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- DirectorLarry CohenStarsFred WilliamsonJulius HarrisGloria HendryA gangster in Harlem must rescue his ex-wife, who has been kidnapped by the Mafia.
- DirectorIvan DixonStarsRobert HooksPaul WinfieldRalph WaiteA neighborhood "problem solver" is framed for murder by a couple of local crime bosses trying to get him out of the way.
- DirectorGilbert MosesStarsRoscoe OrmanDiana SandsThalmus RasulalaA social worker tries to get a pimp to change his ways.
- DirectorRobert ClouseStarsJim KellyGloria HendryScatman CrothersA Mafia buy out of Papa Byrd's karate school downtown ends in his death. Byrd's daughter, Sydney, refuses to sell, and wants revenge. Byrd's students call the Black Belt Jones for help. Jones reluctantly teams with Sydney in many battles.
- DirectorArthur MarksStarsFred WilliamsonPam GrierThalmus RasulalaAfter being hassled by The Man in a southern town, a cool operator asks some violent friends for help. After all, if you can't trust another brother, who can you trust?
- DirectorGeorge ArmitageStarsBernie CaseyPam GrierLisa MooreAn ex-cop discovers that his brother's recent death is intertwined with both the Los Angeles underworld and the city's porno movie scene.
- DirectorPaul MaslanskyStarsMarki BeyRobert QuarryDon Pedro ColleyWhen her boyfriend is murdered by mobsters, Sugar Hill decides not to get mad, but BAD. She asks the voodoo priestess Mama Maitresse to summon Baron Samedi, the Lord of the Dead, to help her gain a gruesome revenge. In exchange for Sugar's soul, the Dark Master raises up a zombie army to do her bidding. The bad guys who think they got away clean are about to find out that they are DEAD wrong.
- DirectorArthur MarksStarsGlynn TurmanLouis Gossett Jr.Joan PringleMurdered on Bourbon Street in 1942 New Orleans, a gangster returns from the dead 34 years later possessing the body of a young, black law student in his quest for revenge.
- DirectorForest WhitakerStarsWilliam James Stiggers Jr.Chi AliBokeem WoodbineEx-con attempting to go straight runs accross serious problems. His girlfriend gets arrested for dealing crack to an undercover police officer. In a desperate attempt to get the charges dropped against his woman, he strikes deal with weapons cop(Michael Biehn) to turn in local gun dealers. How ever, the D.A. is not satisfied with the results, resulting in some serious game playing and double crossing.
- DirectorCharles Stone IIIStarsMekhi PhiferWood HarrisChi McBrideA young man from Harlem, forced to cope with the 1980s drug scene, builds an illegal empire, only to have a crisis of conscience.
- DirectorJeff PollackStarsDuane MartinTupac ShakurLeonStory of a promising high school basketball star and his relationships with two brothers, one a drug dealer and the other a former basketball star fallen on hard times and now employed as a security guard.
- DirectorMichael RymerStarsLloyd AdamsPhilip AkinAnna Carolina AriasRight out of police academy, Jeff/Omar Epps starts as undercover cop in Cincinnati. First it's small time cases but he proves himself and moves up to a big case - befriending a brutal crime boss.
- DirectorDamon DashStarsBeanie SigelN.O.R.E.Damon DashThree Philadelphia-based gangstas -- Beans, Dame and Loco -- are on a collision course with one another for turf. Alliances are forged and broken and lifelong friendships end in violence as each crime lord schemes to get the upper hand.
- DirectorDavid DanielDamon DashStarsKevin HartBeanie SigelMemphis BleekPaper Soldiers follows an overeager rookie burglar named Shawn (Kevin Hart) through the ups and downs of his short, stressful career. Already on parole but faced with the power being turned off and his child forced to eat nothing but cereal, Shawn convinces an older thief Will (Derrick "Capone" Lee) to train him. He soon finds himself caught between his angry girlfriend Mo'Nique (Tiffany Withers), his incompetent would-be-criminal friends Birdie (Derron "Smokey" Edington) & Johnny (Paul Sado), his parole officer (Angie Martinez) and his neighborhood sociopath with a hair-trigger temper Stu (Beanie Sigel).
