Best Black Crime Dramas

The Baltimore drug scene, as seen through the eyes of drug dealers and law enforcement.

The everyday trials and tribulations of Detroit's homicide unit.

A gang of corrupt Los Angeles Police Department cops uses illegal methods to maintain law and order, whilst engaging in a series of undercover dealings secretly in order to get rich.

Follows the lives of three young males living in the Crenshaw ghetto of Los Angeles, dissecting questions of race, relationships, violence, and future prospects.

In South Central L.A., a misguided 20-year-old African-American man, a "baby boy", faces the commitments of real life.

A Vietnam vet adjusts to life after the war while trying to support his family, but the chance of a better life may involve crime and bloodshed.

A rookie cop spends his first day as a Los Angeles narcotics officer with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears to be.

A young street hustler attempts to escape the rigors and temptations of the ghetto in a quest for a better life.

Niecy lives in inner-city Boston and works at an upscale mall. Ambitious, intelligent, stylish, and a proficient shoplifter of clothes & credit cards, she's lured into a diamond heist. She'll find that crime pays - 'til the payback.

When a pickup game turns deadly, Reggie is out for blood as he tracks down his best friend's killer and returns to the gym to finish him off. Confused with mixed stories, the other players agree they can't shoot him without a trial.

A father goes undercover for the DEA in order to free his son, who was imprisoned after being set up in a drug deal.

Bad blood between two urban crime families explodes into an all-out turf war in this gritty, hard-hitting drama set to rap and starring music legend Sticky Fingaz.

An American police procedural television series chronicling the work of a fictional version of the Baltimore Police Department's Homicide Unit.

Avery returns to college as a competitive swimmer after getting his life back on track. But his life takes another unexpected turn when he and his two friends (Bonds, Casseus) are wrongly accused of murder and end up in prison.

New York police Detectives J.C. Williams, and Eddie Torres try to balance their stressful work duties with their own personal demands. Their boss, Lt. Virginia Cooper, is tough but fair in her assignments.

Two young friends involved in organized crime and drug dealing find that their priorities differ.

A drug kingpin's return home touches off a turf war.

A biker struggles to balance being a father and being involved in an outlaw motorcycle club.

Three boys challenged by pressures of drugs and gangs decide to fight back.

Death and violence anger a twelve-year-old drug courier, who sets his employers against each other.

When their adoptive mother is gunned down in a store robbery, four brothers decide to investigate the murder and find the killers themselves, but not all is what it seems.

New York City police detective John Shaft (nephew of the original 1970s detective) goes on a personal mission to make sure the son of a real estate tycoon is brought to justice after a racially-motivated murder.

An undercover cop, disillusioned by the death of his wife, is implicated in the murder of an officer and must struggle to clear himself.

A young couple go on a crime spree holding up stores in hope of becoming famous while being pursued by a cop who recently rejoined the force after losing his fiancée to a violent crime.

A drug kingpin is released from prison and seeks to take total control of the criminal underworld in order to give back to the community.