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50 Greatest Films by Black Directors

Slate.com's Black Film Canon - In the face of the #OscarsSoWhite controversy, Slate endeavored to pull together The Black Film Canon, a comprehensive list of films dedicated to telling the stories of black people. They interviewed directors like Ava DuVernay, Robert Townsend, and Charles Burnett and used their choices of the best black movies to create the list, in the hopes that the canon will live on far beyond #OscarsSoWhite.
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Within Our Gates (1920)
Within Our Gates (1920)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
2
The Blood of Jesus (1941)
The Blood of Jesus (1941)
3
Black Girl (1966)
Black Girl (1966)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
4
The Learning Tree (1969)
The Learning Tree (1969)
Rotten Tomatoes®   75%
5
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971)
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971)
Rotten Tomatoes®   72%
6
Shaft (1971)
Shaft (1971)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
7
Super Fly (1972)
Super Fly (1972)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
8
The Spook Who Sat by the Door (1973)
The Spook Who Sat by the Door (1973)
Rotten Tomatoes®   73%
9
Touki Bouki (1973)
Touki Bouki (1973)
Rotten Tomatoes®   87%
10
Cooley High (1975)
Cooley High (1975)
Rotten Tomatoes®   85%
11
Car Wash (1976)
Car Wash (1976)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
12
Killer of Sheep (1978)
Killer of Sheep (1978)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
13
Ashes and Embers (1982)
Ashes and Embers (1982)
14
Losing Ground (1982)
Losing Ground (1982)
15
Sugar Cane Alley (1983)
Sugar Cane Alley (1983)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
16
Hollywood Shuffle (1987)
Hollywood Shuffle (1987)
Rotten Tomatoes®   85%
17
Do the Right Thing (1989)
Do the Right Thing (1989)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
18
Tongues Untied (1989)
Tongues Untied (1989)
19
House Party (1990)
House Party (1990)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
20
Mo' Better Blues (1990)
Mo' Better Blues (1990)
Rotten Tomatoes®   71%
21
To Sleep With Anger (1990)
To Sleep With Anger (1990)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
22
Boyz N the Hood (1991)
Boyz N the Hood (1991)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
23
Daughters of the Dust (1991)
Daughters of the Dust (1991)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
24
Juice (1992)
Juice (1992)
Rotten Tomatoes®   79%
25
Just Another Girl on the I.R.T. (1993)
Just Another Girl on the I.R.T. (1993)
Rotten Tomatoes®   67%
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Malcolm X (1992)
Malcolm X (1992)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
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Sankofa (1993)
Sankofa (1993)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
28
Crooklyn (1994)
Crooklyn (1994)
Rotten Tomatoes®   77%
29
I Like It Like That (1994)
I Like It Like That (1994)
Rotten Tomatoes®   82%
30
Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)
Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
31
Waiting to Exhale (1995)
Waiting to Exhale (1995)
Rotten Tomatoes®   61%
32
Friday (1995)
Friday (1995)
Rotten Tomatoes®   77%
33
The Watermelon Woman (1996)
The Watermelon Woman (1996)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
34
Eve's Bayou (1997)
Eve's Bayou (1997)
Rotten Tomatoes®   82%
35
Love & Basketball (2000)
Love & Basketball (2000)
Rotten Tomatoes®   84%
36
25th Hour (2002)
25th Hour (2002)
Rotten Tomatoes®   79%
37
Their Eyes Were Watching God (2005)
Their Eyes Were Watching God (2005)
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When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts (2006)
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts (2006)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
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Medicine for Melancholy (2008)
Medicine for Melancholy (2008)
Rotten Tomatoes®   84%
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Night Catches Us (2010)
Night Catches Us (2010)
Rotten Tomatoes®   81%
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