Independent Black Films
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1. Ghetto Stories (2010)
Not Rated | 60 min | Drama
In the streets of Baton Rouge, there are only two sides of the track. In the midst of a street war of South vs. North, Marcus Hatch (Lil Boosie) and Jai "Savage" Carter (Webbie) find ... See full summary »
Director: John McDougall | Stars: Nicole Alexander, Boosie Badazz, Ameer Baraka, Nigel Fleary
Votes: 250
2. First Lady II: Maria's Revenge (2019)
125 min | Drama
Maria had a chance to reap revenge on the man that took her world away. Now with a bounty on her head because she killed this man's wife, a war has begun.
Director: Dennis L. Reed II | Stars: Nicole Alexander, Kimeth Allan, Armetjir Amadi, Cheri Amor
Votes: 104
3. First Lady (2018)
96 min | Action, Drama
When Maria unknowingly falls for the man that killed the love of her life, all hell breaks loose.
Director: Dennis L. Reed II | Stars: Nicole Alexander, Lemastor Spratling, Kristin Clarke, Demaris Harvey
Votes: 255 | Gross: $1.32M
4. Plug Love (2017)
TV-MA | 116 min | Drama
When a woman realizes that being cheated on is not worth having the finer things in life, she stumbles upon the true definition of love.
Director: Derek Scott | Stars: Murda Pain, Lance Whittighton, Sino, Jessica R. Ryan
Votes: 575
5. McGraw Ave (2020– )
TV-MA | Action, Drama
Drug crews in southwest Detroit discover innovative reasons kill each other.
Stars: Nia Miranda, Murda Pain, Thomas L. Harris, Sino Harris
Votes: 232
6. Gas (2004)
R | 98 min | Comedy
Two feuding brothers inherit their father's gas station, and must run it together.
Director: Henry Chan | Stars: Art Evans, Khalil Kain, Flex Alexander, Jo Marie Payton
Votes: 160
7. Sweet Hideaway (2003)
Not Rated | 101 min | Comedy
Scam artist Price Brown was living the good life. Now, with detectives hot on his trail he hides out in his cousinââ'¬s wacky frat house. ââ'¬Â¦ but he just may be safer on the streets!
Director: Patrick McKnight | Stars: Patrick McKnight, Dane Hereford, Chip Joslin, Marco Antonio Rodriguez
Votes: 59
8. Built to Last (1997)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
An American television sitcom set in Washington, D.C. that centers around a family-run business headed by Royale Watkins. The series premiered September 24, 1997 on NBC and ended October 15, 1997 after airing 8 episodes.
Stars: Paul Winfield, Jeremy Suarez, Geoffrey Owens, Denise Dowse
Votes: 36
9. How to Be a Player (1997)
R | 93 min | Comedy
A playboy gets the tables turned on him when a party is arranged with all of the women he has been two-timing are in attendance.
Director: Lionel C. Martin | Stars: Bill Bellamy, Natalie Desselle Reid, Lark Voorhies, Mari Morrow
Votes: 9,201 | Gross: $13.96M
10. 5th Ward (2018– )
60 min | Drama
Mina, has been struggling to make ends meet - especially since the death of her husband 2 years ago. Now a single mother of 2 sons, Mina fears for their safety after an argument at a local convenience store leaves a young girl dead.
Stars: Mya, Carl Anthony Payne II, Gary Anthony Sturgis, Chris O'Neal
Votes: 338
11. Just Another Girl on the I.R.T. (1992)
R | 92 min | Drama, Romance
With hopes of becoming a doctor and not a product of her environment, a Brooklyn teenager is faced with numerous challenges that threaten her dreams.
Director: Leslie Harris | Stars: Ariyan A. Johnson, Kevin Thigpen, Ebony Jerido, Chequita Jackson
Votes: 1,365 | Gross: $0.48M
12. Straight Out of Brooklyn (1991)
R | 91 min | Crime, Drama
A young man living in poverty makes a plan to rob a drug dealer and change the life of his family.
