The Butler(2013)

Combined Rating:
82
Combined Critics Rating: 76

As Cecil Gaines serves eight presidents during his tenure as a butler at the White House, the civil rights movement, Vietnam, and other major events affect this man's life, family, and American society.



Driving Miss Daisy(1989)

Combined Rating:
81
Combined Critics Rating: 76

An old Jewish woman and her African-American chauffeur in the American South have a relationship that grows and improves over the years.



The Help(2011)

Combined Rating:
83
Combined Critics Rating: 75

An aspiring author during the civil rights movement of the 1960s decides to write a book detailing the African American maids' point of view on the white families for which they work, and the hardships they go through on a daily basis.



Monster's Ball(2001)

Combined Rating:
80
Combined Critics Rating: 74

After a family tragedy, a racist prison guard reexamines his attitudes while falling in love with the African American wife of the last prisoner he executed.



White Material(2009)

Combined Rating:
64
Combined Critics Rating: 74

Amidst turmoil and racial conflict in a Francophone African state, a white French woman fights for her coffee crop, her family and ultimately for her life.



Marshall(2017)

Combined Rating:
64
Combined Critics Rating: 73

About a young Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, as he battles through one of his career-defining cases.



Master(2022)

Combined Rating:
60
Combined Critics Rating: 73

Three women strive to find their place at an elite Northeastern university. When anonymous racist attacks target a Black freshman, who insists she is being haunted by ghosts, each woman must determine where the real menace lies.



Daughters of the Dust(1991)

Combined Rating:
52
Combined Critics Rating: 72

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 ...



The Great Debaters(2007)

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Combined Rating:
77
Combined Critics Rating: 71

A drama based on the true story of Melvin B. Tolson, a professor at Wiley College Texas. In 1935, he inspired students to form the school's first debate team, which went on to challenge Harvard in the national championship.



Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom(2013)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 69

A chronicle of Nelson Mandela's life journey from his childhood in a rural village through to his inauguration as the first democratically elected president of South Africa.



Dark Blue(2002)

Combined Rating:
69
Combined Critics Rating: 67

A robbery homicide investigation triggers a series of events that will cause a corrupt LAPD officer to question his tactics.



Nothing But a Man(1964)

Combined Rating:
49
Combined Critics Rating: 67

A proud black man and his school-teacher wife face discriminatory challenges in 1960s America.



Seberg(2019)

Combined Rating:
53
Combined Critics Rating: 66

Inspired by real events in the life of French New Wave icon Jean Seberg. In the late 1960s, Hoover's FBI targeted her because of her political and romantic involvement with civil rights activist Hakim Jamal.



Black Adam(2022)

Combined Rating:
76
Combined Critics Rating: 66

Nearly 5,000 years after he was bestowed with the almighty powers of the Egyptian gods--and imprisoned just as quickly--Black Adam is freed from his earthly tomb, ready to unleash his unique form of justice on the modern world.



Everybody's Talking About Jamie(2021)

Combined Rating:
59
Combined Critics Rating: 65

Feature film adaptation of the musical about a teenager from Sheffield, England who wants to be a drag queen.



Men of Honor(2000)

Combined Rating:
74
Combined Critics Rating: 64

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



Pride(2007)

Combined Rating:
58
Combined Critics Rating: 64

The determined Jim Ellis starts a swim team for troubled teens at the Philadelphia Department of Recreation.



Blazing Saddles(1974)

Combined Rating:
74
Combined Critics Rating: 64

In order to ruin a western town, a corrupt politician appoints a black sheriff, who promptly becomes his most formidable adversary.



Malcolm X(1992)

Combined Rating:
73
Combined Critics Rating: 64

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.



The Inspection(2022)

Combined Rating:
44
Combined Critics Rating: 64

A young, gay Black man, rejected by his mother and with few options for his future, decides to join the Marines, doing whatever it takes to succeed in a system that would cast him aside.




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