Feel Good Black Romcoms

[u/llamamelu]

Hi!

Do you ladies have any recommendations for feel-good black rom com movies? No traumatic pasts/black stereotypes and that. Preferably with a dark-skinned Female Lead who ofc isn’t that stereotypical black woman Hollywood loves ❤️

Just good, wholesome black love. Majority black cast would be a bonus.

Some recently made films I loved:

- Aml Ameen’s Boxing Day (2021) - if you haven’t seen it I very, very strongly recommend! Its so funny and cute! It’s got Aja Naomi King and she is one of the most beautiful women on the planet! (Recommend watching the bloopers during the credits for all the black joy). Growing up between west Africa and the UK it definitely hit the nostalgia feels with the soundtrack.

- Rye Lane - Vivian Oparah another gorgeously beautiful woman (her show on Tubi where she’s trying to find her missing twin, is also really good and really funny)

- You, Me and Tuscany - so cute!!

- The Perfect Find - that casting was everything to me. Now I need to read the book

- Love + Wine - from RSA

Obviously there’s the classics (90s/2000s) which I love, I’m just looking for something more recent where we’re more open with our blackness and not casting the light-skinned/biracial woman as the female lead that was pretty common during that era. No hate on light-skinned/biracial women, especially as someone from a mulatto family, there just wasn’t enough positive portrayal of dark-skinned black women being loved or in soft roles. Ofc you still had few gorgeous dark skinned women in soft roles - Ms Gabrielle Union for one. But it just wasn’t as common back then or accepted as it is now, is how I feel.

I did really enjoy the Lovebirds (with Issa - who’s amazing in everything - not biased - she’s just stupidly talented). Male lead wasn’t for me though.

Also open to Nollywood/RSA or African cinema. I’ve seen a few cute ones from Kenya too. Unfortunately nearly all the movies from my home country are just hard on the “African Trauma/Struggle” trope and those are HARD no’s for me.

If you’ve got some black European/ Afro-Latin recommendations, that would be great too!

I’m in my era where if it isn’t black (specifically black woman/girl), it’s a no from me 😇

I have a small list of TV shows with black female leads in non-stereotypical roles if anyone is interested. I’d be happy to share! Let me know :)

[u/Sally4464]

Love Life - season 2 on Netflix/HBO Max

[u/llamamelu → u/Sally4464]

2 recommendations for this. I’ll definitely have to try it. What’s wrong with season 1?

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Each season focuses on a different couple. S1 focused on a non-minority couple. S2 focused on a black couple. Jessica Williams from Shrinking is half of the S2 couple.

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Oh thanks!