Y’all I realize I said Ray Charles “saw” the movie 😭😭 obviously he didn’t physically see the movie but he at least HEARD the final cut. Come on y’all 😭😭

@Fineasschas

4 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂

@virgobleu27

4 ай бұрын

Girl I was just about to say you have me crying 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 we know what you meant

@kiajahasmr

4 ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣

@LovelyJumpingPuppy-fx4cj

4 ай бұрын

I was like "see"😅😂

@prettisedward3388

4 ай бұрын

One love was cool I saw it and I love Bob Marley but it lacked details and was far from thee best bioptic 🎉

So basically Angela Bassett is the queen of biopics. We knew that tho.

@danavixen6274

4 ай бұрын

The Jacksons: An American Dream. Malcolm X. Notorious. Panther. What's Love Got To Do With It. Betty and Coretta. No surprise here! 👑❤

@Karl671

4 ай бұрын

Oh yes I agree

@Karl671

4 ай бұрын

@@danavixen6274well put

@SSin-er4jy

4 ай бұрын

⁠@@danavixen6274Don't forget she played Rosa Parks as well.

@danavixen6274

4 ай бұрын

​@@SSin-er4jyOk. Add that to the list.

Angela Bassett not winning The Academy Award for What’s Love Got to do with it has to be one of the biggest robberies in cinema history…

@LouiseAndersen1991

4 ай бұрын

I 100% agree - and I am most certainly not black. Her perfomance is still one of the best female performances I have ever seen

@johnwebb2442

4 ай бұрын

You got that right. Big time snub.

One of the best actresses ever - Angela Basset

@MsDisneylandlover

4 ай бұрын

Totally ❤ Queen ❤

@kevinmitchell4018

4 ай бұрын

yesssss,absolutely ❤

@ebbie0074

4 ай бұрын

Truly.

@danavixen6274

4 ай бұрын

She's a GODDESS! She's a TREASURE! Angela Bassett had me at Locked Up: A Mother's Rage. 💐💐💐💐💐

@Karl671

4 ай бұрын

Of course

The fact that Jamie had them put prosthetics in his eyes to make him actually blind took dedication to a whole different level

@MZHARDBODYENT

4 ай бұрын

Yea I’m also glad he actually spent a lot of time with Ray Charles to understand him, & Ray was alive when it was release to see the impact of it all

@danavixen6274

4 ай бұрын

Jamie Foxx EARNED his Academy award among many other accolades. ❤️

@gentlemanrated

4 ай бұрын

I think Jaime would make a lovely Marvin Gaye Jr Biopic

@DeeDaKaang1

4 ай бұрын

That is total committment to your craft

"Ali" with Will Smith is also a classic

@gennsui

4 ай бұрын

Yes!

@gentlemanrated

4 ай бұрын

Sure was!

@johnwebb2442

4 ай бұрын

Great movie.

@DeeDaKaang1

4 ай бұрын

Definitely top 10

The Introduction of Dorthy Dandridge, w/ Halle Berry and Josephine Baker, w/ Lynn Whitfield were pretty great biopics also.

@martinjones5650

4 ай бұрын

Agreeeeeee

@elegant.destiny

4 ай бұрын

I was coming to the comments to write these. ✨️

@homehere9817

4 ай бұрын

I agree ❤

@kiajahasmr

4 ай бұрын

Love that Halle funded the movie herself also to properly portray Dorthy.

@Tennessee.Girl.

4 ай бұрын

🎯

Biopics that need to happen.. Kelly Rowland as Donna Summer Jazmine Sullivan as Phyllis Hyman Teyanna Taylor as Dionne Warwick

@kamsismith

4 ай бұрын

Dionne’s biopic is currently in the works. Donna might possibly happen, her daughters just need to find the right people to tell their mother’s story. No word on Phyllis, but her story would be dope.

