2010's Black Movies: More Than 400 Films List

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Bursting Out

Drama, Romance
Black Cast
Genevieve Nnaji, Nse Ikpe-Etim, Omoni Oboli
Release Date
January 01, 2010
Synopsis

A successful business woman falls in love with a dispatch rider but the huge difference in their societal statuses pose a strong threat to their blossoming love. [parts 1-2]

Bursting Out
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Black Cast
50 Cent, Lynn Whitfield, Mario Van Peebles
Release Date
March 05, 2011
Synopsis

50 Cent stars as gifted college running back Deon in this touching drama. Deon's world turns upside down when an unexpected crisis jeopardizes his professional ambitions -- and causes him to look at himself and his life in a new way.

All Things Fall Apart
Black Cast
Eddie Griffin
Release Date
February 19, 2011
Synopsis

Eddie Griffin proves once more that he’s one of the world’s premiere comedic talents in his brand-new stand-up special You Can Tell ‘Em I Said It. Eddie unapologetically rips into everything from racial stereotypes to Viagra to the First Lady and will leave you gasping for air as he buzzes around the stage and literally climbs the walls. This uncut, uncensored stand-up special live from Oakland, California will keep you laughing long after he exits the stage and coming back to watch it again and again.

Eddie Griffin: You Can Tell 'Em I Said It
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Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son Trailer
Black Cast
Brandon T. Jackson, Faizon Love, Jessica Lucas, Martin Lawrence
Release Date
February 16, 2011
Synopsis

FBI agent Malcolm Turner and his 17-year-old son, Trent, go undercover at an all-girls performing arts school after Trent witnesses a murder. Posing as Big Momma and Charmaine, they must find the murderer before he finds them.

Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son
Black Cast
Genevieve Nnaji
Release Date
January 01, 2011
Synopsis

A femme fatale who has a sweet and chaste veneer is in fact a ruthless hustler who will go to any length to make money. She fronts a children’s charity alongside her Archbishop Grandfather which they use to traffic children’s organs amidst other criminal activity. [parts 1-2]

Sacred Lies

Night Catches Us

Drama, Romance
Black Cast
Anthony Mackie, Black Thought, Jamie Hector, Kerry Washington, Nakia Dillard, Tanya Hamilton, Amari Cheatom, Wendell Pierce
Release Date
December 03, 2010
Synopsis

After growing up during the tumultuous 1960s, ex-Black Panther Marcus returns to his home in Philadelphia in 1976 and reconnects with Pat, the widow of a Panther leader. Marcus befriends Pat's young daughter and attempts to conquer his demons. Interfering with Marcus's good intentions are the neighborhood's continuing racial and social conflicts, as well as old enemies and friends -- both with scores to settle.

Night Catches Us
Release Date
November 14, 2010
Synopsis

A day in the life of a Hausa hairdresser in Northern Nigeria and how she is able to ask for better in her marriage after an experience that questions her sexuality.

Braids on a Bald Head
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For Colored Girls Trailer
Black Cast
Anika Noni Rose, Janet Jackson, Kerry Washington, Kimberly Elise, Loretta Devine, Macy Gray, Phylicia Rashad, Tessa Thompson, Thandiwe Newton, Tyler Perry, Whoopi Goldberg
Release Date
November 05, 2010
Synopsis

About existence from the perspective of 20 nameless black females. Each of the women portray one of the characters represented in the collection of twenty poems, revealing different issues that impact women in general and women of color in particular.

For Colored Girls

Unstoppable

Action, Thriller
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Black Cast
Denzel Washington, Elizabeth Mathis, Rosario Dawson
Release Date
November 04, 2010
Synopsis

A runaway train, transporting deadly, toxic chemicals, is barreling down on Stanton, Pennsylvania, and proves to be unstoppable until a veteran engineer and young conductor risk their lives to try and stop it with a switch engine.

Unstoppable

Legacy

Drama, Thriller
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Black Cast
Eamonn Walker, Idris Elba
Release Date
October 15, 2010
Synopsis

Taking refuge in a shabby Brooklyn motel after narrowly surviving a failed mission in Eastern Europe, Black Ops soldier Malcolm Gray (Idris Elba) begins to disintegrate mentally as he broods over the legacy of his actions in this taut psychological thriller. Haunted by his demons while holed up in his room, Malcolm ponders the ascent of his brother (Eamonn Walker), an ambitious senator with designs on the presidency.

