1After graduating from Harvard, Bryan Stevenson heads to Alabama to defend those wrongly condemned or those not afforded proper representation. One of his first cases is that of Walter McMillian, who is sentenced to die in 1987 for the murder of an 18-year-old girl, despite evidence proving his innocence. In the years that follow, Stevenson encounters racism and legal and political maneuverings as he tirelessly fights for McMillian's life.- Released: 2019
- Directed by: Destin Daniel Cretton
2Slim and Queen's first date takes an unexpected turn when a policeman pulls them over for a minor traffic violation. When the situation escalates, Slim takes the officer's gun and shoots him in self-defense. Now labeled cop killers in the media, Slim and Queen feel that they have no choice but to go on the run and evade the law. When a video of the incident goes viral, the unwitting outlaws soon become a symbol of trauma, terror, grief and pain for people all across the country.- Released: 2019
- Directed by: Melina Matsoukas
3A 13-year-old boy is thrown out of the school he loves when his family can no longer afford the fees. He sneaks into the library and learns how to build a windmill to save his village from a famine.- Released: 2019
- Directed by: Chiwetel Ejiofor
4A rookie policewoman in New Orleans inadvertently captures the shooting death of a young drug dealer on her body cam. After realizing the murder was committed by corrupt cops, she teams up with the only person from the community who's willing to help her. Now, she finds herself on the run from both the vengeful criminals and the lawmen who desperately want to destroy the incriminating footage.- Released: 2019
- Directed by: Deon Taylor
5Performer Rudy Ray Moore develops an outrageous character named Dolemite, who becomes an underground sensation and star of a kung-fu, anti-establisment film that could make or break Moore.- Released: 2019
- Directed by: Craig Brewer
6John Shaft Jr. may be an FBI cyber security expert, but to uncover the truth behind his best friend's untimely death, he needs an education that only his dad can provide. Absent throughout his childhood, the legendary John Shaft agrees to help his son navigate the heroin-infested underbelly of Harlem, N.Y. Besides, the locked and loaded Shaft has his own score to settle -- both professional and personal.- Released: 2019
- Directed by: Tim Story
7Two teenage science prodigies spend every spare minute working on their latest homemade invention: backpacks that enable time travel. When one of their older brothers is killed, they put their unfinished project to the test to save him.- Released: 2019
- Directed by: Stefon Bristol
8A reclusive, teenage music prodigy forms an unlikely friendship with a struggling producer. United by their mutual love of hip-hop, they try to free each other from the demons of their past and break into the city's music scene.- Released: 2019
- Directed by: Chris Robinson
9Accompanied by her husband, son and daughter, Adelaide Wilson returns to the beachfront home where she grew up as a child. Haunted by a traumatic experience from the past, Adelaide grows increasingly concerned that something bad is going to happen. Her worst fears soon become a reality when four masked strangers descend upon the house, forcing the Wilsons into a fight for survival. When the masks come off, the family is horrified to learn that each attacker takes the appearance of one of them.- Released: 2019
- Directed by: Jordan Peele
- 1The Lost Boys526 Votes
- 2Invasion of the Body Snatchers236 Votes
- 3The Goonies242 Votes
10Scott and Annie Russell couldn't be happier after buying their dream home from a mysterious and lonely widower named Charlie in Napa Valley, Calif. Their newfound paradise soon turns into a living nightmare when Charlie -- still strangely attached to the house -- begins to show up and interfere in their daily lives. When his erratic behavior turns to obsession, the young couple soon find themselves caught up in a violent confrontation that threatens to destroy everything they hold dear.- Released: 2019
- Directed by: Deon Taylor
11Passed up for a well-deserved promotion, sports agent Ali Davis wonders what else she needs to do to succeed in a man's world. Hoping to find answers from a psychic, Ali drinks a weird concoction that suddenly allows her to hear what men are thinking. Using her newfound ability, Ali starts to turn the tables on her obnoxious male colleagues while racing to sign the next basketball superstar.- Released: 2019
