Movies like What's Love Got to Do with It

Apocalypto

2006

aggressive, absurd, admiring · Drama, History · Touchstone Pictures

The Hurricane

1999

1960s, aggressive, 1970s · Drama

The Color Purple

1985

cautionary, aggressive, callous · Drama, History

Michael

2026

1960s, singer, 1970s · Drama, Music

Rob Roy

1995

hopeful, biography, affectation · Drama, History

All Eyez on Me

2017

biography · Drama, History, Music

Christy

2025

admiring, domestic violence · Drama, History

Set It Off

1996

cautionary, hopeful, biting · Drama

Gangs of New York

2002

Drama, History · Touchstone Pictures

Milk

2008

cautionary, 1970s, biting · Drama, History

Ray

2004

record producer, cautionary, recording studio · Drama, Music

The Count of Monte Cristo

2002

Drama, History · Touchstone Pictures

Ali

2001

antagonistic, admiring, angry · Drama

Born on the Fourth of July

1989

1960s, 1970s, biography · Drama

Notorious

2009

Drama, History, Music · with Angela Bassett

The Smashing Machine

2025

biography, price of fame · Drama, History

Saving Private Ryan

1998

Close on feel, same era · Drama, History

Judas and the Black Messiah

2021

1960s · Drama, History

13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi

2016

cautionary, aggressive, biting · Drama, History

Malcolm X

1992

biography, 1960s · Drama, History · with Angela Bassett

Menace II Society

1993

cautionary, aggressive, shocking · Drama · with Khandi Alexander

Braveheart

1995

Close on feel, same era · Drama, History

Admiral

2015

admiring · Drama, History

He Got Game

1998

admiring, angry, affectation · Drama · Touchstone Pictures