# List of black films of the 2010s

The following is a list of black films that were released in the 2010s. Black films listed here are generally associated with the peoples from the African diaspora; the cinema of Africa is distinct from this topic (see list of African films). Lawrence Ware of The New York Times said "the 2010s were the most important decade for black film in America" and that such films across various genres were "all being taken seriously critically, and most were successful financially".

## List of films
### 2010

| Film | Date | Date | Description |
| Film | Film festival | Commercial release | Description |
| The Book of Eli | | January 5, 2010 | The post-apocalyptic film stars Denzel Washington and is directed by the Hughes brothers. |
| Brooklyn's Finest | January 16, 2009 | March 5, 2010 | The crime film, directed by Antoine Fuqua, stars Don Cheadle and Wesley Snipes (along with Richard Gere and Ethan Hawke). The film is set in Brownsville, Brooklyn. |
| Death at a Funeral | | April 16, 2010 | The black comedy film is an American remake of the British film and features a predominantly black cast. |
| For Colored Girls | | November 5, 2010 | The tragedy film, directed by Tyler Perry, is an adaptation of Ntozake Shange's play about black women. The film stars Janet Jackson, Loretta Devine, Kimberly Elise, Hill Harper, Michael Ealy, Omari Hardwick Thandie Newton, Whoopi Goldberg, Kerry Washington, Macy Gray, Anika Noni Rose and Phylicia Rashad. |
| I Will Follow | September 18, 2010 | March 11, 2011 | The independent drama film, directed by Ava DuVernay, follows a woman who grieves over her aunt's recent death. |
| Just Wright | | May 14, 2010 | The romantic comedy film stars Queen Latifah as a physical therapist who falls in love with professional basketball player, played by Common. |
| The Karate Kid | | June 11, 2010 | The martial arts film, starring Jaden Smith, is a remake of the 1984 film of the same name. |
| Lottery Ticket | | August 20, 2010 | The comedy film is directed by Erik White and features an ensemble cast of black actors. |
| Night Catches Us | January 23, 2010 | December 3, 2010 | The drama film, directed by Tanya Hamilton, is set in 1976 and stars Anthony Mackie as a former Black Panther who returns to his hometown of Philadelphia. Kerry Washington also stars as the widow of a slain Panther. |
| Our Family Wedding | | March 12, 2010 | The romantic comedy film about an interracial relationship is directed by Rick Famuyiwa and stars Forest Whitaker and Lance Gross (along with America Ferrara and Carlos Mencia). |
| Preacher's Kid | | January 29, 2010 | The Christian drama film stars LeToya Luckett, Kiki Sheard, Durrell Babbs, Clifton Powell, Gregalan Williams, and Sharif Atkins. |
| Speed-Dating | | June 4, 2010 | The comedy film revolves around three black bachelors, played by Wesley Jonathan, Chico Benymon, and Leonard Robinson. |
| Takers | | August 27, 2010 | The action crime drama thriller film features an ensemble cast that includes Idris Elba, Michael Ealy, Tip "T.I." Harris, and Chris Brown. |
| Why Did I Get Married Too? | | April 2, 2010 | The comedy-drama film, produced and directed by Tyler Perry, is a sequel to Why Did I Get Married? and features a black cast. |

### 2011

| Film | Date | Date | Description |
| Film | Film festival | Commercial release | Description |
| 35 and Ticking | | May 20, 2011 | A romantic comedy about a group of friends learning what it is like to have children. |
| All Things Fall Apart | March 5, 2011 | December 3, 2011 | |
| Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son | | February 18, 2011 | |
| The Black Power Mixtape 1967–1975 | February 2011 | April 1, 2011 | |
| CornerStore | | August 12, 2011 | |
| Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone | June 10, 2010 | October 7, 2011 | |
| Fast Five | | April 15, 2011 | |
| The Heart Specialist | | January 14, 2011 | |
| The Help | | August 10, 2011 | |
| I Will Follow | September 18, 2010 | March 11, 2011 | The independent drama film, directed by Ava DuVernay, follows a woman who grieves over her aunt's recent death. |
| The Interrupters | January 22, 2011 | July 29, 2011 | |
| Jumping the Broom | | May 6, 2011 | |
| Kevin Hart: Laugh at My Pain | | September 9, 2011 | |
| Madea's Big Happy Family | | April 22, 2011 | |
| Mooz-lum | September 17, 2010 | February 11, 2011 | |
| Pariah | January 11, 2011 | December 28, 2011 | A 17-year-old girl learns to accept her lesbian identity. |
| Politics of Love | | August 26, 2011 | |
| Shame | September 4, 2011 | January 13, 2012 | |

