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 lightskinned black characters to be portrayed by white actors TITLE 200 Cigarettes 24 Hours in London 25th Hour 28 Days Later 3-Way Action Jackson Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls A Divas Christmas Carol After the Sunset Alfie All Night Long Alexander American Flyers Americas Dream Angel Heart 2004 2004 1961 2004 1985 1996 1987 Naomie Harris Nia Long Marti Stevens Rosario Dawson Rae Dawn Chong Tina Lifford Lisa Bonet Woody Harrelson Jude Law Paul Harris Colin Farrell Kevin Costner Tate Donovan Mickey Rourke 2000 Vanessa Williams Brian McNamara YEAR 1999 2000 2002 2002 2004 1988 1995 WOMAN Nicole Ari Parker Anjela Lauren Smith Rosario Dawson Naomie Harris Joy Bryant Vanity Sophie Okonedo MAN Ben Affleck Gary Olsen Edward Norton Cillian Murphy Dominic Purcell Craig T. Nelson Jim Carrey

Annie Antibody A Perfect Fit Ash Wednesday Ashanti August Austin Powers in Goldmember Bachelor, the Bamboozled Band of Angels Barbershop Besieged Better Dayz Big Bird Cage, the Big Hit, the Birth of a Nation, the Black Rose of Harlem Blade

1999 2002 2005 2002 1979 2008 2002

Audra McDonald Robin Givens Leila Arcieri Rosario Dawson Beverly Johnson Naomie Harris Beyonce Knowles

Victor Garber Lance Henriksen Adrian Grenier Elijah Wood Michael Caine Josh Hartnett Mike Meyers

1999 2000 1957 2002 1998 2002 1972 1998 1915

Mariah Carey na Yvonne De Carlo ? Thandie Newton Shantell Cargle Pam Grier Lela Rochon Mary Alden

Chris ODonnell Michael Rapaport Clark Gable Troy Garrity David Thewlis Thomas Odell Sid Haig Mark Wahlberg Ralph Lewis

1996

Cynda Williams

Nick Cassavetes

1998

Sanaa Lathan

Stephen Dorff

Bleeding Hearts Blood and Concrete Bodyguard, the Boiler Room Borat Boy Meets Girl Break, the Breaking In Breaks, the Brewsters Millions Bride, the Bringing Down the House Bronx Tale, a Bulworth Busted Up Captive Heart: The James Mink Story Carbon Copy Carrie Catch That Kid

1994 1991 1992 2000 2006 1993 1995 1989 1999 1985 1985 2003

Karen Kirkland Jennifer Beals Whitney Houston Nia Long Luenell (Campbell) Jasmine Guy Rae Dawn Chong Lorraine Toussaint Paula Jai Parker Lonette McKee Jennifer Beals Queen Latifah

Mark Evan Jacobs Billy Zane Kevin Costner Giovanni Ribisi Sacha Baron Cohen Reed Diamond Vincent Van Patten Burt Reynolds Mitch Mullany Stephen Collins Sting Eugene Levy

1993 1998 1986 1996

Taral Hicks Halle Berry Irene Cara Rachael Crawford

Lillo Brancato Warren Beatty Paul Coufos Peter Outerbridge

1981 2002 2004

na Kandyse McClure Jennifer Beals

George Segal Tobias Mehler Sam Robards

Catwoman Chaindance Cheetah Girls, the Choose Me

2004 1990 2003 1984

Halle Berry Rae Dawn Chong Raven (-Symon) Rae Dawn Chong

Benjamin Bratt Michael Ironside Kyle Schmid Patrick Bauchau/Keith Carradine

Chronicles of Riddick, the Cinderella

2004

Thandie Newton

Karl Urban

1997

Whoopi Goldberg/Brandy

Victor Garber/Paolo Montalban Tom Hanks David Caruso

Cloud Atlas Cold Around the Heart Colombiana Color-Blinded Commando Condition Red Constellation Cora, Unashamed Corrina, Corrina

2012 1997

Halle Berry Stacey Dash

2011 1998 1985 1995 2005 2000 1994

Zo Saldaa Luella Hill Rae Dawn Chong Cynda Williams Gabrielle Union Regina Taylor Whoopi Goldberg

Michael Vartan Luke Vitale Arnold Schwarzenegger James Russo Daniel Bess/David Clennon Kohl Sudduth Ray Liotta

Courage to Love, the Covenant, the

2000 2006

Vanessa (L.) Williams Jessica Lucas

Gil Bellows Taylor Kitsch

Curiosity Kills Dance With Me Daddy Day Care Dangerous Evidence: The Lori Jackson Story Dark Blue Dead Connection Dead On Sight Death at a Funeral Death of a Gunfighter Demon Knight Die Another Day Dinosaur Hunter, the Diva

