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MGM Plus
83
7.7
/109935/
77
/3107/
75
/1829/
4.3
/182683/
89
/83/
91
/2302/
73
/15/
cc age 13+

Malcolm X (1992)
A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he became a Black Muslim and then a leader in the Nation of Islam. His assassination in 1965 left a legacy of self-determination and racial pride.
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Kanopy
82
7.5
/98764/
75
/3437/
73
/2287/
3.8
/107170/
99
/310/
86
/2323/
79
/52/
cc age 13+

Selma (2014)
"Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous statement by President Lyndon B. Johnson that ultimately led to the signing of the Voting Rights Act.
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Amazon Prime Video
80
7.7
/164360/
77
/3811/
74
/2131/
3.8
/91787/
79
/203/
87
/7335/
73
/40/
cc age 15+

Ray (2004)
Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by a fiercely independent mom who insisted he make his own way, He found his calling and his gift behind a piano keyboard. Touring across the Southern musical circuit, the soulful singer gained a reputation and then exploded with worldwide fame when he pioneered coupling gospel and country together.
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HBO Max Amazon Channel
78
7.4
/577/
78
/34/
79
/7/
3.9
/922/
95
/21/
67
/4/

Between the World and Me (2020)
Based on Ta-Nehisi Coates’ #1 New York Times bestseller and originally adapted and staged by the Apollo Theater, this special combines elements of that production - including powerful readings from Coates’ book - with documentary footage from the actors’ home life, archival footage, and animation.
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77
6.9
/6386/
68
/118/
63
/73/
3.6
/5646/
89
/45/
71
/161/
84
/27/
cc age 16+

Get on the Bus (1996)
Several Black men take a cross-country bus trip to attend the Million Man March in Washington, DC in 1995. On the bus are an eclectic set of characters including a laid-off aircraft worker, a man whose at-risk son is handcuffed to him, a black Republican, a former gangsta, a Hollywood actor, a cop who is of mixed racial background, and a white bus driver. All make the trek discussing issues surrounding the march, including manhood, religion, politics, and race.
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YouTube TV
76
7.3
/49470/
72
/1003/
72
/1155/
3.7
/52911/
94
/31/
83
/699/
71
/29/
cc age 13+

Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)
A middle-aged couple suspects foul play when their neighbor's wife suddenly drops dead.
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HBO Max Amazon Channel
74
IMDb 83
7.1
/386017/
71
/21343/
74
/4256/
3.9
/2780630/
83
/501/
90
/4282/
68
/58/
cc age 12+

Superman (2025)
Superman, a journalist in Metropolis, embarks on a journey to reconcile his Kryptonian heritage with his human upbringing as Clark Kent.
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Disney Plus
74
7.1
/261895/
71
/17300/
73
/3153/
3.6
/1670783/
88
/382/
93
/5129/
68
/53/
cc age 13+

Thunderbolts* (2025)
After finding themselves ensnared in a death trap, seven disillusioned castoffs must embark on a dangerous mission that will force them to confront the darkest corners of their pasts.
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Kanopy
74
6.5
/5788/
66
/361/
62
/117/
3.5
/8620/
92
/154/
65
/17/
77
/32/
cc age 17+

Clemency (2019)
Years of carrying out death row executions have taken a toll on prison warden Bernadine Williams. As she prepares to execute another inmate, Bernadine must confront the psychological and emotional demons her job creates, ultimately connecting her to the man she is sanctioned to kill.
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74
7.1
/51349/
72
/1121/
71
/970/
3.6
/31493/
82
/50/
75
/692/
75
/24/

Casualties of War (1989)
During the Vietnam War, a soldier finds himself the outsider of his own squad when they unnecessarily kidnap a female villager.
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Peacock Premium
74
7.0
/183820/
69
/7470/
66
/3411/
3.3
/192860/
91
/199/
75
/2194/
77
/31/
cc age 16+

The Gift (2015)
Simon and Robyn are a young married couple whose life is going as planned until a chance run-in with Simon's high school acquaintance sends their world into a tailspin.
poster
73
7.5
/250124/
76
/4859/
76
/3763/
3.8
/162077/
73
/56/
85
/3007/
49
/18/
cc age 18+

Sleepers (1996)
Two gangsters seek revenge on the state jail worker who during their stay at a youth prison sexually abused them. A sensational court hearing takes place to charge him for the crimes.
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Hoopla
73
7.2
/10248/
72
/783/
70
/308/
3.3
/15594/
92
/36/
68
/60/
cc age 11+

Grease Live (2016)
After enjoying a holiday romance, high school students Danny and Sandy are unexpectedly reunited when she transfers to Rydell High, where she must contend with cynical Rizzo and the Pink Ladies.
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71
6.8
/28130/
65
/483/
63
/262/
3.4
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76
/68/
68
/563/
75
/28/
cc age 17+

