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

51. Nightmare in Badham County (1976 TV Movie)

R | 102 min | Drama, Thriller

During a road trip, two UCLA coeds end up in a Southern prison farm on trumped-up charges brought on by a small town sex-crazed corrupt sheriff.

Director: John Llewellyn Moxey | Stars: Deborah Raffin, Lynne Moody, Chuck Connors, Fionnula Flanagan

Votes: 693

52. Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland (2023)

Documentary, History, War

Twenty-five years on from a peace agreement being reached, Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland shares intimate, unheard testimonies from all sides of the conflict.

Votes: 951

53. The Road (1982)

PG | 107 min | Drama

When five Kurdish prisoners are granted one week's home leave, they find to their dismay that they face continued oppression outside of prison from their families, the culture, and the government.

Directors: Serif Gören, Yilmaz Güney | Stars: Tarik Akan, Serif Sezer, Halil Ergün, Meral Orhonsay

Votes: 14,550

54. Muscle Shoals (2013)

PG | 111 min | Documentary, Biography, History

A documentary that celebrates Rick Hall, the founder of FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, and the signature sound he developed in songs such as "I'll Take You There", "Brown Sugar", and "When a Man Loves a Woman".

Director: Greg 'Freddy' Camalier | Stars: Rick Hall, Aretha Franklin, Keith Richards, Candi Staton

Votes: 4,301 | Gross: $0.70M

55. Liberty Heights (1999)

R | 127 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

Baltimore, Fall 1954: Schools implement the new integration law. Ben finds the "colored" girl in his class cute - upsetting his Jewish mom and granny. Ben talks to her while his brother looks for his WASP dream girl.

Director: Barry Levinson | Stars: Adrien Brody, Bebe Neuwirth, Joe Mantegna, Ben Foster

Votes: 7,060 | Gross: $3.73M

56. Nothing But a Man (1964)

Not Rated | 95 min | Drama, Romance

A black man and his school-teacher wife face discriminatory challenges in 1960s America.

Director: Michael Roemer | Stars: Ivan Dixon, Abbey Lincoln, Julius Harris, Gloria Foster

Votes: 2,036 | Gross: $0.02M

57. Running for Grace (2018)

TV-14 | 110 min | Family, Romance

A timeless tale that takes place against the backdrop of the segregated coffee fields in 1920s Hawaii - a coming-of-age journey about a young man who transcends the boundaries of race and ... See full summary »

Director: David L. Cunningham | Stars: Jim Caviezel, Matt Dillon, Juliet Mills, Ryan Potter

Votes: 1,791 | Gross: $0.09M

58. Chattahoochee (1989)

R | 98 min | Biography, Drama

In 1955 Florida, a Korean vet has a breakdown and is incarcerated in a "maximum security" mental health prison, where patients are abused.

Director: Mick Jackson | Stars: Gary Oldman, Dennis Hopper, Frances McDormand, Pamela Reed

Votes: 2,437 | Gross: $0.26M

59. Days of Glory (2006)

R | 120 min | Action, Drama, War

During World War II, four North African men enlist in the French army to liberate that country from German oppression, and to fight French discrimination.

Director: Rachid Bouchareb | Stars: Samy Naceri, Roschdy Zem, Sami Bouajila, Jamel Debbouze

Votes: 15,173 | Gross: $0.32M

60. Heart of Dixie (1989)

PG | 95 min | Drama

Three young sorority women try to find love with potential men, while worrying about changes in their way of life when integration begins at their college in 1957 segregated Alabama.

Director: Martin Davidson | Stars: Ally Sheedy, Virginia Madsen, Phoebe Cates, Treat Williams

Votes: 842 | Gross: $1.10M

61. Charming the Hearts of Men (2021)

107 min | Drama, History, Romance

A romantic drama set during the politically charged early 60s where a sophisticated woman returns to her Southern home town and discovers her options are limited yet discrimination is plentiful. With the help of a Congressional ally, she inspires historic legislation which allows opportunities and protections never before afforded to women.

Director: S.E. DeRose | Stars: Anna Friel, Kelsey Grammer, Starletta DuPois, Sean Astin

Votes: 2,858

62. The League (2023)

PG | 103 min | Documentary, Sport

Based on the journey of the Negro Baseball League.

