Black Stories Movies

Dramas

A Low Down Dirty Shame

Keenen Ivory Wayans plays an L.A. detective who deals with drug lords, dirty cops and dames in this comic caper.

R • Adventure, Black Stories • Movie (1994)

Juice

Four Harlem teenagers hold up a store and get hooked on the thrill of chasing power and profit.

R • Black Stories, Drama • Movie (1992)

Drumline

A talented marching band drummer's inability to march to anything but his own beat lands him in hot water at a Georgia university.

PG-13 • Black Stories, Drama • Movie (2002)

Waiting to Exhale

Four young Phoenix women lean on each other for support while dealing with their share of bad relationships.

R • Black Stories, Drama • Movie (1995)

The Color Purple

Celie, a Southern Black woman, gains self-respect as she strives to educate herself and to find love--despite an abusive spouse and a society biased against her race and her sex.

PG-13 • Black Stories, Drama • Movie (1985)

Rules of Engagement

Tommy Lee Jones and Samuel L. Jackson star in this riveting saga of a veteran Marine who is made the scapegoat of an ill-fated mission.

R • Black Stories, Drama • Movie (2000)

Imagine That

A stressed-out executive discovers that his daughter's fantasy world of imaginary princesses contains the answers to all his problems.

PG • Fantasy, Black Stories • Movie (2009)

Vacation Friends

A couple meets up with another couple while on vacation in Mexico, but their friendship takes an awkward turn when they get back home.

R • Black Stories, Drama • Movie (2021)

Kidnap

A mother stops at nothing to recover her kidnapped son.

R • Black Stories, Thriller • Movie (2017)

The United States vs. Billie Holiday

Billie Holiday spent much of her career being adored by fans. In the 1940’s, the government targeted Holiday in a growing effort to racialize the war on drugs, ultimately aiming to stop her from singing her controversial ballad, “Strange Fruit.”

R • Black Stories, Drama • Movie (2021)

Finding Forrester

From Academy Award-nominated director Gus Van Sant and starring Academy Award-winning actor Sean Connery, comes a drama about a unique relationship between an eccentric, reclusive novelist and a young, amazingly gifted scholar-athlete.

PG-13 • Black Stories, Drama • Movie (2000)

The Great Debaters

Professor Melvin Tolson (Denzel Washington), a brilliant but volatile debate team coach, uses the power of words to shape a group of underdog students from a small African American college in the deep south into a historically elite debate team.

PG-13 • Black Stories, Drama • Movie (2007)

Ricochet

Denzel Washington stars as an assistant D.A. who must face off against an ex-con he put away who is out of prison--and out for revenge.

R • Black Stories, Drama • Movie (1991)

Rye Lane

Yas (Vivian Oparah) and Dom (David Jonsson), two 20-somethings both reeling from bad break-ups, connect over the course of an eventful day in South London-helping each other deal with their nightmare exes, and potentially restoring their faith in romance.

TVMA • International, Black Stories • Movie (2023)

Bruiser

During summer break, 14-year-old Darious explores the boundaries of his manhood through tumultuous interactions with Malcolm his strict father and a burgeoning mentorship with mysterious drifter Porter.

TVMA • Black Stories, Drama • Movie (2023)

Saint Omer

A young novelist Rama attends the trial of a woman accused of killing her 15-month-old daughter. As the trial continues, the words of the accused and witness testimonies will shake Rama and call into question our own judgement.

PG-13 • Black Stories, Drama • Movie (2022)

The Inspection

A young, gay Black man with few options for his future decides to join the Marines, willing to do whatever it takes to prove himself to his estranged mother and triumph in a system that would otherwise cast him aside. However, even as he battles deep-seated prejudice and the grueling rigor of basic training, he finds unexpected camaraderie, strength and support in this new community, giving him a hard-won sense of belonging that shapes his identity and forever changes his life.

R • LGBTQ+, Black Stories • Movie (2022)

Straight Outta Compton

The powerhouse drama of legendary hip hop group N.W.A. and its trio of superstar performers is told in this pulse-pounding biopic.

R • Black Stories, Drama • Movie (2015)

Good Deeds

An upstanding businessman finds his upcoming marriage thrown into question when his connection with a down-on-her-luck cleaning woman turns unexpectedly romantic.

TV14 • Black Stories, Drama • Movie (2012)

Doctor Dolittle

A workaholic doctor estranged from his family rediscovers his ability to communicate with animals, which turns his life upside down.

PG-13 • Black Stories, Family • Movie (1998)

Starkeisha

Inspired by songs from Music For The Movement, a young woman is sent on an intense journey though her own subconscious that challenge her ideas of self-identity.

TVPG • Adventure, Black Stories • Movie (2022)

Origin

While investigating the global phenomenon of caste and its dark influence on society, a journalist faces unfathomable personal loss and uncovers the beauty of human resilience.

PG-13 • Black Stories, Drama • Movie (2023)

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