- DirectorTheodore WitcherStarsLarenz TateNia LongIsaiah WashingtonDarius Lovehall is a young black poet in Chicago who starts dating Nina Mosley, a beautiful and talented photographer. While trying to figure out if they've got a "love thing" or are just "kicking it," they hang out with their friend, talking about love and sex. Then Nina tests the strength of Darius' feelings and sets a chain of romantic complications into motion.
- DirectorF. Gary GrayStarsJada Pinkett SmithQueen LatifahVivica A. FoxDesperation drives four inner-city women to bank robbery in Los Angeles, then they start mistrusting each other.
- DirectorVondie Curtis-HallStarsTupac ShakurTim RothThandiwe NewtonTwo friends try to kick their drug addiction after a friend dies from an overdose, when they try to enroll in a detox program, things quickly go wrong.
- DirectorAlbert HughesAllen HughesStarsLarenz TateKeith DavidChris TuckerA Vietnam vet adjusts to life after the war while trying to support his family, but the chance of a better life may involve crime and bloodshed.
- DirectorMarcus RaboyStarsIce CubeMike EppsJeezyTwo shady concert promoters (Cube and Epps) get into hot water when their chance to book a superstar rapper goes awry.
- DirectorBrandon CornettStarsJamal WoolardTory MonayJeremy SmithWhen an absence of communication reveals a love triangle, much more than lies come to light.
- DirectorDylan C. BrownStarsSnoop DoggWiz KhalifaMike EppsA comedy that follows two high school students -- one overachiever struggling to write his valedictorian speech, the other a senior now going on his 15th year of school.
- DirectorTimothy Wayne FolsomeStarsMekhi PhiferMari MorrowMel JacksonDebbie and Howard are celebrating their wedding anniversary. Or so Debbie thought.
- DirectorTy HodgesStarsMeagan GoodAdam SennRuby DeeAfter a knee injury, an aspiring ballerina ends up with a new career as a video girl, but soon figures out that fame is not all that it is cracked up to be.
- DirectorGeorge Tillman Jr.StarsVanessa WilliamsVivica A. FoxNia LongOne person can keep a family together and, when that one person is gone, a family can be torn apart.
- DirectorTamra DavisStarsChris RockAllen PayneDeezer DA guy makes a documentary of the rap band CB4 by following them. CB4 got popular by stealing Gusto's name, background and image. He wants them dead.
- DirectorJesse HollandStarsMichael Jai WhiteAngelique RiveraCameron JeboOlivia returns home after six years, and a string of unusual deaths leads her to believe that she's being haunted by a mysterious force from her childhood.
- DirectorBernard RoseStarsVirginia MadsenXander BerkeleyTony ToddThe Candyman, a murderous soul with a hook for a hand, is accidentally summoned to reality by a skeptic grad student researching the monster's myth.
- DirectorDoug EllinStarsJermaine HopkinsBrian HooksClaudia KaleemA hefty homeboy borrows his dad's Mercedes and goes to the beach with his friends for wild sun & fun.
- DirectorChad HendricksStarsYoung BlockJasmine RheyJohn W. SloanThe story of Young Block. Born in the hood. Never knew his father. Mom's boyfriends abuse her. Grows to hate all men. Learns dope game. Homeless. Lives with a baser. Robs to eat. Gets shot at. He shoots back. Finds love. Finds a best friend. They cheat on him. He cant trust anyone. Back to the dope game. How many chances do you get in life? When you burn the block, the block will burn you.
- DirectorChristina CooperStarsJamal HendersonChristina CooperVanessa SimmonsIn the unforgiving streets of Los Angeles, we meet Bria and Davonte who come from two different worlds. Through the trials and tribulations they face, they both realize how much they have in common. From their broken families to their friendships they grow closer to understand how to impact change within their lives and their own community. Davonte learns to trust his intuition and make better decisions to break the stereotypes of a young African American male. This film was created to encourage love within our city streets and to put an end to gang violence.
