Coming-of-age Black Girl Films
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1. Jinn (I) (2018)
Not Rated | 92 min | Drama
Summer is a 17-year old carefree black girl, whose world is turned upside down when her mother, a popular meteorologist named Jade Jennings, abruptly converts to Islam and becomes a ... See full summary »
Director: Nijla Mumin | Stars: Simone Missick, Zoe Renee, Hisham Tawfiq, Kelvin Harrison Jr.
Votes: 446
2. Let It Shine (2012 TV Movie)
TV-G | 104 min | Drama, Family, Music
A teenage rapper must use his musical talent to battle his nemesis and win the girl of his dreams.
Director: Paul Hoen | Stars: Tyler James Williams, Coco Jones, Trevor Jackson, Toni Winzy-Cutno
Votes: 4,534
3. Rafiki (2018)
83 min | Drama, Romance
"Good Kenyan girls become good Kenyan wives," but Kena and Ziki long for something more. When love blossoms between them, the two girls will be forced to choose between happiness and safety.
Director: Wanuri Kahiu | Stars: Samantha Mugatsia, Neville Misati, Nice Githinji, Charlie Karumi
Votes: 3,300 | Gross: $0.14M
4. Annie (2014)
PG | 118 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A foster kid who lives with her mean foster mom sees her life change when business tycoon and New York City mayoral candidate Will Stacks makes a thinly-veiled campaign move and takes her in.
Director: Will Gluck | Stars: Quvenzhané Wallis, Cameron Diaz, Jamie Foxx, Rose Byrne
Votes: 40,563 | Gross: $85.91M
5. Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)
PG-13 | 93 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Faced with both her hot-tempered father's fading health and melting ice-caps that flood her ramshackle bayou community and unleash ancient aurochs, six-year-old Hushpuppy must learn the ways of courage and love.
Director: Benh Zeitlin | Stars: Quvenzhané Wallis, Dwight Henry, Levy Easterly, Lowell Landes
Votes: 85,093 | Gross: $12.80M
6. Akeelah and the Bee (2006)
PG | 112 min | Drama, Family
Akeelah, a young gifted girl, comes from a dysfunctional family and is on the verge of quitting school. She discovers that she has a high aptitude for spellings and enters a spelling bee contest.
Director: Doug Atchison | Stars: Angela Bassett, Laurence Fishburne, Keke Palmer, Curtis Armstrong
Votes: 21,643 | Gross: $18.81M
7. Fast Color (2018)
PG-13 | 100 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
After years in hiding, a woman is forced to go on the run when her superhuman abilities are discovered. Years after having abandoned her family, the only place she has left to hide is home.
Director: Julia Hart | Stars: Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Lorraine Toussaint, Saniyya Sidney, David Strathairn
Votes: 7,026 | Gross: $0.08M
8. Tangerine (2015)
R | 88 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A hooker tears through Tinseltown on Christmas Eve searching for the pimp who broke her heart.
Director: Sean Baker | Stars: Kitana Kiki Rodriguez, Mya Taylor, Karren Karagulian, Mickey O'Hagan
Votes: 35,537 | Gross: $0.70M
9. Pariah (I) (2011)
R | 86 min | Drama
A Brooklyn teenager juggles conflicting identities and risks friendship, heartbreak and family in a desperate search for sexual expression.
Director: Dee Rees | Stars: Adepero Oduye, Kim Wayans, Aasha Davis, Pernell Walker
Votes: 7,562 | Gross: $0.76M
10. Hearts Beat Loud (2018)
PG-13 | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A father and daughter form an unlikely songwriting duo in the summer before she leaves for college.
Director: Brett Haley | Stars: Nick Offerman, Kiersey Clemons, Blythe Danner, Toni Collette
Votes: 11,718 | Gross: $2.39M
11. A Wrinkle in Time (2018)
PG | 109 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
After the disappearance of her scientist father, three peculiar beings send Meg, her brother, and her friend to space in order to find him.
Director: Ava DuVernay | Stars: Storm Reid, Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, Mindy Kaling
Votes: 47,810 | Gross: $100.48M
12. Step Sisters (2018)
PG-13 | 108 min | Comedy
To get the college dean's backing for Harvard, Jamilah has to teach girls at a white sorority to step dance.
Director: Charles Stone III | Stars: Megalyn Echikunwoke, Eden Sher, Lyndon Smith, Gage Golightly
Votes: 4,876
13. Home (II) (2015)
PG | 94 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
An alien on the run from his own people makes friends with a girl. He tries to help her on her quest, but can be an interference.
Director: Tim Johnson | Stars: Jim Parsons, Rihanna, Steve Martin, Jennifer Lopez
Votes: 111,592 | Gross: $177.40M
14. The Color Purple (1985)
PG-13 | 154 min | Drama
A tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Danny Glover, Whoopi Goldberg, Oprah Winfrey, Margaret Avery
Votes: 97,419 | Gross: $98.47M
15. The Princess and the Frog (2009)
G | 97 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A waitress, desperate to fulfill her dreams as a restaurant owner, is set on a journey to turn a frog prince back into a human being, but she has to face the same problem after she kisses him.
