Hey friend, hey, and welcome back to the blog.

I hope you’re enjoying the month of February and taking a little time to slow down, take care of your body, eat some good food, stay hydrated, and get plenty of rest.

I’m updating this list from 2024, which had 36 movies instead of 35 (dang, my counting), and I’m adding 20 more to it.

2025 Movies for the Culture (21)

I’ve included the year this time, and I’ve broken all the movies down by genre so you can skip to your favorite one.

DRAMA

• American Fiction [2023]
• Rustin [2023]
• Dear White People [2017]
• BlacKkKlansman [2018]
• Purple Rain [1984]
• Ma Rainy’s Black Bottom [2020]
• The Wood [1999]

HORROR

• Nope [2022]
• Def By Temptation [1990]
• Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror [2017]
• Ganja & Hess [1974]
• The First Purge [2018]
• Attack the Block [2011]
• His House [2020]
• Sugar Hill [1974]
• Get Out [2017]

ACTION

• Black Panther [2018]
• Bad Boys Franchise [1995-2024]
• Superfly [1972]

COMEDY

• Girls Trip [2017]
• Cooley High [1975]

2024 Movies for the Culture (36)

DRAMA

• Do The Right Thing
• One Night in Miami
• The Five Heartbeats
• What’s Love Go to Do With It
• New Jack City
• Harlem Nights
• Juice
• Soul Food
• Set it Off
• Poetic Justice
• Krush Groove
• Love Jones
• Crooklyn
• Eve’s Bayou
• Love & Basketball
• Boyz n the Hood
• Waiting to Exhale
• The Woman King

HORROR

• They Cloned Tyrone
• The Blackening
• Candyman (2021)
• Blacula
• Bad Hair
• The Blackening
• Us

COMEDY

• School Daze
• Roll Bounce
• Friday
• The Last Dragon
• Kingdom Come

POP CULTURE

• Summer of Soul

HISTORICAL

• The Color Purple
• The United States vs. Billie Holiday
• Malcolm X
• Judas and the Black Messiah
• Hidden Figures

Thanks so much for visiting the blog today and checking out my list.  I hope I’ve included some things you haven’t seen as well as a few favorites.  Don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe. — Peace