Ten Classic Black Movies
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I think the list is awful if you ask me, my list would be in no particular order
1 The color purple
2 eve's bayou
3 malcolm x
4 Carmen jones
5 Sounder
6 Sugar hill
7 Lady sings the blues ( because of the acting and sound track)
8 Antwone Fisher
9 Sister, Sister
10 Nothing but a man
I agree, the list is awful.
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A classic Black film list without Porgy & Bess? Even if it hasn't been seen in forever a leaving it off makes the list a joke!
COTTON COMES TO HARLEM
ANNA LUCASTA
STORMY WEATHER
A RAISIN IN THE SUN
SCHOOL DAZE
ST. LOUIS BLUES (awful biopic of W.C Handy, but where else do you have Nat King Cole, Eartha Kitt, Cab Calloway, Pearl Bailey, Mahalia Jackson, Juano Hernandez & young Billy Preston in the same flick?)
CABIN IN THE SKY
MENACE II SOCIETY
SHE'S GOTTA HAVE IT
My top 10 in no particluar order:
1. Sparkle
2. A Soldier's Story
3. The Color Purple
4. Carmen Jones
5. Lady Sings the Blues
6. Eve's Bayou
7. Malcolm X
8. Cooley High
9. Stormy Weather
10. Glory
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If I had to narrow it down to 10, I would say....
Carmen Jones
Porgy and Bess
A Raisin In The Sun
Glory
A Soldier's Story
The Color Purple
Roots
Stormy Weather
Sounder
Lady Sings the Blues
Hood Classics would be
Cooley High
Shaft
Malcolm X
Claudine
Friday
The Mack
Sweetback's baad asssss song
Boyz n the hood
The Last Dragon
Purple Rain
Not necessarily in that order.
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For historical reasons I would include:
'Hallelujah' (1929)
'Green Pastures'(1936)
'Blacula' (1972)
I'm surprised these films weren't on anyone's list:
'The Learning Tree'(1969)
'The Spook Who Sat by the Door' (1973)
'Uptown Saturday Night' (1974)
'Cornbread,Earl & Me' (1975)
'She's Gotta Have It' (1986)*Edit (I see someone did list this one)
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I like your list!
1.Body and Soul
2.Hallelujah! & Gang Smashers (Both starring Ms. Nina Mae)
3.Cabin in the Sky & Stormy Weather (Both starring Ms. Lena Horne)
4.Emperor Jones
5.Cooley High
6.Hollywood Shuffle
7.Carmen Jones & Bright Road (Both starring Ms. Dorothy Dandridge)
8.Sparkle
9.Uptown Saturday Night & Let's Do It Again
10.Blacula & Scream Blacula Scream
*NO PARTICULAR ORDER...
THERE ARE A LOT OF AMAZING BLACK FILMS. A list of 10 is not enough. An 100 list would be more like it!
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My faves
1 Hallelujah
2 Carmen Jones
3 Black Orpheus / Malcolm X
4 The color purple
5 which way is up?
6 Cotton comes to Harlem
7 Eves Bayou
8 The Harlem globe trotters
9 Funny Valentines
10 The old settler
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The Best Man is one of my favorites. And Coming to America.
shareMy favorite 10 Black Movies (in no particular order)
1) Cooley High
2) Carmen Jones
3) For the Love of Ivy
4) Claudine
5) Stormy Weather
6) The Learning Tree
7) Lady Sings the Blues / Mahogany
8) Lackawanna Blues
9) Sparkle (the original)
10) Uptown Saturday Night/Let's Do It Again
But if anyone was to ask me I'd also say :
"Blacula"......"Color Purple"....."Malcolm X"...."Dead Presidents"..."Little Man".