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Plot Summary:
Young Kid has been invited to a party at his friend Play's house. But after a fight at school, Kid's father grounds him. None the less, Kid sneaks out when his father falls asleep. But Kid doesn't know that three of the thugs at school have decided to give him a lesson in behavior.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Comedy, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: hood, funny, light, cult classic, black comedy, light hearted, independent film, feel good, humorous, realistic
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Fear of a Black Hat (1993)
Plot Summary:
Chronicling the controversial career of bad boys N.W.H. (Niggaz With Hats), this uproarious 'mockumentary' lampoons all of hardcore rap's hot-button issues. This underground laugh riot recounts the rise, fall and resurrection of a clueless bunch of would-be rappers, Ice Cold, Tone-Def & Tasty Taste performing as N.W.H.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Music
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: mockumentary, spoof, parody, humorous, witty, hood, satirical, independent film, dark comedy, realistic
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How High (2001)
Plot Summary:
Multi-platinum rap superstars Redman and Method Man star as Jamal and Silas, two regular guys who smoke something magical, ace their college entrance exams and wind up at Harvard. Ivy League ways are strange but Silas and Jamal take it in a stride -- until their supply of supernatural smoke runs dry. That's when they have to start living by their wits and rely on their natural resources to make the grade.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 61000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, feel good, hood, talky, cult classic, hilarious, entertaining, romantic, mysterious
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Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins (2008)
Plot Summary:
Martin Lawrence leads an all-star cast, including Cedric the Entertainer, Mo'Nique, and Mike Epps, in the hit comedy "Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins." When a celebrated TV show host (Lawrence) returns to his hometown in the South, his family is there to remind him that going home is no vacation! It's one outrageous predicament after another when big-city attitude and small-town values collide in this hysterical comedy critics are praising for its "over-the-top hilarity!" (Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel).
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, semi serious, entertaining, sentimental, black comedy, feel good, realistic, romantic, sexy
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CB4 (1993)
Plot Summary:
A "rockumentary", covering the rise to fame of MC Gusto, Stab Master Arson, and Dead Mike: members of the rap group "CB4". We soon learn that these three are not what they seem and don't apear to know as much about rap music as they claim... but a lack of musical ability in an artist never hurts sales, does it? You've just got to play the part of a rap star.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: spoof, mockumentary, black comedy, hood, funny, clever, dark comedy, humorous, satirical, smart
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House Party 2 (1991)
Plot Summary:
Kid'N'Play leave their neighborhood and enter the world of adulthood and higher education. Play attempts to get rich quick in the music business while Kid faces the challenges of college.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: hood, humorous, black comedy, independent film, realistic, not serious, semi serious, light, romantic, unusual plot structure
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ATL (2006)
Plot Summary:
As four friends prepare for life after high school, different challenges bring about turning points in each of their lives. The dramas unfold and resolve at their local rollerskating rink, Cascade.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: hood, talky, stylized, feel good, serious, rough, uplifting, touching, realistic, cult classic
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Stomp the Yard (2007)
Plot Summary:
After the death of his younger brother, a troubled 19-year-old street dancer from Los Angeles is able to bypass juvenile hall by enrolling in the historically black, Truth University in Atlanta, Georgia. But his efforts to get an education and woo the girl he likes are sidelined when he is courted by the top two campus fraternities, both of which want and need his fierce street-style dance moves to win the highly coveted national step show competition.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: inspirational, intense, captivating, exciting, touching, hood, serious, realistic, independent film, erotic
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Step Up 2: The Streets (2008)
Plot Summary:
When rebellious street dancer Andie lands at the elite Maryland School of the Arts, she finds herself fighting to fit in while also trying to hold onto her old life. When she joins forces with the schools hottest dancer, Chase, to form a crew of classmate outcasts to compete in Baltimore s underground dance battle The Streets.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 90000
Genere: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: romantic, teen, inspirational, entertaining, captivating, serious, realistic, hood, light, exciting
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Secret Admirer (1985)
Plot Summary:
When high-school heartthrob Michael receives an unsigned love letter, he assumes it's from knock-out prom queen Deborah Anne instead of pretty honor student Toni. And when Michael accidentally misplaces the letter, the juicy jottings soon make their way into the hands of the whole neighborhood, touching off a scandalously sexy soap opera of mixed-up motives, mistaken identities and wrong emotions.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: teen sex comedy, light, feel good, humorous, semi serious, realistic, crying, independent film, weeping, sex comedy
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Drumline (2002)
Plot Summary:
