22.24M
21. The Best Man Holiday (2013)
R | 123 min | Comedy, Drama
When college friends reunite after 15 years over the Christmas holidays, they discover just how easy it is for long-forgotten rivalries and romances to be reignited.
Director: Malcolm D. Lee | Stars: Monica Calhoun, Morris Chestnut, Melissa De Sousa, Taye Diggs
Votes: 16,858 | Gross: $70.53M
22. Deliver Us from Eva (2003)
R | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Eva doesn't let her 3 sisters' men push them around. She's always butting in. How to pacify Eva? Find her a man. The men pay a playboy to be that man. The problem is - he falls in love with Eva.
Director: Gary Hardwick | Stars: Gabrielle Union, LL Cool J, Essence Atkins, Duane Martin
Votes: 7,728 | Gross: $17.33M
23. The Water Man (I) (2020)
PG | 91 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A boy sets out on a quest to save his ill mother by searching for a mythic figure said to have magical healing powers.
Director: David Oyelowo | Stars: David Oyelowo, Amiah Miller, Lonnie Chavis, Rosario Dawson
Votes: 4,617
24. Haunted Mansion (2023)
PG-13 | 123 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A single mom named Gabbie hires a tour guide, a psychic, a priest and a historian to help exorcise her newly bought mansion after discovering it is inhabited by ghosts.
Director: Justin Simien | Stars: LaKeith Stanfield, Rosario Dawson, Owen Wilson, Tiffany Haddish
Votes: 42,798
25. School Daze (1988)
R | 121 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
A not so popular young man wants to pledge to a popular fraternity at his historically black college.
Director: Spike Lee | Stars: Laurence Fishburne, Giancarlo Esposito, Tisha Campbell, Kyme
Votes: 8,037 | Gross: $14.55M
26. She's Gotta Have It (1986)
R | 84 min | Comedy, Romance
Story of a woman and her three lovers.
Director: Spike Lee | Stars: Tracy Camilla Johns, Tommy Redmond Hicks, John Canada Terrell, Spike Lee
Votes: 16,315 | Gross: $7.14M
27. Fatherhood (I) (2021)
PG-13 | 109 min | Comedy, Drama
A father brings up his baby girl as a single dad after the unexpected death of his wife who died a day after their daughter's birth.
Director: Paul Weitz | Stars: Kevin Hart, Alfre Woodard, Lil Rel Howery, DeWanda Wise
Votes: 42,652
28. Think Like a Man (2012)
PG-13 | 122 min | Comedy, Romance
Four friends conspire to turn the tables on their women when they discover the ladies have been using Steve Harvey's relationship advice against them.
Director: Tim Story | Stars: Chris Brown, Gabrielle Union, Kevin Hart, Michael Ealy
Votes: 50,343 | Gross: $91.55M
29. Down to Earth (2001)
PG-13 | 87 min | Comedy, Fantasy
After dying before his time, an aspiring black comic gets a second shot at life - by being placed in the body of a wealthy white businessman.
Directors: Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz | Stars: Chris Rock, Regina King, Chazz Palminteri, Eugene Levy
Votes: 24,801 | Gross: $64.19M
30. Not Easily Broken (2009)
PG-13 | 99 min | Drama, Romance
A car accident and shifting affections test the bond between a married couple.
Director: Bill Duke | Stars: Morris Chestnut, Taraji P. Henson, Maeve Quinlan, Kevin Hart
Votes: 3,217 | Gross: $10.57M
31. Premature (2019)
Unrated | 90 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Seventeen year-old Ayanna meets handsome and mysterious Isaiah in her path toward self-discovery. Her entire world is turned upside down as she travails on the rigorous terrain of young love in the summer before she leaves for college.
Director: Rashaad Ernesto Green | Stars: Zora Howard, Joshua Boone, Michelle Wilson, Alexis Marie Wint
Votes: 953
32. Pariah (I) (2011)
R | 86 min | Drama
A Brooklyn teenager juggles conflicting identities and risks friendship, heartbreak and family in a desperate search for sexual expression.
Director: Dee Rees | Stars: Adepero Oduye, Kim Wayans, Aasha Davis, Pernell Walker
Votes: 7,560 | Gross: $0.76M
33. Monster (II) (2018)
Unrated | 98 min | Crime, Drama
A smart, likeable, 17-year-old film student from Harlem sees his world turned upside down when he's charged with a murder. We follow his dramatic journey through a complex legal battle.
Director: Anthony Mandler | Stars: A$AP Rocky, John David Washington, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Roberto Lopez
Votes: 6,656
34. The Preacher's Wife (1996)
PG | 123 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
An angel comes to Earth to help a preacher save his church and his family.
Director: Penny Marshall | Stars: Denzel Washington, Whitney Houston, Courtney B. Vance, Gregory Hines
Votes: 13,734 | Gross: $48.10M
35. The Inkwell (1994)
R | 110 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A shy, troubled young man who set his own house on fire and has an imaginary friend, is sent to a vineyard where he finds himself in the middle of his political-arguing, party-loving family and his love torn between two girls.
Director: Matty Rich | Stars: Larenz Tate, Joe Morton, Suzzanne Douglas, Glynn Turman
Votes: 1,582 | Gross: $8.88M
36. American Fiction (2023)
R | 117 min | Comedy, Drama
A novelist who's fed up with the establishment profiting from Black entertainment uses a pen name to write a book that propels him into the heart of the hypocrisy and madness he claims to disdain.
