Movies and TV shows with LGBT+ characters, People Of Colour and even both.
by NocturneAeros | created - 28 Apr 2018 | updated - 2 months ago | PublicAll the movies in that list have MAIN characters which are either queer, PoC or even both. I also find all these movies good or at least interesting. There is no particular order.
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1. Okja (2017)
TV-MA | 120 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A young girl risks everything to prevent a powerful, multinational company from kidnapping her best friend - a fascinating beast named Okja.
Director: Bong Joon Ho | Stars: Tilda Swinton, Paul Dano, Ahn Seo-hyun, Jake Gyllenhaal
Votes: 132,252
Korean main character
2. Get Out (I) (2017)
R | 104 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A young African-American visits his white girlfriend's parents for the weekend, where his simmering uneasiness about their reception of him eventually reaches a boiling point.
Director: Jordan Peele | Stars: Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Bradley Whitford, Catherine Keener
Votes: 698,000 | Gross: $176.04M
Black main character
3. A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014)
Not Rated | 101 min | Drama, Horror, Romance
In the Iranian ghost-town Bad City, a place that reeks of death and loneliness, the townspeople are unaware they are being stalked by a lonesome vampire.
Director: Ana Lily Amirpour | Stars: Sheila Vand, Arash Marandi, Marshall Manesh, Mozhan Navabi
Votes: 38,664
Iranian main characters
4. FirstBorn (2016)
Not Rated | 90 min | Horror
A young couple's lives are turned upside down when the birth of their first child is accompanied by terrifying entities that threaten their newly-formed family.
Director: Nirpal Bhogal | Stars: Antonia Thomas, Luke Norris, Thea Petrie, Eileen Davies
Votes: 1,985
Black main characters
5. Into the Badlands (2015–2019)
TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A mighty warrior and a young boy with supernatural powers search for enlightenment in a ruthless post-apocalyptic America controlled by feudal barons.
Stars: Daniel Wu, Orla Brady, Aramis Knight, Emily Beecham
Votes: 49,653
Asian main character, black love interest
6. I, Robot (2004)
PG-13 | 115 min | Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi
In 2035, a technophobic cop investigates a crime that may have been perpetrated by a robot, which leads to a larger threat to humanity.
Director: Alex Proyas | Stars: Will Smith, Bridget Moynahan, Bruce Greenwood, Alan Tudyk
Votes: 575,859 | Gross: $144.80M
Black main character
7. Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015)
PG-13 | 138 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
As a new threat to the galaxy rises, Rey, a desert scavenger, and Finn, an ex-stormtrooper, must join Han Solo and Chewbacca to search for the one hope of restoring peace.
Director: J.J. Abrams | Stars: Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Domhnall Gleeson
Votes: 974,272 | Gross: $936.66M
Black main character
8. Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
R | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A teenager from the slums of Mumbai becomes a contestant on the show 'Kaun Banega Crorepati?' When interrogated under suspicion of cheating, he revisits his past, revealing how he had all the answers.
Directors: Danny Boyle, Loveleen Tandan | Stars: Dev Patel, Freida Pinto, Saurabh Shukla, Anil Kapoor
Votes: 878,210 | Gross: $141.32M
Indian main characters
9. Sister Act (1992)
PG | 100 min | Comedy, Family, Music
When a nightclub singer is forced to take refuge from the mob in a convent, she ends up turning the convent choir into a soulful chorus complete with a Motown repertoire, until the sudden celebrity of the choir jeopardizes her identity.
Director: Emile Ardolino | Stars: Whoopi Goldberg, Maggie Smith, Harvey Keitel, Bill Nunn
Votes: 108,481 | Gross: $139.61M
Black main character
10. The Painting (2011)
TV-PG | 80 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
Three characters of different social classes escape their unfinished painting in search of the Painter, hoping he will complete it.
Director: Jean-François Laguionie | Stars: Jean Barney, Chloé Berthier, JB Blanc, Steve Blum
Votes: 4,527 | Gross: $0.01M
Black main character
11. Kirikou and the Sorceress (1998)
TV-PG | 71 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
Kirikou, an unusual little boy, must search the wisdom of the forbidden mountain in order to save his village from a spell cast by the evil sorceress Karaba
Directors: Michel Ocelot, Raymond Burlet | Stars: Doudou Gueye Thiaw, Maimouna N'Diaye, Awa Sene Sarr, Robert Liensol
Votes: 10,817 | Gross: $0.06M
Black main characters
12. 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: 85,095 | Gross: $12.80M
Black main character
13. Lyle (2014)
Not Rated | 62 min | Drama, Horror
A mother's grief over the death of her toddler leads to horror.
