Black Romance Movies To Fall In Love in 2024
Gil SantosWelcome to our curated selection of 2024's best Black romance movies. These films celebrate our love, resilience, and vibrant culture, from heart-soaring romances to poignant tales of connections that defy the odds.
Get cozy and immerse yourself in love stories that truly speak to you.
Black Romance Movies releasing in 2024
Black Cast
Cynthia Erivo
Release Date
November 27, 2024
Synopsis
Wicked tells the story of Elphaba, the future Wicked Witch of the West and her relationship with Glinda, the Good Witch of the North. The first of a two-part feature film adaptation of the Broadway musical.
Black Romance Movies already released in 2024
Black Cast
Lawrence Maleka, Kwanele Mthethwa, Sandile Mahlangu, Nimrod Nkosi, Obed Baloyi, Primo Baloyi
Directed By Black
Thabang Moleya
Written By Black
Katleho Ramaphakela
Release Date
July 12, 2024
Synopsis
Ace Ngubeni, a slick lobola negotiator, faces his toughest deal yet for a shy client - only to find the stakes are higher than cash.
Black Cast
Nina Mélo, Isabelle Kabano
Directed By Black
Abderrahmane Sissako
Written By Black
Abderrahmane Sissako, Kessen Tall
Release Date
February 28, 2024
Synopsis
Aya, a young Ivorian woman in her early thirties, says no on her wedding day, to everyone’s astonishment. After emigrating to Asia, she works in a tea export shop with Cai, a 45-year-old Chinese man. Aya and Cai fall in love but can their affair survive the turmoil of their past and other people’s prejudices?
Black Cast
Lunga Shabalala, Duduzile Ngcobo, Sparky Xulu, Didintle Khunou, N'kone Mametja
Release Date
February 14, 2024
Synopsis
When her three grown sons show no signs of settling down and starting their own families, a mother uses the coveted family home to entice them into doing the right thing- the first to get married before the New Year wins the home.
Black Cast
Zendaya
Release Date
April 26, 2024
Synopsis
Tennis player turned coach Tashi has taken her husband, Art, and transformed him into a world-famous grand slam champion. To jolt him out of his recent losing streak, she makes him play a “Challenger” event — close to the lowest level of pro tournament — where he finds himself standing across the net from his former best friend and Tashi’s former boyfriend.
Our favorites from 2023
Black Cast
Michele Weaver, Jeff Pierre, Ian Collins, Karen Holness, Tenika Davis, Catherine Lough Haggquist
Directed By Black
Rhonda Baraka
Release Date
December 09, 2023
Synopsis
Amy Bell is a pro at turning down party invitations, vacations with friends, and even dates because she's laser-focused on her job. When her job is eliminated, her brother dares her to do something terrifying: say "yes" to everything this holiday season.
Black Cast
B.J. Britt, Darlene Cooke, Jayd Deroché, Jordan Francis, Glen Michael Grant, Sheronna Osbourne, Skye Townsend
Directed By Black
Roger M. Bobb
Written By Black
Lenore Adediran
Release Date
December 02, 2023
Synopsis
When Jeremiah returns home for the first time in years to play a gig with his band, he is recruited to take over as the minister of music for the annual Christmas Jubilee at his home church reigniting the feud, and romance, between the pastor's daughter Willow.
Black Cast
Mishael Morgan, Ronnie Rowe, Jaime M. Callica, Jayd Deroché, André Bédard, JaNae Armogan
Directed By Black
Roger M. Bobb
Written By Black
Maggie Bush, Lanre Idewu
Release Date
December 03, 2023
Synopsis
A woman (Morgan) returns home to help with her family's Christmas Carnival and romance ignites. A photo journalist (Rowe) curates a surprise reunion.
Black Cast
Angel Prater, Sterling Sulieman
Release Date
November 10, 2023
Synopsis
When Michelle finally gets to wear the lucky bridesmaid’s dress that has led to all of her friends getting married, she realizes that she’s been looking for love in all the wrong places.
