Black Films & TV
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1. Greenleaf (2016–2020)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama
The unscrupulous world of the Greenleaf family and their sprawling Memphis megachurch, dark secrets, and lies.
Stars: Merle Dandridge, Kim Hawthorne, Desiree Ross, Lamman Rucker
Votes: 5,994
2. Power Book III: Raising Kanan (2021– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama
Power Book III: Raising Kanan is a prequel set in the 1990s that will chronicle the early years of Kanan Stark, the character first played by executive producer Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson.
Stars: Patina Miller, London Brown, Malcolm M. Mays, Hailey Kilgore
Votes: 6,385
3. Saints & Sinners (2016–2023)
TV-14 | 42 min | Drama
A Southern Baptist church and its surrounding community are entrenched in a world of crime, lust, deceit, and greed.
Stars: Vanessa Bell Calloway, Clifton Powell, Jasmine Burke, J.D. Williams
Votes: 890
4. Empire (2015–2020)
TV-14 | 42 min | Drama, Music
A hip-hop mogul must choose a successor among his three sons who are battling for control over his multi-million dollar company, while his ex-wife schemes to reclaim what is hers.
Stars: Terrence Howard, Taraji P. Henson, Jussie Smollett, Bryshere Y. Gray
Votes: 41,056
5. Why Did I Get Married? (2007)
PG-13 | 113 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The big-screen adaptation of Perry's stage play about the trials of marriage and what happens to one family when a sexy young temptress arrives on the scene.
Director: Tyler Perry | Stars: Tyler Perry, Janet Jackson, Sharon Leal, Malik Yoba
Votes: 13,906 | Gross: $55.18M
6. A Thin Line Between Love and Hate (1996)
R | 108 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A fast paced, womanizing nightclub promoter gets paid back in full when he scorns a beautiful woman with psychotic tendencies who will punish him for breaking her heart.
Director: Martin Lawrence | Stars: Martin Lawrence, Lynn Whitfield, Regina King, Bobby Brown
Votes: 5,403 | Gross: $34.75M
7. The Chi (2018– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama
From Emmy® winner Lena Waithe, The Chi is a timely coming-of-age drama series centered on a group of residents who become linked by coincidence but bonded by the need for connection and redemption.
Stars: Jason Mitchell, Jacob Latimore, Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, Alex R. Hibbert
Votes: 7,875
8. Star (2016–2019)
TV-14 | 42 min | Drama, Music, Musical
A trio of women form a musical group in Atlanta.
Stars: Jude Demorest, Brittany O'Grady, Ryan Destiny, Amiyah Scott
Votes: 5,085
9. Why Did I Get Married Too? (2010)
PG-13 | 121 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Four couples struggle to save their marriages once again on their annual marriage retreat, while each of them battle through financial, physical, mental, and emotional issues.
Director: Tyler Perry | Stars: Janet Jackson, Tyler Perry, Jill Scott, Sharon Leal
Votes: 10,301 | Gross: $60.10M
10. Queen Sugar (2016–2022)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama
Follows the life of three siblings, one of whom moves from Los Angeles to Louisiana to claim a shared inheritance from their recently departed father: an 800-acre sugarcane farm.
Stars: Rutina Wesley, Kofi Siriboe, Omar J. Dorsey, Nicholas L. Ashe
Votes: 5,594
11. Being Mary Jane (2013–2019)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
The life of a young Black woman, her work, her family and the popular talk show which she hosts.
Stars: Gabrielle Union, Lisa Vidal, Raven Goodwin, Margaret Avery
Votes: 4,283
12. The Oval (2019– )
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Newly-elected U.S. President Hunter Franklin and his family move into the White House.
Stars: Brad Benedict, Ed Quinn, Kron Moore, Ptosha Storey
Votes: 1,883
13. Underground (2016–2017)
TV-MA | 43 min | Adventure, Drama, History
With the country on the brink of Civil War, the struggle for freedom is more dangerous than ever. Underground follows the story of American heroes and their moving journey to freedom.
Stars: Jurnee Smollett, Aldis Hodge, Jessica De Gouw, Alano Miller
Votes: 5,535
14. The Upshaws (2021– )
TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy
It centers on a working-class African American family in Indiana struggling to make it work and make it right without any blueprints.
