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1. Forrest Gump (1994)
PG-13 | 142 min | Drama, Romance
The history of the United States from the 1950s to the '70s unfolds from the perspective of an Alabama man with an IQ of 75, who yearns to be reunited with his childhood sweetheart.
Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Sally Field
Votes: 2,255,985 | Gross: $330.25M
2. The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)
R | 129 min | Drama, History, Thriller
The story of 7 people on trial stemming from various charges surrounding the uprising at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois.
Director: Aaron Sorkin | Stars: Eddie Redmayne, Alex Sharp, Sacha Baron Cohen, Jeremy Strong
Votes: 193,268
3. The Hate U Give (2018)
PG-13 | 133 min | Crime, Drama
Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Now, facing pressure from all sides of the community, Starr must find her voice and stand up for what's right.
Director: George Tillman Jr. | Stars: Amandla Stenberg, Regina Hall, Russell Hornsby, Anthony Mackie
Votes: 40,118 | Gross: $29.72M
4. I'm Not There (2007)
R | 135 min | Biography, Drama, Music
Ruminations on the life of Bob Dylan, where six characters embody a different aspect of the musician's life and work.
Director: Todd Haynes | Stars: Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Heath Ledger, Ben Whishaw
Votes: 61,177 | Gross: $4.02M
5. Judas and the Black Messiah (2021)
R | 126 min | Biography, Drama, History
Offered a plea deal by the FBI, William O'Neal infiltrates the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party to gather intelligence on Chairman Fred Hampton.
Director: Shaka King | Stars: LaKeith Stanfield, Daniel Kaluuya, Jesse Plemons, Dominique Fishback
Votes: 91,439
6. The Butler (I) (2013)
PG-13 | 132 min | Biography, Drama
As Cecil Gaines serves eight presidents during his tenure as a butler at the White House, the civil rights movement, Vietnam, and other major events affect this man's life, family, and American society.
Director: Lee Daniels | Stars: Forest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey, John Cusack, Jane Fonda
Votes: 119,721 | Gross: $116.63M
7. Goodbye Uncle Tom (1971)
Unrated | 123 min | Drama
Two documentary filmmakers go back in time to the pre-Civil War American South, to film the slave trade.
Directors: Gualtiero Jacopetti, Franco Prosperi | Stars: Stefano Sibaldi, Susan Hampshire, Dick Gregory, Gualtiero Jacopetti
Votes: 1,751
8. Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971)
R | 97 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After saving a Black Panther from some racist cops, a black male prostitute goes on the run from "the man" with the help of the ghetto community and some disillusioned Hells Angels.
Director: Melvin Van Peebles | Stars: Melvin Van Peebles, Hubert Scales, John Dullaghan, Simon Chuckster
Votes: 5,862 | Gross: $15.18M
9. The Big Cigar (2024– )
Biography, Drama, Thriller | Post-production
Follows Huey P. Newton's life. He escaped to Cuba to avoid prosecution for murder with the help of Bert Schneider, the Hollywood producer behind Easy Rider, as well as a few other celebrity radicals.
Stars: Marc Menchaca, Alessandro Nivola, Glynn Turman, P.J. Byrne
10. 13th (2016)
TV-MA | 100 min | Documentary, Crime, History
An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.
Director: Ava DuVernay | Stars: Melina Abdullah, Michelle Alexander, Cory Booker, Dolores Canales
Votes: 37,668
11. Seberg (2019)
R | 102 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller
Inspired by real events in the life of French New Wave icon Jean Seberg. In the late 1960s, Hoover's FBI targeted her because of her political and romantic involvement with civil rights activist Hakim Jamal.
Director: Benedict Andrews | Stars: Kristen Stewart, Yvan Attal, Gabriel Sky, Jack O'Connell
Votes: 10,334
12. I Am Not Your Negro (2016)
PG-13 | 93 min | Documentary, History
Writer James Baldwin tells the story of race in modern America with his unfinished novel, Remember This House.
Director: Raoul Peck | Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, James Baldwin, Martin Luther King, Malcolm X
Votes: 23,496 | Gross: $7.12M
13. The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004)
R | 95 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Based on real life events, Assassination is set in 1974 and centers on a businessman who decides to take extreme measures to achieve his American dream.