Director: Stewart Thorndike | Stars: Gaby Hoffmann, Ingrid Jungermann, Eleanor Hopkins, Rebecca Street
Votes: 672
Lesbian main character
14. The Girl with All the Gifts (2016)
R | 111 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A scientist and a teacher living in a dystopian future embark on a journey of survival with a special young girl named Melanie.
Director: Colm McCarthy | Stars: Sennia Nanua, Fisayo Akinade, Dominique Tipper, Paddy Considine
Votes: 64,462
Black and lesbian or bi main character
15. Sense8 (2015–2018)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A group of people around the world are suddenly linked mentally, and must find a way to survive being hunted by those who see them as a threat to the world's order.
Stars: Bae Doona, Jamie Clayton, Tina Desai, Tuppence Middleton
Votes: 163,123
Many POC ans LGBTs
16. But I'm a Cheerleader (1999)
R | 85 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A naive teenager is sent to rehab camp when her straitlaced parents and friends suspect her of being a lesbian.
Director: Jamie Babbit | Stars: Natasha Lyonne, Clea DuVall, Michelle Williams, Brandt Wille
Votes: 41,295 | Gross: $2.21M
Lesbian main character
17. Moonlight (I) (2016)
R | 111 min | Drama
A young African-American man grapples with his identity and sexuality while experiencing the everyday struggles of childhood, adolescence, and burgeoning adulthood.
Director: Barry Jenkins | Stars: Mahershala Ali, Naomie Harris, Trevante Rhodes, Alex R. Hibbert
Votes: 332,083 | Gross: $27.85M
Black gay main character and black bi love interest
18. Star Trek: Discovery (2017–2024)
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Ten years before Kirk, Spock, and the Enterprise, the USS Discovery discovers new worlds and lifeforms as one Starfleet officer learns to understand all things alien.
Stars: Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Anthony Rapp, Mary Wiseman
Votes: 135,432
Black main character
19. Blackbird (IV) (2014)
R | 99 min | Drama
A young singer struggles with his sexuality and the treatment of others while coming of age in a small Southern Baptist community.
Director: Patrik-Ian Polk | Stars: Mo'Nique, Julian J. Walker, Kevin Allesee, Isaiah Washington
Votes: 1,131
Black gay main character
20. Black Panther (2018)
PG-13 | 134 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
T'Challa, heir to the hidden but advanced kingdom of Wakanda, must step forward to lead his people into a new future and must confront a challenger from his country's past.
Director: Ryan Coogler | Stars: Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong'o, Danai Gurira
Votes: 838,155 | Gross: $700.06M
Black cast
21. Blazing Saddles (1974)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Western
In order to ruin a western town, a corrupt politician appoints a black Sheriff, who promptly becomes his most formidable adversary.
Director: Mel Brooks | Stars: Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Slim Pickens, Harvey Korman
Votes: 152,607 | Gross: $119.50M
Black main character, very obvious bi subtext
22. Home (II) (2015)
PG | 94 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
An alien on the run from his own people makes friends with a girl. He tries to help her on her quest, but can be an interference.
Director: Tim Johnson | Stars: Jim Parsons, Rihanna, Steve Martin, Jennifer Lopez
Votes: 111,600 | Gross: $177.40M
Black main character
23. Tales from the Hood (1995)
R | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A funeral director tells four strange tales of horror with an African American focus to three drug dealers he traps in his place of business.
Director: Rusty Cundieff | Stars: Clarence Williams III, Corbin Bernsen, Joe Torry, De'aundre Bonds
Votes: 9,618 | Gross: $11.80M
Black main characters
24. Crazy as Hell (2002)
R | 113 min | Drama, Thriller
Psychiatrist Ty Adams doesn't believe in using drugs, but the head of Sedah State Hospital does, then 'Satan' arrives ~ walk-in patient extraordinaire... From there it's a full-on freaky ride.
Director: Eriq La Salle | Stars: Michael Beach, Ronny Cox, Sinbad, Jane Carr
Votes: 1,111
Black main characters, genderqueer main character
25. Under the Shadow (2016)
PG-13 | 84 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
As a mother and daughter struggle to cope with the terrors of the post-revolution, war-torn Tehran of the 1980s, a mysterious evil begins to haunt their home.
