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Black Women, White Men: Interracial Romance in the Movies
list of theatrical and made-for-TV movies that feature romantic relationships
between black women and white men. Prior to the 1960s, it was very common for light-
skinned black characters to be portrayed by white actors
TITLE YEAR WOMAN MAN
200 Cigarettes 1999 Nicole Ari Parker Ben Affleck
24 Hours in London 2000 Anjela Lauren Smith Gary Olsen
25th Hour 2002 Rosario Dawson Edward Norton
28 Days Later … 2002 Naomie Harris Cillian Murphy
3-Way 2004 Joy Bryant Dominic Purcell
Action Jackson 1988 Vanity Craig T. Nelson
Ace Ventura: When
Nature Calls
1995 Sophie Okonedo Jim Carrey
A Diva’s Christmas
Carol
2000 Vanessa Williams Brian McNamara
After the Sunset 2004 Naomie Harris Woody Harrelson
Alfie 2004 Nia Long Jude Law
All Night Long 1961 Marti Stevens Paul Harris
Alexander 2004 Rosario Dawson Colin Farrell
American Flyers 1985 Rae Dawn Chong Kevin Costner
America’s Dream 1996 Tina Lifford Tate Donovan
Angel Heart 1987 Lisa Bonet Mickey Rourke
Annie 1999 Audra McDonald Victor Garber
Antibody 2002 Robin Givens Lance Henriksen
A Perfect Fit 2005 Leila Arcieri Adrian Grenier
Ash Wednesday 2002 Rosario Dawson Elijah Wood
Ashanti 1979 Beverly Johnson Michael Caine
August 2008 Naomie Harris Josh Hartnett
Austin Powers in
Goldmember
2002 Beyonce Knowles Mike Meyers
Bachelor, the 1999 Mariah Carey Chris O’Donnell
Bamboozled 2000 na Michael Rapaport
Band of Angels 1957 Yvonne De Carlo Clark Gable
Barbershop 2002 ? Troy Garrity
Besieged 1998 Thandie Newton David Thewlis
Better Dayz 2002 Shantell Cargle Thomas Odell
Big Bird Cage, the 1972 Pam Grier Sid Haig
Big Hit, the 1998 Lela Rochon Mark Wahlberg
Birth of a Nation,
the
1915 Mary Alden Ralph Lewis
Black Rose of
Harlem
1996 Cynda Williams Nick Cassavetes
Blade 1998 Sanaa Lathan Stephen Dorff
Bleeding Hearts 1994 Karen Kirkland Mark Evan Jacobs
Blood and Concrete 1991 Jennifer Beals Billy Zane
Bodyguard, the 1992 Whitney Houston Kevin Costner
Boiler Room 2000 Nia Long Giovanni Ribisi
Borat 2006 Luenell (Campbell) Sacha Baron Cohen
Boy Meets Girl 1993 Jasmine Guy Reed Diamond
Break, the 1995 Rae Dawn Chong Vincent Van Patten
Breaking In 1989 Lorraine Toussaint Burt Reynolds
Breaks, the 1999 Paula Jai Parker Mitch Mullany
Brewster’s Millions 1985 Lonette McKee Stephen Collins
Bride, the 1985 Jennifer Beals Sting
Bringing Down the
House
2003 Queen Latifah Eugene Levy
Bronx Tale, a 1993 Taral Hicks Lillo Brancato
Bulworth 1998 Halle Berry Warren Beatty
Busted Up 1986 Irene Cara Paul Coufos
Captive Heart: The
James Mink Story
1996 Rachael Crawford Peter Outerbridge
Carbon Copy 1981 na George Segal
Carrie 2002 Kandyse McClure Tobias Mehler
Catch That Kid 2004 Jennifer Beals Sam Robards
Catwoman 2004 Halle Berry Benjamin Bratt
Chaindance 1990 Rae Dawn Chong Michael Ironside
Cheetah Girls, the 2003 Raven (-Symoné) Kyle Schmid
Choose Me 1984 Rae Dawn Chong Patrick Bauchau/Keith
Carradine
