Many movies in Hollywood centered around the black culture can be found in the Drama and Action genre. In this category we've seen success from key icons like Sidney Poitier and Cicely Tyson. Their breakthroughs paved the way for younger actors to explore roles outside of the stereo-typical slave and or gangster. While our strides have not been long reaching as we've hoped, our progress should not go unnoticed.
Set It Off
Love Jones
Poetic Justice
Paid in Full
Waiting to Exhale
Soul Food
Dead Presidents
Juice
New Jack City
Above the Rim
He Got Game
Sunset Park
Higher Learning
Boyz N The Hood
Menace II Society
Purple Rain
The Five Heartbeats
The Color Purple
Crooklyn
Do The Right Thing
Malcolm X
Love and Basketball
What’s Love Got To Do With It
Baby Boy
Jason Lyrics
Eve’s Bayou
Lean on Me
Roots
Glory
Black Panther
Ray
Soul Food
School Daze
Moonlight
Get Out
The Help
Dream girls
Hidden Figures
The Butler
Selma
The Hate You Give
Ali
The Jacksons: An American Dream
The Temptations
If Beale Street Could Talk
American Gangster
Cooley High
Why Do Fools Fall In Love
Shaft
Sparkle
Blackkklansman
Just Mercy
The Hurricane
Remember The Titans
Amistad
Belly
Disappearing Acts
Mo Better Blues
Straight Out Of Compton
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