Black Cinema - incl. 'Blaxploitation'
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1. Baadasssss Cinema (2002 TV Movie)
58 min | Documentary
Filmmaker Isaac Julien uses film clips and interviews to illustrate the history of the so-called "blaxploitation" genre.
Director: Isaac Julien | Stars: Pam Grier, Fred Williamson, Melvin Van Peebles, Elvis Mitchell
Votes: 760
2. The Story Behind Baadasssss!: The Birth of Black Cinema (2004 Video)
22 min | Documentary, Short
A look at the making of Melvin Van Peebles' Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971) and Mario Van Peebles' Baadasssss! (2003).
Stars: Bill Cosby, Hubert Scales, John Singleton, Mario Van Peebles
Votes: 58
3. Black Snake (1973)
R | 82 min | Thriller
Story of a slave revolt on a 19th-century Caribbean island.
Director: Russ Meyer | Stars: Anouska Hempel, David Warbeck, Percy Herbert, Thomas Baptiste
Votes: 684
4. Dynamite Brothers (1974)
R | 90 min | Action, Drama
Young black man teams up with a Chinese kung-fu expert to fight a drug ring.
Director: Al Adamson | Stars: Alan Tang, Timothy Brown, James Hong, Aldo Ray
Votes: 568
5. Get Christie Love! (1974–1975)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama
Adventures of sexy & sassy black undercover cop Christie Love.
Stars: Teresa Graves, Dennis Rucker, Charles Cioffi, Scott Peters
Votes: 336
6. South Central (1992)
R | 98 min | Crime, Drama
A former gangster fresh out of prison wants to change his life for the better and must save his 10 year old son who has already chosen a gang life.
Director: Stephen Milburn Anderson | Stars: Glenn Plummer, Byron Minns, Lexie Bigham, Vincent Craig Dupree
Votes: 6,714 | Gross: $1.37M
7. Fox Style (1973)
R | 84 min | Drama
A wealthy nightclub owner struggles to reconcile his country upbringing with his city environs.
Director: Clyde Houston | Stars: Chuck Daniel, Juanita Moore, Denise Denise, Richard Lawson
Votes: 87
8. Bogard (1975)
X | 93 min | Action, Crime
To make money, a Los Angeles street-fighter goes to work for gangsters.
Director: Timothy Galfas | Stars: Richard Lawson, Annazette Chase, Philip Michael Thomas, Robert Burr
Votes: 512
9. Action Jackson (1988)
R | 96 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Vengeance drives a tough Detroit cop to stay on the trail of a power-hungry auto magnate who is systematically eliminating his competition.
Director: Craig R. Baxley | Stars: Carl Weathers, Craig T. Nelson, Vanity, Sharon Stone
Votes: 12,607 | Gross: $20.26M
10. Undercover Brother (2002)
PG-13 | 86 min | Action, Comedy
When "The Man" tries to derail a black candidate's presidential campaign, Undercover Brother and his fellow secret agents come to the rescue.
Director: Malcolm D. Lee | Stars: Eddie Griffin, Denise Richards, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Chris Kattan
Votes: 36,265 | Gross: $38.23M
11. The Brother from Another Planet (1984)
R | 108 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
A mute alien with the appearance of a black human is chased by outer-space bounty hunters through the streets of Harlem.
Director: John Sayles | Stars: Joe Morton, Daryl Edwards, Rosanna Carter, Ray Ramirez
Votes: 6,564 | Gross: $3.70M
12. Shottas (2002)
R | 95 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Wayne and Biggs grow up together on the tough and dangerous streets of Kingston, Jamaica. Eventually moving to Miami, they begin a ruthless climb to the top of a criminal enterprise as they aggressively take control of the Jamaican mob.
