As of June 7, 2026. Curated by Mihir Nanda, extracted from here. This list ranks underseen narrative feature films by Black directors or co-directors by average member rating. The ‘underseen’ metric refers to films below the ratings threshold of the official top 250 films by Black directors list.
Changes from the latest update:
In:
Nawi: Dear Future Me (at #19)
Dao (at #39)
Congo Boy (at #45)
Out:
Destiny (was #40)
She Comes Back on Thursday (was #49)
Life on Earth (was #50)
Eligibility rules:
• The threshold is no less than 500 ratings and no more than 2,000 ratings.
• This list includes Black co-directors or any Black directors on a diverse team.
• A director's identify is evaluated…
As of June 7, 2026. Curated by Mihir Nanda, extracted from here. This list ranks underseen narrative feature films by Black directors or co-directors by average member rating. The ‘underseen’ metric refers to films below the ratings threshold of the official top 250 films by Black directors list.
Changes from the latest update:
In:
Nawi: Dear Future Me (at #19)
Dao (at #39)
Congo Boy (at #45)
Out:
Destiny (was #40)
She Comes Back on Thursday (was #49)
Life on Earth (was #50)
Eligibility rules:
• The threshold is no less than 500 ratings and no more than 2,000 ratings.
• This list includes Black co-directors or any Black directors on a diverse team.
• A director's identify is evaluated through multiple external sources and primarily based on African diaspora.
• Films must be feature-length (more than 40 minutes long) with a festival premiere, theatrical distribution, or professional streaming release.
• This list excludes: documentaries of any kind, self-released web videos, DTV films, recap or recut films, theatre or stage shows, TV series, specials or episodes. TV movies are included.
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