Top rated top-shelf movies on Urban Movie Channel

Check out today’s highest ranked top-shelf movies on Urban Movie Channel! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best top-shelf movies on Urban Movie Channel, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.

1 Detroit (2017)

A police raid in Detroit in 1967 results in one of the largest citizens' uprisings in the history of the United States.

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2017-07-28 | Crime / Drama

Cast

John Boyega, Will Poulter

Rating

rating icon 7.303
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #24 for
    like The Revenant
  2. Ranked #76 for
    cinema verite
  3. Ranked #112 for
    weak link in cast

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2 So This Is Christmas (2013)

Eighteen-year old Ashley's life is headed in the wrong direction. She's been hanging out with a bad crowd and seeking an escape from the drama at home. Everything begins to change when a handyman working on the family's house encourages her to volunteer for a Christmas play with underprivileged children. Ashley finds purpose by helping people in need and uses that to help heal her troubled family. Together, they discover the impact one person can make through the gift of giving.

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2013-10-01 | Romance / Drama

Cast

Eric Roberts, Lexi Ainsworth

Rating

rating icon 5.3
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #165 for
    healing
  2. Ranked #178 for
    sanctimonious
  3. Ranked #234 for
    self-improvement

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So This Is Christmas trailer
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3 Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror (2019)

Delving into a century of genre films that by turns utilized, caricatured, exploited, sidelined, and finally embraced them, this is the untold history of black Americans in Hollywood through their connection to the horror genre.

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2019-02-07 | Documentary

Cast

Meosha Bean, Ashlee Blackwell

Rating

rating icon 7.2
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    pleasant change
  2. Ranked #3 for
    academic
  3. Ranked #4 for
    sex kitten

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4 Sincerely Daisy (2020)

Sincerely Daisy is a 2020 Kenyan coming-of-age romantic comedy film produced and directed by popular actor Nick Mutuma. The film stars Ella Maina, Brian Abejah, Sam Psenjen and Mbeki Mwalimu in the lead roles. The film was released in Netflix on 9 October 2020 and became the first ever Kenyan feature film to be released via Netflix.

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2020-10-09 | Drama / Romance

Cast

Ella Maina

Rating

rating icon 8.0
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #44 for
    entrancing
  2. Ranked #56 for
    talented and versatile actor
  3. Ranked #77 for
    wonderfully executed

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Sincerely Daisy trailer
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5 The Colony (2013)

Forced underground by the next ice age, a struggling outpost of survivors must fight to preserve humanity against a threat even more savage than nature.

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2013-04-12 | Action / Science Fiction

Cast

Kevin Zegers, Laurence Fishburne

Rating

rating icon 5.411
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #46 for
    eschatological
  2. Ranked #53 for
    Survival Movie
  3. Ranked #85 for
    snarling character

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6 Karen (2021)

A racist woman makes it her personal mission to displace the new black family that has just moved in next door to her, but they won't back down without a fight.

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2021-09-03 | Thriller

Cast

Taryn Manning, Cory Hardrict

Rating

rating icon 4.0
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    absolute rubbish
  2. Ranked #4 for
    most ridiculous
  3. Ranked #4 for
    poorly produced

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7 Daddy's Home (2015)

The story of a mild-mannered radio executive who strives to become the best stepdad ever to his wife's two children, but complications ensue when their freewheeling, freeloading real father arrives, forcing stepdad to compete for the affection of the kids.

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2015-12-25 | Comedy

Cast

Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg

Rating

rating icon 6.274
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #94 for
    father figure
  2. Ranked #95 for
    machismo
  3. Ranked #177 for
    with meta jokes

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Daddy's Home trailer
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8 Winnie Mandela (2011)

A drama that chronicles the life of Winnie Mandela from her childhood through her marriage and her husband's incarceration.

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2011-09-16 | Drama

Cast

Jennifer Hudson, Terrence Howard

Rating

rating icon 5.9
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #300 for
    Biography
  2. Ranked #310 for
    potty-mouthed
  3. Ranked #370 for
    conflicting view

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9 The Girl in the Yellow Jumper (2020)

As word spreads that there is a serial killer at large who continues to commit murder, an off-duty police officer must return an elderly witness who lives in a remote part of Uganda back to town. Along the way, the policeman gives a ride to an injured man. On the way to the city, the passenger tells the policeman the events that led him to end up injured in the middle of the road. But as we travel with these mysterious characters in the car, director Loukman Ali shows us that the stories they tell are only fragmentary and partial versions of the events that took place, and that perhaps there are truths buried beneath each of their words.

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2020-08-24 | Crime / Thriller

Cast

Maurice Kirya, Michael Wawuyo Jr.

Rating

rating icon 5.4
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #434 for
    pure excitement
  2. Ranked #592 for
    extremely violent
  3. Ranked #608 for
    with subliminal message

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10 I'm Through with White Girls (2007)

Jay Brooks is that black guy who digs indie rock, graphic novels, and dates white chicks. After a slew of bad break-ups, Jay gives up white women, "cold turkey," and he goes on a mission: "Operation Brown Sugar". But because Jay doesn't fit the "brotha" stereotype, he fails miserably with the "sistahs." Then he meets the dynamic Catherine, a misunderstood "Half-rican Canadian", who's as righteously quirky as he is. To win her heart, Jay must confront his fears as he realizes commitment is a bigger issue than race.

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2007-02-01 | Comedy / Romance

Cast

Anthony Montgomery, Ryan Alosio

Rating

rating icon 7.2
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #219 for
    with impressive taglines
  2. Ranked #308 for
    testy
  3. Ranked #352 for
    without dull moments

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