Director: Matty Rich | Stars: George T. Odom, Ann D. Sanders, Lawrence Gilliard Jr., Barbara Sanon
Votes: 667
13. The Education of Sonny Carson (1974)
R | 104 min | Drama
A gifted young man is caught up in gang life.
Director: Michael Campus | Stars: Rony Clanton, Don Gordon, Joyce Walker, Paul Benjamin
Votes: 607 | Gross: $1.09M
14. The Reverend Do Wrong Ain't Right (2000)
75 min | Comedy
The Rev. Do Wrong Ain't Right is a 1990's urban television evangelism con where a daily inspirational show, "DoWrong In The A.M." is the launch pad for unbelievable shenanigans where Rev. ... See full summary »
Director: D. Mark Grieshop | Stars: Lester Bibbs, Tobin Costen, Side 2 Side
15. Rivers Wash Over Me (2009)
Not Rated | 87 min | Drama, Romance
After his mother dies, Sequan, a sensitive teenager from Brooklyn, moves in with relatives living in a small town plagued with secrets hidden deep within its lush, rural Alabama terrain. ... See full summary »
Director: John G. Young | Stars: Julia Carothers Hughes, Elizabeth Dennis, Terrance Epps, Tina Jetter
Votes: 230
16. 2 aces and a dirty heart (2017)
Crime
Two hustlers come up the hard way. When a group of savage stick up boys start terrorizing the city.
Director: Alex Acosta | Stars: Stephen D. Barrett II, Milas Biggar, One Way Boobe, Chaka
Votes: 8
17. DWB: Dating While Black (2018)
99 min | Comedy
Dating While Black is a very honest and comedic look at the dating process through the eyes of several individuals.
Director: Van Elder | Stars: Brandon Fobbs, Eddie Goines, Keena Ferguson, Terry Dexter
Votes: 64
18. The Visit (I) (2000)
R | 107 min | Drama
A young man dying in prison brings his family together for a fateful visit, and proceeds to put his life back together.
Director: Jordan Walker-Pearlman | Stars: Obba Babatundé, Rae Dawn Chong, Charmin Lee White, Terrell
Votes: 286 | Gross: $0.19M
19. Bigger (2019–2021)
TV-14 | Comedy, Romance
A woman living in East Atlanta wonders if there is something bigger and better in life.
Stars: Tanisha Long, Tristen J. Winger, Chase Anthony, Rasheda Crockett
Votes: 367
20. 4Play (2014)
Drama
Todd is at the pinnacle of his game; a great job, great friends and more women than he knows what to do with. He owns a lounge that frequents some of the finest women and talent mid-town ... See full summary »
Director: Paul D. Hannah | Stars: Wesley Jonathan, Paula Jai Parker, Jaleel White, Angell Conwell
Votes: 82
21. Real Husbands of Hollywood (2013– )
TV-14 | 21 min | Comedy
Kevin Hart and other celebrities play a comic fictionalized version of themselves in this parody of similarly named reality shows. Episodes often feature Kevin Hart's attempts to gain celebrity and his jealousy of his friends.
Stars: Duane Martin, Kevin Hart, Nick Cannon, Nelly
Votes: 4,494
22. Confessions (I) (2006)
Not Rated | 96 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A story revealing a woman's struggle to find balance as she fights a secret addiction while struggling to save her family and find herself.
Director: Lawrence Page | Stars: Tamala Jones, Lynn Whitfield, Bokeem Woodbine, Angell Conwell
Votes: 190
23. Turnt (2020)
85 min | Drama
This is a story of a young man named Kenny Stanford who had dreams of being an Successful artist in the music industry, but these dreams were cut short.
