Black people movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant black people movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, realistic, disturbing, semi serious, humorous and psychological films and TV shows about / with black people, black, society, african american, family relations, black man, black american, black history, black lives matter and urban plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres shot in USA, Canada, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as black people: Breaking In (2018), Really Love (2020), The Color Purple (1985), The Underground Railroad (2021), How She Move (2007), Crooklyn (1994), How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998), Wayward (2022), Far from Heaven (2002), That Damn Michael Che (2021).

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 5.5
 17K
Breaking In (2018)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Shaun Russell takes her son and daughter on a weekend getaway to her late father's secluded, high-tech vacation home in the countryside. The family soon gets an unwelcome surprise when four men break into the house to find hidden money. After ...
Style: suspense, serious, tense, suspenseful, intense ...
Plot: home invasion, protective parent, black people, mother, hostage, security system, black, women, strong female lead, kidnapping, danger, heist ...
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 6.2
 1K
Really Love (2020)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A rising black painter tries to break into a competitive art world while balancing an unexpected romance with an ambitious law student.
Style: disturbing, psychological, captivating
Plot: art, painter, black man, artists' life, desire for fame, black people, ambition, direction and purpose, love affair, relationships, lifestyle, romantic friendship ...
Place: washington d.c.
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The Color Purple (1985)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 154 min.
Story: An epic tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry. After Celie's abusive father marries her off to the equally debasing "Mister" Albert ...
Style: sentimental, uplifting, touching, inspirational, sad ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: african american, incest, sexual abuse, domestic violence, rape, life is a bitch, feminism, slavery, incest rape, abusive relationship, wife abuse, lgbtq ...
Time: edwardian era, 20th century, 1930s, year 1985, 1920s ...
Place: africa, southern usa, usa, tennessee, georgia
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The Underground Railroad (2021)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 593 min.
TV show
Story: Follow young Cora’s journey as she makes a desperate bid for freedom in the antebellum South. After escaping her Georgia plantation for the rumored Underground Railroad, Cora discovers no mere metaphor, but an actual railroad full of engineers and ...
Style: suspense, thought provoking, disturbing, serious, historical drama ...
Plot: slavery, white trash, social misfits, black american, slave labor, society, social relations, black hero, black people, life is a bitch, african american, couples ...
Time: victorian era
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 3.6
 7K
How She Move (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Canada, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: After the death of Raya Green's(Rutina Wesley) sister, she gets out from her classes at school, and sees a stomp crew practicing. She meets Bishop(Dwain Murphy) which is the dance crew leader. She then meets Michelle and does a stomp battle ...
Style: realistic, touching, serious, exciting, independent film
Audience: teens
Plot: dancing, dance, coming of age, youth, follow your dream, contests and competitions, teenage life, friendship, black people, ambition, hopes, lifestyle ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
Place: usa
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 7.0
 11K
Crooklyn (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: 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.
Style: humorous, touching, sentimental, stylized, light ...
Plot: coming of age, poverty, parenthood, dysfunctional family, urban, black, african american, family relations, school, child's point of view, parents and children, black people ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1994, year 1973
Place: new york, brooklyn new york city, usa
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How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Through good times and bad, Stella and Delilah have always had each other. Now, Stella's so busy building a life that she's forgotten how to really live. But Delilah is about to change all that. What starts as a quick trip to Jamaica, end ...
Style: sexy, romantic, romantic comedy, touching, erotic ...
Audience: date night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot: older woman younger man relationship, friendship, black woman, women, black, couples, self discovery, fall in love, love and romance, couple relations, unlikely couple, looking for love ...
Time: year 1998, 90s
Place: jamaica, caribbean, indiana, bay area, africa ...
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 4.6
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Wayward (2022)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story: After a meet-cute in a bar, Dawn and Micah's road trip to Portland turns into a nightmare when they're hunted by an infamous serial killer known as the Mechanic Maniac.
Style: suspense, captivating, disturbing, suspenseful
Plot: mysterious stranger, road trip, black people, hunted, runaway, terror, psycho terror, travel, threat, escape attempt, stranger, meet cute ...
Place: california
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Far from Heaven (2002)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, France
Duration: 107 min.
Story: In 1950s Connecticut, a housewife faces a marital crisis and mounting racial tensions in the outside world.
Style: sincere, emotional, stylized, visual, depressing ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: racism, gay husband, gay, homosexuality, housewife, infidelity, crumbling marriage, friendship, couples, forbidden love, african american, prejudice ...
Time: 50s, 1950s, 2000s, year 2002, year 1957 ...