Director: Babak Anvari | Stars: Narges Rashidi, Avin Manshadi, Bobby Naderi, Arash Marandi
Votes: 30,148 | Gross: $0.03M
Iranian main characters
26. The Handmaiden (2016)
Not Rated | 145 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
A woman is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, but secretly she is involved in a plot to defraud her.
Director: Park Chan-wook | Stars: Kim Min-hee, Ha Jung-woo, Cho Jin-woong, Moon So-ri
Votes: 173,002 | Gross: $2.01M
Korean lesbian main characters
27. Pride (I) (2014)
R | 119 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
U.K. gay activists work to help miners during their lengthy strike of the National Union of Mineworkers in the summer of 1984.
Director: Matthew Warchus | Stars: Bill Nighy, Imelda Staunton, Dominic West, Paddy Considine
Votes: 61,682
Gay and lesbian main characters
28. Love, Simon (2018)
PG-13 | 110 min | Comedy, Drama
Simon Spier keeps a huge secret from his family, his friends and all of his classmates: he's gay. When that secret is threatened, Simon must face everyone and come to terms with his identity.
Director: Greg Berlanti | Stars: Nick Robinson, Jennifer Garner, Josh Duhamel, Katherine Langford
Votes: 125,975 | Gross: $40.83M
Gay main character
29. Castle Rock (2018–2019)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A psychological-horror series set in the Stephen King multiverse combines the mythological scale and intimate character storytelling, weaving an epic saga of darkness and light, played out on a few square miles of Maine woodland.
Stars: Bill Skarsgård, André Holland, Lizzy Caplan, Melanie Lynskey
Votes: 51,397
Black main character
30. Moana (I) (2016)
PG | 107 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
In ancient Polynesia, when a terrible curse incurred by the demigod Maui reaches Moana's island, she answers the Ocean's call to seek out Maui to set things right.
Directors: Ron Clements, John Musker, Don Hall, Chris Williams | Stars: Auli'i Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson, Rachel House, Temuera Morrison
Votes: 378,536 | Gross: $248.76M
Polynesian cast
31. The Book of Life (2014)
PG | 95 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Manolo, a young man who is torn between fulfilling the expectations of his family and following his heart, embarks on an adventure that spans three fantastic worlds where he must face his greatest fears.
Director: Jorge R. Gutiérrez | Stars: Diego Luna, Zoe Saldana, Channing Tatum, Ron Perlman
Votes: 78,064 | Gross: $50.15M
Mexican cast
32. Boarding School (2018)
R | 111 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A young boy becomes fascinated with the persona of his dead grandmother and is sent to an isolated boarding school for misfits run by a mysterious headmaster and his wife.
Director: Boaz Yakin | Stars: Luke Prael, Samantha Mathis, David Aaron Baker, Michael Wikes
Votes: 3,997
Jewish, and most likely queer, main character
33. Thelma (2017)
Not Rated | 116 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A confused religious girl tries to deny her feelings for a female friend who's in love with her. This causes her suppressed subconsciously-controlled psychokinetic powers to reemerge with devastating results.
Director: Joachim Trier | Stars: Eili Harboe, Kaya Wilkins, Henrik Rafaelsen, Ellen Dorrit Petersen
Votes: 36,647 | Gross: $0.15M
Lesbian or bi main character, non white and bi love interest
34. With a Kiss I Die (2018)
TV-MA | 73 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Filmed on the beautiful islands of Greece, "With a Kiss I Die" is a dark love story about Juliet Capulet (from Shakespearean fame) who is forced to live for all eternity knowing that her ... See full summary »
Director: Ronnie Khalil | Stars: Ella Kweku, Paige Emerson, George Kopsidas, Ioannis Papazisis
Votes: 251
Bi black main character
35. Brides to Be (2016)
82 min | Drama, Horror, Romance
Robin and Jenna are getting married. Robin is excited beyond words; Jenna is plagued by panic attacks and struggles to write her vows. But when they arrive at their secluded fairy-tale venue, sinister forces besiege them, threatening to tear them apart.
Directors: Kris Boustedt, Lindy Boustedt | Stars: Carollani Sandberg, Angela DiMarco, Jesse Lee Keeter, Linas Phillips
Votes: 156
Lesbian main characters
36. BlacKkKlansman (2018)
R | 135 min | Biography, Comedy, Crime
Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer from Colorado Springs, Colorado, successfully infiltrates the local Ku Klux Klan branch aided by a Jewish surrogate who eventually becomes its leader. Based on actual events.
Director: Spike Lee | Stars: John David Washington, Adam Driver, Laura Harrier, Topher Grace
Votes: 291,356 | Gross: $49.28M
Black main character, black love interest
37.