Bulworth (1998)
A suicidally disillusioned liberal politician puts a contract out on himself and takes the opportunity to be bluntly honest with his voters by affecting the rhythms and speech of hip-hop music and culture.
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Apple TV
69
5.5
/30903/
61
/2773/
55
/424/
2.8
/122890/
83
/232/
84
/580/
74
/47/
cc age 15+

Highest 2 Lowest (2025)
When a titan music mogul, widely known as having the "best ears in the business", is targeted with a ransom plot, he is jammed up in a life-or-death moral dilemma.
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Hulu
69
6.5
/10910/
71
/327/
66
/124/
3.4
/9469/
66
/86/
90
/1946/
58
/28/
cc age 14+

Brown Sugar (2002)
Sidney and Dre can attribute their lifelong friendship and the launch of their careers to one single childhood instant... witnessing the birth of hip-hop on a New York street corner. Now some 15 years later, she is a revered music critic at a national magazine and he is a successful, though unfulfilled, hip-hop record company executive. Both come to realize that their true life passions will only be fulfilled by remembering what they learned that day on the corner.
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69
75
/468/
84
/49/
73
/39/
cc age 15+

Clay Project (2016)
Documentary about a Spanish clay artist.
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68
6.9
/485699/
69
/14210/
65
/6668/
3.1
/337729/
69
/220/
70
/9221/
57
/40/
cc age 18+

Horrible Bosses (2011)
For Nick, Kurt and Dale, the only thing that would make the daily grind more tolerable would be to grind their intolerable bosses into dust. Quitting is not an option, so, with the benefit of a few-too-many drinks and some dubious advice from a hustling ex-con, the three friends devise a convoluted and seemingly foolproof plan to rid themselves of their respective employers... permanently.
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Hulu
67
6.0
/13575/
70
/444/
62
/190/
3.4
/20726/
56
/34/
79
/915/

Waiting to Exhale (1995)
Cheated on, mistreated and stepped on, the women are holding their breath, waiting for the elusive "good man" to break a string of less-than-stellar lovers. Friends and confidants Vannah, Bernie, Glo and Robin talk it all out, determined to find a better way to breathe.
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Hulu
67
6.4
/48343/
68
/1483/
66
/886/
3.1
/39161/
75
/36/
54
/888/
64
/21/
cc age 10+

It Could Happen to You (1994)
Charlie Lang is a simple, kindhearted New York City cop. When he realizes he has no money to tip waitress Yvonne Biasi, Lang offers her half the winnings of his lottery ticket. Amazingly, the ticket happens to be a winner, in the sum of $4 million. True to his word, Lang proceeds to share the prize money with Biasi, which infuriates his greedy wife, Muriel. Not content with the arrangement, Muriel begins scheming to take all the money.
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66
5.4
/685/
60
/37/
57
/12/
3.1
/1905/
91
/46/
37
/11/
74
/14/

Burning Cane (2019)
Set among the cane fields of rural Louisiana, Burning Cane follows a deeply religious mother struggling to reconcile her convictions of faith with the love she has for her troubled son.
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Amazon Prime Video
66
6.2
/1905/
67
/71/
52
/25/
3.3
/963/
79
/56/
66
/83/
65
/18/

Night Catches Us (2010)
After growing up during the tumultuous 1960s, ex-Black Panther Marcus returns to his home in Philadelphia in 1976 and reconnects with Pat, the widow of a Panther leader. Marcus befriends Pat's young daughter and attempts to conquer his demons. Interfering with Marcus's good intentions are the neighborhood's continuing racial and social conflicts, as well as old enemies and friends -- both with scores to settle.
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Hulu
64
6.2
/140514/
71
/18721/
64
/4204/
2.9
/157844/
59
/171/
63
/1568/
60
/33/
cc age 17+

Bad Moms (2016)
When three overworked and under-appreciated moms are pushed beyond their limits, they ditch their conventional responsibilities for a jolt of long overdue freedom, fun, and comedic self-indulgence.
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63
5.9
/2494/
71
/112/
54
/55/
3.2
/1372/
68
/37/
52
/38/

A Rage in Harlem (1991)
A beautiful black gangster's moll flees to Harlem with a trunkload of gold after a shootout, unaware that the rest of the gang, and a few other unsavoury characters, are on her trail. A pudgy momma's boy becomes the object of her affections and the unlikely hero of the tale.
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Amazon Prime Video
60
6.2
/80928/
72
/5506/
64
/1417/
3.3
/87664/
34
/47/
68
/3821/
46
/14/
cc age 14+

