Black Western Movies to Watch in 2024

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Black Western Movies to Watch in 2024

Step into the boots of the Black cowboy movies with our selection of 2024's top Black Western movies.

These films paint a vivid picture of the Wild West, seen through the eyes of those too often left untold in history. From epic horseback chases to gritty frontier survival, each film captures the spirit of the Western genre while offering a fresh, diverse perspective.

Get ready to ride alongside the toughest, bravest Black cowboys and cowgirls, as we redefine the narrative of the Old West together.

And keep an eye on our daily curated list of new movies with Black protagonists in 2024.

Black Western Movies releasing in 2024

Black Western Movies already released in 2024

Outlaw Posse
Western, Action
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Outlaw Posse Trailer
Black Cast
Mario Van Peebles, D.C. Young Fly, Mandela Van Peebles, Amber Reign Smith, Allen Payne, Cedric the Entertainer, Whoopi Goldberg
Directed By Black
Mario Van Peebles
Written By Black
Mario Van Peebles
Release Date
March 01, 2024
Synopsis
1908. Chief returns from years of hiding in Mexico to claim stolen reparations gold hidden in the hills of Montana but is chased by Angel, whose rationale to the gold leaves a trail of dead bodies.
Outlaw Posse

Our favorites from 2023

Surrounded
Drama, Western
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Surrounded Trailer
Black Cast
Letitia Wright, Michael Kenneth Williams
Release Date
June 16, 2023
Synopsis
After her stagecoach is ambushed, a woman is tasked with holding a dangerous outlaw captive and must survive the day when the bandit’s gang tries to free him.
Surrounded

Outlaw Johnny Black
Action, Comedy, Western
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Outlaw Johnny Black Trailer
Black Cast
Michael Jai White, Anika Noni Rose, Byron Minns, Erica Ash, Glynn Turman, Kym Whitley, Tommy Davidson
Directed By Black
Michael Jai White
Release Date
September 15, 2023
Synopsis
Hell bent on avenging the death of his father, Johnny Black vows to gun down Brett Clayton and becomes a wanted man in the process while posing as a preacher in a small mining town that's been taken over by a notorious Land Baron.
Outlaw Johnny Black

Our favorites from 2022

Ghosts of the Ozarks
Mystery, Horror, Western
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Ghosts of the Ozarks Trailer
Black Cast
Phil Morris, Thomas Hobson
Release Date
February 04, 2022
Synopsis

In 1866, a young doctor is summoned by his uncle to a remote town in the Ozarks only to discover upon his arrival that the utopian paradise is not all that it seems to be.

Ghosts of the Ozarks

Bull
Drama, Western
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Bull Trailer
Black Cast
Rob Morgan, Yolonda Ross
Release Date
August 03, 2022
Synopsis

In a near-abandoned subdivision west of Houston, a wayward teen runs headlong into her equally willful and unforgiving neighbor, an aging bullfighter who's seen his best days in the arena; it's a collision that will change them both.

Bull

Saloum
Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Western
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Saloum Trailer
Black Cast
Ndiaga Mbow, Evelyne Ily Juhen, Yann Gael, Bruno Henry, Roger Felmont Sallah, Mentor Ba, Babacar Oualy
Directed By Black
Jean Luc Herbulot
Release Date
September 02, 2022
Synopsis
Three mercenaries extracting a druglord out of Guinea-Bissau are forced to hide in the mystical region of Saloum, Senegal.
Saloum

God's Country
Thriller, Western
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God's Country Trailer
Black Cast
Thandiwe Newton
Release Date
September 16, 2022
Synopsis
When a grieving college professor confronts two hunters she catches trespassing on her property, she's drawn into an escalating battle of wills with catastrophic consequences.
God's Country

Nope
Horror, Science Fiction, Western
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Nope Trailer
Black Cast
Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer, Keith David
Directed By Black
Jordan Peele
Release Date
July 22, 2022
Synopsis
Residents in a lonely gulch of inland California bear witness to an uncanny, chilling discovery.
Nope

Our favorites from 2021

The Harder They Fall
Action, Crime, Thriller, Western
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The Harder They Fall Trailer
Black Cast
Danielle Deadwyler, Delroy Lindo, Edi Gathegi, Idris Elba, Jonathan Majors, Lakeith Stanfield, Regina King, RJ Cyler, Zazie Beetz
Directed By Black
Jeymes Samuel
Release Date
October 22, 2021
Synopsis

When outlaw Nat Love discovers that his enemy Rufus Buck is being released from prison he rounds up his gang to track Rufus down and seek revenge.

The Harder They Fall

Concrete Cowboy
Drama, Western
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Concrete Cowboy Trailer
Black Cast
Byron Bowers, Caleb McLaughlin, Idris Elba, Jharrel Jerome, Lorraine Toussaint, Method Man
Release Date
April 02, 2021
Synopsis

While spending the summer in North Philadelphia, a troubled teen is caught between a life of crime and his estranged father’s vibrant urban-cowboy subculture.

Concrete Cowboy

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