Stars: Mike Epps, Kim Fields, Khali Spraggins, Wanda Sykes
Votes: 3,809
15. The Game (2006–2015)
TV-14 | 21 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A spinoff of Girlfriends (2000) featuring a group of women who all have relationships with professional football players.
Stars: Hosea Chanchez, Wendy Raquel Robinson, Coby Bell, Pooch Hall
Votes: 4,786
16. Girlfriends (2000–2008)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
A look at the lives, loves, and losses of four different women, Toni, Maya, Lynn, and Joan.
Stars: Tracee Ellis Ross, Golden Brooks, Persia White, Reginald C. Hayes
Votes: 5,058
17. BMF (2021– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Two brothers who rose from the decaying streets of southwest Detroit in the late 1980s and gave birth to one of the most influential crime families in the country.
Stars: Da'Vinchi, Michole Briana White, Demetrius 'Lil Meech' Flenory, Russell Hornsby
Votes: 6,458
18. Queens (2021–2022)
TV-14 | Drama, Music, Musical
Follows four women, estranged and out-of-touch, in their 40s reunite for a chance to recapture their fame and regain the swagger they had as the Nasty Bitches - their '90s group that made them legends in the hip-hop world.
Stars: Eve, Naturi Naughton, Nadine Velazquez, Taylor Selé
Votes: 1,995
19. The Blackening (2022)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Seven friends go away for the weekend and end up trapped in a cabin with a killer who has a vendetta. Will their street smarts and knowledge of horror movies help them stay alive? Probably not.
Director: Tim Story | Stars: Grace Byers, Jermaine Fowler, Melvin Gregg, X Mayo
Votes: 18,676
20. Almost Christmas (2016)
PG-13 | 111 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A dysfunctional family gathers together for their first Christmas since their mom died.
Director: David E. Talbert | Stars: Kimberly Elise, Omar Epps, Danny Glover, Mo'Nique
Votes: 7,870 | Gross: $41.72M
21. Life Support (2007 TV Movie)
TV-MA | 87 min | Drama
The true-life story of a mother who overcame an addiction to crack and became a positive role model and an AIDS activist in the black community.
Director: Nelson George | Stars: Queen Latifah, Vianca Mercedes, Anna Deavere Smith, Wendell Pierce
Votes: 1,322
22. CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story (2013 TV Movie)
105 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The story of Legendary hip hop/r&b/pop trio TLC.
Director: Charles Stone III | Stars: Keke Palmer, Rochelle Aytes, Evan Ross, Carl Anthony Payne II
Votes: 2,477
23. She Ball (2020)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
She Ball follows the love of the game through the struggles of Avery Watts, who enlists the baddest women's streetball league in the city to help him save the embattled Inglewood Community ... See full summary »
Director: Nick Cannon | Stars: Rosa Acosta, K.D. Aubert, Delpha Baxter, DJ Bling
Votes: 474
24. A Snowy Day in Oakland (2023)
PG-13 | 92 min | Comedy
A magical urban tale about a beautiful psychologist from San Francisco who decides to end a stalled romance with her long-time, high-profile, psychiatrist boyfriend/business partner.
Director: Kim Bass | Stars: Nicole Ari Parker, Evan Ross, Arden Myrin, Roger Cross
Votes: 248
25. ATL (2006)
PG-13 | 105 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
As four friends prepare for life after high school, different challenges bring about turning points in each of their lives. The dramas unfold and resolve at their local rollerskating rink, Cascade.
Director: Chris Robinson | Stars: Tip 'T.I.' Harris, Lauren London, Evan Ross, Greg Andrews
Votes: 12,252 | Gross: $21.16M
26. Pride (2007)
PG | 104 min | Drama, Sport
The determined Jim Ellis starts a swim team for troubled teens at the Philadelphia Department of Recreation.
Director: Sunu Gonera | Stars: Terrence Howard, Bernie Mac, Kimberly Elise, Tom Arnold
Votes: 6,902 | Gross: $7.04M
27. Bessie (2015 TV Movie)
TV-MA | 115 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The story of legendary blues performer Bessie Smith, who rose to fame during the 1920s and '30s.
Director: Dee Rees | Stars: Queen Latifah, Kamryn Johnson, Rikki McKinney, Alan T. Coleman
Votes: 4,791
28. Madea's Family Reunion (2006)
PG-13 | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
While planning her family reunion, a pistol-packing grandma must contend with the other dramas on her plate, including the runaway who has been placed under her care, and her love-troubled nieces.
