40 MOVIES ONLY BLACK PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT! (PART 1)

I’ve made it no secret that I’m a movie dude.  I love doing the whole deal; watching, quoting, memorizing.

Thing is there are some movies out there that I honestly can’t really discuss with my white friends…

It’s not their fault; there are just some movies out there that were specifically green-lighted by studio execs with the African-American audience in mind.

There's a few that have gotten big enough to appeal to White America: Do The Right Thing, Higher Learning, Friday, Juice, How High, He Got Game, Dead Presidents, etc.

But for every one of those, there are hundreds of others that will draw confused stares if mentioned or discussed around people of the Caucasian persuasion.

So here are 40 of my favorites.  If you’re Black, you’ll probably nod your head and laugh.  If you're White, consider it a tutorial.  One or two may even pique your interest enough to check out on your own time.

 And if you’re white and have seen five or more, you probably have some black friends who made you sit down and watch with them.

40. POOTIE TANG

-Adapted from a sketch on HBO's The Chris Rock show.  Pootie tang was ta-da-tay on the tippy-tow.

39.HOODLUM

-Lawrence Fisburn is legendary Gangster Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson and battles rivals Dutch Schultz (Eli Roth) and Lucky Luciano (Andy Garcia) for control of Harlem's numbers racket.

38. ABOVE THE RIM

-Leon plays a disgraced H.S. hoops hero who returns to his old neighborhood to find little bro Tupac running the streets and looking to benefit from an up-and-coming prospect's talent.

37. JASON'S LYRIC

-Jada Pinkett and Allen Payne are all in love and shit.  They're just trying to leave the hood!

36. THE MIGHTY QUINN

-Murder in Paradise?  You know Denzel is all over the case.

35. THE GREAT WHITE HYPE

-Samuel L. Jackson has the hustle.  Damon Wayans is the muscle.  Peter Berg is the Hype.

34. SCHOOL DAZE

-Spike Lee's classic take on college life.  Historically Black College (HBC) life that is.

33. A LOW DOWN DIRTY SHAME

-Keenan Ivory Wayans is Shaft and James Bond at the same time.

32. STATE PROPERTY

-Bet you forgot Jay-Z, Damon Dash and Beanie Sigel did a flick, didn't you?  "Get down or lay down!"

31. A RAGE IN HARLEM

-Gold in Harlem?! I'll be damned, save me some Forest Whitaker!

30. WHO'S THE MAN?

-Dr. Dre and Ed Lover from Yo! MTV Raps get no love for joining the NYPD.

29. TALES FROM THE HOOD

-Clearance Washington III>The Crypt Keeper.  Seriously, this movie is great!

28. CB4

-Chris Rock steals Charlie Murphy's gangster image and goes straight to the top of the rap game.

27. ACTION JACKSON

-Apollo Creed/Dillon (Predator)/Chubs Peterson takes on crime boss Craig T. "fucking" Nelson in shitty Detroit.  

26. BLACK DYNAMITE

-Blaxploitation flick spoofing Blaxploitation movies?  I'm in.

25.  IN TOO DEEP

-Omar Epps goes undercover to take down  LL Cool J, a  "gangster so powerful, they call him GOD."  My question is if he's so powerful, why the hell is he just running lame-ass Cincinnati?

24. TRESPASS

-Two Arkansas Firemen hit up East St. Louis in search of gold and run afoul of Ice T AND Cube.  Apparently, the hoods of America are the perfect hiding spots for precious metals.

23. BULWORTH

U.S. Senator falls for hood chick and starts to get real with the people?  I'm not saying it could happen but just know I wouldn't be shocked if it ever did.

22. DON'T BE A MENACE TO SOUTH CENTRAL

-Stereotypes have never been so funny. Don't worry, the Wayans throw a MESSAGE or two in there as well.

21. POETIC JUSTICE

-This movie shows that Tupac could even make driving a mail truck look cool.

PART TWO COMING UP THIS AFTERNOON!

-WST