A fish-out-of-water comedy about a talented street drummer from Harlem who enrolls in a Southern university, expecting to lead its marching band's drumline to victory. He initially flounders in his new world, before realizing that it takes more than talent to reach the top.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 36000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: feel good, inspirational, light, entertaining, melancholic, exciting, humorous, realistic, semi serious, hood
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Trojan War (1997)
Plot Summary:
Brad is about to hook up with the girl of his dreams, but runs into a problem, no condom. So Brad sets out into the night to find one, running into many obstacles along the way, while not knowing his best friend, Leah is in love with him.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: hilarious, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, hispanic, teen comedy
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Grease 2 (1982)
Plot Summary:
It's 1961, two years after the original Grease gang graduated, and there's a new crop of seniors and new members of the coolest cliques on campus, the Pink Ladies and T-Birds. Michael Carrington is the new kid in school - but he's been branded a brainiac. Can he fix up an old motorcycle, don a leather jacket, avoid a rumble with the leader of the T-Birds, and win the heart of Pink Lady Stephanie?.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 38000
Genere: Comedy, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: sexy, romantic, cult classic, retro, hood, period piece, romantic comedy, sentimental, touching, feel good
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High School Musical (2006)
Plot Summary:
Troy (Zac Efron), the popular captain of the basketball team, and Gabriella (Vanessa Anne Hudgens), the brainy and beautiful member of the academic club, break all the rules of East High society when they secretly audition for the leads in the school's musical. As they reach for the stars and follow their dreams, everyone learns about acceptance, teamwork, and being yourself. And it's all set to fun tunes and very cool dance moves!.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 95000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: romantic, teen, sentimental, feel good, humorous, funny, mockbuster, cult classic, hilarious, realistic
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Roll Bounce (2005)
Plot Summary:
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Roll Bounce is a 2005 American comedy-drama film written by Norman Vance Jr. and directed by Malcolm D. Lee. The film stars hip hop artist Bow Wow as the leader of a roller skating crew in 1970s Chicago. The film also stars Nick Cannon, Meagan Good, Brandon T. Jackson, Wesley Jonathan, Chi McBride, Kellita Smith, and Jurnee Smollett. Description above from the Wikipedia article Roll Bounce, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: sweet, light, sentimental, touching, humorous, feel good, romantic, black comedy, hood, realistic
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Love Don't Cost a Thing (2003)
Plot Summary:
High school loser (Cannon) pays a cheerleader (Milian) to pose as his girlfriend so he can be considered cool. Remake of 1987's Can't Buy Me Love, starring Patrick Dempsey.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy, Romance, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, witty, semi serious, black comedy, romantic, captivating, entertaining, disturbing, intense
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Cooley High (1975)
Plot Summary:
In the mid-1960s, a group of high school friends who live on the Near North Side of Chicago enjoy life to the fullest...parties, hanging out, meeting new friends. Then life changes for two of the guys when they meet a pair of career criminals and get falsely arrested in connection with stealing a Cadillac. We follow their lives through the end of high school and the dramatic end to their school.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: hood, black comedy, funny, entertaining, cult classic, sentimental, touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Krush Groove (1985)
Plot Summary:
Russell Walker is a young, successful manager of rap performers, handling acts for the Krush Groove label, including Run-DMC and The Fat Boys. When Run-D.M.C. has a hit record and Russell needs more money to press more copies, he borrows it from a street hustler and soon regrets his decision.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: hood, black comedy, grim, serious, captivating, realistic, eighties, black cinema, cult film
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She's Gotta Have It (1986)
Plot Summary:
The story of Nola Darling's simultaneous sexual relationships with three different men is told by her and by her partners and other friends. All three men wanted her to commit solely to them; Nola resists being "owned" by a single partner.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: black and white, sexy, erotic, independent film, humorous, witty, talky, sexual, funny, mumblecore
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House Party 3 (1994)
Plot Summary:
Hip Hop duo Kid & Play return in the second follow-up to their 1990 screen debut House Party. Kid (Christopher "Kid" Reid) is taking the plunge and marrying his girlfriend Veda (Angela Means), while his friend Play (Christopher Martin) is dipping his toes into the music business, managing a roughneck female rap act called Sex as a Weapon. Play books the ladies for a concert with heavy-hitting pr.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: hood, black comedy, independent film, humorous, realistic, not serious, semi serious, funny, light, romantic
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Coming to America (1988)
Plot Summary:
Prince Akeem, heir to the throne of Zamunda, leaves the tropical paradise kingdom in search of his queen. What better place than Queens, New York, to find his bride? Joined by his loyal servant and friend, Semmi, Akeem attempts to blend in as an ordinary American and begin his search.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 220000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: feel good, funny, humorous, entertaining, romantic comedy, cult classic, light, hilarious, parody, romantic
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Booty Call (1997)
Plot Summary:
