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| | | The post-apocalyptic film stars Denzel Washington and is directed by the Hughes brothers. |
| Brooklyn's Finest | | | The crime film, directed by Antoine Fuqua, stars Don Cheadle and Wesley Snipes (along with Richard Gere and Ethan Hawke). The film is set in Brownsville, Brooklyn. |
| Death at a Funeral | | | The black comedy film is an American remake of the British film and features a predominantly black cast. |
| For Colored Girls | | | The tragedy film, directed by Tyler Perry, is an adaptation of Ntozake Shange's play about black women. The film stars Janet Jackson, Loretta Devine, Kimberly Elise, Hill Harper, Michael Ealy, Omari Hardwick Thandie Newton, Whoopi Goldberg, Kerry Washington, Macy Gray, Anika Noni Rose and Phylicia Rashad. |
| I Will Follow | | | The independent drama film, directed by Ava DuVernay, follows a woman who grieves over her aunt's recent death.[2] |
| Just Wright | | | The romantic comedy film stars Queen Latifah as a physical therapist who falls in love with professional basketball player, played by Common. |
| | | The martial arts film, starring Jaden Smith, is a remake of the 1984 film of the same name. |
| Lottery Ticket | | | The comedy film is directed by Erik White and features an ensemble cast of black actors. |
| Night Catches Us | | | The drama film, directed by Tanya Hamilton, is set in 1976 and stars Anthony Mackie as a former Black Panther who returns to his hometown of Philadelphia. Kerry Washington also stars as the widow of a slain Panther. |
| Our Family Wedding | | | The romantic comedy film about an interracial relationship is directed by Rick Famuyiwa and stars Forest Whitaker and Lance Gross (along with America Ferrara and Carlos Mencia). |
| Preacher's Kid | | | The Christian drama film stars LeToya Luckett, Kiki Sheard, Durrell Babbs, Clifton Powell, Gregalan Williams, and Sharif Atkins. |
| Speed-Dating | | | The comedy film revolves around three black bachelors, played by Wesley Jonathan, Chico Benymon, and Leonard Robinson. |
| Takers | | | The action crime drama thriller film features an ensemble cast that includes Idris Elba, Michael Ealy, Tip "T.I." Harris, and Chris Brown. |
| Why Did I Get Married Too? | | | The comedy-drama film, produced and directed by Tyler Perry, is a sequel to Why Did I Get Married? and features a black cast. | |
| Film | Date | Description |
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| Acrimony | | | |
| And Breathe Normally | | | The Icelandic drama film features two women—a single Icelandic mother and an African political asylum seeker—whose lives intersect. |
| BlacKkKlansman | | | The American comedy-drama film, set in the early 1970s, features a black detective who infiltrates the Ku Klux Klan chapter in Colorado Springs. |
| Black Panther | | | The superhero film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe features the black superhero Black Panther. It became the ninth-highest-grossing film of all time (at the peak of the movie's success), the third-highest-grossing film in the U.S. and Canada, and the second-highest-grossing film of 2018. |
| Blindspotting | | | The American comedy-drama film features two friends, a black man and a white man, who work as movers and experience the gentrification of the neighborhood in Oakland, California where they grew up. |
| | | The American romantic drama film, set on the night of the 2016 United States Presidential election, features a Los Angeles club promoter who meets a visitor from the Midwestern United States, and the two embark on a journey to challenge each other and realize their dreams. |
| Brian Banks | | | |
| Burden | | | The drama film features a member of the Ku Klux Klan in 1996 South Carolina who tries to leave the organization with the help of an African-American pastor. |
| Canal Street | | | |
| Come Sunday | | | The drama film stars an evangelist who preaches that there is no hell and is subsequently kicked out of his church. |
| Crime + Punishment | | | |
| Farming | | | |
| | | The horror film, the fourth installment in the Purge franchise, features black and brown perspectives.[8] |
| Green Book | | | The American comedy-drama, based on a true story, follows African-American classical pianist Don Shirley being transported around concerts in the American South by a racist Italian-American driver. |
| Hale County This Morning, This Evening | | | |
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| If Beale Street Could Talk | | | The film, directed by Barry Jenkins, is an adaptation of If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin. |
| King in the Wilderness | | | The documentary film explores the last years of Martin Luther King Jr. |
| Mariannes Noires | | | [9] |
| Matangi/Maya/M.I.A. | | | The documentary features the Sri Lankan artist and musician M.I.A. |
| Minding the Gap | | | The documentary features three skateboarding friends in Rockford, Illinois, including a black teenager whose experience differs from his friends'. |
| Monster | | | The drama film is based on the novel of the same name by Walter Dean Myers. |
| Monsters and Men | | | The drama film features a black man in Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn who catches on video the wrongful shooting by a white police officer and who faces a dilemma about releasing the video or not. The film also explores others' lives based on the fallout from the shooting. |
| Mr. Soul! | | | |
| Night Comes On | | | The drama film features a black woman who is released from juvenile detention on her 18th birthday. She teams up with her ten-year-old sister to avenge their mother's death. |
| Night School | | | The American comedy film is directed by Malcolm D. Lee, produced by Will Packer, and stars Kevin Hart (who also produced) and Tiffany Haddish. |
| Proud Mary | | | In the action thriller film, Taraji P. Henson plays hitwoman Mary. |
| | | After learning that emergency shelters are at full capacity when a brutal Midwestern cold front makes its way to Cincinnati, Ohio, a large group of homeless library patrons refuse to leave the downtown public library at closing time. |
| Quincy | | | The American documentary film features the life of American record producer, singer and film producer Quincy Jones. |
| Sorry to Bother You | | | The comedy film, set in Oakland, California, features a telemarketer who discovers a magical ability that empowers him to succeed in his profession. |
| | | The superhero film features the Afro-Latino superhero Miles Morales / Spider-Man. |
| Step Sisters | | | The comedy film stars a black sorority sister who teaches step dance to her white sorority sisters. |
| Superfly | | | The crime film, a remake of the 1972 blaxploitation film Super Fly, features a cocaine dealer who is attempting to make one last successful deal before quitting drug-dealing for life. |
| Tales from the Hood 2 | | | |
| This One's for the Ladies | | | |
| Tyrel | | | The drama film features a group of male friends taking a trip to the Catskill Mountains for a birthday weekend. The only black man in the group, Tyler, begins to feel uneasy among the alcohol and testosterone. |
| | | Romantic comedy starring Sasheer Zamata, Tone Bell, and DeWanda Wise. Written and directed by Stella Meghie.[10] |
| What You Gonna Do When the World's on Fire? | | | |
| Where Hands Touch | | | |
| Widows | | | The English-language heist film, directed by Steve McQueen, stars actresses Viola Davis and Cynthia Erivo among others. |
| | | The fantasy film, based on the 1962 novel, features a mixed race girl, her brother, and her friend embarking on a search for her missing father. |
| Yardie | | | The crime film is an adaptation of the 1993 novel of the same name. |
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