@danavixen6274

4 ай бұрын

AGREED!!!! 💯💯💯💯

@ccl7983

4 ай бұрын

Phyliss hymans story would possibly be the most emotional biopic of all time

@user-cm4io8dz2r

3 ай бұрын

@@ccl7983her story always shatters my heart. I resonate with her especially with my hopeless romantic tendencies. May her sensitive beautiful soul rest in peace love Phyllis. Side note she reminds me of Cheryl Lynn curvier black women with amazing talent ❤

@Deek2Concious

11 күн бұрын

​@@danavixen6274Taraji as Tammi Terrell

Omg! I can’t believe The Temptations isn’t on here.

@Tha90sKid

4 ай бұрын

Yeah, I was looking forward to it and was surprised it wasn't mentioned. When I hear people talk about top black biopics, The Temptations is always mentioned (along with What's Love Got To Do With It, The Jacksons, Malcolm X, and Ray). Hopefully, she'll do a part 2.

@LOUISVILLECARDINALS

4 ай бұрын

Definitely should've been on here

@Tha90sKid

4 ай бұрын

@@JORDAN87001 But she mentioned the Jacksons American Dream on here and it's the same format. Both were tv movies split into parts.

@johnwebb2442

4 ай бұрын

Great biopic.

@danavixen6274

4 ай бұрын

The Temptations biopic is a heartbreaker! 💔 Definitely a CLASSIC! ❤️

Denzel and Angela will forever be legends!

@charlita25

4 ай бұрын

💯

@Karl671

4 ай бұрын

Yes

@johnwebb2442

4 ай бұрын

Most Definitely.

The biopic "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" and actor Larenz Tate are underrated

@jaewilliams9685

4 ай бұрын

Always felt that movie didn't get the love it deserved

@danavixen6274

4 ай бұрын

Larenz Tate is UNDERRATED. ❤

@user-cm4io8dz2r

3 ай бұрын

@@danavixen6274dangerously underrated. He made me hate his character in Menace 2 society because of how well he played that psychopathic character lol ❤

In loving memory of Wylie Draper. (May 5, 1969 - December 20, 1993) You are missed. Amen.

@danavixen6274

4 ай бұрын

What a TALENT! So sad. He was in the Remember the Time video as well. The solace I get from this is knowing he lived his dream. Rest in paradise Wylie. 😔🙏🏾❤️🕊️

Any movie with Denzel Washington in it is a success.

@abellewis3062

4 ай бұрын

I disagree with that. But okay.

@NVLOGS2013

4 ай бұрын

​@@abellewis3062thats your opinion

@abellewis3062

4 ай бұрын

@@NVLOGS2013 Saying “Any movie with Denzel Washington in it is a success” is an opinion too. It’s not a fact. That’s for sure.

@charlita25

4 ай бұрын

Fax 📠 💯

@deer.4651

4 ай бұрын

Big facts. Devil in a blue dress is one of my all time favorites 💙

Angela Bassett is the only person who can play Tina Turner. Enough said.

Fun fact: Both Regina King and Tracee Ellis Ross auditioned for Malcolm X.

@shawnhall9792

4 ай бұрын

Wow

@quickmealswithtee

4 ай бұрын

Playing who, I wonder? 🤔Especially Tracee. Love her but can’t see her in this movie.

@mexia23

4 ай бұрын

hmm didn't know that . thanks for sharing

@danavixen6274

4 ай бұрын

They're good friends and they're so talented. No surprise here. I love Regina King in Ray. Check out Tracee Ellis Ross in American Fiction. GREAT movie. ❤

@Karl671

4 ай бұрын

Really? I never knew that

There are so many biopics that I love. The TLC story and the Jacksons are two of them.

@flyguy7825

4 ай бұрын

NAW!! not for me The Temptations movie blows both those out of the water.

@ginaclame20

4 ай бұрын

New edition also.

@halwiseman9420

4 ай бұрын

New edition - yes Temptations - that was the worst piece of crap I’ve ever seen

@halwiseman9420

4 ай бұрын

@@flyguy7825 You're kidding right

@homehere9817

4 ай бұрын

Yup

Definitely need a part 2, The New Edition Story, CrazySexyCool TLC Story, 42 & Get On up, and so many more!

