Afro movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant afro movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, black cinema, hood, serious, independent film and captivating films and TV shows about / with afro, black, african american, blaxploitation, urban, black history, gangster, society, black man and racism plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Biography genres shot in USA, France, China and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as afro: BlacKkKlansman (2018), Boyz n the Hood (1991), Talk to Me (2007), Coffy (1973), Moonlight (2016), Killer of Sheep (1978), Do the Right Thing (1989), Malcolm X (1992), Crooklyn (1994), Selma (2014).

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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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 7.8
 153K
Boyz n the Hood (1991)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Boyz n the Hood is the popular and successful film and social criticism from John Singleton about the conditions in South Central Los Angeles where teenagers are involved in gun fights and drug dealing on a daily basis.
Style: disturbing, tense, hood, cult classic, bleak ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: hip hop, ghetto, african american, poverty, gang, urban ghetto life, street gang, juvenile delinquency, rapper, coming of age, black, african american gangster ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 80s, year 1991, year 1984
Place: los angeles, california, america, south central los angeles, usa ...
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 7.3
 10K
Talk to Me (2007)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Music, War
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: The story of Washington D.C. radio personality Ralph "Petey" Greene, an ex-con who became a popular talk show host and community activist in the 1960s.
Style: sincere, inspirational, emotional, realistic, talky ...
Plot: radio, civil rights, african american, media, ex convict, protest, segregation, society, black, ambition, radio station, friendship ...
Time: 60s, 80s, year 2007, 70s, 20th century
Place: washington d.c., america, new york, usa
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 6.8
 13K
Coffy (1973)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: After her younger sister gets involved in drugs and is severely injured by contaminated heroin, a nurse sets out on a mission of vengeance and vigilante justice, killing drug dealers, pimps, and mobsters who cross her path.
Style: grindhouse, hood, sexy, neo noir, grim ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: blaxploitation, vigilante, revenge, gangster, female exploitation, tough girl, violence, vigilantism, exploitation, addiction, black, murder ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: los angeles
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An Oversimplification of Her Beauty (2012)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A quixotic artist hypothesizes about why he feels bad when a mystery girl stands him up. The event prompts him to ask: what's the content of a momentary feeling? Is it the sum of your experiences? And perhaps more importantly, are your ...
Style: experimental, psychological, stylized, atmospheric, surreal ...
Plot: introspection, fall in love, cause and meaning, young lovers, city life, unfulfilled love, love and romance, artists and showbiz, unfulfillment, afrofuturism, black history, art ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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 7.4
 329K
Moonlight (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: The tender, heartbreaking story of a young man’s struggle to find himself, told across three defining chapters in his life as he experiences the ecstasy, pain, and beauty of falling in love, while grappling with his own sexuality.
Style: serious, lgbt cinema, art house, hood, inspirational ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, date night, teen drama, adult
Plot: lgbt, forgiveness, african american, drug dealer, lgbtq, coming of age, gay, homosexuality, drug addict, dysfunctional family, bullying, beach ...
Time: year 2016, 2000s, 2010s
Place: florida, indiana, idaho, atlanta georgia, miami
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Killer of Sheep (1978)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Stan works in drudgery at a slaughterhouse. His personal life is drab. Dissatisfaction and ennui keep him unresponsive to the needs of his adoring wife, and he must struggle against influences which would dishonor and endanger him and his family.
Style: independent film, realistic, sincere, serious, emotional ...
Plot: ghetto, friendship, black, dysfunctional family, lifestyle, human nature, parents and children, family life, couple relations, family problems, african american, blaxploitation ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1978
Place: los angeles
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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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 7.7
 101K
Malcolm X (1992)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 202 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: inspirational, political, factual, intense, stylized ...
Plot: civil rights, racism, politics, african american, black history, civil rights movement, assassination, biopic, islam, childhood, society, prison ...
Time: 20th century, year 1992, 90s, 60s, 50s ...
Place: usa, africa, new york, nebraska, indiana ...
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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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 7.5
 95K
Selma (2014)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: "Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous statement by President Lyndon B. Johnson that ultimately led to the signing of the Civil Rights ...
Style: political, thought provoking, inspirational, uplifting, sincere ...
Plot: racism, civil rights, politics, civil rights movement, african american, justice, biopic, racial discrimination, discrimination, idealism, injustice, righting the wronged ...
Time: 60s, year 2014, 20th century, 2010s, year 1964 ...
