Genre: African-American Dramas
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Red Tails (2012)
Cast: Cuba Gooding Jr., Terrence Howard, Nate Parker …
Directed by: Anthony Hemingway
The 332nd Fighter Group -- an all-black World War II unit made up of the best U.S. escort pilots and known as the Red Tails -- fights racism at home while fighting the Nazis abroad in this…
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For Colored Girls (2010)
Cast: Kimberly Elise, Janet Jackson, Loretta Devine …
Directed by: Tyler Perry
Tyler Perry directs his own adaptation of the Obie-winning stage play by Ntozake Shange, constructed as a series of poetic vignettes that collectively explore the lives of modern African…
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Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married Too? (2010)
Cast: Tyler Perry, Janet Jackson, Jill Scott …
Directed by: Tyler Perry
An annual Caribbean retreat turns into a week of life-altering revelations when four couples bust their relationships wide open in filmmaker Tyler Perry's take on modern love, devotion,…
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Stomp the Yard: Homecoming (2010)
Cast: Keith David, Columbus Short, Pooch Hall …
Directed by: Rob Hardy
This lively sequel follows Truth University student Chance Harris on his quest to win a national step-dancing title for his school -- all while juggling the demands of work, school and his…
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Bolden! (2010)
Cast: Anthony Mackie, Reno Wilson, Omar Gooding …
Directed by: Dan Pritzker
As the dance halls of early 1900s New Orleans burst with the music of jazz legend Buddy Bolden (Anthony Mackie) and his band, fans and fellow musicians swing to his loud, ornamental style --…
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Night Catches Us (2010)
Cast: Kerry Washington, Anthony Mackie, Wendell Pierce …
Directed by: Tanya Hamilton
After growing up during the tumultuous 1960s, ex-Black Panther Marcus (Anthony Mackie) returns to his home in Philadelphia in 1976 and reconnects with Pat (Kerry Washington), the widow of a…
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Blood Done Sign My Name (2010)
Cast: Michael Rooker, Lee Norris, Omar Benson Miller …
Directed by: Jeb Stuart
From director Jeb Stuart comes this earnest drama based on the real-life 1970 murder of black Vietnam veteran Henry Marrow by virulent racists subsequently acquitted by an all-white North…
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Just Another Day (2010)
Cast: Wood Harris, Jamie Hector, Ja Rule …
Directed by: Peter Spirer
Struggling rapper Young Eastie (Jamie Hector) knows he can make it big, and dreams of working with music mogul A-Maze (Wood Harris). But he's unaware that A-Maze's career is about…
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King of Paper Chasin' (2010)
Cast: Dwayne Clark, Jason Rivera, Piarry Oriol …
Directed by: La Monte Edwards
This gritty, urban drama goes inside the world of gangsta rap with the story of Carter Blanche (Dwayne "DL" Clark), a notorious, ambitious drug dealer who wants to go straight by entering the…
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N-Secure (2010)
Cast: Cordell Moore, Essence Atkins, Denise Boutte …
Directed by: David M. Matthews
After his fiancée, Robin, breaks his heart, Memphis businessman David Washington immediately jumps into another relationship with the insecure Tina Simpson, but his raging jealousy and…
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Church: The Movie (2010)
Cast: Darius McCrary, Joseph Phillips, Sam Sarpong …
Directed by: Foster V. Corder, Cory King
When a reformed bad boy returns to the Church on the Hill as its youth leader, he has his hands full with boisterous kids, a congregation that's $27,000 in debt and a duplicitous deacon…
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Not Easily Broken (2009)
Cast: Morris Chestnut, Taraji P. Henson, Maeve Quinlan …
Directed by: Bill Duke
Based on the novel by televangelist T.D. Jakes, this faith-based drama follows the trials and tribulations of Dave and Clarice, a married couple forced to reevaluate the strength of their…
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Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail (2009)
Cast: Tyler Perry, Vanessa Ferlito, Keshia Knight Pulliam …
