Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keywords "blackface", "politics"

1. Ben-Hur (1959)

G | 212 min | Adventure, Drama

8.1

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90 Metascore

After a Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend in 1st-century Jerusalem, he regains his freedom and comes back for revenge.

Director: William Wyler | Stars: Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Stephen Boyd, Haya Harareet

Votes: 253,850 | Gross: $74.70M

2. I'm Not There (2007)

R | 135 min | Biography, Drama, Music

6.8

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73 Metascore

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: 61,212 | Gross: $4.02M

3. Sunshine (1999)

R | 181 min | Drama, History, Romance

7.5

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71 Metascore

The fate of a Hungarian Jewish family throughout the 20th century.

Director: István Szabó | Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Rosemary Harris, Rachel Weisz, Jennifer Ehle

Votes: 15,804 | Gross: $5.10M

4. Dear White People (2014)

R | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

6.2

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79 Metascore

The lives of four black students at an Ivy League college.

Director: Justin Simien | Stars: Tyler James Williams, Tessa Thompson, Kyle Gallner, Teyonah Parris

Votes: 26,572 | Gross: $4.40M

5. Carry on Cleo (1964)

Not Rated | 92 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance

6.7

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Two Britons, Hengist and Horsa, are captured and enslaved by invading Romans and taken to Rome. One of their first encounters in Rome leaves Hengist being mistaken for a fighter, and gets drafted into the Royal Guard to protect Caesar.

Director: Gerald Thomas | Stars: Kenneth Williams, Sidney James, Kenneth Connor, Charles Hawtrey

Votes: 5,009

6. Land of the Blind (2006)

R | 110 min | Drama, Thriller

6.4

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32 Metascore

A soldier recounts his relationship with a famous political prisoner attempting to overthrow their country's authoritarian government.

Director: Robert Edwards | Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Donald Sutherland, Tom Hollander, Lara Flynn Boyle

Votes: 3,893 | Gross: $0.01M

7. Masked and Anonymous (2003)

PG-13 | 112 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

5.3

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32 Metascore

A singer, whose career has gone on a downward spiral, is forced to make a comeback to the performance stage for a benefit concert.

Director: Larry Charles | Stars: Bob Dylan, John Goodman, Jessica Lange, Jeff Bridges

Votes: 5,005 | Gross: $0.53M

8. The Aristocrats (2005)

Not Rated | 89 min | Documentary, Comedy

6.4

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72 Metascore

One hundred superstar comedians tell the same very, VERY dirty, filthy joke--one shared privately by comics since Vaudeville.

Directors: Penn Jillette, Paul Provenza | Stars: George Carlin, Don Rickles, Chris Rock, Chris Albrecht

Votes: 17,061 | Gross: $6.38M

9. Is That Black Enough for You?!? (2022)

R | 135 min | Documentary, History

7.3

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83 Metascore

Tracks the history of Black cinema, focused mainly on the '70s, with archival and new interviews with many of the key players from the era.

Director: Elvis Mitchell | Stars: Elvis Mitchell, Margaret Avery, Harry Belafonte, Charles Burnett

Votes: 1,511

10. Black Caesar (1973)

R | 87 min | Action, Crime, Drama

6.4

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Raised in Harlem, Tommy Gibbs becomes a successful mob boss but he clashes with the rival Mafia and his old enemy, dirty cop McKinney.

Director: Larry Cohen | Stars: Fred Williamson, Gloria Hendry, Art Lund, D'Urville Martin

Votes: 3,899

11. My Mother's Castle (1990)

PG | 98 min | Adventure, Biography, Comedy

7.6

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Every holiday Marcel and his family go to their cottage near Marseilles. During one of these holidays he meets Isabelle, a pretty but conceited girl... Adapted from the cult classic novel from Marcel Pagnol.

Director: Yves Robert | Stars: Julien Ciamaca, Philippe Caubère, Nathalie Roussel, Didier Pain

Votes: 5,654 | Gross: $1.48M

12. C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America (2004)

PG-13 | 89 min | Comedy, Drama, War

6.4

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62 Metascore

Through the eyes of a British "documentary", this film takes a satirically humorous, and sometimes frightening, look at the history of an America where the South won the Civil War.

Director: Kevin Willmott | Stars: Greg Kirsch, Renee Patrick, Molly Graham, William Willmott

Votes: 5,162 | Gross: $0.67M

13. Catch a Fire (2006)

PG-13 | 101 min | Biography, Drama, History

6.7

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62 Metascore

A drama about terrorism in Apartheid-era South Africa, revolving around a policeman and a young man who carries out solo attacks against the regime.

Director: Phillip Noyce | Stars: Derek Luke, Tim Robbins, Bonnie Mbuli, Mncedisi Shabangu

Votes: 11,046 | Gross: $4.29M

14. Lady Caroline Lamb (1972)

PG | 123 min | Drama, History, Romance

5.5

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A noblewoman doomed to a loveless marriage falls into a scandalous affair with the dashing Lord Byron.

Director: Robert Bolt | Stars: Sarah Miles, Jon Finch, Richard Chamberlain, John Mills

Votes: 555

15. Wilson (1944)

Passed | 154 min | Biography, Drama, History

6.4

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A chronicle of the political career of US President Woodrow Wilson.

Director: Henry King | Stars: Alexander Knox, Charles Coburn, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Thomas Mitchell

Votes: 1,698 | Gross: $2.00M

16. The Apple War (1971)

103 min | Comedy, Fantasy

6.6

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A German business man, Volkswagner, comes to Österlen in the south of Sweden to build Deutschneyland, a gigantic amusement park for German tourists. The local councilors and the member of ... See full summary »

Director: Tage Danielsson | Stars: Per Grundén, Gösta Ekman, Sture Ericson, Ingvar Ottoson

Votes: 2,194

17. The Cockettes (2002)

R | 102 min | Documentary

7.4

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77 Metascore

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

18. Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil and the Presidency (2008 TV Movie)

114 min | Documentary, Biography

6.7

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The complicated personality of America's seventh president is explored in detail in this two hour PBS documentary, leaving the viewer to decide whether the man should be celebrated for his ... See full summary »

Directors: Carl Byker, Mitch Wilson | Stars: Richard Blackett, Jamie Blaine, Kathryn Braund, Lawrence Bull Jr.

Votes: 37

19. Blacks and Jews (1997)

Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary, History

7.4

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This documentary attempts to go beyond the sensationalized media coverage and the stereotypes to examine several key conflicts from the point of view of both Black and Jewish activists.

Directors: Deborah Kaufman, Alan Snitow | Stars: Arthur Hiller, Robert Marx, Salim Muwakkil, Richard Pryor

Votes: 20

20. Going to Congress (1924)

20 min | Comedy, Short

6.9

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Alfalfa Doolittle has never done much but sit around the stove at the country store and tell all comers his ideas on how the country should be run. He is finally elected to run for Congress.

Director: Rob Wagner | Stars: Will Rogers, Marie Mosquini, Molly Thompson, Jack Ackroyd

Votes: 25