Director: Niels Mueller | Stars: Sean Penn, Naomi Watts, Don Cheadle, Jack Thompson
Votes: 26,110 | Gross: $0.70M
14. Panther (I) (1995)
R | 124 min | Drama
A dramatized account of the story of The Black Panther Party of Self-Defense.
Director: Mario Van Peebles | Stars: Kadeem Hardison, Bokeem Woodbine, Joe Don Baker, Courtney B. Vance
Votes: 2,694 | Gross: $6.83M
15. Four Days in September (1997)
R | 110 min | Action, Drama, History
Brazillian urban guerrilla fighters kidnap the American Ambassador. Now, the diplomat's life hangs in the balance - helplessly caught between a government unwilling to cooperate - and his fear of the captors themselves.
Director: Bruno Barreto | Stars: Alan Arkin, Pedro Cardoso, Fernanda Torres, Luiz Fernando Guimarães
Votes: 5,363 | Gross: $0.31M
16. Night Catches Us (2010)
R | 90 min | Drama, Romance
In 1976, complex political and emotional forces are set in motion when a young man returns to the race-torn Philadelphia neighborhood where he came of age during the Black Power movement.
Director: Tanya Hamilton | Stars: Anthony Mackie, Kerry Washington, Jamara Griffin, Sadiq Afif
Votes: 1,830 | Gross: $0.08M
17. Black Panthers (1968)
Not Rated | 31 min | Documentary, Short
A short film of interviews and protests at a rally to free Huey P. Newton.
Director: Agnès Varda | Stars: Bill Brent, Huey P. Newton, Stokely Carmichael, Eldridge Cleaver
Votes: 2,684
18. The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution (2015)
Not Rated | 115 min | Documentary, History
This documentary tells the rise and fall of the Black Panther Party, one of the 20th century's most alluring and controversial organizations that captivated the world's attention for nearly 50 years.
Director: Stanley Nelson | Stars: Blair Anderson, Omar Barbour, Julian Bond, Elaine Brown
Votes: 2,144 | Gross: $0.48M
19. Steal This Movie (2000)
R | 107 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
After years of hiding, the notorious American leftist radical, Abbie Hoffman, discusses his life, his cause and the opposition he endured.
Director: Robert Greenwald | Stars: Vincent D'Onofrio, Janeane Garofalo, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Kevin Pollak
Votes: 2,408 | Gross: $0.08M
20. Burn Motherfucker, Burn! (2017)
TV-MA | 99 min | Documentary
Explores the roots of civil unrest in California and the relationship between African Americans and LAPD.
Director: Sacha Jenkins | Stars: Alex Alonso, Nicolas Alonso, B-Real, Danny Bakewell
Votes: 603
21. The Murder of Fred Hampton (1971)
Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
A chronicle of Fred Hampton's revolutionary leadership of the Illinois Black Panther Party, followed by an investigation into his assassination at the hands of the Chicago Police Department.
Director: Howard Alk | Stars: Skip Andrew, Edward Carmody, James Davis, Rennie Davis
Votes: 553
22. The Cockettes (2002)
R | 102 min | Documentary
Documentary about the gender-bending San Francisco performance group who became a pop culture phenomenon in the early 1970s.
Directors: Bill Weber, David Weissman | Stars: Larry Brinkin, Peggy Cass, The Cockettes, Pristine Condition
Votes: 625 | Gross: $0.22M
23. Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power (2022)
90 min | Documentary
It tells the story of the courageous campaign of citizens and activists who faced violence and oppression in the struggle for the right to vote
Directors: Geeta Gandbhir, Sam Pollard | Stars: Ella Baker, Stokely Carmichael, Courtland Cox, Mukasa Dada
Votes: 157
24. Commune (2005)
Not Rated | 78 min | Documentary
A documentary on the Black Bear Ranch Commune, an alternative living community founded in 1968 in the remote North Californian wilderness.
Director: Jonathan Berman | Stars: Mahaj Seeger, Peter Coyote, Cedar Seeger, Mel Kramer
Votes: 430
25. A Huey P. Newton Story (2001 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 86 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
The story of how the radical Huey P. Newton developed the Black Panther Party based on his 10-point program for social reform.
