Best Black Struggle movies of 1990s

Actors : Wood Harris, Ryan Hurst, Denzel Washington, Will Patton,
Directors : Boaz Yakin,

The true story of a newly appointed African-American coach and his high school team on their first season as a racially integrated unit.

Actors : Aunjanue Ellis, Cuba Gooding Jr., Robert De Niro, Charlize Theron,
Directors : George Tillman Jr.,

The story of Carl Brashear, the first African-American, then also the first amputee, U.S. Navy Diver, and the man who trained him.

Actors : Delroy Lindo, Spike Lee, Denzel Washington, Angela Bassett,
Directors : Spike Lee,

Biographical epic of the controversial and influential Black Nationalist leader, from his early life and career as a small-time gangster, to his ministry as a member of the Nation of Islam.

Actors : Matthew McConaughey, Morgan Freeman, Djimon Hounsou, Anthony Hopkins,
Directors : Steven Spielberg,

In 1839, the revolt of Mende captives aboard a Spanish owned ship causes a major controversy in the United States when the ship is captured off the coast of Long Island. The courts must decide whether the Mende are slaves or legally free.

Actors : Jada Pinkett Smith, Michael Rapaport, Damon Wayans, Savion Glover,
Directors : Spike Lee,

A frustrated African-American TV writer proposes a blackface minstrel show in protest, but to his chagrin it becomes a hit.

Actors : Don Cheadle, Bruce McGill, Jon Voight, Ving Rhames,
Directors : John Singleton,

A dramatization of a 1923 horrific racist lynch mob attack on an African American community.

Actors : Barbarao, Cora Lee Day, Alva Rogers, Trula Hoosier,
Directors : Julie Dash,

Languid look at the Gullah culture of the sea islands off the coast of South Carolina and Georgia where African folk-ways were maintained well into the 20th Century and was one of the last ...

Actors : David Morse, Cathy Moriarty, Melanie Griffith, Lucas Black,
Directors : Antonio Banderas,

An abused wife heads to California to become a movie star while her nephew back in Alabama has to deal with a racially-motivated murder involving a corrupt sheriff.

Actors : Valarie Walker, Lisa Marie Bronson, Guinevere Turner, Cheryl Dunye,
Directors : Cheryl Dunye,

Cheryl is young, Black, and lesbian, working in Philadelphia with her best friend Tamara and consumed by a film project: to make a video about her search for a Black actress from Philly who...

Actors : Alex Scott, Daniel Pollock, Jacqueline McKenzie, Russell Crowe,
Directors : Geoffrey Wright,

A group of skinheads become alarmed at the way their neighbourhood is changing.

Actors : Will Smith, Nia Long, Whoopi Goldberg, Ted Danson,
Directors : Richard Benjamin,

A young black woman discovers that her father was a sperm donor, and if that weren't bad enough, he's white.

Actors : Marius Weyers, Alfre Woodard, Malcolm McDowell, Danny Glover,
Directors : Morgan Freeman,

In this story of a black policeman during South African apartheid, Danny Glover plays the cop, who believes he's trying to help his people, even while serving as a pawn of the racist ...

Actors : Tina Majorino, Whoopi Goldberg, Ray Liotta, Noreen Hennessey,
Directors : Jessie Nelson,

A true testament to the beauty of love despite race, creed, or religion.

Actors : Dash Mihok, Danny Hoch, Piper Perabo, Mark Webber,
Directors : Marc Levin,

In a virtually all-white Iowa town, Flip daydreams of being a hip-hop star, hanging with Snoop Doggy Dogg and Dr. Dre. He practices in front of a mirror and with his two pals, James and ...

Actors : Jimmy Smits, Rafael Cortes, Edward James Olmos, Esai Morales,
Directors : Gregory Nava,

This epic film traces over three generations an immigrant family's trials, tribulations, tragedies and triumphs. Jose and Maria, the first generation, come to Los Angeles, meet, marry, face...

Actors : Adrienne Barbeau, Vincent Pagano, Victoria Rowell, Mike Pagano,
Directors : Rosario Roveto Jr.,

When Anthony's African-American girlfriend Alissa meets his Italian-American family at his grandfather's funeral, confrontations, confessions, and a hilarious race to the altar ensue!

Actors : Hanno Friedrich, Barnaby Metschurat, Eva Mattes, Isaach De Bankolé,
Directors : Frieder Schlaich,

The true story of Otomo, a black man seeking work and asylum in the German city of Stuttgart. However, all he finds is racism, police trouble and his final destiny.

Actors : Erich Anderson, Michael Boatman, Lori Petty, Richard Anderson,
Directors : Charles Burnett,

J.J. is a rookie in the Sheriff's Department and the first black officer at that station. Racial tensions run high in the department as some of J.J.'s fellow officers resent his presence. ...

Actors : Sissy Spacek, Whoopi Goldberg, Dwight Schultz, Ving Rhames,
Directors : Richard Pearce,

Two women, black and white, in 1955 Montgomery Alabama, must decide what they are going to do in response to the famous bus boycott lead by Martin Luther King.

Actors : Brian Kerwin, Stephanie McFadden, Dennis Haysbert, Michelle Pfeiffer,
Directors : Jonathan Kaplan,

Dallas housewife Lurene Hallett's life revolves around the doings of Jacqueline Kennedy. She is devastated when President Kennedy is shot a few hours after she sees him arrive at Love Field...