The Twilight Zone (2019–2020)
Episode:
Replay
(2019)
TV-MA | 45 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A woman sets out to prevent a racist state trooper from killing her son by using a camcorder with the power to turn back time.
Director: Gerard McMurray | Stars: Sanaa Lathan, Damson Idris, Steve Harris, Glenn Fleshler
Votes: 4,911
Black cast
38. Sorry to Bother You (2018)
R | 112 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical key to professional success, propelling him into a universe of greed.
Director: Boots Riley | Stars: LaKeith Stanfield, Tessa Thompson, Jermaine Fowler, Omari Hardwick
Votes: 88,298 | Gross: $17.49M
Black main character and black love interest
39. Fast Color (2018)
PG-13 | 100 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
After years in hiding, a woman is forced to go on the run when her superhuman abilities are discovered. Years after having abandoned her family, the only place she has left to hide is home.
Director: Julia Hart | Stars: Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Lorraine Toussaint, Saniyya Sidney, David Strathairn
Votes: 7,028 | Gross: $0.08M
Black cast
40. Us (II) (2019)
R | 116 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Adelaide Wilson and her family are attacked by mysterious figures dressed in red. Upon closer inspection, the Wilsons realize that the intruders are exact lookalikes of them.
Director: Jordan Peele | Stars: Lupita Nyong'o, Winston Duke, Elisabeth Moss, Tim Heidecker
Votes: 341,525 | Gross: $175.08M
Black cast
41. The Unlisted (2019)
22 min | Crime, Family, Sci-Fi
Twelve-year-old identical twins Dru and Kal discover that the government is secretly tracking and manipulating Australia's youth via electronic tracking devices.
Stars: Vrund Rao, Ved Rao, Abigail Adriano, Miah Madden
Votes: 1,378
Indian main characters, many POCs in the cast
42. Pachamama (2018)
PG | 72 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
A young boy living in a remote village in the Andes Mountains dreams of becoming shaman.
Director: Juan Antin | Stars: Andrea Santamaria, India Coenen, Saïd Amadis, Marie-Christine Darah
Votes: 1,005
Native cast from the Andes
43. Sweetheart (I) (2019)
PG-13 | 82 min | Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
A woman washes ashore a small uninhabited island after an accident. The situation turns from bad to worse when she realizes there is a mysterious creature hunting at night.
Director: J.D. Dillard | Stars: Kiersey Clemons, Emory Cohen, Hanna Mangan Lawrence, Andrew Crawford
Votes: 9,701
Black main character
44.
Into the Dark (2018–2021)
Episode:
Pure
(2019)
TV-MA | 86 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Several teenage girls at a Purity Retreat participate in a secret ritual, and they start to see a supernatural entity. The girls need to focus on the demon they have unleashed, as well as their fathers' expectations.
Director: Hannah Macpherson | Stars: Jahkara Smith, McKaley Miller, Ciara Bravo, Annalisa Cochrane
Votes: 1,953
Black main character
45. Take a Hard Ride (1975)
PG | 103 min | Adventure, Drama, Western
After selling his cattle in town, ranch owner Morgan unexpectedly dies, and his foreman Pike has to deliver the payroll to Sonora, despite the perilous journey during which he's followed by many shady characters who want the money.
Director: Antonio Margheriti | Stars: Jim Brown, Lee Van Cleef, Fred Williamson, Catherine Spaak
Votes: 1,483
Black main characters
46. Bound (1996)
R | 109 min | Crime, Thriller
Tough ex-con Corky and her lover Violet concoct a scheme to steal millions of stashed mob money and pin the blame on Violet's crooked boyfriend Caesar.
Directors: Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski | Stars: Jennifer Tilly, Gina Gershon, Joe Pantoliano, John P. Ryan
Votes: 60,818 | Gross: $3.80M
Lesbian main characters
47. Buck and the Preacher (1972)
GP | 102 min | Adventure, Drama, Western
A wagon master and a con-man preacher help freed slaves dogged by cheap-labor agents out West.
Directors: Sidney Poitier, Joseph Sargent | Stars: Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte, Ruby Dee, Cameron Mitchell
Votes: 2,692 | Gross: $3.03M
Black main characters
48. The Way He Looks (2014)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Romance
Leonardo is a blind teenager searching for independence. His everyday life, the relationship with his best friend Giovana, and the way he sees the world change completely with the arrival of Gabriel.