Director: Cess Silvera | Stars: Ky-Mani Marley, Spragga Benz, Louie Rankin, Paul Campbell
Votes: 4,807
13. Sign of Aquarius (1970)
R | 95 min | Drama, Musical
A group of hippies who live together in a communal apartment are arrested during a peace demonstration. Upon their release, they return home to discuss plans for another demonstration. That... See full summary »
Director: Robert J. Emery | Stars: Paul Elliot, Gabe Lewis, Jim Coursar, Nick Kleinholz III
Votes: 84 | Gross: $0.13M
14. Pacific Inferno (1979)
89 min | War
After the fall of the Philippines in World War II, the Japanese discover that Gen. MacArthur ordered millions of dollars in silver dumped in Manila Bay in order that it not fall into enemy ... See full summary »
Director: Rolf Bayer | Stars: Jim Brown, Richard Jaeckel, Timothy Brown, Rik Van Nutter
Votes: 270
15. Black Hooker (1974)
R | 87 min | Drama
Young woman quickly realizes that prostitution is a harsh reality.
Director: Arthur Roberson | Stars: Durey Mason, Sandra Alexandra, Jeff Burton, Kathryn Jackson
Votes: 203
16. Murder in Mississippi (1965)
Not Rated | 84 min | Crime, Drama
Liberal students from Northern cities drive to the South to encourage social justice reform. The overture is confusing with a realism from criminals in office and a hint of national sentiment leaning towards equality for all.
Director: Joseph P. Mawra | Stars: Sheila Britt, Sam Stewart, Derek Crane, Lew Stone
Votes: 207
17. Mandingo (1975)
R | 127 min | Drama, History, Romance
An 1840s slaveowner trains one of his slaves to be a bare-knuckle fighter.
Director: Richard Fleischer | Stars: James Mason, Susan George, Perry King, Richard Ward
Votes: 4,219 | Gross: $2.43M
18. Black Eye (1974)
PG | 98 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Private detective investigated a series of murders connected with a drug ring in Venice, California.
Director: Jack Arnold | Stars: Fred Williamson, Rosemary Forsyth, Teresa Graves, Floy Dean
Votes: 309
19. That Man Bolt (1973)
R | 104 min | Action, Crime, Drama
To take a briefcase from Hong Kong to Mexico City, via Los Angeles, is it necessary to call on that man - Bolt? With the number of dangerous spies and gangsters who are after that briefcase, maybe Jefferson Bolt is not enough.
Directors: Henry Levin, David Lowell Rich | Stars: Fred Williamson, Byron Webster, Miko Mayama, Teresa Graves
Votes: 433
20. Jackie Brown (1997)
R | 154 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A flight attendant with a criminal past gets nabbed by the ATF for smuggling. Under pressure to become an informant against the illegal arms dealer she works for, she must find a way to secure her future without getting killed.
Director: Quentin Tarantino | Stars: Pam Grier, Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Forster, Bridget Fonda
Votes: 374,983 | Gross: $39.67M
21. Dolemite (1975)
R | 90 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
After he is released from jail, a pimp takes on the criminals and corrupt police officers who framed him in the first place.
Director: D'Urville Martin | Stars: Rudy Ray Moore, D'Urville Martin, Jerry Jones, Lady Reed
Votes: 6,851 | Gross: $0.24M
22. Petey Wheatstraw (1977)
R | 100 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
After being murdered by his rivals, Petey Wheatstraw is resurrected, in exchange for marrying the devil's daughter, the world's ugliest woman.
Director: Cliff Roquemore | Stars: Rudy Ray Moore, Jimmy Lynch, Leroy Daniels, Ernest Mayhand
Votes: 1,552
23. The Human Tornado (1976)
R | 96 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Dolemite flees to California, where he helps Queen Bee and her Kung Fu prostitutes battle a local gangster.
Director: Cliff Roquemore | Stars: Rudy Ray Moore, Lady Reed, Jimmy Lynch, Howard Jackson
Votes: 1,959
24. Pipe Dreams (1976)
PG | 89 min | Drama, Romance
Pipe Dreams is a 1976 film starring soul singer Gladys Knight in her acting debut as a woman who attempts to regain the love of her husband played by real-life spouse Barry Hankerson. In ... See full summary »
Director: Stephen Verona | Stars: Gladys Knight, Wayne Tippit, Sherry Bain, Kelly Britt
Votes: 145
25. Thugs, the Musical! (2011)
26 min | Short, Comedy, Musical
'Thugs, The Musical' is a faux documentary about Michael Gardner, a mediocre, slightly delusional, 'non-urban' black actor in Hollywood. After years of auditioning but not being considered ... See full summary »
Director: Liam Kyle Sullivan | Stars: Kevin Avery, Camille Banham, Lauren Ashley Bishop, Kenny Blank
Votes: 16
26. Uncle Tom's Cabin (1977)
R | 90 min | Drama
Broken and beaten to the point of no return, a sadistic plantation owner pushes his slaves to the point of rebellion.
