# The best-reviewed essential films about the Black experience

O.J.: Made in America, Sugar Cane Alley, Within Our Gates, I Am Not Your Negro, Selma, Get Out and Moonlight: the highest-rated titles on Rotten Tomatoes' guide to the most important films about the Black experience, from 1920 to today.

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- May 24, 2025 · mangareader_lost
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## Top 25

1. **Within Our Gates (1920)** (27 · ▲28 ▼1) — 100% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
2. **Sugar Cane Alley (1983)** (21 · ▲23 ▼2) — 100% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
3. **The Battle of Algiers (1966)** (21 · ▲21 ▼0) — 99% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
4. **I am not your negro (2016)** (18 · ▲19 ▼1) — 99% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
5. **Selma (2014)** (14 · ▲17 ▼3) — 99% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
6. **Home of the Brave (1949)** (12 · ▲12 ▼0) — 98% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
7. **O.J.: Made in America (2016)** (11 · ▲12 ▼1) — 100% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
8. **Paris Is Burning (1990)** (11 · ▲12 ▼1) — 98% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
9. **Stormy Weather (1943)** (11 · ▲11 ▼0) — 95% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
10. **Get Out (2017)** (10 · ▲12 ▼2) — 98% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
11. **Hoop Dreams (1994)** (10 · ▲10 ▼0) — 98% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
12. **Nothing But a Man (1964)** (9 · ▲12 ▼3) — 98% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
13. **When We Were Kings (1996)** (9 · ▲11 ▼2) — 98% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
14. **What's Love Got to Do With It (1993)** (9 · ▲11 ▼2) — 97% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
15. **Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am (2019)** (7 · ▲9 ▼2) — 97% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
16. **Moonlight (2016)** (7 · ▲8 ▼1) — 98% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
17. **Black Panther (2018)** (7 · ▲8 ▼1) — 96% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
18. **The Hate U Give (2018)** (6 · ▲9 ▼3) — 97% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
19. **13TH (2016)** (5 · ▲9 ▼4) — 97% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
20. **BlacKkKlansman (2018)** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — 96% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
21. **Glory (1989)** (3 · ▲7 ▼4) — 95% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
22. **Killer of Sheep (1977)** (3 · ▲5 ▼2) — 98% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
23. **Boyz N the Hood (1991)** (3 · ▲5 ▼2) — 96% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
24. **In the Heat of the Night (1967)** (3 · ▲5 ▼2) — 95% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
25. **La Haine (1995)** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — 96% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.

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