@danavixen6274

4 ай бұрын

The GREAT Chadwick Boseman ATE IT UP as The Godfather of Soul James Brown!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

@KayTalkNYC

4 ай бұрын

Surviving Compton and Roxanne Roxanne!

@Deek2Concious

4 ай бұрын

​@@KayTalkNYCJacksons an American Dream, Ali and Selma also

@KayTalkNYC

4 ай бұрын

@@Deek2Concious The Dorothy Dandridge movie starring Halle Berry! There’s so many!

@sharlaamysamuel

4 ай бұрын

Yes the casting in TLC was really good.

My top three: Jacksons: An American Dream What's love got to do with it The New Edition Story

@ginaclame20

4 ай бұрын

Me toooooooooo

@Tha90sKid

4 ай бұрын

Yes all of this! And The Temptations, Bobby Brown, NWA, and TLC

@sidneyleggs7891

4 ай бұрын

I enjoyed the temptation,Ray, The New edition story.

@Deek2Concious

4 ай бұрын

​@@Tha90sKidLa Bamba, Notorious, Ray, Straight Outta Compton Hands of Stone and Selena

This channel is a national treasure 💜

@szacntrl

4 ай бұрын

I see you everywhere lol

@ashnicole9354

4 ай бұрын

Is

@Karl671

4 ай бұрын

I agree and one of the most sexiest black female on KZread ever! Lawd Have mercy

@Karl671

4 ай бұрын

I love this channel as well not just because of this young lady is FINE

I recommend the US vs Billie Holiday movie to EVERYBODY. Andra Day ATE. She deserved that Oscar🫶🏽🫶🏽🔥‼️

For me "Ray" with Jamie Foxx remains the best biopic ever! A masterpiece 🎉

@flyguy7825

4 ай бұрын

I would put Malcolm X right with it.

@mommamia9948

4 ай бұрын

It is goated! Fantastic movie and one of my favorite movies period

@alphacharm

4 ай бұрын

Facts!

@jazztalk2008

4 ай бұрын

My husband and I just rewatched it. He did great!

@gentlemanrated

4 ай бұрын

We need a Marvin Gaye one too!

I absolutely loved the Malcolm X movie and I am still very hurt that Denzel Washington didn’t win an Oscar for his performance. What’s Love Got To Do With It was 🔥 also and Angela Basset should have won an Oscar for her performance as well.

@derrickdavis664

4 ай бұрын

I found it counterproductive that he got an Oscar for training day and not Malcolm X.

@johnwebb2442

4 ай бұрын

I agree that Denzel Washington and Angela Bassett should've won an oscar for portraying those two iconic black figures.

Jamie WAS Ray Charles. he definitely deserved his Oscar plus the supporting cast was A1. I love The Jackson 5 mini series. Wylie & Jason were wonderful as Michael & Angela was amazing as always ❤ still got it on DVD.

Jason Weaver did amazing in the Jackson 5 movie. He’s always been a wonderful singer/actor.

one thing Denzel and Ms. Bassett was going to do and excel at, was bring someone’s story to life. they were the reasons as to why i got into theater as a child. love them!

Jamie Foxx was born to play Ray Charles. Enough said.

@user-cm4io8dz2r

3 ай бұрын

Period ❤ I love Jamie. He’s always been great at impressions and ofc his musicianship so I’m not surprised at his vast palate to capture Ray’s aura. That movie made me emotional even as a child

@abellewis3062

3 ай бұрын

@@user-cm4io8dz2r Yes!

@treasuresmith6217

Ай бұрын

I'm sure it helped that he spent time with Ray Charles 🕊️

@abellewis3062

Ай бұрын

@@treasuresmith6217 Yes.

Really glad you’re doing this video. What’s Love Got to Do with it, Ray, and Malcolm X are top tier when talking about biopics about Black figures. Also, shoutout to Ruth Carter for the costume design for both Malcolm X and What’s Love got to do with it.

