100 Best African American Films

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This is a list of the best African American Films

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  1. 1.
    The Color Purple
    by Steven Spielberg

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  2. 2.
    Eve's Bayou
    by Kasi Lemmons

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  3. 3.
    School Daze

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  4. 4.
    Jungle Fever

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  5. 5.
    Carmen Jones
    by Otto Preminger

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  6. 6.
    Love Jones
    by Theodore Witcher

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  7. 7.
    The Inkwell
    by Matty Rich

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  8. 8.
    Bamboozled
    by Spike Lee

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  9. 9.
    She's Gotta Have It

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  10. 10.
    Rosewood
    by John Singleton

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  11. 11.
    The Five Heartbeats

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  12. 12.
    Hoodlum
    by Bill Duke

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  13. 13.
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    Roots
    by Gilbert Moses

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  14. 14.
    What's Love Got To Do With It?
    by Brian Gibson

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  15. 15.
    Hotel Rwanda
    by Terry George

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  16. 16.
    Amistad
    by Steven Spielberg

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  17. 17.
    City of God
    by Fernando Meirelles

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  18. 18.
    Akeelah and the Bee (Widescreen Edition)
    by Doug Atchison

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  19. 19.
    The Hurricane
    by Norman Jewison

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  20. 20.
    Crooklyn

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  21. 21.
    A Raisin in the Sun
    by Daniel Petrie

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  22. 22.
    Coming to America
    by John Landis

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  23. 23.
    Harlem Nights

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  24. 24.
    Soul Food
    by George Tillman Jr.

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  25. 25.
    Cooley High
    by Michael Schultz

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  26. 27.
    Cornbread, Earl & Me
    by Joseph Manduke

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  27. 28.
    The Tuskegee Airmen
    by Robert Markowitz

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  28. 29.
    Lean on Me
    by John G. Avildsen

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  29. 30.
    Do the Right Thing

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  30. 31.
    Waiting to Exhale
    by Forest Whitaker

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  31. 32.
    Friday (New Line Platinum Series)

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  32. 33.
    Boyz 'N the Hood

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  33. 34.
    Stormy Weather

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  34. 35.
    Lady Sings the Blues
    by Sidney J. Furie

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  35. 36.
    Shaft

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  36. 37.
    Mahogany
    by Barry Gordy

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  37. 38.
    The Wiz
    by Sidney Lumet

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  38. 39.
    Glory
    by Edward Zwick

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  39. 40.
    Get on the Bus
    by Spike Lee

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  40. 41.
    Daughters of the Dust
    by Julie Dash

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  41. 42.
    Dead Presidents
    by Allen Hughes

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  42. 43.
    Jason's Lyric
    by Doug McHenry

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  43. 44.
    Poetic Justice
    by John Singleton

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  44. 45.
    Higher Learning
    by John Singleton

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  45. 46.
    Mo' Better Blues

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  46. 47.
    Ali

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  47. 48.
    Hav Plenty

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  48. 49.
    Buck and the Preacher
    by Sidney Poitier

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  49. 50.
    Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
    by Melvin Van Peebles

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Comments

MestnyiGeroi
New York City

Untitled — 11 weeks ago

Not all films listed are African-American.


Cleopatra Jones — 1 year ago

Cleopatra Jones is on there twice at numbers 88 and 89. Though there is a sequel Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold.


Untitled — 2 years ago

A useful list, but where’s Killer of Sheep, widely considered a classic? And if the excellent MoolaadĂ© is included, why not more from Africa, e.g Yeelen; or if City of God,why not others from Brazil?


Roots — 2 years ago

You’ve got Roots on here twice (#13 and #71.)


merillupin
Victoria

Drumline — 2 years ago

Is Drumline supposed to be there twice?