The Best Movies About Race 2026

1. Fruitvale Station (Blu-ray)

Filmmaker Ryan Coogler makes his feature directorial debut with this drama centered on the tragic shooting of Oscar Grant (Michael B. Jordan), a vibrant 22-year-old Bay Area father who was senselessly gunned down by BART officers on New Years Day in 2009, and whose murder sent shockwaves through the nation after being captured on camera by his fellow passengers.

FRUITVALE STATION Drama TWC R

2. Selma [Blu-ray]

Selma [blu Ray]

Selma (Blu-ray)

3. Paramount - Fences [BLU-RAY]

In late-'50s Pittsburgh, middle-aged trashman and one-time Negro Leaguer Troy Maxson (Denzel Washington) remained bitter that he never got his shot... and his lingering resentments might drive a wedge between him and the teenage son (Jovan Adepo) with a legitimate shot at a football scholarship. Washington directs and reprises his Tony-winning performance; August Wilson adapted his Pulitzer Prize-winning play for the screen. Viola Davis, Mykelti Williamson, Russell Hornsby, Saniyya Sidney also star.

Paramount - Fences [BLU-RAY] Movies Paramount PG-13

4. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (Blu-ray)

Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn (who won the Academy Award(r) for Best Actress for her performance) are unforgettable as perplexed parents in this landmark 1967 movie about mixed marriage. Joanna (Katharine Houghton), the beautiful daughter of crusading publisher Matthew Drayton (Tracy) and his patrician wife Christina (Hepburn), returns home with her new fiance John Prentice (Sidney Poitier), a distinguished black doctor. Christina accepts her daughter's decision to marry John, but Matthew is shocked by this interracial union; the doctor's parents are equally dismayed. Both families must sit down face to face and examine each other's level of intolerance. In GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER, director Stanley Kramer has created a masterful study of society's prejudices.

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (Blu-ray) Sony Pictures Entertainment Not Rated

5. I Am Not Your Negro (Blu-ray), Magnolia Home Ent, Documentary

Master filmmaker Raoul Peck envisions the book James Baldwin never finished, Remember This House. The result is a radical, up-to-the-minute examination of race in America, using Baldwin's original words and flood of rich archival material. I Am Not Your Negro is a journey into black history that connects the past of the Civil Rights movement to the present of #BlackLivesMatter. It is a film that questions black representation in Hollywood and beyond. And, ultimately, by confronting the deeper connections between the lives and assassination of Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr., Baldwin and Peck have produced a work that challenges the very definition of what America stands for.

I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO Documentary Magnolia Home Ent

6. 42 [Blu-ray], Feature,Drama,Drama, Drama ,Drama,Drama,

42 [Blu-ray]

42 Drama Warner Home Video PG-13 Includes Limited Time Digital Movie Offer. MUST ENTER REDEMPTION CODE BY 07/16/2015 TO REDEEM DIGITAL MOVIE OFFER.

7. Hidden Figures (Blu-ray)

As the United States raced against Russia to put a man in space, NASA found untapped talent in a group of African-American female mathematicians that served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in U.S. history. Based on the unbelievably true life stories of three of these women, known as "human computers", we follow these women as they quickly rose the ranks of NASA alongside many of history's greatest minds specifically tasked with calculating the momentous launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit, and guaranteeing his safe return. Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, and Katherine Gobels Johnson crossed all gender, race, and professional lines while their brilliance and desire to dream big, beyond anything ever accomplished before by the human race, firmly cemented them in U.S. history as true American heroes

HIDDEN FIGURES Drama 20th Century Studios PG

8. 12 Years a Slave (Blu-ray) [2013]

From acclaimed director Steve McQueen comes this "deeply evocative and brilliantly acted" film (Claudia Puig, USA Today) based on the true story of Solomon Northup. It is 1841, and Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor), an accomplished, free citizen of New York, is kidnapped and sold into slavery. Stripped of his identity and deprived of all dignity, Northup is ultimately purchased by ruthless plantation owner Edwin Epps (Michael Fassbender) and must find the strength within to survive. Filled with powerful performances by an astonishing cast that includes Benedict Cumberbatch, Brad Pitt and newcomer Lupita Nyongo, 12 YEARS A SLAVE is both an unflinching account of slavery in American history and a celebration of the indomitable power of hope.

12 Years a Slave (Blu-ray) [2013] MPAA Rating: R Movie Genre: Drama Acclaimed film directed by Steve McQueen Based on the true story of Solomon Northup Set in 1841, follows Northup's kidnapping and sale into slavery

9. Do the Right Thing (20th Anniversary Edition)

Nominated for two Academy Awards Including Best Original Screenplay, Do the Right Thing has a most impressive ensemble cast that includes Spike Lee, Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, John Turturro and Samuel L. Jackson. Complete with 5.1 surround sound, Do the Right Thing 20th Anniversary Edition is a 2-Disc set loaded with insightful bonus material such as "Do the Right Thing 20 Years Later" and has been digitally restored for optimum picture quality.

Do the Right Thing (20th Anniversary Edition) Movies Universal Studios R

10. Django Unchained (Blu-ray)

Directed by Quentin Tarantino. Starring Christoph Waltz, Jamie Foxx, Leonardo DiCaprio.

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