Black cast movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant black cast movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out humorous, realistic, captivating, entertaining, feel good and cult film films and TV shows about / with black cast, black, african american, gangsters, suspense, blaxploitation, urban, culture clash, friendship and hip hop plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Thriller genres shot in USA, South Korea and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as black cast: The Chi (2018), A Fall From Grace (2020), When They See Us (2019), The Ms. Pat Show (2021), Ambitions (2019), Trois 3: The Escort (2004), Cooley High (1975), Tales from the Hood (1995), Nerd Boy (2008), The Bodyguard (1992).

List of black cast movies

 7.5
 7K
The Chi (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A relevant, timely and distinctive coming-of-age story following a half dozen interrelated characters in the South Side of Chicago. The story centers on Brandon, an ambitious and confident young man who dreams about opening a restaurant of his own ...
Style: rough, mind bending, unusual plot structure, sitcom
Audience: teen drama
Plot: black cast, coming of age, brotherhood, single mother, murder witness, murder, society, grownups, friendship, suspense, rivalry, blaxploitation ...
Place: chicago illinois
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A Fall From Grace (2020)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: When a law-abiding woman gets indicted for murdering her husband, her lawyer soon realizes that a larger conspiracy may be at work.
Style: suspenseful, enigmatic, tense, dark, psychological thriller
Plot: sex scene, twists and turns, court, murder, black woman, black cast, serial killer, crumbling relationship, depression, framed for murder, accused of murder, murder mystery ...
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When They See Us (2019)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 296 min.
TV show
Story: Five teens from Harlem become trapped in a nightmare when they're falsely accused of a brutal attack in Central Park.
Style: captivating, political, educational, atmospheric, intellectual ...
Audience: teens
Plot: investigation, legal, social injustice, rape accusation, black cast, racial injustice, criminal justice, lgbtq, suspect, false accusation, false accusation of rape, falsely accused ...
Time: 80s, year 1989
Place: new york
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The Ms. Pat Show (2021)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: A woman from Atlanta finds herself in conservative middle America where she lives her life as a reluctant suburban mom.
Style: captivating, humorous, feel good, entertaining, satirical ...
Plot: black cast, comedian, stand up comedian, humour, lifestyle, satire, social satire, female protagonist, bet, black woman
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 5.6
 764
Ambitions (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: A multigenerational family saga centered around one woman who, having recently relocated and intent on revitalizing her marriage, finds herself going head to head with some of the most powerful and deceitful players in the city.
Style: disturbing, captivating
Plot: black cast, city, african american, feminine wiles, problem, suspense, influence, affair, seductress, city life, intrigue, female protagonist ...
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Trois 3: The Escort (2004)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: When a hip-hop promoter is bailed out of a hefty debt by a club owner, he becomes one of her call boys and nearly loses his life in the process.
Style: sexy, stylized, serious, realistic, erotic ...
Plot: erotica, hip hop, adultery, blackmail, emotional manipulation, gigolo, forbidden love, dangerous attraction, love triangle, loan shark, debt, betrayal ...
Place: atlanta georgia
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 7.1
 5K
Cooley High (1975)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: In the mid-1960s, a group of high school friends who live on the Near North Side of Chicago enjoy life to the fullest...parties, hanging out, meeting new friends. Then life changes for two of the guys when they meet a pair of career criminals and ...
Style: funny, entertaining, realistic, semi serious, touching ...
Audience: teens
Plot: coming of age, blaxploitation, high school, african american, teenager, black history, exploitation, black cast, college, black man, love, gangsters ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, 70s
Place: chicago illinois, africa, usa
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Tales from the Hood (1995)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A strange funeral director tells four strange tales of horror with an African American focus to three drug dealers he traps in his place of business.
Style: scary, atmospheric, disturbing, bleak, psychological ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: mortician, afterlife, evil doll, child abuse, murder, funeral home, supernatural, hip hop, brutality, drugs, gangsters, blaxploitation ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, usa, southern california
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 4.5
 33
Nerd Boy (2008)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: DeDe is an emotional wreck after her boyfriend, Stix gives her the boot. Once the word gets out that DeDe is single, all available men, including the neighborhood nerd line up for a chance to date her.
Style: humorous, feel good, captivating, funny, light ...
Plot: black cast, nerd, love and romance, male female relationship, humour, relationships, romantic rivalry, fall in love, love affair, love story, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, couple relations ...
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Immortal Kiss: Queen of the Night (2012)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story: Five young men convene on a mansion to meet the mysterious AMINA, who has lured them there to become her new consort in the immortal life of a vampire.
Style: gothic horror, captivating, cult film
Plot: vampire, female vampire, african american, black cast, suspense, supernatural horror, eternal life, mysticism, gay, house, homosexual subtext, weightlifting ...
