As an African-American woman, sometimes I search for movies that feature Black actors and tell Black stories. These Black marriage movies feature Black love stories that illustrate the unique struggles of this demographic.
So much so that March 23 has been declared National Black Marriage Day. Here are 10 Black Marriage Movies we count among the best in the category.
Black Marriage Movies
- Amazon Prime Video (Video on Demand)
- Rasheda Randle, Laketa Renee Booker, Cherrie McRae (Actors)
Things My Daddy Should’ve Told Me
Andrea has the perfect husband and the perfect career; but, something is missing. Mira is successful in her own right, yet her fear of commitment and abandonment won’t allow her to spend too much time with one man.
Carmen has it all – a blossoming business and a beautiful family. But, when her husband’s career suddenly ends, and bad habits take over, she finds herself in a familiar place.
- Amazon Prime Video (Video on Demand)
- Kevin Du Toit (Director)
Black Woman’s Guide To Getting Married
- Amazon Prime Video (Video on Demand)
- Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Sidney Poitier (Actors)
Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner
An upcoming biracial marriage sets the stage for a tumultuous meeting between the bride and groom’s disapproving parents.
- Amazon Prime Video (Video on Demand)
- Tyler Perry, Janet Jackson, Jill Scott (Actors)
Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married?
- Amazon Prime Video (Video on Demand)
- Angela Bassett, Paula Patton, Laz Alonso (Actors)
Jumping The Broom
- Amazon Prime Video (Video on Demand)
- Sanaa Lathan, Taye Diggs, Queen Latifah (Actors)
Brown Sugar
Sidney (Sanaa Lathan) and Dre (Taye Diggs) can attribute their friendship and the launch of their careers to one single childhood instant witnessing the birth of hip-hop on a New York street corner.
Now some 15 years later, she is a revered music critic and he is a successful, though unfulfilled, music executive. Both come to realize that their true life passions will only be fulfilled by remembering what they learned that day on the corner.
- Amazon Prime Video (Video on Demand)
- Tyler Perry, Sharon Leal, Janet Jackson (Actors)
Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married Too?
- Amazon Prime Video (Video on Demand)
- Bernie Mac, Ashton Kutcher, Zoe Saldana (Actors)
Guess Who
Theresa (Zoe Saldana) is a young woman who is about to introduce her fiancé to her father, Percy Jones (Bernie Mac). Percy is eager to meet his African-American daughter’s businessman beau but is shocked to learn that she is engaged to Simon Green (Ashton Kutcher), a white man.
Staying with the Joneses to celebrate Percy and his wife’s 25th wedding anniversary, the accident-prone Simon makes a terrible first impression and faces an uphill battle to win over his future father-in-law.
- Amazon Prime Video (Video on Demand)
- Morris Chestnut, Taye Diggs, Regina Hall (Actors)
The Best Man Holiday
- Amazon Prime Video (Video on Demand)
- Sharon Lettman-Hicks, Karess Taylor-Hughes, Samantha Master (Actors)
The New Black
The New Black is an award-winning documentary that tells the story of how the African-American community is grappling with the gay rights issue in light of the recent gay marriage movement and the fight over civil rights.
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