Directors: Al Adamson, Géza von Radványi | Stars: John Kitzmiller, Herbert Lom, Olive Moorefield, Mary Ann Jenson
Votes: 137
27. Bucktown (1975)
R | 94 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After being hassled by The Man in a southern town, a cool operator asks some violent friends for help. After all, if you can't trust another brother, who can you trust?
Director: Arthur Marks | Stars: Fred Williamson, Pam Grier, Thalmus Rasulala, Tony King
Votes: 1,599
28. Ganja & Hess (1973)
R | 112 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
After being stabbed with an ancient, germ-infested knife, a doctor's assistant finds himself with an insatiable desire for blood.
Director: Bill Gunn | Stars: Duane Jones, Marlene Clark, Bill Gunn, Sam L. Waymon
Votes: 2,598 | Gross: $0.02M
29. Proud Mary (2018)
R | 89 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Mary is a hit woman working for an organized crime family in Boston, whose life is completely turned around when she meets a young boy whose path she crosses when a professional hit goes bad.
Director: Babak Najafi | Stars: Taraji P. Henson, Billy Brown, Jahi Di'Allo Winston, Neal McDonough
Votes: 10,805 | Gross: $20.87M
30. TNT Jackson (1974)
R | 72 min | Action
A young karate expert searches for her brother's killer in Hong Kong.
Director: Cirio H. Santiago | Stars: Jeannie Bell, Stan Shaw, Pat Anderson, Ken Metcalfe
Votes: 1,409
31. Lady Cocoa (1975)
R | 93 min | Crime, Drama
Foxy Lady Cocoa is out to take down her mobster boyfriend.
Director: Matt Cimber | Stars: Lola Falana, Gene Washington, Alex Dreier, Millie Perkins
Votes: 391
32. Velvet Smooth (1976)
R | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The female head of a detective agency is hired by a crime lord to figure out who's taking his action.
Director: Michael Fink | Stars: Johnnie Hill, Owen Watson, Emerson Boozer, René Van Clief
Votes: 343
33. The Big Score (1983)
R | 85 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A narcotics detective lets nothing stand in the way of his bringing down a major drug dealer.
Director: Fred Williamson | Stars: Fred Williamson, Nancy Wilson, John Saxon, Richard Roundtree
Votes: 262
34. Dolls of Voodoo (2013)
R | 78 min | Thriller
Successful newlyweds become the object of a powerful Vodoo Priest who exacts revenge for his scorned daughter.
Directors: Marc Cayce, Kenya Moore | Stars: Kenya Moore, Rudolph Moise, Obba Babatundé, Kia Samuel
Votes: 100
35. Trapped: Haitian Nights (2010)
PG-13 | 80 min | Thriller
Detective Violet Martin is assigned to investigate the case of Nadine Lazard, the wife of a prominent Haitian doctor, who has turned up missing.
Directors: Marc Cayce, Jean-Claude La Marre | Stars: Kenya Moore, Vivica A. Fox, Clifton Powell, Lisette Alvarez
Votes: 105
36. The Hustle (2008)
R | 97 min | Comedy
Pest exterminators Freddie and Junior keep stumbling into trouble on the job fighting rich ladies, roaches, grumpy pawn shop owners and meter maids when suddenly they're in way over their heads, owing an Asian Karate World mobster $10,000.
Director: Deon Taylor | Stars: Charlie Murphy, Al Shearer, Tamala Jones, Brigitte Nielsen
Votes: 404
37. Unemployed (2008)
R | 95 min | Comedy
Jamal and Dex are two hapless out of work actors who come to terms with reality when they realize they've been pursuing their dreams for over ten years and still haven't booked a single ... See full summary »
Director: Dale Stelly | Stars: Godfrey, James C. Leary, Demetrius Navarro, Tom Lister Jr.