Director: Daniel Ribeiro | Stars: Ghilherme Lobo, Fabio Audi, Tess Amorim, Lúcia Romano
Votes: 27,679 | Gross: $0.10M
Gay (and blind) main characters
49. God's Own Country (2017)
Not Rated | 104 min | Drama, Romance
Spring. Yorkshire. Young farmer Johnny Saxby numbs his daily frustrations with binge drinking and casual sex, until the arrival of a Romanian migrant worker for lambing season ignites an intense relationship that sets Johnny on a new path.
Director: Francis Lee | Stars: Josh O'Connor, Alec Secareanu, Gemma Jones, Ian Hart
Votes: 35,593 | Gross: $0.34M
Gay main characters (one of them is Romanian)
50. Maurice (1987)
R | 140 min | Drama, Romance
Two English school chums find themselves falling in love at Cambridge. To regain his place in society, Clive gives up Maurice and marries. While staying with Clive and his wife, Maurice discovers romance in the arms of the gamekeeper Alec.
Director: James Ivory | Stars: James Wilby, Rupert Graves, Hugh Grant, Denholm Elliott
Votes: 23,608 | Gross: $3.13M
Gay main character
51. Pariah (I) (2011)
R | 86 min | Drama
A Brooklyn teenager juggles conflicting identities and risks friendship, heartbreak and family in a desperate search for sexual expression.
Director: Dee Rees | Stars: Adepero Oduye, Kim Wayans, Aasha Davis, Pernell Walker
Votes: 7,562 | Gross: $0.76M
Black and lesbian main character
52. The Watermelon Woman (1996)
Unrated | 85 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A young black lesbian filmmaker probes into the life of The Watermelon Woman, a 1930s black actress who played 'mammy' archetypes.
Director: Cheryl Dunye | Stars: Cheryl Dunye, Guinevere Turner, Valarie Walker, Lisa Marie Bronson
Votes: 3,674
Black and lesbian main character
53. Vampires vs. the Bronx (2020)
PG-13 | 85 min | Comedy, Horror
A group of young friends from the Bronx fight to save their neighborhood from gentrification...and vampires.
Director: Oz Rodriguez | Stars: Jaden Michael, Gerald Jones, Gregory Diaz IV, Sarah Gadon
Votes: 11,133
Black and latino main characters
54. Beautiful Thing (1996)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Jamie is a shy teenager, often bullied at school. His neighbour Ste has a rough time at home, being beaten by his father and brother. This issues bring them together and they find that what they feel for each other is more than friendship.
Director: Hettie Macdonald | Stars: Glen Berry, Linda Henry, Scott Neal, Tameka Empson
Votes: 25,764 | Gross: $1.50M
Gay main characters
55. The People Under the Stairs (1991)
R | 102 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Two adults and a juvenile break into a house occupied by a brother and sister and their stolen children. There, they must fight for their lives.
Director: Wes Craven | Stars: Brandon Quintin Adams, Everett McGill, Wendy Robie, A.J. Langer
Votes: 39,689 | Gross: $24.20M
Black main character
56. A Babysitter's Guide to Monster Hunting (2020)
TV-PG | 98 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
A babysitter embarks on a mission to save a child who's been abducted by monsters.
Director: Rachel Talalay | Stars: Tamara Smart, Oona Laurence, Tom Felton, Troy Leigh-Anne Johnson
Votes: 4,897
Black main character
57. His House (2020)
TV-14 | 93 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A refugee couple makes a harrowing escape from war-torn South Sudan, but then they struggle to adjust to their new life in an English town that has an evil lurking beneath the surface.
Director: Remi Weekes | Stars: Sope Dirisu, Wunmi Mosaku, Malaika Wakoli-Abigaba, Matt Smith
Votes: 48,518
Black main characters
58. Aurora (IV) (2018)
TV-14 | 110 min | Horror, Thriller
The passenger ship Aurora mysteriously collides into the rocky sea threatening an entire island. A young woman and her sister must both survive by finding the missing dead for a bounty.
Director: Yam Laranas | Stars: Anne Curtis, Phoebe Villamor, Mercedes Cabral, Alan Paule
Votes: 705
Filipino cast
59. Pose (2018–2021)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama
In the New York of the late '80s and early '90s, this is a story of ball culture and the gay and trans community, the raging AIDS crisis, and capitalism.
Stars: Michaela Jaé (MJ) Rodriguez, Dominique Jackson, Indya Moore, Angel Bismark
Votes: 32,854
Black and gay and trans cast
60. Lupin (2021– )
TV-MA | 45 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Inspired by the adventures of Arsène Lupin, gentleman thief Assane Diop sets out to avenge his father for an injustice inflicted by a wealthy family.
