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page 1African-American biographical dramas
12 Years a Slave
2013 film directed by Steve McQueen
The Blind Side
2009 film by John Lee Hancock
Hidden Figures
2016 film directed by Theodore Melfi
Ray
2004 American biographical musical drama film
Ali
2001 film directed by Michael Mann
Selma
2014 film directed by Ava DuVernay
Malcolm X
1992 film by Spike Lee
Straight Outta Compton
2015 film directed by F. Gary Gray
Coach Carter
2005 film directed by Thomas Carter
The Hurricane
1999 film directed by Norman Jewison
Michael (2026 film)
Michael is a 2026 biographical film directed by Antoine Fuqua and written by John Logan. It follows the life of American singer Michael Jackson, covering his involvement in the Jackson 5 in the 1960s to the Bad tour in the late 1980s. Jackson is portrayed by his nephew Jaafar Jackson and as a child by Juliano Krue Valdi, both in their film debuts. The supporting cast includes Nia Long, KeiLyn Durrel Jones, Laura Harrier, Jessica Sula, Mike Myers, Miles Teller, and Colman Domingo.
Remember the Titans
2000 American sports film directed by Boaz Yakin
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
2020 film by George C. Wolfe
42
2013 film directed by Brian Helgeland
The Birth of a Nation
2016 film directed by Nate Parker
Concussion
2015 film directed by Peter Landesman
Loving
2016 film directed by Jeff Nichols
Round Midnight
1986 film by Bertrand Tavernier
The Great Debaters
2007 film by Denzel Washington
Red Tails
2012 film directed by Anthony Hemingway
Detroit
2017 film directed by Kathryn Bigelow
Race
2016 film by Stephen Hopkins
What's Love Got to Do with It
1993 film by Brian Gibson
Respect
2021 film directed by Liesl Tommy
Get on Up
2014 film by Tate Taylor
Cadillac Records
2008 film directed by Darnell Martin
Fruitvale Station
2013 film by Ryan Coogler
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
2005 film directed by Jim Sheridan
The United States vs. Billie Holiday
2021 film directed by Lee Daniels
Harriet
2019 film directed by Kasi Lemmons
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
2022 film directed by Kasi Lemmons
All Eyez on Me
2017 film directed by Benny Boom
Ghosts of Mississippi
1996 film by Rob Reiner
Lady Sings the Blues
1972 film by Sidney J. Furie
One Night in Miami...
2020 film directed by Regina King
Antwone Fisher
2002 film by Denzel Washington
Lean on Me
1989 film by John G. Avildsen
Marshall
2017 film directed by Reginald Hudlin
Radio
2003 American film directed by Michael Tollin
Miles Ahead
2015 film by Don Cheadle
Notorious
2009 film directed by George Tillman, Jr.
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
2009 television film directed by Thomas Carter
Barry
2016 film directed by Vikram Gandhi
The Express
2008 film by Gary Fleder
Panther
1995 film by Mario Van Peebles
Shirley
2024 film by John Ridley
Something the Lord Made
2004 television film directed by Joseph Sargent
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
1999 television film directed by Martha Coolidge
Roxanne Roxanne
2017 film directed by Michael Larnell
Piece by Piece
2024 animated documental film directed by Morgan Neville
Talk to Me
2007 film directed by Kasi Lemmons
Rob Peace
2024 film directed by Chiwetel Ejiofor
Southside with You
2016 film by Richard Tanne
Why Do Fools Fall in Love
1998 film by Gregory Nava
Bessie
2015 television film
The Jackie Robinson Story
1950 film by Alfred E. Green
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling
1986 film by Richard Pryor
CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story
2013 television film directed by Charles Stone III
Safety
2020 film by Reginald Hudlin
Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B
2014 made for television biographical film directed by Bradley Walsh