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Dec 4, 2026 · Netflix (theaters Nov 27)
Ava DuVernay's follow-up to 13th traces 150 years of fights over the 14th Amendment and the question of who gets to belong in America.
Starring Stacey Abrams, Sherrilyn Ifill
Documentary
Illustrative photo · Russel BailoTrailer not yet released
A Memorable Christmas
Fri, Dec 4, 2026 · 9pm ET
A commercial real estate attorney home for Christmas learns her own firm plans to tear down the community center where she teaches girls to dance.
Starring Asia'h Epperson, Mike Merrill, Kamel Goffin, Stephen Cofield Jr.
Holiday · Romance · Drama
Sat, Dec 5, 2026 · 9pm ET
A performer whose New York stage career has stalled comes home to Memphis to reunite with her sisters and save the community theater where she learned to tap dance.
Starring Corinne Foxx, D Smoke, Debbie Allen, Obba Babatundé
Holiday · Drama · Dance
Dec 11, 2026 · select theaters
A reimagining of Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway set in Lagos: as Clarissa prepares to host a party, memories of her youth and an old love return.
Starring Sophie Okonedo, David Oyelowo, India Amarteifio, Ayo Edebiri, Toheeb Jimoh
Drama · Literary adaptation
Pictured: Jean-Michel Basquiat (subject) · Galerie Bruno Bischofberger · CC BY-SA 4.0Trailer not yet released
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Dec 11, 2026
An estate-approved portrait of the artist, built from family and friends' memories, unseen works and rare archival footage.
Starring Jeanine Heriveaux, Lisane Basquiat
Documentary · Biography · Art
Pictured: Taraji P. Henson · PhilipRomanoPhoto · CC BY-SA 4.0Trailer not yet released
Give Me Some Sugah
Dec 16, 2026
Based on the viral true story of a South Side Chicago bakery owner who discovers a regular customer is her long-lost son.
Starring Taraji P. Henson, Joey Bada$$, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Russell Hornsby, Alexis Louder
Drama · Faith · True story
Fri, Dec 18, 2026 · 8pm
A music historian chasing an interview with a legendary singer and an attorney reclaiming his family's signed Nat King Cole sheet music collide at a museum's Christmas gala.
Starring Mishael Morgan, B.J. Britt, Holly Robinson Peete
Holiday · Romance
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Built from our Release Radar, researched Oct 9, 2026. Every date, cast and platform is sourced on each film's page. Dates can change; we update twice a month.
