In my view, music plays just as an important role in films as a script, direction and acting. Music can move a story along in immeasurable ways. With that being said, listed below are some of my favorite film soundtracks.

1 Sweet Sweetback’s Badass Song

Earth, Wind & Fire

2 Superfly

Curtis Mayfield

3 Shaft

Isacc Hayes

4 The Mack

Willie Hutch

5 Foxy Brown

Willie Hutch

6 Claudine

Gladys Knight & The Pips

7 Coffee

Roy Ayers

8 Cooley High

Various Artists

9 Car Wash

Rose Royce

10 Sparkle

Aretha Franklin

11 Truck Turner

Isacc Hayes

12 Come Back Charleston Blue

Donny Hathaway

13 Across 110th Street

Bobby Womack

14 Krush Groove

Various Artists

15 Waiting To Exhale

Various Artists

16 Soul Food

Various Artists

17 Menace To Society

Various Artists

18 The Bodyguard

Whitney Houston

19 The Preacher’s Wife

Whitney Houston

20 The Show

Various Artists