African American History Movies

  • 2020
    The Banker

    The Banker

    The Banker

    7.6332020HD

    In the 1960s, two entrepreneurs hatch an ingenious business plan to fight for housing integration—and equal access to the American Dream.

    The Banker
  • 2016
    Hidden Figures

    Hidden Figures

    Hidden Figures

    8.0572016HD

    The untold story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson – brilliant African-American women working at NASA and serving as...

    Hidden Figures
  • 2013
    12 Years a Slave

    12 Years a Slave

    12 Years a Slave

    7.9382013HD

    In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty as...

    12 Years a Slave
  • 2024
    The Six Triple Eight

    The Six Triple Eight

    The Six Triple Eight

    6.62024HD

    During World War II, the US Army's only all-Black, all-women battalion takes on an impossible mission: sorting through a three-year backlog of 17...

    The Six Triple Eight
  • 1990
    The Long Walk Home

    The Long Walk Home

    The Long Walk Home

    7.5561990HD

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

    The Long Walk Home
  • 2021
    Judas and the Black Messiah

    Judas and the Black Messiah

    Judas and the Black Messiah

    7.3292021HD

    Bill O'Neal infiltrates the Black Panthers on the orders of FBI Agent Mitchell and J. Edgar Hoover. As Black Panther Chairman Fred Hampton...

    Judas and the Black Messiah
  • 1992
    Malcolm X

    Malcolm X

    Malcolm X

    7.5361992HD

    A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he...

    Malcolm X
  • 2012
    Red Tails

    Red Tails

    Red Tails

    6.62012HD

    The story of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first African-American pilots to fly in a combat squadron during World War II.

    Red Tails
  • 1989
    Glory

    Glory

    Glory

    7.4661989HD

    Robert Gould Shaw leads the US Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices of both his own Union army and the Confederates.

    Glory
  • 1995
    The Tuskegee Airmen

    The Tuskegee Airmen

    The Tuskegee Airmen

    71995HD

    During the Second World War, a special project is begun by the US Army Air Corps to integrate African American pilots into the Fighter Pilot Program....

    The Tuskegee Airmen
  • 2021
    Respect

    Respect

    Respect

    6.82021HD

    The rise of Aretha Franklin’s career from a child singing in her father’s church’s choir to her international superstardom.

    Respect
  • 2013
    The Butler

    The Butler

    The Butler

    7.3392013HD

    A look at the life of Cecil Gaines, who served eight presidents as the White House's head butler from 1952 to 1986, and had a unique front-row seat...

    The Butler
  • 2014
    Selma

    Selma

    Selma

    7.3982014HD

    "Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous...

    Selma
  • 2016
    13th

    13th

    13th

    7.92016HD

    An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.

    13th
  • 2022
    The Musicians' Green Book: An Enduring Legacy

    The Musicians' Green Book: An Enduring Legacy

    The Musicians' Green Book: An Enduring Legacy

    02022HD

    Stories and music of Black artists who relied on an underground travel guide to navigate the injustices of racial segregation while on the road. The...

    The Musicians' Green Book: An Enduring Legacy
  • 2021
    Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

    Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

    Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

    7.6572021HD

    During the same summer as Woodstock, over 300,000 people attended the Harlem Cultural Festival, celebrating African American music and culture, and...

    Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
  • 1984
    Solomon Northup's Odyssey

    Solomon Northup's Odyssey

    Solomon Northup's Odyssey

    6.21984HD

    This is based on a true story. Solomon Northrop is a black man in the mid 19th century before slavery was abolished. He's a born free man who works...

    Solomon Northup's Odyssey
  • 2024
    In Search of Bass Reeves

    In Search of Bass Reeves

    In Search of Bass Reeves

    5.72024HD

    By the end of his illustrious career, Deputy U.S. Marshal Bass Reeves may well have been the preeminent lawman of the Old West. He brought upwards of...

    In Search of Bass Reeves
  • 1971
    Meeting the Man: James Baldwin in Paris

    Meeting the Man: James Baldwin in Paris

    Meeting the Man: James Baldwin in Paris

    7.11971HD

    In 1970, a British film crew set out to make a straightforward literary portrait of James Baldwin set in Paris, insisting on setting aside his...

    Meeting the Man: James Baldwin in Paris
  • 2005
    Ralph Ellison: Invisible Man, Celebrated Writer

    Ralph Ellison: Invisible Man, Celebrated Writer

    Ralph Ellison: Invisible Man, Celebrated Writer

    3.22005HD

    Ralph Ellison was an African-American writer and essayist, who's only novel Invisible Man (1953) gained a wide critical success. Ellison's ambitious...

    Ralph Ellison: Invisible Man, Celebrated Writer