Hackers (1995)
Along with his new friends, a teenager who was arrested by the US Secret Service and banned from using a computer for writing a computer virus discovers a plot by a nefarious hacker, but they must use their computer skills to find the evidence while being pursued by the Secret Service and the evil computer genius behind the virus.
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MGM Plus
59
5.6
/7954/
67
/264/
57
/130/
3.0
/3686/
42
/108/
66
/702/
53
/32/
cc age 14+

The Fighting Temptations (2003)
Darrin Hill, a slick-talking but down-on- his-luck NYC advertising exec, returns to his hometown in Georgia to claim the inheritance his aunt left him. But before Darrin can collect the money, he must fulfill his aunt's final wish -- to create a local choir.
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HBO Max Amazon Channel
59
5.6
/279869/
63
/11814/
64
/9262/
2.9
/748255/
49
/198/
70
/8848/
52
/31/
cc age 14+

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (2012)
After the birth of Renesmee, the Cullens gather other vampire clans in order to protect the child from a false allegation that puts the family in front of the Volturi.
poster
56
5.5
/9138/
59
/511/
57
/249/
3.1
/19745/
72
/99/
44
/36/
63
/23/

Piercing (2019)
After kissing his wife and baby goodbye for a seemingly normal business trip, Reed checks himself into a hotel room to accomplish something he’s always dreamed of: the perfect murder. As his sinister plans unfold, he soon realizes he might be in over his head with a mysteriously unhinged call girl named Jackie.
poster
55
6.4
/66443/
69
/2469/
65
/1207/
3.1
/46635/
50
/22/
58
/1518/
49
/14/
cc age 12+

The Money Pit (1986)
After being evicted from their Manhattan apartment, a couple buy what looks like the home of their dreams—only to find themselves saddled with a bank-account-draining nightmare. Struggling to keep their relationship together as their rambling mansion falls to pieces around them, the two watch in hilarious horror as everything—including the kitchen sink—disappears into the Money Pit.
poster
53
5.7
/14769/
60
/307/
56
/267/
3.0
/6602/
35
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28
/112/
54
/17/

Family Business (1989)
Jessie is an aging career criminal who has been in more jails, fights, schemes, and lineups than just about anyone else. His son Vito, while currently on the straight and narrow, has had a fairly shady past and is indeed no stranger to illegal activity. They both have great hope for Adam, Vito's son and Jessie's grandson, who is bright, good-looking, and without a criminal past.
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52
6.2
/6804/
63
/90/
59
/74/
2.9
/1653/
24
/21/
50
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Bye Bye Love (1995)
With varying degrees of success, recently divorced friends Dave, Vic and Donny are trying to move on with their lives. Vic feels vilified by his ex-wife's parents, while Donny has a shaky bond with his teen daughter, Emma. Dave, meanwhile, has an enviable problem -- he has more dates than he can handle. As they confront their post-marital challenges, the men take solace in one another's plights.
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62
51
6.4
/4246/
61
/33/
61
/48/
3.2
/1109/
63
/27/
62
/103/
62
/10/

Land of Plenty (2004)
After living abroad, Lana returns to the United States, and finds that her uncle is a reclusive vagabond with psychic wounds from the Vietnam War.
poster
51
6.2
/135206/
67
/6046/
60
/3201/
2.6
/37340/
42
/103/
48
/1405/
42
/29/
cc age 17+

Parker (2013)
A thief with a unique code of professional ethics is double-crossed by his crew and left for dead. Assuming a new disguise and forming an unlikely alliance with a woman on the inside, he looks to hijack the score of the crew's latest heist.
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Amazon Prime Video
50
6.5
/3942/
60
/201/
59
/97/
3.2
/1425/
33
/27/
50
/47/
49
/9/
cc age 12+

Elsa & Fred (2014)
After his daughter persuades him to move into a new apartment, aged widower Fred strikes up a friendship with his eccentric 74-year-old neighbour Elsa, who convinces him it's never too late to keep enjoying life. Although he seemed resigned to a miserable bedridden existence, Fred embraces Elsa's youthful enthusiasm as she introduces him to the path of life and entertains him with outlandish stories about her past life. But when he discovers Elsa's terminally ill, Fred decides to accompany her on the trip of her dreams to the eternal city of Rome to help her fulfil a lifelong ambition.
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56
50
6.2
/6041/
61
/243/
57
/242/
2.9
/2430/
43
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Möbius (2013)
An FSB officer falls in love with his agent, an American woman who works as a trader in a Russian bank.
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46
45
5.5
/17938/
56
/346/
53
/196/
2.5
/4406/
18
/114/
41
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49
/30/
cc age 18+

