Black Holiday Movies
Movies with a Christmas or Holiday theme featuring Black leads to watch
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- DirectorRon OliverStarsTatyana AliDondré T. WhitfieldDennis HaysbertA hotshot lawyer returns to her childhood home following a death in the family.
- DirectorLeslie SmallStarsRomany MalcoSonequa Martin-GreenDarlene LoveAfter his sudden firing, a popular radio DJ moves in with his aunt, bringing along his four spoiled children, and a plan to return to the airwaves.
- DirectorArthur Allan SeidelmanStarsCicely TysonMichael WarrenSammy Davis Jr.A family is torn apart at Christmas when the wife of a couple trying to adopt a son is killed in a car accident and the husband, a musician, is deemed unfit to raise a child.
- DirectorRichard SchenkmanStarsVanessa WilliamsRozonda 'Chilli' ThomasJohn TaylorIn this remake of Charles Dickens' classic "A Christmas Carol", a cold-hearted superstar singer gets a reality check when she meets three Christmas spirits who would change her miserly ways for the better.
- DirectorTibor TakácsStarsTamera Mowry-HousleyBrooks DarnellKendall CrossWhen her boss steals her idea for their magazine's cover story, Emma searches for a Christmas miracle to write about with the help of her son and the handsome staff photographer.
- DirectorWayne WangStarsQueen LatifahLL Cool JTimothy HuttonUpon learning of a terminal illness, a shy woman decides to sell all her possessions and live it up at a posh Central European hotel.
- DirectorPreston A. Whitmore IIStarsRegina KingColumbus ShortDelroy LindoA Christmastime drama centered around the Whitfield family's first holiday together in four years.
- DirectorMalcolm D. LeeStarsMonica CalhounMorris ChestnutMelissa De SousaWhen college friends reunite after 15 years over the Christmas holidays, they discover just how easy it is for long-forgotten rivalries and romances to be reignited.
- DirectorPeter SullivanStarsTatyana AliCornelius Smith Jr.Loretta DevineA successful jingle writer is cajoled into returning to her hometown to write a song for the 50th anniversary of the annual Christmas Eve concert.
- DirectorPeter SullivanStarsTia MowryRob MayesJackée HarryA big city advertising executive inherits her great-aunt's inn and heads to the small Alaskan town where it's located to get it ready for sale.
- DirectorPat KielyStarsJerrika HintonChristian VincentKaren GlaveChristmas in the charming town of Briar Falls will be bittersweet this year when architect Nell (Hinton) goes back to her hometown having been given the job of turning the historic Majestic Playhouse into a modern multiplex, much to the town's objections. The Playhouse has been home to their annual Christmas tableaux, which will now have to end after a long and historic tradition to the town. This job is Nell's first promotion, and one she wishes she hadn't been chosen for, especially when she meets the new owner of the theater, Connor (Vincent), whose vision and ideas clash with Nell's. Since Connor hasn't had much experience celebrating Christmas, Nell hopes that if she can give him a crash course in Christmas during the town's Twelve Day Festival, that he might just change his mind about modernizing the Majestic.
- DirectorRichard GabaiStarsTia MowryDuane HenryJordana LajoieWith Christmas just weeks away, the architecture firm Taylor works for enters her in a contest in which the teams will design and build life-sized gingerbread houses. After the contest, Taylor will likely be getting a promotion to a position in another city. The firm teams her up with Annabelle, a renowned French pastry chef with whom Taylor instantly locks horns. When Annabelle backs out, Taylor stumbles into a local bakery and meets Adam, a baker and single dad. In an act of desperation, Taylor convinces Adam to partner with her for the contest, arguing that winning would give the bakery and his designs much-needed exposure. For years Taylor has been resistant to call anywhere 'home' for fear it will only be temporary. But the time she spends with Adam and his daughter in their cozy home, decorating for the holidays and exploring the town at Christmas, fills her with a longing for a place to call home.
- DirectorBradley WalshStarsKat GrahamQuincy BrownEthan PeckA struggling but talented photographer inherits an antique holiday advent calendar, the contents of which seem to predict the future. Will this magical calendar lead her to love this holiday season?
