When you’re in the mood for something a little more thought-provoking, Netflix’s Black Stories collection is the place to go for the best Black movies on Netflix right now. While it’s a great collection, it’s also an extensive one, which can make it hard to find something you actually want to watch. So, we scour the collection every month to highlight the best options available now.
This August, Kevin Hart and Tiffany Haddish star in the comedy Night School, while Shawn and Marlon Wayans showcase their feminine sides in the cult classic White Chicks.
Looking for more films and shows that illustrate the Black experience? Check out our roundups of the best Black shows and movies to stream across all platforms.
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White Chickspg-13 2004
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Night Schoolpg-13 2018
White Chicks (2004)
There was a time in the early 2000s when studios just couldn’t say no to the Wayans Brothers. How fortunate for us because it brought absolutely ridiculous concepts like White Chicks to life.
Shawn and Marlon Wayans star as Marcus and Kevin Copeland, a couple of underachieving FBI agents who, as penance for accidentally foiling a drug bust, must escort socialites Tiffany and Brittany Wilson to the Hamptons. But when the girls are disfigured in a car accident, rather than lose the gig, the Copeland brothers enlist the help of a makeup wizard to turn them into a couple of white women. Now, they just have to pretend to be Brittany and Tiffany long enough to avoid being fired.
Night School (2018)
Ali (2001)
Tangerine (2015)
Shirley (2024)
Rustin (2023)
Harriet (2019)
They Cloned Tyrone (2023)
Chris Rock: Selective Outrage (2023)
Chris Rock’s first standup special since “The Slap” might not technically qualify as a movie, but we’re including it here because it made history as Netflix’s first global live-streaming event.
Chris Rock’s second special for Netflix features a pre-show hosted by Ronny Chieng and an after-show hosted by SNL contemporaries Dana Carvey and David Spade. It’s a raw and funny comedy special that highlights Rock’s gift as a stand-up comedian and expert storyteller.
Is That Black Enough for You?!? (2022)
Concrete Cowboy (2020)
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020)
Dolemite Is My Name (2019)
Passing (2021)
High Flying Bird (2019)
Deidra & Laney Rob a Train (2017)
Giving Voice (2020)
Sleight (2016)
The Forty-Year-Old Version (2020)
Two Distant Strangers (2021)
Atlantics (2019)
Monster (2018)
Beasts of No Nation (2015)
Uncorked (2020)
Beats (2019)
The Black Godfather (2019)
Quincy (2018)
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (2019)
ReMastered: The Two Killings of Sam Cooke (2019)
See You Yesterday (2019)
Becoming (2020)
13th (2016)
All Day and a Night (2020)
American Son (2019)
Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé (2019)
Barry (2016)
Da 5 Bloods (2020)
Mudbound (2017)
Strong Island (2017)