Category
page 1Black British films

12 Years a Slave
2013 film directed by Steve McQueen

Secrets & Lies
1996 UK film by Mike Leigh

A United Kingdom
2016 film by Amma Asante

Attack the Block
2011 British science fiction comedy film directed by Joe Cornish

Belle
2013 film directed by Amma Asante

Half of a Yellow Sun
2013 Nigerian film directed by Biyi Bandele
Looking for Langston
1989 film by Isaac Julien

Shank
2009 film by Simon Pearce

Kidulthood
Kidulthood (stylised known as KiDULTHOOD) is a 2006 British teen crime drama film directed by Menhaj Huda from a screenplay by Noel Clarke. It stars Aml Ameen, Red Madrell, Adam Deacon, Jaime Winstone, Femi Oyeniran, Madeleine Fairley, Cornell John, Kate Magowan, Pierre Mascolo (who also acted as executive producer), Rafe Spall and Nicholas Hoult. Set in the West London area Ladbroke Grove, the film follows two days of in the lives of a diverse group of teenagers, who are given the day off school following a classmate’s suicide.

Yardie
2018 film by Idris Elba

The Strays
2023 film directed by Nathaniel Martello-White

Adulthood
2008 film directed by Noel Clarke

Babylon
1980 film directed by Franco Rosso

Ill Manors
2012 film directed by Plan B

Rag Tag
2006 film

Farming
2018 film by Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

Twenty Four Seven
1997 film by Shane Meadows

Rye Lane
2023 film directed by Raine Allen-Miller

Mangrove
2020 film of Small Axe anthology film series

Fast Girls
2012 film directed by Regan Hall

Gone Too Far!
2013 film directed by Destiny Ekaragha

Blue Story
2019 film by Rapman

Been So Long
2018 film by Tinge Krishnan

A Room for Romeo Brass
1999 film by Shane Meadows

Boxing Day
2021 film directed by Aml Ameen