Must-See Black Movies
Here are some of my favorite movies starring black actors beyond the academy-award-winning movie Get Out.
Premature (2019)
A love story between 17-year-old poet Ayanna (Zora Howard) & Isaiah (Joshua Boone), a music producer that gives way to jealousy, suspicion, and navigate adult decisions in Harlem.
Writer: Zora Howard Director: Rashaad Ernesto Green 2020 ‧ Romance/Drama ‧ 1 hr 31 min
If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)
This is love story between 19-year-old Tish Rivers (screen newcomer KiKi Layne) and her artist fiancé Alonzo Hunt, who goes by the nickname Fonny (Stephan James) in the early-1970s Harlem. The devoted couple dreams of a future together but their plans are derailed when Fonny is arrested for a crime he did not commit.
Director: Barry Jenkins 2019 ‧ Romance/Drama ‧ 1 hrs & 57 min
Sorry To Bother You (2018)
In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, telemarketer Cassius Green (Get Out’s Lakeith Stanfield) discovers a magical key to professional success, which propels him into a macabre universe of "powercalling" that leads to material glory. But the upswing in Cassius' career raises serious red flags with his girlfriend Detroit (Tessa Thompson), a performance artist and minimum-wage striver. As his friends and co-workers organize in protest of corporate oppression, Cassius falls under the spell of his company's cocaine-snorting CEO Steve Lift (Armie Hammer), who offers him a salary beyond his wildest dreams.
Written and directed by Boots Riley.
2018 ‧ Comedy/Science Fiction/Fantasy ‧ 1 hour & 45 minutes
Queen & Slim (2019)
A police offer detains a couple on their first date together for a minor traffic infraction in Ohio. Slim is a retail employee (Get Out's Daniel Kaluuya) and Queen is a criminal defense lawyer (Jodie Turner-Smith, in her first starring feature-film role) When the officer fires his gun to prevent Queen from recording the incident on her cell phone, Slim kills the police officer in self-defense & are forced to go on the run.
Writer: Lena Waithe Director: Melina Matsoukas 2019 ‧ Romance/Drama ‧ 2 hrs & 12 min
Black Klansman (2018)
Based on the true story & memoir of the first African-American detective, Ron Stallworth (John David Washington) to serve in the Colorado Springs Police Department, sets out on a dangerous mission to infiltrate and expose the Ku Klux Klan in the early 1970s. Check out this iconic scene.
Director: Spike Lee Producer: Jordan Peele 2018 ‧ Comedy, Drama ‧ 2 hrs & 15 mins