Place: alabama, indiana, usa, southern usa, birmingham alabama ...
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 7.4
 52K
Black Dynamite (2009)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: This is the story of 1970s African-American action legend Black Dynamite. The Man killed his brother, pumped heroin into local orphanages, and flooded the ghetto with adulterated malt liquor. Black Dynamite was the one hero willing to fight The Man ...
Style: parody, spoof, grindhouse, humorous, funny ...
Audience: boys' night, manly, adult
Plot: blaxploitation, martial arts, mob boss, exploitation, organized crime, justice, black, drug, kung fu, fighting crime, tough heroes, injustice ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, year 2009
Place: usa, washington d.c., california
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Gimme the Loot (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story: Malcolm and Sofia, two determined teens from the Bronx, are the ultimate graffiti-writers. When a rival gang buffs their latest masterpiece, they must hatch a plan to get revenge by tagging an iconic NYC landmark, but they need to raise $500 to pull ...
Style: serious, sincere, realistic, rough, independent film ...
Plot: graffiti, gang, teenager, drug dealing, juvenile delinquency, city life, cons and scams, teenage life, vandalism, coming of age, black, street art ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: usa, new york, bronx new york city
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If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: After her fiance is falsely imprisoned, a pregnant African-American woman sets out to clear his name and prove his innocence.
Style: inspirational, social, captivating, realistic, touching ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: african american, sex scene, racism, prison, police, love, dating, love story, injustice, black american, wrongful conviction, black ...
Time: 2010s, 70s
Place: puerto rico, new york, harlem, manhattan new york city, harlem, new york city
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Dolemite Is My Name (2019)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: The story of Rudy Ray Moore, who created the iconic big screen pimp character Dolemite in the 1970s.
Style: funny, humorous, feel good, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience: adult
Plot: filmmaking, black man, actor, blaxploitation, film industry, comedian, black, showbiz, money, biopic, entertainment industry, profanity ...
Time: year 2019, 70s
Place: los angeles
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 6.4
 5K
Kicks (2016)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: When his hard-earned kicks get snatched by a local hood, fifteen-year old Brandon and his two best friends go on an ill-advised mission across the Bay Area to retrieve the stolen sneakers.
Style: atmospheric, tense, psychological, captivating, hood ...
Plot: ghetto, poverty, african american, violence, boy, shoplifting, illegal drugs, gang, society, teenager, criminal, friendship ...
Place: usa, oakland california
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Dear White People (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Four black students attend an Ivy League college where a riot breaks out over an “African American” themed party thrown by white students. With tongue planted firmly in cheek, the film explores racial identity in 'post-racial' America ...
Style: witty, stylized, melancholic, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: racism, interracial relations, college, college life, prejudice, obsession, black, unlikely friendships, dysfunctional family, friendship, african american, student life ...
Time: 2010s, year 2014, year 2016, year 2013, year 1972 ...
Place: usa, indiana
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 6.2
 8K
Car Wash (1976)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: This day-in-the-life cult comedy focuses on a group of friends working at Sully Boyar's Car Wash in the Los Angeles ghetto. The team meets dozens of eccentric customers -- including a smooth-talking preacher, a wacky cab driver and an ...
Style: funny, humorous, entertaining, semi serious, feel good ...
Plot: workplace, blaxploitation, car wash, black, culture clash, misfit, ambition, interracial relations, workplace situations, car, muslim, fired from the job ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: los angeles, california, usa
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 6.7
 12K
Bamboozled (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story: TV producer Pierre Delacroix (Damon Wayans) becomes frustrated when network brass reject his sitcom idea. Hoping to get fired, Delacroix pitches the worst idea he can think of: a minstrel show. The network not only airs it, but it incredibly becomes ...
Style: thought provoking, black comedy, humorous, semi serious, witty ...
Plot: racism, hip hop, blaxploitation, overnight success, rise and fall, civil rights, showbiz, media satire, society, artists and showbiz, black, satire ...
Time: year 2000, 20th century, 90s, 60s
Place: america, usa, harvard university, south carolina, yale university ...
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 4.2
 145
Afro Ninja (2009)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: No overview found.
Style: disturbing, visually appealing, humorous, feel good, tense ...
Plot: ninja, martial arts, corruption, kung fu fighting, kung fu, ninjitsu, male female relationship, corrupt, police, lawyer, friend, mayor ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa
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Jean of the Joneses (2016)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Chaos ensues after the estranged patriarch of the Jones family dies on their doorstep. When the paramedic who answers their 911 call tries to win over acerbic Jean Jones, his attempts are disrupted by old conflicts that come to a boil at the funeral.