Stars: Omar Sy, Ludivine Sagnier, Soufiane Guerrab, Etan Simon
Votes: 138,812
Black main character
61. Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey (2020)
PG | 122 min | Family, Fantasy, Musical
An imaginary world comes to life in a holiday tale of an eccentric toymaker, his adventurous granddaughter, and a magical invention that has the power to change their lives forever.
Director: David E. Talbert | Stars: Forest Whitaker, Keegan-Michael Key, Hugh Bonneville, Anika Noni Rose
Votes: 20,746
Black cast
62. Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous (2020–2022)
TV-PG | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Six teens attending an adventure camp on the opposite side of Isla Nublar must band together to survive when dinosaurs wreak havoc on the island.
Stars: Paul-Mikél Williams, Kausar Mohammed, Raini Rodriguez, Jenna Ortega
Votes: 10,498
Black main character many characters of color
63. Restart After Come Back Home (2020)
99 min | Drama, Romance
Mitsuomi Kozuka quits his job in Tokyo to return to his rural hometown for the first time in a decade. There, he meets Yamato Kumai, who convinces him to help out on his farm, where their relationship grows and changes them both.
Director: Ryûta Inoue | Stars: Yûki Furukawa, Yukijirô Hotaru, Masahiro Kômoto, Eri Murakawa
Votes: 622
Gay and Japanese main characters
64. We Are Lady Parts (2021– )
TV-MA | 24 min | Comedy, Music
A look at the highs and lows of the band members that make up a Muslim female punk band, Lady Parts, as seen through the eyes of Amina Hussein, a geeky PhD student who is recruited to be their unlikely lead guitarist.
Stars: Lucie Shorthouse, Anjana Vasan, Sarah Kameela Impey, Faith Omole
Votes: 5,246
Muslim cast of various ethnicities
65. Atlantics (2019)
TV-14 | 106 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
In a popular suburb of Dakar, workers on the construction site of a futuristic tower, without pay for months, decide to leave the country by the ocean for a better future. Among them is Souleiman, the lover of Ada, promised to another.
Director: Mati Diop | Stars: Mame Bineta Sane, Amadou Mbow, Traore, Nicole Sougou
Votes: 10,513
Black Senegalese cast
66. Jiva! (2021–2023)
TV-MA | 50 min | Drama
A talented street dancer from Umlazi, Durban must confront her fears and deal with family objections to pursue her dancing dreams.
Stars: Sivuyile Ngesi, Ntuthuzelo Grootboom, Noxolo Dlamini, Tony Kgoroge
Votes: 321
Black South African cast
67. Really Love (2020)
95 min | Drama, Romance
Set in contemporary Washington D.C., a rising black painter strives to break into the competitive art world, while balancing a bittersweet romance he never expected.
Director: Angel Kristi Williams | Stars: Kofi Siriboe, Yootha Wong-Loi-Sing, Uzo Aduba, Tristan Mack Wilds
Votes: 1,149
Black cast
68. Candyman (2021)
R | 91 min | Horror, Thriller
A sequel to the horror film Candyman (1992) that returns to the now-gentrified Chicago neighborhood where the legend began.
Director: Nia DaCosta | Stars: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Teyonah Parris, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Colman Domingo
Votes: 75,819 | Gross: $61.19M
Black cast
69. Encanto (2021)
PG | 102 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
A Colombian teenage girl has to face the frustration of being the only member of her family without magical powers.
Directors: Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Charise Castro Smith | Stars: Stephanie Beatriz, María Cecilia Botero, John Leguizamo, Mauro Castillo
Votes: 262,647 | Gross: $96.09M
Colombian cast
70. Opal (II) (2021)
85 min | Animation
In a magic kingdom, the young princess Opal is struggling to remain joyful, as her sadness has the magic power to destroy the entire world.
Director: Alain Bidard | Stars: Dawn-Lissa Mystille, Heather Mystille, Kaori Ravi, Alain Bidard
Votes: 26
Black cast
71. Zero (2021)
TV-MA | 27 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
A teen with the power of invisibility is dragged into a small-time criminal's quest to rule the neighborhood, and gets to know a mysterious art student.