@danavixen6274

4 ай бұрын

She DESERVES her Oscars and other accolades! ❤

The New Edition Biopic was incredible in my opinion

@GeminiLesbian

4 ай бұрын

And the Bobby Brown biopic. BET really did their thing.

That new edition biopic was accurate af

Angela Basset was in the majority of these iconic films. VERY TELLING❤️

You forgot to mention the following biopics: The Josephine Baker Story The Temptations Get On Up (The James Brown Story) Straight Outta Compton The New Edition Story The Bobby Brown Story The Roxanne Shante Story

@kamsismith

4 ай бұрын

Roxanne Roxanne was pretty good.

@flyguy7825

4 ай бұрын

The Temptations was by far the best out of all of them.

@Tha90sKid

4 ай бұрын

This!

@asiamarie2069

4 ай бұрын

Notorious

@Deek2Concious

4 ай бұрын

​@@asiamarie2069Jacksons An American Dream and Selma also Selena

The Oscars snubbing Denzel and Angela in back to back years HURT

Oh nooo I never knew Ray Charles passed away before the movie came out.

3 guarantees in life: Death, Taxes, Angela Basset and Denzel killing their roles in a black biopic 🔥

I believe “Surviving Compton”, a story about the singer Michel'le who ran with N.W.A and “Roxanne Roxanne”, a story about one of the first female MCs in the rap game, Roxanne Shante, are some honorable mentions.

The Jacksons: An American Dream is a classic movie now.

I never realized how many biopics Angela Basset was in until I watched this and saw her in every other clip! 😂

@kamsismith

4 ай бұрын

I know. Someone made a joke that she always plays someone’s mom: Boyz in the Hood, The Jacksons miniseries, Akeelah and the Bee, What’s Love Got to Do with It, Malcolm X, etc.

@ZoraNH.dusttracks1891

4 ай бұрын

⁠@@kamsismith I don’t even consider her portrayals in What’s Love and Malcolm X as roles where she just “played someone’s mother.” She portrayed women who happened to be mothers. Especially her portrayal of Tina Turner…she was layered. That’s not even the first thing that comes to mind when thinking of those roles. Same with her portrayal of Coretta Scott King…I can only think of a few roles in her catalog where the focus is her portrayal as a mother. Even in her current show 911, her character is a mother, but it’s not the focus. Jennifer Lewis’ has more roles that align more with that narrative IMO, which is why she has the nickname (The Black Mother of Hollywood)

@keshundavis

3 ай бұрын

​@@kamsismithTwo biopic movies The Doggfather and King of the South

Yeah I’m about to rewatch “American Gangsta” that’s a classic

I have to say that RAY takes the cake for best black biopic so far for me. Jamie did amazing! I only saw Ray in that film.

I have watched The Jackson’s bio pic at least 15/20 times over the years I know it word for word lol! I love all of these films tho what a great list!! 🔥🔥❤️

The Jackson's an American Dream is the greatest mini series ever

Im tryna figure out how they thought halle berry could embody tina turner… like how? Or am i trippin lol

@lindawilliams8715

4 ай бұрын

Me too! 🤣🤣

@christinethuo6840

4 ай бұрын

What??????

@danavixen6274

4 ай бұрын

Dorothy Dandridge...YES! Tina Turner...NO!

@Ryan07_20

4 ай бұрын

@@danavixen6274in Hollywood, they probably just did a shortlist of popular black actresses to consider to studios before auditioning

@user-cm4io8dz2r

3 ай бұрын

@@danavixen6274thank you ‼️‼️ this. Halle embodied Dorothy because of her character but never Tina

“What’s love got to do with it” is my favorite. Such a classic! All of these are great movies

Growing up I had the Jackson 5 American Dream biopic recorded from TV on a vhs, that I literally watched every single week! That was my movie!!!! I still love it!

