African american biography movies on netflix
African american biography movies on netflix series.
Black history movies based on true stories
Netflix offers top-quality Black movies through contracts with directors like Spike Lee and collections like their Black Lives Matter collection.
Black films on this streaming service cover every genre, from romantic comedies to screwball comedies, from thrillers to horror movies. Some movies speak to racial tensions and injustice, while others are fun and lighthearted.
Here are the best Black movies on Netflix.
Loving (2016)
Loving tells the true story of Mildred and Richard Loving, an interracial couple in Virginia in 1958 who suffered arrest and persecution for marrying in a different state.
Their case went as far as the United States Supreme Court and changed the course for couples after them when the court ruled that banning interracial marriage was unconstitutional.
First Sunday (2008)
Two best friends keep landing on the wrong side of the law while trying to make money.
They decide to rob a church and end up holding hostages in this irreverent comedy.