Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "african-american-child"

1. Bad Boys (1995)

R | 119 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Two hip detectives protect a witness to a murder while investigating a case of stolen heroin from the evidence storage room from their police precinct.

Director: Michael Bay | Stars: Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Lisa Boyle, Michael Taliferro

Votes: 286,329 | Gross: $65.81M

2. Lethal Weapon (1987)

R | 109 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Two newly paired cops who are complete opposites must put aside their differences in order to catch a gang of drug smugglers.

Director: Richard Donner | Stars: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Mitchell Ryan

Votes: 276,347 | Gross: $65.21M

3. Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995)

R | 128 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

John McClane and a Harlem store owner are targeted by German terrorist Simon in New York City, where he plans to rob the Federal Reserve Building.

Director: John McTiernan | Stars: Bruce Willis, Jeremy Irons, Samuel L. Jackson, Graham Greene

Votes: 408,128 | Gross: $100.01M

4. Enemy of the State (1998)

R | 132 min | Action, Thriller

A lawyer becomes targeted by a corrupt politician and his N.S.A. goons when he accidentally receives key evidence to a politically motivated crime.

Director: Tony Scott | Stars: Will Smith, Gene Hackman, Jon Voight, Lisa Bonet

Votes: 258,898 | Gross: $111.55M

5. My Wife and Kids (2000–2005)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Michael Kyle longs for a traditional life, but his day-trader wife Janet, gangsta rap-worshipping son Michael Jr., and brooding daughters Claire and Kady make his dream just that ... a dream.

Stars: Damon Wayans, Tisha Campbell, George Gore II, Parker McKenna Posey

Votes: 29,636

6. Candyman (1992)

R | 99 min | Horror, Thriller

The Candyman, a murderous soul with a hook for a hand, is accidentally summoned to reality by a skeptic grad student researching the monster's myth.

Director: Bernard Rose | Stars: Virginia Madsen, Xander Berkeley, Tony Todd, Kasi Lemmons

Votes: 100,149 | Gross: $25.79M

7. Paid in Full (2002)

R | 97 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A young man from Harlem, forced to cope with the 1980s drug scene, builds an illegal empire, only to have a crisis of conscience.

Director: Charles Stone III | Stars: Mekhi Phifer, Wood Harris, Chi McBride, Kevin Carroll

Votes: 14,232 | Gross: $3.04M

8. 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: 85,064 | Gross: $12.80M

9. Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971)

R | 97 min | Action, Crime, Drama

After saving a Black Panther from some racist cops, a black male prostitute goes on the run from "the man" with the help of the ghetto community and some disillusioned Hells Angels.

Director: Melvin Van Peebles | Stars: Melvin Van Peebles, Hubert Scales, John Dullaghan, Simon Chuckster

Votes: 5,865 | Gross: $15.18M

10. Pinky (1949)

Approved | 102 min | Drama

A light-skinned black woman falls in love with a white doctor, though he is unaware of her true race.

Directors: Elia Kazan, John Ford | Stars: Jeanne Crain, Ethel Barrymore, Ethel Waters, William Lundigan

Votes: 3,415 | Gross: $4.20M

11. The Devil to Pay (I) (2019)

TV-14 | 87 min | Thriller

After the disappearance of her husband, a struggling farmer in an isolated Appalachian community fights to save her son when the cold-hearted matriarch of the oldest family on the mountain demands payment of a debt that could destroy a decade's old truce.

Directors: Lane Skye, Ruckus Skye | Stars: Danielle Deadwyler, Catherine Dyer, Jayson Warner Smith, Adam Boyer

Votes: 1,237

12. White Boy (2017)

TV-14 | 82 min | Documentary, Crime

In 1980's Detroit, 17 year-old Richard Wershe, Jr. allegedly ran a sophisticated inner-city drug dealing operation. Now, journalists, police, federal agents and hit men are speaking for the first time about the legend of "White Boy Rick."

Director: Shawn Rech | Stars: Richard Wershe Jr., Scott M. Burnstein, Dana Hathaway, Joe Swickard

Votes: 2,259

13. Bashful (1917)

10 min | Comedy, Short

In order to claim his inheritance, our hero must first produce a wife and family.

Director: Alfred J. Goulding | Stars: Harold Lloyd, 'Snub' Pollard, Bebe Daniels, William Blaisdell

Votes: 296

14. Backfire (II) (2017)

94 min | Crime, Drama

After a botched robbery escalates to homicide, a north Philly gun runner has to escape or outsmart the south Philly Italian mob as they close in for vengeance.

Director: Dave Patten | Stars: Black Deniro, Jowharah Jones, Byron Squally Vinson, Dominic Costa

Votes: 454

15. A Hill of Our Own (1996)

19 min | Short, Drama

Little girls from opposites ends of a hill meet in the middle on a summer day.

Director: Carla R. Thompson | Stars: Phyllis Applegate, Art Evans, Amber Green, Karla Green

16. A Haunting We Will Go (1939)

Approved | 10 min | Animation, Short

The introduction of Lantz's little black-boy character, L'il Eight Ball, finds him going to bed in his small cabin and being visited by a baby ghost. He avers he is not afraid, and his ... See full summary »

Director: Burt Gillett | Stars: Mel Blanc, Margaret Hill-Talbot, Harry Stanton, Danny Webb

Votes: 80

17. One Too Many (1916)

16 min | Comedy, Short

When his uncle arrives for a visit, Plump has to find a wife and baby in a hurry. With the help of his friend, Runt, soon there are wives and babies everywhere.

Director: Will Louis | Stars: Oliver Hardy, Billy Ruge, Billy Bletcher, Joe Cohen

Votes: 174

18. Monster in the Room (II) (2016)

2 min | Short, Horror, Mystery

Child woke up middle of the night and told mommy that there is monster in the room. Mommy investigates.

Director: Samuel Han | Stars: Jozilyn Hernandez, Amber Hernandez

19. Going to Congress (1924)

20 min | Comedy, Short

Alfalfa Doolittle has never done much but sit around the stove at the country store and tell all comers his ideas on how the country should be run. He is finally elected to run for Congress.

Director: Rob Wagner | Stars: Will Rogers, Marie Mosquini, Molly Thompson, Jack Ackroyd

Votes: 24

20. The Last of Us (2023– )
Episode: Endure and Survive (2023)

TV-MA | 59 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

While attempting to evade the rebels, Joel and Ellie cross paths with the most wanted man in Kansas City. Kathleen continues her hunt.

Director: Jeremy Webb | Stars: Pedro Pascal, Bella Ramsey, Lamar Johnson, Melanie Lynskey

Votes: 78,244

21. Psychic Kids: Children of the Paranormal (2008– )
Episode: The Demon House (2008)

TV-14 | 44 min | Documentary, Reality-TV

Hailey (12) and Alexa (14) face their fears concerning dark spirits. They are taken to Alex's abandoned home to face a demonic spirit with demonologists Roberts and Isbell and psychic ... See full summary »

Director: Lisa Miller | Stars: Chip Coffey, Linda Isbell, Lisa Miller, Beth Roberts

Votes: 13

22. Psychic Kids: Children of the Paranormal (2008– )
Episode: Crossing Over (2010)

TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, Reality-TV

Three pre-teens, Hannah, Savanah, and Shauniece team up to help a woman contact her deceased father. Along the way each girl discovers new psychic talents they never knew they had.

Director: Elizabeth Wade | Stars: Chip Coffey, Edy Nathan