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1. American Fiction (2023)
R | 117 min | Comedy, Drama
A novelist who's fed up with the establishment profiting from Black entertainment uses a pen name to write a book that propels him into the heart of the hypocrisy and madness he claims to disdain.
Director: Cord Jefferson | Stars: Jeffrey Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross, John Ortiz, Erika Alexander
Votes: 83,896
2. The Nutty Professor (1996)
PG-13 | 95 min | Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Grossly overweight yet good-hearted professor Sherman Klump takes a special chemical that turns him into the slim but obnoxious Buddy Love.
Director: Tom Shadyac | Stars: Eddie Murphy, Jada Pinkett Smith, James Coburn, Larry Miller
Votes: 124,042 | Gross: $128.81M
3. Soul Man (1986)
PG-13 | 104 min | Comedy, Romance
To achieve his dream of attending Harvard, a pampered teen poses as a young black man to receive a full scholarship.
Director: Steve Miner | Stars: C. Thomas Howell, Rae Dawn Chong, Arye Gross, James Earl Jones
Votes: 9,078 | Gross: $27.82M
4. Imitation of Life (1959)
Not Rated | 125 min | Drama
An aspiring white actress takes in an African American widow whose mixed-race daughter is desperate to be seen as white.
Director: Douglas Sirk | Stars: Lana Turner, John Gavin, Sandra Dee, Susan Kohner
Votes: 18,303 | Gross: $13.99M
5. The Wash (2001)
R | 93 min | Comedy
Life at the car wash is a place in Los Angeles, California where anything can and does happen to two friends Sean & Dee Loc (Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg) trying to earn money to pay their rent.
Director: DJ Pooh | Stars: Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Anthony Albano, Tic
Votes: 7,688 | Gross: $10.10M
6. The Horror of Party Beach (1964)
Approved | 78 min | Horror, Musical
Sea creatures created from radioactive sludge terrorize a beach community.
Director: Del Tenney | Stars: John Lyon, Alice Lyon, Allan Laurel, Eulabelle Moore
Votes: 3,202
7. House Party 3 (1994)
R | 100 min | Comedy, Music
Kid, after a lifetime 'playing the field', is about to get married. 'Play' plans to throw the best bachelor party ever - until 'Kid's' three wise-crackin' nephews come to town, intent on showing them what parties are all about.
Director: Eric Meza | Stars: Christopher Reid, Christopher Martin, David Edwards, Angela Means
Votes: 5,633 | Gross: $19.28M
8. Whoopi (2003–2004)
30 min | Comedy, Drama
A faded singer decides to reopen her hotel's lounge.
Stars: Whoopi Goldberg, Wren T. Brown, Elizabeth Regen, Omid Djalili
Votes: 744
9. The Great Lie (1941)
Approved | 108 min | Drama
After a newlywed's husband apparently dies in a plane crash, she discovers that her rival for his affections is pregnant with his child.
Director: Edmund Goulding | Stars: Bette Davis, George Brent, Mary Astor, Lucile Watson
Votes: 4,356
10. Alice Adams (1935)
Passed | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A working-class girl is thwarted and embarrassed in her attempts to move up socially by her gauche family and unstable father.
Director: George Stevens | Stars: Katharine Hepburn, Fred MacMurray, Fred Stone, Evelyn Venable
Votes: 4,577
11. Babes on Broadway (1941)
Approved | 118 min | Comedy, Family, Musical
Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney star in a musical directed by Busby Berkeley as two talented teenagers dreaming of success as Babes on Broadway.
Director: Busby Berkeley | Stars: Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Fay Bainter, Virginia Weidler
Votes: 1,656 | Gross: $3.85M
12. New Moon (1940)
Passed | 105 min | Adventure, Musical, Romance
On a Louisiana-bound ship, a nobleman planning a campaign for liberty encounters an heiress.
Directors: Robert Z. Leonard, W.S. Van Dyke | Stars: Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, Mary Boland, George Zucco
Votes: 641
13. I'm Through with White Girls (2007)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Romance
Jay Brooks is that black guy who digs indie rock, graphic novels, and dates white chicks. After a slew of bad break-ups, Jay gives up white women, "cold turkey," and he goes on a mission: "... See full summary »
Director: Jennifer Sharp | Stars: Anthony Montgomery, Ryan Alosio, Lia Johnson, Lamman Rucker
Votes: 886
14. Hittin' the Trail for Hallelujah Land (1931)
Passed | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Piggy and Fluffy have adventures on a riverboat. And Uncle Tom is chased by skeletons promising to take him to Hallelujah Land.
