Whitney Houston's most signature film role from 1992 features her playing pop star Rachel Marron, who has been targeted by a stalker. But when the two reconnect, emotions come back to the surface. The two diverge paths in their teenage years, with Chiron taking to a life of crime and Kevin becoming a father. JJ is put in the hot seat once she falls in love with Elle (Robyn Kerr), and she's forced to choose between her best friend or the love of her life.īarry Jenkins' 2016 Oscar-winning film Moonlight follows the life of Chiron (played as an adult by Trevante Rhodes) and his decades-long love for his best friend Kevin (played as an adult by André Holland). The film stars T'Nia Miller as JJ, a stud lesbian who lives with her gay best friend Seb (Kyle Treslove). Also, since the film covers how Meena's family treat Meena and Demetrius' relationship, it's a film that showcases how anti-Blackness can fester and blind people to life's happiness.īritish transgender director Campbell X debuted their first film Stud Life in 2012. It's a rare film that highlights a non-white interracial relationship. Washington plays Demetrius Williams, a Mississippi man who falls in love with Meena (Sarita Choudhury), whose family settled in Mississippi after fleeing Uganda. True Denzel Washington fans know about one of his lesser talked-about films, 1991's Mississippi Masala. But when he comes in contact with gossip columnist Sara (Eva Mendes), he realizes that his own tactics backfire. It takes a scandal and some tough conversations before Hitch learns that the best way to attract women is to be himself. Will Smith's 2005 film Hitch finds him as Alex "Hitch" Hitchens, a dating consultant who helps his male clients get the ladies of their dreams. It's only when things get messy that Dre and Sidney realize that perhaps their friendship is more than just platonic. Their careers become even more in tandem when they start their own record label together, complicating things between Dre's wife Reese (Nicole Ari Parker) and Sidney's boyfriend Kelby (Boris Kodjoe). Dre Ellis (Taye Diggs) works in the A&R division of Millenium Records and his childhood friend Sidney Shaw (Sanaa Lathan) is the new editor-in-chief of XXL magazine. Rick Famiyuma's 2002 film Brown Sugar puts music at the center of the romance. While their relationship seems simple in paradise, it becomes much more difficult back in reality, when Stella wonders if she and a man 20 years her junior can actually work. Little does she know that love is right around the corner in the form of Winston Shakespeare (Taye Diggs). In the 1997 film How Stella Got Her Groove Back, stock broker Stella Payne (Angela Bassett) is a divorcee who is convinced by her friend Delilah (Whoopi Goldberg) to join her on an island vacation. Can their relationship survive his betrayal? Even though Ray initially starts dating Eva because Eva's sisters are paying him off, he truly starts falling for her and she falls for him. In this 2003 retelling of William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew, Eva Dandridge's (Gabrielle Union) frustrated sisters set Eva up with playboy Ray Adams (LL Cool J) in order to keep her out of their hair. When the night proves to be a night Bunz and Rushon might get some action, they rush around the city to try to find condoms before the women change their minds. In the 1997 comedy Booty Call, Jamie Foxx and Tommy Davidson play Bunz and Rushon, two friends who go on a double date with Bunz' girlfriend Nikki (Tamala Jones) and Nikki's friend Lysterine (Vivica A. This film showcases every actor's ability for drama, particularly Hart, who actually gives a moving performance. In this 2014 remake of the 1986 original, Michael Ealy, Joy Bryant, Kevin Hart and Regina Hall star as two sets of couples who go through the ups and downs of romance and breakups. It's a love story that proves that beauty doesn't depends more on what's in your heart. But her luck changes when she has to rehabilitate basketball player Scott McKnight (Common). Queen Latifah stars in 2010's Just Wright as Leslie Wright, an unassuming physical therapist who never gets the guy, compared to her flashy god-sister (Paula Patton). But unlike When Harry Met Sally, the film's ending is much more sobering. The film was billed as "a hip When Harry Met Sally" and it definitely earns that title with how beloved the film has become as time goes by. But things get more complicated for the two of them as their relationship progresses. Poetry brings the artistic Darius Lovehall (Larenz Tate) and Nina Mosley (together) in the 1997 romantic drama Love Jones. If you're in the mood to fall in love, check out these 16 films.
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