Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "racial-injustice"

1. The Green Mile (1999)

R | 189 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy

A tale set on death row, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments. When the lead guard, Paul Edgecombe, recognizes John's gift, he tries to help stave off the condemned man's execution.

Director: Frank Darabont | Stars: Tom Hanks, Michael Clarke Duncan, David Morse, Bonnie Hunt

Votes: 1,409,676 | Gross: $136.80M

2. Green Book (2018)

PG-13 | 130 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

A working-class Italian-American bouncer becomes the driver for an African-American classical pianist on a tour of venues through the 1960s American South.

Director: Peter Farrelly | Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali, Linda Cardellini, Sebastian Maniscalco

Votes: 573,805 | Gross: $85.08M

3. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)

PG-13 | 107 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

In the deep south during the 1930s, three escaped convicts search for hidden treasure while a relentless lawman pursues them.

Directors: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Stars: George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, John Goodman

Votes: 331,225 | Gross: $45.51M

4. The Color Purple (1985)

PG-13 | 154 min | Drama

A tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry.

Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Danny Glover, Whoopi Goldberg, Oprah Winfrey, Margaret Avery

Votes: 97,476 | Gross: $98.47M

5. Mississippi Burning (1988)

R | 128 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Two F.B.I. Agents with wildly different styles arrive in Mississippi to investigate the disappearance of some civil rights activists.

Director: Alan Parker | Stars: Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe, Frances McDormand, Brad Dourif

Votes: 111,264 | Gross: $34.60M

6. Life (I) (1999)

R | 108 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

In 1932, two strangers are wrongfully convicted and develop a strong friendship in prison that lasts them through the 20th century.

Director: Ted Demme | Stars: Eddie Murphy, Martin Lawrence, Obba Babatundé, Nick Cassavetes

Votes: 54,847 | Gross: $63.84M

7. Half Nelson (2006)

R | 106 min | Drama

An inner-city junior high school teacher with a drug habit forms an unlikely friendship with one of his students after she discovers his secret.

Director: Ryan Fleck | Stars: Ryan Gosling, Anthony Mackie, Shareeka Epps, Jeff Lima

Votes: 92,043 | Gross: $2.69M

8. Malcolm X (1992)

PG-13 | 202 min | Biography, Drama, History

Biographical epic of the controversial and influential Black Nationalist leader, from his early life and career as a small-time gangster, to his ministry as a member of the Nation of Islam and his eventual assassination.

Director: Spike Lee | Stars: Denzel Washington, Angela Bassett, Delroy Lindo, Spike Lee

Votes: 102,157 | Gross: $48.17M

9. Shaft (2000)

R | 99 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

New York City police detective John Shaft (nephew of the original 1970s detective) goes on a personal mission to make sure the son of a real estate tycoon is brought to justice after a racially-motivated murder.

Director: John Singleton | Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, Vanessa Williams, Christian Bale, Jeffrey Wright

Votes: 80,853 | Gross: $70.33M

10. Ragtime (1981)

PG | 155 min | Drama

A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence and other nostalgic events in early 1900s New York City.

Director: Milos Forman | Stars: James Cagney, Elizabeth McGovern, Howard E. Rollins Jr., Brad Dourif

Votes: 10,567 | Gross: $21.02M

11. Till (I) (2022)

PG-13 | 130 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

In 1955, after Emmett Till is murdered in a brutal lynching, his mother vows to expose the racism behind the attack while working to have those involved brought to justice.

Director: Chinonye Chukwu | Stars: Danielle Deadwyler, Jalyn Hall, Frankie Faison, Haley Bennett

Votes: 15,263

12. Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)

PG | 94 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

In 1931, three half-white, half-Aboriginal girls escape after being plucked from their houses to be trained as domestic staff, and set off on a journey across the Outback.

Director: Phillip Noyce | Stars: Everlyn Sampi, Tianna Sansbury, Kenneth Branagh, Laura Monaghan

Votes: 30,283 | Gross: $6.17M

13. 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: 1,760

14. Death Warrant (1990)

R | 89 min | Action, Crime, Mystery

In a violent and corrupt prison, decorated cop Louis Burke must infiltrate the jail to find answers to a number of inside murders. What he finds is a struggle of life and death tied in to his own past.