1990 1998 2003 1999

Rae Dawn Chong Vanessa L. Williams Leila Arcieri Lynn Whitfield

C. Thomas Howell Chayanne Steve Zahn Richard Lineback

2002 1994 1994 2007 1969

Michael Michele Lisa Bonet Jennifer Beals Regina Hall Lena Horne

Scott Speedman Michael Madsen Daniel Baldwin James Marsden Richard Widmark

1995 2002 2000

Jada Pinkett (Smith) Halle Berry Enuka Okuma

Billy Zane Pierce Brosnan Christopher Plummer

1981

Wilhelmenia Fernandez

Frdrick Andri

Doctors Wives Drum Eiger Sanction, the Engagement: My

1971 1976 1975 2006

Diana Sands Pam(ela) Grier Vonetta McGee Tenique Mathieu

Richard Crenna Warren Oates Clint Eastwood Andy Gershenzon

Phamily BBQ 2, the Eraser Executive Decision Exiled Fall Into Darkness Fantastic Four Fast Girls Fatal Beauty Feast of All Saints 1996 1996 1998 1996 2005 2012 1987 2001 Vanessa L. Williams Halle Berry Nicole Ari Parker Tatyana Ali Kerry Washington Lenora Crichlow Whoopi Goldberg Bianca Lawson/Gloria Reuben Final Breakdown First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest, the Flashdance Flintstones Flirting Foreign Student For One Night Forsaken, the Framed 1983 1994 1991 1994 2006 2001 2002 Jennifer Beals Halle Berry Thandie Newton Robin Givens Aisha Tyler Phina Oruche Kandyse McClure Michael Nouri Kyle MacLachlan Noah Taylor Marco Hofschneider Jason Lewis Johnathon Schaech Sam Neill/Rob Lowe 2002 2002 Regina King Rosario Dawson Craig Sheffer Adam Garcia Arnold Schwarzenegger Kurt Russell Chris Noth Jonathan Brandis Michael Chiklis Bradley James Sam Elliot Alec McClure/Peter Gallagher

Frankenfish Frogs From the Rough Futuresport Fuzz Gang in Blue Gang Related Georgia, Georgia Get Over It Getting Straight Girlfight

2004 1972 2012 1998 1972 1996 1997 1972 2001 1970 2000

K.D. Aubert Judy Pace Letoya Luckett Vanessa L. Williams Tamara Dobson Cynda Williams Lela Rochon Diana Sands Zo Saldaa Brenda Sykes Shannon Walker Williams

Matthew Rauch Nicholas Cortland Tom Felton Dean Cain Yul Brynner Josh Brolin James Belushi Dirk Benedict Shane West Elliott Gould Santiago Douglas

Glitter Good Shepherd, the Gospel Hill Gramblings White Tiger Great Moments in Aviation Gridlockd Guess Who

2001 2006 2008 1981

Mariah Carey Liya Kebede Nia Long Deborah Pratt

Max Beesley Eddie Redmayne Adam Baldwin Bruce Jenner

1993

Rakie Ayola

Jonathan Pryce

1997 2005

Thandie Newton Zo Saldaa

Tim Roth Ashton Kutcher

Hamlet Hard Corps, the Harlem Nights Haunted Mansion Haven High Crimes High Fidelity Homesteader, the Honky Hotel Rwanda House Divided, a House of the Dead How Stella Got Her Groove Back How to Make an American Quilt How U Like Me Now Ice Spiders Idle Hands Idiocracy I Passed For White

2000 2006 1989 2003 2004 2002 2000 1919 1971 2004 2000 2003 1998

Lisa Gay Hamilton Vivica A. Fox Jasmine Guy Marsha Thomason Zo Saldaa Paula Jai Parker Lisa Bonet Iris Hall Brenda Sykes ? Lisa Gay Hamilton Enuka Okuma Suzzanne Douglass

Campbell Scott Jean-Claude Van Damme Michael Lerner Nathaniel Parker Orlando Bloom Michael Shannon John Cusack William George John Neilson Joaquin Phoenix Sam Waterson Tyron Leitso Philip Casnoff

1995

Maria Celedonio

Jared Leto

1993 2007 1999 2006 1960

Salli Richardson Vanessa Williams Vivica A. Fox Maya Rudolph Sonya Wilde

Scott Goodrich Patrick Muldoon Jack Noseworthy Luke Wilson James Franciscus

If You Could See What I Hear Illegal in Blue Indiscreet Introducing Dorothy Dandridge Island in the Sun Jackie Brown Jefferson in Paris Joey Breaker John Tucker Must Die Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling Josephine Baker Story, the Journey of August King, the Joyful Noise Jumpin Jack Flash Jungle Fever Killing of a Chinese Bookie, the