Directors: Ron Clements, John Musker | Stars: Anika Noni Rose, Keith David, Oprah Winfrey, Bruno Campos
Votes: 167,014 | Gross: $104.40M
16. My Babysitter's a Vampire (2010)
TV-PG | 80 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
A teenager discovers the girl hired to look after his little sister is a vampire.
Director: Bruce McDonald | Stars: Matthew Knight, Vanessa Morgan, Atticus Mitchell, Cameron Kennedy
Votes: 4,190
17. Jump in! (2007 TV Movie)
TV-G | 85 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A teenager is pressured by his father to become a boxer - but a local girl introduces him to the very different sport of rope-jumping.
Director: Paul Hoen | Stars: Corbin Bleu, Keke Palmer, David Reivers, Shanica Knowles
Votes: 8,498
18. The Hate U Give (2018)
PG-13 | 133 min | Crime, Drama
Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Now, facing pressure from all sides of the community, Starr must find her voice and stand up for what's right.
Director: George Tillman Jr. | Stars: Amandla Stenberg, Regina Hall, Russell Hornsby, Anthony Mackie
Votes: 40,167 | Gross: $29.72M
19. The Cheetah Girls (2003 TV Movie)
TV-G | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Four teens aim to take the world by storm with their music.
Director: Oz Scott | Stars: Raven-Symoné, Adrienne Houghton, Kiely Williams, Sabrina Bryan
Votes: 8,858
20. The Proud Family Movie (2005 TV Movie)
TV-G | 90 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Penny and her family are lured on an all expenses paid vacation where a mad scientist captures them, refusing to let them go because Oscar won't reveal his one of his secret Proud Snacks formulas.
Director: Bruce W. Smith | Stars: Tommy Davidson, Kyla Pratt, Paula Jai Parker, Jo Marie Payton
Votes: 2,051
21. Dr. Dolittle 3 (2006 Video)
PG | 93 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Maya Doolittle can't fit in at school because of her special gift of being able to talk to animals, so her mother sends her to a ranch to find herself, but at first all she can find is lots of hard work.
Director: Rich Thorne | Stars: Kristen Wilson, Tara Wilson, Kyla Pratt, Walker Howard
Votes: 7,523
22. College Road Trip (2008)
G | 83 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
When an overachieving high school student decides to travel around the country to choose the perfect college, her overprotective cop father decides to accompany her to keep her on the straight and narrow.
Director: Roger Kumble | Stars: Raven-Symoné, Martin Lawrence, Kym Whitley, Adam LeFevre
Votes: 16,692 | Gross: $45.59M
23. Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century (1999 TV Movie)
TV-G | 97 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
An inquisitive teenager pries into suspected dodgy dealings on her space station home - and ends up being sent down to Earth.
Director: Kenneth Johnson | Stars: Kirsten Storms, Raven-Symoné, Bob Bancroft, Stuart Pankin
Votes: 8,384
24. Cinderella (1997 TV Movie)
G | 88 min | Family, Fantasy, Musical
Although mistreated by her cruel stepmother and stepsisters, Cinderella is able to attend the royal ball through the help of a fairy godmother.
Director: Robert Iscove | Stars: Brandy Norwood, Bernadette Peters, Veanne Cox, Natalie Desselle Reid
Votes: 9,691
25. Queen of Katwe (2016)
PG | 124 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
A Ugandan girl sees her world rapidly change after being introduced to the game of chess.
Director: Mira Nair | Stars: Madina Nalwanga, David Oyelowo, Lupita Nyong'o, Martin Kabanza
Votes: 18,691 | Gross: $8.81M
26. Dear Vivian (2017)
13 min | Short, Drama
For Buddy Hogan June 24th, 1969 started off like most summer days before that, perfect. Like every boy in the neighborhood fourteen-year-old, Buddy enjoyed hanging with friends and catching... See full summary »
Director: Daleelah Sada | Stars: Aaron J. Anderson, Devin Beasley, Cecily Gish, Audrey Harris
27. Selah and the Spades (2019)
R | 97 min | Drama
Five factions run the underground life of Haldwell School, a prestigious East Coast boarding school. At the head of the most powerful faction, The Spades, sits Selah Summers, walking the fine line between being feared and loved.
Director: Tayarisha Poe | Stars: Lovie Simone, Celeste O'Connor, Jharrel Jerome, Jesse Williams
Votes: 1,349
28. Naomi (2022)
TV-14 | 40 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Follows a young woman and her hero's journey.
Stars: Kaci Walfall, Cranston Johnson, Alexander Wraith, Mary-Charles Jones
Votes: 5,715
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