Direction: Barry Jenkins

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Barry Jenkins. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


Moonlight

2016 · Movie · 111 min. · United States

Direction Barry Jenkins

Cast Trevante Rhodes · Naomie Harris · Mahershala Ali · Ashton Sanders

Plot Moonlight tells the story of Chiron, a young man who comes of age during the War on Drugs era in Miami. Set in three different time periods as Chiron battles...

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6.8

29K votes

6.8

29K votes

The Underground Railroad (TV Miniseries)

2021 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Barry Jenkins

Cast Thuso Mbedu · Joel Edgerton · Chase W. Dillon · Aaron Pierre

Plot The story is told in the third person, focusing mainly on Cora. Scattered single chapters also focus on Cora's mother Mabel, the slavecatcher Ridgeway, a reluctant slave sympathizer named Ethel,...

6.6

1K votes

6.6

1K votes

Dear White People (TV Series)

2017 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Justin Simien · Tina Mabry · Barry Jenkins · Charlie McDowell

Cast Logan Browning · Antoinette Robertson · Brandon Bell · John Patrick Amedori

Plot At a predominantly white Ivy League college, a diverse group of students navigate various forms of racial and other types of discrimination.

6.5

1K votes

6.5

1K votes

If Beale Street Could Talk

2018 · Movie · 119 min. · United States

Direction Barry Jenkins

Cast KiKi Layne · Stephan James · Regina King · Diego Luna

Plot Based on the novel by James Baldwin, “If Beale Street Could Talk” follows Tish, a newly engaged Harlem woman who races against the clock to prove her lover’s innocence while...

6.3

4K votes

6.3

4K votes

Medicine for Melancholy

2008 · Movie · 88 min. · United States

Direction Barry Jenkins

Cast Wyatt Cenac · Tracey Heggins · Elizabeth Acker · Melissa Bisagni

Plot A love story of bikes and one-night stands told through two African-American twenty-somethings dealing with the conundrum of being a minority in a rapidly gentrifying San Francisco.

6.3

139 votes

6.3

139 votes

My Josephine (S)

2003 · Movie · 9 min. · United States

Direction Barry Jenkins

Cast Basel Hamdan · Saba Shariat · Marc Levi

Plot Aadid tells us his life in seven minutes. He's an Arabic-speaking young man working the night shift at a laundromat and dry cleaners somewhere in the United States. In the...

5.9

26 votes

5.9

26 votes

Tall Enough (S)

2009 · Movie · 7 min. · United States

Direction Barry Jenkins

Cast Crystal Cotton · Stephen Lin

Plot In this day-in-the-life piece, a young, interracial couple explore their relationship on a quiet Saturday in Brooklyn.

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The Gaze

2021 · Documentary · 52 min. · United States

Direction Barry Jenkins

Cast Mychal-Bella Bowman · Frank Oakley III

Plot In all my years of doing press, I’ve been repeatedly asked about the white gaze. Rarely have I been set upon about the Black gaze; or the gaze distilled. This...

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One Shot (S)

2009 · Movie · 7 min. · United States

Direction Barry Jenkins

Cast Griffin Anglin · Sophia Goldfarb · David Marangwanda · Lhamo Sakpo

Plot Its single hand-held shot lends both immediacy of viewpoint and a floating unreality to a young woman's visit to a Seattle convenience store, seemingly fraught with menacing purpose.

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Little Brown Boy (S)

2003 · Movie · 8 min. · United States

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Chlorophyl (S)

2011 · Movie · 17 min. · United States

Direction Barry Jenkins

Cast Ana Laura Treviño · Sasha Vaziri · Taryn Devreux

Plot The story of a young girl and her fleeting relationship with a scoundrel. From Vimeo.com: Chlorophyl (yes, with one "L" at the end) was commissioned for Borscht 7 in 2011....

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Mufasa: The Lion King

2024 · Movie · min. · United States

Direction Barry Jenkins

Plot “Mufasa” tells the origin story of Mufasa, Simba's father, exploring his childhood growing up with his brother Scar. Release: December 2024

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King's Gym (S)

2012 · Documentary · 3 min. · United States

Direction Barry Jenkins · Mike Jacobs

Plot Oakland, California's "boxing gym of champions" is showcased here, its historic walls lined with posters for matches boasting past regulars from George Foreman and Joe Frazier to Gina Guidi. Though...

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A Young Couple (S)

2009 · Documentary · 13 min. · United States

Direction Barry Jenkins

Cast Jenn · John

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