1982

Shari Belafonte(Harper)

Marc Singer

1995 1989 1999

Stacey Dash Gloria Reuben Halle Berry

Dan Gauthier Luke Perry Klaus Maria Brandauer/Brent Spiner

1957 1997 1995 1993 2006

Dorothy Dandridge Pam Grier Thandie Newton Cedella Marley Ashanti

John Justin Robert Forster Nick Nolte Richard Edson Jesse Metcalfe

1986

Paula Kelly

Michael Ironside

1991

Lynn Whitfield

Rubn Blades/David Dukes

1995

Thandie Newton

Jason Patric

2012 1986 1991 1976

Keke Palmer Whoopi Goldberg Tyra Ferrell Azizi Johari

Jeremy Jordan Jonathan Pryce John Turturro Ben Gazzara

King of Comedy King of New York Kings Go Forth Kings of Brooklyn, the Knights and Emeralds Lake House, the

1983 1990 1958 2002

Diahnne Abbott Theresa Randle Natalie Wood Lauren B. Martin

Robert DeNiro Christopher Walken Frank Sinatra William McNamara

1986

Beverly Hills

Christopher Wild

2006

Cynthia Kaye McWilliams

Ebon Moss-Bachrach

Lakeview Terrace Landlord, the

2008 1970

Kerry Washington Diane Sands/Marki Bey

Patrick Wilson Beau Bridges

Last Don, the Last King of Scotland, the Last Place On Earth, the Lathe of Heaven, the Lathe of Heaven, the Leading Man, the Learning Tree, the Legal Deceit

1997 2006

Lark Voorhies Kerry Washington

Jason Gedrick James McAvoy

2002

Tisha Campbell

Dana Ashbrook

1980 2002 1996 1969 1997

Margaret Avery Lisa Bonet Thandie Newton Mira Waters Lela Rochon

Bruce Davison Lukas Haas Jon Bon Jovi Zooey Hall Jeffrey Dean Morgan

Lethal Weapon Liberation of L.B. Jones, the Liberty Heights Life Size Live and Let Die Lone Star Long Run, the Lost World, the: Jurrasic Park Love Actually Love Song Loves Labours Lost Macbeth in Manhattan Mad Room, the Made in America Mahogany

1987 1970

Traci Wolfe Lola Falana

na Anthony Zerbe

1999 2000 1973 1996 2000 1997

Rebekah Johnson Tyra Banks Gloria Hendry LaTanya Richardson Nthati Moshesh na

Ben Foster Jere Burns Roger Moore Stephen J. Lang Armin Mueller-Stahl Jeff Goldblum

2003 2000 2000 1999

Olivia Olson Monica (Arnold) Carmen Ejogo Gloria Reuben

Thomas Sangster Christian Kane Matthew Lillard David Lansbury/Nick Gregory

1969 1993 1975

Carol Cole Whoopi Goldberg Diana Ross

Michael Cole Ted Danson Anthony Perkins/Jean-Pierre Aumont

Malibus Most Wanted Mandingo

2003

Regina Hall

Jamie Kennedy

1975

Brenda Sykes

Perry King

Maniac Magee Marple: Ordeal by Innocence Mephisto Mercy Mtisse Miami Rhapsody Milk and Honey Mirrors Miss Dial Miss Firecracker Mission: Impossible II (MI2) Mistress Mixing Nia Moment of Danger Mona Lisa Monsters Ball Moonraker Mr. & Mrs. Loving Mumford

2000 2007

Kyla Pratt Gugu Mbatha-Raw

Michael Angarano Bryan Dick

1981 1996 1993 1995 1988 2008 2013 1989 2002

Karin Boyd Amber Kain Julie Maudeuch Naomi Campbell Josette Simon Paula Patton Robinne Lee Alfre Woodard Thandie Newton

Klaus Maria Brandauer Sam Rockwell Mathieu Kassovitz Kevin Pollack Lyman Ward Kiefer Sutherland Sam Jaeger Tim Robbins Tom Cruise

1992 1998 1960 1986 2001 1979 1996 1999

Sheryl Lee Ralph Karyn Parsons Dorothy Dandridge Cathy Tyson Halle Berry Emily Bolton Lela Rochon Alfre Woodard