Director: Tyler Perry | Stars: Tyler Perry, Blair Underwood, Lynn Whitfield, Boris Kodjoe
Votes: 12,017 | Gross: $63.32M
29. The Birth of a Nation (2016)
R | 120 min | Biography, Drama, History
Nat Turner, a literate slave and preacher in the antebellum South, orchestrates an uprising.
Director: Nate Parker | Stars: Nate Parker, Armie Hammer, Penelope Ann Miller, Jackie Earle Haley
Votes: 21,820 | Gross: $15.86M
30. 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: 6,784
31. Freelancers (2012)
R | 96 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The son of a slain NYPD officer joins the force, where he falls in with his father's former partner and a team of rogue cops.
Director: Jessy Terrero | Stars: 50 Cent, Robert De Niro, Forest Whitaker, Malcolm Goodwin
Votes: 10,717
32. Power (2014–2020)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama
James "Ghost" St. Patrick, a wealthy New York nightclub owner who has it all; dreaming big, catering to the city's elite, and living a double life as a drug kingpin.
Stars: Omari Hardwick, Lela Loren, Naturi Naughton, Joseph Sikora
Votes: 52,405
33. All American (2018– )
TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Sport
When a star high school football player from South Central is recruited to play for Beverly Hills High School, two separate worlds collide.
Stars: Daniel Ezra, Michael Evans Behling, Samantha Logan, Greta Onieogou
Votes: 14,098
34. Power Book II: Ghost (2020–2024)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama
The journey of some of Power's most controversial characters.
Stars: Michael Rainey Jr., Gianni Paolo, Lovell Adams-Gray, Woody McClain
Votes: 11,093
35. Bel-Air (2022– )
TV-MA | 51 min | Drama
The journey of a street-smart teen whose life is forever transformed when he moves from the streets of West Philadelphia to live with his relatives in one of LA's wealthiest suburbs.
Stars: Jabari Banks, Cassandra Freeman, Jimmy Akingbola, Olly Sholotan
Votes: 12,953
36. Mea Culpa (2024)
R | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A criminal defense attorney, unhappy in her marriage, finds herself seduced by her mysterious new client, an artist accused of murdering his girlfriend.
Director: Tyler Perry | Stars: Kelly Rowland, Trevante Rhodes, Nick Sagar, Sean Sagar
Votes: 5,321
37. Soul Men (2008)
R | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Though it's been about twenty years since they have spoken with one another, two estranged soul-singing legends agree to participate in a reunion performance at the Apollo Theater to honor their recently deceased band leader.
Director: Malcolm D. Lee | Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, Bernie Mac, Sharon Leal, Adam Herschman
Votes: 11,719 | Gross: $12.08M
38. The Skinny (I) (2012)
TV-MA | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director Patrik-Ian Polk provides exciting character developments, brilliant cinematography and life lessons for all, particularly for members of the black LGBT community. Cameos by key actors from the Noah Arc series are visual delights.
Director: Patrik-Ian Polk | Stars: Jussie Smollett, Blake Young-Fountain, Anthony Burrell, Shanika Warren-Markland
Votes: 753
39. Antwone Fisher (2002)
PG-13 | 120 min | Biography, Drama
Antwone Fisher, a young navy man, is forced to see a psychiatrist after a violent outburst against a fellow crewman. During the course of treatment a painful past is revealed and a new hope begins.
Director: Denzel Washington | Stars: Denzel Washington, Derek Luke, Joy Bryant, Malcolm David Kelley
Votes: 38,431 | Gross: $21.08M
40. The Meteor Man (1993)
PG | 100 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy
A high school teacher from a troubled inner city Washington D.C. neighborhood becomes a super-powered hero and takes on the gang that has been terrorizing his streets.