Can we please get a part two? 😭😭

I loved Chadwick Bozeman as James Brown !

needless to say, anytime you see Angela Bassett, Taraji P Henson, Jamie Foxx, or Denzel Washington’s name on a biopic… it’s going to *EAT*

@danavixen6274

4 ай бұрын

Taraji was EXCELLENT in Hidden Figures! The ensemble cast is INCREDIBLE! ❤

@Bruue2011

4 ай бұрын

@@danavixen6274 My mom and I saw it and my God that movie was perfect. Taraji deserves everything she has and more

The TLC biopic with Keke

Please drop more vids. You are an amazing storyteller💯

Denzel AND Spike were both robbed for Malcom X 🤦🏾‍♂️ They should've won SOMETHING 🏆

Lady Sings the Blues, Ali, the Josephine Baker Story and Introducing Dorthy Dandridge can all be added to this list

@Deek2Concious

4 ай бұрын

Jacksons an American Dream, Selena, LA Bamba, Selma and Hands Of Stone

The five heartbeats is another classic

@GratitudeGriot

4 ай бұрын

they werent a real group. that was a fictional story ❤

@jaewilliams9685

4 ай бұрын

Yes they were fictional loosely based story. In the same category of films like.. Sparkle Dreamgirls Purple Rain

@Unknownartist-qo7ne

4 ай бұрын

@@jaewilliams9685 yep

@Unknownartist-qo7ne

4 ай бұрын

@@GratitudeGriot I know there were loosely based on Maui’s groups or solo acts but I think it was mostly about the dells and they sung the soundtrack

The TLC Biopic was pretty good

I rarely hear people talking about the good black biopics! Thanks for this video.

Introducing Dorthy Dandridge and Get On Up are two that are amazing!! Oh, also the Josephine Baker biopic is amazing. Loved that you showed love to some awesome biopics!

@flyguy7825

4 ай бұрын

The Dorothy dandridge one is good only for one thing and that is Halle Berry

I love how you didn't make this a countdown. What was chosen are the BEST biopics EVER! So glad I supported What's Love Got To Do With It, Malcolm X, Ray and American Gangster at the movies. They all felt like events! Wish you had mentioned Crazy Sexy Cool: The TLC Story. That's one of my FAVORITES! ❤

Based on the suggestions we need a part 2! I loved this. S/O Angela + Denzel - clearly they have the sauce. Ray is my personal fave - Jamie is SUCH a great entertainer. 😊

Great video and thank you. As best biopics I will add two - The autobiograpghy of Miss Jane Pitman played by CICELY TYSON R.I.P. and Lady Sings the Blues played by Diana Ross. Both ladies were nominated for the Academy Awards but didn't win. One more, 42 played by CHADWICK BOSEMAN R.I.P.🙏❤

Real talk, the edition story was another really good one. I’m young (I’m only 24) but I felt like it was the first time in the longest time where everybody and they mama was in the living room watching the hour long episodes for the mini-series

Crystal, your documentaries on our culture are top tier. I get so excited when I see you upload a new video.

New edition Story was great as well.

I wish you included Chadwick Boseman in Get Up and 24. Maybe for a part 2.

@lizzybethnj617

4 ай бұрын

You mean 42.

Your channel needs to be on VH1

The Temptations bio pic is one of my favs

Fun fact: Jamie Foxx actually received two Oscar nominations that year; the other one was Best Supporting Actor for Collateral, although it wasn't a biopic. He still won for Ray though!

I still think it's crazy that most of these amazing black actors/actresses did not won an oscar at at all for their amazing portrayals in the biopics. Thank God Halle Berry was at least one of the few who beat the odds and won one for her Dorothy Dandrige Portrayal.

@josiefischer9359

4 ай бұрын

Agreed, but she won the Golden Globe for that and the Oscar for Monster's Ball!

Man, I love being Black… our culture is simply unmatched.

@itsjemmabond

4 ай бұрын

And our struggle too.

@user-sd4jj1ku7e

4 ай бұрын

@@itsjemmabond that part…

Angela Bassett is in at least 3 of these. 💯, also; we will not downplay how legendary Ali was.

This video is amazing and spot on, but you forgot the temptations and the five heartbeats. Those biopics are amazing.