Legacy
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Stomp the Yard 2: Homecoming Trailer
Black Cast
Columbus Short, David Banner, Jasmine Guy, Keith David, Kiely Williams, Pooch Hall, Rob Hardy, Stephen Boss, Tika Sumpter
Release Date
October 10, 2010
Synopsis

Chance Harris looks to find a balance between his school, work, relationships and opportunity to perform at the nationally televised step competition during homecoming weekend at Truth University.

Stomp the Yard 2: Homecoming

I Will Follow

Drama, Romance
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Black Cast
Dijon Talton, Omari Hardwick, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Tracie Thoms
Directed By Black
Ava DuVernay
Release Date
September 18, 2010
Synopsis

Chronicles a day in the life of a grieving woman, and the twelve visitors who help her move forward.

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Lottery Ticket Trailer
Black Cast
Brandon T. Jackson, Charlie Murphy, Ice Cube, Keith David, Loretta Devine, Mike Epps, Naturi Naughton, Shad Moss, Teairra Mari, Terry Crews
Release Date
August 20, 2010
Synopsis

Kevin Carson is a young man living in the projects who has to survive a three-day weekend after his opportunistic neighbors find out he's holding a winning lottery ticket worth $370 million

Lottery Ticket
Black Cast
Kagiso Lediga, Loyiso Gola, Trevor Noah
Release Date
October 22, 2011
Synopsis

In the world of stand-up comedy in South Africa, Trevor Noah uses his childhood experiences in a biracial family during apartheid to prepare for his first one-man show.

Trevor Noah: You Laugh But It's True
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Winnie Mandela Trailer
Black Cast
Jennifer Hudson, Terrence Howard
Release Date
September 16, 2011
Synopsis

A drama that chronicles the life of Winnie Mandela from her childhood through her marriage and her husband's incarceration.

Winnie Mandela

Attack the Block

Comedy, Action, Science Fiction
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Black Cast
Franz Drameh, John Boyega, Jumayn Hunter, Leeon Jones, Selom Awadzi, Simon Howard, Danielle Vitalis
Release Date
May 12, 2011
Synopsis

A teen gang in a grim South London housing estate must team up with the other residents to protect their neighbourhood from a terrifying alien invasion.

Attack the Block

The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975

Documentary, Juneteenth
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Black Cast
Angela Davis, Erykah Badu, Göran Olsson, Harry Belafonte, Kathleen Cleaver
Release Date
September 09, 2011
Synopsis

Examines the evolution of the Black Power Movement in American society from 1967 to 1975. It features footage of the movement shot by Swedish journalists in America during that period and includes the appearances of Bobby Seale, Huey P. Newton, Eldridge Cleaver, and other activists, artists, and leaders central to the movement.

The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975

Kevin Hart: Laugh at My Pain

Comedy, Documentary
Black Cast
Kevin Hart
Directed By Black
Tim Story, Leslie Small
Release Date
September 09, 2011
Synopsis

Experience the show that quickly became a national phenomenon. Get an up-close and personal look at Kevin Hart back in Philly where he began his journey to become one of the funniest comedians of all time. You will laugh 'til it hurts!

Kevin Hart: Laugh at My Pain
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The Help Trailer
Black Cast
Octavia Spencer, Viola Davis
Release Date
August 09, 2011
Synopsis

Aibileen Clark is a middle-aged African-American maid who has spent her life raising white children and has recently lost her only son; Minny Jackson is an African-American maid who has often offended her employers despite her family's struggles with money and her desperate need for jobs; and Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan is a young white woman who has recently moved back home after graduating college to find out her childhood maid has mysteriously disappeared. These three stories intertwine to explain how life in Jackson, Mississippi revolves around "the help"; yet they are always kept at a certain distance because of racial lines.

The Help

Colombiana

Drama, Action, Crime, Thriller
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Colombiana Trailer
Black Cast
Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Lennie James, Amandla Stenberg, Zoe Saldana
Release Date
July 27, 2011
Synopsis

Zoe Saldana plays a young woman who, after witnessing her parents’ murder as a child in Bogota, grows up to be a stone-cold assassin. She works for her uncle as a hitman by day, but her personal time is spent engaging in vigilante murders that she hopes will lead her to her ultimate target: the mobster responsible for her parents' death.

Colombiana