Director: Cord Jefferson | Stars: Jeffrey Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross, John Ortiz, Erika Alexander
Votes: 76,302
37. The Kill Hole (2012)
PG-13 | 92 min | Action, Thriller, War
The shadow of war follows a troubled Iraq War vet as he is forced to pursue one of his own into the Pacific Northwest wilderness to finally confront a war crime that has haunted them both.
Director: Mischa Webley | Stars: Chadwick Boseman, Tory Kittles, Billy Zane, Peter Greene
Votes: 594
38. Little Boxes (2016)
Not Rated | 84 min | Comedy, Drama
An interracial family struggles to adjust when they move from New York City to a small, predominately white town in Washington State.
Director: Rob Meyer | Stars: Melanie Lynskey, Nelsan Ellis, Armani Jackson, Oona Laurence
Votes: 2,222
39. A Patch of Blue (1965)
Unrated | 105 min | Drama, Romance
A blind, uneducated white girl is befriended by a black man who becomes determined to help her escape her impoverished and abusive home life by introducing her to the outside world.
Director: Guy Green | Stars: Sidney Poitier, Shelley Winters, Elizabeth Hartman, Wallace Ford
Votes: 9,537
40. Lilies of the Field (1963)
Unrated | 94 min | Drama
A travelling handyman becomes the answer to the prayers of nuns who wish to build a chapel in the desert.
Director: Ralph Nelson | Stars: Sidney Poitier, Lilia Skala, Lisa Mann, Isa Crino
Votes: 13,584
41. They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (1970)
GP | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In San Francisco, a high-priced call girl is murdered and the case is assigned to Police Lieutenant Virgil Tibbs.
Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Sidney Poitier, Martin Landau, Barbara McNair, Anthony Zerbe
Votes: 4,370 | Gross: $5.12M
42. The Incredible Jessica James (2017)
TV-MA | 85 min | Comedy
An aspiring playwright in New York strikes up a friendship with a guy while on the rebound from a break-up.
Director: Jim Strouse | Stars: Jessica Williams, Chris O'Dowd, LaKeith Stanfield, Noël Wells
Votes: 8,735
43. The Lovebirds (2020)
R | 86 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A couple (Issa Rae and Kumail Nanjiani) experiences a defining moment in their relationship when they are unintentionally embroiled in a murder mystery.
Director: Michael Showalter | Stars: Issa Rae, Kumail Nanjiani, Paul Sparks, Anna Camp
Votes: 27,770
44. Nappily Ever After (2018)
TV-MA | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Violet Jones tired of waiting for her longtime boyfriend to propose, breaks up with him. But old feelings, and heaps of jealousy, no doubt, arise when he promptly begins dating another woman.
Director: Haifaa Al-Mansour | Stars: Sanaa Lathan, Ricky Whittle, Lyriq Bent, Lynn Whitfield
Votes: 9,843
45. Jumping the Broom (2011)
PG-13 | 112 min | Comedy, Drama
Two very different families converge on Martha's Vineyard one weekend for a wedding.
Director: Salim Akil | Stars: Paula Patton, Laz Alonso, Angela Bassett, Loretta Devine
Votes: 11,532 | Gross: $37.30M
46. Love, Guaranteed (2020)
TV-PG | 90 min | Comedy, Romance
To save her small law firm, earnest lawyer Susan takes a high-paying case from Nick, a charming new client who wants to sue a dating website that guarantees love. But as the case heats up, so do Susan and Nick's feelings for each other.
Director: Mark Steven Johnson | Stars: Rachael Leigh Cook, Damon Wayans Jr., Heather Graham, Caitlin Howden
Votes: 19,070
47. The Family That Preys (2008)
PG-13 | 111 min | Drama
Two families from different walks of life learn to work together.
Director: Tyler Perry | Stars: Kathy Bates, Alfre Woodard, Sanaa Lathan, Rockmond Dunbar
Votes: 8,003 | Gross: $37.02M
48. Fatal Affair (2020)
TV-14 | 89 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
Ellie tries to mend her marriage with her husband Marcus after a brief encounter with an old friend, David, only to find that David is more dangerous and unstable than she'd realized.
Director: Peter Sullivan | Stars: Nia Long, Omar Epps, Stephen Bishop, Aubrey Cleland
Votes: 6,786
49. Guess Who (2005)
PG-13 | 105 min | Comedy, Romance
A young woman, Theresa, brings her boyfriend, Simon, home to meet her parents and surprise them with the news of their engagement. Another surprise: Simon is white.
Director: Kevin Rodney Sullivan | Stars: Ashton Kutcher, Bernie Mac, Zoe Saldana, Judith Scott
Votes: 45,766 | Gross: $68.92M
50. Daughters of the Dust (1991)
TV-PG | 113 min | Drama, History, Romance
A languid, impressionistic story of three generations of Gullah women living on the South Carolina Sea Islands in 1902.
Director: Julie Dash | Stars: Cora Lee Day, Alva Rogers, Barbarao, Trula Hoosier
Votes: 3,292 | Gross: $1.64M
51. A Journal for Jordan (2021)
PG-13 | 131 min | Drama, Romance, War
1st Sgt. Charles Monroe King, before he is killed in action in Baghdad, authors a journal for his son intended to tell him how to live a decent life despite growing up without a father.
Director: Denzel Washington | Stars: Michael B. Jordan, Chanté Adams, Jalon Christian, Robert Wisdom
Votes: 2,890
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