You did a amazing job with this video 🔥. The Temptations, Cadillac Records, New Jack City, Sparkle, n I think The Five Heartbeats was a bio too but were wonderful films as well. Part 2 is necessary please n thank you 😁

I really enjoyed the 5 heartbeats and the New Edition Story too

Ali and Lady Sings the Blues are CLASSICS

Wonderful Sunday with a video drop from BFTV! ❤️❤️❤️👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

Jackson biopic is unmatched

I love Hidden Figures 🙌🏾

I gotta rewatch all these movies today when I get off work!❤

I’ve been waiting for a video like this. Ray, What’s love got to do with it and Malcolm X are so timeless.

14:39 @But he was still able to see an early cut of the movie”😅

the new edition story, dreamgirls, nwa : straight outta compton, ali good biopics too

@itsjemmabond

4 ай бұрын

Dreamgirls is fictional, not a bio, but it is based on The Supremes.

I've watched Hidden Figures it was really good I enjoy it and Malcolm X movie I've watch that when I was in high school it wasn't that bad and even The Jacksons: An American Dream was so good I still remember it and watches it that's the perfect and best biopics ever made.

If I had choose one, Denzel was Malcolm X, hands down. He deserved an Oscar for that role.

Disappointed the New Edition Story wasn't added to this list. Probably one of the best biopics released in recent times. Would add Wu-Tang: An American Saga but that's a series and I don't know if many people love it as much as I do.

I wish they had that same energy for the 2Pac biopic like they did with X biopic

the american gangster soundtrack and album dropped within days of each other not a year apart great video btw I love em all

I can’t disagree with not one of these choices,but wait there’s more you need to add‼️😂

Angela Basset is in so many biopics 😂

I was obsessed with Introducing Dorothy Dandridge. Side bar counselor, Regina King should have been nominated Ray

@danavixen6274

4 ай бұрын

AGREED!!! 👍🏾

The better biopics have a common theme. They have GREAT ACTORS vs. doppelgängers and/or a fellow musician.

So glad that you made this video happen because we all HAD A TIME discussing the bad 1s last time 😂😂😂

I chuckled when you said Ray Charles got a chance to see the movie.

Denzel kills all performances in biopics🔥🔥🔥. need a part 2 cause The Temptations is a great biopic too

The Temptations is one of my favorite biopics. It’s so well done!

New Edition and Bobby Brown Story. I would love a miniseries about Jodeci and B2K. With girl groups, Blaque, Xspace, and some other black girl groups that don't get as much attention.

@ochukoasiafor5834

4 ай бұрын

The new edition and Bobby brown story were so good 🔥

@kamsismith

4 ай бұрын

Both were fire.

@Deek2Concious

4 ай бұрын

They need to make a biopic about Dru Hill also

@kamsismith

4 ай бұрын

Dru Hill would be fire. There are so many bands that BET could do miniseries on.

@Deek2Concious

4 ай бұрын

@kamsismith for real it's so much! Also The Supremes and The Isley Brothers

I was 15 years old when Ray came out. I didn't know much about him coming up, so when the movie came out, i asked my dad to take me to see it. He was busy but promised to drop me off after school to see it. I spent a few days collecting lunch money for the admission and, when the time came, my little brother tagged along. It was a great time Auth a great movie

I really hope you make this into a series, diving into black biopics. There are a few that I feel should be mentioned, like 42 the movie about Jackie Robinson. Get on up the movie about James Brown. Harriet the movie about Harriet Tubman. Race the movie about Jesse Owens. Marshall the movie about thurgood Marshall. And self-made the Netflix series about madam CJ Walker. I can give you a few more now lol💜

ok obviously this isnt the priority but omg malcom x was so fine 😭

I agree with every movie on your list.

What’s love got to do with it will *always* be the bestttt❤❤ Mrs. Bassett did her thing! That’s a classic!!

What’s love got to do with it has been my favorite movie since I was 6 I know EVERY WORD.

@larae6885

4 ай бұрын

Same!! I know the words, I wrote it😅

Ladies and gentlemen are introduced to you the king and queen of Hollywood Denzel Washington and Angela Bassett