Director: Spike Lee | Stars: Roger Guenveur Smith, Rahum Brown, Brenda Lee, Georgina Ransley
Votes: 851
26. (T)ERROR (2015)
84 min | Documentary
(T)ERROR is the first documentary to place filmmakers on the ground during an active FBI counterterrorism sting operation. Through the perspective of "Shariff", a 63-year-old Black ... See full summary »
Directors: Lyric R. Cabral, David Felix Sutcliffe | Stars: Khalifah Ali Al-Akili, Mike Healey, Ali Kareem, Saeed 'Shariff' Torres
Votes: 823
27. American Revolution 2 (1969)
86 min | Documentary
A gritty but essential documentary charting social turbulence in late 1960's Chicago. American Revolution 2 includes footage of the 1968 Democratic Convention protest and riot, a critique ... See full summary »
Directors: Howard Alk, Mike Gray | Stars: Richard J. Daley, Charles Geary, Dick Gregory, Bobby Lee
Votes: 132
28. Black Power: A British Story of Resistance (2021)
89 min | Documentary, History
How the movement came into being in the late 1960s, when it fought back against police brutality and racism.
Director: George Amponsah | Stars: Daniel Kaluuya, John Lennon, Yoko Ono, James Baldwin
Votes: 149
29. The Game (1989)
103 min | Drama
Director: Curtis Brown | Stars: Curtis Brown, Richard Lee Ross, Vanessa Shaw, Billy Williams
Votes: 12
30. Huey
30 min | Short, Drama | Completed
In the late 1980s, Black Panther co-founder Dr. Huey P. Newton enjoys a more ordinary routine but takes the opportunity to tell his life story for a documentary. But because some FBI agents... See full summary »
Director: Ken Gregory | Stars: Devielle Johnson, Jim Nieb, Tyrone Stewart, Matthew S. Robinson
31. Classified X (2007 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 53 min | Documentary
A history of the racially stereotyped portrayal of African Americans in cinema.
Director: Mark Daniels | Stars: Melvin Van Peebles, Margaret Barker, Joanna Barnes, Ethel Barrymore
Votes: 254 | Gross: $0.00M
32. Black August (2007)
Not Rated | 116 min | Drama
Inmate activist George Lester Jackson's short life became a flashpoint for revolution, igniting the bloodiest riot in San Quentin's history.
Director: Samm Styles | Stars: Gary Dourdan, Darren Bridgett, Ezra J. Stanley, 'Big' LeRoy Mobley
Votes: 304
33. A Place of Rage (1991)
54 min | Documentary, History
This celebration of African American women and their achievements features interviews with Angela Davis, June Jordan and Alice Walker. Within the context of the civil rights, Black power ... See full summary »
Director: Pratibha Parmar | Stars: Angela Davis, Fannie Lou Hamer, June Jordan, Rosa Parks
Votes: 29
34. In the Land of the Free... (2010)
84 min | Documentary
Tells the shocking and unbelievable story of Herman Wallace, Albert Woodfox and Robert King, three black men from rural Louisiana who were held in solitary confinement in the biggest prison... See full summary »
Director: Vadim Jean | Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, Daniel Bee, Robert King, Malik Rahim
Votes: 53
35. Untitled Peter Norman Story
120 min | Drama, History, Thriller | Announced
In 2008 Matt Norman released the International award winning documentary feature "SALUTE" which covers his famous uncles (Peter Norman) support of the Black Power Salute performed by Tommie... See full summary »
Director: Matt Norman
36. The Black Messiah Murders
Action, Crime, Drama | Announced
Serena Wilson engages the burned-out former federal attorney Sam Cohen who was responsible for exposing the FBI's and Chicago justice system's plot and murder civil rights leader, Fred Hampton, leader of the Chicago Black Panthers.
Director: Lance Flores | Stars: Michael Monks, Nataly Peña, Shaula Vega, Peter Gonzales Falcon
37. Public Enemy (1999)
87 min | Documentary
French/German documentary on the Black Panther party told through the modern day (1999) perspective of 4 former members: Bobby Seale, Jamal Joseph, Nile Rodgers & Kathleen Cleaver.
