Mansfield Park (1999)

Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored (1995)

Summary: A narrator tells the story of his childhood years in a tightly knit Afro-American community in the deep south under racial segregation.

Release Date: January 26, 1996

Genres: Drama, Romance

Director: Tim Reid

Writers: Clifton L. Taulbert

, Paul W. Cooper

Runtime: 1 h 55 min

MPAA: PG

Production: BET Pictures, United Image Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 2,291,255

Fire (1996)

Summary: Two women who are abandoned by their husbands find love and solace in each other.

Release Date: August 22, 1997

Genres: Drama, Romance

Director: Deepa Mehta

Writer: Deepa Mehta

Runtime: 1 h 44 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Trial by Fire Films Inc., Kaleidoscope Entertainment

Distributor: New Yorker Films, Zeitgeist Films

Countries: Canada, India

Language: English

Domestic: $ 402,749

Bend It Like Beckham (2002)

Summary: Jess Bhamra dreams of playing professional football, but her Sikh parents have plans for her: a law degree and a marriage. Jules, a white female striker, spots Jess playing football and invites her to join the local women's team.

Release Date: April 12, 2002

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director: Gurinder Chadha

Writers: Gurinder Chadha

, Guljit Bindra

, Paul Mayeda Berges

Runtime: 1 h 52 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Kintop Pictures, UK Film Council, Filmförderung Hamburg, Helkon Media, The Works, Scion Films, Bend It Films, Roc Media, Road Movies Filmproduktion, Future Films, Redbus Pictures

Distributor: Searchlight Pictures, Disney+, Twentieth Century Fox

Countries: United Kingdom, Germany, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 3,500,159

Domestic: $ 32,543,449

International: $ 44,042,502

The Great Debaters (2007)

Summary: A drama based on the true story of Melvin B. Tolson, a professor at Wiley College Texas. In 1935, he inspired students to form the school's first debate team, which went on to challenge Harvard in the national championship.

Release Date: December 25, 2007

Genres: Drama, Romance, Biography

Director: Denzel Washington

Writers: Robert Eisele

, Jeffrey Porro

, Tony Scherman

Runtime: 2 h 06 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Harpo Films, Marshall Production, Roth Films

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 15,000,000

Domestic: $ 30,236,407

International: $ 35,149

Belle (2013)

Summary: The biracial daughter, Dido Elizabeth Belle (Gugu Mbatha-Raw), of Royal Navy Captain Sir John Lindsay (Matthew Goode) is raised by aristocratic Great-uncle Lord William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield (Tom Wilkinson) in 18th century...

Release Date: June 13, 2014

Genres: Drama, Romance, Biography

Director: Amma Asante

Writer: Misan Sagay

Runtime: 1 h 40 min

MPAA: PG

Production: DJ Films, Isle of Man Film, British Film Institute (BFI), Metrol Technology, Pinewood Studios

Distributor: Searchlight Pictures, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, KVH Media Group

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 10,900,000

Domestic: $ 10,726,630

International: $ 5,880,945

8 - Possibly Woke

Something New (2006)

Summary: Kenya McQueen, an accountant finds love in the most unexpected place when she agrees to go on a blind date with Brian Kelly, a sexy and free-spirited landscaper.

Release Date: February 03, 2006

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director: Sanaa Hamri

Writer: Kriss Turner

Runtime: 1 h 39 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Gramercy Pictures (I), Homegrown Pictures

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 11,468,568

International: $ 15,101

8 - Possibly Woke

Loving (2016)

Summary: The story of Richard and Mildred Loving, a couple whose arrest for interracial marriage in 1960s Virginia began a legal battle that would end with the Supreme Court's historic 1967 decision.

Release Date: November 04, 2016

Genres: Drama, Romance, Biography

Director: Jeff Nichols

Writers: Jeff Nichols

, Nancy Buirski

Runtime: 2 h 03 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Raindog Films, Big Beach Films, Talent One

Distributor: Focus Features

Countries: United Kingdom, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 9,000,000

Domestic: $ 7,751,969

International: $ 5,205,296

8 - Possibly Woke

Reminiscence (2021)

Summary: Nick Bannister, a private investigator of the mind, navigates the alluring world of the past when his life is changed by new client Mae. A simple case becomes an obsession after she disappears and he fights to learn the truth abou...

Release Date: August 20, 2021

Genres: Romance, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Director: Lisa Joy

Writer: Lisa Joy

Runtime: 1 h 56 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: FilmNation Entertainment, Kilter Films, Michael De Luca Productions

Distributor: Warner Bros., FilmNation Entertainment, HBO Max, Studio Distribution Services (SDS), Warner Bros. Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 54,000,000

Domestic: $ 3,900,193

International: $ 12,500,000

How to Make an American Quilt (1995)

Summary: Bride-to-be Finn Dodd hears tales of romance and sorrow from her elders as they construct a quilt.

