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Will's Top 75 African-American Movies

When people ask me about my favorite African-American movies, these 75 come to mind first, strictly in alphabetical order.
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A Rage in Harlem (1991)
A Rage in Harlem (1991)
1
66%5.9
American Gangster (2007)
American Gangster (2007)
2
80%7.8
Antoine Fisher
Antoine Fisher
3
Bamboozled (2000)
Bamboozled (2000)
4
52%6.6
Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)
Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)
5
86%7.3
Beloved (1998)
Beloved (1998)
6
71%6.0
Boomerang
Boomerang
7
Boyz N the Hood (1991)
Boyz N the Hood (1991)
8
96%7.8
Brown Sugar
Brown Sugar
9
Car Wash (1976)
Car Wash (1976)
10
89%6.2
Carmen Jones (1954)
Carmen Jones (1954)
11
77%6.8
Coming to America (1988)
Coming to America (1988)
12
72%7.1
Cooley High (1975)
Cooley High (1975)
13
89%7.1
Cry Freedom (1987)
Cry Freedom (1987)
14
76%7.4
Django Unchained (2012)
Django Unchained (2012)
15
86%8.4
Do the Right Thing (1989)
Do the Right Thing (1989)
16
93%8.0
Dreamgirls (2006)
Dreamgirls (2006)
17
79%6.5
Eve's Bayou (1997)
Eve's Bayou (1997)
18
82%7.3
Foxy Brown (Film)
Foxy Brown (Film)
19
Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)
Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)
20
43%6.7
Glory (1989)
Glory (1989)
21
93%7.8
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
22
72%7.8
Higher Learning (1995)
Higher Learning (1995)
23
45%6.5
Hustle & Flow (2005)
Hustle & Flow (2005)
24
82%7.3
Juice (1992)
Juice (1992)
25
79%7.1
Jungle Fever (1991)
Jungle Fever (1991)
26
57%6.6
Lady Sings the Blues
Lady Sings the Blues
27
Lean on Me (1989)
Lean on Me (1989)
28
65%7.4
Lee Daniels' the Butler
Lee Daniels' the Butler
29
Losing Isaiah (1995)
Losing Isaiah (1995)
30
45%6.4
Love & Basketball (2000)
Love & Basketball (2000)
31
84%7.2
Love Jones (1997)
Love Jones (1997)
32
73%7.4
Mahogany (1975)
Mahogany (1975)
33
30%6.0
Malcolm X (1992)
Malcolm X (1992)
34
89%7.7
Miss Evers Boys
Miss Evers Boys
35
New Jack City (1991)
New Jack City (1991)
36
77%6.7
Poetic Justice (1993)
Poetic Justice (1993)
37
34%6.1
Porgy and Bess (1959)
Porgy and Bess (1959)
38
73%7.1
Precious (2009)
Precious (2009)
39
92%7.3
Purple Rain (1984)
Purple Rain (1984)
40
70%6.5
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