Votes: 162
38. Da Block Party 2 (2007 Video)
Not Rated | 88 min | Comedy
CJ carries on his family tradition by putting together the biggest jam of the summer. Things seem to be going great, until he is confronted by the hilarious antics of a crooked cop named "... See full summary »
Director: Frank Pinnock | Stars: Gavin Lewis, George Boyd, Dan Garcia, David Garcia
Votes: 57
39. Full Clip (2004)
R | 95 min | Action, Thriller
Joshua Pope (Busta Rhymes) returns to his childhood home to claim the inheritance his late father has left him only to find that the local police have turned the town upside down and are ... See full summary »
Director: mink | Stars: Shaun Baker, Busta Rhymes, Bubba Smith, Xzibit
Votes: 552
40. Never Die Alone (2004)
R | 88 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A drug kingpin's return home touches off a turf war.
Director: Ernest R. Dickerson | Stars: DMX, David Arquette, Michael Ealy, Drew Sidora
Votes: 6,121 | Gross: $5.64M
41. The Wash (2001)
R | 93 min | Comedy
Life at the car wash is a place in Los Angeles, California where anything can and does happen to two friends Sean & Dee Loc (Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg) trying to earn money to pay their rent.
Director: DJ Pooh | Stars: Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Anthony Albano, Tic
Votes: 7,664 | Gross: $10.10M
42. Next Friday (2000)
R | 98 min | Comedy
A streetwise man flees South Central Los Angeles, heading to the suburbs and his lottery-winner uncle and cousin, to avoid a neighborhood thug with a grudge who has just escaped from prison.
Director: Steve Carr | Stars: Ice Cube, Mike Epps, Justin Pierce, John Witherspoon
Votes: 44,096 | Gross: $57.33M
43. The Players Club (1998)
R | 104 min | Comedy, Drama
A woman must contend with rival strippers and her boss in an attempt to make a legitimate living.
Director: Ice Cube | Stars: LisaRaye McCoy, Dick Anthony Williams, Judyann Elder, Chrystale Wilson
Votes: 7,330 | Gross: $23.03M
44. Phat Beach (1996)
R | 89 min | Comedy
A hefty homeboy borrows his dad's Mercedes and goes to the beach with his friends for wild sun & fun.
Director: Doug Ellin | Stars: Jermaine Hopkins, Brian Hooks, Claudia Kaleem, Candice Merideth
Votes: 1,021 | Gross: $1.26M
45. Friday (1995)
R | 91 min | Comedy, Drama
It's Friday, and Craig and Smokey must come up with $200 they owe a local bully or there won't be a Saturday.
Director: F. Gary Gray | Stars: Ice Cube, Chris Tucker, Nia Long, Tom Lister Jr.
Votes: 124,580 | Gross: $27.47M
46. Secret Agent OO Soul (1990)
97 min | Action, Comedy
James Brown III, also known as Secret Agent 00 Soul is a suave secret agent hired to catch an elusive criminal mastermind.
Director: Julius LeFlore | Stars: Billy Dee Williams, Amanda LeFlore, Jaime Cardriche, Tom Lister Jr.
Votes: 230
47. New Jack City (1991)
R | 97 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A crime lord ascends to power and becomes megalomaniacal while a maverick police detective vows to stop him.
Director: Mario Van Peebles | Stars: Wesley Snipes, Ice-T, Allen Payne, Chris Rock
Votes: 38,827 | Gross: $47.62M
48. House Party (1990)
R | 100 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Kid decides to go to his friend Play's house party, but neither of them can predict what's in store for them on what could be the wildest night of their lives.
Director: Reginald Hudlin | Stars: Christopher Reid, Robin Harris, Christopher Martin, Martin Lawrence
Votes: 16,724 | Gross: $26.39M
49. Fakin' Da Funk (1997)
R | 89 min | Comedy
A Chinese baby boy is adopted by a black couple in ATL. Seventeen years later he moves with his mom and brother to a black LA hood. A Chinese girl ends up in the same hood for the summer with a black family. Will they fit in?