- DirectorMichael SchultzStarsSheila E.Joseph SimmonsDarryl McDanielsThe story of a man who has started a new hip-hop/rap label called Krush Groove.
- DirectorJoe Robert ColeStarsAshton SandersJeffrey WrightIsaiah JohnA young man who committed a homicide deals with the repercussions of his action.
- DirectorChanning Godfrey PeoplesStarsNicole BeharieLiz MikelMarcus M. MauldinA former beauty queen and single mom prepares her rebellious teenage daughter for the "Miss Juneteenth" pageant.
- DirectorJules DassinStarsRaymond St. JacquesRuby DeeFrank SilveraIn this landmark collaboration between activist and actress Ruby Dee and director Jules Dassin, Black revolutionaries are betrayed by one of their own. Based on the 1935 classic "The Informer."
- DirectorIvan DixonStarsLawrence CookJanet LeaguePaula KellyA black man plays 'uncle Tom' in order to gain access to CIA training, then uses that knowledge to plot a new American revolt.
- DirectorSuless BurtonStarsRaheem AllenCorey AndersonSuless BurtonAfter losing his mother to drugs and father institutionalized Terrance was sent to live with his sister Camille on the south side of Chicago. Terrance friends Ronnie, Eric and Drew are all living the life of crime and violence. With the help of his sister and supportive girlfriend Nina, Terrance finally plans to leave Chicago after a series of neighborhood gang culture and increasingly tragic events, Terrance realizes that moving away may not be such a bad idea after all but will it be too late?
- DirectorMalik VitthalStarsWarren JonesEsperanza AméricaDairion SamplesA tale of frictional teenage love, set in Watts, California, follows the lives of two teenagers who break up and make up every day.
- DirectorBoaz YakinStarsSean NelsonGiancarlo EspositoSamuel L. JacksonDeath and violence anger a twelve-year-old drug courier, who sets his employers against each other.
- DirectorSidney J. FurieStarsBilly Dee WilliamsRichard PryorPaul HamptonA Federal Agent, whose daughter dies of a heroin overdose, is determined to destroy the drug ring that supplied her. He recruits various people whose lives have been torn apart by the drug trade and trains them. Then they all leave for France to track down and destroy the ring.
- DirectorJohn BadhamStarsBilly Dee WilliamsJames Earl JonesRichard PryorIn the late 1930s during racial segregation, a star of the Negro League Baseball, Bingo Long, leaves his team and convinces other stars of the league to join him as free agent players touring the towns of the Midwest.
- DirectorGordon ParksStarsRichard RoundtreeMoses GunnCharles CioffiA crime lord hires black private eye, John Shaft, to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.
- DirectorArthur MarksStarsYaphet KottoKirk CallowayThomas CarterA new highway threatens a Chicago neighborhood, so to protest the residents throw a block party.
- DirectorK.C. AmosStarsJohn AmosCorey HolcombRed GrantTo make money fast the Browns come up with a plan to win a contest for "Watermelon Juice Afro Sheen," awarding $10,000 to whoever can find the juiciest, sweetest watermelon in the country.
- DirectorD'Urville MartinStarsRudy Ray MooreD'Urville MartinJerry JonesAfter he is released from jail, a pimp takes on the criminals and corrupt police officers who framed him in the first place.
- DirectorMichael CampusStarsMax JulienDon GordonRichard PryorGoldie returns from five years at the state pen and winds up King of the pimping game. Trouble comes in the form of two corrupt white cops and a crime lord who wants him to return to the small time.
- DirectorD-ShotStarsSnoop DoggMike EppsElise NealA young man is running out of time to re-pay a notorious hillbilly biker gang.
- DirectorJamari PerryStarsJa'rell AndersonJason ArceneauxTrestin GeorgeJustin is a smart yet troubled young man caught between a world of emotion and reason.
- DirectorAlba Roland MejiaStarsJay AlexanderDonté ClarkJadar DanielA young black man named Amir who is directly impacted by code switching. He feels the need to be masculine, athletic, good looking, well-dressed to be the best. Amir is so determined to meet these unrealistic standards that he doesn't even recognize the harm he is causing to himself. "Code Switch" is about shattering the illusion of perfection and illustrating the psychological damage of hiding who you are.
