African-American films

Richard Pryor: Here and Now

Film Age rating: 17 Year: 1983 IMDB Rating: 7.2

One of comedian Richard Pryor's later stand-up performances. As foul-mouthed as ever, Pryor touches on most of the same topics as in his previous live shows.

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Men of Honor

Film Age rating: 13 Year: 2000 IMDB Rating: 7.2

Against formidable odds -- and an old-school diving instructor embittered by the U.S. Navy's new, less prejudicial policies -- Carl Brashear sets his sights on becoming the Navy's first African-Americ...

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Dope

Film Age rating: 15 Year: 2015 IMDB Rating: 7.2

Malcolm is carefully surviving life in a tough neighborhood in Los Angeles while juggling college applications, academic interviews, and the SAT. A chance invitation to an underground party leads him...

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Fences

Film Age rating: 10 Year: 2016 IMDB Rating: 7.2

In 1950s Pittsburgh, a frustrated African-American father struggles with the constraints of poverty, racism, and his own inner demons as he tries to raise a family.

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Friday

Film Age rating: 15 Year: 1995 IMDB Rating: 7.2

Craig and Smokey are two guys in Los Angeles hanging out on their porch on a Friday afternoon, smoking and drinking, looking for something to do.

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The Butler

Film Age rating: 12 Year: 2013 IMDB Rating: 7.2

A look at the life of Cecil Gaines who served eight presidents as the White House's head butler from 1952 to 1986, and had a unique front-row seat as political and racial history was made.

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Rosewood

Film Age rating: 16 Year: 1997 IMDB Rating: 7.2

Spurred by a white woman's lie, vigilantes destroy a black Florida town and slay inhabitants in 1923.

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Eve's Bayou

Film Age rating: 12 Year: 1997 IMDB Rating: 7.2

Summer heats up in rural Louisiana beside Eve’s Bayou, 1962, as the Batiste family tries to survive the secrets they’ve kept and the betrayals they’ve endured.

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Love & Basketball

Film Age rating: 7 Year: 2000 IMDB Rating: 7.2

Monica Wright and Quincy McCall grew up in the same neighborhood and have known each other since childhood. As they grow into adulthood, they fall in love, but they also share another all-consuming pa...

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