Director: Deran Sarafian | Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Robert Guillaume, Cynthia Gibb, George Dickerson

Votes: 20,817 | Gross: $16.85M

15. I Am the Night (2019)

TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

In early 1960s, a teenage girl looking for her real father and a disgraced journalist seeking closure find themselves drawn into a web of secrets revolving around L.A.'s most infamous cold case, the Black Dahlia (Elizabeth Short) murder.

Stars: Chris Pine, India Eisley, Jefferson Mays, Leland Orser

Votes: 8,662

16. The Long Walk Home (1990)

PG | 97 min | Drama, History

Two women, black and white, in 1955 Montgomery Alabama, must decide what they are going to do in response to the famous bus boycott led by Martin Luther King.

Director: Richard Pearce | Stars: Sissy Spacek, Whoopi Goldberg, Dwight Schultz, Ving Rhames

Votes: 4,860 | Gross: $4.80M

17. Show Boat (1936)

Approved | 113 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

Despite her mother's objections, the naive young daughter of a show boat captain is thrust into the limelight as the company's new leading lady.

Director: James Whale | Stars: Irene Dunne, Allan Jones, Charles Winninger, Paul Robeson

Votes: 3,697

18. Devil's Doorway (1950)

Approved | 84 min | Western

After the Civil War, a highly decorated Shoshone Indian veteran plans to raise cattle in Wyoming but white farmers plan to grab fertile tribal lands by pitting the whites against the Indians.

Director: Anthony Mann | Stars: Robert Taylor, Louis Calhern, Paula Raymond, Marshall Thompson

Votes: 1,858

19. Carolina Skeletons (1991 TV Movie)

R | 93 min | Crime, Drama

After a long time in the Army, an African-American soldier returns to his hometown, where, years ago, his brother was executed for the rape and murder of two white girls. The commando ... See full summary »

Director: John Erman | Stars: Louis Gossett Jr., Bruce Dern, Melissa Leo, Paul Roebling

Votes: 469

20. The Learning Tree (1969)

PG | 107 min | Drama

A bittersweet, idyllic story about a year in the life of 14-year-old Newt Winger, born into a poor Black family in Kansas, who learns about love, fear, racial injustice, and immorality.

Director: Gordon Parks | Stars: Kyle Johnson, Alex Clarke, Estelle Evans, Dana Elcar

Votes: 1,622

21. Enemy Territory (1987)

R | 89 min | Action, Crime, Drama

An insurance salesman inadvertently gets trapped after dark in an apartment building that is terrorized by a street gang called "The Vampires."

Director: Peter Manoogian | Stars: Gary Frank, Ray Parker Jr., Jan-Michael Vincent, Frances Foster

Votes: 986 | Gross: $0.20M

22. Intruder in the Dust (1949)

Approved | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Family

In 1940s Mississippi, two teenage boys and an elderly woman combine forces to prevent a miscarriage of justice and clear a black man of a murder charge.

Director: Clarence Brown | Stars: David Brian, Claude Jarman Jr., Juano Hernandez, Porter Hall

Votes: 2,658

23. Mischief Night (2006)

93 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

About two families (one white, one Asian) who come together unexpectedly on a local night of carnival trickery and festivity.

Director: Penny Woolcock | Stars: Kelli Hollis, James Foster, Michael Taylor, Holly Kenny

Votes: 783

24. Paris Trout (1991 TV Movie)

R | 100 min | Drama

In a small Georgia town in the 1950s, bigoted store owner Paris Trout kills a young black girl when his brother refuses to pay his debts.

Director: Stephen Gyllenhaal | Stars: Dennis Hopper, Barbara Hershey, Ed Harris, Ray McKinnon

Votes: 1,651

25. Eyes on the Prize (1987–1990)

TV-PG | 360 min | Documentary, History

A documentary about the American Civil Rights Movement from 1952 to 1965.

Stars: Julian Bond, Coretta Scott King, John Lewis, Andrew Young

Votes: 737

26. Resting Place (1986 TV Movie)

PG | 100 min | Drama

The mysterious death of an army officer comes under investigation by Major Kendall Laird as the young soldier's parents seek an honorable burial place, out of respect for their son. The ... See full summary »

Director: John Korty | Stars: John Lithgow, Richard Bradford, Morgan Freeman, CCH Pounder

Votes: 643

27. Johnny Firecloud (1975)

R | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Young American Indian gets out of the army and returns home to find his tribe victimized by a white rancher.

