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Last Updated: September 8, 2026
Movies:
Children of Blood and Bone (Tomi Adeyemi)
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Release Date: January 15, 2027
Rating: TK
Running Time: TK
Director: Gina Prince-Bythewood
Screenwriters: Gina Prince-Bythewood & Tomi Adeyemi
Domestic Opening: TK
Domestic Gross Earnings: TK
Digital Rental/Purchase: TK
On the Come Up (Angie Thomas)
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Release Date: September 23, 2022
Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 1 hour 56 minutes
Director: Sanaa Lathan
Screenwriter: Kay Oyegun
Domestic Opening: $236,153 (Debut was Limited Release & Paramount+)
Domestic Gross Earnings: $150,697
Purchase Physical DVD: Amazon, Target, Walmart
Digital Rental/Purchase: Amazon, Fandango At Home, Google Play, Plex, YouTube
The Sun is Also A Star (Nicola Yoon)
Studio: Warner Bros.
Release Date: May 17, 2019
Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 1 hour 40 minutes
Director: Stella Meghie
Screenwriter: J. Mills Goodloe
Domestic Opening: $2,511,530
Domestic Gross Earnings: $4,950,029
Worldwide Earnings: $6,750,029
Purchase Physical DVD: Amazon, Target, Walmart
Digital Rental/Purchase: Amazon, Fandango At Home, Google Play, YouTube
The Hate U Give (Angie Thomas)
Studio: 20th Century Studios
Release Date: October 5, 2018
Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 2 hours 13 minutes
Director: George Tillman Jr.
Screenwriter: Audrey Wells
Domestic Opening: $512,035
Domestic Gross Earnings: $29,719,483
Worldwide Earnings: $34,934,009
Purchase Physical 4K/Blu-ray/DVD: Amazon, Best Buy, Target, Walmart
Streaming: Hulu
Digital Rental/Purchase: Amazon (STARZ), Fandango At Home, Google Play
Monster (Walter Dean Myers)
Studio: Entertainment Studios
Netflix Release Date: May 7, 2021
Limited Release Date: January 22, 2018
Rating: R
Running Time: 1 hour 38 minutes
Director: Anthony Mandler
Screenwriters: Janece Shaffer & Colen C. Wiley
Streaming: Netflix
Everything, Everything (Nicola Yoon)
Studio: Warner Bros.
Release Date: May 19, 2017
Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 1 hour 36 minutes
Director: Stella Meghie
Screenwriter: J. Mills Goodloe
Domestic Opening: $11,727,390
Domestic Gross Earnings: $34,121,140
Worldwide Earnings: $61,621,140
Purchase Physical Blu-ray/DVD: Amazon, Walmart
Streaming: Amazon Prime
Digital Rental/Purchase: Amazon, Fandango At Home, Google Play, YouTube
Note: Blackbird by Larry Duplechan is widely considered to be an adult novel, however it also has YA crossover appeal, so it is included in this list.
Blackbird (Larry Duplechan)
Studio: RLJE Films
Release Date: February 16, 2014
Rating: R
Running Time: 1 hour 39 minutes
Director: Patrik-Ian Polk
Screenwriters: Rikki Beadle Blair, Patrik-Ian Polk
Domestic Gross Earnings: $78,400
Purchase Physical Blu-ray/DVD: Amazon, Target, Walmart
Streaming: All Blk, Amazon Prime, Fawesome, Hoopla, Xumo Play (With Ads)
Digital Rental/Purchase: Amazon, Fandango At Home, Google Play
Note: Push by Sapphire is widely considered to be an adult novel, however it also has YA crossover appeal, so it is included in this list.
Precious (Based on Push by Sapphire)
Studio: Lionsgate Entertainment
Release Date: November 6, 2009
Rating: R
Running Time: 1 hour 50 minutes
Director: Lee Daniels
Screenwriter: Geoffrey Fletcher
Domestic Opening: $1,872,458
Domestic Gross Earnings: $47,566,524
Worldwide Earnings: $63,649,529
Purchase Physical Blu-ray/DVD: Amazon
Streaming: MovieSphere (Subscription through Amazon Prime or YouTube), Hoopla, Tubi (With Ads)
Digital Rental/Purchase: Amazon, Fandango At Home, Google Play, YouTube
The Cheetah Girls: One World (Deborah Gregory)
Network: Disney Channel
Release Date: August 12, 2008
Rating: TV-G
Running Time: 1 hour 26 minutes
Director: Paul Hoen
Screenwriters: Dan Berendsen, Nisha Ganatra, Jen Small
Purchase Physical DVD: Amazon, Walmart
Streaming: Disney+
Digital Rental/Purchase: Amazon, Fandango At Home
The Cheetah Girls 2 (Deborah Gregory)
Network: Disney Channel
Release Date: August 25, 2006
Rating: TV-G
Running Time: 1 hour 39 minutes
Director: Kenny Ortega
Screenwriters: Bethesda Brown, Alison Taylor
Purchase Physical DVD: Amazon, Walmart
Streaming: Disney+
Digital Rental/Purchase: Amazon, Fandango At Home
The Cheetah Girls (Deborah Gregory)
Network: Disney Channel
Release Date: August 15, 2003
Rating: TV-G
Running Time: 1 hour 35 minutes
Director: Oz Scott
Screenwriter: Alison Taylor
Purchase Physical DVD: Amazon, Best Buy, Walmart
Streaming: Disney+
Digital Rental/Purchase: Amazon, Fandango At Home
Television:
Naomi (Based on the comics by David F. Walker, Brian Michael Bendis, Jamal Campbell)
Network: The CW
Genre: Drama
Series Run: 1 Season, 13 Episodes
Series Premiere: January 11, 2022
Purchase Physical Blu-ray/DVD: Amazon, Target, Walmart
Streaming: Hulu, HBO Max (Subscription via Amazon Prime)
Digital Purchase: Fandango At Home
Tiny Pretty Things (Dhonielle Clayton & Sona Charaipotra)
Network: Netflix
Genre: Drama
Series Run: 1 Season, 10 Episodes
Series Premiere: December 14, 2020
Streaming: Netflix
Noughts & Crosses (Malorie Blackman)
Network: BBC One
Genre: Drama
Series Run: 1 Season, 6 Episodes
Series Premiere: March 5, 2020
Miracle’s Boys (Jacqueline Woodson)
Network: Noggin
Genre: Drama
Mini Series Run: 6 Episodes
Series Premiere: February 18, 2005
Purchase Physical DVD: Amazon
Static Shock (Based on the comics by Dwayne McDuffie, Denys Cowan, Michael Davis, Derek T. Dingle, & Christopher Priest)
Network: The WB
Genre: Drama
Mini Series Run: 4 Seasons, 52 Episodes
Series Premiere: September 20, 2000
Purchase Physical DVD: Amazon (Complete Series, Season 1, Season 2, Season 3, Season 4), Target – Season 1, Season 2, Season 3, Season 4, Walmart – Season 1, Season 2, Season 3, Season 4
Digital Purchase: Amazon Prime, Fandango At Home, Google Play, Philo (Partial Seasons) YouTube