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51 Modern Black Films Everyone Should See for Black History Month

This essential list of black films picks up in the year 2001, where our compilation of 70 classic black films left off. Only time will tell which of these movies become classics, but they've all definitely earned at least one watch from all of us.
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The Brothers (2001)
The Brothers (2001)
Rotten Tomatoes®   63%
2
Baby Boy (2001)
Baby Boy (2001)
Rotten Tomatoes®   71%
3
Training Day (2001)
Training Day (2001)
Rotten Tomatoes®   73%
4
Save the Last Dance (2001)
Save the Last Dance (2001)
Rotten Tomatoes®   53%
5
Two Can Play That Game (2001)
Two Can Play That Game (2001)
Rotten Tomatoes®   41%
6
Antwone Fisher (2002)
Antwone Fisher (2002)
Rotten Tomatoes®   78%
7
Paid in Full (2002)
Paid in Full (2002)
Rotten Tomatoes®   53%
8
Barbershop (2002)
Barbershop (2002)
Rotten Tomatoes®   83%
9
Brown Sugar (2002)
Brown Sugar (2002)
Rotten Tomatoes®   66%
10
Drumline (2002)
Drumline (2002)
Rotten Tomatoes®   82%
11
Bad Boys II (2003)
Bad Boys II (2003)
Rotten Tomatoes®   23%
12
Deliver Us From Eva (2003)
Deliver Us From Eva (2003)
Rotten Tomatoes®   44%
13
Hotel Rwanda (2004)
Hotel Rwanda (2004)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
14
Soul Plane (2004)
Soul Plane (2004)
Rotten Tomatoes®   18%
15
Ray (2004)
Ray (2004)
Rotten Tomatoes®   79%
16
Hustle & Flow (2005)
Hustle & Flow (2005)
Rotten Tomatoes®   82%
17
Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2005)
Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2005)
Rotten Tomatoes®   16%
18
The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)
The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)
Rotten Tomatoes®   67%
19
ATL (2006)
ATL (2006)
Rotten Tomatoes®   62%
20
The Last King of Scotland (2006)
The Last King of Scotland (2006)
Rotten Tomatoes®   87%
21
Dreamgirls (2006)
Dreamgirls (2006)
Rotten Tomatoes®   79%
22
Something New (2006)
Something New (2006)
Rotten Tomatoes®   61%
23
Akeelah and the Bee (2006)
Akeelah and the Bee (2006)
Rotten Tomatoes®   85%
24
Inside Man (2006)
Inside Man (2006)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
25
This Christmas (2007)
This Christmas (2007)
Rotten Tomatoes®   55%
26
The Great Debaters (2007)
The Great Debaters (2007)
Rotten Tomatoes®   78%
27
Daddy's Little Girls (2007)
Daddy's Little Girls (2007)
Rotten Tomatoes®   26%
28
I Think I Love My Wife (2007)
I Think I Love My Wife (2007)
Rotten Tomatoes®   19%
29
Stomp the Yard (2007)
Stomp the Yard (2007)
Rotten Tomatoes®   25%
30
Why Did I Get Married? (2007)
Why Did I Get Married? (2007)
Rotten Tomatoes®   48%
31
The Secret Life of Bees (2008)
The Secret Life of Bees (2008)
Rotten Tomatoes®   59%
32
Cadillac Records (2008)
Cadillac Records (2008)
Rotten Tomatoes®   66%
33
Notorious (2009)
Notorious (2009)
Rotten Tomatoes®   52%
34
Precious (2009)
Precious (2009)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
35
For Colored Girls (2010)
For Colored Girls (2010)
Rotten Tomatoes®   32%
36
The Help (2011)
The Help (2011)
Rotten Tomatoes®   76%
37
Think Like a Man (2012)
Think Like a Man (2012)
Rotten Tomatoes®   54%
38
Django Unchained (2012)
Django Unchained (2012)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
39
The Best Man Holiday (2013)
The Best Man Holiday (2013)
Rotten Tomatoes®   70%
40
12 Years a Slave (2013)
12 Years a Slave (2013)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
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