Director: Jens Meurer | Stars: Noam Chomsky, Kathleen Cleaver, Jamal Joseph, Nile Rodgers
Votes: 110
38. Assata aka Joanne Chesimard (2008)
93 min | Drama
Assata Shakur, the firebrand revolutionary Black Panther, was convicted and sentenced to life in a widely publicized case involving a 1973 shootout on the NJ Turnpike, which resulted in the... See full summary »
Director: Fred Baker | Stars: Will Blagrove, Rick Borgia, J.D. Brown, Kathleen Cleaver
Votes: 11
39. The Barrel of a Gun (2010)
Documentary
In 1981, black journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal was arrested for the murder of white Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner and was convicted of it in 1982. More than 25 years later, the ... See full summary »
Director: Tigre Hill | Stars: Mumia Abu-Jamal, Pam Africa, Edward Asner, James Binns
Votes: 45
40. Angola 3: Black Panthers and the Last Slave Plantation (2008)
Not Rated | 109 min | Documentary
This film tells the story of three former members of the Black Panther Party incarcerated at Angola Louisiana State Prison in solitary confinement longer than anyone in modern US history and collectively known as the Angola 3.
Director: Jimmy O'Halligan | Stars: Mumia Abu-Jamal, Rod Coronado, Geronimo Ji Jaga, Robert King
Votes: 13
41. The Urban Crisis and the New Militants: Black Moderates and Black Militants (1969)
9 min | Documentary, Short
Star: Bobby Rush
Votes: 15
42. The Thursday Club (2005)
60 min | Documentary, War
Retired Oakland police officers recall the 1960s, particularly encounters with the Black Panthers and the anti-war movement.
Director: George Paul Csicsery | Stars: Herb Coffman, Booker Ealy, Robert Ford, Judith Murray
43. Twenty-Two Hours (2018)
43 min | Short, History
Responding to the call for solidarity extended by the Black Panther Party, the French novelist, playwright and poet Jean Genet traveled secretly to the U.S in 1970 and spent two months ... See full summary »
Director: Bouchra Khalili
44. Liberation Saturday (2008)
34 min | Short
The candid portrait of a man and his determination, perseverance and faith.
Stars: Nate Branch, Gary Davis, Mildred Gant, Don Gregory
Votes: 8
45. Genet parle d'Angela Davis (1970)
10 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Carole Roussopoulos | Stars: Angela Davis, Jean Genet
Votes: 30
46. The First Monument (2022)
10 min | Documentary, Short
The First Monument explores the commission of a bust of Mr. Newton.
Director: Damien McDuffie | Star: Elija Bean
47. May Day on the Green (2019)
Documentary, Short
On the Green is an archival documentary about a peaceful protest, referred to as the May Day Rally, in May of 1970. May Day featured 15,000 people in support of Black Panther Party members ... See full summary »
Director: Reginald Christophe
48.
72 Hours: True Crime (2003– )
Episode:
Hijacked
(2004)
22 min | Documentary, Crime
In 1971, a Toronto plane is hijacked to go to Cuba, making it the first in Canadian airspace.
Director: David Acomba | Stars: Diane D'Aquila, Jason Wade Jones, Ardon Bess, Brad Austin
Votes: 8
49.
The Incredible Hulk (1978–1982)
Episode:
Like a Brother
(1979)
TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
David 'Butler' works at a car-wash in a black neighborhood run by a drug dealer with a black panther. He tries to help two orphans, the youngest of which is a diabetic.
Director: Reza Badiyi | Stars: Bill Bixby, Jack Colvin, Lou Ferrigno, Tony Burton
Votes: 204
50.
Can't Get You Out of My Head (2021)
Episode:
Shooting and F**king Are the Same Thing
(2021)
Documentary, History
The story of what tore the revolutions in the 1960s apart. Jiang Qing in China, Michael X in London, Afeni Shakur in New York believed that millions of people's minds were haunted by the ... See full summary »
Stars: H. Rap Brown, Stokely Carmichael, Adam Curtis, Michael de Freitas
Votes: 121