90's Movie List

90's TV and theatre was especially good for black representation. Not only did we revel in seeing faces similar to ours and situations familiar to us, but we were also able to see ourselves reflected in epic love stories and dramas.

Many of these stories were written, produced and directed by black artists who brought them to life; names that we should be familiar with like Spike Lee, the Hughes Brothers, Earnest Dickerson, John Singleton, Keenen Ivory Wayans and many more. These films were also filled with black faces that we have come to know and love. These opportunities opened up doors for actresses such as Jada Pinkett Smith, Nia long, Angela Bassett, Loretta Devine and actors like Morris Chestnut, Cuba Gooding Jr, Larenz Tate, Denzel Washington, Tupac Shakur; who became regulars on our screens.

The black movies of the 90's era also provided some of the hottest soundtracks, many of which are also still revisited today. Soundtracks such as those from Waiting to Exhale, The Nutty Professor and The Wood were a few of the soundtracks to my childhood. I can still picture a young me singing along to Whitney Houston's 'Exhale (Shoop Shoop)' in my imaginary feels.

Following this 90 and early 2000’s era of black cinematography the rate at which we got to experience these iconic black stories seems to have declined;and so many of us find ourselves revisiting and reliving nostalgic moments by re-watching these films.

Below we present a list of A FEW of our favourites from the 90's, ranging from comedies to dramas and even horror

1. Love Jones

2. Poetic Justice

3. Boyz n the Hood

4. Don't Be a Menace

5. Juice

6. Set it off

7. The Best Man

8. Waiting to Exhale

9. Friday

10. Above the Rim

11. Soul Food

12. The Wood

13. House Party

14. Boomerang

15. A Thin Line Between Love and Hate

16. Blade

17. How Stella Got Her Groove Back

18. Jason’s Lyric

19. Menace II Society

20. The Inkwell

21. White Men Can't Jump

22. New Jack City

23. Belly

24. Cool Running

25. Bad Boys

26. Malcom X

27. Candyman

28. What's Love Got to Do With It

29. Crooklyn

30. The Players Club

31. Do the Right Thing

32. Eve's Bayou

33. Life

34. B.A.P.S

35. Sister Act

36. The Nutty Professor