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poster
68
7.2
/953/
69
/21/
61
/7/
3.6
/861/
50

Leadbelly (1976)
The life of Blues and folk singer Huddie Leadbetter, nicknamed Leadbelly is recounted. Covering the good times and bad from his 20s to 40s. Much of that time was spent on chain gangs in the south. Even in prison he became well known for the songs he had composed and sung during and before the time he spent there.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
65
6.4
/21295/
67
/532/
62
/331/
3.3
/12541/
75
/36/
50
/241/
61
/26/

Unlawful Entry (1992)
Happily married Michael and Karen Carr call the police after Karen is held at knife point during a failed robbery attempt in their home. Before long, one of the responding officers, Officer Pete Davis, helps arrange the installation of a new security system, taking extra interest in the couple's case. As a result, the grateful Carrs invite him to stay for dinner and they strike up an unexpected friendship. However, as the lonely policeman develops an intense fixation on Karen, his take on friendship develops into a dangerous obsession soon becoming the Carrs' worst nightmare.
poster
68
62
6.6
/3528/
74
/194/
64
/61/
3.4
/2503/
60
/5/
84
/233/
59
/6/

The Mack (1973)
A recently-released convict becomes the most powerful pimp in Oakland, but tragedy ensues when his activities draw the ire of two corrupt cops and the crime lord he once worked for.
poster
MGM Plus
60
5.6
/5496/
61
/115/
57
/85/
3.1
/3083/
69
/16/
40
/72/
60
/7/

Stay Hungry (1976)
A dishonest businessman asks rich layabout Craig Blake to help him buy a gym, which will be demolished for a development project in Alabama. But after spending time with weightlifter Joe Santo and gym worker Mary Tate Farnsworth, Craig wants out of the deal. The property negotiations turn ugly, causing a brawl at the gym and a spectacle at a big bodybuilding meet, as Craig learns that it's not easy to turn your back on fair-weather friends.
poster
67
53
7.0
/3749/
72
/54/
66
/72/
3.7
/3929/
60
/5/
63
/27/

The New Centurions (1972)
An idealistic rookie cop joins the LAPD to make ends meet while finishing law school, and is indoctrinated by a seasoned veteran. As time goes on, he loses his ambitions and family as police work becomes his entire life.
poster
Starz Apple TV Channel
55
53
5.7
/5911/
69
/329/
56
/90/
2.9
/3173/
15
/26/
77
/381/
cc age 16+

A Thin Line Between Love and Hate (1996)
Nightclub manager Darnell Wright is a perpetual playboy who is almost as devoted to his job as he is to the pursuit of beautiful women. After he sets his sights on the ultra-classy Brandi Web, he launches an all-out assault to win her heart. Ultimately, charm, lust and passion prevail, but Darnell learns the hard way that when you play, you pay. Brandi is much harder to get rid of than she was to get--especially when she realizes that she has a rival vying for Darnell's affection. When he finally decides to call it quits, Brandi becomes an obsessed femme fatale stalking the new love of her life.
poster
MGM Plus
60
51
5.9
/3835/
61
/91/
55
/53/
3.0
/2161/
83
/12/
33
/29/
68
/8/

Semi-Tough (1977)
A three-way friendship between two free-spirited professional football players and the owner's daughter becomes compromised when two of them become romantically involved.
poster
58
51
6.2
/6409/
69
/165/
61
/103/
3.0
/2107/
40
/10/
56
/96/

McQ (1974)
Police Lieutenant Lon McQ investigates the killing of his best friend and uncovers corrupt elements of the police department dealing in confiscated drugs.
poster
Fandor
50
4.8
/578/
44
/15/
47
/17/
3.2
/820/
60
/5/
39
/14/

Darktown Strutters (1975)
When a prominent abortion clinic owner goes missing along with a string of other black community leaders, her singing daughter and her fellow female biker gang members investigate.
poster
Kanopy
44
5.3
/1751/
55
/87/
52
/38/
3.0
/3202/
22
/123/

