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Poll: Best Celebrated Black Directed Movie?
A poll by urbanemovies
Results of 1,270 votes:
245
12 Years a Slave (2013)
149
Get Out (2017)
137
Black Panther (2018)
103
Moonlight (2016)
91
Training Day (2001)
91
Do the Right Thing (1989)
41
Shame (2011)
39
Malcolm X (1992)
34
Boyz n the Hood (1991)
33
Creed (2015)
25
Submarine (2010)
23
Inside Man (2006)
23
25th Hour (2002)
22
Precious (2009)
21
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
20
Hunger (2008)
18
BlacKkKlansman (2018)
17
O.J.: Made in America (2016)
17
Selma (2014)
13
13th (2016)
12
Fruitvale Station (2013)
12
Belle (2013)
11
Menace II Society (1993)
11
Widows (2018)
9
Fences (2016)
9
If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)
8
Mudbound (2017)
8
Eddie Murphy: Raw (1987)
6
Timbuktu (2014)
6
Killer of Sheep (1978)
6
Eve's Bayou (1997)
5
Moolaadé (2003)
3
A Wrinkle in Time (2018)
2
The Learning Tree (1969)
0
Judas and the Black Messiah (2021)
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