Director: Sam Pollard | Stars: Hank Aaron, Monte Irvin, Sam Pollard, Ernie Banks

Votes: 293

63. Skin (I) (2008)

PG-13 | 107 min | Biography, Drama

Based on the true story of a black girl who was born to two white Afrikaner parents in South Africa during the apartheid era.

Director: Anthony Fabian | Stars: Sophie Okonedo, Sam Neill, Alice Krige, Tony Kgoroge

Votes: 3,729

64. Frankie & Alice (2010)

R | 101 min | Biography, Drama

A drama centered on a go-go dancer with multiple personality disorder who struggles to remain her true self and begins working with a psychotherapist to uncover the mystery of the inner ghosts that haunt her.

Director: Geoffrey Sax | Stars: Halle Berry, Stellan Skarsgård, Phylicia Rashad, Chandra Wilson

Votes: 5,859 | Gross: $0.69M

65. Lackawanna Blues (2005 TV Movie)

PG-13 | 95 min | Drama, Music

In a story fueled by rhythm and blues, a young boy's life is shaped by love and the stories of a cast of characters in the boarding house where he lives in 1960s Lackawanna, New York.

Director: George C. Wolfe | Stars: S. Epatha Merkerson, Marcus Carl Franklin, Yasiin Bey, Carmen Ejogo

Votes: 2,556

66. A Raisin in the Sun (2008 TV Movie)

PG-13 | 131 min | Drama

An African-American family struggles with poverty, racism, and inner conflict as they strive for a better way of life. Based on the play by Lorraine Hansberry.

Director: Kenny Leon | Stars: Sean 'Diddy' Combs, Sanaa Lathan, Audra McDonald, Phylicia Rashad

Votes: 2,151

67. The Member of the Wedding (1952)

TV-G | 93 min | Drama, Family

Her older brother's wedding forces preteen tomboy Frankie to face her own immaturity.

Director: Fred Zinnemann | Stars: Ethel Waters, Julie Harris, Brandon De Wilde, Arthur Franz

Votes: 1,590

68. No Place Like Home (1989 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 100 min | Drama

The powerful story of a family's painful descent into the economic tragedy of homelessness.

Director: Lee Grant | Stars: Christine Lahti, Jeff Daniels, Scott Marlowe, CCH Pounder

Votes: 454

69. 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: 1,631

70. Catch a Fire (2006)

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

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: 11,061 | Gross: $4.29M

71. BNA (2020)

TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Action, Comedy

Morphed into a raccoon beastman, Michiru seeks refuge, and answers, with the aid of wolf beastman Shirou inside the special zone of Anima-City.

Stars: Sumire Morohoshi, Yoshimasa Hosoya, Gara Takashima, Cherami Leigh

Votes: 3,452

72. Alive in Joburg (2005)

6 min | Short, Sci-Fi

An eerie tale of a close encounter of the third kind in Johannesburg.

Director: Neill Blomkamp | Stars: Braam Greyling, Godfrey Seome, Dawie Ackermann, Sweetness Hlomza

Votes: 4,127

73. The Runaway (2000 TV Movie)

PG | 100 min | Drama

In a Dixie small-town, the late Sheriff was quite content to preside over a truly segregated community. There the rich brothers, Harlan and Mason Davis, are lords. His successor, World War ... See full summary »

Director: Arthur Allan Seidelman | Stars: Dean Cain, Pat Hingle, Debbi Morgan, Kathryn Erbe

Votes: 337

74. George Wallace (1997)

TV-14 | 178 min | Biography, Drama

Following Alabama governor George Wallace through segregation, presidential elections, an assassination attempt and personal trauma.

Stars: Gary Sinise, Angelina Jolie, Stieven Davidson, Richard Yett

Votes: 1,605

75. The Trip to Bountiful (2014 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 102 min | Drama

Carrie Watts begrudgingly lives with her busy, overprotective son, Ludie, and pretentious daughter-in-law, Jessie Mae. No longer able to drive and forbidden to travel alone, she wishes for ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Wilson | Stars: Cicely Tyson, Vanessa Williams, Blair Underwood, Keke Palmer

Votes: 747

76. Freedom Riders (2010)

Not Rated | 117 min | Documentary, History

The story of the Civil Rights Movement interstate busing protest campaign.

