Movies Like Their Eyes Were Watching God

The Help is a 2011 period drama film based on Kathryn Stockett's novel. The story revolves around the lives of Aibileen Clark and Minny Jackson, two...

The Color Purple is an American musical coming-of-age period drama film that showcases the extraordinary sisterhood of three women and their...

Eve's Bayou is a 1997 American Southern Gothic drama film that explores the secrets and betrayals within the Batiste family in rural Louisiana in...

Beloved is a 1998 American gothic psychological horror drama film based on Toni Morrison's novel. It follows Sethe, a formerly enslaved woman haunted...

12 Years a Slave is a 2013 biographical drama film directed by Steve McQueen, based on the 1853 slave memoir Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup....

The Secret Life of Bees is a 2008 American drama film based on the novel of the same name. It features a cast including Queen Latifah, Dakota...

Precious is a 2009 American drama film directed and co-produced by Lee Daniels, based on the novel Push by Sapphire. It follows the story of a...

Poetic Justice is a 1993 American romantic drama film directed by John Singleton, featuring Janet Jackson and Tupac Shakur in lead roles.

Love & Basketball is a 2000 American romantic sports drama film directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood in her feature film directorial debut. The story...

If Beale Street Could Talk is a 2018 American romantic drama film following a young woman's journey to clear her wrongly charged lover's name before...

Crooklyn is a 1994 American semi-autobiographical film directed by Spike Lee, portraying a family in 1970s Brooklyn.

Pariah is a 2011 American drama film written and directed by Dee Rees. It follows the story of Alike, a 17-year-old Black teenager embracing her...