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.
To get more information about a specific film, please click on its title in the list.
|
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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