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.
    City of God
    by Fernando Meirelles
  2. 2.
    She's Gotta Have It

  3. 3.
    Bamboozled
    by Spike Lee
  4. 4.
    Rosewood
    by John Singleton
  5. 5.
    The Five Heartbeats

  6. 6.
    Hoodlum
    by Bill Duke
  7. 7.
    Roots
    by Gilbert Moses
  8. 8.
    What's Love Got To Do With It?
    by Brian Gibson
  9. 9.
    Hotel Rwanda
    by Terry George
  10. 10.
    Amistad
    by Steven Spielberg
  11. 11.
    Akeelah and the Bee (Widescreen Edition)
    by Doug Atchison
  12. 12.
    The Hurricane
    by Norman Jewison
  13. 13.
    Crooklyn
    by Spike Lee
  14. 14.
    A Raisin in the Sun
    by Daniel Petrie
  15. 15.
    Coming to America
    by John Landis
  16. 16.
    Harlem Nights
    by Eddie Murphy
  17. 17.
    Soul Food

  18. 18.
    Cooley High

  19. 19.
    Love and Basketball (New Line Platinum Series)
    by Gina Prince-Bythewood
  20. 20.
    Cornbread, Earl & Me

  21. 21.
    The Tuskegee Airmen
    by Robert Markowitz
  22. 22.
    Lean on Me (Snap Case Packaging)

  23. 23.
    Do the Right Thing
    by Spike Lee
  24. 24.
    Waiting to Exhale
    by Forest Whitaker
  25. 25.
    Friday (New Line Platinum Series)
    by F. Gary Gray
  26. 26.
    Boyz 'N The Hood
    by John Singleton
  27. 27.
    Stormy Weather

  28. 28.
    Lady Sings the Blues
    by Sidney J. Furie
  29. 29.
    Shaft
    by Gordon Parks
  30. 30.
    Mahogany
    by Barry Gordy
  31. 31.
    The Wiz
    by Sidney Lumet
  32. 32.
    Glory
    by Edward Zwick
  33. 33.
    Get on the Bus
    by Spike Lee
  34. 34.
    Daughters of the Dust
    by Julie Dash
  35. 35.
    Dead Presidents
    by Albert Hughes
  36. 36.
    Jason's Lyric
    by Doug McHenry
  37. 37.
    Poetic Justice

  38. 38.
    Higher Learning
    by John Singleton
  39. 39.
    Mo' Better Blues
    by Spike Lee
  40. 40.
    Ali

  41. 41.
    Hav Plenty
    by Christopher Scott Cherot
  42. 42.
    Buck and the Preacher
    by Sidney Poitier
  43. 43.
    The Color Purple
    by Steven Spielberg
  44. 44.
    Eve's Bayou

  45. 45.
    School Daze
    by Spike Lee
  46. 46.
    Jungle Fever
    by Spike Lee
  47. 47.
    Carmen Jones
    by Otto Preminger
  48. 48.
    Love Jones
    by Theodore Witcher
  49. 49.
    The Inkwell
    by Matty Rich
  50. 50.
    Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
    by Melvin Van Peebles

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Created by isis8319 on Jan 08, 2007.
 

Comments

karenwall

Basquiat — 1 year ago

On list three times, corrected.

Apr 08, 10:47AM | 0 comments | Reply to this

meatme4

Titles are missing.Still a good list! — 3 years ago

I added a few that I feel were over looked.

Feb 17, 08:43AM | 0 comments | Reply to this

MestnyiGeroi

Untitled — 3 years ago

Not all films listed are African-American.

Nov 22, 06:38AM | 0 comments | Reply to this

Rydla

Cleopatra Jones — 5 years ago

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

May 18, 11:19PM | 0 comments | Reply to this

mizoguchi

Untitled — 5 years ago

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

Nov 19, 11:38AM | 1 comment | Reply to this

bah

Roots — 6 years ago

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

Apr 09, 04:26AM | 0 comments | Reply to this

merillupin

Drumline — 6 years ago

Is Drumline supposed to be there twice?

Feb 19, 05:52PM | 1 comment | Reply to this



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