Chronicles of
Riddick, the
2004 Thandie Newton Karl Urban
Cinderella 1997 Whoopi
Goldberg/Brandy
Victor Garber/Paolo
Montalban
Cloud Atlas 2012 Halle Berry Tom Hanks
Cold Around the
Heart
1997 Stacey Dash David Caruso
Colombiana 2011 Zoë Saldaña Michael Vartan
Color-Blinded 1998 Luella Hill Luke Vitale
Commando 1985 Rae Dawn Chong Arnold Schwarzenegger
Condition Red 1995 Cynda Williams James Russo
Constellation 2005 Gabrielle Union Daniel Bess/David Clennon
Cora, Unashamed 2000 Regina Taylor Kohl Sudduth
Corrina, Corrina 1994 Whoopi Goldberg Ray Liotta
Courage to Love, the 2000 Vanessa (L.) Williams Gil Bellows
Covenant, the 2006 Jessica Lucas Taylor Kitsch
Curiosity Kills 1990 Rae Dawn Chong C. Thomas Howell
Dance With Me 1998 Vanessa L. Williams Chayanne
Daddy Day Care 2003 Leila Arcieri Steve Zahn
Dangerous
Evidence: The Lori
Jackson Story
1999 Lynn Whitfield Richard Lineback
Dark Blue 2002 Michael Michele Scott Speedman
Dead Connection 1994 Lisa Bonet Michael Madsen
Dead On Sight 1994 Jennifer Beals Daniel Baldwin
Death at a Funeral 2007 Regina Hall James Marsden
Death of a
Gunfighter
1969 Lena Horne Richard Widmark
Demon Knight 1995 Jada Pinkett (Smith) Billy Zane
Die Another Day 2002 Halle Berry Pierce Brosnan
Dinosaur Hunter,
the
2000 Enuka Okuma Christopher Plummer
Diva 1981 Wilhelmenia
Fernandez
Frédérick Andréi
Doctors’ Wives 1971 Diana Sands Richard Crenna
Drum 1976 Pam(ela) Grier Warren Oates
Eiger Sanction, the 1975 Vonetta McGee Clint Eastwood
Engagement: My 2006 Tenique Mathieu Andy Gershenzon
Phamily BBQ 2, the
Eraser 1996 Vanessa L. Williams Arnold Schwarzenegger
Executive Decision 1996 Halle Berry Kurt Russell
Exiled 1998 Nicole Ari Parker Chris Noth
Fall Into Darkness 1996 Tatyana Ali Jonathan Brandis
Fantastic Four 2005 Kerry Washington Michael Chiklis
Fast Girls 2012 Lenora Crichlow Bradley James
Fatal Beauty 1987 Whoopi Goldberg Sam Elliot
Feast of All Saints 2001 Bianca Lawson/Gloria
Reuben
Alec McClure/Peter Gallagher
Final Breakdown 2002 Regina King Craig Sheffer
First $20 Million Is
Always the Hardest,
the
2002 Rosario Dawson Adam Garcia
Flashdance 1983 Jennifer Beals Michael Nouri
Flintstones 1994 Halle Berry Kyle MacLachlan
Flirting 1991 Thandie Newton Noah Taylor
Foreign Student 1994 Robin Givens Marco Hofschneider
For One Night 2006 Aisha Tyler Jason Lewis
Forsaken, the 2001 Phina Oruche Johnathon Schaech
Framed 2002 Kandyse McClure Sam Neill/Rob Lowe
Frankenfish 2004 K.D. Aubert Matthew Rauch
Frogs 1972 Judy Pace Nicholas Cortland
From the Rough 2012 Letoya Luckett Tom Felton
Futuresport 1998 Vanessa L. Williams Dean Cain
Fuzz 1972 Tamara Dobson Yul Brynner
Gang in Blue 1996 Cynda Williams Josh Brolin
Gang Related 1997 Lela Rochon James Belushi
Georgia, Georgia 1972 Diana Sands Dirk Benedict
Get Over It 2001 Zoë Saldaña Shane West
Getting Straight 1970 Brenda Sykes Elliott Gould
Girlfight 2000 Shannon Walker
Williams
Santiago Douglas
Glitter 2001 Mariah Carey Max Beesley
Good Shepherd, the 2006 Liya Kebede Eddie Redmayne