Stars: Giuseppe Dave Seke, Haroun Fall, Beatrice Grannò, Dylan Magon
Votes: 1,524
Black cast
72. Our Flag Means Death (2022– )
TV-MA | 30 min | Action, Adventure, Biography
The year is 1717. Wealthy land-owner Stede Bonnet has a midlife crisis and decides to blow up his cushy life to become a pirate. It does not go well. Based on a true story.
Stars: Rhys Darby, Joel Fry, Samson Kayo, Matthew Maher
Votes: 43,042
Queer and PoC cast
73. Abbott Elementary (2021– )
TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy
A workplace comedy centered around a group of dedicated teachers - and an oblivious principal - in a Philadelphia public school where, despite the odds stacked against them, they are determined to help their students succeed in life.
Stars: Quinta Brunson, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Tyler James Williams, Lisa Ann Walter
Votes: 34,802
Black cast
74. Never Better (I) (2022)
81 min | Comedy, Drama
Terese is a young woman with Cystic Fibrosis stuck in the time loop of quarantine. She fights her boredom with beer, weed, and an unstoppable internal dialogue. When her self-interested ... See full summary »
Director: Julianne Fox | Stars: Sofia Bryant, Piper Curda, Jodie Fisher, Tre'len Johnston
Votes: 147
Black (and disabled) main character
75. Heartstopper (2022– )
TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Romance
Teens Charlie and Nick discover their unlikely friendship might be something more as they navigate school and young love in this coming-of-age series.
Stars: Joe Locke, Kit Connor, William Gao, Yasmin Finney
Votes: 76,621
Gay and bi main characters, LGBT and POC rest of the cast.
76. Crush (I) (2022)
TV-MA | 93 min | Comedy, Romance
An aspiring young artist joins her high school track team and later discovers what real love feels like when she finds herself falling for an unexpected teammate.
Director: Sammi Cohen | Stars: Rowan Blanchard, Auli'i Cravalho, Isabella Ferreira, Tyler Alvarez
Votes: 9,723
Lesbian main character bi and Latina love interest
77. Fire Island (I) (2022)
R | 105 min | Comedy, Romance
A group of queer best friends gather in Fire Island Pines for their annual week of love and laughter, but a sudden change of events might make this their last summer in gay paradise.
Director: Andrew Ahn | Stars: Joel Kim Booster, Bowen Yang, Margaret Cho, Conrad Ricamora
Votes: 13,637
East Asian and gay main characters
78. First Kill (2022)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Falling in love is tricky for teens Juliette and Calliope: One's a vampire, the other's a vampire hunter and both are ready to make their first kill.
Stars: Sarah Catherine Hook, Imani Lewis, Elizabeth Mitchell, Aubin Wise
Votes: 29,400
Black and white lesbian main characters
79. Tom Swift (2022)
TV-14 | 42 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Tom Swift is a billionaire inventor who is thrust into a world of sci-fi conspiracy and unexplained phenomena after the shocking disappearance of his father while on a space flight.
Stars: Tian Richards, Ashleigh Murray, Marquise Vilson, Albert Mwangi
Votes: 1,704
Black cast, black gay man main character, black trans man main character.
80. The Sea Beast (2022)
PG | 115 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
When a young girl stows away on the ship of a legendary sea monster hunter, they launch an epic journey into uncharted waters - and make history to boot.
Director: Chris Williams | Stars: Karl Urban, Zaris-Angel Hator, Jared Harris, Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Votes: 58,308
Black girl main character
81. Prey (I) (2022)
R | 100 min | Action, Adventure, Horror
Naru, a skilled warrior of the Comanche Nation, fights to protect her tribe against one of the first highly-evolved Predators to land on Earth.
Director: Dan Trachtenberg | Stars: Amber Midthunder, Dakota Beavers, Dane DiLiegro, Stormee Kipp
Votes: 227,515
Comanche cast
82. Nope (2022)
R | 130 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
The residents of a lonely gulch in inland California bear witness to an uncanny and chilling discovery.
Director: Jordan Peele | Stars: Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer, Brandon Perea, Michael Wincott
Votes: 266,618 | Gross: $123.28M
Black cast
83. Wendell & Wild (2022)
PG-13 | 105 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Two scheming demon brothers, Wendell and Wild, enlist the aid of 13-year-old Kat Elliot to summon them to the Land of the Living.
Director: Henry Selick | Stars: Lyric Ross, Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele, Angela Bassett
Votes: 12,885
Black girl main character, trans and Latino main character.
84. Barbarian (2022)
R | 102 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A woman staying at an Airbnb discovers that the house she has rented is not what it seems.