Black Cast
Dandara Mariana, Dan Ferreira
Directed By Black
Sílvio Guindane
Release Date
November 24, 2023
Synopsis
When Alex and Eva choose to exchange vows at the very spot they first crossed paths, a series of hilarious missteps derails their journey to the altar.
Black Cast
Mary Antonini, Kelsey Scott
Release Date
December 03, 2023
Synopsis
Small town wedding planner Rachel is planning her biggest Christmas wedding for an influencer couple, is thrown a surprise when the bride's manager turns out to be Logan, her first love and high school sweetheart - her one that got away.
Sworn Justice: Taken Before Christmas
Christmas, Romance, Thriller, Female-Led
Black Cast
Mishael Morgan, Vivica A. Fox, Leland Bernard Martin, Benz Antoine
Release Date
November 16, 2023
Synopsis
A pair of star-crossed lovers – an undercover cop and a defense lawyer who met while pursuing a major crime lord – are put in jeopardy when one of them gets kidnapped by a corrupt element imbedded in Philadelphia’s most revered institutions.
12 Games of Christmas
Christmas, Comedy, Romance
Black Cast
Johnny Ramey, Felisha Cooper
Release Date
December 17, 2023
Synopsis
A group of old friends and neighbors are transported into a Christmas-themed board game during a Christmas party.
Black Cast
Tatyana Ali, Patrick Faucette
Release Date
December 16, 2023
Synopsis
When travel columnist Sonny Kravitz and her ex-boyfriend Kip are forced to team up to help their best friends Bree and Jarod get engaged amongst a whimsical backdrop of twelve holiday traditions from around the world at her parent's snowy chalet, they soon find themselves falling for one another once again.
A Royal Christmas Surprise
Christmas, Romance
Black Cast
Jennifer Freeman, Andi Anderson, Trisha Mann, Abena Ayivor, Andrae Todd James Bicy
Directed By Black
Beautie Masvaure Alt
Release Date
November 30, 2023
Synopsis
Riley and Mandla will have to navigate tension between the matriarchs of their respective families, planning their engagement party, and another "Royal Surprise" that puts into question the couple's entire future.
Christmas Angel
Christmas, Drama, Music, Romance, Female-Led
Black Cast
Skyh Black, DaniLeigh, Elise Neal, Romeo Miller, Tamar Braxton, Iris Gaspar, Maxine Ugo, Juhahn Jones, TravQue
Directed By Black
LazRael Lison
Written By Black
LazRael Lison
Release Date
November 09, 2023
Synopsis
A mega star, with the world at her feet, is unraveling at the core. When her car breaks down and a stranger offers to help her, a whole new chapter in her life starts.
Black Cast
Anthony Mackie
Release Date
March 03, 2023
Synopsis
Two astronauts who think they’ve been lost in space forever fall in love, becoming content with their isolated lives, only to suddenly have to return to Earth.
Black Cast
Ashanti, Michelle Hurd, Cedric the Entertainer, B.J. Britt, Julissa Bermudez, J. Teddy Garces, Wesley Armstrong
Directed By Black
Erik White
Release Date
September 29, 2023
Synopsis
Lizzie only request of her "Male of Honor" Marshall is that he doesn't bring his hated ex Marie to her destination wedding. But lovesick Marshall brings her as his plus one, and Marie does everything in her power to wreck Lizzie's big day.
Black Cast
Asante Blackk, Tiffany Haddish, Brooklynn MacKinzie, William Jackson Harper, Shiquita James, Thea Camara
Release Date
August 18, 2023
Synopsis
Years into a benevolent alien occupation, mankind is still adjusting to its new overlords. Their technology initially held promise for global prosperity, but rendered most human jobs – and steady income – obsolete. When two teenagers discover the aliens are fascinated with human love and will pay for access to it, they decide to livestream their romance to make extra cash for their families.
Black Cast
Lauren London, Eddie Murphy, Nia Long, Sam Jay, Mike Epps, Anthony Anderson, Khadijah Haqq McCray, Kym Whitley, La La Anthony, Travis Bennett
Directed By Black
Kenya Barris
Release Date
January 20, 2023
Synopsis
A new couple and their families reckon with modern love amid culture clashes, societal expectations and generational differences.