Place: connecticut, usa, miami, new england, baltimore
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That Damn Michael Che (2021)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Michael Che shares his unique perspective on controversial topics with the help of fellow Saturday Night Live stars, sketches, and vignettes to illustrate what it feels like to experience various every-day situations including racial profiling, ...
Style: entertaining, psychological, humorous, captivating, satirical ...
Plot: black people, sketch, humour, social problems, social relations, satire, social differences, society, social issues, black american, black man, lifestyle ...
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 4.5
 24K
Soul Plane (2004)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Following a ridiculously awful flight that leads to his pet's death, Nashawn Wade files a lawsuit against the airline, and wins a multimillion-dollar settlement. Determined to create a better flying experience, Nashawn starts his own airline, ...
Style: parody, humorous, funny, absurd, hood ...
Audience: teens, girls' night
Plot: airplane, hip hop, weed, stupidity, aviation, black, society, black people, urban, music, disorder, satire ...
Time: year 2004, year 1979, 21st century
Place: new york, los angeles, usa, manhattan new york city
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Casilla de partida (2011)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Two contempo Frenchmen of Antillean descent visit their ancestor's time as well as their land in the slavery-themed French era.
Style: humorous, semi serious, entertaining, feel good, hilarious
Audience: teens
Plot: time travel, racism, life turned upside down, fish out of water, rebellion, misfit, social differences, partner, disorder, family relations, rebelliousness, society ...
Time: 18th century
Place: caribbean
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Hollywood Shuffle (1987)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Aspiring actor and hot-dog stand employee Bobby Taylor catches the ire of his grandmother for auditioning for a role in the regrettably titled exploitation film "Jivetime Jimmy's Revenge." When Tinseltown Studios casts Taylor in the ...
Style: parody, witty, humorous, entertaining, light ...
Audience: adult
Plot: hollywood, farce, racism, filmmaking, blaxploitation, black, prejudice, dark humor, storytelling, movie business, black history, misfit ...
Time: 80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place: california, usa
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In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: An African American detective is asked to investigate a murder in a racist southern town.
Style: detective, tense, atmospheric, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot: racism, small town, prejudice, police, murder, racial tension, african american, civil rights, racial slur, deep south, murder mystery, investigation ...
Time: 20th century, year 1967, 60s
Place: mississippi, usa, southern usa, america, north carolina
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Do the Right Thing (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: On the hottest day of the year on a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, everyone's hate and bigotry smolders and builds until it explodes into violence.
Style: realistic, talky, hood, stylized, independent film ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: heat wave, hip hop, police brutality, pizzeria, urban ghetto life, racism, pizza, ghetto, prejudice, african american, black, social commentary ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, year 1989
Place: new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, africa, new york state
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 7.8
 159K
A Bronx Tale (1993)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Set in the Bronx during the tumultuous 1960s, an adolescent boy is torn between his honest, working-class father and a violent yet charismatic crime boss. Complicating matters is the youngster's growing attraction - forbidden in his ...
Style: sentimental, intense, suspense, hood, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: mafia, gangster, coming of age, organized crime, mentor, mobster, loyalty, gang leader, cosa nostra, father son relationship, friendship, mob boss ...
Time: 60s, year 1960, 20th century, year 1993, 90s ...
Place: new york, bronx new york city, usa, new york state
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12 Years a Slave (2013)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty as well as unexpected kindnesses Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity. In ...
Style: motivational, heartbreaking, disturbing, harsh, bleak ...
Audience: teens
Plot: slavery, racism, survival, civil rights, torture, african american, freedom, american history, life is a bitch, black history, interracial relations, kidnapping ...
Time: 19th century, year 2013, 2010s, victorian era, ancient times ...
Place: louisiana, new orleans, america, africa, usa ...
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 7.5
 289K
BlacKkKlansman (2018)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, China
Duration: 135 min.
Story: Ron Stallworth, an African-American police officer from Colorado, successfully manages to infiltrate the local Ku Klux Klan and become the head of the local chapter.
Style: informative, political, dark comedy, social, inspirational ...
Plot: racism, white supremacy, ku klux klan, african american, undercover cop, racial slur, racist cop, black, biopic, black lives matter, black cop, black american ...
Time: 70s, 2010s, 20th century, year 2017, year 1972
Place: usa, africa, colorado
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 6.5
 525
The Porter (2022)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: In 1921, friends and train porters Junior and Zeke find their unbreakable bond stretched to its limits when tragedy inspires them to take conflicting paths to a better life.
Style: captivating, suspense, realistic, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot: black cast, labor union, social problems, fighting the system, civil rights, black people, social issues, civil rights movement, black american, race issues, life is a bitch, labor leader ...