Director: William Allen Castleman | Stars: Victor Mohica, Ralph Meeker, David Canary, Frank DeKova

Votes: 392

28. Freedom Road (1979 TV Movie)

186 min | Drama

A former slave Gideon Jackson, after fighting in the civil war returns home as a free man and becomes a U.S. senator. Will he ever achieve real equality with his former white master?

Director: Ján Kadár | Stars: Muhammad Ali, Kris Kristofferson, Ron O'Neal, Edward Herrmann

Votes: 207

29. Chinaman's Chance: America's Other Slaves (2008)

90 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

1870's America. A Chinese immigrant falsely accused of murdering a white woman is viciously hunted down; he'll have to prove his innocence in a time when people of color had "no legal rights" and could be bought and sold for a profit.

Directors: Aki Aleong, Geqi Li | Stars: Reggie Lee, Timothy Bottoms, Jason Connery, Coolio

Votes: 204

30. Follow Me Home (1996)

Unrated | 100 min | Drama

Three muralists (one Chicano, one Black, one American Indian) and the socially-maladjusted cousin of the Chicano muralist set off on a road trip with the intent of painting their images on ... See full summary »

Director: Peter Bratt | Stars: Alfre Woodard, Jesse Borrego, Salma Hayek, Calvin Levels

Votes: 232

31. The Old Settler (2001 TV Movie)

Comedy, Drama, Romance

In 1940s Harlem, two sisters take in a hepcat as a boarder. Although he is young and they are older, their life choices parallel one another.

Director: Debbie Allen | Stars: Phylicia Rashad, Debbie Allen, Bumper Robinson, Eartha Robinson

Votes: 193

32. Blackstock Boneyard (2021)

80 min | Horror

One hundred years after being wrongly executed, two black brothers return from the grave to avenge their deaths and reclaim their land.

Director: Andre Alfa | Stars: Aspen Kennedy, Brittany Lucio, Creek Wilson, Laura Flannery

Votes: 144

33. Cellmates (2011)

TV-14 | 85 min | Comedy, Drama

Leroy Lowe, grand dragon of the Texas Ku Klux Klan confronts everything he's been taught to hate when he's sentenced to three years of hard labor on a prison work farm, where Warden ... See full summary »

Director: Jesse Baget | Stars: Tom Sizemore, Stacy Keach, Kevin P. Farley, Héctor Jiménez

Votes: 646

34. Detached (2009)

Not Rated | 86 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Detached is a contemporary Scrooge tale set in the Hollywood Hills that follows Chadh Campbell, an unscrupulous mortgage broker, as he receives a stream of anonymous holiday greetings ... See full summary »

Directors: Chris Bessounian, Tianna Majumdar-Langham | Stars: Sascha Rosemann, Kris Lezetc, Mieke Buchan, Ryan McGee

Votes: 43

35. Prom Night in Mississippi (2009)

90 min | Documentary

A high school in a small-town in Mississippi prepares for its first integrated senior prom.

Director: Paul Saltzman | Stars: Highschool Seniors of Charleston, Morgan Freeman

Votes: 666

36. Marian (1996)

109 min | Drama

His Czech was poor. On arrival he was silent, inhibited, insular. Later he gradually adapted, and made some contact. Unfamiliar with basic concepts, he does not even know how to listen to a... See full summary »

Director: Petr Václav | Stars: Stefan Ferko, Milan Cifra, Radek Holub, Tereza Groszmannová

Votes: 133 | Gross: $0.00M

37. Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train (2004)

Not Rated | 78 min | Documentary

The life and times of Howard Zinn: the historian, activist, and author of several classics including "A Peoples History of the United States". Archival footage, and commentary by friend, colleagues and Zinn himself.

Directors: Deb Ellis, Denis Mueller | Stars: Matt Damon, Daniel Berrigan, Howard Zinn, Alice Walker

Votes: 834 | Gross: $0.12M

38. Into the Park (2022)

TV-MA | 62 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

Unaware of a dark entity in a nearby park, two black-American siblings, escape to hide out from a racist cop who unjustly murdered their mother.