Robert DeNiro/Danny Aiello Eric Thal Trevor Howard Bob Hoskins Billy Bob Thornton Roger Moore Timothy Hutton Jason Lee

My Last Day Without You Mystery Men Napoleon Dynamite National Security Neo Ned Never Die Alone Never Too Young to Die New Centurions, the New Eden Next Time Night of the Quarter Moon Noahs Ark Nothing Lasts Forever Nowhere Odyssey, the Omega Man, the Once Fallen On Thin Ice: The Tai

2011

Nicole Beharie

Ken Duken

1999 2004 2003 2004 2004 1986

Jennifer Lewis Shondrella Avery Robinne Lee Gabrielle Union Aisha Tyler Vanity

William H. Macy Aaron Ruell Steve Zahn Jeremy Renner David Arquette John Stamos

21972 1994 1998 1959

Rosalind Cash Lisa Bonet Jonelle Allen Julie London

Stacy Keach Stephen Baldwin Christian Campbell John Barrymore

1999 1995

Sydney Tamiia Poitier Vanessa L. Williams

Alexis Denisof Chris Noth

1997 1997 1971 2010 1990

Rachel True Vanessa L. Williams Rosalind Cash Taraji P. Henson Rachael Crawford

James Duval Armand Assante Charlton Heston Brian Presley Charles Stratton

Babilonia Story One False Move Out of Africa Out-of-Sync Out of the Furnace Out of Time Palookaville Parenthood Pariah Penthouse, the Perfect Stranger Pilgrim Pink Panther, the Pinky Pirates of the Caribbean: at Worlds End Prt--Porter 1994 Georgianna Robertson/Tara Leon Pride and Glory Prisoner of Love 2008 1999 Carmen Ejogo Naomi Campbell Edward Norton Eric Thal Rupert Everett 1991 1985 1995 2013 2003 1995 1989 1998 1989 2007 1999 2005 1949 2007 Cynda Williams Iman Victoria Dillard Zo Saldaa Sanaa Lathan Lisa Gay Hamilton na Elexa Williams Robin Givens Halle Berry Gloria Reuben Beyonc Knowles Jeanne Crain Naomie Harris Bill Paxton/Billy Bob Thornton ? Ramy Zada Christian Bale Dean Cain Adam Trese Tom Hulce Damon Jones David Hewlett Bruce Willis Ray Liotta Steve Martin William Lundigan Bill Nighy

Pulp Fiction Q&A

1994 1990

Venessia Valentino Jenny Lumet

Quentin Tarantino Timothy Hutton/Armand Assante

Queen

1993

Jasmine Guy/Halle Berry

Tim Daly/Victor Garber

Queen of the Damned Quest for Fire Rags Real World Movie: The Lost Season, the Restaurant

2002

Aaliyah

Stuart Townsend

1981 2012 2002

Rae Dawn Chong Keke Palmer Shani Pride

Everett McGill Max Schneider John Henry Reardon

1998

Lauryn Hill/Elise Neal

Adrian Brody/Simon Baker (Denny)

Rich Mans Wife Road Trip Roble de Olor Robot Jox RocknRolla Rocky Road Romuald et Juliette Rooftops

1990 2000 2002 1990 2008 2001 1989 1989

Halle Berry Mia Amber Davis Lia Chapman Anne-Marie Johnson Thandie Newton Nicole A. Smith Firmine Richard Troy Beyer/Tisha Campbell

Christopher McDonald DJ Qualls Jorge Perugorra Gary Graham Gerard Butler Will Wallace Daniel Auteuil Jason Gedrick

Roots: Next Generations, the Rosewood Ruby Jean and Joe Rubys Bucket of Blood Run Fatboy Run Sally Hemings: An American Scandal Saratoga Trunk Score, the Secret Laughter of Women, the Senseless Serenity Serpent and the Rainbow, the Sexual Life Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band Shade Shadowboxer

1979

Fay Hauser

Richard Thomas

1997 1996 2001

Akosua Busia Rebekah Johnson Angela Bassett

Jon Voight Tom Selleck Kevin Anderson

2007 2000

Thandie Newton Carmen Ejogo

Simon Pegg Sam Neill

1945 2001 1999

Ingrid Bergman Angela Bassett Nia Long

Gary Cooper Robert DeNiro Colin Firth

1998 2005 1988

Kenya Moore/? Gina Torres Cathy Tyson

Matthew Lillard/Rip Torn Alan Tudyk Bill Pullman

2005 1978

Kerry Washington Stargard

Eion Bailey The Bee Gees

2003 2005

Thandie Newton MoNique

Stuart Townsend Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Shadows Shame Show Boat Show Boat Silverado Sin City Sioux City Sister Act Skyfall Slaves Snow Dogs Soldiers of Change Solomon Solomon Northrups Odyssey Something New Soul Man Soylent Green Spawn Speed Racer Squeeze, the

