african american history movies
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Hidden Figures (2016)
8.058 / 10
Drama, History
The untold story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson – brilliant African-American women working at NASA and serving as the...
Watch movie12 Years a Slave (2013)
7.943 / 10
Drama, History
In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty as...
Watch movieGlory (1989)
7.5 / 10
Drama, History, War
Robert Gould Shaw leads the US Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices of both his own Union army and the Confederates.
Watch movieRed Tails (2012)
6.522 / 10
Drama, Action, Adventure, History, War
The story of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first African-American pilots to fly in a combat squadron during World War II.
Watch movieMalcolm X (1992)
7.534 / 10
Drama, History
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...
Watch movieThe Banker (2020)
7.602 / 10
Drama
In the 1960s, two entrepreneurs hatch an ingenious business plan to fight for housing integration—and equal access to the American Dream.
Watch movieThe Tuskegee Airmen (1995)
7.1 / 10
War, History, Drama, TV Movie
During the Second World War, a special project is begun by the US Army Air Corps to integrate African American pilots into the Fighter Pilot Program....
Watch movieJudas and the Black Messiah (2021)
7.3 / 10
Drama, History
Bill O'Neal infiltrates the Black Panthers on the orders of FBI Agent Mitchell and J. Edgar Hoover. As Black Panther Chairman Fred Hampton...
Watch movieThe Butler (2013)
7.346 / 10
Drama
A look at the life of Cecil Gaines who served eight presidents as the White House's head butler from 1952 to 1986, and had a unique front-row seat as...
Watch movie13th (2016)
7.9 / 10
Documentary
An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.
Watch movieSelma (2014)
7.399 / 10
History, Drama
"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...
Watch movieSummer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)
7.649 / 10
Music, Documentary, History
During the same summer as Woodstock, over 300,000 people attended the Harlem Cultural Festival, celebrating African American music and culture, and...
Watch movieStonebreakers (2022)
7 / 10
Documentary
In a year of uprisings and political unrest, Stonebreakers documents the fights around monuments in the United States and explores the shifting...
Watch movieThe Temptations (1998)
10 / 10
Drama, TV Movie, Music
A biographical look at The Temptations, the Motown soul vocal quintet who first came to fame in the 1960s, as seen from the viewpoint of the last...
Watch movieUnforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2004)
7.1 / 10
Documentary
The story of Jack Johnson, the first African American Heavyweight boxing champion.
Watch movieCrownsville Hospital: From Lunacy to Legacy (2018)
7.2 / 10
Documentary, History
Crownsville Hospital: From Lunacy to Legacy is a feature-length documentary film highlighting the history of the Crownsville State Mental Hospital in...
Watch movieFrederick Douglass: In Five Speeches (2022)
6 / 10
Documentary, History
Acclaimed actors draw from five of Douglass’ legendary speeches, to represent a different moment in the tumultuous history of 19th century America...
Watch movieSolomon Northup's Odyssey (1984)
6.2 / 10
History, Drama, TV Movie
This is based on a true story. Solomon Northrop is a black man in the mid 19th century before slavery was abolished. He's a born free man who works...
Watch movieDreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street (2021)
6 / 10
Documentary
This documentary celebrates the Black cultural renaissance that existed in the Greenwood district of Tulsa, OK, and investigates the 100-year-old...
Watch movieThe N Word (2006)
6.6 / 10
Documentary
The film explores the history of the word throughout its inception to present day. Woven into the narrative are poetry, music, and commentary from...
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