Director: Stanley Nelson | Stars: Raymond Arsenault, Genevieve Houghton, Gordon Carey, Derek Catsam

Votes: 430

77. Mangal Pandey (2005)

Not Rated | 150 min | Biography, Drama, History

This is a film about the leader of the 1857 mutiny and his fight against the British rule.

Director: Ketan Mehta | Stars: Aamir Khan, Rani Mukerji, Toby Stephens, Coral Beed

Votes: 10,529 | Gross: $0.87M

78. The Courage to Love (2000 TV Movie)

PG-13 | 95 min | Drama, History, Romance

In 19th century New Orleans creole Henriette must choose between love and devotion to the church. Neither choice is going to be easy, as there is great opposition to her ideas of breaking traditions.

Director: Kari Skogland | Stars: Vanessa Williams, Gil Bellows, Karen Williams, Lisa Bronwyn Moore

Votes: 534

79. Janis: Little Girl Blue (2015)

TV-MA | 103 min | Documentary, Biography, Music

Musician Cat Power narrates this documentary on Janis Joplin's evolution into a star from letters that Joplin wrote over the years to her friends, family, and collaborators.

Director: Amy Berg | Stars: Cat Power, Janis Joplin, Karleen Bennett, Laura Joplin

Votes: 5,650 | Gross: $0.41M

80. A Man Called Adam (1966)

Not Rated | 104 min | Drama, Music

A famous jazz trumpeter finds himself unable to cope with the problems of everyday life.

Director: Leo Penn | Stars: Sammy Davis Jr., Louis Armstrong, Ossie Davis, Cicely Tyson

Votes: 695

81. Ruby's Bucket of Blood (2001 TV Movie)

PG-13 | 95 min | Drama, Music

A Louisiana juke joint owner loses her star entertainer and hires a white singer to fill in.

Director: Peter Werner | Stars: Angela Bassett, Kevin Anderson, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Jurnee Smollett

Votes: 382

82. What Happened, Miss Simone? (2015)

Not Rated | 101 min | Documentary, Biography, Music

A documentary about the life and legend Nina Simone, an American singer, pianist, and civil rights activist labeled the "High Priestess of Soul."

Director: Liz Garbus | Stars: Nina Simone, Lisa Simone Kelly, Roger Nupie, Al Schackman

Votes: 14,858

83. Borstal Boy (2000)

Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, Romance

Irish teenager political activist and future writer Brendan Behan is befriended in a British borstal (reformatory) by a liberal warden.

Director: Peter Sheridan | Stars: Shawn Hatosy, Danny Dyer, Eamon Glancy, Ian McElhinney

Votes: 2,575 | Gross: $0.09M

84. Hope (1997 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 100 min | Drama

During the early 1960s, Kate is faced with a dreary small-town existence, surrounded by her mother, who is a stroke victim, and her bigoted Uncle Ray, who owns a theatre. When a black ... See full summary »

Director: Goldie Hawn | Stars: Christine Lahti, Jena Malone, Catherine O'Hara, Jeffrey D. Sams

Votes: 460

85. We of the Never Never (1982)

G | 134 min | Biography, Drama

Jeannie Gunn faced being the only civilised woman in an uncivilised land. A story of personal triumph about one woman who reached out in a hard, hostile, prejudiced world and managed to find love.

Director: Igor Auzins | Stars: Angela Punch McGregor, Arthur Dignam, Martin Vaughan, Lewis Fitz-Gerald

Votes: 472

86. Something of Value (1957)

Approved | 113 min | Drama, War

In British Colonial Kenya during the Mau Mau uprising, Peter and Kimani, who grew up together, find themselves on the opposite sides.

Director: Richard Brooks | Stars: Rock Hudson, Dana Wynter, Wendy Hiller, Juano Hernandez

Votes: 1,310

87. The Pruitt-Igoe Myth (2011)

Not Rated | 79 min | Documentary

2011 "The Pruitt-Igoe Myth" explores the rise & fall of titular housing complex in St. Louis, examining racism & gov. Policies through interviews with former residents & historical footage. Ft racism, urban poverty & inequality in America.