Director: Mann Robinson | Stars: Marian Berry, Torrei Hart, Benzino, Nicole Alexander
Votes: 2,335
24. Super Turnt (2022)
104 min | Drama
Libaraiers "Rilla" Stanford, has just been released from prison and finds that his immediate world has changed, knowing that the dangers of the streets remain the same, his only mission it to take care of his 6yr old son, Kevin.
Director: Mann Robinson | Stars: Harry Lennix, Patrice Fisher, Jamal Woolard, Torrei Hart
Votes: 92
25. Perfectly Single (2019)
TV-14 | 98 min | Comedy
A conservative and socially awkward optometrist decides to take a leap of faith on quest for fulfillment in a male companion at the urging of her friends as a last-ditch effort to find ... See full summary »
Director: Van Elder | Stars: Gerald 'Slink' Johnson, Omar Gooding, DomiNque Perry, J. Alphonse Nicholson
Votes: 55
26. Shot (II) (2001)
R | 98 min | Action, Crime
He thought he knew what life was about. He was dead wrong. Rob's an ambitious photographer who is trying to boost his career. He attempts to document life in the 'hood and hooks up with a ... See full summary »
Director: Roger Roth | Stars: Brandon Karrer, Trent Cameron, Nadège August, Charles Dirden III
Votes: 182
27. Side Streets (1998)
PG-13 | 116 min | Comedy
Staten Island cab-driver Bipin Raj picks up a passenger and mistakes her for a movie star; he tells her that his brother, Vikram Raj, is a Bollywood megastar with millions of fans and is ... See full summary »
Director: Tony Gerber | Stars: Shabana Azmi, Valeria Golino, Shashi Kapoor, Leon
Votes: 272
28. Honor Up (2018)
R | 84 min | Action, Adventure
A drug lord's lieutenant struggles to protect his crime family and his own honor after a shootout.
Director: Damon Dash | Stars: Damon Dash, Cam'ron, Murda Mook, Nicholas Turturro
Votes: 312
29. Grad Night (2006)
Unrated | 89 min | Comedy, Drama
Nine friends one crazy night, grad night.
Director: Michael T. Fitzgerald Jr. | Stars: Coolio, Sam Sarpong, Aloma Wright, Howard Mungo
Votes: 750
30. Roscoe's House of Chicken n Waffles (2004 Video)
Not Rated | 89 min | Comedy
To save the live of his friend Roscoe from the clutches of organized criminals, Clyde must devise a way to create a world-class recipe and then turn a struggling cafe into a legendary soul-food restaurant.
Director: Kennedy Goldsby | Stars: Glenn Plummer, Anthony Johnson, Merlynne Williams, Kitra
Votes: 79
31. Jury of Our Peers (2008)
93 min | Thriller
The story of a group of friends whose devotion to each other is tested when one of them is raped, and another one is murdered at a weekend party. Now they are forced to take the law into their own hands.
Director: Ruhkiya S. Williams | Stars: Chaysen Beacham, Angell Conwell, Debra Glenn, Joyce Glenn
Votes: 71
32. The Last Dragon (1985)
PG-13 | 109 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
In New York City, a young man searches for a Master to obtain the final level of martial arts mastery known as the Glow.
Director: Michael Schultz | Stars: Taimak, Vanity, Christopher Murney, Julius Carry
Votes: 17,491 | Gross: $25.75M
33. Ganja & Hess (1973)
R | 112 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
After being stabbed with an ancient, germ-infested knife, a doctor's assistant finds himself with an insatiable desire for blood.
Director: Bill Gunn | Stars: Duane Jones, Marlene Clark, Bill Gunn, Sam L. Waymon
Votes: 2,598 | Gross: $0.02M
34. Da Sweet Blood of Jesus (2014)
Not Rated | 123 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
An anthropologist awakes with a thirst for blood after an assistant stabs him with a cursed dagger.