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 6.3
 139K
The Bodyguard (1992)
Genre: Action, Drama, Music, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: A former Secret Service agent grudgingly takes an assignment to protect a pop idol who's threatened by a crazed fan. At first, the safety-obsessed bodyguard and the self-indulgent diva totally clash. But before long, all that tension sparks ...
Style: romantic, touching, exciting, sexy, entertaining ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot: love, love story, interracial romance, bodyguard, music, white male black female relationship, singer, stalker, love and romance, interracial love, suspense, woman in danger ...
Time: 90s, future, 20th century
Place: los angeles, california, usa, miami, beverly hills
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 5.6
 30K
Boomerang (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Marcus is a successful advertising executive who woos and beds women almost at will. After a company merger he finds that his new boss, the ravishing Jacqueline, is treating him in exactly the same way. Completely traumatised by this, his work goes ...
Style: funny, feel good, talky, humorous, witty ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, date night, boys' night
Plot: womanizer, african american protagonist, battle of the sexes, mentor, love story, boss and employee, buddies, opposites attract, unlikely couple, success, looking for love, power relations ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 80s
Place: usa, new orleans
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 7.3
 134K
Luke Cage (2016)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story: Given superstrength and durability by a sabotaged experiment, a wrongly accused man escapes prison to become a superhero for hire.
Style: serious, exciting, suspenseful, stylized, psychotronic ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: superhero, supernatural power, heroes, african american, superhuman powers, good versus evil, super powers, save the day, fighting crime, black superhero, woman with a gun, superhuman ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa, harlem
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 6.7
 8K
Rosewood (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: Dr. Beaumont Rosewood, Jr. is a brilliant private pathologist who uses wildly sophisticated technology and his drive to live life to the fullest to help a tough-as-nails detective and the Miami PD uncover clues no one else can see.
Style: captivating, tense, philosophical, serious
Audience: boys' night
Plot: female detective, pathologist, police detective, family relations, heart condition, partners, friendship, analysis, murder investigation, laboratory, doctor, female police detective ...
Place: usa, miami
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 8.2
 23K
The Get Down (2016)
Genre: Drama, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story: A ragtag group of teenagers run wild in the streets of the Bronx in the late 1970s.
Style: captivating, psychological, thought provoking, serious, interesting
Plot: teenager, black cast, subculture, social relations, society, city life, class society, teenage life, culture, urban ghetto, drastic change of life, hip hop culture ...
Time: 70s
Place: bronx new york city, new york
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The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air is an American television sitcom that originally aired on NBC from September 10, 1990, to May 20, 1996. The show stars Will Smith as a fictionalized version of himself, a street-smart teenager from West Philadelphia who ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, witty, feel good, realistic ...
Audience: teens, kids, boys' night
Plot: family relations, black family, youth, teenager, african american, culture clash, fish out of water, hip hop, misfit, verbal byplay, eccentric family, siblings relations ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: california, usa, los angeles
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 8.5
 32K
The Boondocks (2005)
Genre: Animation, Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, South Korea
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: The Boondocks is an American adult animated sitcom on Cartoon Network's late night programming block, Adult Swim. The series premiered on November 6, 2005 and was created by Aaron McGruder, based upon McGruder's comic strip of the same ...
Style: adult animation, anime, semi serious, humorous, sitcom ...
Audience: kids, teens, adult
Plot: african american, topical humor, adult humor, street kid, interracial relations, youth, leaving home, social satire, family relations, fish out of water, brother brother relationship, culture clash ...
Time: 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, chicago illinois
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Are We There Yet? (2010)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Are We There Yet? opens where the popular film of the same name left off, with Nick and Suzanne newly married. After six months, their family is beginning to show growing pains, from the complexities of life as newlyweds to weathering the storm of ...
Style: sitcom, feel good, humorous, realistic, not serious
Plot: blended family, parents and children, family relations, couple relations, family life, newlyweds, ex athlete, black family, black cast, african american, stepfather stepson relationship, interracial friendship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Real Husbands of Hollywood (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 21 min.
TV show
Story: Comedian and actor, Kevin Hart teams up with BET Networks to bring viewers one of the funniest shows on television "Real Husbands of Hollywood". The semi-scripted series is the fakest reality show ever following these men of Hollywood ...
Style: parody, humorous, feel good, captivating, light ...
Plot: hollywood, satire, actor, actor's life, celebrity culture, backstage, showbiz, comedian, lifestyle, guest, african american, buddies ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, california, los angeles
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Scream Blacula Scream (1973)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: After a dying Voodoo queen chooses an adopted apprentice as her successor, her true heir is outraged. Seeking revenge, he buys the bones of Blacula the vampire off of a dealer, and uses voodoo to bring the vampire back to do his bidding. In turn, ...
Style: campy, bloody, slasher, scary, sexy ...
Audience: teens
Plot: vampire, blaxploitation, dracula, african american, exploitation, transformation, writers, childhood, suspense, redemption, serial killer, dreams ...