- CreatorRegina Y. HicksWanda SykesStarsMike EppsKim FieldsKhali SpragginsIt centers on a working-class African American family in Indiana struggling to make it work and make it right without any blueprints.
- DirectorAnthony MandlerStarsA$AP RockyJohn David WashingtonKelvin Harrison Jr.A smart, likeable, 17-year-old film student from Harlem sees his world turned upside down when he's charged with a murder. We follow his dramatic journey through a complex legal battle.
- DirectorMichael RoemerStarsIvan DixonAbbey LincolnJulius HarrisA black man and his school-teacher wife face discriminatory challenges in 1960s America.
- DirectorJoseph MandukeStarsMoses GunnRosalind CashBernie CaseyA 12-year-old is traumatised by the murder of his friend, a star basketball player.
- DirectorKeenen Ivory WayansStarsKeenen Ivory WayansBernie CaseyAntonio FargasIn this parody of blaxploitation movies, a black hero wannabe reunites former black heroes from the 70s to help him get revenge on Mr. Big.
- DirectorJohn BerryStarsDiahann CarrollJames Earl JonesLawrence Hilton-JacobsIn the 1970s Harlem, garbage collector Roop feels intimidated by the idea of dating Claudine who is a single mother of six on welfare.
- DirectorAbdul Malik AbbottStarsBeanie SigelOmillio SparksMemphis BleekBeans decides that the only way to grasp the American Dream is to take it. State Property follows Beans and his crew, as they take over the city creating mayhem as their empire builds.
- DirectorCam'ronStarsCam'ronDurrel MohammadJuelz SantanaFlea was a basketball player, happy with his subtle hustle, until a Dominican connect introduced him to a new way to spread the work and make all the cake. Flea assembles his friends and decides to play it big by taking over a store and hustling' on the corner selling drugs to whoever got money. But with more money and power also comes drama and chaos ensues when some local criminals try to bring him down.
- DirectorAngel Manuel SotoStarsJahi Di'Allo WinstonMeek MillWilliam CatlettFourteen-year-old Mouse desperately wants to join the Midnight Clique, an infamous group of Baltimore dirt-bike riders who rule the summertime streets.
- DirectorNoel NosseckStarsLawrence Hilton-JacobsBryan O'DellRenn WoodsA gang war/drug story set in a Los Angeles ghetto about the coming of age of a 15-year-old black youth.
- DirectorOscar WilliamsStarsGodfrey CambridgeClarice TaylorLeonard JacksonIn contrast to most of the violence-laden "blaxploitation" films of the period, this low-budget effort eschews exploitation for humanity and domestic drama. Leonard Jackson plays a barber who is also the domineering head of a middle-class African American family. Jackson is forced to rethink his values when his previously docile wife joins their three children in rebelling against her husband's retrogressive behavior.
- DirectorMichael CampusStarsRony ClantonDon GordonJoyce WalkerA gifted young man is caught up in gang life.
- DirectorErnest R. DickersonStarsOmar EppsTupac ShakurJermaine HopkinsFour inner-city teenagers get caught up in the pursuit of power and happiness, which they refer to as "the juice".
- DirectorAlbert HughesAllen HughesStarsTyrin TurnerLarenz TateJune Kyoto LuA young street hustler attempts to escape the rigors and temptations of the ghetto in a quest for a better life.
- DirectorMario Van PeeblesStarsWesley SnipesIce-TAllen PayneA crime lord ascends to power and becomes megalomaniacal while a maverick police detective vows to stop him.
- DirectorRon SheltonStarsWesley SnipesWoody HarrelsonRosie PerezBlack and white basketball hustlers join forces to double their chances of winning money on the street courts and in a basketball tournament.
- DirectorJesse DylanStarsMethod ManRedmanObba BabatundéTwo guys by the name of Silas and Jamal decided to one day smoke something magical, which eventually helps them to ace their college entrance exam.