Young. Wild. Free.
Drama, Romance
Black Cast
Jahking Guillory, Mike Epps, Sanaa Lathan, Ta'Rhonda Jones, Algee Smith, Sierra Capri, GaTa
Directed By Black
Thembi Banks
Release Date
January 22, 2023
Synopsis
High school senior Brandon is drowning in responsibilities when his world is turned upside down after being robbed at gunpoint by the girl of his dreams.
Black Cast
David Jonsson, Vivian Oparah, Simon Manyonda, Levi Roots
Release Date
March 17, 2023
Synopsis
Two twenty-somethings, both reeling from bad break-ups, connect over the course of an eventful day in South London – helping each other deal with their nightmare exes, and potentially restoring their faith in romance.
Black Cast
Halle Bailey, Daveed Diggs, Noma Dumezweni, Jude Akuwudike, Adrian Christopher, Simone Ashley, Sienna King
Release Date
May 26, 2023
Synopsis
The youngest of King Triton’s daughters, and the most defiant, Ariel longs to find out more about the world beyond the sea, and while visiting the surface, falls for the dashing Prince Eric. With mermaids forbidden to interact with humans, Ariel makes a deal with the evil sea witch, Ursula, which gives her a chance to experience life on land, but ultimately places her life – and her father’s crown – in jeopardy.
Black Cast
Keesha Sharp, Demetrius Grosse, Rhyon Nicole Brown
Release Date
April 30, 2023
Synopsis
A single mother surprised by her daughter's recent engagement, travels to the Gulf Shores where she finds love unexpectedly.
Black Cast
Gabrielle Union, Gina Torres, Janet Hubert, La La Anthony, Numa Perrier, Aisha Hinds, Keith Powers
Directed By Black
Numa Perrier
Release Date
June 14, 2023
Synopsis
Will a 40-year-old woman with everything on the line - her high-stakes career, ticking biological clock, bank account - risk it all for an intensely lusty secret romance with the one person who could destroy her comeback, for good?
Black Cast
Lívia Silva, Ronald Sotto, Rogério Brito, Juliana Alves, Rejane Faria, Gabz
Release Date
June 22, 2023
Synopsis
When she's about to fail in math – the subject she hates the most, Jasmine has to take booster classes with a cute young tutor, but who breathes numbers in everything he does. Facing family pressure and embarking on a risky love, she'll need to overcome her fears and limitations to pursue her true dream: be an artist.
Black Cast
Gabz, IZA, Larissa Luz, Lucas Leto
Directed By Black
Lázaro Ramos
Release Date
June 08, 2023
Synopsis
An ambitious law student who hates music needs to make a perfect plan to get hired at the office she interns at – until she meets a charming singer who shakes her life. While she's living her first love, she needs to face her own past and decide what's more important: do what she loves or learn to love what she does.
Black Cast
Fantasia Barrino, Taraji P. Henson, Danielle Brooks, Colman Domingo, Gabriella Wilson, Halle Bailey, Phylicia Pearl Mpasi, Corey Hawkins, David Alan Grier, Deon Cole, Louis Gossett Jr., Jon Batiste, Tiffany Elle Burgess, Ciara, Aba Arthur, Tamela Mann
Directed By Black
Blitz Bazawule
Written By Black
Marcus Gardley
Release Date
December 25, 2023
Synopsis
A decades-spanning tale of love and resilience and of one woman's journey to independence. Celie faces many hardships in her life, but ultimately finds extraordinary strength and hope in the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood.
About the Author
Gil Santos
With over 20 years of experience in various narrative mediums, Gil Santos is the singular mind behind Culture Bay. His journey began as a lyricist and web developer, later expanding into crafting dynamic conference presentations and engaging YouTube sketches. This diverse background has allowed him to hone his storytelling skills across different fields. Santos' lifelong passion for sci-fi and fantasy, combined with his knack for interactive storytelling, culminate in Culture Bay - a fusion of innovative ideas and engaging narratives intended for all to enjoy.