1920s
3 FILMS · 1920—1929
Within Our Gates · Body and Soul · The Scar of Shame
THE TIMELINE
Decade by Decade
One century of Black filmmaking, catalogued as a single run of film — from the silent race films of 1920 to the slate ahead.
1930s
4 FILMS · 1932—1938
The Girl from Chicago · Murder in Harlem · The Green Pastures
1940s
5 FILMS · 1940—1949
The Blood of Jesus · Cabin in the Sky · Stormy Weather
1950s
2 FILMS · 1954—1959
Carmen Jones · Imitation of Life
1960s
9 FILMS · 1961—1969
A Raisin in the Sun · Lilies of the Field · Nothing but a Man
1970s
32 FILMS · 1970—1979
Cotton Comes to Harlem · Watermelon Man · Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
1980s
24 FILMS · 1980—1989
Stir Crazy · Bustin' Loose · 48 Hrs.
1990s
73 FILMS · 1990—1999
House Party · Mo' Better Blues · To Sleep with Anger
2000s
73 FILMS · 2000—2009
Love & Basketball · Big Momma's House · Shaft
2010s
67 FILMS · 2010—2019
Death at a Funeral · Just Wright · For Colored Girls
2020s
51 FILMS · 2020—2026
The Photograph · The Banker · Da 5 Bloods