### 2012

| Film | Date | Date | Description |
| Film | Film festival | Commercial release | Description |
| Beasts of the Southern Wild | January 20, 2012 | June 27, 2012 | |
| A Beautiful Soul | | May 4, 2012 | |
| Changing the Game | | May 11, 2012 | |
| Christmas in Compton | | November 9, 2012 | |
| Django Unchained | | December 25, 2012 | |
| Flight | October 14, 2012 | November 2, 2012 | |
| Good Deeds | | February 24, 2012 | |
| Joyful Noise | | January 13, 2012 | |
| Julian Bond: Reflections from the Frontlines of the Civil Rights Movement | | October 2012 | |
| Let It Shine | | June 15, 2012 | |
| Madea's Witness Protection | | June 29, 2012 | |
| Mama, I Want to Sing! | | February 14, 2012 | |
| An Oversimplification of Her Beauty | January 21, 2012 | April 12, 2013 | |
| Red Hook Summer | | August 10, 2012 | |
| Red Tails | January 11, 2012 | January 20, 2012 | |
| The Skinny | | April 6, 2012 | |
| Sparkle | | August 17, 2012 | The final film of Whitney Houston |
| Think Like a Man | February 20, 2012 | April 20, 2012 | |
| We the Party | | April 6, 2012 | |

### 2013

| Film | Date | Date | Description |
| Film | Film festival | Commercial release | Description |
| 12 Years a Slave | August 30, 2013 | November 8, 2013 | |
| 42 | | April 12, 2013 | |
| 1982 | September 8, 2013 | March 1, 2016 | |
| After Earth | | May 31, 2013 | |
| Belle | September 8, 2013 | May 2, 2014 | |
| The Best Man Holiday | | November 15, 2013 | |
| Black Nativity | | November 27, 2013 | |
| The Butler | | August 16, 2013 | |
| Fruitvale Station | January 19, 2013 | July 13, 2013 | |
| A Haunted House | | January 11, 2013 | |
| Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain | June 22, 2013 | July 3, 2013 | |
| Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom | September 7, 2013 | October 28, 2013 | |
| Memphis | August 21, 2013 | August 31, 2013 | |
| Peeples | | May 10, 2013 | |
| The Stuart Hall Project | January 18, 2013 | September 6, 2013 | |
| Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor | | March 29, 2013 | |

### 2014

| Film | Date | Date | Description |
| Film | Film festival | Commercial release | Description |
| About Last Night | February 11, 2014 | February 14, 2014 | |
| Addicted | | October 10, 2014 | |
| Beyond the Lights | September 6, 2014 | November 14, 2014 | |
| Blackbird | February 16, 2014 | April 24, 2015 | |
| The Czar of Black Hollywood | September 26, 2014 | December 24, 2014 | |
| Da Sweet Blood of Jesus | June 22, 2014 | February 13, 2015 | |
| Dear White People | January 18, 2014 | October 17, 2014 | |
| Fishing Without Nets | January 18, 2014 | October 27, 2014 | |
| Get on Up | | August 1, 2014 | |
| Girlhood | May 15, 2014 | October 22, 2014 | |
| Ride Along | | January 17, 2014 | |
| Selma | November 11, 2014 | December 25, 2014 | |
| Think Like a Man Too | | June 20, 2014 | |
| Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People | January 27, 2014 | August 27, 2014 | |
| Top Five | September 6, 2014 | December 12, 2014 | |
| Keep on Keepin' On | April 19, 2014 | September 21, 2014 | |

### 2015

| Film | Date | Date | Description |
| Film | Film festival | Commercial release | Description |
| Ayanda | June 13, 2015 | October 2, 2015 | |
| Beasts of No Nation | September 3, 2015 | October 16, 2015 | |
| Bessie | | May 16, 2015 | |
| The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution | January 23, 2015 | September 2, 2015 | |
| Blackbird | February 16, 2014 | April 24, 2015 | |
| Brotherly Love | | April 24, 2015 | |
| Chi-Raq | | December 4, 2015 | |
| Chocolate City | | May 22, 2015 | The story is focused on a college student who becomes a male stripper. |
| Creed | | November 19, 2015 | |
| Da Sweet Blood of Jesus | June 22, 2014 | February 13, 2015 | |
| Dope | January 24, 2015 | June 19, 2015 | |
| Fifty | October 17, 2015 | December 13, 2015 | |
| Freetown | | April 8, 2015 | |
| The Man in 3B | February 15, 2015 | November 6, 2015 | |
| Miles Ahead | October 11, 2015 | April 1, 2016 | |
| The Perfect Guy | | September 2, 2015 | |
| Runaway Island | June 12, 2015 | July 25, 2015 | |
| Straight Outta Compton | | August 11, 2015 | |
| Tangerine | January 23, 2015 | July 10, 2015 | |
| War Room | | August 25, 2015 | |