Directors: Mi'Chelle Nelson, Dolly Gray | Stars: Kristin Ari'elle Smith, De'Variyay Harris, Michel Wakim, Boogie B. Montrell

Votes: 50

39. Sistemo l'America e torno (1974)

X | 110 min | Comedy, Drama

an italian shy employee is sent to the US to hire a very talented basket player whom should help the local company team to win.

Director: Nanni Loy | Stars: Paolo Villaggio, Sterling St. Jacques, Alfredo Rizzo, Fernando Cerulli

Votes: 152

40. Ferguson Rises (2021)

82 min | Documentary

Ferguson Rises is the inspiring story of the residents of Ferguson, Missouri, a small town that suffered a powerful loss and became the flash point for a modern day civil rights movement.

Director: Mobolaji Olambiwonnu | Stars: Jeffrey Amado Ahrens, Rasheen Aldridge, Dominique Alexander, Ank Ankenbrand

Votes: 56

41. Fists of Freedom: The Story of the '68 Summer Games (1999)

Unrated | 59 min | Documentary, History, Sport

Documentary leading up to, during and after the 1968 Summer Olympic Games in Mexico City. Features interviews with athletes, including John Carlos, Tommie Smith and George Foreman, activist... See full summary »

Director: George Roy | Stars: Neil Amdur, Bob Beamon, Ralph Boston, Avery Brundage

Votes: 104

42. American Jail (2018 TV Movie)

Documentary

In this deeply personal film, director Roger Ross Williams sets out on a journey to understand the complex forces of racism and greed currently at work in America's prison system.

Director: Roger Ross Williams

Votes: 73

43. Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind (2000 TV Movie)

90 min | Documentary, Biography

Marcus Garvey emmigrated from Jamaica to New York City in 1914, bringing with him a message of black empowerment. After touring the United States with his message, his organization started ... See full summary »

Director: Stanley Nelson

Votes: 48

44. Blind Truth (2018 TV Short)

22 min | Short, Crime, Drama

A blind ex-prosecutor is taken hostage in her own home.

Director: Laura Burnett | Stars: Laura Burnett, Monti Washington, Doug Bilitch

45. Honor Deferred (2006 TV Movie)

50 min | Documentary, History, War

True World War II stories of military valor by African-Americans belatedly deemed worthy of the US Medal of Honor.

Director: Nick Brigden | Stars: Philip Adkins, Lamar Brown, Terry Burch, Atticus Cain

Votes: 53

46. Billy Graham: God's Ambassador (2006 Video)

Not Rated | 122 min | Documentary, Biography, Romance

The life and times of the evangelist Billy Graham are the subject of this documentary.

Director: Michael Merriman | Stars: John Akers, Cliff Barrows, Ralph Bell, Richard Bewes

Votes: 76

47. Negroes with Guns: Rob Williams and Black Power (2004)

67 min | Documentary

Rob Williams was an African-American living in Monroe, North Carolina in the 1950s and 1960s. Living with injustice and oppression, many African-Americans advocated a non-violent resistance... See full summary »

Directors: Sandra Dickson, Churchill Roberts | Stars: Julian Bond, Walter Cronkite, Rob Williams, Robert Williams

Votes: 35

48. Colorblind (2002)

5 min | Drama, Short

This film portrays racism through the eyes of a dog caught up in the middle of a race war, and the price of that hate will cost them more than they can handle.

Director: Bryan Amburgey | Stars: Ricky Dauphin, Ikenna Ezeh, Eric Dantzler, Anwar Salahuddin

Votes: 10

49. Troublemakers (1966)

54 min | Documentary

A documentary from a group of film students who work to organize a group of the under advantaged citizens of Newark New Jersey.

Directors: Norman Fruchter, Robert Machover | Star: Robert Kramer

Votes: 35

50. Arwaah (2004)

4 min | Short, War

Prisoners enter a dark room that has only one chair. They have to say the right words, or die.

Director: Nawaf Al Janahi | Stars: Nawaf Al Janahi, Ali Al-Jabri, Sara Al-Shikar, Aisha Khalifa Ali

Votes: 23