Eve's Bayou

Eve's Bayou 1997

6.40

Summer heats up in rural Louisiana beside Eve’s Bayou, 1962, as the Batiste family tries to survive the secrets they’ve kept and the betrayals they’ve endured.

1997

Sepia Cinderella

Sepia Cinderella 1947

4.80

A struggling songwriter abandons his girlfriend for a flashy woman after landing a hit.

1947

They Die by Dawn

They Die by Dawn 2013

4.30

Four outlaws with a bounty on each head, set a date for a shootout in Langston, Oklahoma. The last man takes the collective bounty. Violence and mayhem ensue.

2013

The Green Pastures

The Green Pastures 1936

6.29

God, heaven, and several Old Testament stories, including the Creation and Noah's Ark, are described supposedly using the perspective of rural, black Americans.

1936

Look-Out Sister

Look-Out Sister 1947

5.00

A famous bandleader, suffering from overwork and exhaustion, goes to a sanitarium for a rest. While there he dreams of being out west at a dude ranch, where he finds himself involved in the beautiful owner's struggle to keep her ranch from falling into the hands of the villain, who wants either her or her ranch (or, preferably, both).

1947

Gone Harlem

Gone Harlem 1938

1

A musical comedy drama of life behind the scenes in a Harlem movie studio.

1938

Hallelujah

Hallelujah 1929

6.40

A black laborer turns preacher after accidentally killing a man.

1929

Fight That Ghost

Fight That Ghost 1946

1

Pigmeat and Shorty, who own "Pigmeat and Shorty's Bootery", are told by their landlord to either pay up or get out. They get caught trying to short-count him, and he threatens to have them arrested. After a series of disasters--they ruin a customer's suit, their store blows up--they get a telegram notifying them that a man they once did a kindness for has left them quite a bit of money and a house, but in order to get the inheritance, they have to spend a night in the bedroom of the man's house. When they arrive there, they notice two things--the place is kind of creepy and a series of spooky incidents leaves them to believe the house is haunted.

1946

A Fool and His Money

A Fool and His Money 1912

6.60

Sam the white-washer pines for the affluent Lindy, but she has dumped him in favor of another. Sam finds a large sum of money, and goes to New York to enjoy a shopping spree, buying new clothes, jewelry and a car with a driver. Back home, Lindy flips for Sam and his newfound wealth, and dumps the rival. Sam throws an engagement party where he indulges in a friendly game of cards with his former rival and another man, who unbeknownst to Sam, is a card shark.

1912

Veiled Aristocrats

Veiled Aristocrats 1932

5.00

A young woman plans to marry, but her mother and brother--a lawyer--don't like her prospective husband and scheme to prevent the marriage.

1932

Gang War

Gang War 1940

5.80

Two mobs fight for control of the jukebox racket.

1940

Mercy, the Mummy Mumbled

Mercy, the Mummy Mumbled 1918

6.30

Mercy, the Mummy Mumbled pokes fun at both mad scientists and the Egyptian mummy craze that followed the discovery of King Tut's tomb early in the 20th century. A young man wooing the daughter of a scientist hatches a get rich quick scheme when he spots a classified ad searching for "a mummy for experimental purposes." While he wraps up a phony for the scientist, two Egyptian agents (outfitted in a crazy mix of ancient fashion and modern style) tracking stolen relics get tangled in the confusion.

1918

Two-Gun Man from Harlem

Two-Gun Man from Harlem 1938

4.50

A cowboy is wrongfully accused of murder. He winds up in Harlem, where he assumes the identity of a preacher-turned-gangster who looks like him. He infiltrates the gang to catch the men who framed him.

1938

The Crimson Skull

The Crimson Skull 1922

6.00

To rid the range of a gang of outlaws that are rustling cattle and robbing the banks and stagecoaches, cowhand Bob Calem, working on the gang-leader's superstitions, dons a skeleton-costume to strike fear into the gang.

1922

Who Did I Marry?

Who Did I Marry? 2013

8.00

A successful couple with a beautiful daughter, gorgeous home and a mother-in-law and housekeeper that are both eccentric are all the ingredients necessary for a somewhat perfect yet always interesting family. But when Jennifer finds out that her husband Terrance has been cheating on her for years, the family is changed forever. Can Jennifer learn to forgive Terrance so their marriage can be saved, or is it too late to make amends?

2013

Knock 'em Dead

Knock 'em Dead 2014

6.60

Three rival actresses and their crew, desperate and hating each other, reunite for a horror movie sequel when someone starts killing them off just like in their movie, in this bitchy, raunchy comedy mystery.

2014

Lucky Ghost

Lucky Ghost 1942

6.20

An all-black horror comedy starring Mantan Moreland and sometimes partner (and straight man) F.E. Miller, Lucky Ghost is amusing low-brow fare that exploits the more base, stereotypical elements of old-time black life (chicken thievin', gamblin', runnin' from ghosteses) for laughs -- sort of like the BET of its day. Mantan and Miller win a house-cum-casino in a craps game, only to discover that the deceased former owners aren't too pleased that their old home is being used for "jitterbugging, jiving, and hullaballooing". I hate hullaballooing. The ghosts decide to scare everyone off by opening doors and windows, pulling out chairs, even playing the drums.

1942

Pie, Pie Blackbird

Pie, Pie Blackbird 1932

6.00

Short featuring musician Eubie Blake and his orchestra, singer Nina Mae McKinney, and young tap dancers Fayard and Harold Nicholas.

1932

Melancholy Dame

Melancholy Dame 1929

2.00

A nightclub owner's wife, jealous of his attentions to his star singer, schemes to get her fired.

1929