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Straight Outta Compton

The powerhouse drama of legendary hip hop group N.W.A. and its trio of superstar performers is told in this pulse-pounding biopic.

R • Drama, Biography • Movie (2015)

The Help

At the dawn of the civil rights movement, three Mississippi women are about to take one extraordinary step.

PG-13 • Drama, Black Stories • Movie (2011)

Juice

Four Harlem teenagers hold up a store and get hooked on the thrill of chasing power and profit.

R • Drama, Crime • Movie (1992)

Kiss The Girls

A DC based detective with a degree in psychology hunts down a serial killer who is on the loose.

R • Crime, Black Stories • Movie (1997)

Proud Mary

A seasoned female assassin meets a young boy who sparks her maternal instinct.

R • Thriller, Drama • Movie (2018)

New Jack City

A detective takes on a drug czar whose crack kingdom is tearing Harlem apart in this hard-nosed crime drama.

R • Legal, Drama • Movie (1991)

Doctor Dolittle

A workaholic doctor estranged from his family rediscovers his ability to communicate with animals, which turns his life upside down.

PG-13 • Comedy, Drama • Movie (1998)

Things Never Said

Kalindra tries desperately to find an outlet for her struggling voice and escape from her abusive husband.

R • Drama, Black Stories • Movie (2013)

Brown Sugar

Two best friends who've made it big in the hip-hop world, who support each other professionally choose other romantic partners before fully realizing they're really in love with each other.

PG-13 • Comedy, Drama • Movie (2002)

Tyrel

A young Black man agrees to join a guy's getaway weekend, only to realize upon arrival that he is the only non-white member of the group.

TVMA • Comedy, Drama • Movie (2023)

Vacation Friends

A couple meets up with another couple while on vacation in Mexico, but their friendship takes an awkward turn when they get back home.

R • Comedy, Black Stories • Movie (2021)

Belly

A pair of violent men have spiritual awakenings.

R • Drama, Crime • Movie (1998)

The Secret Life of Bees

A 14-year-old girl and her best friend are taken in by a kind-hearted beekeeper and her sisters in this adaptation of the best-seller.

PG-13 • Drama, Black Stories • Movie (2008)

The Cookout

When a pro basketball player signs a new deal with his hometown team, he decides to have a BBQ at his home. But with friends, family, and agents in the mix things are bound to get crazy.

PG-13 • Comedy, Drama • Movie (2004)

Waiting to Exhale

Four young Phoenix women lean on each other for support while dealing with their share of bad relationships.

R • Comedy, Drama • Movie (1995)

Confirmation

Kerry Washington and Wendell Pierce star in this riveting film about the explosive 1991 Clarence Thomas Supreme Court nomination hearings.

TV14 • Comedy, Drama • Movie (2016)

Bayou Caviar

Oscar® winner Cuba Gooding Jr.’s directorial debut is a thrilling story of sex, murder and revenge set in Louisiana. Also starring Oscar® winner Richard Dreyfus, Famke Janssen (X-Men: Days of Future Past) and Katharine McPhee (Scorpion).

TVMA • Thriller, Drama • Movie (2018)

Idlewild

Andre Benjamin and Antwan A. Patton--a.k.a. Outkast--star in this musical fable set around a freewheeling Georgia nightclub in 1935.

R • Black Stories, Music • Movie (2006)

Monsters and Men

A bystander films the death of a black man at the hands of police, which sparks rising tensions in a New York neighborhood as some are moved to take a stand.

R • Black Stories, Drama • Movie (2018)

Beyond the Lights

Noni is the music world's latest superstar.

PG-13 • Drama, Romance • Movie (2014)

Notorious

The rise of the Notorious B.I.G. to rap music fame, his relationships with Sean Combs and Tupac Shakur, and his tragic death.

R • Drama, Biography • Movie (2009)

Sinbad: Where U Been?

Named one of Comedy Central's "100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time," Sinbad is in his element as he speaks truth to the burning subjects of the day, from poverty and politics to where he's been keeping himself all this time.

