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Farewell Amor (2020)

Summary: Reunited after 17 years, an Angolan immigrant is joined in the U.S. by his wife and daughter. Now strangers sharing a one-bedroom apartment, they discover a shared love of dance that may help them overcome the distance between them.

Release Date: December 11, 2020

Genres: Drama, Music, Romance

Director: Ekwa Msangi

Writer: Ekwa Msangi

Runtime: 1 h 35 min

MPAA: Unrated

Production: Park Pictures, Department of Motion Pictures, Good Gravy Films, Jhumka Films, Lucky 13 Productions, MACRO, Mubi, Outrageous Pictures, Wavelength

Distributor: IFC Films

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 4,689

Fear of a Black Hat (1993)

Summary: A mockumentary chronicling the rise and fall of NWH, a not particularly talented--or particularly bright but always controversial--hip-hop group.

Release Date: June 03, 1994

Genres: Comedy, Music

Director: Rusty Cundieff

Writer: Rusty Cundieff

Runtime: 1 h 28 min

MPAA: R

Production: Incorporated Television Company (ITC), Oakwood Productions

Distributor: The Samuel Goldwyn Company, Fox Video, Avatar Entertainment, Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, Carlton International Media, Destination Films, Hen's Tooth Video, ITV Studios Global Entertainment

Countries: United States, United Kingdom

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 999,999

Domestic: $ 233,824

Almost Christmas (2016)

Summary: A dysfunctional family gathers together for their first Christmas since their mom died.

Release Date: November 11, 2016

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director: David E. Talbert

Writer: David E. Talbert

Runtime: 1 h 51 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Universal Pictures, Will Packer Productions, Perfect World Pictures

Countries: United States, China

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 17,000,000

Domestic: $ 42,158,780

International: $ 422,140

Crossover (2006)

Summary: The lives of a gifted athlete and his best friend change when they take a fateful trip to Los Angeles. The young hopefuls must use every skill at their command to topple the reigning street ball champions from their thrones.

Release Date: September 01, 2006

Genres: Action, Sport

Director: Preston A. Whitmore II

Writer: Preston A. Whitmore II

Runtime: 1 h 35 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: 360 Pictures, Dribble Productions LLC, Platinum Equity

Distributor: Sony Pictures Releasing, TriStar Pictures, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 5,800,000

Domestic: $ 7,009,668

Premature (2019)

Summary: Seventeen year-old Ayanna meets handsome and mysterious Isaiah in her path toward self-discovery. Her entire world is turned upside down as she travails on the rigorous terrain of young love in the summer before she leaves for col...

Release Date: February 21, 2020

Genres: Drama, Music, Romance

Director: Rashaad Ernesto Green

Writers: Rashaad Ernesto Green

, Zora Howard

Runtime: 1 h 30 min

MPAA: Unrated

Production: Mi Alma Films, Astute Films, Slice Entertainment Group

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 23,071

Cover (2007)

Summary: They are married men that pass H.I.V. to their male or female partners. Many of the men hide behind the vow of marriage, but still desire men. The women know, but have grown accustomed to the extravagant lifestyle.

Release Date: October 28, 2007

Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Director: Bill Duke

Writers: Aaron Rahsaan Thomas

, Aliya Jackson

Runtime: 1 h 38 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Duke Media, Redmond Enterprises, Redwood Palms Pictures

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 3,600,000

Domestic: $ 79,436

The Obama Effect (2012)

Summary: A serious health scare ignites John Thomas, an insurance salesman in his 50s, to take a closer look at his life. Motivated by a misguided obsession with getting Barack Obama elected, John takes an overwhelming involvement in the P...

Release Date: July 13, 2012

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Director: Charles S. Dutton

Writers: Charles S. Dutton

, Barry Hankerson

, Samuel Z. Jean

Runtime: 1 h 25 min

MPAA: PG-13

Distributor: Bro Distribution, Gigapix Releasing, Novus Content

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 10,000,000

Domestic: $ 110,904

Meet the Browns (2008)

Summary: A single mom takes her family to Georgia for the funeral of her father--a man she never met--and she and her clan meet the crass, fun-loving Brown family.

Release Date: March 21, 2008

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director: Tyler Perry

Writer: Tyler Perry

Runtime: 1 h 40 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: The Tyler Perry Company

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 41,975,388

Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom (2008)

Summary: As Noah and Wade prepare to marry in Martha's Vineyard, the personal problems of their friends - and the unexpected arrival of rapper Baby Gat - threatens to permanently end their relationship.

