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List of black man movies

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Changing the Game (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: An epic tale about a supremely intelligent young African-American male who rises from the ferocious and oppressive streets of North Philadelphia to being a shining star in the lucrative world of high finance at Wall Street's most prestigious ...
Style: captivating, tense, suspense, psychological, surprise ending ...
Plot: law firm, rise to the top, wall street, ambition, workplace, urban, moral dilemma, corporate world, rivalry, murder, corruption, betrayal ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york, philadelphia
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Kevin Hart: Zero F**ks Given (2020)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 69 min.
Story: Kevin Hart serves up laughs and brick oven pizza from the comfort of his home, and dishes on male group chats, sex after 40 and life with COVID-19.
Style: entertaining, humorous, funny, captivating, satirical ...
Plot: talk show, stand up comedy, stand up comedian, joke, irony, humour, public speaking, comedian, satire, black man, stand up
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 7.3
 116K
Precious (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Set in Harlem in 1987, Claireece "Precious" Jones is a 16-year-old African American girl born into a life no one would want. She's pregnant for the second time by her absent father; at home, she must wait hand and foot on her mother, ...
Style: bleak, depressing, emotional, rough, sad ...
Audience: teens, teen drama, adult
Plot: rape, dysfunctional family, sexual abuse, teacher, poverty, child abuse, aids, illiteracy, domestic violence, african american, life is a bitch, parents and children ...
Time: 2000s, 20th century, year 1987, 80s
Place: new york, america, harlem, new york city, usa, harlem ...
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 6.2
 701
America (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: In "America," Dr. Maureen Brennan, a psychiatrist at a youth treatment center, encounters her newest patient, a bi-racial boy named America. Through their sessions, Dr. Brennan helps America come to terms with his roller-coaster life, ...
Style: uplifting, serious, realistic, psychological, sincere
Audience: family outing
Plot: adoption, youth, teenage life, custody, human spirit, healing power, sexual abuse, mental illness, family in crisis, hopes, society, doctors and patients ...
Time: 21st century
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 8.1
 490K
The Help (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, India
Duration: 146 min.
Story: Aibileen Clark is a middle-aged African-American maid who has spent her life raising white children and has recently lost her only son; Minny Jackson is an African-American maid who has often offended her employers despite her family's ...
Style: touching, inspirational, thought provoking, uplifting, feel good ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick, teens, kids, date night ...
Plot: racism, friendship, discrimination, civil rights, writers, women, maid, master and servant, human spirit, life is a bitch, racial segregation, racial issues ...
Time: 60s, 2010s, year 2011, 1900s, 50s ...
Place: mississippi, usa, america, africa, southern usa
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 5.3
 9K
Soul Man (1986)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Soul Man is a comedy film made in 1986 about a man who undergoes racial transformation with pills to qualify for an African-American-only scholarship at Harvard Law School. It stars C. Thomas Howell, Rae Dawn Chong, Arye Gross, James Earl Jones, ...
Style: humorous, controversial, realistic, semi serious, witty ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: racism, college, high school, mentor, teenager, culture clash, happy ending, coming of age, black, teenage sex, black man, interracial ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: massachusetts, los angeles, usa, hawaii, harvard university
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 7.4
 14K
Cry Freedom (1987)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, Zimbabwe, USA
Duration: 157 min.
Story: A dramatic story, based on actual events, about the friendship between two men struggling against apartheid in South Africa in the 1970s. Donald Woods is a white liberal journalist in South Africa who begins to follow the activities of Stephen Biko, ...
Style: inspirational, political, cult classic, political thriller, edutainment ...
Plot: racism, apartheid, journalism, biopic, politics, human rights, civil rights, journalist, social commentary, social injustice, black, african ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1987, year 1975, year 1977
Place: south africa, africa, cape town south africa
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 6.1
 8K
School Daze (1988)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: In the South of the United States are taking place confrontations between two groups of students who have different ideas and are not able to accept the one of the oponent.
Style: hood, cult classic, black comedy, social, semi serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: college, black, blaxploitation, hip hop, male nudity, fraternity, coming of age, college life, school, urban, black history, african ...
Time: 80s
Place: africa, atlanta georgia
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For Queen & Country (1988)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A retired British soldier struggles to adjust to everyday life, with increasing difficulty.
Style: cult classic, independent film, realistic, serious, gloomy ...
Plot: black, soldier, black man, black girl, racism, interracial relations, human spirit, hopes, life is a bitch, leadership, rebellion, military ...
Time: 80s, year 1982, year 1979
Place: london, england, europe, ireland
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Heart Condition (1990)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A bigoted policeman is given the heart of a slain black defense lawyer,who returns as a ghost to ask the cop to help take down the men who murdered him
Style: humorous, independent film, action comedy, detective, semi serious ...
Plot: lawyer, supernatural, law enforcement, afterlife, ghost, racism, buddy cop, black man, heaven, body swapping, wedding, investigation ...
Time: future
Place: los angeles
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 6.5
 17K
House Party (1990)
Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Young Kid has been invited to a party at his friend Play's house. But after a fight at school, Kid's father grounds him. None the less, Kid sneaks out when his father falls asleep. But Kid doesn't know that three of the thugs at ...