I Think I Love My Wife (2007)
Richard Cooper is a married man and father of two who is just plain bored with married life. Not getting any sex from his wife, he resorts to ogling random women on the street to the point that he takes lunch late to look at them. When old crush Nikki Tru visits his office to get a reference letter, she becomes obsessed with Cooper and they begin a complicated relationship.
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44
5.6
/3488/
62
/86/
54
/55/
2.9
/826/
12
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28
/114/
37
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Love Ranch (2010)
Story of a couple that starts the first legal brothel in Nevada and a boxer they own a piece of.
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Hoopla
43
5.1
/35482/
59
/930/
57
/806/
2.4
/26954/
12
/57/
56
/5006/
24
/17/
cc age 16+

Stay Alive (2006)
After the brutal death of a friend, a group of friends find themselves in possession of a video-game called "Stay Alive," a blood-curdling true story of a 17th century noblewoman known as the Blood Countess. After playing the game when they know they shouldn't, however, the friends realize that once they die in the game — they die for real!
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Amazon Prime Video
40
4.7
/6201/
53
/484/
48
/181/
2.2
/2877/
24
/37/
22
/53/
39
/14/
cc age 16+

The Runner (2015)
In the aftermath of the BP oil spill, an idealistic but imperfect New Orleans politician (Nicolas Cage) finds his plans of restoration unraveling as his own life becomes contaminated with corruption, scandal and deceit.
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Amazon Prime Video
39
4.9
/12483/
55
/514/
52
/242/
2.3
/2741/
18
/50/
19
/175/
38
/17/
cc age 17+

Lay the Favorite (2012)
A former stripper's talent with numbers lands her a job with a professional gambler who runs a sports book in Las Vegas.
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HBO Max Amazon Channel
66
31
6.7
/1390/
60
/39/
56
/14/
3.4
/367/
81
/136/
cc age 16+

Life Support (2007)
The true-life story of a mother who overcame an addiction to crack and became a positive role model and an AIDS activist in the black community.
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80
27
7.2
/129/
85
/30/
73
/3/
4.6
/16719/

Tapping the Wire (2007)
Long-time Wire fan Charlie Brooker takes a journey to the mean streets of Baltimore to meet the cast and crew of the series, and undertakes a mission to explain what makes The Wire the best cop show ever made.
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69
23
6.4
/1250/
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/52/
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/13/
3.3
/484/
82
/16/

Strapped (1993)
Ex-con attempting to go straight runs across serious problems. His girlfriend gets arrested for dealing crack to an undercover police officer. In a desperate attempt to get the charges dropped against his woman, he strikes a deal with a weapons cop to turn in local gun dealers. However, the D.A. is not satisfied with the results, resulting in some serious game playing and double crossing.
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Plex
44
18
4.9
/1106/
48
/45/
51
/29/
30
/12/

The Mortician (2011)
Alienated and cold, The Mortician (Method Man) processes the corpses with steely disregard. He is lonely and isolated. He is introduced to his new employee, Noah, (EJ Bonilla) by the morgue boss (Edward Furlong). Noah is a volatile youth working as part of his parole.Noah brings the notorious gangster, Carver (Dash Mihok), and his crew to the mortuary door. The Mortician's attention is pricked by the tattoo of Botticelli's 'Birth of Venus' inked on the body of a murdered woman (Judy Marte), that arrives at the morgue, triggering a series of haunting dreams from his childhood. Discovering a scared child, Kane (Cruz Santiago), fleeing the morgue, he's forced to act. They become reluctant allies, struggling for redemption as they run. Through his awkward heroism, the Mortician reconnects with his long forgotten past, and finds the answers he's been searching for. He find redemption and peace.
poster
82
16
7.8
/78/
100
/4/
66
/4/
4.2
/1151/

The Wire Odyssey (2007)
A retrospective documentary of the first four seasons of the acclaimed series The Wire.
poster
fuboTV
69
13
6.4
/659/
67
/43/
65
/14/
83
/1/

One Last Thing (2018)
Dylan Derringer, a lonely dentist in Florida, is confronted by a figure from the past bringing news that sends him on an eventful and ultimately life-altering journey of discovery.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
56
11
5.9
/638/
48
/18/
53
/15/
3.2
/203/

Four (2013)
Adapted from a stage play by Christopher Shinn, the debut feature from Joshua Sanchez is a provocative rumination on race and sexuality set on a sweltering 4th of July evening.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
70
?
6.8
/5828/
75
/470/
69
/152/

Confirmation (2016)
Judge Clarence Thomas' nomination to the United States' Supreme Court is called into question when former colleague, Anita Hill, testifies that he had sexually harassed her.


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