Director: Timothy A. Chey | Stars: Ernie Hudson, Pam Grier, Margaret Cho, Dante Basco
Votes: 2,631
50. Booty Call (1997)
R | 79 min | Comedy, Romance
Two friends who have gone too long without sex set out to get some.
Director: Jeff Pollack | Stars: Jamie Foxx, Tommy Davidson, Vivica A. Fox, Tamala Jones
Votes: 9,530 | Gross: $20.06M
51. Repos (2006 Video)
TV-14 | 80 min | Comedy
In this extremely hilarious comedy, Tea (Master P) and Coffee (Michael Blackson) are two repo men who work for Mr. Henderson (Katt Williams) at Banks Repo. While trying to break their "repo... See full summary »
Directors: Sal Martino, Master P | Stars: Michael Blackson, Master P, Katt Williams, Anthony Johnson
Votes: 6,864
52. Girls Trip (2017)
R | 122 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
When four lifelong friends travel to New Orleans for the annual Essence Festival, sisterhoods are rekindled, wild sides are rediscovered, and there's enough dancing, drinking, brawling and romancing to make the Big Easy blush.
Director: Malcolm D. Lee | Stars: Regina Hall, Queen Latifah, Jada Pinkett Smith, Tiffany Haddish
Votes: 40,474 | Gross: $115.17M
53. Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970)
R | 97 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Two Harlem cops investigate a robbery, believing that a reverend has staged it in order to steal the money he's collected for a local fundraiser.
Director: Ossie Davis | Stars: Godfrey Cambridge, Raymond St. Jacques, Calvin Lockhart, Judy Pace
Votes: 2,687 | Gross: $4.39M
54. Black Mama White Mama (1973)
R | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A Black prostitute and a white revolutionary must form an uneasy alliance when they are busted out of prison, then pursued by guerrillas, bounty hunters and the Army.
Director: Eddie Romero | Stars: Pam Grier, Margaret Markov, Sid Haig, Lynn Borden
Votes: 3,638 | Gross: $0.19M
55. South Bronx Heroes (1985)
R | 85 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
A young man just released from prison and living with his sister crosses paths with two children, also brother and sister, who are on the run from their child pornographer foster parents.
Director: William Szarka | Stars: Brendan Ward, Melissa Esposito, Mario Van Peebles, Megan Van Peebles
Votes: 272
56. The Black Gestapo (1975)
R | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
General Ahmed has started an inner-city People's Army to try and relieve the misery of the citizens of Watts. When the locals are put under increasing pressure by Mafia thugs, Ahmed's ... See full summary »
Director: Lee Frost | Stars: Rod Perry, Charles Robinson, Phil Hoover, Edward Cross
Votes: 1,336
57. The River Niger (1976)
R | 105 min | Drama
An intimate look at life in the ghetto: Johnny Williams is a house painter who moonlights as a poet, struggling to financially and emotionally support his cancer-ridden wife Mattie. But ... See full summary »
Director: Krishna Shah | Stars: Cicely Tyson, James Earl Jones, Louis Gossett Jr., Glynn Turman
Votes: 296
58. Get Christie Love (2018 TV Movie)
Drama
An attractive and charismatic CIA agent with the ability to adapt to different situations leads an elite ops unit. An updated version of the 1970s TV show.
Stars: Lisseth Chavez, Steven Weber, Camille Guaty, Kylie Bunbury
Votes: 44
59. Friday Foster (1975)
R | 90 min | Action
At Los Angeles airport, magazine photographer Friday Foster witnesses an assassination attempt against billionaire Blake Tarr and is drawn into a murky political conspiracy.
Director: Arthur Marks | Stars: Pam Grier, Yaphet Kotto, Godfrey Cambridge, Thalmus Rasulala
Votes: 2,548
60. 'Sheba, Baby' (1975)
PG | 90 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A Chicago private detective returns back home to Louisville, Kentucky, to help her father fight mobsters.