Style: hood, funny, cult classic, light, black comedy ...
Audience: teens
Plot: hip hop, african american, high school, teenager, black, urban, dancing, ghetto, gangster, coming of age, school, police ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: usa
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King of New York (1990)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A former drug lord returns from prison determined to wipe out all his competition and distribute the profits of his operations to New York's poor and lower classes in this stylish and ultra violent modern twist on Robin Hood.
Style: neo noir, atmospheric, hood, intense, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gang, organized crime, drug lord, mob boss, gangster, murder, chase, violence, african american gangster, cocaine, drug, urban ...
Time: year 1990, 20th century, 80s, 90s
Place: new york, italy, usa, bronx new york city, manhattan new york city
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 20K
Jungle Fever (1991)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: 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.
Style: sexy, serious, realistic, emotional, controversial ...
Audience: date night
Plot: interracial romance, architect, african american, racism, society, adultery, drug addiction, love affair, prejudice, hip hop, relationships, black ...
Time: 90s, year 1991, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, africa, harlem, manhattan new york city ...
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Strictly Business (1991)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Waymon has a great job in real estate and a promising future, but he's also trapped in a loveless longterm relationship. He meets Natalie, a beautiful club-hopping hipster, and quickly falls in love. Realizing he's just not cool enough to ...
Style: black comedy, rom com, hood, independent film, semi serious ...
Audience: date night, chick flick, adult
Plot: urban, black, african american, hip hop, black romance, discrimination, black love, black girl, black man, hip hop culture, ambition, nightclub ...
Time: year 1991, 90s
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa, harlem
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Disappearing Acts (2000)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Zora Banks is a school teacher and aspiring singer hoping to become a successful star while taking a break from heartache. Franklin Swift is a down-on-his-luck construction worker and not-quite divorced father of two hoping to start his own ...
Style: realistic, serious, sincere, talky, sentimental ...
Audience: date night, girls' night, adult
Plot: boyfriend girlfriend relationship, couples, love affair, looking for love, family problems, opposites attract, couple relations, lovers reunited, family relations, lifestyle, love and romance, follow your dream ...
Time: 90s
Place: new york, usa, brooklyn new york city
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 6.3
 5K
The Brothers (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: This is the story of four African-American "yuppies" (a banker, a doctor, a lawyer, and a "playboy") who call themselves "The Brothers". When the playboy gets engaged, the other three friends find themselves having to ...
Style: romantic, light, melancholic, entertaining, stylized ...
Audience: date night
Plot: friendship, african american, relationships, black, marriage, women, brothers, stereotypes, lifestyle, hip hop, love and romance, battle of the sexes ...
Time: year 2001, 21st century
Place: usa
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 7.1
 143K
John Q (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: John Quincy Archibald is a father and husband whose son is diagnosed with an enlarged heart and then finds out he cannot receive a transplant because HMO insurance will not cover it. Therefore, he decides to take a hospital full of patients hostage ...
Style: suspense, sincere, tear jerker, emotional, tense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: hostage, injustice, hospital, kidnapping, twists and turns, organ donation, fighting the system, father son relationship, medical, society, parent child relationship, insurance ...
Time: year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, chicago, illinois
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 6.4
 16K
Baby Boy (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: The story of Jody, a misguided, 20-year-old African-American who is really just a baby boy finally forced-kicking and screaming to face the commitments of real life. Streetwise and jobless, he has not only fathered two children by two different ...
Style: hood, stylized, intense, light, emotional ...
Plot: womanizer, single parent, gang, african american, black, unlikely friendships, gangster, urban, organized crime, twists and turns, ghetto, hip hop ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, south central los angeles, usa
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 5.3
 15K
Pootie Tang (2001)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Pootie Tang, the musician/actor/folk hero of the ghetto, is chronicled from his early childhood to his battles against the evil Corporate America, who try to steal his magic belt and make him sell out by endorsing addictive products to his people. ...
Style: humorous, funny, not serious, feel good, witty ...
Audience: teens
Plot: blaxploitation, urban, righting the wronged, musician's life, fighting the system, folk hero, heroic mission, optimism, society, black, dishonesty, corporate crime ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, chicago
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Two Can Play That Game (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Vivica A. Fox sizzles as a woman scorned who plans to get her man back by any means necessary. In this comedy about players and those who "get played." As corporate overachiever and all-around fly chick Shanté Smith, Fox thinks she's ...
Style: romantic, humorous, sexy, satirical, romantic comedy ...
Audience: girls' night, date night, chick flick
Plot: battle of the sexes, black, mentor, ambition, looking for love, cheating, contests and competitions, lifestyle, buddies, couple relations, guru, dating ...
Time: year 2001
Place: usa
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 7.1
 94K
Monster's Ball (2001)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Set in the southern USA, a racist white man, Hank, falls in love with a black woman named Leticia. Ironically, Hank is a prison guard working on Death Row who executed Leticia's husband. Hank and Leticia's inter-racial affair leads to ...
