Black History Month Watchlist 2026

✮⋆ Kung Fu, NYC, & Lisa Bonet

This list was supposed to go up March 1st, but...life! Grateful to spend another February with Oscar and celebrate Black art together.

Stand-outs

THE LAST DRAGON

So very, very 80s with one of the most memorable antagonists I've ever seen: Sho'Nuff! Over-the-top kung fu, costuming, and music make this a camp classic.

CROOKLYN

Cinematic portraiture from Spike Lee that acts both as time capsule and love letter. There's just something so intimate about a series of vignettes strung together...

PARIS IS BURNING

A fabulous and fiercely tragic account of 1980s drag/ball culture in New York. As entertaining as it is educational.

FRESH

The drama! A story about strategy, survival, and growing up way too fast. Not to mention: an absolutely gutting final frame.

A DIFFERENT WORLD

Easy, breezy collegiate sitcom with the incomparable Lisa Bonet. Watch-worthy for the fashion sense alone.

Full list below

2.1 - The Last Dragon 🐉💥🥋

2.2 - A Different World E1-5

2.3 - A Different 🌍 E6-7

2.4 - A Different 🌍 E8, Crooklyn ☀️🎶🗽

2.5 - 🖤

2.6 - Paris Is Burning 💃🏾👛✨

2.7 - Black Panthers ✊🏿🎤🕶️

2.8 - 🇵🇷🐰

2.9 - A Different 🌍 E9-11

2.10 - A Different 🌍 E12-13

2.11 - A Different 🌍 E14

2.12 - 🖤

2.13 - 🖤

2.14 - 🖤

2.15 - Fresh, Coming to America 👑💍🍟

2.16 - New Jack City 🏙️❄️🚔

2.17 - A Different 🌍 E15-16

2.18 - A Different 🌍 E17

2.19 - 🖤

2.20 - 🖤

2.21 - Love Jones 📸❤️‍🩹🔏

2.22 - Catwoman 🐈‍⬛💎🧴

2.23 - Dolemite 👊🏿💥💸

2.24 - A Different 🌍 E18-20

2.25 - Blacula 🧛🏿‍♂️⚰️🦇

2.26 - 🖤

2.27 - 🖤

2.28 - Blackkklansman, Drumline 🥁🎼🍑