### 2016

| Film | Date | Date | Description |
| Film | Film festival | Commercial release | Description |
| Bars4Justice | February 14, 2016 | | A hip hop activist gives more than his talent when he comes face to face with the justice system in Ferguson Missouri. Starring, Jasiri X, Talib Kweli, Common, Cornel West, |
| Barbershop: The Next Cut | | April 15, 2016 | |
| The Birth of a Nation | January 25, 2016 | October 7, 2016 | |
| Fences | | December 16, 2016 | |
| Fifty Shades of Black | | January 29, 2016 | |
| Hidden Figures | | December 10, 2016 | |
| Hunter Gatherer | March 12, 2016 | November 16, 2016 | |
| I Am Not Your Negro | September 10, 2016 | February 3, 2017 | |
| In the Hour of Chaos | February 19, 2016 | July 25, 2016 | |
| The Weekend | | December 2, 2016 | The film is about three friends from London who find a bag full of money and make a deal on spending the money over the weekend but trouble comes their way. Starring Joivan Wade, Percelle Ascott and Dee Kaate. Directed by Sheridan De Myers.Written by Kojo Amin. |
| Kiki | January 26, 2016 | February 24, 2017 | |
| Knucklehead | | October 21, 2016 | |
| Loving | May 16, 2016 | November 4, 2016 | |
| The Perfect Match | | March 11, 2016 | |
| Ride Along 2 | | January 15, 2016 | |
| The Magnificent Seven | September 8, 2016 | September 23, 2016 | |
| Meet the Blacks | | April 1, 2016 | |
| Moonlight | September 2, 2016 | October 21, 2016 | |
| Queen of Katwe | September 10, 2016 | October 23, 2016 | Based on the true story of a chess player. |
| Saving Barbara Sizemore | | August 26, 2016 | |
| Southside with You | January 24, 2016 | August 26, 2016 | |

### 2017

| Film | Date | Date | Description |
| Film | Film festival | Commercial release | Description |
| All Eyez on Me | | June 16, 2017 | |
| Black Cop | September 11, 2017 | May 5, 2018 | Canadian film starring Ronnie Rowe as a black police officer who takes revenge after being a victim of racial profiling. |
| Boo 2! A Madea Halloween | | October 20, 2017 | |
| Burning Sands | January 24, 2017 | March 10, 2017 | |
| Crown Heights | January 23, 2017 | August 18, 2017 | |
| Dayveon | January 19, 2017 | September 13, 2017 | |
| Deidra & Laney Rob a Train | January 23, 2017 | March 17, 2017 | |
| Detroit | | August 4, 2017 | |
| Get Out | January 23, 2017 | February 24, 2017 | |
| Girls Trip | June 14, 2017 | July 21, 2017 | |
| Grow House | | November 20, 2017 | |
| The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks | | April 22, 2017 | |
| The Incredible Jessica James | January 27, 2017 | July 28, 2017 | |
| Marshall | | October 13, 2017 | |
| Mudbound | January 27, 2017 | November 17, 2017 | |
| Roxanne Roxanne | January 22, 2017 | March 23, 2018 | |
| Sleight | January 23, 2016 | April 28, 2017 | |
| Strong Island | January 23, 2017 | September 15, 2017 | |

