14 FAVE Movies with Dark Skinned Love Interests

I’m counting down my top 14 favorite movies starring dark-skinned black women as love interests. I’ve ranked them from 14, my least favorite all the way down to my number one. Favorite film, featuring a dark-skinned black woman as the leading lady.

For anyone who’s interested in the background context for this list, I’m going to start by explaining why I made the list as well as my criteria for selecting which movies to include and how to rank them. I wanna start by talking about why this list is so important.

One, representation matters.

I always wanted to see a love story with a woman who looked like me. Instead, I most often felt completely invisible in movies and TV, especially if there was a romantic plot.

I myself have searched for lists like this one so many times, and I’ve gotten mixed results in terms of what exactly I was looking for. So, I figured I’d make my own list and share it just in case anyone else is out there searching.

But this list is also important because we know that the way society represents dark-skinned Black women has a direct impact on how society treats dark-skinned Black women.

And regardless of your relationship status, regardless of whether or not you care about romance or dating or marriage, It’s always great to see that option as a real possibility for us.

I have talked about the dangers of overvaluing romantic relationships or romantic validation in a recent blog post/live stream on the impact of colorism on a single dark-skinned girl. So I’m definitely not making this video as a way to put romantic relationships on a pedestal or to say that that’s the end-all-be-all for life.

But… Since we’re gonna be watching movies anyway… If you’re inclined to watch a romcom or a romance drama… why not let it feature a dark skinned black woman?