- Directed by: Adam Shankman
12From her escape from slavery through the dangerous missions she led to liberate hundreds of slaves through the Underground Railroad, the story of heroic abolitionist Harriet Tubman is told.- Released: 2019
- Directed by: Kasi Lemmons
13Detective Jack Radcliff gets a shocking phone call from his recently murdered niece Ashley. Working together across time, they race to solve the crime before it can happen.- Released: 2019
- Directed by: Jacob Aaron Estes
14Jimmie and his best friend Mont try to reclaim the house built by Jimmie's grandfather, launching them on a poignant odyssey that connects them to their past, even as it tests their friendship and sense of belonging in the place they call home.- Released: 2019
- Directed by: Joe Talbot
15The true story of the unlikely relationship between Ann Atwater, an outspoken civil rights activist, and C.P. Ellis, a local Ku Klux Klan leader. During the racially charged summer of 1971, Atwater and Ellis come together to co-chair a community summit on the desegregation of schools in Durham, N.C. The ensuing debate and battle soon lead to surprising revelations that change both of their lives forever.- Released: 2019
- Directed by: Robin Bissell
16Juanita is a 2019 American drama film, directed by Clark Johnson, based on the novel Dancing on the Edge of the Roof by Sheila Williams. Fed up with her deadbeat grown kids and marginal urban existence, Juanita (Alfre Woodard) takes a Greyhound bus to Paper Moon, Montana where she reinvents herself and finds her mojo.- Released: 2019
- Directed by: Clark Johnson
17Pitted against rival gangs and corrupt cops, an ER nurse and a career criminal must work together to survive the fight of their lives.- Released: 2019
- Directed by: Joe Lynch
18O.G.
Jeffrey Wright, William Fichtner, Boyd HolbrookO.G. is a 2019 American drama film directed by Madeleine Sackler. A maximum-security prison inmate named Louis (Jeffrey Wright), who, 24 years after committing a violent crime as a young man, finds himself on the cusp of release from prison, facing an uncertain future on the outside.- Released: 2019
- Directed by: Madeleine Sackler
19A joyous reunion in small-town Georgia turns into an unexpected nightmare when Madea, Joe, Aunt Bam and other family members gather for an anniversary party that turns out to be a sham. Instead of fun and relaxation, Madea and the gang soon find themselves attending an elaborate funeral that doesn't quite go according to plan.- Released: 2019
- Directed by: Tyler Perry
20A young African-American living in Chicago enters into a seductive new world of money and power after becoming a chauffeur for an affluent businessman.- Released: 2019
- Directed by: Rashid Johnson
21The inspirational true story of Brian Banks, an all-American high school football star who finds his life upended when he's wrongly convicted of a crime he didn't commit. Despite the lack of evidence, Banks gets railroaded through a broken justice system and sentenced to a decade of prison and probation. Years later, with the support of Justin Brooks and the California Innocence Project, Banks fights to reclaim his life and fulfill his dreams of playing in the NFL.- Released: 2018
- Directed by: Tom Shadyac
22The epic emotional journey of a suburban African American family as they navigate love, forgiveness and coming together in the wake of a tragic loss.- Released: 2019
- Directed by: Trey Edward Shults
23A liberal-minded couple are forced to reconsider their image of their adopted son after he writes a disturbing essay for a class assignment.- Released: 2019
- Directed by: Julius Onah
24A sports agent pitches a controversial business opportunity to a rookie basketball player during a lockout.- Released: 2019
- Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
25Guava Island is a 2019 film directed by Hiro Murai. A musician (Donald Glover) plans an all-night music festival for the whole island to enjoy.- Released: 2019
- Directed by: Hiro Murai
26Amazing Grace is a 2018 American documentary film, directed by Sydney Pollack, and Alan Elliott. American singer-songwriter Aretha Franklin performs various songs at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles.- Released: 2019
