Best BLACK Movies Ever
 

You can go to this site and cast your vote for your 5 picks from the 119 listed of the BEST BLACK MOVIES EVER:

http://www.silkysoul.com/soulmovies/


As a bonus, you can also vote for Best BLACK Movies that premiered on TV:

http://www.silkysoul.com/soultvmovies/


After you vote, you can put your selections here. Also if you want to suggest a movie, you can do that on the site.

Now let me go vote.
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Movies

1. Five Heartbeats- just my all time favorite
2. Imitation of Life
3. Cooley High
4. Menace to Society- I loved the ending on this
5. Color Purple

Honorable Mention goes to Rosewood

TV

1. Go Tell It on the Mountain- Huge Baldwin fan
2. Mr and Mrs Loving
3. A Lesson Before Dying
4. Women of Brewster Place
5. Mandela

Honarable Mention- Young Gifted and Black

I voted for the following:


Cabin in the Sky
Imitation of Life
The Color Purple
Malcolm X
Eve's Bayou

That was difficult, but I voted for:

Cabin in the Sky
Carmen Jones
Raisin in the Sun
The Color Purple
The Long Walk Home

One hour later it was still difficult


You voted for:
Imitation of Life
The Learning Tree
Color Purple, The
Five Heartbeats, The
Remember the Titans

I wanted to include Cooley High and Raisin in the Sun.


You voted for:
Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, The
Roots
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Women of Brewster Place, The


I love so many different movies.:( :)

You voted for:
Imitation of Life
Claudine
Five Heartbeats, The
Rosewood
Love & Basketball

Ok, that was tough. I wanted to include The Wood, Malcolm X, Eve's Bayou and A Raisin in the Sun.

TV:
Roots
Queen
Tuskegee Airmen, The
Miss Evers' Boys
Mama Flora's Family

The Color Purple
Glory
Boyz 'N The Hood
Malcolm X
Crooklyn

Malcolm X
Car Wash
Color Purple
Ray

Top 5 movies
A Raisin In The Sun
Color Purple
Five Heartbeats
Lady Sings the Blues
Purple Rain

Tv Top 5
Mr. & Mrs. Loving
Queen
A Raisin in the Sun
Roots
Women of Brewster Place

It was hard to narrow it down, but I voted for:

Antwone Fisher
The Color Purple
Malcolm X
Uptown Saturday Night
The Wiz

Top 5 Movies:

1. Imitation of Life~ I saw that in 8th grade and I still remember it. It was a Powerful Movie.
2. Cooley High ~ I remember boo hoo-ing at the end at 4am.
3. Coming to America ~ A classic.
4. Boyz in the Hood ~ I still cry when Ricky dies.
5. Higher Learning ~ This movie just really stuck with me when it first came out. But now that I am in college I can somewhat relate.

Honorable Mention: New Jack City and School Daze

Top 5 TV movies:
1.The Josephine Baker Story ~ I just thought she was a really brave woman and she was a from STL.
2.The Jacksons: An American Dream ~ I remember when I was 12 I tried to tape that movie over a vacation but didn't work. I will still sit those 5 hours and watch this movie.
3.Miss Evers' Boys ~ It shows how corrupt America was/is.
4.The Temptations ~ David Ruffin cracks me up.
5.Introducing Dorothy Dandridge ~ I just think Halle Berry performed very well in this movie. It was interesting.

Honorable Mention : Roots ~ I have never seen the whole thing.
The Women of Brewsters Place: Its a good movie, but damn depressing.

My top picks.....
 

Top Movie: Malcolm X

Top 5 Movies:

Carmen Jones
Cooley High
Color Purple, The
Mo' Better Blues
Love Jones

Honorable Mention:

Mahogany
Women of Brewster Place
Jackson 5: An American Dream

Anybody remember the movies Polly I&II?? With Keisha Knight-Pullam and Phylicia Rashad...that was a good movie but I didnt see it on the list. Does anybody else remember this movie?? I think it was a Disney Movie