- DirectorCraig BrewerStarsTerrence HowardLudacrisAnthony AndersonWith help from his friends, a Memphis pimp in a mid-life crisis attempts to become a successful hip-hop emcee.
- DirectorJames Bond IIIStarsJames Bond IIIKadeem HardisonBill NunnAn evil succubus is preying on libidinous black men in New York City, and all that stands in her way is a minister-in-training, an aspiring actor, and a cop who specializes in cases involving the supernatural.
- DirectorGordon Parks Jr.StarsMoses GunnKevin HooksIrene CaraIn New York City, a young black boy and Puerto Rican girl fall in love despite objections from each other's families.
- DirectorMichael SchultzStarsRichard PryorLonette McKeeMargaret AveryOrange picker Leroy Jones inadvertently becomes a union leader and is forced out of town, leaving behind his wife Annie Mae and his sexually-obsessed father Rufus.
- DirectorAmman AbbasiStarsDevin BlackmonDontrell BrightLachion BuckinghamIn the wake of his older brother's death, 13-year-old Dayveon spends the sweltering summer days roaming his rural Arkansas town. When he falls in with a local gang, he becomes drawn to the camaraderie and violence of their world.
- DirectorReginald HudlinStarsChristopher ReidRobin HarrisChristopher MartinKid decides to go to his friend Play's house party, but neither of them can predict what's in store for them on what could be the wildest night of their lives.
- DirectorWilliam WylerStarsLee J. CobbAnthony ZerbeRoscoe Lee BrowneA successful African American businessman has a quarrel with a white policeman, suspecting that he is having an affair with his wife. The policeman's colleagues are seeking to avoid publicity.
- DirectorMichael SchultzStarsRichard PryorFranklyn AjayeSully BoyarA comedic take on the daily life of car-wash employees, chronicling their hopes, fears, joys, dreams, and tribulations, and meeting some eccentric customers along the way.
- DirectorDJ PoohStarsBrian HooksN'Bushe WrightFaizon LoveRob has 2 strikes and 3 strikes now means 25 to life. Leaving prison, he's picked up in a stolen car later stopped by the police. Can he prove his innocence before he's caught?
- DirectorDamon RussellStarsCurtis SnowAbdullah MuhammadCurtis LockettThe story of Atlanta robbery boy and crack dealer, Curtis Snow, who stole a camera from some college kids in a dope deal and made a documentary about his life.
- DirectorSpike LeeStarsDamon WayansSavion GloverJada Pinkett SmithA frustrated African-American TV writer proposes a blackface minstrel show in protest, but to his chagrin, it becomes a hit.
- DirectorTim StoryStarsForest WhitakerIsaiah WashingtonShad MossAl, a basketball coach at a New Orleans high school, finally has a winning team when Hurricane Katrina happens. He tries to build a winning team anew after the hurricane.
- DirectorCheri AmorStarsCatherine MartinezDemetrius RobertsAngela YeeNewly divorced Desa Rae finds herself alone now that her son has gone away to college. Roc, a 29-year-old comes along. Desa Rae can't keep her eyes open or legs closed to a man who excites her like no other has.
- DirectorFrank PackardStarsJ. Walter SmithTobar MayoRoxie YoungUpon moving into a bigoted neighborhood, the scientist father of a persecuted black family gives a superpower elixir to a tough bodyguard, who thus becomes a superpowered crimefighter.
- DirectorRene Martinez Jr.StarsLoye HawkinsCathy DavisPatricia FultonA private detective operating in Miami is hired to protect the wife of an African head of state in town for diplomatic business, and to recover the daughter of the leader of a criminal organization, who has been kidnapped by a rival gang.
- DirectorRobert TownsendStarsRobert TownsendMarla GibbsEddie GriffinA high school teacher from a troubled inner city Washington D.C. neighborhood becomes a super-powered hero and takes on the gang that has been terrorizing his streets.
- DirectorPhillip FentyStarsCalvin LockhartVicki BaltimoreJoan BlondellBlack actor tries to make his own movie with an all-black cast, but to make it he's forced to borrow money from the Mafia. Complications ensue.