Director: Spike Lee | Stars: Stephen Tyrone Williams, Zaraah Abrahams, Rami Malek, Elvis Nolasco
Votes: 1,945
35. Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror (2019)
Not Rated | 83 min | Documentary
A look at the history of black horror films and the role of African Americans in the film genre from the very beginning.
Director: Xavier Burgin | Stars: Rusty Cundieff, Ernest R. Dickerson, Robin R. Means Coleman, Jordan Peele
Votes: 2,093
36. True to the Game 3 (2021)
R | 98 min | Crime, Romance, Thriller
The trilogy picks right up where True 2 left us. Gena's awakes to find that her mysterious savior is Quadir. Before happily ever after, Gena has 72 hours to go back to Philly to check on Bria and Gah Git and let them know of her plans.
Director: David Wolfgang | Stars: Malik Barnhardt, Starletta DuPois, Omar Gooding, Iyana Halley
Votes: 357
37. True to the Game 2 (2020)
R | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
After her friend's death, a NYC journalist becomes the target of a criminal looking to collect on a debt.
Director: Jamal Hill | Stars: Vivica A. Fox, Andra Fuller, Rotimi, Erica Peeples
Votes: 494
38. Love Under New Management: The Miki Howard Story (2016)
Not Rated | 120 min | Biography
Story of Miki Howard, an American R&B and Jazz singer, whose hits include "Ain't Nobody Like You" and "Ain't Nuthin' in the World."
Director: Christine Swanson | Stars: Teyonah Parris, Gary Dourdan, Darius McCrary, Amari Cheatom
Votes: 231
39. Two Wolves (II) (2018)
95 min | Drama
Two wolves is an urban thriller drama that builds on the story of Special Agent Artemis in a world of secrets, mystery and intrigue. As a child, Artemis watched his family get torn apart.
Director: Mykel Shannon Jenkins | Stars: Gabriel B. Alexander, Francisco Antonio, David Blak, Elias Cecil
Votes: 74
40. Dutch (I) (2021)
R | 109 min | Action
For Dutch, survival is the ultimate score, and power is the deadliest high of all. When he gains control of an African drug lord's stolen heroin business, Dutch quickly makes it the most feared drug empire on the East Coast.
Director: Preston A. Whitmore II | Stars: Lance Gross, Malcolm David Kelley, Robert Costanzo, Natasha Marc
Votes: 588
41. Friends and More (2019– )
50 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
30-something lesbians of color living in southern California struggle with their tangled love lives.
Stars: Cassandra Blair, Shelli Boone, Niketta Scott, Emily Torres
42. Uncle Tom's Fairy Tales (1969)
40 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
While it's unclear what the film was about, it is believed that it followed a group of Black Panthers who kidnap a wealthy white man and put him on trial for all the racial crimes in American history.
Director: Penelope Spheeris | Stars: Richard Pryor, Franklyn Ajaye
Votes: 40
43. Cindy (1978 TV Movie)
98 min | Musical
This version of the Cinderella tale with an all-black cast has Cinderella, who wants to marry a dashing army officer, finding out out that her father, who she thought had an important job ... See full summary »
Director: William A. Graham | Stars: Charlayne Woodard, Cleavant Derricks, Mae Mercer, Clifton Davis
Votes: 214
44. Goodbye Uncle Tom (1971)
Unrated | 123 min | Drama
Two documentary filmmakers go back in time to the pre-Civil War American South, to film the slave trade.
Directors: Gualtiero Jacopetti, Franco Prosperi | Stars: Stefano Sibaldi, Susan Hampshire, Dick Gregory, Gualtiero Jacopetti
Votes: 1,752
45. The Six Thousand Dollar Nigger (1978)
R | 80 min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Super Soul Brother was originally going to be the "Black Superman". However, it ended up an action comedy. Wildman Steve plays a bum who agrees to allow an experimental drug to be ... See full summary »
Director: Rene Martinez Jr. | Stars: Steve Gallon, Joycelyn Norris, Benny Latimore, Peter Conrad
Votes: 232
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