AMC Theatres offers $5 tickets to fan favorites films to celebrate Black History Month. Here's the movies

AMC Theatres is celebrating Black History Month now through the end of February with $5 showings of recent movies that showcase "Black Excellence in Film."

The month will highlight four different movies that celebrate Black culture and feature Black filmmakers, writers and actors. The promotion is available at 175 AMC locations across the U.S., including 19 Florida theaters.

"Black filmmakers and actors have given the world some of the most inspiring and captivating cinematic experiences, and that tradition has continued over the past few years with some amazing films that span multiple genres," AMC said in a statement.

"Through the Black History Month $5 Fan Faves program, AMC Theatres is honoring those ongoing contributions by giving moviegoers the opportunity to revisit a curated selection of recent beloved films starring or created by exceptional Black film producers and actors, including Denzel Washington, Oprah Winfrey, Shameik Moore and Daveed Diggs."

Curious what movies are included in the line-up and if your local AMC is participating? Here's what to know.

What is AMC's Black History Month $5 film schedule?

• Feb. 2 through 8: “The Equalizer 3” - directed by Antoine Fuqua, "Equalizer 3” is a vigilante thriller starring Denzel Washington as Robert McCall, a retired U.S. Marine and DIA officer who sets out to take on mafia-style crime group Camorra to protect his new friends in a small South Italy town.

• Feb. 9 through 15: “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” - This 2023 animated telling of the Spider-Man story follows Miles Morales (voiced by Shameik Alti Moore), a teen living in Brooklyn, NY, as he comes into his superpowers and is transported into the multiverse to work alongside other Spider-People protecting the world. It was directed by Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers and Justin K. Thompson.

• Feb. 16 through 22: “The Color Purple” (2023) - The latest movie remake of Alice Walker's influential novel based on the Broadway musical was directed by Blitz Bazawule and stars Fantasia Barrino, Taraji P. Henson and Danielle Brooks. Using musical numbers from the stage production, this adaptation tells the story of the protagonist Celie (Fantasia Barrino), a Black teen girl living in the deep American South during the early 19th century. It chronicles the hardships Celie is faced with and finds the strength to overcome over the following decades of her life.

• Feb. 23 through 29: "Soul" - This Pixar animated movie follows the story of a New York jazz pianist who suddenly finds himself trapped in a world between Earth and the afterlife after finally landing the big-break gig he's been waiting for. Directed by Pete Docter and Kemp Powers, the film starred Jamie Foxx as the main character Joe.

How many AMC Theatres locations are there in Florida? Which ones are offering the $5 deal?

There are 39 AMC Theatre locations throughout Florida, out of their total 598 locations throughout the United States. These 19 Florida theaters are among the 175 theaters offering the Black History Month ticket deal:

• AMC Altamonte Mall 18

• AMC Aventura 24

• AMC Bayou 15

• AMC Bradenton 20

• AMC CLASSIC Pensacola 18

• AMC DINE-IN Disney Springs 24

• AMC Highwoods 20

• AMC Orange Park 24

• AMC Pembroke Lakes 9

• AMC Pompano Beach 18

• AMC Regency 24

• AMC Riverview 14

• AMC Sunrise 8

• AMC Sunset Place 24

• AMC Tallahassee 20

• AMC The Regency 20

• AMC Veterans 24

• AMC West Oaks 14

• AMC Woodlands Square 20

To locate an participating AMC near you, visit AMC Theatres website.

This article originally appeared on Fort Myers News-Press: AMC Theatres: $5 tickets to celebrate Black History Month