- DirectorStephen VeronaStarsGladys KnightWayne TippitSherry BainPipe Dreams is a 1976 film starring soul singer Gladys Knight in her acting debut as a woman who attempts to regain the love of her husband played by real-life spouse Barry Hankerson. In this drama, her husband must choose between reuniting with her or giving in to pressure of the local boss.
- DirectorCess SilveraStarsKy-Mani MarleySpragga BenzLouie RankinWayne and Biggs grow up together on the tough and dangerous streets of Kingston, Jamaica. Eventually moving to Miami, they begin a ruthless climb to the top of a criminal enterprise as they aggressively take control of the Jamaican mob.
- DirectorShirley ClarkeStarsRony ClantonCarl LeeYolanda RodríguezA look at the horrors of Harlem ghetto slum life filled with drugs, violence, human misery, and a sense of despair due to the racial prejudices of American society.
- DirectorCharlie AhearnStarsNathan IngramGeorge David GonzalezMiguel VillanuevaA martial art instructor struggles against drug dealers operating from a rival karate school called the disco dojo.
- DirectorSpike LeeStarsLaurence FishburneGiancarlo EspositoTisha CampbellA not so popular young man wants to pledge to a popular fraternity at his historically black college.
- DirectorSpike LeeStarsDanny AielloOssie DavisRuby DeeOn the hottest day of the year on a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, everyone's hate and bigotry smolders and builds until it explodes into violence.
- DirectorSpike LeeStarsAlfre WoodardDelroy LindoDavid Patrick KellySpike Lee's vibrant semi-autobiographical portrait of a school teacher, her stubborn jazz musician husband and their five kids living in Brooklyn in 1973.
- DirectorJamaa FanakaStarsA.J. WoneCurtis BushBridgid CoulterA young man takes over as the head of a crack dealing outfit after his brother, the gang's leader, is murdered.
- DirectorMatty RichStarsGeorge T. OdomAnn D. SandersLawrence Gilliard Jr.A young man living in poverty makes a plan to rob a drug dealer and change the life of his family.
- DirectorStephen Milburn AndersonStarsGlenn PlummerByron MinnsLexie BighamA former gangster fresh out of prison wants to change his life for the better and must save his 10 year old son who has already chosen a gang life.
- 19961h 29mR6.5 (62K)53MetascoreDirectorParis BarclayStarsShawn WayansMarlon WayansKeenen Ivory WayansA parody of several U.S. films about being in the 'Hood', for instance Boyz n the Hood (1991), South Central (1992), Menace II Society (1993), Higher Learning (1995) and Juice (1992).
- DirectorClement VirgoStarsMaurice Dean WintRachael CrawfordClark JohnsonThis is the Easter weekend. In an inner city project, three people struggle against their demons and try to find redemption. They are Maxine, a window dresser depressed since she had an abortion and lost her lover ; Jordan, a boxer who has indulged in gay-bashing ; and 'The General', a drug dealer turned artist.
- DirectorNgozi OnwurahStarsSuzette LlewellynSaffron BurrowsFelix JosephRacial violence breaks out in a huge, black ghetto - triggered by a white woman living there with a black man.
- DirectorMarc LevinStarsSaul WilliamsSonja SohnBonz MaloneGrand Jury Prize, 1998 Sundance Film Festival. A talented youth (Saul Williams) copes with urban crime and despair by competing in poetry slams. Sonja Sohn of "The Wire" costars.
- DirectorPerry HenzellStarsJimmy CliffJanet BartleyCarl BradshawWishing to become a successful reggae singer, a young Jamaican man finds himself tied to corrupt record producers and drug pushers.
- DirectorSpike LeeStarsDenzel WashingtonMilla JovovichRay AllenA basketball player's father must try to convince him to go to a college so he can get a shorter sentence.
- DirectorGina Prince-BythewoodStarsSanaa LathanOmar EppsGlenndon ChatmanMonica and Quincy love and play basketball together through many life challenges from childhood to adulthood.