7.4
Michael Jackson’s Journey from Motown to Off the Wall
IMDb: 7.4 2016 93 min
Director Spike Lee chronicles Michael Jackson’s early rise to fame.
5.9
Chi-Raq
IMDb: 5.9 2015 127 min
A modern day adaptation of the ancient Greek play Lysistrata by Aristophanes, set against the backdrop of gang violence in Chicago.
7
Jerrod Carmichael: Love at the Store
IMDb: 7 2014 54 min
Rising comedy star Jerrod Carmichael takes to the stage of The Comedy Store in Hollywood, CA where he comically subverts such subjects as ...
7.3
Passing Strange
IMDb: 7.3 2009 135 min
A young black artist leaves his Los Angeles digs and travels to Europe to find himself. A theatrical stage production of the original Broadway musical.
4.5
Da Sweet Blood of Jesus
IMDb: 4.5 2015 123 min
Dr. Hess Green becomes cursed by a mysterious ancient African artifact and is overwhelmed with a newfound thirst for blood. Soon after his ...
7.3
Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth
IMDb: 7.3 2013 90 min
Mike Tyson’s one-man show is a fascinating journey into his storied life and career. MIKE TYSON: UNDISPUTED TRUTH is a rare, personal look ...
5.3
Red Hook Summer
IMDb: 5.3 2012 125 min
When his mom deposits him at the Red Hook housing project in Brooklyn to spend the summer with the grandfather he’s never met, young Flik may as ...
5.8
Oldboy
IMDb: 5.8 2013 104 min 2 views
A man has only three and a half days and limited resources to discover why he was imprisoned in a nondescript room for 20 years without any ...
6.6
Kobe Doin’ Work
IMDb: 6.6 2009 88 min 1 views
A documentary following Kobe Bryant during one day of the 2008 NBA playoffs.
6.1
Miracle at St. Anna
IMDb: 6.1 2008 160 min 2 views
Miracle at St. Anna chronicles the story of four American soldiers who are members of the all-black 92nd “Buffalo Soldier” Division ...
7.6
Inside Man
IMDb: 7.6 2006 129 min 1 views
When an armed, masked gang enter a Manhattan bank, lock the doors and take hostages, the detective assigned to effect their release enters ...
5.3
She Hate Me
IMDb: 5.3 2004 139 min 1 views
Fired from his job, a former executive turns to impregnating wealthy lesbians for profit.
6.7
Sucker Free City
IMDb: 6.7 2004 113 min 1 views
The film follows three young men as they are drawn into lives of crime. Nick (Crowley) uses his entry-level corporate job to commit credit card ...
7.6
25th Hour
IMDb: 7.6 2002 135 min 1 views
In New York City in the days following the events of 9/11, Monty Brogan is a convicted drug dealer about to start a seven-year prison sentence, ...
6.8
The Original Kings of Comedy
IMDb: 6.8 2000 115 min 1 views
The house is rockin’ and the laughs are rollin’ as comedians Steve Harvey (The Steve Harvey Show), D.L. Hughley (The Hughleys), ...
6.7
Bamboozled
IMDb: 6.7 2000 136 min
Frustrated when network brass reject his sitcom idea, producer Pierre Delacroix pitches the worst idea he can think of in an attempt to get ...
8.1
John Leguizamo: Freak
IMDb: 8.1 1998 90 min 1 views
John Leguizamo’s semi-falsified, one-man stand-up performance as…himself. This is his autobiographical story, about his life growing ...
6.7
Summer of Sam
IMDb: 6.7 1999 142 min 1 views
During the summer of 1977, a killer known as the Son of Sam keeps all of New York City on edge with a series of brutal murders.
6.9
He Got Game
IMDb: 6.9 1998 136 min 1 views
A basketball player’s father must try to convince him to go to a college so he can get a shorter prison sentence.
5.3
Girl 6
IMDb: 5.3 1996 108 min 1 views
A struggling actress in New York City takes a job as a phone sex operator.
6.9
Get on the Bus
IMDb: 6.9 1996 120 min 1 views
Several Black men take a cross-country bus trip to attend the Million Man March in Washington, DC in 1995. On the bus are an eclectic set of ...
6.9
Clockers
IMDb: 6.9 1995 128 min 2 views
Strike is a young city drug pusher under the tutelage of drug lord Rodney Little. When a night manager at a fast-food restaurant is found with ...
7
Crooklyn
IMDb: 7 1994 114 min 1 views
From Spike Lee comes this vibrant semi-autobiographical portrait of a school-teacher, her stubborn jazz-musician husband and their five kids ...
7.7
Malcolm X
IMDb: 7.7 1992 202 min 1 views
A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the ...
6.6
Jungle Fever
IMDb: 6.6 1991 132 min 1 views
A successful and married black man contemplates having an affair with a white girl from work. He’s quite rightly worried that the racial ...
6.7
Mo’ Better Blues
IMDb: 6.7 1990 129 min 1 views
Talented but self-centered trumpeter Bleek Gilliam is obsessed with his music and indecisiveness about his girlfriends Indigo and Clarke. But ...
7.9
Do the Right Thing
IMDb: 7.9 1989 120 min 1 views
Salvatore “Sal” Fragione is the Italian owner of a pizzeria in Brooklyn. A neighborhood local, Buggin’ Out, becomes upset when ...
6.1
School Daze
IMDb: 6.1 1988 121 min
Fraternity and sorority members clash with other students at a historically black college during homecoming weekend.
6.8
She’s Gotta Have It
IMDb: 6.8 1986 84 min 1 views
The story of Nola Darling’s simultaneous sexual relationships with three different men is told by her and by her partners and other ...
6.2
Rodney King
IMDb: 6.2 2017 52 min 1 views
25 years ago, four LAPD officers were acquitted in a state court for beating King, sparking three days of rioting that left 53 people dead. Now, ...