Film of the week
Do the Right Thing
Spike Lee • 1989
On the hottest day of the year on one Brooklyn block, tensions between neighbors, a pizzeria owner and the police build towards an explosion.
258 films by 176 directors from 51 countries. From the silent era to this year’s festivals.
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- Saint Omer2022France2 h 3 min
- Atlantics2019Senegal, France, Belgium1 h 46 min
- Get Out2017United States1 h 44 min
- Moonlight2016United States1 h 52 min
- Timbuktu2014Mauritania, France1 h 36 min
- 12 Years a Slave2013United States, United Kingdom2 h 14 min
- Daughters of the Dust1991United States1 h 52 min
- Killer of Sheep1978United States1 h 20 min
- Touki Bouki1973Senegal1 h 31 min
- Black Girl1966Senegal, France1 h 5 min
Collection spotlight
Winners at Cannes
Films that took home prizes at the Cannes Film Festival.
See all 11 films
The L.A. Rebellion
In the 1970s and 80s, a group of Black students at UCLA set out to make films that had nothing to do with Hollywood. Their work, rooted in everyday Black life, reshaped American independent cinema.
Directors to know
Anniversaries in 2026
Films turning 10, 25, 50 and more this year.
Classics of African Cinema
From Sembène's first features to the FESPACO prizewinners of the 1980s and 90s: the films that built a cinema of independence.
- Borom Sarret1963Senegal18 min
- Black Girl1966Senegal, France1 h 5 min
- Badou Boy1970Senegal56 min
- Sambizanga1972Angola, Republic of the Congo1 h 42 min
- Touki Bouki1973Senegal1 h 31 min
- Xala1975Senegal2 h 1 min
- Yeelen1987Mali, Burkina Faso, France1 h 45 min
- Tilaï1990Burkina Faso, France1 h 21 min
- Hyenas1992Senegal, France1 h 50 min
- Moolaadé2004Senegal, France, Burkina Faso2 h 4 min
- Mandabi1968Senegal, France1 h 32 min
- Emitaï1973Senegal1 h 41 min
- Ceddo1978Senegal, France1 h 57 min
- Camp de Thiaroye1988Algeria, Senegal, Tunisia2 h 34 min
- West Indies: The Fugitive Slaves of Liberty1979Algeria, France, Mauritania1 h 56 min
- The Little Girl Who Sold the Sun1999Senegal, Switzerland, France, Netherlands45 min
Recent films
- 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple2026United Kingdom, United States1 h 49 min
- I Love Boosters2026United States1 h 53 min
- Magazine Dreams2025United States2 h 3 min
- The Michael C. Jordan Theory2025United States15 min
- My Father's Shadow2025Nigeria, United Kingdom, Ireland1 h 33 min
- Sinners2025United States2 h 18 min
- Color Book2024United States1 h 38 min
- Dahomey2024France, Senegal1 h 8 min
- The Day I Met You2024Brazil1 h 9 min
- Exhibiting Forgiveness2024United States1 h 57 min
- Nickel Boys2024United States2 h 20 min
- On Becoming a Guinea Fowl2024Zambia, United Kingdom, Ireland1 h 39 min
- Remembering Antietam: The Bloodiest Day in American History2024United States26 min
- Suncoast2024United States1 h 49 min