Style: captivating, funny, ironic, humorous, satirical ...
Plot: patriarchy, patriarch, satire, eccentric family, intrigue, humour, family relations, family problems, black history, african, afro
Place: indiana
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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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 7.6
 102K
The Hurricane (1999)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 146 min.
Story: The story of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a boxer wrongly imprisoned for murder, and the people who aided in his fight to prove his innocence.
Style: thought provoking, touching, inspirational, factual, motivational ...
Plot: prison, boxing, racism, courtroom, prison life, legal, death penalty, injustice, justice, biopic, african american, discrimination ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, 70s, 80s, 1940s ...
Place: new jersey, africa, toronto ontario canada, canada
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Undercover Brother (2002)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: parody, spoof, funny, feel good, stylized ...
Audience: adult
Plot: blaxploitation, sexy girl, spy, racism, secret agent, heroic mission, black, fighting the system, hidden identity, double life, disorder, righting the wronged ...
Time: year 2002, 70s, 2000s, 20th century
Place: usa
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 8.6
 796K
City of God (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Brazil, France, Germany
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Cidade de Deus is a shantytown that started during the 1960s and became one of Rio de Janeiro’s most dangerous places in the beginning of the 1980s. To tell the story of this place, the movie describes the life of various characters, all seen by ...
Style: disturbing, rough, bleak, hood, stylized ...
Audience: teen drama, adult
Plot: gang, coming of age, storytelling, organized crime, society, gang war, juvenile delinquency, life is a bitch, photographer, journalism, favela, police corruption ...
Time: 2000s, 70s, year 2002, 20th century, year 2003 ...
Place: latin america, rio de janeiro, brazil, south america
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Woman Thou Art Loosed (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: An adaptation of Bishop T.D. Jakes' self-help novel, chronciling a woman's struggle to come to terms with her legacy of abuse, addiction and poverty.
Style: serious, captivating, touching, sentimental, emotional ...
Plot: redemption, sexual abuse, bishop, going straight, youth, prostitute, life is a bitch, hopes, drug abuse, addiction, family problems, family relations ...
Time: year 2004, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa, california
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 7.3
 43K
Hustle & Flow (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: With help from his friends, a Memphis pimp in a mid-life crisis attempts to become a successful hip-hop emcee.
Style: realistic, touching, bleak, hood, intense ...
Plot: hip hop, rapper, midlife crisis, music, hip hop culture, career, friendship, drug abuse, black, ghetto, musician, drug dealing ...
Time: 21st century
Place: memphis, tennessee, usa, egypt, mount everest
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The Secret Life of Bees (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Set in South Carolina in 1964, this is the tale of Lily Owens a 14 year-old girl who is haunted by the memory of her late mother. To escape her lonely life and troubled relationship with her father, Lily flees with Rosaleen, her caregiver and only ...
Style: sincere, touching, sentimental, emotional, sweet ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama, adult
Plot: racism, civil rights, african american, teenage life, friendship, coming of age, children, interracial relations, haunted by the past, family relations, black, teenager ...
Time: year 2008, 60s, 20th century, year 1964
Place: south carolina, indiana, africa, usa
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Akeelah and the Bee (2006)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Eleven year-old Akeelah Anderson's life is not easy: her father is dead, her mom ignores her, her brother runs with the local gangbangers. She's smart, but her environment threatens to strangle her aspirations. Responding to a threat by ...
Style: touching, uplifting, emotional, realistic, sentimental ...
Audience: family outing, kids, family friendly, toddlers, teens ...
Plot: african american, self esteem, coming of age, child prodigy, hopes, teacher, prodigy, teachers and students, elementary school, mentor, black, culture clash ...
Time: year 2006, 21st century
Place: los angeles, washington d.c., america, usa
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 7.2
 8K
Pariah (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A Brooklyn teenager juggles conflicting identities and risks friendship, heartbreak, and family in a desperate search for sexual expression.
Style: realistic, touching, atmospheric, sincere, serious ...
Audience: chick flick, teen drama
Plot: lesbian, coming of age, lesbian love, lesbian relationship, lgbt teen, african american, lesbian teen, lgbtq, teenage sexuality, black lesbian, black, introspection ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, indiana, new york, brooklyn new york city
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