Director: Rudolf Ising | Stars: Ken Darby, Marcellite Garner, Rudolf Ising, The King's Men
Votes: 388
15. The Bros. (2007)
R | 91 min | Comedy, Music
This outrageously hysterical urban comedy follows the lives and crimes of two wannabe white boys as they try to break into the world of hardcore "gangsta" rap.
Director: Jonathan Figg | Stars: John Tindall, Joachim Wiese, Joey Fatone, Dennis Scott
Votes: 259
16. The Great American Broadcast (1941)
90 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
After WWI two men go into radio. Failure leads the wife of one to borrow money from another; she goes on, after separation, to stardom. A coast-to-coast radio program is set up to bring everyone back together.
Director: Archie Mayo | Stars: Alice Faye, Jack Oakie, John Payne, Cesar Romero
Votes: 292
17. Joe Louis: America's Hero... Betrayed (2008 TV Movie)
75 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport
An American story. Traces the career of Joe Louis (1914-1981) within the context of American racial consciousness: his difficulty getting big fights early in his career, the pride of ... See full summary »
Stars: Joe Louis, Joe Louis Barrow Jr., Randy Roberts, Dick Gregory
Votes: 152
18. Classified X (2007 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 53 min | Documentary
A history of the racially stereotyped portrayal of African Americans in cinema.
Director: Mark Daniels | Stars: Melvin Van Peebles, Margaret Barker, Joanna Barnes, Ethel Barrymore
Votes: 254 | Gross: $0.00M
19. Voodoo in Harlem (1938)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short
An animator leaves his work room, and a storm comes up and blows his drawing paper around and overturns the inkwell. Large blotches of ink fall on the sheets of paper, and become wild ... See full summary »
Director: Rudy Zamora | Stars: Walter Lantz, Harry Stanton
Votes: 40
20. Bring Your 'A' Game (2009)
PG | 23 min | Documentary, Short
A documentary film in which a 17 year old African-American male encounters prominent Black male icons ('A' Gamers) from diverse fields in a hip, computer-generated video game-style world.
Director: Mario Van Peebles | Stars: Mario Van Peebles, Ice Cube, Sean 'Diddy' Combs, Russell Simmons
Votes: 19
22.
Of Black America (1968)
Episode:
Black History: Lost, Stolen or Strayed
(1968)
51 min | Documentary
Bill Cosby examines the problematic way blacks are represented in American history and films and the effects it has on black children's self-perception..
Stars: Bill Cosby, John Churchville, Charles J. Correll, Freeman F. Gosden
Votes: 90
23.
M*A*S*H (1972–1983)
Episode:
The General Flipped at Dawn
(1974)
TV-PG | 25 min | Comedy, Drama, War
A visiting general, appearing to be more eccentric than the usual army brass and a stickler for regulations, tries to move the camp closer to the front and court martial Hawkeye before they discover that he's completely loony.
Director: Larry Gelbart | Stars: Alan Alda, Wayne Rogers, McLean Stevenson, Loretta Swit
Votes: 800
24.
South Park (1997– )
Episode:
Christian Rock Hard
(2003)
TV-MA | 22 min | Animation, Comedy
Cartman, Butters, and Token soar to the top of the Christian rock charts, but when the other boys kick Cartman out, he seeks a way to get them back.
Director: Trey Parker | Stars: Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Adrien Beard, Mona Marshall
Votes: 4,466
25.
Archer (2009–2023)
Episode:
The Limited
(2012)
TV-MA | 21 min | Animation, Action, Comedy
ISIS transports a Canadian terrorist by train to Mounties in Canada. Will Nova Scotian terrorists free him? Will the drunk Sterling fulfill his dream of fighting on the roof of a moving train?
Director: Adam Reed | Stars: H. Jon Benjamin, Dave Fennoy, Judy Greer, Robb Wells
Votes: 1,840