Directed by: Tyler Perry
When a routine speeding incident turns into a full-blown highway "situation," Madea (Tyler Perry) mouths off to a cop and lands herself in jail, where she's suddenly trapped behind bars…
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Pastor Jones: Heavenly Voices (2009)
Cast: Jean-Claude La Marre
When a financial meltdown threatens the future of his choir, beleaguered Pastor Jones must get leading church members and estranged sisters Tammy and Louise to make amends. Could a big-time…
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Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All by Myself (2009)
Cast: Tyler Perry, Taraji P. Henson, Adam Rodriguez …
Directed by: Tyler Perry
Jennifer (Hope Olaide Wilson) and her kid brothers realize they've picked the wrong house to rob when they come face-to-face with quick-tempered matriarch Madea (Tyler Perry), who…
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The Least Among You (2009)
Cast: Cedric Sanders, Lauren Holly, Louis Gossett Jr. …
Directed by: Mark Young
Black college graduate Richard Kelly (Cedric Sanders) reluctantly accepts a plea bargain requiring him to spend two semesters at an all-white seminary after he's wrongly accused of…
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Truth Hall (2009)
Cast: Jade Dixon, Karimah Westbrook, Tamara 'Gingir' Curry …
Directed by: Jade Dixon
Reunited for a college classmate's wedding, five African-American women gradually realize that they're not the same people they once were. When lies and accusations begin to…
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Jessica Sinclaire's Thug Love (2009)
Cast: Robert G. Brewer, Tabitha Brown, Millena Gay …
Directed by: Marcello Thedford
Three years after a bitter divorce, forty-something Destiny Charles is too focused on her advertising career to make time for love -- until she meets Troy, a charismatic artist in his…
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A Mother's Prayer (2009)
Cast: Robin Givens, Jermaine Crawford, Johnny Gill …
Directed by: James Seppelfrick
In this inspirational drama, Brenda (Robin Givens), Darren (Jermaine Crawford) and James (Johnny Gill) are family members torn apart by personal turmoil until a dying matriarch's final…
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Mississippi Damned (2009)
Cast: Adam Clark, Malcolm Goodwin, Michael Hyatt …
Directed by: Tina Mabry
While growing up in rural Mississippi, three children from an impoverished black family with a long history of violence, addiction and abuse separately attempt to escape their suffocating…
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Three Ways to Get a Husband (2009)
Cast: Shannon Dade, Leon, Javon Johnson …
Directed by: Je'Caryous Johnson
In this musical drama, Chastity Moore (Shannon Dade) can't find the winning combination: Devon (Leon) was a loyal man, but the war took him away. New boyfriend Jemarcus (Javon Johnson)…
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Married Men and Single Women (2009)
Cast: Michael Wayne Thomas, Loneta Edison, Chantal Nichole …
Directed by: Steven Drayton
When three married men decide to step out on their marriages they get more than they bargained for. As each settle into lustful and emotional affairs with their mistresses, they find that…
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Ballast (2008)
Cast: Michael J. Smith Sr., JimMyron Ross, Tarra Riggs …
Directed by: Lance Hammer
In a small Mississippi Delta township, one of the poorest places in the rich nation of America, a single mother struggles to provide for herself and her son. Their fragile lives are…
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Pastor Jones: Sisters in Spirit 2 (2008)
Cast: Dinora Walcott, Christina Johnson, Harace Carpenter …
Directed by: Jean-Claude La Marre
Life is doubly complicated for Pastor Jones (Jean-Claude La Marre) when his beloved mentor (Harace Carpenter) unexpectedly dies, leaving behind a shocking secret: that he was actually the…
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It Ain't Easy (2008)
Cast: Mack 10, Katt Williams, Clifton Powell …
Growing up, Mack saw first-hand the risks and rewards of street life; his father was a pimp and his mother a prostitute. This lifetime of lessons has turned the adult Mack into a force of…