List of the best Diahann Carroll movies: The Split(1968), The Sweetest Gift(1998), Show Stopper: The Theatrical Life of Garth Drabinsky(2012), Kiss and Tell: The History of Black Romance in Movie(2011), The Masked Saint(2016), The Courage to Love(2000), Carmen Jones(1954), Paris Blues(1961), Hurry Sundown(1967), Patricia Cornwell's The Front(2010), Sing Your Song(2011), The Five Heartbeats(1991) ... ...
Crime, Drama
USA
1968
91 Minutes
Jim Brown Diahann Carroll Julie Harris Ernest Borgnine Gene Hackman Jack Klugman Warren Oates James Whitmore Donald Sutherland Jackie Joseph Harry Hickox
thief sharpshooter safecracker old flame corrupt cop strong man intense intricate los angeles los angeles coliseum bank gym heist teamwork false accusations going straight one last job football quest pursuit
Thieves fall out when over a half million dollars goes missing after the daring and carefully planned robbery of the Los Angeles Coliseum during a football game, each one accusing the other of having the money.
Drama
UK
1998
90 Minutes
Helen Shaver Diahann Carroll Tisha Campbell-Martin Kristin Fairlie Dylan Provencher Marc Donato Brent Meyer William S. Taylor Maurice Dean Wint R.D. Reid Steve Pernie
In nineteenth century rural England, a German hussar serving with King George III's personal cavalry, Matthaus Singer, falls madly in love with the only daughter of a West Country solicitor, Frances Groves.
Biography, Documentary
2012
96 Minutes
Diahann Carroll Chita Rivera Sid Sheinberg Elaine Stritch Eddie Greenspan
Documentary
USA
2011
70 Minutes
Michael Beach Tisha Campbell-Martin Diahann Carroll Bernie Casey Rusty Cundieff Loretta Devine Bill Duke Roger Ebert Ralph Farquhar Berry Gordy Pam Grier
A look at Black romantic films by over 70 actors, directors, and producers and how those films have impacted the culture.
Comedy, Drama
Canada
2016
111 Minutes
Ms. Edna
Brett Granstaff Lara Jean Chorostecki Diahann Carroll Patrick McKenna Roddy Piper Mykel Shannon Jenkins T.J. McGibbon James Preston Rogers Jen Pogue Dwain Murphy Danielle Benton
A pastor and professional wrestler accepts a position at a struggling church where he helps the community both in his official capacity and as his alter ego The Saint.
Drama
2000
96 Minutes
Pouponne
In 19th-century New Orleans, a woman (Vanessa Williams) battles racism and must decide between working for the church or being with the man she loves.
Musical
USA
1954
105 Minutes
Myrt
Dorothy Dandridge Harry Belafonte Pearl Bailey Olga James Diahann Carroll Roy E. Glenn Sr. Nick Stewart Joe Adams Brock Peters Sandy Lewis Mauri Lynn
sexy woman soldier fugitive love interest sergeant emotional sultry suspenseful louisiana nightclub chicago army camp jealousy seduction love triangle war murder obsession forbidden love rivalry
Contemporary version of the Bizet opera, with new lyrics and an African-American cast.
Romance
USA
1961
98 Minutes
Connie Lampson
Paul Newman Joanne Woodward Sidney Poitier Louis Armstrong Diahann Carroll Serge Reggiani Barbara Laage Andre Luguet Marie Versini Aaron Bridgers
jazz musician tourist expatriate love interest friend emotional intricate solemn paris nightclub eiffel tower racism performance relocation integrity jazz romantic dilemma sacrifice discovery 1960s
During the 1960s, two American expatriate jazz musicians living in Paris meet and fall in love with two American tourist girls.
Drama
USA
1967
146 Minutes
Vivian Thurlow
Michael Caine Jane Fonda Robert Hooks John Phillip Law Diahann Carroll Faye Dunaway Burgess Meredith Robert Reed George Kennedy Frank Converse Loring Smith
farmer racist klansman teacher profound gutsy emotional gritty georgia united states farm small town farming sharecropping partnership race relations extortion quest rivalry underdog
Following World War II, a northern cannery negotiates for the purchase of a large tract of uncultivated Georgia farmland. The major portion of the land 's owned by Julie Warren and has ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
2010
90 Minutes
Nana
Andie MacDowell Daniel Sunjata Ashley Williams Annabeth Gish Diahann Carroll Joe Grifasi Dane DeHaan
A district attorney (Andie MacDowell) and an investigator (Daniel Sunjata) reopen the case of a brutal, 40-year-old murder.
Documentary, Biography, Music
USA
2011
103 Minutes
Harry Belafonte Sidney Poitier Marge Champion Julian Bond George Schlatter Diahann Carroll
Most people know the lasting legacy of Harry Belafonte, the entertainer. This film unearths his significant contribution to and his leadership in the civil rights movement in America and to social justice globally.
Drama, Music
USA
1991
122 Minutes
Eleanor Potter
Robert Townsend Michael Wright Leon Harry Lennix Tico Wells Chuck Patterson Diahann Carroll Hawthorne James Harold Nicholas
singer manager record producer groupie friend gritty moving rousing detroit recording studio record store concert stage backstage ghetto rags to riches music industry african-americans racism performance jealousy
The story of the rise and fall of an African American vocal group.
Musical, Drama, Romance
USA
1959
138 Minutes
Clara
Sidney Poitier Rouben Mamoulian Dorothy Dandridge Sammy Davis Jr. Pearl Bailey Brock Peters Leslie Scott Diahann Carroll Ruth Attaway Clarence Muse Everdinne Wilson
poor person drug addict african-american disabled person drug dealer beautiful woman emotional melodramatic sultry charleston, s.c. shantytown catfish row love triangle poverty drug addiction romantic dilemma hard times difficult decision underdog love
A woman whose past is scorned by nearly everyone around her meets a man who'd love her regardlessly- if only everyone else would allow them to.
Romance
USA
2013
95 Minutes
Nana Peeples
Craig Robinson Kerry Washington David Alan Grier S. Epatha Merkerson Tyler James Williams Melvin Van Peebles Diahann Carroll Malcolm Barrett Kali Hawk Ana Gasteyer Kimrie Lewis
psychologist girlfriend mother father family member amusing outlandish family estate marriage proposal family gathering family dysfunction psychoanalysis love discovery 2010s
Sparks fly when Wade Walker crashes the Peeples annual reunion in the Hamptons to ask for their precious daughter Grace's hand in marriage.
Romance
France|USA
1961
120 Minutes
Night Club Singer
Ingrid Bergman Yves Montand Anthony Perkins Jessie Royce Landis Jackie Lane Pierre Dux Jean Clarke David Horne Lee Patrick Diahann Carroll
businessperson boyfriend mother friend cool confident paris apartment office may-december romance love triangle infidelity aging forbidden love 1960s
A successful business woman, dissatisfied with her current, philandering lover, starts an affair with a much younger man.