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Two basketball hustlers, black Sidney Deane and white Billy Hoyle, join forces to double their chances of winning money on the street courts as well as in a tournament.
- Friday. Ice Cube, Chris Tucker, Nia Long. 1,687 votes. Friday, a hilarious cult classic, stars Ice Cube and Chris Tucker as Craig and Smokey, two friends trying to make it through a crazy day in their South Central Los Angeles neighborhood.
- Coming to America. Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, John Amos. 1,234 votes. Coming to America finds Eddie Murphy in probably one of his most iconic roles, playing Prince Akeem from the fictional country of Zamunda, who travels to the U.S. in search of a bride.
- Rush Hour. Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, Tom Wilkinson. 989 votes. Rush Hour, the first in a trilogy, brings together comedy heavyweights Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker as they work to solve a kidnapping case while maneuvering their vast cultural differences.
- Life. Eddie Murphy, Martin Lawrence, Obba Babatunde. 969 votes. Life, a hidden gem of Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence, tells the story of two men wrongly convicted of murder who form a bond in Mississippi's notoriously brutal prison system.
3 days ago · The 60 Best Black Comedies, Ranked By Tomatometer. Let’s say you’re the type to laugh while handling the darkest subject matters: Murder, doomsday, blackmail, and maybe even a lil’ tasty...
- Coming to America (1988) Cast: Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, James Earl Jones, Shari Headley. Directed by: John Landis. In one of his most iconic roles, Murphy plays Prince Akeem, the wealthy African prince of Zamunda.
- Friday (1995) Cast: Ice Cube, Chris Tucker, Nia Long, Tiny "Zeus" Lister Jr., Regina King. Directed by: John Landis. After Craig gets fired from his job for stealing, he spends his Friday hanging out with his best friend and drug peddler, Smokey.
- Do the Right Thing (1989) Cast: Spike Lee, Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Richard Edson. Directed by: Spike Lee. Not only does this have laughs, but it also offers some thought-provoking commentary about race relations in America.
- House Party (1990) Cast: Christopher Reid, Christopher Martin, Robin Harris. Directed by: Reginald Hudlin. You may recognize Kid and Play from the popular hip-hop duo, Kid 'n Play.
- Coming to America
- Cooley High
- Life
- House Party
- Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo
- Dolemite Is My Name
- Soul Plane
- Stir Crazy
- Rush Hour
- Friday
He who finds a wife finds a good thing and that’s exactly what privileged Prince Akeem (Murphy) plans to do. In an effort to avoid an arranged marriage, the Prince and his trusted valet, Semmi (Arsenio Hall) leave the fictional country of Zamunda and move to New York in search of his future queen. The culture shock is comedic gold and the best part...
This coming of age dramedy by screenwriter Eric Monte follows the story of high school seniors and best friends, Preach (Glynn Turman), an aspiring playwright, and Cochise (Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs), a basketball champion, in Chicago in 1964. The lighthearted film takes a tragic turn during the final weeks of their senior year.
During Prohibition in the early 1930s, two men (Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence) team up and travel to Mississippi on a prosperous bootlegging mission. Instead of success, they are wrongfully convicted of murder and end up in prison with a life sentence. It’s a film about a friendshipthat stands the test of time. Related: 26 Best Black Romance Mov...
Hip-hop duo Kid 'n Playstar as themselves in this classic as two best friends who are determined to have the house party to end all house parties.
The three main dancers from the first film, Breakin,' Kelly "Special K" Bennett (Lucinda Dickey), Ozone (Adolfo Quiñones) and Turbo (Michael Chambers), struggle to stop the demolition of a community recreation center by a developer who wants to build a shopping mall. The film is full of pop-locking, break-dancing nostalgia.
After a long hiatus, Eddie Murphy returned to the big screen transformed into 1970s comedian Rudy Ray Moore. The film follows Moore as he creates his hilarious raunchy alter ego "Dolemite," making him one of the biggest stars of the Blaxploitation film era.
In this cult classic, Nashawn Wade (Kevin Hart) wins millions of dollars from a lawsuit against a major airline. He takes that money and launches his very own dream airline, but things get crazy aboard the first flight of this Black-owned airline.
Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder reunited in this film as two unemployed best friends sent to prison after being wrongfully accused of a bank robbery. While in prison, they have difficulty adjusting to their new lives, so they work on finding a plan to escape before they go crazy. Pryor and Wilder previously appeared in the 1976 comedy thriller Silver...
Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker team up for this film about a Hong Kong inspector and an L.A.P.D. detective that work together to save the daughter of a Chinese diplomat. As they work against the clock to rescue her, they have to overcome their annoyance with each other and handle the obstacles that come their way. The film spawned two other sequels w...
It’s Friday, and with two unemployed friends in South Central L.A., what could possibly go wrong in this Ice Cube-penned comedy classic? Craig and Smokey (Chris Tucker) owe money to a neighborhood drug dealer and have to pay him by the end of the day. As they try to make their deadline, they come up against a cast of characters. The phrase and inte...
Sep 29, 2020 · Legends like Eddie Murphy, Martin Lawrence, Ice Cube, Regina Hall, the Wayans brothers (we can keep going) have given us some of the funniest Black movies from the 80s, 90s, and 2000s, and we'll never get tired of them—no matter how many times we've seen them recycled on BET.
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May 14, 2024 · Vote up your favorite African American comedy films that were released in the 2000s. Latest additions: King's Ransom, Black Dynamite. Most divisive: Dr. Dolittle 3. Over 900 Ranker voters have come together to rank this list of The Best Black Comedy Movies Of The 2000s.
