Crossover (
2006) | IMDb:
2.1
The clock strikes midnight, money changes hands, the crowd is on their feet, and the court is alive with fast-paced razzle-dazzle basketball. These players don't play for a school or a pro team. They play for the street and it's underground...way underground.
Starring:
Anthony Mackie
,
Marcello Thedford
,
Allen Payne
,
Wesley Jonathan
,
Wayne Brady
,
Lil J.J.
The Fighting Temptations (
2003) | IMDb:
5.6
Darrin Hill, a slick-talking but down-on- his-luck NYC advertising exec, returns to his hometown in Georgia to claim the inheritance his aunt left him. But before Darrin can collect the money, he must fulfill his aunt's final wish -- to create a local choir.
Starring:
Beyoncé
,
Cuba Gooding Jr.
,
Wendell Pierce
,
LaTanya Richardson Jackson
,
Faith Evans
,
Nicky Buggs
Directed by:
Jonathan Lynn
Antwone Fisher (
2002) | IMDb:
7.3
A sailor prone to violent outbursts is sent to a naval psychiatrist for help. Refusing at first to open up, the young man eventually breaks down and reveals a horrific childhood. Through the guidance of his doctor, he confronts his painful past and begins a quest to find the family he never knew.
Undercover Brother (
2002) | IMDb:
5.9
An Afro-American organization, the B.R.O.T.H.E.R.H.O.O.D., is in permanent fight against a white organization "The Man" defending the values of the black people in North America. When the Afro-American candidate Gen. Warren Boutwell behaves strangely in his presidential campaign, Undercover Brother is hired to work undercover for "The Man" and find what happened with the potential candidate.
Starring:
Eddie Griffin
,
Chris Kattan
,
Denise Richards
,
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
,
Chi McBride
,
Neil Patrick Harris
Brother (
2000) | IMDb:
7.1
A Japanese Yakuza gangster's deadly existence in his homeland gets him exiled to Los Angeles, where he is taken in by his little brother and his brother's gang.
The Best Man (
1999) | IMDb:
6.7
After writing a soon-to-be bestselling novel, writer and committed bachelor Harper attempts to hide the fact that his saucy new book is loosely based on the lives and loves of his tight-knit group of friends. Harper is set to be best man at his friend Lance's wedding, and all his friends will be in attendance. When an advance copy of the book makes its way into the hands of his ex-flame, Jordan, Harper attempts to keep it under wraps.
Starring:
Nia Long
,
Morris Chestnut
,
Harold Perrineau
,
Terrence Howard
,
Sanaa Lathan
,
Taye Diggs
Set It Off (
1996) | IMDb:
6.9
Four inner-city Black women, determined to end their constant struggle, decide to live by one rule — get what you want or die trying. So the four women take back their lives and take out some banks in the process.
Starring:
Jada Pinkett Smith
,
Queen Latifah
,
Vivica A. Fox
,
Kimberly Elise
,
Blair Underwood
,
John C. McGinley
Clockers (
1995) | IMDb:
6.9
Strike is a young city drug pusher under the tutelage of drug lord Rodney Little. When a night manager at a fast-food restaurant is found with four bullets in his body, Strike’s older brother turns himself in as the killer. Detective Rocco Klein doesn’t buy the story, however, setting out to find the truth, and it seems that all the fingers point toward Strike & Rodney.
Starring:
Harvey Keitel
,
John Turturro
,
Delroy Lindo
,
Mekhi Phifer
,
Isaiah Washington
,
Keith David
A Low Down Dirty Shame (
1994) | IMDb:
5.9
A black detective becomes embroiled in a web of danger while searching for a fortune in missing drug money. During the course of his investigation, he encounters various old connections, ultimately confronting the criminal responsible for Shame's expulsion from the force. He must also deal with two women, Angela, a beautiful old flame, and Peaches, his energetic but annoying sidekick.
Crooklyn (
1994) | IMDb:
7
From Spike Lee comes this vibrant semi-autobiographical portrait of a school-teacher, her stubborn jazz-musician husband and their five kids living in '70s Brooklyn.
Starring:
Alfre Woodard
,
Delroy Lindo
,
David Patrick Kelly
,
Zelda Harris
,
Carlton Williams
,
Sharif Rashed
Malcolm X (
1992) | IMDb:
7.7
A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he became a Black Muslim and then a leader in the Nation of Islam. His assassination in 1965 left a legacy of self-determination and racial pride.
Starring:
Denzel Washington
,
Angela Bassett
,
Albert Hall
,
Al Freeman Jr.
,
Delroy Lindo
,
Spike Lee
Jungle Fever (
1991) | IMDb:
6.6
A successful and married black man contemplates having an affair with a white girl from work. He's quite rightly worried that the racial difference would make an already taboo relationship even worse.
Starring:
Wesley Snipes
,
Annabella Sciorra
,
Spike Lee
,
Ossie Davis
,
Ruby Dee
,
Samuel L. Jackson
Mo' Better Blues (
1990) | IMDb:
6.7
Talented but self-centered trumpeter Bleek Gilliam is obsessed with his music and indecisiveness about his girlfriends Indigo and Clarke. But when he is forced to come to the aid of his manager and childhood friend, Bleek finds his world more fragile than he ever imagined.
Starring:
Denzel Washington
,
Spike Lee
,
Wesley Snipes
,
Giancarlo Esposito
,
John Turturro
,
Charlie Murphy
Do the Right Thing (
1989) | IMDb:
8
Salvatore "Sal" Fragione is the Italian owner of a pizzeria in Brooklyn. A neighborhood local, Buggin' Out, becomes upset when he sees that the pizzeria's Wall of Fame exhibits only Italian actors. Buggin' Out believes a pizzeria in a black neighborhood should showcase black actors, but Sal disagrees. The wall becomes a symbol of racism and hate to Buggin' Out and to other people in the neighborhood, and tensions rise.
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (
1988) | IMDb:
6.6
Jack Spade returns from the army in his old ghetto neighbourhood when his brother, June Bug, dies. Jack declares war on Mr. Big, powerful local crimelord. His army is led by John Slade, his childhood idol who used to fight bad guys in the 70s.
Starring:
Keenen Ivory Wayans
,
Bernie Casey
,
Antonio Fargas
,
Steve James
,
Isaac Hayes
,
Jim Brown