The Wood
This well received coming of age story of three friends from Englewood (played by Omar Epps, Richard T. Jones, and Taye Diggs) could use a follow up to see where Epps character and Sanaa Lathan’s wound up.
School Daze
Spike Lee’s colorful riff on life at HBCUs ended on an ominous note: Wake up! But what happened to the film’s characters as they entered middle age? We’d love to find out.
Set It Off
At the end of this heist picture Jada Pinkett Smith’s character escapes to an unidentified island with her last score. Audiences would love to see if she and her man (Blair Underwood) would be reunited there.
New Jack City
In this crime classic, unorthodox cops (played by Ice-T and Judd Nelson) were able to bring down the unforgettable Nino Brown (Wesley Snipes). But that only means another kingpin could rise up and take his place at Tha Carter.
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
At the end of the original film, Taye Diggs and Angela Bassett’s characters put there 20-year age difference aside and tried to make things work. Audiences would love to see how they’re faring now.
Coming to America
One of Eddie Murphy’s most popular and enduring comedies ends on a high note. Prince Akeem (Murphy) finally finds his bride. Now we should see them living it up in the fictional Zamunda.
The Color Purple
As beautiful as Celie’s (Goldberg) reunion with her children is at the end of this film, we would love to see the new generation of her brood mature in the ensuing decades.
The Bodyguard
A sequel to this film could see Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston rekindling their unlikely romance with another stellar soundtrack to boot.
The Best Man
What if Taye Diggs’ character wrote a second book opening up another can of worms with hilarious group of friends. A chance for Terrence Howard comeback!
Cooley High
For black audiences in the 70s, this was their American Graffiti. The coming-of-age tale could use a modern update.
Belly
Hype Williams’ first feature film is a hip-hop classic. In the end, Nas’s character (a gangster trying to go straight) plans to start a new life in Africa — but could he escape his demons?
Boyz n the Hood
At the end of John Singleton’s acclaimed film, we learn that Trey (Cuba Gooding Jr) has left his crime-riddled hood for an HBCU. But what happens when he returns home? And whatever happened to Furious Styles?
Harlem Nights
One of Eddie Murphy’s most underrated flicks — his one and only directing gig — features three generations of black comedy legends (Murphy, Richard Pryor and Redd Foxx). Now that Pryor and Foxx have passed on, how about a new version with Murphy, Chris Rock and Dave Chappelle?
Love Jones
Nia Long and Larenz Tate finally get together against the odds in the original film. So the sequel could show the couple’s romance evolve and be consummated.
Juice
At the end of the original film Omar Epps’s character has “the juice” as in the street cred to be taken seriously but will he stay on the straight and narrow with his DJing or go crazy like his friend Bishop (Tupac Shakur).
Inspired by the ‘Waiting to Exhale’ reboot, here are some other classics we’d like to see revisited on the big screen. SPOILER ALERT: If you haven’t seen the film, skip the caption — and it to your Netflix!