Gospel Hill 2008 Nia Long Adam Baldwin
Grambling’s White
Tiger
1981 Deborah Pratt Bruce Jenner
Great Moments in
Aviation
1993 Rakie Ayola Jonathan Pryce
Gridlock’d 1997 Thandie Newton Tim Roth
Guess Who 2005 Zoë Saldaña Ashton Kutcher
Hamlet 2000 Lisa Gay Hamilton Campbell Scott
Hard Corps, the 2006 Vivica A. Fox Jean-Claude Van Damme
Harlem Nights 1989 Jasmine Guy Michael Lerner
Haunted Mansion 2003 Marsha Thomason Nathaniel Parker
Haven 2004 Zoë Saldaña Orlando Bloom
High Crimes 2002 Paula Jai Parker Michael Shannon
High Fidelity 2000 Lisa Bonet John Cusack
Homesteader, the 1919 Iris Hall William George
Honky 1971 Brenda Sykes John Neilson
Hotel Rwanda 2004 ? Joaquin Phoenix
House Divided, a 2000 Lisa Gay Hamilton Sam Waterson
House of the Dead 2003 Enuka Okuma Tyron Leitso
How Stella Got Her
Groove Back
1998 Suzzanne Douglass Philip Casnoff
How to Make an
American Quilt
1995 Maria Celedonio Jared Leto
How U Like Me Now 1993 Salli Richardson Scott Goodrich
Ice Spiders 2007 Vanessa Williams Patrick Muldoon
Idle Hands 1999 Vivica A. Fox Jack Noseworthy
Idiocracy 2006 Maya Rudolph Luke Wilson
I Passed For White 1960 Sonya Wilde James Franciscus
If You Could See
What I Hear
1982 Shari Belafonte(-
Harper)
Marc Singer
Illegal in Blue 1995 Stacey Dash Dan Gauthier
Indiscreet 1989 Gloria Reuben Luke Perry
Introducing Dorothy
Dandridge
1999 Halle Berry Klaus Maria Brandauer/Brent
Spiner
Island in the Sun 1957 Dorothy Dandridge John Justin
Jackie Brown 1997 Pam Grier Robert Forster
Jefferson in Paris 1995 Thandie Newton Nick Nolte
Joey Breaker 1993 Cedella Marley Richard Edson
John Tucker Must
Die
2006 Ashanti Jesse Metcalfe
Jo Jo Dancer, Your
Life Is Calling
1986 Paula Kelly Michael Ironside
Josephine Baker
Story, the
1991 Lynn Whitfield Rubén Blades/David Dukes
Journey of August
King, the
1995 Thandie Newton Jason Patric
Joyful Noise 2012 Keke Palmer Jeremy Jordan
Jumpin’ Jack Flash 1986 Whoopi Goldberg Jonathan Pryce
Jungle Fever 1991 Tyra Ferrell John Turturro
Killing of a Chinese
Bookie, the
1976 Azizi Johari Ben Gazzara
King of Comedy 1983 Diahnne Abbott Robert DeNiro
King of New York 1990 Theresa Randle Christopher Walken
Kings Go Forth 1958 Natalie Wood Frank Sinatra
Kings of Brooklyn,
the
2002 Lauren B. Martin William McNamara
Knights and
Emeralds
1986 Beverly Hills Christopher Wild
Lake House, the 2006 Cynthia Kaye
McWilliams
Ebon Moss-Bachrach
Lakeview Terrace 2008 Kerry Washington Patrick Wilson
Landlord, the 1970 Diane Sands/Marki
Bey
Beau Bridges
Last Don, the 1997 Lark Voorhies Jason Gedrick
Last King of
Scotland, the
2006 Kerry Washington James McAvoy
Last Place On Earth,
the
2002 Tisha Campbell Dana Ashbrook
Lathe of Heaven, the 1980 Margaret Avery Bruce Davison
Lathe of Heaven, the 2002 Lisa Bonet Lukas Haas
Leading Man, the 1996 Thandie Newton Jon Bon Jovi
Learning Tree, the 1969 Mira Waters Zooey Hall
Legal Deceit 1997 Lela Rochon Jeffrey Dean Morgan
Lethal Weapon 1987 Traci Wolfe na
Liberation of L.B.