- DirectorPenny MarshallStarsDenzel WashingtonWhitney HoustonCourtney B. VanceAn angel comes to Earth to help a preacher save his church and his family.
- DirectorKenny YoungStarsErica AshRedaric WilliamsEva MarcilleBefore finalizing their divorce on Christmas Day, Regina returns to the Chesterton Hotel where Franklin and she were originally married, only to meet an eccentric millionaire whose affection towards her forces Regina to come to grips with the choice she's facing.
- DirectorDavid E. TalbertStarsKimberly EliseOmar EppsDanny GloverA dysfunctional family gathers together for their first Christmas since their mom died.
- DirectorKasi LemmonsStarsForest WhitakerAngela BassettJennifer HudsonA 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.
- DirectorLance RiveraStarsGabrielle UnionMorris ChestnutQueen LatifahA young girl turns to a department store Santa in the hopes that he will help find a new husband for her divorced mother.
- DirectorMichael DoughertyStarsAdam ScottToni ColletteDavid KoechnerA boy who has a bad Christmas accidentally summons a festive demon to his family home.
- DirectorRoger MelvinStarsTamara BassChace BeckDawn HalfkennyTo appease her family during the holidays, a single woman pretends to be engaged to her employee.
- DirectorDrew PowellStarsMalinda WilliamsVictoria RowellKaron RileyIn the sequel to the popular UP Original Movie "Marry Me For Christmas", it's a year after Marci and Blair declared their love for each other and decided to tie the knot. But as the big day approaches, Marci is so consumed with work that she hasn't had time to plan her wedding. To make matters worse, she may have to team up with former assistant/fake fiancé Adam to win a project she's been vying for--a little tidbit she hasn't shared with Blair. But as it turns out, Blair has his own secret: thanks to years of doing pro bono work for financially-strapped clients, he's rapidly running out of cash and might need to accept an offer to work for his longtime nemesis, Marci's manipulative cousin Preston. Meanwhile, Marci's mother Stephanie is making some rather bold moves with her sexy salsa teacher Antonio, who's more than a little smitten with her--and about 20 years her junior. Will there be a wedding for Christmas? If so, whose will it be?
- DirectorRhonda BarakaStarsMaria ArtisNadej K. BaileyNicole BeyserAt Christmastime, none of the Chandlers seem to have the holiday spirit except for Stephanie. Marci and Blair are obsessing over being the perfect parents, Myra and Donald have retired and suddenly feel useless, and Elizabeth is bending over backward to get a promotion at work. That is, until a group of kids at an orphanage helps the family realize that there's more to Christmas than wrapping gifts and baking cookies.
- DirectorRhonda BarakaStarsMalinda WilliamsVictoria RowellKaron RileyMarci throws herself into preparing for Christmas and building her new event-planning business. But when the business gets off to a rocky start and members of her family face their own hardships, Marci steps up to help everyone have a good holiday.
- DirectorRhonda BarakaStarsDavid AlexanderNadej K. BaileyJay JonesThe Chandlers pack up and head to a cabin for maximum holiday fun. With old feuds, new feuds, and a heap of holiday stress, the Chandler family must pull together to make this the best Christmas ever.
- DirectorBosede WilliamsStarsThomas CadrotJaime M. CallicaThalia CampbellA woman trying to get her dysfunctional family to look picture-perfect for the holidays falls in love with her neighbor amid the chaos.
- DirectorSharon LewisStarsBresha WebbJaime M. CallicaAiden StoxxLifetime's first-ever Christmas sequel follow Jacquie as she and Tyler try to plan their perfect destination Christmas wedding. Naturally, Jacquie's plans go awry when her boisterous family intervenes in her planning and her snooty wedding planner quits in protest. While nothing goes as initially planned, Jacquie and Tyler get a Christmas wedding more memorable than they could have ever dreamed.
- DirectorKelly Fyffe-MarshallStarsCarolyn AdairThomas CadrotJaime M. CallicaThe Liddle family has much to be merry about this Christmas as Jacquie and Tyler prepare for the arrival of their first baby, while her sister Treena and her husband Julian are thinking about adoption.