What's Your Top 10 Great Black Films of All Time?

[Uncle_Ruckus]

First off, what is a "black film" to you? Then post what you think are the greatest black films of all time in this order:

Top 5 GOAT (Should have been nominated/won the Oscar)
4 honourable mentions (Personal favourites)
1 hidden gem (Never been given proper recognition)

Totalling 10 films. If you have trouble deciding what you consider a black film, try googling...

black movies 2015 - Google Search

If you feel that a "black film" can be a film made by a black director or writer, but starring white actors, we will leave that up for debate.

 

[mr x]

Malcolm x
The color purple
Do the right thing
Sounder
Hotel Rwanda

Hoodlum
The preacher's wife
Coming to america
Antwoine fisher

Carmen Jones

It's hard to have a set definition because you may find yourself contradicting it.
This thread is ripe for

 

[Anerdyblackguy]

Top 5

1)Boyz in the Hood
2)Malcolm X ( Greatest Oscar snub ever)
3)Jungle Fever
4)Friday
5)New Jack City

Honorable mention ( top 4)
1) Menance to Society
2)Set it off
3) Paid in full
4)Beast of no nation ( I know it may not get the black movie nod)

1 hidden mention
1) Snow in the Bluff ( Great movie!)

 

[Uncle_Ruckus]

Top 5:

1. Roots
2. The Color Purple
3. X
4. Do The Right Thing
5. Glory

Honorable Mentions:
Love Jones
Friday
Love And Basketball
A Time To Kill

Hidden Gem:
Dead Presidents

 

[Ziggiy]

Top 5

Malcolm X
Do The Right Thing
School Daze
Love Jones
Sankofa


Honorable Mention

The Jacksons: An American Dream
Boomerang
Hoop Dreams
The Best Man

Hidden Gem

Chi-Raq

 

[nieman]

Top 5
1. The Color Purple
2. Malcolm X
3. Fresh
4. Hotel Rwanda
5. Glory

Personal Favs - I may not necessarily think that these are great movies but still entertaining to me
1. The Five Heartbeats
2. Coming to America
3. Crooklyn
4. Dead Presidents

Hidden Gem
Bird

 

[BXKingPin82]

Malcolm X
Chameleon Street
Do The Right Thing
Panther
Sugar Hill (90's)

Beat Street
Fresh
Mo Better Blues
Fear of a Black Hat
Black Caesar

 

[Ed MOTHERFUCKING G]

1. Malcolm x
2. Do the right thing
3. Coming to America
4. Roots
5. Ray

1. Friday
2. Menace II Society
3. Harlem nights
4. The wood

1. The mack

 

[Bruce LeRoy]

Top 5

Malcolm X
Hoop Dreams
Sounder
Eve's Bayou
Boyz N Tha Hood

Honorable Mention

Menace II Society
Shaft
Do The Right Thing
Devil In A Blue Dress
First Time Felon

Hidden Gem

Nothing But A Man

 

[Jean Jacket]

1. Fresh
2. Do the Right Thing
3. Dead Presidents
4. Malcolm X
5. Friday

 

[dvdjamm]

Malcolm X
Devil In A Blue Dress
Coming To America
Antoine Fisher
Ghost Dog: The Way Of The Samurai

Creed
Straight Outta Compton
42
A Soldier's Story

Get On Up

 

[Uncle_Ruckus]

SO many gems in here. Beat Street, The Mack, Panther, Hoop Dreams.
Never seen Nothing But A Man , Bird, Chameleon Street, or Fear of A Black Hat.
Making a list of movies I need to watch now.
No one mentioned Hollywood Shuffle yet.

 

[Uncle_Ruckus]

@MartyMcFly @FlyRy @Sensitive Blake Griffin @KevCo @Swiggy @Ebonic Plague

"I want lists from all of you."

 

[MartyMcFly]

@MartyMcFly @FlyRy @Sensitive Blake Griffin @KevCo @Swiggy @Ebonic Plague

"I want lists from all of you."

Well that's my number one right there so i guess i need to work on 2-10

 

[Sensitive Blake Griffin]

Do the right thing
Boyz in the Hood
Training Day
12 years a slave
Malcolm X

I'm thinking about putting Ray in my top 5

HM:

Bad boys
Friday
He got game
Fear of a black hat