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movies I have watched(and rewatched) that you may like 🎥
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items This list will include several sections of movies that I have come to adore, all throughout my life.
I’d say that I like a genre of movies in general, but I must admit that nostalgic movies have my heart so if you like hidden movie gems, then this ...
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Black Nostalgia on Screen✨🤎
psychology meets thriller
Tender Indie Darlings🌱
feel-good movies✨
Unconventional Journeys🚶🏾♀️🎭
Black Nostalgia on Screen✨🤎
Movies that feel like home — tender, funny, and unforgettable stories that shape culture and still hold up beautifully.
Some of these I literally grew up watching and others I have been fortunate enough to experience in adulthood which just hits di...
This is truly a love story dipped in poetry and jazz clubs, where passion feels like spoken word.
The casting of this movie as well as the setting is truly what keeps me coming back to this movie from time to time. ✨
Love Jones (1997)📝🎤
This is what I would call a hidden gem for me, especially after taking a comparative women’s studies course that would have absolutely loved this movie.
This movie is about an aspiring filmmaker creating a “documentary” about this mysterious “Waterm...
The Watermelon Woman (1996)
Jamaa Fanaka honestly did what needed to be done with this film. ✨
Emma Mae is a classic Black film that I came across maybe a year or so ago and I instantly loved it. This movie hits for its nostalgia, but also its coming-of-age theme.
Black Sist...
Emma Mae (1976)/Black Sister’s Revenge🖤
This movie is Spike Lee’s heartfelt ode to a Brooklyn childhood, full of bittersweet warmth.
This coming-of-age story truly made me wish I had grown up in Brooklyn as a child.😅
The nostalgia, the dialect, the plot! It really is a testament of its ...
Crooklyn🤎(1994)
If I could pin this movie to my profile, I would lol. 😅
It’s hard to describe why I love this movie so much. I’m not sure if it’s the fact that I see so many familiar faces or that it heavily resembles life in the late 90s/early 2000s, and my child...
Love Songs🤎(TV Movie 1999)
A broke writer spends a chaotic New Year’s weekend surrounded by old flames and new temptations.
This movie is full of familiarity, wit, and heart. Not saying I’d like my twenties to be complicated, but I wasn’t mad at it in this.
Nineties love sto...
Hav Plenty (1998)
This film is a classic John Singleton production. 🖤
Poetic Justice puts Janet Jackson and Tupac Shakur on a road trip from South Central to Oakland. This movie beautifully explores themes of grief, poetry, and romance.
It’s truly a 90s time capsu...
Poetic Justice🖤 (1993)
psychology meets thriller
This was probably one of the first movie trilogies that sparked my interest in psychological thrillers.
It’s a Canadian movie trilogy that revolves around strangers waking up in a strange puzzle box where each room could be your last.
A must watc...
Cube (1997) | A Trilogy
This is the type of movie that makes you almost certain that time travel and/or just coexistence could be real.
It begins as a dinner party but slowly becomes a true test of fate.
Coherence (2013)
80 minutes. 8 candidates. 1 question. 1 position to be filled.
Who will be chosen?
This movie certainly checks my fulfillment box regarding a great example of a psychological thriller.
p.s. this movie is available to watch for free on Tubi(catc...
Exam (2009)
Tender Indie Darlings🌱
This list includes my recommendations on several offbeat films that feel like diary entries or poetry tucked into the margins.
They’re strange, soft, and sometimes a little awkward — but unforgettable.
This soft-spoken film reflects on the true idea of a soul tribe. ✨
In the middle of nowhere, strangers create a family and sense of belonging in a café that feels magical.
I’m glad to have come across this movie during my exploration of Tubi.
Bagdad Cafe (1987)
feel-good movies✨
This little gem was a great addition to my movie collection.
This movie follows immigrant brothers who risk everything on one unforgettable dinner to save their failing Italian restaurant.
This is a heartfelt ode and food-filled story about famil...
Big Night✨🥂
This movie is a familiar memory from my childhood.🤎
Here, you’ll find that a Chicago family’s Sunday dinners hold them together — until they don’t.
Despite the family chaos, this movie really inserts you into the warm embrace that talking(and a l...
Soul Food🫂(1997)
Unconventional Journeys🚶🏾♀️🎭
This movie took a sharp look at a Brooklyn teen with big dreams who is determined to escape her circumstances, even when life gets real.
This movie gave what many did in the ’90s — raw emotion and real stories. It truly was ahead of its time in som...
Just Another Girl on the I.R.T. (1992)
In this film, Spike Lee takes us into the world of a struggling actress who turns to phone work for survival.
It’s sexy, strange, and satirical.
In many ways, it asks what it costs to be seen, heard, and valued as a Black woman in Hollywood.
I wo...
Girl 6💋📞 (1996)
This classic film is about how a single mother in Harlem struggles with love, welfare, and raising six kids.
This movie still stands out as phenomenal to me as Diahann Carroll and James Earl Jones give performances so magnetic, they make you laugh,...
Claudine🫂 (1974)