- Directed by: Alan Elliott, Sydney Pollack
27When a father-to-be learns he's a sextuplet, he sets off on a journey to meet his family.- Released: 2019
- Directed by: Mike Tiddes
28American Son is a 2019 American drama film directed by Kenny Leon, based on a play of the same name by Christopher Demos-Brown. Two parents are looking for their missing teenage son until they are reunited in a Miami, Florida police station.- Released: 2019
- Directed by: Kenny Leon
29Sweetheart is a 2019 American survival horror film directed by J.D. Dillard. Jenn (Kiersey Clemons) washes ashore a small tropical island and must spend her days not only surviving the elements but must also fend off the malevolent force that comes out each night.- Released: 2019
- Directed by: J.D. Dillard
30Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror is a 2019 American documentary film directed by Xavier Burgin. A look at the history of black horror films and the role of African Americans in the film genre from the very beginning.- Released: 2019
- Directed by: Xavier Burgin
31An impoverished single mother is losing her 15-year-old son to the rough streets of Washington, D.C. Unwilling to see him drop out and deal drugs, she places him in a private school. But when she can't afford the tuition, she soon launches a movement to change the system that is destroying him and thousands of others.- Released: 2019
- Directed by: R.J. Daniel Hanna
32Years of carrying out death row executions are taking a toll on Warden Bernadine Williams. As she prepares for another one, Williams must confront the psychological and emotional demons that her job creates.- Released: 2019
- Directed by: Chinonye Chukwu
33Atlantics (a.k.a. Atlantique) is a 2019 internationally co-produced supernatural romantic drama film directed by Mati Diop. A futuristic-looking tower is about to be officially opened in the suburb of Dakar but the construction workers have not been paid for months, so they leave by sea in search of brighter future and Ada's lover, Souleiman is among them, but Ada is betrothed to another man but a fire ruins her wedding as a fever spreads among the people and she is unaware that Souleiman has returned.- Released: 2019
- Directed by: Mati Diop
34I Got the Hook-Up 2 is a 2019 American comedy film directed by Corey Grant. Black and Blue are in financial trouble after their restaurant gets shut down and turn to selling stolen phones that end up having ties to a Colombian drug cartel putting them in an even worse situation than before.- Released: 2019
- Directed by: Corey Grant
35Thriller is a 2018 American slasher film directed by Dallas Jackson. A clique of South Central LA teens finds themselves terrorized during Homecoming weekend by a killer out for revenge because of a childhood prank that went awry years prior.- Released: 2019
- Directed by: Dallas Jackson
36After losing his brother in combat, Jacob Singer returns home from Afghanistan -- only to be pulled into a mind-twisting state of paranoia. Singer soon realizes that his sibling is alive but life is not what it seems.- Released: 2019
- Directed by: David M. Rosenthal
- Black Mother is a 2019 American documentary film directed by Khalik Allah. From red light districts to lush rain-forests, 'Black Mother' is a loving and lyrical ode to Jamaica and its people, a visual poem that is at once deeply felt love letter and ecstatic street-corner prayer.
- Released: 2019
- Directed by: Khalik Allah
38The Day Shall Come is a 2019 British-American satirical black comedy thriller film directed by Chris Morris. Moses (Marchánt Davis), the impoverished leader of a small Hebrew Israelite commune in Miami has no idea that FBI agent Kendra Glack (Anna Kendrick) plans to turn him into a criminal by fuelling his madcap revolutionary dreams, just to look good in front of her boss.- Released: 2019
- Directed by: Chris Morris
39The Burial Of Kojo
Ama K. Abebrese, Joe Addo, Henry AdofoThe Burial Of Kojo is a 2018 international drama film directed by Sam Blitz Bazawule. A man is trapped in a mine shaft by his vengeful brother while his daughter embarks on a magical journey to rescue him.- Released: 2019
- Directed by: Sam Blitz Bazawule
40Undercover Brother 2 is a 2019 American comedy film directed by Leslie Small and a sequel to Undercover Brother.- Released: 2019
- Directed by: Leslie Small
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