The Sun Is Also a Star (
2019) | IMDb:
5.9
Two young New Yorkers begin to fall in love over the course of a single day, as a series of potentially life-altering meetings loom over their heads - hers concerning her family’s deportation to Jamaica, and his concerning an education at Dartmouth.
Starring:
Yara Shahidi
,
Charles Melton
,
Hill Harper
,
Gbenga Akinnagbe
,
Jake Choi
,
John Leguizamo
Directed by:
Ry Russo-Young
Concussion (
2015) | IMDb:
7.1
A dramatic thriller based on the incredible true David vs. Goliath story of American immigrant Dr. Bennet Omalu, the brilliant forensic neuropathologist who made the first discovery of CTE, a football-related brain trauma, in a pro player and fought for the truth to be known. Omalu's emotional quest puts him at dangerous odds with one of the most powerful institutions in the world.
The Boy Next Door (
2015) | IMDb:
4.7
A recently cheated on married woman falls for a younger man who has moved in next door, but their torrid affair soon takes a dangerous turn.
Starring:
Jennifer Lopez
,
Ryan Guzman
,
Ian Nelson
,
John Corbett
,
Kristin Chenoweth
,
Hill Harper
Mama, I Want to Sing! (
2011) | IMDb:
4.3
Preacher's daughter Amara Winter sings in the church choir before being discovered by a well-established musician. She soon rises to international fame as a pop singer.
Directed by:
Charles Randolph-Wright
For Colored Girls (
2010) | IMDb:
6.2
About existence from the perspective of 20 nameless black females. Each of the women portray one of the characters represented in the collection of twenty poems, revealing different issues that impact women in general and women of color in particular.
Starring:
Kimberly Elise
,
Janet Jackson
,
Loretta Devine
,
Thandiwe Newton
,
Anika Noni Rose
,
Kerry Washington
Directed by:
Tyler Perry
A Good Man Is Hard to Find (
2008) | IMDb:
4.6
An examination of the romantic lives of three contemporary Black women: shrewd Rachel, upright Charlene, and independent Monica. As the trio grapples with relationship problems and tries to find Mr. Right, they gradually conquer their inner demons and put past mistakes behind them.
Starring:
Lance E. Nichols
,
Deborah Cox
,
Dejuan D. Turrentine
,
Darrin Henson
,
Melissa De Sousa
,
Golden Brooks
Directed by:
Leslie Small
Constellation (
2007) | IMDb:
4.4
Constellation chronicles the lives and loves of an African-American family in the deep South as they are forced to come to terms with a tumultuous past marked by an unrequited interracial affair. The film explores the way in which the family patriarch must confront his demons amidst the changing racial fabric of society and his own family.
Starring:
Zoe Saldaña
,
Billy Dee Williams
,
Gabrielle Union
,
Lesley Ann Warren
,
Hill Harper
,
Melissa De Sousa
Directed by:
Jordan Walker-Pearlman
Produced by:
Henry De Bardeleben
Love, Sex, and Eating the Bones (
2003) | IMDb:
5.8
A sexy urban comedy about how a guy who is addicted to watching pornography discovers love is stronger than fantasy when he meets and falls in love with the girl of his dreams.
Starring:
Hill Harper
,
Marlyne Barrett
,
Mark Taylor
,
Marieka Weathered
,
Kai Soremekun
,
Karen Robinson
Directed by:
Sudz Sutherland
Produced by:
Jennifer Holness
The Badge (
2002) | IMDb:
6.1
A sheriff begins an investigation into the death of a local transsexual after hearing that high ranking politicians may have been involved. Although he is homophobic, his investigation causes him to be rejected by others, forcing him to seek help from the people he once despised.
Starring:
Billy Bob Thornton
,
Patricia Arquette
,
Sela Ward
,
William Devane
,
Marcus Lyle Brown
,
Ray McKinnon
Directed by:
Robby Henson
The Skulls (
2000) | IMDb:
5.6
A senior at an Ivy League college, who depends on scholarships and working on the side, gets accepted into the secret society The Skulls. He hopes it betters chances at Harvard but The Skulls is not what he thought and comes at a price.
Starring:
Joshua Jackson
,
Paul Walker
,
Leslie Bibb
,
Hill Harper
,
Craig T. Nelson
,
Christopher McDonald
In Too Deep (
1999) | IMDb:
6.2
Drug lord Dwayne Gittens rules Cincinnati with an iron fist. No wonder he's known as "God" on the streets. Determined to break Gittens' stranglehold on the city is undercover cop Jeffrey Cole. But as Cole takes on an assumed identity to penetrate Gittens' criminal empire, he makes a disturbing discovery -- he kind of likes being a gangster.
Directed by:
Michael Rymer
Beloved (
1998) | IMDb:
6
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...
Starring:
Oprah Winfrey
,
Danny Glover
,
Thandiwe Newton
,
Kimberly Elise
,
LisaGay Hamilton
,
Albert Hall
Directed by:
Jonathan Demme
He Got Game (
1998) | IMDb:
6.9
A basketball player's father must try to convince him to go to a college so he can get a shorter prison sentence.
Starring:
Denzel Washington
,
Ray Allen
,
Rosario Dawson
,
Milla Jovovich
,
Hill Harper
,
Ned Beatty
Directed by:
Spike Lee
Steel (
1997) | IMDb:
3
When a renegade military reject puts new superweapons in dangerous hands, John Henry Irons becomes Steel. Wearing body armor, wielding a fearsome electrohammer and riding a gadget-packed motorcycle, he's ready to wage war... if he can fix the untimely glitches in his untested gear.
Starring:
Shaquille O'Neal
,
Annabeth Gish
,
Richard Roundtree
,
Judd Nelson
,
Irma P. Hall
,
Harvey Silver
Get on the Bus (
1996) | IMDb:
6.9
Several Black men take a cross-country bus trip to attend the Million Man March in Washington, DC in 1995. On the bus are an eclectic set of characters including a laid-off aircraft worker, a man whose at-risk son is handcuffed to him, a black Republican, a former gangsta, a Hollywood actor, a cop who is of mixed racial background, and a white bus driver. All make the trek discussing issues surrounding the march, including manhood, religion, politics, and race.
Starring:
Ossie Davis
,
Charles S. Dutton
,
Andre Braugher
,
Richard Belzer
,
De'Aundre Bonds
,
Thomas Jefferson Byrd
Directed by:
Spike Lee