Director: William Girdler | Stars: Pam Grier, Austin Stoker, D'Urville Martin, Rudy Challenger
Votes: 1,809
61. Mean Johnny Barrows (1975)
R | 90 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Discharged from the army, an ex-GI is hired as a hit-man by a crime syndicate that is at war with another Mafia family.
Director: Fred Williamson | Stars: Fred Williamson, Roddy McDowall, Stuart Whitman, Anthony Caruso
Votes: 544
62. The Tattoo Connection (1978)
R | 90 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An American insurance investigator goes to Hong Kong to retrieve a famous diamond stolen by a local criminal organization.
Director: Tso Nam Lee | Stars: Jim Kelly, Sing Chen, Tao-Liang Tan, Nami Misaki
Votes: 484
63. The Final Comedown (1972)
R | 83 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Black revolutionaries take action in the white suburbs.
Director: Oscar Williams | Stars: Billy Dee Williams, D'Urville Martin, Celia Milius, Maidie Norman
Votes: 446 | Gross: $0.16M
64. Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A. (1946)
Not Rated | 65 min | Drama, Musical
A sexy, enticing dancer from Harlem makes things happen in a sleepy Caribbean island resort.
Director: Spencer Williams | Stars: Francine Everett, Don Wilson, Katherine Moore, Alfred Hawkins
Votes: 319
65. Savage Sisters (1974)
R | 86 min | Action, Drama
Three women of three races join the fundraising part of an island revolution.
Director: Eddie Romero | Stars: Gloria Hendry, Cheri Caffaro, Rosanna Ortiz, John Ashley
Votes: 471
66. Black Shampoo (1976)
R | 85 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A promiscuous heterosexual black hairstylist and businessman has sex with his white female customers, but when he begins a relationship with his black secretary, her white mobster ex-boyfriend resorts to violent measures to get her back.
Director: Greydon Clark | Stars: John Daniels, Tanya Boyd, Joseph Carlo, Skip E. Lowe
Votes: 978
67. Black Venus (1983)
R | 80 min | Drama, Romance
Spanish actor Jose Antonio Ceinos stars as a down-and-out sculptor, whose inspiration returns with the strange appearance of a beautiful, mysterious black muse.
Director: Claude Mulot | Stars: Josephine Jacqueline Jones, José Antonio Ceinos, Emiliano Redondo, Helga Liné
Votes: 508
68. Soul Men (2008)
R | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Though it's been about twenty years since they have spoken with one another, two estranged soul-singing legends agree to participate in a reunion performance at the Apollo Theater to honor their recently deceased band leader.
Director: Malcolm D. Lee | Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, Bernie Mac, Sharon Leal, Adam Herschman
Votes: 11,718 | Gross: $12.08M
69. Coffy (1973)
R | 90 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A sexy Black nurse takes vigilante justice against inner-city drug dealers after her sister becomes their latest victim.
Director: Jack Hill | Stars: Pam Grier, Booker Bradshaw, Robert DoQui, William Elliott
Votes: 12,932
70. Foxy Brown (1974)
R | 92 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A voluptuous vigilante takes a job as a high-class prostitute to get revenge on the mobsters who murdered her boyfriend.
Director: Jack Hill | Stars: Pam Grier, Antonio Fargas, Peter Brown, Terry Carter
Votes: 12,031 | Gross: $2.46M
71. Bones (2001)
R | 96 min | Crime, Horror
Over 20 years after his death by a gunshot, Jimmy Bones comes back as a ghost to wreak revenge on those who killed him and to clean up his neighborhood.
Director: Ernest R. Dickerson | Stars: Snoop Dogg, Pam Grier, Michael T. Weiss, Clifton Powell
Votes: 8,191 | Gross: $7.31M
72. Original Gangstas (1996)
R | 99 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When a gang shoots his father, Bookman (Fred Williamson) returns to his hometown, rounds up some of his own people and begins an all-out war to restore the neighborhood to its rightful sense of justice.
Directors: Larry Cohen, Fred Williamson | Stars: Fred Williamson, Jim Brown, Pam Grier, Paul Winfield
Votes: 2,012 | Gross: $3.01M
73. Drum (1976)
R | 110 min | Action, Drama
A mid-19th-century mulatto slave is torn between his success as a pit-fighter and the injustices of white society.
