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

[IllustratorMike]

After a brief thought, my next five would be:
Hollywood Shuffle
Juice
Cooley High
Thin Line Between Love & Hate
THE MACK

 

[Un-AmericanDreamer]

1. Malcolm X
2. Fresh
3. Dead Prez
4. New Jack
5. Training Day
6. Bad Boys
7. Jungle Fever
8. Compton
9. Creed
10. Life

HR: Cooly High, Coming to America, Friday

While Blade was not technically a Black movie, it had a lot of black themes and deserves an honorable mention.

 

[Mickey Kane]

X
Boyz in the Hood
Do the Right Thing
Paid in Full
Love Jones

Love and Basketball
Bad Boys
Friday
Antwone Fisher


Creed

 

[Pinyapplesuckas]

Was gonna comment but i dont give a fukk about the criteria. I like what i like. fukk the academy or whoever.

 

[nieman]

I was looking up Fear of a Black Hat on IMDB which looks like another CB4 and seen this movie....

Anyone every seen? I feel bad that I haven't watched a lot of these black films yet. I remember watching The Fat Boys in one of their movies, but I think it was Disorderlies.

Everyone in this movie play themselves, EXCEPT Rush, played by Blair Underwood

 

[dvdjamm]

3 more...

Red Tails could have been something better if you look at the cast.

Cuba Gooding Jr.
Terrence Howard
David Oyelowo
Nate Parker
Tristan Wilds
Michael B. Jordan
Ne-Yo
Andre Royo
Elijah Kelly
Marcus T Paulk
Method Man
Kevin Phillips
Bryan Cranston

Directed by Anthony Hemingway and (uncredited) George Lucas and written by John Ridley and Aaron McGruder

 

[nieman]

No one liked this?

It was in my master list, but I went with Bird instead. Attack the Block was the next. BTW, Gregory Hines doesn't get enough credit as an actor - Running Scared, Tap, Renaissance Man...

Reps for everyone that posted a list. I'll get who I couldn't get tomorrow.

Thought this thread would be good for discussion before we get into Black History Month and the controversial Oscar Awards this year.

It's sad that so few black films come out these days and even fewer get recognized. The 90's seems like the peak for great black films.

It's because they've become parodies; exploiting everything that we detest when other films do it. And the black film genre is a follow-my-lead type industry combined with paint-by-numbers format.

I was looking up Fear of a Black Hat on IMDB which looks like another CB4 and seen this movie....
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Fear of a Black Hat to CB4 is like Power to Empire. Fear of a Black Hat is very intelligent spoof though. Think This is Spinal Tap, The Princess Bride, Airplane. It's that good.

 

[Uncle_Ruckus]

Fear of a Black Hat to CB4 is like Power to Empire. Fear of a Black Hat is very intelligent spoof though. Think This is Spinal Tap, The Princess Bride, Airplane. It's that good.

Gonna check it out this weekend along with a few others in here.

Red Tails could have been something better if you look at the cast.

Cuba Gooding Jr.
Terrence Howard
David Oyelowo
Nate Parker
Tristan Wilds
Michael B. Jordan
Ne-Yo
Andre Royo
Elijah Kelly
Marcus T Paulk
Method Man
Kevin Phillips
Bryan Cranston

Directed by Anthony Hemingway and (uncredited) George Lucas and written by John Ridley and Aaron McGruder

I swear they messed up this film on purpose. It could have been an Oscar film (Minus Ne-Yo and Method Man).

 

[OsO]

Edit: Did my best to put them in order

Malcolm X
Harlem Nights
Paid in Full
Love Jones
The Spook Who Sat By The Door
New Jack City
Dead Presidents
Lean on Me
Django
Menace II Society

Fresh, Boyz, Do the Right Thing, Sugar Hill, Life, Coming to America... I'm sorry

Guilty pleasure: Belly

 

[Knicksman20]

Posted these here but here are the trailers. Must see for you:

 

[Danie84]

Top 10 GOAT Black Films, off the dome:

1.Malcolm X
2. Do The Right Thing
3. Coming to America
4. Dead Presidents
5. Menace 11 Society
6. Lean on Me
7. Blade
8. Tales From the Hood
9. Love Jones
10. Crooklyn
...lowkey, I was on the verge of just putting down Spike's early filmography

 

[Uncle_Ruckus]

...lowkey, I was on the verge of just putting down Spike's early filmography

Breh. I was tryna make a list and it was 90% spike joint's. I had to cut most.

Spike is hands down the GOAT black filmmaker when you look at his run from 1988-1998.

 

[Maximus]

1. Do The Right Thing
2. Coming To America
3. Malcolm X
4. House Party
5. Friday
6. The Wiz
7. Boyz In The Hood
8. Boomerang
9. He Got Game
10. Life

 

[KevCo]

@Uncle_Ruckus

Ima get u that list tonight or tomorrow, depending on work...got it narrowed to 12

 

[BXKingPin82]

I was looking up Fear of a Black Hat on IMDB which looks like another CB4 and seen this movie....

Anyone every seen? I feel bad that I haven't watched a lot of these black films yet. I remember watching The Fat Boys in one of their movies, but I think it was Disorderlies.

was at my older brother spot and found some of our pops old records lol