Jones, the
1970 Lola Falana Anthony Zerbe
Liberty Heights 1999 Rebekah Johnson Ben Foster
Life Size 2000 Tyra Banks Jere Burns
Live and Let Die 1973 Gloria Hendry Roger Moore
Lone Star 1996 LaTanya Richardson Stephen J. Lang
Long Run, the 2000 Nthati Moshesh Armin Mueller-Stahl
Lost World, the:
Jurrasic Park
1997 na Jeff Goldblum
Love Actually 2003 Olivia Olson Thomas Sangster
Love Song 2000 Monica (Arnold) Christian Kane
Love’s Labour’s Lost 2000 Carmen Ejogo Matthew Lillard
Macbeth in
Manhattan
1999 Gloria Reuben David Lansbury/Nick Gregory
Mad Room, the 1969 Carol Cole Michael Cole
Made in America 1993 Whoopi Goldberg Ted Danson
Mahogany 1975 Diana Ross Anthony Perkins/Jean-Pierre
Aumont
Malibu’s Most
Wanted
2003 Regina Hall Jamie Kennedy
Mandingo 1975 Brenda Sykes Perry King
Maniac Magee 2000 Kyla Pratt Michael Angarano
Marple: Ordeal by
Innocence
2007 Gugu Mbatha-Raw Bryan Dick
Mephisto 1981 Karin Boyd Klaus Maria Brandauer
Mercy 1996 Amber Kain Sam Rockwell
Métisse 1993 Julie Maudeuch Mathieu Kassovitz
Miami Rhapsody 1995 Naomi Campbell Kevin Pollack
Milk and Honey 1988 Josette Simon Lyman Ward
Mirrors 2008 Paula Patton Kiefer Sutherland
Miss Dial 2013 Robinne Lee Sam Jaeger
Miss Firecracker 1989 Alfre Woodard Tim Robbins
Mission: Impossible
II (MI2)
2002 Thandie Newton Tom Cruise
Mistress 1992 Sheryl Lee Ralph Robert DeNiro/Danny Aiello
Mixing Nia 1998 Karyn Parsons Eric Thal
Moment of Danger 1960 Dorothy Dandridge Trevor Howard
Mona Lisa 1986 Cathy Tyson Bob Hoskins
Monster’s Ball 2001 Halle Berry Billy Bob Thornton
Moonraker 1979 Emily Bolton Roger Moore
Mr. & Mrs. Loving 1996 Lela Rochon Timothy Hutton
Mumford 1999 Alfre Woodard Jason Lee
My Last Day
Without You
2011 Nicole Beharie Ken Duken
Mystery Men 1999 Jennifer Lewis William H. Macy
Napoleon Dynamite 2004 Shondrella Avery Aaron Ruell
National Security 2003 Robinne Lee Steve Zahn
Neo Ned 2004 Gabrielle Union Jeremy Renner
Never Die Alone 2004 Aisha Tyler David Arquette
Never Too Young to
Die
1986 Vanity John Stamos
New Centurions, the 21972 Rosalind Cash Stacy Keach
New Eden 1994 Lisa Bonet Stephen Baldwin
Next Time 1998 Jonelle Allen Christian Campbell
Night of the Quarter
Moon
1959 Julie London John Barrymore
Noah’s Ark 1999 Sydney Tamiia Poitier Alexis Denisof
Nothing Lasts
Forever
1995 Vanessa L. Williams Chris Noth
Nowhere 1997 Rachel True James Duval
Odyssey, the 1997 Vanessa L. Williams Armand Assante
Omega Man, the 1971 Rosalind Cash Charlton Heston
Once Fallen 2010 Taraji P. Henson Brian Presley
On Thin Ice: The Tai 1990 Rachael Crawford Charles Stratton
Babilonia Story
One False Move 1991 Cynda Williams Bill Paxton/Billy Bob Thornton
Out of Africa 1985 Iman ?
