Lesser known black films
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1. Down in the Delta (1998)
PG-13 | 112 min | Drama
In a desperate attempt to change her life, Loretta -- a troubled single mother from a tough Chicago neighborhood -- is sent to spend a summer at her family's ancestral home in rural Mississippi.
Director: Maya Angelou | Stars: Alfre Woodard, Al Freeman Jr., Mary Alice, Esther Rolle
Votes: 1,899 | Gross: $5.66M
2. Strapped (1993 TV Movie)
R | 104 min | Action, Drama
Ex-con attempting to go straight runs accross serious problems. His girlfriend gets arrested for dealing crack to an undercover police officer. In a desperate attempt to get the charges ... See full summary »
Director: Forest Whitaker | Stars: William James Stiggers Jr., Chi Ali, Bokeem Woodbine, Starletta DuPois
Votes: 1,157
3. Ride (1998)
R | 90 min | Comedy
A group of young people take an old bus from Harlem to Miami to make a rap music video there.
Director: Millicent Shelton | Stars: Melissa De Sousa, John Witherspoon, Cedric The Entertainer, Malik Yoba
Votes: 830 | Gross: $5.48M
4. Black Nativity (2013)
PG | 93 min | Drama, Family, Music
A street-wise teen from Baltimore who has been raised by a single mother travels to New York City to spend the Christmas holiday with his estranged relatives, where he embarks on a surprising and inspirational journey.
Director: Kasi Lemmons | Stars: Forest Whitaker, Angela Bassett, Jennifer Hudson, Mary J. Blige
Votes: 2,372 | Gross: $7.02M
5. Two Can Play That Game (2001)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Romance
An arrogant career woman plays a series of heartless mind-games with her boyfriend to "put him in line," only to discover that he has a few tricks up his own sleeve.
Director: Mark Brown | Stars: Vivica A. Fox, Morris Chestnut, Anthony Anderson, Gabrielle Union
Votes: 7,369 | Gross: $22.24M
6. Way Past Cool (2000)
R | 96 min | Drama
Based on the award-winning best seller by Jess Mowry, "Way Past Cool" is a coming-of-age story told in reverse, for it is the story of a group of young black kids and their fight to reclaim their childhood.
Director: Adam Davidson | Stars: Wayne Collins, Luchisha Evans, Terrence Williams, Kareem R. Woods
Votes: 64
7. A Warm December (1973)
PG | 99 min | Drama, Romance
An African-American doctor falls in love with the niece of an African ambassador during his vacation in London, but it turns out that she is suffering from a rare terminal illness.
Director: Sidney Poitier | Stars: Sidney Poitier, Ester Anderson, Yvette Curtis, George Baker
Votes: 808 | Gross: $0.37M
8. Disappearing Acts (2000 TV Movie)
R | 115 min | Drama, Romance
A couple in the midst of a tumultuous relationship fight to stay together.
Director: Gina Prince-Bythewood | Stars: Sanaa Lathan, Wesley Snipes, Michael Imperioli, Laz Alonso
Votes: 1,923
9. Cornbread, Earl and Me (1975)
PG | 95 min | Drama, Sport
A 12-year-old is traumatised by the murder of his friend, a star basketball player.
Director: Joseph Manduke | Stars: Moses Gunn, Rosalind Cash, Bernie Casey, Madge Sinclair
Votes: 1,059 | Gross: $0.78M
10. Off the Hook (1999 TV Movie)
PG | 108 min | Drama
Based on the true life experience of Walter Velasquez, a powerful story of two aspiring rappers from the Bronx who struggle to balance friendship, responsibility, and ambition.
Director: Adam Watstein | Stars: Walter Velasquez, Jamal Mackey, Pamela Johnson, Anthony Young
Votes: 32
11. Livin' Large! (1991)
R | 96 min | Comedy, Drama
A young black reporter begins to lose his identity.
Director: Michael Schultz | Stars: Terrence 'T.C.' Carson, Lisa Arrindell, Blanche Baker, Nathaniel Hall
Votes: 531 | Gross: $5.47M
12. A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story (1989 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 87 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
Mary Thomas is a single mother with nine children in a rough Chicago neighborhood. She struggles through poverty, resisting gangsters, violence and drugs while battling an indifferent city ... See full summary »
Director: John Patterson | Stars: Alfre Woodard, A.J. Johnson, Leon, Garland Spencer
Votes: 121
13. Our Song (2000)
R | 95 min | Drama
Focusing on the bonding between three girls in Brooklyn's "Jackie Robinson Steppers Marching Band" and the choices the girls face once their high school closes down for asbestos removal.
Director: Jim McKay | Stars: Kerry Washington, Anna Simpson, Melissa Martinez, The Jackie Robinson Steppers Marching Band
Votes: 852 | Gross: $0.25M
14. Something to Sing About (2000 TV Movie)
Unrated | Drama, Music
Tommy though a young man with the voice of an angel, but a record of an ex-con dreams of a steady job and a better life appear out of reach until Memaw, a spunky saint with a big heart, takes him under her wing.
Director: Charlie Jordan | Stars: Irma P. Hall, Darius McCrary, Tamera Mowry-Housley, Rashaan Nall
Votes: 297
15. How U Like Me Now (1992)
R | 110 min | Comedy, Romance
An ambitious yuppie, bored with her unmotivated boyfriend, moves out and starts an interracial relationship with a man she meets at a party. When things don't work out she goes home to find her ex has a surprise for her.