Director: Robert Townsend | Stars: Robert Townsend, Marla Gibbs, Eddie Griffin, Robert Guillaume
Votes: 8,824 | Gross: $8.02M
41. Hair Show (2004)
PG-13 | 105 min | Comedy, Romance
Peaches, a hair stylist from Baltimore, and her estranged sister, Angela, the owner of an upscale salon in Beverly Hills, get reacquainted when Peaches decides to attend a celebration for ... See full summary »
Director: Leslie Small | Stars: Mo'Nique, Kellita Smith, Gina Torres, David Ramsey
Votes: 5,821 | Gross: $0.30M
42. Good Fences (2003 TV Movie)
R | 119 min | Comedy, Drama
Good Fences is about an upwardly-mobile Black family for whom the American dream becomes a nightmare. In the 1970s, Tom Spader is an attorney who is determined to end what he has dubbed "... See full summary »
Director: Ernest R. Dickerson | Stars: Danny Glover, Whoopi Goldberg, Zachary Simmons Glover, Mo'Nique
Votes: 894
43. Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004)
PG-13 | 106 min | Comedy, Drama
The owner of an historic South Side Chicago barbershop is pressured to sell out to a land developer, but must face the impact this would have on his close-knit community.
Director: Kevin Rodney Sullivan | Stars: Ice Cube, Cedric The Entertainer, Eve, Queen Latifah
Votes: 15,983 | Gross: $65.11M
44. Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story (2009 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 90 min | Biography, Drama
Biography of Ben Carson who grew up to be Dr. Ben Carson, a world famous neurosurgeon at Johns Hopkins.
Director: Thomas Carter | Stars: Cuba Gooding Jr., Kimberly Elise, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Alora Adams
Votes: 15,902
45. Just Wright (2010)
PG | 100 min | Comedy, Romance, Sport
A physical therapist falls for the basketball player she is helping recover from a career-threatening injury.
Director: Sanaa Hamri | Stars: Queen Latifah, Common, Paula Patton, James Pickens Jr.
Votes: 15,653 | Gross: $21.52M
46. The Secret Life of Bees (2008)
PG-13 | 114 min | Drama
In 1964, a teenage girl in search of the truth about her mother runs away to a small town in South Carolina and finds a family of independent women who can connect her to her past.
Director: Gina Prince-Bythewood | Stars: Dakota Fanning, Jennifer Hudson, Queen Latifah, Alicia Keys
Votes: 27,952 | Gross: $37.77M
47. 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: 10,242 | Gross: $27.36M
48. Set It Off (1996)
R | 123 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Desperation drives four inner-city women to bank robbery in Los Angeles, then they start mistrusting each other.
Director: F. Gary Gray | Stars: Jada Pinkett Smith, Queen Latifah, Vivica A. Fox, Kimberly Elise
Votes: 18,463 | Gross: $36.05M
49. Friday (1995)
R | 91 min | Comedy, Drama
It's Friday, and Craig and Smokey must come up with $200 they owe a local bully or there won't be a Saturday.
Director: F. Gary Gray | Stars: Ice Cube, Chris Tucker, Nia Long, Tom Lister Jr.
Votes: 124,594 | Gross: $27.47M
50. Mooz-Lum (2010)
PG-13 | 99 min | Drama, Family
Amid a strict Muslim rearing and a social life he's never had, Tariq enters college confused. New peers, family and mentors help him find his place, but the 9-11 attacks force him to face his past and make the biggest decisions of his life.
Director: Qasim Basir | Stars: Evan Ross, Nia Long, Roger Guenveur Smith, Danny Glover
Votes: 1,093 | Gross: $0.33M
51. Boyz n the Hood (1991)
R | 112 min | Crime, Drama
Follows the lives of three young males living in the Crenshaw ghetto of Los Angeles, dissecting questions of race, relationships, violence, and future prospects.
Director: John Singleton | Stars: Cuba Gooding Jr., Laurence Fishburne, Hudhail Al-Amir, Lloyd Avery II
Votes: 154,649 | Gross: $57.50M
52. Holiday Heist (2019)
TV-PG | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A man released from prison is torn between a life of crime and a fresh start with a woman he meets while scoping out a potential heist
Director: Roger M. Bobb | Stars: Chaley Rose, Tobias Truvillion, Phillip Edward Van Lear, Lucien Cambric
Votes: 171
53. Hurricane Season (2009)
PG-13 | 102 min | Drama, Sport
Al, a basketball coach at a New Orleans high school, finally has a winning team when Hurricane Katrina happens. He tries to build a winning team anew after the hurricane.
Director: Tim Story | Stars: Forest Whitaker, Isaiah Washington, Shad Moss, Taraji P. Henson
Votes: 3,219
54. White Famous (2017)
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy
A young African-American comedian rises among the ranks of the stand-up world and braces for "break-out" fame.
