2000's Black Movies: +200 Films List

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Kingdom Come

Comedy, Drama
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Black Cast
Anthony Anderson, Cedric the Entertainer, Darius McCrary, Jada Pinkett Smith, LL Cool J, Loretta Devine, Richard Gant, Toni Braxton, Vivica A. Fox, Whoopi Goldberg
Release Date
April 11, 2001
Synopsis

When her husband keels over from a stroke, Raynelle Slocumb calls the entire clan together to remember their dearly departed. Family tensions reach a comedic boil as the wildly dysfunctional Slocumbs squabble and fight their way to the funeral.

Kingdom Come

Down to Earth

Comedy, Romance, Fantasy, Science Fiction
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Black Cast
Chris Rock, Frankie Faison, Mario Joyner, Regina King, Wanda Sykes
Release Date
February 16, 2001
Synopsis

After dying before his time, an aspiring comic gets a second shot at life... by being reincarnated as a wealthy but un-likable businessman.

Down to Earth

Double Take

Comedy, Drama, Romance, Action, Adventure
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Black Cast
Carlos Carrasco, Eddie Griffin, Garcelle Beauvais, Orlando Jones, Vivica A. Fox
Release Date
January 12, 2001
Synopsis

The governor of a Mexican state is assassinated. Soon after, junior executive Daryl Chase's life turns upside down: after he flags a huge transfer of funds from a Mexican account as probably illegal, he's attacked in his apartment, rescued by a CIA agent, finds his secretary shot dead, and witnesses two cops get killed. He calls the CIA guy who tells him to grab the next train to Mexico. Leaving M

Double Take
Black Cast
Darlan Cunha, Douglas Silva, Jonathan Haagensen, Leandro Firmino, Phellipe Haagensen
Release Date
January 01, 2001
Synopsis

Two young boys, Laranjinha and Acerola, living in Cidade de Deus, one of the most violent neighborhoods in Rio de Janeiro, need some money to go to a concert. The "easiest" (and most dangerous) way to get it is working for some drug-dealers.

Palace II
Black Cast
Buddy Lewis, Chris Stokes, Dorien Wilson, Kym Whitley, Marques Houston, Meagan Good, Alexis Fields
Release Date
January 01, 2001
Synopsis

Jon Jon (Marques Houston) sees a ripe opportunity for a major party when he snags the job house-sitting for his rich Uncle Charles. The mansion comes with a platinum colored Mercedes-Benz 430. Which is said to be more than $100,000, and although Uncle Bilal has told him not to drive the car or have people over, Jon Jon wastes no time in doing both. But Uncle Charles vacation isn't going as planned, Charles is unaware that Jon Jon is not only having an "entertainment party", but he's auditioning his hip-hop band (IMx) for a record executive. When Jon Jon finds out his uncle is coming home earlier than announced, he has to race against time to try and put everything back the way he found it again.

House Party 4: Down to the Last Minute

Holiday Heart

Drama, Romance
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Black Cast
Alfre Woodard, Ving Rhames
Release Date
December 10, 2000
Synopsis

A drag queen takes in a drug addict and her daughter and helps raise the daughter.

Holiday Heart

Disappearing Acts

Drama, Romance
Black Cast
Aunjanue Ellis, CCH Pounder, Clark Johnson, John Amos, Laz Alonso, Q-Tip, Regina Hall, Sanaa Lathan, Wesley Snipes
Directed By Black
Gina Prince-Bythewood
Release Date
December 09, 2000
Synopsis

Zora Banks is a school teacher and aspiring singer hoping to become a successful star while taking a break from heartache. Franklin Swift is a down-on-his-luck construction worker and not-quite divorced father of two hoping to start his own business. The two meet and fall in love and during the course of the stormy relationship, they both come to some startling conclusions about love and each other.

Disappearing Acts

Seventeen Again

Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Release Date
November 12, 2000
Synopsis

Cat and Gene have been divorced for several years. They are both visiting their son and their grandchildren, Sydney and Willie. Willie's a genius who develops a formula that makes who uses it young again, it inadvertently spills into some soap that Willie places in his grandparents room. When each of them uses it they finds themselves 17 again. Willie had to find a way to reverse the process but will his grandparents want to be old again?

Seventeen Again

Married to a Witch

Drama, Horror
Release Date
November 22, 2001
Synopsis

Young business man Michael has some kind of religious crisis. This weakness is exploited by a group of cackling witches. One of the witches - in her human form - get's married to Michael. Slowly, his family life and his health starts to fall apart. Can he be saved through the power of Jesus Christ?

Married to a Witch

Black Knight

Comedy, Adventure, Fantasy
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Black Cast
Daryl Mitchell, Marsha Thomason, Martin Lawrence
Release Date
November 21, 2001
Synopsis

Martin Lawrence plays Jamal, an employee in Medieval World amusement park. After nearly drowning in the moat, he awakens to find himself in 14th century England.

Black Knight
Black Cast
James Earl Jones, Muhammad Ali
Release Date
November 19, 2001
Synopsis

"This is a kid who just said it. I'm the greatest - and he said it with poetry. And I don't mean just the poems that he wrote but with the poetic energy, the poetic spirit" - James Earl Jones. Through the eys of the world is a unique account of one of the great icons of the 20th century, told by family, friends and fans from all over the world.

Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World

The Wash

Comedy, Action
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Black Cast
Angell Conwell, Bruce Bruce, DJ Pooh, Dr. Dre, Shari Watson, Shawn Fonteno, Snoop Dogg, Tom Lister Jr., Alex Thomas, Lamont Bentley
Release Date
November 16, 2001
Synopsis

With the rent due and his car booted, Sean (Dr. Dre) has to come up with some ends...and fast. When his best buddy and roommate Dee Loc (Snoop Dogg), suggests that Sean get a job busting suds down at the local car wash.

The Wash

Monster's Ball

Drama, Romance
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Black Cast
Halle Berry, Sean Combs, Yasiin Bey
Release Date
November 11, 2001
Synopsis

Set in the southern USA, a racist white man, Hank, falls in love with a black woman named Leticia. Ironically, Hank is a prison guard working on Death Row who executed Leticia's husband. Hank and Leticia's inter-racial affair leads to confusion and new ideas for the two unlikely lovers.

Monster's Ball

Training Day

Drama, Action, Crime, Thriller
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Black Cast
Denzel Washington, Dr. Dre, Macy Gray, Snoop Dogg
Directed By Black
Antoine Fuqua
Release Date
October 05, 2001
Synopsis

On his first day on the job as a narcotics officer, a rookie cop works with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears.

Training Day

Two Can Play That Game

Comedy, Romance
Black Cast
Anthony Anderson, Bobby Brown, Dondre Whitfield, Gabrielle Union, Mark Brown, Mo'Nique, Morris Chestnut, Tamala Jones, Vivica A. Fox, Wendy Raquel Robinson
Release Date
September 07, 2001
Synopsis

Vivica A. Fox sizzles as a woman scorned who plans to get her man back by any means necessary. In this comedy about players and those who "get played." As corporate overachiever and all-around fly chick Shanté Smith, Fox thinks she's got the goods to keep her slickster boyfriend (Morris Chestnut) from straying - until he discovers a greener pasture, Shanté's archrival (Gabrielle Union)

Two Can Play That Game

Rush Hour 2

Comedy, Action, Crime
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Black Cast
Chris Tucker, Don Cheadle
Release Date
August 03, 2001
Synopsis

It's vacation time for Carter as he finds himself alongside Lee in Hong Kong wishing for more excitement. While Carter wants to party and meet the ladies, Lee is out to track down a Triad gang lord who may be responsible for killing two men at the American Embassy. Things get complicated as the pair stumble onto a counterfeiting plot. The boys are soon up to their necks in fist fights and life-threatening situations. A trip back to the U.S. may provide the answers about the bombing, the counterfeiting, and the true allegiance of sexy customs agent Isabella.

Rush Hour 2
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Black Cast
Keenen Ivory Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Regina Hall, Shawn Wayans
Directed By Black
Keenen Ivory Wayans
Release Date
July 04, 2001
Synopsis

While the original parodied slasher flicks like Scream, Keenen Ivory Wayans's sequel to Scary Movie takes comedic aim at haunted house movies. A group of students visit a mansion called "Hell House," and murderous high jinks ensue.

Scary Movie 2

Pootie Tang

Comedy, Action
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Black Cast
Chris Rock, J.B. Smoove, Lance Crouther, Mario Joyner, Reg E. Cathey, Wanda Sykes
Release Date
June 29, 2001
Synopsis

Pootie Tang, the musician/actor/folk hero of the ghetto, is chronicled from his early childhood to his battles against the evil Corporate America, who try to steal his magic belt and make him sell out by endorsing addictive products to his people. Pootie must learn to find himself and defeat the evil corporation for all the young black children of America, supatime.

Pootie Tang

Baby Boy

Drama, Romance, Crime, Thriller
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Black Cast
Angell Conwell, John Singleton, Kareem J. Grimes, Mo'Nique, Omar Gooding, Snoop Dogg, Taraji P. Henson, Tracey Cherelle Jones, Tyrese Gibson, Ving Rhames
Directed By Black
John Singleton
Written By Black
John Singleton
Release Date
June 27, 2001
Synopsis

The story of Jody, a misguided, 20-year-old African-American who is really just a baby boy finally forced-kicking and screaming to face the commitments of real life. Streetwise and jobless, he has not only fathered two children by two different women-Yvette and Peanut but still lives with his own mother. He can't seem to strike a balance or find direction in his chaotic life.

Baby Boy
Black Cast
Adilah Barnes, Gloria Reuben, Henry G. Sanders, Robert Bailey Jr., Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Ving Rhames
Release Date
May 05, 2002
Synopsis

The unmarried daughter of a Texas rancher gives birth to an unwanted child. She puts the child up for adoption and moves away from home. Without her knowledge, her father took the boy and raised him. Twelve years later, she is now a successful family-court judge in L.A. Over the years, she has avoided her father and knows nothing of the child. That all changes when he decides that is time she knew her own child and heads for L.A.

Little John