Director: Zach Cregger | Stars: Georgina Campbell, Bill Skarsgård, Justin Long, Matthew Patrick Davis
Votes: 182,234
Black girl main character.
85. Interview with the Vampire (2022– )
TV-MA | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Based on Anne Rice's iconic novel, follow Louis de Pointe's epic story of love, blood and the perils of immortality, as told to the journalist Daniel Molloy.
Stars: Assad Zaman, Jacob Anderson, Sam Reid, Eric Bogosian
Votes: 22,352
Black and gay main character, POC cast
86. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)
PG-13 | 161 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The people of Wakanda fight to protect their home from intervening world powers as they mourn the death of King T'Challa.
Director: Ryan Coogler | Stars: Letitia Wright, Lupita Nyong'o, Danai Gurira, Winston Duke
Votes: 305,993 | Gross: $453.72M
Black and South American native cast.
87. Glass Onion (2022)
PG-13 | 139 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Tech billionaire Miles Bron invites his friends for a getaway on his private Greek island. When someone turns up dead, Detective Benoit Blanc is put on the case.
Director: Rian Johnson | Stars: Daniel Craig, Edward Norton, Kate Hudson, Dave Bautista
Votes: 442,093
White gay main character and black main character.
88. Swallowed (2022)
R | 96 min | Horror, Thriller
Follows two best friends on their final night together, with a nightmare of drugs, bugs, and horrific intimacy.
Director: Carter Smith | Stars: Cooper Koch, Jena Malone, Mark Patton, Jose Colon
Votes: 2,452
White gay main character.
89. Attachment (2022)
105 min | Comedy, Horror, Romance
Maja, a Danish has-been actress, falls in love with Leah, a Jewish academic from London. Leah suffers a mysterious seizure, and Maja returns with her to London. There, she meets Leah's mother, Chana, a woman who could hold dark secrets.
Director: Gabriel Bier Gislason | Stars: David Dencik, Ellie Kendrick, Sofie Gråbøl, Josephine Park
Votes: 1,679
White lesbian and Jewish lesbian main characters. (Mostly Jewish cast)
90. Rye Lane (2023)
R | 82 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Two youngsters reeling from bad breakups connect over an eventful day in South London.
Director: Raine Allen-Miller | Stars: David Jonsson, Vivian Oparah, Poppy Allen-Quarmby, Charlie Knight
Votes: 12,764
Black cast
91. Nimona (2023)
PG | 101 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
When a knight in a futuristic medieval world is framed for a crime he didn't commit, the only one who can help him prove his innocence is Nimona -- a mischievous teen who happens to be a shapeshifting creature he's sworn to destroy.
Directors: Nick Bruno, Troy Quane | Stars: Chloë Grace Moretz, Riz Ahmed, Eugene Lee Yang, Frances Conroy
Votes: 48,896
Queer and POCs cast
92. They Cloned Tyrone (2023)
R | 122 min | Comedy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A series of eerie events thrusts an unlikely trio onto the trail of a nefarious government conspiracy in this pulpy mystery caper.
Director: Juel Taylor | Stars: John Boyega, Jamie Foxx, Teyonah Parris, Kiefer Sutherland
Votes: 40,596
Black cast
93. Neptune Frost (2021)
105 min | Musical, Sci-Fi
An intersex African hacker, a coltan miner and the virtual marvel born as a result of their union.
Directors: Anisia Uzeyman, Saul Williams | Stars: Cheryl Isheja, Elvis Ngabo, Diogène Ntarindwa, Bertrand Ninteretse
Votes: 1,061
Black Rwandan and Burundian cast
94. Scavengers Reign (2023)
TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
The crew of a damaged deep space freighter strands on a beautiful but dangerous planet.
Stars: Sunita Mani, Wunmi Mosaku, Bob Stephenson, Alia Shawkat
Votes: 15,925
Black lesbian main character
95. Billie & Emma (2018)
107 min | Romance
A pregnant teenage girl falls in love with the new girl in school.
Director: Samantha Lee | Stars: Zar Donato, Gabby Padilla, Beauty Gonzalez, Cielo Aquino
Votes: 123
Filipino cast and lesbian (bi?) main characters
96. Desert Hearts (1985)
R | 91 min | Drama, Romance
While waiting for her divorce papers, a repressed professor of literature is unexpectedly seduced by a carefree, spirited young lesbian.
Director: Donna Deitch | Stars: Helen Shaver, Patricia Charbonneau, Audra Lindley, Andra Akers
Votes: 7,300 | Gross: $2.49M
Lesbian (bi?) main characters
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