Fences

Fences 2016

6.87

In 1950s Pittsburgh, a frustrated African-American father struggles with the constraints of poverty, racism, and his own inner demons as he tries to raise a family.

2016

Sorry to Bother You

Sorry to Bother You 2018

6.80

In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, black telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical key to professional success – which propels him into a macabre universe.

2018

Just Mercy

Just Mercy 2019

7.88

The powerful true story of Harvard-educated lawyer Bryan Stevenson, who goes to Alabama to defend the disenfranchised and wrongly condemned — including Walter McMillian, a man sentenced to death despite evidence proving his innocence. Bryan fights tirelessly for Walter with the system stacked against them.

2019

They Cloned Tyrone

They Cloned Tyrone 2023

6.59

A series of eerie events thrusts an unlikely trio onto the trail of a nefarious government conspiracy lurking directly beneath their neighborhood.

2023

Roman J. Israel, Esq.

Roman J. Israel, Esq. 2017

6.35

Hard-nosed liberal lawyer Roman J. Israel has been fighting the good fight forever while others take the credit. When his partner – the firm's frontman – has a heart attack, Israel suddenly takes on that role. He soon discovers some unsettling truths about the firm – truths that conflict with his values of helping the poor and dispossessed – and finds himself in an existential crisis that leads to extreme actions.

2017

Judas and the Black Messiah

Judas and the Black Messiah 2021

7.30

Bill O'Neal infiltrates the Black Panthers on the orders of FBI Agent Mitchell and J. Edgar Hoover. As Black Panther Chairman Fred Hampton ascends—falling for a fellow revolutionary en route—a battle wages for O’Neal’s soul.

2021

Blue Bayou

Blue Bayou 2021

7.50

As a Korean-American man raised in the Louisiana bayou works hard to make a life for his family, he must confront the ghosts of his past as he discovers that he could be deported from the only country he has ever called home.

2021

Mudbound

Mudbound 2017

7.39

In the post–World War II South, two families are pitted against a barbaric social hierarchy and an unrelenting landscape as they simultaneously fight the battle at home and the battle abroad.

2017

Nine Days

Nine Days 2021

6.90

A bureaucrat interviews five souls to decide which of them will be given a life on Earth. But he soon faces an existential challenge of his own.

2021

Really Love

Really Love 2020

6.50

A rising black painter tries to break into a competitive art world while balancing an unexpected romance with an ambitious law student.

2020

Farewell Amor

Farewell Amor 2020

6.90

Reunited after a 17-year separation, Walter, an Angolan immigrant, is joined in the U.S. by his wife and teenage daughter. Now absolute strangers sharing a one-bedroom apartment, they discover a shared love of dance that may help overcome the emotional distance between them.

2020

Tigertail

Tigertail 2020

6.70

A man reflects on the lost love of his youth and his long-ago journey from Taiwan to America as he begins to reconnect with his estranged daughter.

2020

One of Them Days

One of Them Days 2025

1

Best friends and roommates Dreux and Alyssa are about to have One of Them Days. When they discover Alyssa’s boyfriend has blown their rent money, the duo finds themselves going to extremes in a comical race against the clock to avoid eviction and keep their friendship intact.

2025

Freaky Tales

Freaky Tales 2024

1

In 1987 Oakland, a mysterious force guides The Town’s underdogs in four interconnected tales: teen punks defend their turf against Nazi skinheads, a rap duo battles for hip-hop immortality, a weary henchman gets a shot at redemption, and an NBA All-Star settles the score.

2024

Frybread Face and Me

Frybread Face and Me 2023

5.90

Two adolescent Navajo cousins from different worlds bond during a summer herding sheep on their grandmother's ranch in Arizona while learning more about their family's past and themselves.

2023

Opus

Opus 1970

1

Ariel Ecton is a young journalist looking for the perfect story. When an iconic popstar suddenly returns after a decades-long disappearance and she lands an invitation to be the first to hear his newest album, Ecton finds herself in a precarious situation she did not sign up for.

1970

Blast Beat

Blast Beat 2021

6.70

After their family emigrates from Colombia during the summer of ‘99, a metalhead science prodigy and his deviant younger brother do their best to adapt to new lives in America.

2021

Young. Wild. Free.

Young. Wild. Free. 2023

1

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.

2023

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 1970

1

Julia Reyes, the precocious and strong-willed teenage daughter of first-generation Mexican immigrants, dreams of becoming a famous writer far away from Chicago and her more traditional parents, who wish she were more like her sister Olga, the platonic ideal of a Mexican daughter. However, when Olga is killed in a tragic accident, it is up to Julia to hold her family together. As Julia seeks to break free of her oppressive home, she tries to uncover her sister’s truth, and in the process gains a deep understanding of the wounds her family carries.

1970

The Empire of Ebony

The Empire of Ebony 1970

1

A documentary film following the rise of Ebony and Jet and their growth into a brand with a readership base in the millions which has had an undeniable effect on American culture.

1970