Out-of-Sync 1995 Victoria Dillard Ramy Zada
Out of the Furnace 2013 Zoë Saldaña Christian Bale
Out of Time 2003 Sanaa Lathan Dean Cain
Palookaville 1995 Lisa Gay Hamilton Adam Trese
Parenthood 1989 na Tom Hulce
Pariah 1998 Elexa Williams Damon Jones
Penthouse, the 1989 Robin Givens David Hewlett
Perfect Stranger 2007 Halle Berry Bruce Willis
Pilgrim 1999 Gloria Reuben Ray Liotta
Pink Panther, the 2005 Beyoncé Knowles Steve Martin
Pinky 1949 Jeanne Crain William Lundigan
Pirates of the
Caribbean: at
World’s End
2007 Naomie Harris Bill Nighy
Prêt-à-Porter 1994 Georgianna
Robertson/Tara Leon
Rupert Everett
Pride and Glory 2008 Carmen Ejogo Edward Norton
Prisoner of Love 1999 Naomi Campbell Eric Thal
Pulp Fiction 1994 Venessia Valentino Quentin Tarantino
Q & A 1990 Jenny Lumet Timothy Hutton/Armand
Assante
Queen 1993 Jasmine Guy/Halle
Berry
Tim Daly/Victor Garber
Queen of the
Damned
2002 Aaliyah Stuart Townsend
Quest for Fire 1981 Rae Dawn Chong Everett McGill
Rags 2012 Keke Palmer Max Schneider
Real World Movie:
The Lost Season, the
2002 Shani Pride John Henry Reardon
Restaurant 1998 Lauryn Hill/Elise Neal Adrian Brody/Simon Baker (-
Denny)
Rich Man’s Wife 1990 Halle Berry Christopher McDonald
Road Trip 2000 Mia Amber Davis DJ Qualls
Roble de Olor 2002 Lia Chapman Jorge Perugorría
Robot Jox 1990 Anne-Marie Johnson Gary Graham
RocknRolla 2008 Thandie Newton Gerard Butler
Rocky Road 2001 Nicole A. Smith Will Wallace
Romuald et Juliette 1989 Firmine Richard Daniel Auteuil
Rooftops 1989 Troy Beyer/Tisha
Campbell
Jason Gedrick
Roots: Next
Generations, the
1979 Fay Hauser Richard Thomas
Rosewood 1997 Akosua Busia Jon Voight
Ruby Jean and Joe 1996 Rebekah Johnson Tom Selleck
Ruby’s Bucket of
Blood
2001 Angela Bassett Kevin Anderson
Run Fatboy Run 2007 Thandie Newton Simon Pegg
Sally Hemings: An
American Scandal
2000 Carmen Ejogo Sam Neill
Saratoga Trunk 1945 Ingrid Bergman Gary Cooper
Score, the 2001 Angela Bassett Robert DeNiro
Secret Laughter of
Women, the
1999 Nia Long Colin Firth
Senseless 1998 Kenya Moore/? Matthew Lillard/Rip Torn
Serenity 2005 Gina Torres Alan Tudyk
Serpent and the
Rainbow, the
1988 Cathy Tyson Bill Pullman
Sexual Life 2005 Kerry Washington Eion Bailey
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely
Hearts Club Band
1978 Stargard The Bee Gees
Shade 2003 Thandie Newton Stuart Townsend
Shadowboxer 2005 Mo’Nique Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Shadows 1959 Lelia Goldoni Anthony Ray
Shame 2011 Nicole Beharie Michael Fassbender
Show Boat 1936 Helen Morgan Donald Cook
Show Boat 1951 Ava Gardner Robert Sterling
Silverado 1985 Lynn Whitfield Jeff Goldblum
Sin City 2005 Rosario Dawson Clive Owen
Sioux City 1994 Salli Richardson Lou Diamond Phillips
Sister Act 1992 Whoopi Goldberg Harvey Keitel
Skyfall 2012 Naomie Harris Daniel Craig
Slaves 1969 Dionne Warwick Stephen Boyd
Snow Dogs 2002 na James Coburn
Soldiers of Change 2001 Stacey Dash Heath Freeman
Solomon 1997 Vivica (A.) Fox Ben Cross