Directors: Steve Carver, Burt Kennedy | Stars: Warren Oates, Isela Vega, Ken Norton, Pam Grier
Votes: 1,060
74. Scream Blacula Scream (1973)
PG | 96 min | Fantasy, Horror
The vampire Mamuwalde (a.k.a. Blacula) is resurrected by voodoo and forced to kill again.
Director: Bob Kelljan | Stars: William Marshall, Don Mitchell, Pam Grier, Michael Conrad
Votes: 3,057 | Gross: $2.18M
75. Cool Breeze (1972)
R | 101 min | Crime, Drama
Thalmus is the leader for a group of criminals who gather in L.A. to rob a bank. Their goal is to find a new bank.
Director: Barry Pollack | Stars: Thalmus Rasulala, Judy Pace, Julian Christopher, Lincoln Kilpatrick
Votes: 415 | Gross: $1.18M
76. Hit Man (1972)
R | 90 min | Crime, Drama
An ex-cop discovers that his brother's recent death is intertwined with both the Los Angeles underworld and the city's porno movie scene.
Director: George Armitage | Stars: Bernie Casey, Pam Grier, Lisa Moore, Bhetty Waldron
Votes: 1,099 | Gross: $1.06M
77. Old School Gangstas
Action | Announced
Sequel to the 1996 action film 'Original Gangstas'.
Director: Fred Williamson | Stars: Pam Grier, Jim Brown, Fred Williamson, Antonio Fargas
78. 3 Strikes (2000)
R | 82 min | Comedy
Rob has 2 strikes and 3 strikes now means 25 to life. Leaving prison, he's picked up in a stolen car later stopped by the police. Can he prove his innocence before he's caught?
Director: DJ Pooh | Stars: Brian Hooks, N'Bushe Wright, Faizon Love, E-40
Votes: 3,695 | Gross: $9.82M
79. Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996)
R | 89 min | Comedy, Crime
A parody of several U.S. films about being in the 'Hood', for instance Boyz n the Hood (1991), South Central (1992), Menace II Society (1993), Higher Learning (1995) and Juice (1992).
Director: Paris Barclay | Stars: Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Tracey Cherelle Jones
Votes: 61,511 | Gross: $20.11M
80. I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988)
R | 88 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
In this parody of blaxploitation movies, a black hero wannabe reunites former black heroes from the 70s to help him get revenge on Mr. Big.
Director: Keenen Ivory Wayans | Stars: Keenen Ivory Wayans, Bernie Casey, Antonio Fargas, Steve James
Votes: 14,980 | Gross: $13.03M
81. Car Wash (1976)
PG | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A comedic take on the daily life of car-wash employees, chronicling their hopes, fears, joys, dreams, and tribulations, and meeting some eccentric customers along the way.
Director: Michael Schultz | Stars: Richard Pryor, Franklyn Ajaye, Sully Boyar, Richard Brestoff
Votes: 8,196
82. Cleopatra Jones (1973)
PG | 89 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
During the 1970s, U.S. Special Agent Cleopatra Jones proves to be an invaluable asset to the local police forces in the war on drugs.
Director: Jack Starrett | Stars: Tamara Dobson, Bernie Casey, Brenda Sykes, Antonio Fargas
Votes: 3,531 | Gross: $2.98M
83. Shaft (1971)
R | 100 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A crime lord hires black private eye, John Shaft, to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.
Director: Gordon Parks | Stars: Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn, Charles Cioffi, Christopher St. John
Votes: 21,026 | Gross: $16.69M
84. Shaft's Big Score! (1972)
R | 104 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Shaft is back to find the murderer of an old friend on the cold hard city streets with a little help from his new friends.
Director: Gordon Parks | Stars: Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn, Drew Bundini Brown, Joseph Mascolo
Votes: 3,595 | Gross: $10.00M
85. Super Fly (1972)
R | 91 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The daily routine of cocaine dealer Priest who wants to score one more super deal and retire.