Time: 1920s, 20th century
Place: canada
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 7.0
 4K
The Upshaws (2021)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Bennie Upshaw, the head of a Black working class family in Indianapolis, is a charming, well-intentioned mechanic and lifelong mess just trying his best to step up and care for his family and tolerate his sardonic sister-in-law, all without a ...
Style: sitcom, semi serious, satirical, feel good, captivating ...
Plot: african american, house, black man, family relations, black people, family life, everyday life, humour, lifestyle, eccentric family, social satire, satire ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: indiana
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Across the Line (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Out of the approximately 600 players in the National Hockey League, thirty are Black. Mattie Slaughter, a hockey phenom from the rural Black community of North Preston, wants to make it thirty-one. To reach his goal, Mattie needs to keep his nose ...
Style: suspense, captivating, disturbing
Plot: racism, ice hockey, career, racial tension, racial discrimination, racial issues, racial segregation, social problems, society, racial stereotype, life is a bitch, athlete's life ...
Place: nova scotia, canada, canada
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 4.6
 468
Grow House (2017)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Two guys start a risky new business to pay off a debt.
Style: captivating, feel good, entertaining, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot: drug, business, problem, satire, cannabis, escapades, businessman, black people, marijuana, stoner, african american protagonist, jesus
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Trinity Goodheart (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: When 12-year-old Trinity Goodheart is visited by an angel who leaves her a pendant that belonged to her long-lost mother, Trinity concludes that her mother is in danger and needs her help. What ensues is an effort by Trinity to reunite her ...
Style: captivating, tense
Plot: relationships, love and romance, problem solving, family reunited, family problems, search and rescue, mother daughter reunion, mother daughter relationship, love story, teenager, male female relationship, romantic relationship ...
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HERO Inspired by the Extraordinary Life & Times of Mr. Ulric Cross (2019)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Trinidad and Tobago, Canada
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Inspired by the life and times of Caribbean war hero, judge and diplomat Ulric Cross whose amazing life spanned key moments of the 20th Century like WW2, African independence movements, Black Power, the rise of a new brand of Black leadership around ...
Style: tense, captivating
Plot: social problems, civil rights movement, social issues, social relations, human rights, black hero, historical character, life, civil rights, black people, black man, society ...
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 6.6
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The Quad (2017)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Dr. Eva Fletcher is the newly-elected President of the fictional Georgia A&M University. Upon arriving, Eva is charged with saving the prestigious HBCU from bankruptcy and her twenty-year marriage from crumbling while managing a tumultuous ...
Style: psychological, captivating, disturbing
Plot: black woman, mother daughter relationship, university, black romance, ambitious woman, black, university student, workplace, black people, social problems, family relations, relationships ...
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All American: Homecoming (2022)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: Follows a young tennis hopeful from Beverly Hills and an elite baseball player from Chicago as they contend with the high stakes of college sports.
Style: captivating, disturbing, thought provoking
Plot: college, tennis, baseball, black american, athlete's life, black people, social issues, race issues, lifestyle, society, teenager, female protagonist ...
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 5.9
 1K
The Red Line (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: A heart-in-your-throat drama, Red Line begins with the mistaken shooting of a black doctor at the hands of a white cop and unfolds from the perspective of each of the families connected to the tragedy. It's a then-and-now meets us-and-them tale ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, captivating, psychological
Plot: race issues, tragedy, family tragedy, racial prejudice, murder, life is a bitch, black people, racial slur, tragic event, family life, racism, doctor
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A Black Lady Sketch Show (2019)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: A narrative series set in a limitless magical reality full of dynamic, hilarious characters and celebrity guests presenting sketches performed by a core cast of black women.
Style: satirical, humorous, semi serious, entertaining, captivating ...
Plot: showgirl, black, girl power, comedy of manners, female comedian, social issues, introspection, society, humour, black people, social satire, satire ...
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A Naija Christmas (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Nigeria
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Three sons try to make their mother’s dreams come true by bringing home wives for Christmas.
Style: entertaining, captivating, satirical, semi serious
Plot: christmas, mother and son, eccentric family, parents and children, sibling rivalry, brother brother relationship, kids and family, competitor, family problems, black people, brothers, family relations ...
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A Mother's Love (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Lurdes is a mother of five who tirelessly seeks for Domenico, a child of hers who was sold by his own father 26 years ago; Thelma is an overprotective mother who finds out she has a terminal illness, and must race against time to make her dreams ...
Style: novela, disturbing, psychological, captivating, telenovela
Plot: sick mother, missing son, family relations, motherhood, pregnant woman, parenthood, fighting illness, life is a bitch, female protagonist, black people, illness, relationships ...
Place: rio de janeiro
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