Release Date: October 06, 1995

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director: Jocelyn Moorhouse

Writers: Whitney Otto

, Jane Anderson

Runtime: 1 h 57 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Universal Pictures, Amblin Entertainment

Distributor: American Broadcasting Company (ABC), HBO Max

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 10,000,000

Domestic: $ 23,600,020

International: $ 17,600,000

Far from Heaven (2002)

Summary: In 1950s Connecticut, a flustered housewife faces a marital crisis and mounting racial tensions in the outside world.

Release Date: January 10, 2003

Genres: Drama, Romance

Director: Todd Haynes

Writer: Todd Haynes

Runtime: 1 h 47 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Focus Features, Vulcan Productions, Killer Films, Clear Blue Sky Productions, TF1 International, USA Films

Distributor: Kino Lorber, TF1 International, The Criterion Channel, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)

Countries: United States, France

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 13,500,000

Domestic: $ 15,901,849

International: $ 13,126,065

Itty Bitty Titty Committee (2007)

Summary: High School grad and all American gal, Anna, finds her purpose and herself after she hooks up with the radical feminists in The Itty Bitty Titty Committee.

Release Date: September 28, 2007

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director: Jamie Babbit

Writers: Jamie Babbit

, Tina Mabry

, Abigail McCarthy

Runtime: 1 h 27 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Power Up Films

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 1,000,000

Domestic: $ 18,445

International: $ 15,278

Shadows (1958)

Summary: Cassavetes' jazz-scored improvisational film explores interracial friendships and relationships in Beat-Era (1950s) New York City.

Release Date: March 09, 1962

Genres: Drama, Romance

Director: John Cassavetes

Writer: John Cassavetes

Runtime: 1 h 21 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Lion International

Distributor: Lion International Films, Castle Hill Productions, Fox Lorber Home Video, Orion Home Video, Pioneer Entertainment, The Criterion Collection

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 40,000

Snow Falling on Cedars (1999)

Summary: A Japanese-American fisherman is accused of killing his neighbor at sea. In the 1950s, race figures into the trial. So does reporter Ishmael.

Release Date: January 07, 2000

Genres: Drama, Romance, Mystery

Director: Scott Hicks

Writers: David Guterson

, Ron Bass

, Scott Hicks

Runtime: 2 h 07 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Universal Pictures, The Kennedy/Marshall Company, Soundfirm

Distributor: Shout Select, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 35,000,000

Domestic: $ 14,417,593

International: $ 8,632,000

Storytelling (2001)

Summary: College and high school serve as the backdrop for two stories about dysfunction and personal turmoil.

Release Date: November 08, 2001

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director: Todd Solondz

Writer: Todd Solondz

Runtime: 1 h 27 min

MPAA: R

Production: New Line Cinema, Killer Films, Good Machine

Distributor: Fine Line Features, New Line Cinema, New Line Home Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 921,445

International: $ 397,500

Tyler Perry's a Madea Christmas (2013)

Summary: Madea dispenses her unique form of holiday spirit on a rural town when she's coaxed into helping a friend pay her daughter a surprise visit in the country for Christmas.

Release Date: December 13, 2013

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director: Tyler Perry

Writer: Tyler Perry

Runtime: 1 h 40 min

MPAA: G

Production: The Tyler Perry Company, Tyler Perry Studios

Distributor: Lionsgate

Country: United States

Language: English

Franchise: Madea

Movie budget: $ 25,000,000

Domestic: $ 52,543,354

International: $ 853,281

Their Finest (2016)

Summary: A former secretary, newly appointed as a scriptwriter for propaganda films, joins the cast and crew of a major production while the Blitz rages around them.

Release Date: April 07, 2017

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director: Lone Scherfig

Writers: Lissa Evans

, Gaby Chiappe

Runtime: 1 h 57 min

MPAA: R

Production: BBC Films, Welsh Government, Pinewood Pictures, Ingenious Media, HanWay Films, Wildgaze Films, Number 9 Films, Film i Väst, Filmgate Films, Ripken Productions

Distributor: EuropaCorp USA, STX Entertainment

Countries: United Kingdom, Sweden, France

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 10,000,000

Domestic: $ 3,603,484

International: $ 8,993,778

Forrest Gump (1994)

Summary: The history of the United States from the 1950s to the '70s unfolds from the perspective of an Alabama man with an IQ of 75, who yearns to be reunited with his childhood sweetheart.

Release Date: July 06, 1994

Genres: Drama, Romance

Director: Robert Zemeckis

Writers: Winston Groom

, Eric Roth

Runtime: 2 h 22 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Paramount Pictures, The Steve Tisch Company, Wendy Finerman Productions

Distributor: Paramount Pictures, Paramount Home Entertainment, American Broadcasting Company (ABC)

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 55,000,000

Domestic: $ 330,455,270

International: $ 347,771,195

Jungle Fever (1991)

Summary: Friends and family of a married Black architect react in different ways to his affair with an Italian secretary.

Release Date: June 07, 1991

Genres: Drama, Romance

Director: Spike Lee

Writer: Spike Lee

Runtime: 2 h 12 min

MPAA: R

Production: Universal Pictures, 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks

Distributor: Universal Pictures, FX Network, MCA/Universal Home Video, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 14,000,000

Domestic: $ 32,482,682

International: $ 11,400,000