Stars: Jay Pharoah, Jacob Ming-Trent, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Lonnie Chavis
Votes: 1,699
55. The Bernie Mac Show (2001–2023)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A stand up comedian suddenly becomes a father when he takes custody of his sister's three children.
Stars: Bernie Mac, Kellita Smith, Jeremy Suarez, Dee Dee Davis
Votes: 8,464
56. All American: Homecoming (2022– )
TV-14 | 42 min | Drama, Sport
Spinoff from 'All American' follows a young tennis hopeful from Beverly Hills and an elite baseball player from Chicago as they contend with the high stakes of university sports at a Historically Black College in Atlanta.
Stars: GeffriMaya, Sylvester Powell, Peyton 'Alex' Smith, Kelly Jenrette
Votes: 1,515
57. Abducted: The Carlina White Story (2012 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 86 min | Biography, Drama, Mystery
A baby abducted at birth and raised by the woman who took her, eventually discovers she is a missing child, reconnects with her birth parents, and struggles with choosing between her two identities.
Director: Vondie Curtis-Hall | Stars: Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Keke Palmer, Sherri Shepherd, Roger Cross
Votes: 1,288
58. Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996)
R | 89 min | Comedy, Crime
A parody of several U.S. films about being in the 'Hood', for instance Boyz n the Hood (1991), South Central (1992), Menace II Society (1993), Higher Learning (1995) and Juice (1992).
Director: Paris Barclay | Stars: Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Tracey Cherelle Jones
Votes: 61,521 | Gross: $20.11M
59. The Equalizer (2014)
R | 132 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A man who believes he has put his mysterious past behind him cannot stand idly by when he meets a young girl under the control of ultra-violent Russian gangsters.
Director: Antoine Fuqua | Stars: Denzel Washington, Marton Csokas, Chloë Grace Moretz, David Harbour
Votes: 420,182 | Gross: $101.53M
60. Counterplay (2024)
Thriller
Antwan and his beautiful wife Nia have the perfect marriage. When Antwan's wandering eye leads him to flirt with his co-worker Monica, what follows is a psychological thriller as Antwan slowly realizes that Monica has a hidden agenda
Stars: Renaissance Jones, Joslyn Y Hall, Katrina Jeen, Naisha Claiborne
61. The Soul That Ties Us (2024)
Drama, Thriller
Kendall experiences supernatural events and sounds that are connected to events in her life as well as events of the past, in order to find out why and how these events are happening she ... See full summary »
Director: Malachi Johnson | Stars: Crystal, Andrè Robert Brown Jr., Emanuel Gallmon, Jehnean Washington
62. CHAAW: Chapter 3 (Christmas time is here) (2024)
72 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
The finale of the CHAAW movie series, continuing the story of Ardnas, Africa, Jules and China. Trouble develops during Christmas time that affects Uncle Jr. and Aunt Thelma. The only thing ... See full summary »
Director: Eric S. Orr | Stars: Jimmie 'JJ' Walker, BernNadette Stanis, Ralph Carter, Simonna
63. Cover (2007)
PG-13 | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
They are married men that pass H.I.V. to their male or female partners. Many of the men hide behind the vow of marriage, but still desire men. The women know, but have grown accustomed to the extravagant lifestyle.
Director: Bill Duke | Stars: Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Razaaq Adoti, Vivica A. Fox, Leon
Votes: 707 | Gross: $0.08M
64. Them (2021– )
TV-MA | 45 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
Anthology horror series with varying characters and locations by season, featuring different aspects of the horror genre.
Stars: Deborah Ayorinde, Ashley Thomas, Shahadi Wright Joseph, Alison Pill
Votes: 24,656
65. Lovecraft Country (2020)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A young African-American travels across the U.S. in the 1950s in search of his missing father.
Stars: Jonathan Majors, Jurnee Smollett, Courtney B. Vance, Michael Kenneth Williams
Votes: 47,319
66. Black Girl Missing (2023)
TV-14 | 88 min | Crime, Drama
Cheryl's daughter goes missing and is nowhere to be found. Authorities and the media dismiss her as a runaway while they focus on another missing girl--a white one.
Director: Delmar Washington | Stars: Betsy Baker, Garcelle Beauvais, Jeanette Branch, Noah Fearnley
Votes: 444
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