Time: 70s, 18th century
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Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Tough-talking Detroit cop Axel Foley heads to the rarified world of Beverly Hills in his beat-up Chevy Nova to investigate a friend's murder. But soon, he realizes he's stumbled onto something much more complicated. Bungling rookie ...
Style: buddy comedy, humorous, funny, exciting, witty ...
Audience: teens, kids, boys' night, adult
Plot: police, car chase, investigation, undercover, fish out of water, buddy cop, maverick cop, gunfight, murder, damsel in distress, law enforcement, verbal byplay ...
Time: year 1984, 20th century, 80s
Place: los angeles, california, beverly hills, michigan, usa ...
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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: uplifting, sentimental, touching, sad, sincere ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night
Plot: african american, incest, sexual abuse, feminism, rape, domestic violence, life is a bitch, incest rape, slavery, women, human spirit, wife abuse ...
Time: 1930s, edwardian era, 20th century, 1920s, 1910s ...
Place: africa, southern usa, usa, tennessee, georgia
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 7.3
 79K
Amistad (1997)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 155 min.
Story: In 1839, the slave ship Amistad set sail from Cuba to America. During the long trip, Cinque leads the slaves in an unprecedented uprising. They are then held prisoner in Connecticut, and their release becomes the subject of heated debate. Freed ...
Style: political, touching, emotional, epic, dramatic ...
Plot: slavery, slave trade, court, lawyer, rebellion, ship, legal, idealism, courtroom, african american, justice, politics ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1840s, 1830s, 18th century
Place: africa, cuba, england, washington d.c., massachusetts ...
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 4.6
 6K
B*A*P*S (1997)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Can two clueless Georgia homegirls with big hearts -- and even bigger hair -- find happiness, fame and thrills in the swank hills of Beverly? Anything is possible when you are B.A.P.'s. They revive Blakemore's interest for life, and he ...
Style: campy, not serious, realistic, biting, cynical ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick
Plot: hip hop, women, friendship, hip hop culture, black history, black cast, happy ending, nephew, gangsters, millionaire, irreverence, restaurant ...
Time: 90s
Place: los angeles, beverly hills, california, usa, georgia
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 5.4
 9K
Booty Call (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story: Rushon is sexually pent-up and ready to take thing things to the next level with his girlfriend, Nikki. But when he calls for a date, she asks to make it a double -- bringing along her brash friend Lysterine, whom Rushon sets up with his lewd buddy, ...
Style: sexy, humorous, sexual, unusual plot structure, tricky ...
Audience: date night, teens, chick flick
Plot: best friend, women, womanizer, dating, lifestyle, looking for sex, sexuality, hip hop, sex, nothing goes right, gangsters, nude ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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Dysfunctional Friends (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A group of college friends are reunited after the death of their very successful friend. The will dictates that each person will receive a large sum of money if they can all successfully stay in his mansion for a week. If one person leaves, everyone ...
Style: talky, humorous, captivating, light, realistic ...
Plot: friendship, estate, death of friend, inheritance, group of friends, funeral, rivalry, black cast, friends, thirtysomething life, gossip, mansion ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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If Loving You Is Wrong (2014)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Follow the relationships of a group of husbands and wives that live and love on the same street. While the neighbors come from very different backgrounds, their lives are similar – raising children, dealing with exes, worrying about money and ...
Style: realistic, sentimental, humorous, semi serious, captivating
Audience: girls' night
Plot: starting over, family relations, looking for love, love and romance, friendship, marriage, couple relations, family problems, parents and children, couples, relationships, male female relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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 7.5
 5K
BMF (2021)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The drug trafficking drama is inspired by the true story of two brothers who rose from the decaying streets of southwest Detroit in the late 1980s and gave birth to one of the most influential crime families in the country. It revolves around ...
Style: disturbing, captivating, tense
Plot: drug lord, gang war, gangsters, criminal, mafia, crime boss, organized crime, partners in crime, criminal underworld, gang, mafioso, criminal syndicate ...
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 8.0
 20K
Insecure (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Follows the awkward experiences and racy tribulations of a modern-day African-American woman.
Style: touching, uplifting, sweet, feel good, romantic ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night
Plot: female protagonist, african american, friends, friendship, women, love interest, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, couple relations, society, couples, love and romance, strong female lead ...
Place: california
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Godfather of Harlem (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story: Loosely based on infamous crime boss Bumpy Johnson, who in the early 1960s returned from ten years in prison to find the neighborhood he once ruled in shambles. With the streets controlled by the Italian mob, Bumpy attempts to regain his piece of ...
Style: tense, suspenseful, captivating, disturbing, exciting ...
Plot: mafia, gang leader, gangsters, crime boss, gang war, gang, violence, organized crime, power struggle, gang of outlaws, criminal gang, street gang ...
Time: 60s
Place: harlem, new york, harlem, new york city
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