Solomon Northrup’s
Odyssey
1984 Rhetta Greene John Saxon
Something New 2006 Sanaa Lathan Simon Baker
Soul Man 1986 Rae Dawn Chong C. Thomas Howell
Soylent Green 1973 Paula Kelly Chuck Conners
Spawn 1997 Theresa Randle D.B. Sweeney
Speed Racer 2008 Nayo Wallace Matthew Fox
Squeeze, the 1987 Rae Dawn Chong Michael Keaton
Star Trek 2009 Zoë Saldaña Zachary Quinto
Star Trek Into
Darkness
2013 Zoë Saldaña Zachary Quinto
Step Up 2006 Drew Sidora Josh Henderson
Stompin’ at the
Savoy
1992 Vanessa Bell Calloway John D’Aquino
Strange Days 1995 Angela Bassett Ralph Fiennes
Substitute 2:
School’s Out, The
1998 Michael Michele Treat Williams
Supernova 2000 Angela Bassett James Spader
Swordfish 2001 Halle Berry John Travolta/Hugh Jackman
Taking the Heat 1993 Lynn Whitfield Tony Goldwyn
Talking About Sex 1994 Kim Wayans Daniel Beer
Tales From the
Darkside
1990 Rae Dawn Chong James Remar
Tamango 1957 Dorothy Dandridge Curd Jürgens
Taxi Driver 1976 Diahnne Abbott Robert De Niro
Tempo di uccidere 1990 Patrice-Flora Praxo Nicolas Cage
Tennessee Nights 1989 Stacey Dash Julian Sands
Terminal, the 2004 Zoë Saldaña Diego Luna
That Thing You Do! 1996 ? Ethan Embry
Things We Lost in 2007 Halle Berry David Duchovny
the Fire
Think Like a Man 2012 Gabrielle Union Jerry Ferrara
Three in the Attic 1968 Judy Pace Christopher Jones
Through the Glass 2008 Stephanie Okereke Garrett McKechnie
Time Machine 2002 Samantha Mumba Guy Pearce
Time Runner 1993 Rae Dawn Chong Mark Hamill
Today You Die 2005 Mari Morrow Steven Seagal
Tom & Thomas 2002 Inday Ba Sean Bean
Trade Winds 1993 Michael Michele Michael McLafferty
Trauma 2004 Naomie Harris Colin Firth
Truth About Charlie,
the
2002 Thandie Newton Mark Wahlberg
Tube Tales 1999 Carmen Ejogo Hans Matheson
Twist of Faith 2013 Toni Braxton David Julian Hirsh
Under the Gun 1988 Vanessa L. Williams Sam J. Jones
Un dimanche à
Kigali
2006 Fatou N’Diaye Luc Picard
Under Suspicion 1992 Alphonsia Emmanuel Michael Almaz
Vampira 1974 Teresa Graves David Niven
Vampire’s Kiss 1989 Kasi
Lemmons/Jennifer
Beals
Nicholas Cage
View to a Kill, a 1985 Grace Jones Christopher Walken/Roger
Moore
Wake in Providence,
a
1999 Victoria Rowell Vincent Pagano
Walking Dead, the 1995 Lisa Walker Roger Floyd
Waterproof 1999 April Grace Gil Johnson
Wedding, the 1998 Halle Berry Eric Thal
Wedding Dress, the 2001 Kathryne Dora Brown Neil Patrick Harris
Welcome to
Collinwood
2002 Gabrielle Union Andrew Davoli
When the Party’s
Over
1992 Rae Dawn Chong Brian McNamara
Where the Truth
Lies
1999 Regina King Linden Ashby
White Teeth 2002 Naomie Harris Philip Davis
Wilder 2003 Pam Grier Rutger Hauer
Wild Sargasso Sea 1993 Karina Lombard Nathaniel Parker
Wing Commander 1999 Ginny Holder Matthew Lillard
Within Our Gates 1920 Evelyn Preer Charles D. Lucas
Wonderful World 2007 Sophie Okonedo Matthew Broderick
Words, The 2012 Zoë Saldaña Bradley Cooper
Young Americans 1993 Thandie Newton Craig Kelly
Zebrahead 1992 N’bushe Wright Michael Rapaport