### 2018

| Film | Date | Date | Description |
| Film | Film festival | Commercial release | Description |
| Acrimony | | March 30, 2018 | |
| And Breathe Normally | January 23, 2018 | | The Icelandic drama film features two women—a single Icelandic mother and an African political asylum seeker—whose lives intersect. |
| BlacKkKlansman | May 14, 2018 | August 10, 2018 | The American comedy-drama film, set in the early 1970s, features a black detective who infiltrates the Ku Klux Klan chapter in Colorado Springs. |
| Black Panther | | February 16, 2018 | The superhero film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe features the black superhero Black Panther. It became the ninth-highest-grossing film of all time (at the peak of the movie's success), the third-highest-grossing film in the U.S. and Canada, and the second-highest-grossing film of 2018. |
| Blindspotting | January 18, 2018 | July 20, 2018 | The American comedy-drama film features two friends, a black man and a white man, who work as movers and experience the gentrification of the neighborhood in Oakland, California where they grew up. |
| A Boy. A Girl. A Dream. | January 22, 2018 | September 14, 2018 | The American romantic drama film, set on the night of the 2016 United States Presidential election, features a Los Angeles club promoter who meets a visitor from the Midwestern United States, and the two embark on a journey to challenge each other and realize their dreams. |
| Brian Banks | September 22, 2018 | August 9, 2019 | |
| Burden | January 21, 2018 | February 28, 2020 | The drama film features a member of the Ku Klux Klan in 1996 South Carolina who tries to leave the organization with the help of an African-American pastor. |
| Canal Street | June 13, 2018 | January 11, 2019 | |
| Come Sunday | January 21, 2018 | April 13, 2018 | The drama film stars an evangelist who preaches that there is no hell and is subsequently kicked out of his church. |
| Crime + Punishment | January 19, 2018 | August 24, 2018 | |
| Farming | September 8, 2018 | October 25, 2019 | |
| The First Purge | | July 4, 2018 | The horror film, the fourth installment in the Purge franchise, features black and brown perspectives. |
| Green Book | September 11, 2018 | November 21, 2018 | The American comedy-drama, based on a true story, follows African-American classical pianist Don Shirley being transported around concerts in the American South by a racist Italian-American driver. |
| Hale County This Morning, This Evening | January 18, 2018 | September 14, 2018 | |
| The Hate U Give | September 7, 2018 | October 19, 2018 | |
| If Beale Street Could Talk | September 9, 2018 | November 30, 2018 | The film, directed by Barry Jenkins, is an adaptation of If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin. |
| King in the Wilderness | January 23, 2018 | April 2, 2018 | The documentary film explores the last years of Martin Luther King Jr. |
| Mariannes Noires | | July 13, 2018 | |
| Matangi/Maya/M.I.A. | January 21, 2018 | September 28, 2018 | The documentary features the Sri Lankan artist and musician M.I.A. |
| Minding the Gap | January 21, 2018 | August 17, 2018 | The documentary features three skateboarding friends in Rockford, Illinois, including a black teenager whose experience differs from his friends'. |
| Monster | January 22, 2018 | March 30, 2021 | The drama film is based on the novel of the same name by Walter Dean Myers. |
| Monsters and Men | January 19, 2018 | September 28, 2018 | The drama film features a black man in Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn who catches on video the wrongful shooting by a white police officer and who faces a dilemma about releasing the video or not. The film also explores others' lives based on the fallout from the shooting. |
| Mr. Soul! | April 22, 2018 | August 28, 2020 | |
| Night Comes On | January 19, 2018 | August 3, 2018 | The drama film features a black woman who is released from juvenile detention on her 18th birthday. She teams up with her ten-year-old sister to avenge their mother's death. |
| Night School | | September 28, 2018 | The American comedy film is directed by Malcolm D. Lee, produced by Will Packer, and stars Kevin Hart (who also produced) and Tiffany Haddish. |
| Proud Mary | | January 18, 2018 | In the action thriller film, Taraji P. Henson plays hitwoman Mary. |
| The Public | January 31, 2018 | April 5, 2019 | After learning that emergency shelters are at full capacity when a brutal Midwestern cold front makes its way to Cincinnati, Ohio, a large group of homeless library patrons refuse to leave the downtown public library at closing time. |
| Quincy | September 9, 2018 | September 21, 2018 | The American documentary film features the life of American record producer, singer and film producer Quincy Jones. |
| Sorry to Bother You | January 20, 2018 | July 6, 2018 | The comedy film, set in Oakland, California, features a telemarketer who discovers a magical ability that empowers him to succeed in his profession. |
| Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse | | December 14, 2018 | The superhero film features the Afro-Latino superhero Miles Morales / Spider-Man. |
| Step Sisters | | January 19, 2018 | The comedy film stars a black sorority sister who teaches step dance to her white sorority sisters. |
| Superfly | | June 13, 2018 | The crime film, a remake of the 1972 blaxploitation film Super Fly, features a cocaine dealer who is attempting to make one last successful deal before quitting drug-dealing for life. |
| Tales from the Hood 2 | | October 2, 2018 | |
| This One's for the Ladies | March 12, 2018 | May 1, 2019 | |
| Tyrel | January 20, 2018 | December 7, 2018 | The drama film features a group of male friends taking a trip to the Catskill Mountains for a birthday weekend. The only black man in the group, Tyler, begins to feel uneasy among the alcohol and testosterone. |
| The Weekend | September 11, 2018 | September 13, 2019 | Romantic comedy starring Sasheer Zamata, Tone Bell, and DeWanda Wise. Written and directed by Stella Meghie. |
| What You Gonna Do When the World's on Fire? | September 2, 2018 | August 16, 2019 | |
| Where Hands Touch | September 9, 2018 | September 14, 2018 | |
| Widows | September 8, 2018 | November 6, 2018 | The English-language heist film, directed by Steve McQueen, stars actresses Viola Davis and Cynthia Erivo among others. |
| A Wrinkle in Time | | March 9, 2018 | The fantasy film, based on the 1962 novel, features a mixed race girl, her brother, and her friend embarking on a search for her missing father. |
| Yardie | January 20, 2018 | August 24, 2018 | The crime film is an adaptation of the 1993 novel of the same name. |