Release Date: October 24, 2008

Genres: Drama, Romance

Director: Patrik-Ian Polk

Writers: Q. Allan Brocka

, John R. Gordon

, Patrik-Ian Polk

Runtime: 1 h 41 min

MPAA: R

Production: Blueprint Entertainment, Logo, Tall Skinny Black Boy Productions

Countries: United States, Canada

Language: English

Domestic: $ 532,878

Brotherly Love (2015)

Summary: Set on the backdrop of Philadelphia's famed Overbrook High School, we track the lives of the nations number one high school basketball player Sergio Taylor as he deals with the early pressures of hood fame.

Release Date: April 24, 2015

Genre: Drama

Director: Jamal Hill

Writer: Jamal Hill

Runtime: 1 h 29 min

MPAA: R

Production: Brotherly Love Prods FEJ, Electric Republic, Flavor Unit Entertainment

Distributor: Freestyle Releasing, Freestyle Digital Media

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 1,900,000

Domestic: $ 478,595

Boo 2! A Madea Halloween (2017)

Summary: Madea, Bam, and Hattie venture to a haunted campground and the group must run for their lives when monsters, goblins, and the boogeyman are unleashed.

Release Date: October 20, 2017

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Horror

Director: Tyler Perry

Writers: Tyler Perry

, Brian Schulman

Runtime: 1 h 41 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: The Tyler Perry Company

Distributor: Lionsgate

Country: United States

Language: English

Franchise: Madea

Movie budget: $ 25,000,000

Domestic: $ 47,319,572

International: $ 1,014,360

Trippin' (1999)

Summary: The only effort high school student Greg Reed exerts is pursuing the beautiful and unattainable Cinny Hawkins. But when he realizes that that way to win Cinny's heart is through academics, Greg starts hitting the books.

Release Date: May 12, 1999

Genre: Comedy

Director: David Raynr

Writer: Gary Hardwick

Runtime: 1 h 34 min

MPAA: R

Production: Beacon Communications

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 3,000,000

Domestic: $ 9,017,070

Sia, the Dream of the Python (2001)

Summary: Every year the most beautiful girl will be sacrificed to the Python God. When a girl named Sia is the next to be sacrificed, she hides in the house of the village idiot, a man who goes around shouting hyper-aggressive criticisms a...

Release Date: May 24, 2002

Genre: Drama

Director: Dani Kouyaté

Writers: Moussa Diagana

, Dani Kouyaté

Runtime: 1 h 36 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Les Productions de la Lanterne, Sahélis Productions

Countries: France, Burkina Faso

Language: Bambara

Domestic: $ 4,662

International: $ 15,168

Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. (2022)

Summary: In the aftermath of a huge scandal, Trinitie Childs, the first lady of a prominent Southern Baptist Mega Church, attempts to help her pastor-husband, Lee-Curtis Childs, rebuild their congregation.

Release Date: September 02, 2022

Genre: Comedy

Director: Adamma Ebo

Writer: Adamma Ebo

Runtime: 1 h 46 min

MPAA: R

Production: Pinky Promise, 59%, Ejime Productions

Distributor: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 2,561,270

True to the Game 2 (2020)

Summary: After her friend's death, a NYC journalist becomes the target of a criminal looking to collect on a debt.

Release Date: November 06, 2020

Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Director: Jamal Hill

Writers: Preston A. Whitmore II

, Teri Woods

Runtime: 1 h 34 min

MPAA: R

Production: Gena's Story, Imani Media Group

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 1,181,823

Miss Juneteenth (2020)

Summary: A former beauty queen and single mom prepares her rebellious teenage daughter for the "Miss Juneteenth" pageant.

Release Date: June 19, 2020

Genre: Drama

Director: Channing Godfrey Peoples

Writer: Channing Godfrey Peoples

Runtime: 1 h 39 min

MPAA: Unrated

Production: Sailor Bear, Ley Line Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 92,349

International: $ 19,079

13 Months of Sunshine (2007)

Summary: A drama about two Ethiopians who enter a marriage of convenience and struggle to maintain traditional values as they strive toward their dreams.

Genres: Drama, Romance

Director: Yehdego Abeselom

Writer: Yehdego Abeselom

Runtime: 1 h 38 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Abeselom Productions, Mafia Pictures, Resolve Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 55,000

Domestic: $ 2,337