Not Rated • Comedy, Drama • Movie (2010)

Antwone Fisher

A bright but angry young sailor is about to be thrown out of the navy - then he meets a military therapist who helps the sailor face his demons. Based on a true story.

PG-13 • Drama, Black Stories • Movie (2002)

The United States vs. Billie Holiday

Billie Holiday spent much of her career being adored by fans. In the 1940’s, the government targeted Holiday in a growing effort to racialize the war on drugs, ultimately aiming to stop her from singing her controversial ballad, “Strange Fruit.”

R • Drama, Music • Movie (2021)

Wetlands

A newly sober police detective is relocated to the rough outskirts of Atlantic City, where he investigates an illegal drug empire and struggles to reconnect with his estranged daughter.

TVMA • Legal, Drama • Movie (2017)

Bruiser

During summer break, 14-year-old Darious explores the boundaries of his manhood through tumultuous interactions with Malcolm his strict father and a burgeoning mentorship with mysterious drifter Porter.

TVMA • Black Stories, Drama • Movie (2023)

The Fourth Angel

When his wife and two children are killed in a terrorist attack, a straightlaced newspaper columnist exacts vengeance on those responsible.

R • Thriller, Drama • Movie (2001)

Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story

Remember Me is a poignant look into the life and rise of the Queen of Gospel Mahalia Jackson. This provocative story explores the tumultuous relationship Mahalia shared with her mother's sister "Aunt Duke", after her mother unexpectedly passes away.

Biography, Drama • Movie (2022)

Rye Lane

Yas (Vivian Oparah) and Dom (David Jonsson), two 20-somethings both reeling from bad break-ups, connect over the course of an eventful day in South London-helping each other deal with their nightmare exes, and potentially restoring their faith in romance.

R • Comedy, Romance • Movie (2023)

Luce

A disturbing discovery by a high school teacher prompts a progressive white couple to question their image of their adopted African son.

R • Drama, Black Stories • Movie (2019)

Black Snake Moan

A nymphomaniac is imprisoned and reformed by a kindly blues guitarist.

R • Drama, Music • Movie (2006)

Support the Girls

Regina Hall (Girls Trip) stars as the hardworking manager of a "sports bar with curves" who runs the joint like a family, even as sketchy employees, bad customers and an even worse boss put her good nature to the test.

R • Comedy, Drama • Movie (2018)

The Inspection

A young, gay Black man with few options for his future decides to join the Marines, willing to do whatever it takes to prove himself to his estranged mother and triumph in a system that would otherwise cast him aside. However, even as he battles deep-seated prejudice and the grueling rigor of basic training, he finds unexpected camaraderie, strength and support in this new community, giving him a hard-won sense of belonging that shapes his identity and forever changes his life.

Drama, LGBTQ+ • Movie (2022)

Drumline

A talented marching band drummer's inability to march to anything but his own beat lands him in hot water at a Georgia university.

PG-13 • Comedy, Drama • Movie (2002)

Saint Omer

A young novelist Rama attends the trial of a woman accused of killing her 15-month-old daughter. As the trial continues, the words of the accused and witness testimonies will shake Rama and call into question our own judgement.

PG-13 • Drama, Black Stories • Movie (2022)

Brian Banks

An All-American football player's dreams to play in the NFL are halted when he is wrongly convicted and sent to prison. Years later, he fights to clear his name within an unjust system.

PG-13 • Legal, Drama • Movie (2019)

Starkeisha

Inspired by songs from Music For The Movement, a young woman is sent on an intense journey though her own subconscious that challenge her ideas of self-identity.

Drama, Adventure • Movie (2022)

A Christmas Winter Song

Clio befriends Fred, a homeless former jazz singer down on his luck. The two form a special bond over music, and Clio, having just lost her own father, helps Fred reconnect with his own daughter,

TVPG • Drama, Holiday • Movie (2019)