When you’re looking for something a little different on movie night, Netflix has you covered. If you’re sick of the same old stuff Hollywood is regularly pumping out, then maybe it’s time to check out the platform’s collection of Black Stories. Not only will you get something a little different, but you might also gain some perspective.
The collection includes dramas, comedies, and everything in between — both original and from other studios. But it’s a big collection that’s always changing, so to help you find something, we’ve rounded up the best Black movies on Netflix right now.
Looking for more films and shows that illustrate the Black experience? Check out our roundups of the best Black shows and movies to stream across all platforms.
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They Cloned Tyroner 2023
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Ride Alongpg-13 2014
They Cloned Tyrone (2023)
Ride Along (2014)
Marshall (2017)
Chris Rock: Selective Outrage (2023)
Chris Rock’s first standup special since “The Slap” might not technically qualify as a movie, but we’re including it here because it made history as Netflix’s first global live-streaming event.
Chris Rock’s second special for Netflix features a pre-show hosted by Ronny Chieng and an after-show hosted by SNL contemporaries Dana Carvey and David Spade. It’s a raw and funny comedy special that highlights Rock’s gift as a stand-up comedian and expert storyteller.
Blue Streak (1999)
Is That Black Enough for You?!? (2022)
If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)
Concrete Cowboy (2020)
Dope (2015)
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020)
Dolemite Is My Name (2019)
Passing (2021)
High Flying Bird (2019)
Deidra & Laney Rob a Train (2017)
Giving Voice (2020)
Sleight (2016)
Get on Up (2014)
The Forty-Year-Old Version (2020)
Two Distant Strangers (2021)
Atlantics (2019)
Monster (2018)
Beasts of No Nation (2015)
Uncorked (2020)
Beats (2019)
The Black Godfather (2019)
Quincy (2018)
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (2019)
ReMastered: The Two Killings of Sam Cooke (2019)
See You Yesterday (2019)
Loving (2016)
Becoming (2020)
13th (2016)
All Day and a Night (2020)
American Son (2019)
Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé (2019)
She's Gotta Have It (1986)
Barry (2016)
Da 5 Bloods (2020)
Mudbound (2017)
Strong Island (2017)
What Happened, Miss Simone? (2015)
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