100 Must-Watch Independent Black Films

At TaylorMag, we believe Black storytelling deserves not just to be seen — but celebrated. That’s why we’ve curated a powerful list of 100 independent Black films that are pushing culture, sparking conversations, and telling the stories mainstream media too often ignores.

From raw dramas to romantic comedies, grassroots documentaries to hood classics — this list highlights the directors, actors, and visionaries doing it their way, with limited budgets and unlimited purpose.

These aren’t just movies — they’re movements.
Follow the series as we review, reflect, and uplift each title — one film at a time.

List of Movies we've Selected:

1. Baghdad – Curtis Ballard

2. Balling – Jason Ever Beaumont

3. Plug Love – Derek Scott

4. Sexaholics – Celeste Celeste

5. Dutch – Preston A. Whitmore II

6. Dutch II

7. True to the Game – Preston A. Whitmore II

8. True to the game 2

9. True to the Game 3

10. Juug Gone Wrong

11. My Side Piece Hit the Lotto

12. First Lady (1 & 2) – Dennis L. Reed II

13. First Lady 2

14. First Lady 3

15. His Love Her Secret

16. Secrets – Juwan Lee

17. Zodiac Sign – Tubi Original

18. Watch Your Back

19. Situationship – Bobby Huntley

20. He Played Me – Lisa Brown

21. Bloodline – Curtis Franklin

22. Karma – Bobby Huntley

23. Bid for Love – Arthur Muhammad

24. Stuck in Love25. Switched at Love – Tubi

26. Hustle – Maurice Dwyer

27. Paper Heart – Tubi

28. Thorn – Curtis Franklin

29. Water – Jamal Hill

30. 2 Wrongs – Tubi

31. The Dirty D (series) – Amazon Prime

32. All or Nothin’

33. Cain & Abel

34. Deadly Entanglement – Tubi

35. Broken Ties – Tubi

36. Trap Soldiers – Prime Video

37. Concrete Rose

38. The Turnaround

39. After the Game

40. A Heart That Forgives

41. The Spot

42. Pride – Matthew Cherry

43. Nina of the Woods

44. King of Newark – Rhyan LaMarr

45. Keyshia Cole: This Is My Story – Lifetime

46. Miss Juneteenth – Channing Godfrey Peoples

47. Rafiki – Wanuri Kahiu

48. Pariah – Dee Rees

49. Premature – Rashaad Ernesto Green

50. The Forty-Year-Old Version – Radha Blank

51. Jinn – Nijla Mu’min52. Residue – Merawi Gerima

53. Burning Cane – Phillip Youmans

54. A Love Song for Latasha – Sophia Nahli Allison

55. Queen of Glory – Nana Mensah

56. Really Love – Angel Kristi Williams

57. Naz & Maalik – Jay Dockendorf

58. Test Pattern – Shatara Michelle Ford

59. Black Mother – Khalik Allah

60. The Last Black Man in San Francisco – Joe Talbot

61. Selah and the Spades – Tayarisha Poe

62. Luce – Julius Onah

63. The Obituary of Tunde Johnson – Ali LeRoi

64. Jean of the Joneses – Stella Meghie

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