1959 2011 1936 1951 1985 2005 1994 1992 2012 1969 2002 2001 1997 1984

Lelia Goldoni Nicole Beharie Helen Morgan Ava Gardner Lynn Whitfield Rosario Dawson Salli Richardson Whoopi Goldberg Naomie Harris Dionne Warwick na Stacey Dash Vivica (A.) Fox Rhetta Greene

Anthony Ray Michael Fassbender Donald Cook Robert Sterling Jeff Goldblum Clive Owen Lou Diamond Phillips Harvey Keitel Daniel Craig Stephen Boyd James Coburn Heath Freeman Ben Cross John Saxon

2006 1986 1973 1997 2008 1987

Sanaa Lathan Rae Dawn Chong Paula Kelly Theresa Randle Nayo Wallace Rae Dawn Chong

Simon Baker C. Thomas Howell Chuck Conners D.B. Sweeney Matthew Fox Michael Keaton

Star Trek Star Trek Into Darkness Step Up Stompin at the Savoy Strange Days Substitute 2: Schools Out, The Supernova Swordfish Taking the Heat Talking About Sex Tales From the Darkside Tamango Taxi Driver Tempo di uccidere Tennessee Nights Terminal, the That Thing You Do! Things We Lost in

2009 2013

Zo Saldaa Zo Saldaa

Zachary Quinto Zachary Quinto

2006 1992

Drew Sidora Vanessa Bell Calloway

Josh Henderson John DAquino

1995 1998

Angela Bassett Michael Michele

Ralph Fiennes Treat Williams

2000 2001 1993 1994 1990

Angela Bassett Halle Berry Lynn Whitfield Kim Wayans Rae Dawn Chong

James Spader John Travolta/Hugh Jackman Tony Goldwyn Daniel Beer James Remar

1957 1976 1990 1989 2004 1996 2007

Dorothy Dandridge Diahnne Abbott Patrice-Flora Praxo Stacey Dash Zo Saldaa ? Halle Berry

Curd Jrgens Robert De Niro Nicolas Cage Julian Sands Diego Luna Ethan Embry David Duchovny

the Fire Think Like a Man Three in the Attic Through the Glass Time Machine Time Runner Today You Die Tom & Thomas Trade Winds Trauma Truth About Charlie, the Tube Tales Twist of Faith Under the Gun Un dimanche Kigali Under Suspicion Vampira Vampires Kiss 1992 1974 1989 Alphonsia Emmanuel Teresa Graves Kasi Lemmons/Jennifer Beals Michael Almaz David Niven Nicholas Cage 1999 2013 1988 2006 Carmen Ejogo Toni Braxton Vanessa L. Williams Fatou NDiaye Hans Matheson David Julian Hirsh Sam J. Jones Luc Picard 2012 1968 2008 2002 1993 2005 2002 1993 2004 2002 Gabrielle Union Judy Pace Stephanie Okereke Samantha Mumba Rae Dawn Chong Mari Morrow Inday Ba Michael Michele Naomie Harris Thandie Newton Jerry Ferrara Christopher Jones Garrett McKechnie Guy Pearce Mark Hamill Steven Seagal Sean Bean Michael McLafferty Colin Firth Mark Wahlberg

View to a Kill, a

1985

Grace Jones

Christopher Walken/Roger Moore

Wake in Providence, a Walking Dead, the Waterproof Wedding, the Wedding Dress, the Welcome to Collinwood When the Partys Over Where the Truth Lies White Teeth Wilder Wild Sargasso Sea Wing Commander Within Our Gates Wonderful World Words, The Young Americans

1999

Victoria Rowell

Vincent Pagano

1995 1999 1998 2001 2002

Lisa Walker April Grace Halle Berry Kathryne Dora Brown Gabrielle Union

Roger Floyd Gil Johnson Eric Thal Neil Patrick Harris Andrew Davoli

1992

Rae Dawn Chong

Brian McNamara

1999

Regina King

Linden Ashby

2002 2003 1993 1999 1920 2007 2012 1993

Naomie Harris Pam Grier Karina Lombard Ginny Holder Evelyn Preer Sophie Okonedo Zo Saldaa Thandie Newton

Philip Davis Rutger Hauer Nathaniel Parker Matthew Lillard Charles D. Lucas Matthew Broderick Bradley Cooper Craig Kelly

Zebrahead

1992

Nbushe Wright

Michael Rapaport