Style: psychological, depressing, emotional, realistic, sexy ...
Audience: adult
Plot: racism, prison, electric chair, interracial romance, death penalty, interracial relations, dysfunctional family, father son relationship, female nudity, interracial sex, redemption, eviction ...
Time: year 2001, 21st century
Place: georgia, usa, louisiana, southern usa
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Friday After Next (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Craig and Day Day have finally moved out of their parents houses and into their own crib. The cousins work nights at a local mall as security guards. When their house is robbed on Christmas Eve they team up to track him down.
Style: funny, humorous, hood, stylized, witty ...
Audience: adult
Plot: christmas, weed, urban, shopping mall, hip hop, stoner, pimp, black, friendship, goofy hero, partner, buddies ...
Time: year 2002
Place: california, los angeles
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Paper Soldiers (2002)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Paper Soldiers follows an overeager burglar named Shawn (Kevin Hart) through the ups and downs of his short, stressful career.
Style: semi serious, humorous, hood, realistic, exciting ...
Plot: african american, hip hop, gangster, partner, drug dealing, dishonesty, nothing goes right, criminal heroes, ambition, unlikely criminals, disorder, urban ...
Place: usa, memphis
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 6.9
 44K
Radio (2003)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: High school football coach, Harold Jones befriends Radio, a mentally-challenged man who becomes a student at T.L. Hanna High School in Anderson, South Carolina. Their friendship extends over several decades, where Radio transforms from a shy, ...
Style: feel good, inspirational, sentimental, touching, emotional ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, family outing, adult
Plot: american football, football, disability, underdog, radio, friendship, teacher, prejudice, high school football, greed, rags to riches, autism ...
Time: 20th century, year 2003, 70s, 60s
Place: cuba, south carolina
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 6.2
 204K
The Karate Kid (2010)
Genre: Action, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA, China
Duration: 140 min.
Story: 12-year-old Dre Parker could have been the most popular kid in Detroit, but his mother's latest career move has landed him in China. Dre immediately falls for his classmate Mei Ying but the cultural differences make such a friendship ...
Style: inspirational, uplifting, feel good, sentimental, sincere ...
Audience: teens, kids, girls' night, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot: teachers and students, kung fu, martial arts, human spirit, boy, bullying, contests and competitions, perseverance, coach, underdog, coming of age, teacher ...
Time: 2010s, year 2010, 21st century
Place: china, beijing china, america, asia, michigan ...
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Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story (2009)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story is a movie based on the life story of world-renowned neurosurgeon Ben Carson from 1961 to 1987.
Style: uplifting, sincere, inspirational, realistic, factual ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: medical, african american, against the odds, human spirit, neurosurgeon, medicine, surgeon, biopic, ambition, medical school, doctor, rise to the top ...
Time: 70s, 60s, 2010s, 20th century, 80s
Place: cuba, usa, detroit, west germany
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The Magnificent Seven (2016)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 132 min.
Story: Seven gun men in the old west gradually come together to help a poor village against savage thieves.
Style: suspense, intense, entertaining, tense, exciting ...
Audience: family friendly, adult
Plot: good versus evil, revenge, bounty hunter, dark hero, mercenary, criminal, deception, outlaw, duel, showdown, small town, murder ...
Time: year 2016, 19th century, 2010s, 1870s
Place: america, california, sacramento california, alaska
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 8.0
 375K
Soul (2020)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Joe Gardner is a middle school teacher with a love for jazz music. After a successful gig at the Half Note Club, he suddenly gets into an accident that separates his soul from his body and is transported to the You Seminar, a center in which souls ...
Style: 3d animation, touching, philosophical, sincere, captivating ...
Audience: kids, family friendly
Plot: jazz, self discovery, life after death, afterlife, meaning of life, lifestyle change, acceptance, life & death, following a dream, life, teaching the ways of the world, death ...
Time: 2020s, 2010s, future, 21st century
Place: hawaii, tibet, manhattan new york city, new york
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 7.6
 309K
Creed (2015)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story: The former World Heavyweight Champion Rocky Balboa serves as a trainer and mentor to Adonis Johnson, the son of his late friend and former rival Apollo Creed.
Style: inspirational, suspense, emotional, brutal, sentimental ...
Audience: boys' night, manly, teens, family outing, adult
Plot: boxing, underdog, boxer, fight, training, athlete and trainer, coach, legacy, mentor, boxing match, courage, gym ...
Time: 2010s, year 2015, year 2016, year 1998, 90s ...
Place: philadelphia, usa, mexico, pennsylvania, los angeles ...
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Pokémon Detective Pikachu (2019)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan, UK, Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story: In a world where people collect pocket-size monsters (pokemon) to do battle, a boy comes across an intelligent monster who seeks to be a detective.
Style: touching, exciting, buddy comedy, stylized, entertaining ...
Audience: family outing, kids, chick flick
Plot: pokemon, friendship, self sacrifice, odd couple, journey, heroes, dragon, amnesia, escapades, private investigation, uncover truth, teamwork ...
Time: 2010s, year 2019
Place: los angeles, london
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