Director: Darryl Roberts | Stars: Darnell Williams, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Daniel Gardner, Debra Crable
Votes: 63 | Gross: $0.21M
16. Love Chronicles (2003)
R | 78 min | Drama, Romance
A disc jockey invites a relationship therapist as an on-air guest. They explore LA relationship struggles through three different callers' unbelievable stories, and in the process the DJ discovers his own love issues.
Director: Tyler Maddox | Stars: Terrence Howard, Monica Calhoun, Robin Givens, Paula Jai Parker
Votes: 174
17. Out-of-Sync (1995)
R | 105 min | Crime, Drama
A deejay and ex-con is forced to work with the police in an undercover drug sting targeting his boss.
Director: Debbie Allen | Stars: LL Cool J, Gene Anthony Ray, Mark Venturini, Aries Spears
Votes: 224 | Gross: $0.90M
18. Caught Up (1998)
R | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Daryl wants to go straight after years in prison. He meets a cute girl who helps him find an honest job driving. He wants to save up and open a nightclub. But then gems and mayhem pop up.
Director: Darin Scott | Stars: Bokeem Woodbine, Cynda Williams, Damon Saleem, Jeffrey Combs
Votes: 1,100 | Gross: $6.72M
19. Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored (1995)
PG | 115 min | Drama, Romance
A narrator tells the story of his childhood years in a tightly knit Afro-American community in the deep south under racial segregation.
Director: Tim Reid | Stars: Al Freeman Jr., Phylicia Rashad, Leon, Paula Kelly
Votes: 562 | Gross: $3.38M
20. Kingdom Come (2001)
PG | 94 min | Comedy, Drama
When a despicable family member thankfully expires, his relatives gather to comfort one another--and to settle old scores.
Director: Doug McHenry | Stars: LL Cool J, Jada Pinkett Smith, Vivica A. Fox, Loretta Devine
Votes: 2,438 | Gross: $23.25M
21. Bar-B-Q (2000 Video)
R | 96 min | Comedy
After a football-pro-turned-actor (John West) returns home to Atlanta for relaxation, he throws a barbecue for his friends that gets out of control.
Directors: Amanda Moss Serino, John Wes | Stars: Layzie Bone, Chanda Watts, Lea Griggs, Slyman
Votes: 99
22. The Cookout (2004)
PG-13 | 97 min | Comedy
Todd Anderson's life changes overnight when he signs a $30 million contract with the NBA. Determined not to forget who he is and where he's from, he throws a cookout for his family and friends from the hood, in his new neighborhood.
Director: Lance Rivera | Stars: Quran Pender, Jenifer Lewis, Ja Rule, Tim Meadows
Votes: 3,215 | Gross: $11.54M
23. Together for Days (1972)
PG | 84 min | Drama
A Black radical activist and a young White woman find themselves drawn to one another during the politically and racially-charged atmosphere of early 1970s America.
Director: Michael Schultz | Stars: Clifton Davis, Lois Chiles, Northern Calloway, Leonard Jackson
Votes: 113
24. Strictly Business (1991)
PG-13 | 83 min | Comedy, Romance
Sharp social satire in which the uneven friendship between an ambitious Black businessman and his streetwise pal is thrown into further confusion when the professional falls in love with a mind-numbingly gorgeous waitress.
Directors: Kevin Hooks, Rolando Hudson | Stars: Tommy Davidson, Joseph C. Phillips, Anne-Marie Johnson, David Marshall Grant
Votes: 2,251 | Gross: $7.68M
25. The Urban Demographic (2005)
93 min | Drama, Music
When Classical listening station KSOF changes it's format to Hip Hop it brings conflict between the old faction and the new Urban Demographic.
Director: Theron K. Cal | Stars: Christopher Roosevelt, Rico E. Anderson, Bobby Aronofsky, Jeremy Brandt
Votes: 43
26. Kinfolks (1998)
98 min | Comedy
Sean's family isn't just off the beaten path, they're on another road entirely. He's too embarrassed to have his girlfriend over to meet the folks. But Sean soon learns that with a little 'parental guidance' things always seem to work out.
Director: Epps Karl | Stars: Maia Campbell, Casey Lee, Stacii Jae Johnson, Monique Edwards
Votes: 20
27. 100 Kilos (2001 Video)
R | 89 min | Crime, Drama
The rise and fall of the Freeway Boyz, These group of young men sold millions of dollars of drugs in the streets of South Central Los Angeles, and inadvertently financed a CIA private war in Nicaragua.
Director: Rod S. Scott | Stars: Glenn Plummer, Dwayne Adway, Mane Rich Andrew, Ski Carr
Votes: 236
28. Hoover Park (1997)
100 min | Drama
The story follows young women with HIV in Los Angeles.
Director: Rod S. Scott | Stars: A.K. Braxton, Michelle Silveira, Laura Harring, Anthony Johnson
Votes: 27
29. Who Made the Potatoe Salad? (2006)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Romance
An urban romantic comedy about a young San Diego policeman who travels to Los Angeles with his fiancée to meet her dysfunctional family and announce their engagement.
Director: Coke Daniels | Stars: Jennia Fredrique Aponte, Daphne Bloomer, Michael Colyar, Kaleem Daniels
Votes: 507
30. Def by Temptation (1990)
R | 95 min | Horror
An evil succubus is preying on libidinous black men in New York City, and all that stands in her way is a minister-in-training, an aspiring actor, and a cop who specializes in cases involving the supernatural.
Director: James Bond III | Stars: James Bond III, Kadeem Hardison, Bill Nunn, Samuel L. Jackson
Votes: 2,408 | Gross: $2.22M
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