Director: Gordon Parks Jr. | Stars: Ron O'Neal, Carl Lee, Sheila Frazier, Julius Harris
Votes: 8,600
86. Shaft in Africa (1973)
R | 112 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Private investigator John Shaft is recruited to go undercover to break up a modern slavery ring where young Africans are lured to Paris to do chain-gang work.
Director: John Guillermin | Stars: Richard Roundtree, Frank Finlay, Vonetta McGee, Neda Arneric
Votes: 3,216 | Gross: $3.18M
87. 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: 80,799 | Gross: $70.33M
88. 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: 5,867 | Gross: $15.18M
89. Shaft (1973–1974)
73 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Based on the films of the same name, John Shaft is a two-fisted black private eye modeled on Mike Hammer and Phillip Marlowe.
Stars: Richard Roundtree, Eddie Barth, Judie Stein, Robert Culp
Votes: 449
90. The Mack (1973)
R | 110 min | Crime, Drama
Goldie returns from five years at the state pen and winds up King of the pimping game. Trouble comes in the form of two corrupt white cops and a crime lord who wants him to return to the small time.
Director: Michael Campus | Stars: Max Julien, Don Gordon, Richard Pryor, Carol Speed
Votes: 3,301
91. Black Caesar (1973)
R | 87 min | Action, Crime, Drama
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: 3,891
92. Truck Turner (1974)
R | 91 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
While tracking a strong-armed pimp who has skipped bail, a bounty hunter discovers a contract has been put out on him and must go on the run.
Director: Jonathan Kaplan | Stars: Isaac Hayes, Yaphet Kotto, Alan Weeks, Annazette Chase
Votes: 3,590 | Gross: $0.18M
93. Hell Up in Harlem (1973)
R | 94 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A gangster in Harlem must rescue his ex-wife, who has been kidnapped by the Mafia.
Director: Larry Cohen | Stars: Fred Williamson, Julius Harris, Gloria Hendry, Margaret Avery
Votes: 1,758 | Gross: $1.45M
94. Trouble Man (1972)
R | 99 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A neighborhood "problem solver" is framed for murder by a couple of local crime bosses trying to get him out of the way.
Director: Ivan Dixon | Stars: Robert Hooks, Paul Winfield, Ralph Waite, William Smithers
Votes: 1,606
95. The Cool World (1963)
105 min | Crime, Drama
A look at the horrors of Harlem ghetto slum life filled with drugs, violence, human misery, and a sense of despair due to the racial prejudices of American society.
Director: Shirley Clarke | Stars: Rony Clanton, Carl Lee, Yolanda Rodríguez, Clarence Williams III
Votes: 660
96. Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted (2004)
92 min | Documentary
Director: David F. Walker | Stars: Jim Brown, Mayme Clayton, Larry Cohen, Jamaa Fanaka
Votes: 32
97. Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold (1975)
R | 94 min | Action
When fellow operatives (and childhood friends) Matthew Johnson and Melvin Johnson disappear during an undercover mission in Hong Kong, Cleopatra Jones (Tamara Dobson) travels there to find ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Bail | Stars: Tamara Dobson, Stella Stevens, Ni Tien, Norman Fell
Votes: 1,215
98. Willie Dynamite (1974)
R | 102 min | Crime, Drama
A social worker tries to get a pimp to change his ways.
Director: Gilbert Moses | Stars: Roscoe Orman, Diana Sands, Thalmus Rasulala, Joyce Walker
Votes: 1,313 | Gross: $0.48M
99. Slaughter (1972)
R | 92 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Slaughter, a former Green Beret, avenges the killing of loved ones by the Mob, and in so doing is coerced by the Feds into traveling to Mexico to finish off surviving mobsters.
Director: Jack Starrett | Stars: Jim Brown, Stella Stevens, Rip Torn, Cameron Mitchell
Votes: 1,315
100. Hammer, Slammer, & Slade (1990 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 60 min | Comedy, Crime
After he retires from the police force, a veteran cop is framed for robbery but his friends, a rookie and three ex-cops, come to his rescue.
Director: Michael Schultz | Stars: Isaac Hayes, Jim Brown, Bernie Casey, Eriq La Salle
Votes: 76
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