Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keywords "black-american", "brother"

1. The Blues Brothers (1980)

R | 133 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Jake Blues rejoins with his brother Elwood after being released from prison, but the duo has just days to reunite their old R&B band and save the Catholic home where the two were raised, outrunning the police as they tear through Chicago.

Director: John Landis | Stars: John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Cab Calloway, John Candy

Votes: 214,418 | Gross: $57.23M

2. American Gangster (2007)

R | 157 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

An outcast New York City cop is charged with bringing down Harlem drug lord Frank Lucas, whose real life inspired this partly biographical film.

Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Josh Brolin

Votes: 452,411 | Gross: $130.16M

3. Out of the Furnace (2013)

R | 116 min | Action, Crime, Drama

When Rodney Baze mysteriously disappears and law enforcement doesn't follow through fast enough, his older brother Russell takes matters into his own hands to find justice.

Director: Scott Cooper | Stars: Christian Bale, Casey Affleck, Zoe Saldana, Woody Harrelson

Votes: 125,063 | Gross: $11.33M

4. Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins (2008)

PG-13 | 114 min | Comedy, Romance

Dr. R.J. Stevens is a talk-show host who visits his family in the Deep South. While there he reunites with his brother Otis, his sister Betty, his cousin/rival Clyde, and his childhood love interest Lucinda Allen.

Director: Malcolm D. Lee | Stars: Martin Lawrence, Louis C.K., James Earl Jones, Margaret Avery

Votes: 15,729 | Gross: $42.44M

5. Mo' Money (1992)

R | 89 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

A con man, seeking to gain the affections of a woman he saw entering an office building, aquires a job in the same building working for an executive who has plans to use his skills for more than just the workplace.

Director: Peter MacDonald | Stars: Damon Wayans, Stacey Dash, Marlon Wayans, Joe Santos

Votes: 8,264 | Gross: $40.23M

6. Trade (I) (2007)

R | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Adriana, 13, is kidnapped in Mexico City by Russian sex traffickers. Her criminal 17 y.o. brother starts looking for her. Across the border in Texas, he gets help from a cop.

Director: Marco Kreuzpaintner | Stars: Kevin Kline, Kathleen Gati, Paulina Gaitan, Cesar Ramos

Votes: 17,935 | Gross: $0.21M

7. Bucktown (1975)

R | 94 min | Action, Crime, Drama

After being hassled by The Man in a southern town, a cool operator asks some violent friends for help. After all, if you can't trust another brother, who can you trust?

Director: Arthur Marks | Stars: Fred Williamson, Pam Grier, Thalmus Rasulala, Tony King

Votes: 1,598

8. Duffle Bag Boy (2024)

Action, Adventure, Crime

Lost and forgotten, a homeless veteran hitchhikes his way into becoming an outlaw and goes to war with the kingpin of a criminal empire.

Director: Alexander Raye Pimentel | Stars: Alexander Raye Pimentel, Cheryce Livingston, James Anthony Perez, Don Tempesta

9. A Date with Judy (1948)

Not Rated | 113 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

Hyperactive teenager Judy Foster (Jane Powell) challenges, and is challenged by, her overly-proper parents, pesky brother Randolph (Jerry Hunter), and boyfriend Ogden "Oogie" Pringle (Scotty Beckett).

Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Wallace Beery, Jane Powell, Elizabeth Taylor, Carmen Miranda

Votes: 1,448

10. Catfish in Black Bean Sauce (1999)

PG-13 | 119 min | Comedy, Drama

A Vietnamese brother and sister raised by an African American couple are reunited with their birth mother after 22 years.

Director: Chi Muoi Lo | Stars: Chi Muoi Lo, Sanaa Lathan, Paul Winfield, Mary Alice

Votes: 516 | Gross: $1.32M

11. Dexter (2006–2013)
Episode: Finding Freebo (2008)

TV-MA | 49 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Every cop in Miami is tasked with finding the fugitive Freebo, who is accused of killing the younger brother of Assistant D.A. Miguel Prado; Dexter and Rita move closer to making a big decision about their family.

Director: Marcos Siega | Stars: Michael C. Hall, Julie Benz, Jennifer Carpenter, C.S. Lee

Votes: 5,059

12. Candace Owens (2022– )
Juneteenth Is Ghetto and Made Up (2023 Podcast Episode)

News, Talk-Show

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Star: Candace Owens

Votes: 14