Director: Chad Freidrichs | Stars: Slyvester Brown, Irvin Dagen, Elmer Fiedler, Robert Fishman

Votes: 931 | Gross: $0.04M

88. Lily in Winter (1994 TV Movie)

PG | 94 min | Drama, Family

In 1957, New Yorkers report the kidnapping of their son, who follows his nanny on a train taking her home to Alabama.

Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: Natalie Cole, Brian Bonsall, Marla Gibbs, Cecil Hoffman

Votes: 152

89. 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: 739

90. The Ernest Green Story (1993 TV Movie)

101 min | Biography, Drama

Follows the story of Ernest Green, one of the Little Rock Nine who were the first blacks to integrate into an all white school.

Director: Eric Laneuville | Stars: Morris Chestnut, Robert Alexander, Steven Allen, Katherine Bernhardt

Votes: 329

91. Billie (2019)

Not Rated | 98 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Documentary on the famed jazz singer Billie Holiday.

Director: James Erskine | Stars: Linda Lipnack Kuehl, Billie Holiday, Sylvia Syms, Tony Bennett

Votes: 1,018

92. Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored (1995)

PG | 115 min | Drama, Romance

A narrator tells the story of his childhood years in a tightly knit Afro-American community in the deep south under racial segregation.

Director: Tim Reid | Stars: Al Freeman Jr., Phylicia Rashad, Leon, Paula Kelly

Votes: 564 | Gross: $3.38M

93. The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson (1990 TV Movie)

M | 100 min | Biography, Drama

A film about the early life of the baseball star in the army and in particular his court-martial for insubordination regarding segregation.

Director: Larry Peerce | Stars: Andre Braugher, Daniel Stern, Ruby Dee, Stan Shaw

Votes: 247

94. Sudie and Simpson (1990 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 95 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

Based on Sarah Flanigan Carter's autobiographical novel about growing up in World War II-era Georgia, Sudie Harrington, a feisty twelve-year-old, befriends Simpson, a gentle black man accused of impropriety with a child.

Director: Joan Tewkesbury | Stars: Louis Gossett Jr., Sara Gilbert, John M. Jackson, Frances Fisher

Votes: 173

95. Freedom Song (2000 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 112 min | Drama

A tale about a young man's bout in the 1960s, in Mississippi, before Blacks were allowed to vote, and did sit ins at White establishments. The harrowing ordeals people wanting the same opportunities had to go through.

Director: Phil Alden Robinson | Stars: Danny Glover, Vicellous Shannon, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Loretta Devine

Votes: 901

96. King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1969)

185 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Follows Martin Luther King's life and decades-long civil rights activism.

Directors: Sidney Lumet, Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Stars: Harry Belafonte, Ruby Dee, Ben Gazzara, Charlton Heston

Votes: 632

97. Christmas in Canaan (2009 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 96 min | Drama, Family

DJ and Rodney don't like each other from the start; Rodney thinks DJ is an ignorant white farm boy, and DJ thinks Rodney acts too smart for his own good. After a school-bus scuffle between ... See full summary »

Director: Neill Fearnley | Stars: Billy Ray Cyrus, Tom Heaton, Jaishon Fisher, Zak Ludwig

Votes: 637

98. Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years (1999 TV Movie)

100 min | Drama

Tells the story of Sadie and Bessie Delany, two African-American (they preferred "colored") sisters who both lived past the age of 100. They grew up on a North Carolina college campus, the ... See full summary »

Director: Lynne Littman | Stars: Diahann Carroll, Ruby Dee, Amy Madigan, Lisa Arrindell

Votes: 336

99. My Name Is Pauli Murray (2021)

PG-13 | 91 min | Documentary

A look at the life and ideas of Pauli Murray, a non-binary Black lawyer, activist and poet who influenced both Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Thurgood Marshall.

Directors: Julie Cohen, Betsy West | Stars: Patricia Bell-Scott, Pauli Murray, Dolores Chandler, Brittney Cooper

Votes: 502

100. Syrian Bride (2004)

97 min | Comedy, Drama

In Majdal Shams, the largest Druze village in Golan Heights on the Israeli-Syrian border, the Druze bride Mona is engaged to get married with Tallel, a television comedian that works in the... See full summary »

Director: Eran Riklis | Stars: Hiam Abbass, Makram Khoury, Clara Khoury, Ashraf Barhom

Votes: 3,481 | Gross: $0.38M