Rushon is sexually pent-up and ready to take thing things to the next level with his girlfriend, Nikki. But when he calls for a date, she asks to make it a double -- bringing along her brash friend Lysterine, whom Rushon sets up with his lewd buddy, Bunz. Things go better than expected. As the evening transitions from the restaurant to the bedroom, the two men go on a madcap search for what will surely make the night complete: condoms.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: sexy, humorous, black comedy, sexual, hood, romantic comedy, realistic, witty, semi serious, sex comedy
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Brown Sugar (2002)
Plot Summary:
Sidney is a writer who's just left her L.A. Times music review gig to edit New York hip-hop magazine XXL. Dre is an executive with a hip-hop record company based in New York. They've known each other since they met as children, when both discovered hip-hop for the first time. Now that they're back together, they should be perfect for each other, except that Dre's about to marry lawyer Reese and Sidney claims not to be interested in Dre romantically. Meanwhile, Dre is growing increasingly restless with his company's focus on profit over artistry, which leads to signing the gimmicky duo Ren and Ten while ignoring the talented Chris.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: romantic, intense, touching, feel good, humorous, semi serious, romantic comedy, clever, sexy, erotic
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The Best Man (1999)
Plot Summary:
Harper, a writer who's about to explode into the mainstream leaves behind his girlfriend Robin and heads to New York City to serve as best man for his friend Lance's wedding. Once there, he reunites with the rest of his college circle.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: romantic, clever, romantic comedy, light, black comedy, hood, sentimental, touching, feel good, humorous
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Strictly Business (1991)
Plot Summary:
Waymon has a great job in real estate and a promising future, but he's also trapped in a loveless longterm relationship. He meets Natalie, a beautiful club-hopping hipster, and quickly falls in love. Realizing he's just not cool enough to attract her on his own, he seeks the help of his friend Bobby, a free-spirited smooth talker who works in the mail room at Waymon's firm and utilizes the predicament as leverage to advance in the company.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: black comedy, hood, independent film, feel good, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, surprise ending, black cinema
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The Brothers (2001)
Plot Summary:
This is the story of four African-American "yuppies" (a banker, a doctor, a lawyer, and a "playboy") who call themselves "The Brothers". When the playboy gets engaged, the other three friends find themselves having to come to terms with their own issues of commitment and honesty.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: romantic, light, melancholic, entertaining, stylized, touching, feel good, romantic comedy, talky, captivating
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The Wood (1999)
Plot Summary:
In the panicky, uncertain hours before his wedding, a groom with prenuptial jitters and his two best friends reminisce about growing up together in the middle-class African-American neighborhood of Inglewood, California. Flashing back to the twenty-something trio's childhood exploits, the memories capture the mood and nostalgia of the '80s era.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: feel good, realistic, touching, hood, melancholic, humorous, sentimental, semi serious, inspirational, black comedy
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Friday (1995)
Plot Summary:
Craig and Smokey are two guys in Los Angeles hanging out on their porch on a Friday afternoon, smoking and drinking, looking for something to do.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 122000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, hood, cult classic, light, semi serious, hilarious, independent film, black comedy, realistic
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Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008)
Plot Summary:
Nick cannot stop obsessing over his ex-girlfriend, Tris, until Tris' friend Norah suddenly shows interest in him at a club. Thus beings an odd night filled with ups and downs as the two keep running into Tris and her new boyfriend while searching for Norah's drunken friend, Caroline, with help from Nick's band mates. As the night winds down, the two have to figure out what they want from each other.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 95000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: feel good, teen, funny, independent film, romantic comedy, sweet, indie film, heartbreaking, romantic, exciting
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Pitch Perfect (2012)
Plot Summary:
College student Beca knows she does not want to be part of a clique, but that's exactly where she finds herself after arriving at her new school. Thrust in among mean gals, nice gals and just plain weird gals, Beca finds that the only thing they have in common is how well they sing together. She takes the women of the group out of their comfort zone of traditional arrangements and into a world of amazing harmonic combinations in a fight to the top of college music competitions.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 326000
Genere: Comedy, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, realistic, teen, funny, light, romantic, entertaining, semi serious, sweet
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Two Can Play That Game (2001)
Plot Summary:
Vivica A. Fox sizzles as a woman scorned who plans to get her man back by any means necessary. In this comedy about players and those who "get played." As corporate overachiever and all-around fly chick Shanté Smith, Fox thinks she's got the goods to keep her slickster boyfriend (Morris Chestnut) from straying - until he discovers a greener pasture, Shanté's archrival (Gabrielle Union).
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: romantic, humorous, sexy, satirical, romantic comedy, feel good, clever, talky, black comedy, hood