Top 100 Chronological Listing
Black Classic Movies on DVD

This shows, by year of release, the Top 100 African-American films in the BlackClassicMovies.com list. All of the movies in this list are available on DVD.


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Year
Title
1.
1920
Within Our Gates
2.
1925
Body and Soul
3.
1929
Hallelujah!
4.
1933
Emperor Jones, The
5.
1934
Imitation of Life

6.

1936
Green Pastures, The
7.
1938
Duke is Tops, The
8.
1939
Gone With the Wind
9.
1941
Blood of Jesus, The
10.
1943
Cabin in the Sky
11.
1943
Stormy Weather
12.
1947
Hi-De-Ho
13.
1949
Pinky
14.
1950
Jackie Robinson Story, The
15.
1950
No Way Out
16.
1954
Carmen Jones
17.
1957
Island in the Sun
18.
1958
Anna Lucasta
19.
1958
Defiant Ones, The
20.
1960
Sergeant Rutledge
21.
1961
Raisin in the Sun, A
22.
1963
Lilies of the Field
23.
1963
Purlie Victorious
24.
1964
Nothing But a Man
25.
1967
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?
26.
1967
In the Heat of the Night
27.
1968
For Love of Ivy
28.
1970
Cotton Comes to Harlem
29.
1970
Great White Hope, The
30.
1971
Brian's Song
31.
1971
Shaft
32.
1972
Buck and the Preacher
33.
1972
Lady Sings the Blues
34.
1972
Superfly
35.
1973
Cleopatra Jones
36.
1973
Coffy
37.
1974
Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, The
38.
1974
Claudine
39.
1974
Uptown Saturday Night
40.
1975
Cooley High
41.
1975
Cornbread, Earl and Me
42.
1975
Let's Do It Again
43.
1975
Mahogany
44.
1976
Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings
45.
1976
Car Wash
46.
1976
Sparkle
47.
1977
Killer of Sheep
48.
1977
Piece of the Action, A
49.
1977
Roots
50.
1978
King
51.
1978
Wiz, The
52.
1979
Backstairs at the White House
53.
1979
Roots: The Next Generations
54.
1982
48 Hrs.
55.
1983
Trading Places
56.
1984
Beverly Hills Cop
57.
1984
Soldier's Story, A
58.
1985
Color Purple, The
59.
1986
She's Gotta Have It
60.
1987
Eyes on the Prize
61.
1987
Hollywood Shuffle
62.
1987
Lethal Weapon
63.
1988
Bird
64.
1988
Coming to America
65.
1988
School Daze
66.
1989
Do the Right Thing
67.
1989
Driving Miss Daisy
68.
1989
Glory
69.
1989
Lean on Me
70.
1989
Women of Brewster Place
71.
1991
Boyz 'N the Hood
72.
1991
Daughters of the Dust
73.
1991
The Five Heartbeats
74.
1991
Josephine Baker Story, The
75.
1991
New Jack City
76.
1992
Malcolm X
77.
1992
Sister Act
78.
1993
Alex Haley's Queen
79.
1993
What's Love Got to Do With It?
80.
1994
Hoop Dreams
81.
1995
Devil in a Blue Dress
82.
1995
Once Upon a Time...When We Were Colored
83.
1995
Tuskegee Airmen, The
84.
1995
Waiting to Exhale
85.
1996
Family Thing, A
86.
1996
Time to Kill, A
87.
1996
When We Were Kings
88.
1997
Amistad
89.
1997
Buffalo Soldiers
90.
1997
Eve's Bayou
91.
1997
Love Jones
92.
1997
Miss Evers' Boys
93.
1997
Soul Food
94.
1998
Beloved
95.
1998
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
96.
1998
Temptations, The
97.
1999
4 Little Girls
98.
1999
Best Man, The
99.
1999
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
100.
1999
Lesson Before Dying, A
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