### 2019

| Film | Date | Date | Description |
| Film | Film festival | Commercial release | Description |
| 21 Bridges | | November 22, 2019 | The American crime film stars Chadwick Boseman as a NYPD detective. |
| The Apollo | April 24, 2019 | November 8, 2019 | |
| Black and Blue | September 21, 2019 | October 25, 2019 | The American crime film, directed by Deon Taylor, stars Naomie Harris as a NOPD police officer. |
| Blue Story | | November 22, 2019 | |
| Bolden | | May 3, 2019 | |
| The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind | January 25, 2019 | March 1, 2019 | The British drama film, directed by Chiwetel Ejiofor, features a Malawian boy who comes up with an invention to save his village from famine. |
| Brian Banks | September 22, 2018 | August 9, 2019 | |
| Burning Cane | April 25, 2019 | November 6, 2019 | |
| Clemency | January 27, 2019 | December 27, 2019 | |
| Dolemite Is My Name | September 7, 2019 | October 4, 2019 | |
| Don't Let Go | January 27, 2019 | August 2, 2019 | |
| Fast Color | March 10, 2018 | April 19, 2019 | |
| From Zero to I Love You | March 26, 2019 | | |
| Guava Island | April 11, 2019 | April 13, 2019 | |
| Harriet | September 10, 2019 | November 1, 2019 | |
| Hell on the Border | | December 13, 2019 | The biographical Western film features Bass Reeves, the first black deputy U.S. marshal west of the Mississippi River, portrayed by David Gyasi. |
| Horror Noire | | February 7, 2019 | |
| The Intruder | | May 3, 2019 | |
| Just Mercy | September 6, 2019 | December 25, 2019 | |
| The Last Black Man in San Francisco | January 26, 2019 | August 30, 2019 | |
| Little | | April 12, 2019 | |
| Luce | January 27, 2019 | August 2, 2019 | |
| A Madea Family Funeral | | March 1, 2019 | |
| Native Son | January 24, 2019 | April 6, 2019 | |
| No Lye: An American Beauty Story | November 28, 2019 | February 28, 2020 | The rise and decline of the Black-owned ethnic beauty industry. |
| Pick | September 2019 | | Short drama about the social consequences faced by a young girl after she goes to school on class picture day wearing her natural African hair instead of straightening it. |
| Premature | January 26, 2019 | February 21, 2020 | |
| Queen & Slim | November 15, 2019 | November 27, 2019 | |
| Shaft | | June 14, 2019 | |
| See You Yesterday | | May 17, 2019 | |
| This One's for the Ladies | March 12, 2018 | May 1, 2019 | |
| Thriller | September 23, 2018 | April 14, 2019 | |
| Traveling While Black | January 25, 2019 | | Virtual reality project depicting black motorists traveling with the help of the Negro Motorist Green Book. |
| Us | March 8, 2019 | March 22, 2019 | The horror film is written and directed by Jordan Peele and stars Winston Duke and Lupita Nyong'o. |
| Waves | August 30, 2019 | November 15, 2019 | |
| What Men Want | | February 8, 2019 | |