Terminal Island (1973)
In the wake of a Supreme Court decision to outlaw the death penalty, California passes an initiative that designates San Bruno island as a dumping spot for first-degree murder convicts, free to do what they like except leave. The main camp of convicts is controlled by the tyrannical Bobby, who rules with an iron hand, and the women are used as sex slaves. A.J. and a group of more free-minded murderers have escaped and gone into hiding. When A.J. and his men liberate the women from Bobby's custody, tensions mount to an all-out confrontation for control of the island.
poster
44
5.5
/4339/
56
/145/
55
/100/
2.6
/1854/
10
/10/
33
/61/

Heart Condition (1990)
Racist police officer Jack Moony has a vendetta against Napoleon Stone, a charismatic black lawyer who is sleeping with Jack's old flame Crystal Gerrity. Jack has a heart attack, but his life is saved when he receives Stone's heart, since Stone died mysteriously the same night as Jack was stricken. Stone is not completely gone, however, and as a ghost he is all too happy to give Jack advice on how he should do his job and live his life.
poster
68
42
7.1
/2295/
67
/53/
60
/50/
3.4
/3826/
77
/11/

The Jericho Mile (1980)
A runner, serving a life sentence at Folsom Prison, works at becoming the world's fastest miler and wins a chance to compete for a spot on the Olympic team.
poster
fuboTV
51
27
5.4
/2624/
56
/47/
53
/71/
3.0
/444/
32
/19/

Letters from a Killer (1998)
A man is falsely convicted of the murder of his wife. During his time in jail, he finds comfort from four women with whom he corresponds. After his second court appearance, he is finally freed from prison only to be framed for yet 2 more murders which he did not commit. With the help of his former prison guard, he once again sets out to clear his name
poster
67
23
7.1
/348/
81
/8/
40
/9/
74
/110/
cc age 13+

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1979)
Based on writer Maya Angelou's eloquent reminiscences of her days as a gifted youngster growing up in the South during the Depression years where she and her older brother were raised by their grandmother after the divorce of their parents.
poster
42
23
4.4
/2112/
43
/40/
42
/48/
2.9
/561/
24
/645/

Pentathlon (1994)
When East German Eric Brogar wins a gold medal in the pentathlon, he escapes to freedom in the west with the help of a beautiful American athlete. But his demanding coach, Heinrich Mueller vows revenge and Eric's best friend and his father pay the ultimate price for his freedom when they are killed by the Secret Police. In Los Angeles, Eric starts to train for the gold again. But when Mueller comes to America, Eric must win the most deadly game of all… the fight for his life.
poster
52
20
5.9
/1745/
70
/26/
54
/21/
3.2
/475/
20
/5/
46
/9/

The Greatest (1977)
Muhammad Ali's life story up to the late 1970s, which includes his Olympic boxing triumphs as Cassius Clay, his conversion to Islam, his refusal of the Army draft and the legal battle after being stripped of his World Title.
poster
55
19
5.7
/1223/
65
/37/
47
/10/
3.2
/996/
46
/10/

Hit Man (1972)
Bernie Casey portrays Tyrone and Pamela Grier plays a sultry skin-flick star in this first Americanized remake of the iconic Michael Caine action film Get Carter. From Watts to the West Side, from porno parlors to a high-rise, from motel dives to a crime kingpin’s sprawling pleasure dome, from corner hangouts to a wildlife preserve, Tyrone covers a lot of real estate, busts a lot of heads.
poster
54
17
6.4
/569/
65
/19/
57
/14/
33
/37/

Attica (1980)
Acclaimed dramatization recreating the incidents surrounding the 1971 revolt in New York's Attica State Prison that lasted for 23 days and resulted in the greatest casualty toll between Americans since the Civil War.
poster
47
17
5.5
/1193/
55
/41/
48
/18/
3.2
/589/
11
/9/
50
/14/

Drum (1976)
A mid-19th century mulatto slave is torn between his success as a pit-fighter and the injustices of white society.
poster
57
14
6.0
/885/
71
/25/
55
/14/
3.3
/634/
33
/3/

Steel (1979)
Mike Catton was once a world-renowned construction foreman (at least in the construction world), but an accident left him with a serious fear of heights. Unable to climb the big skyscrapers while under construction, he retired and became a truck driver. But when an old friend needs him to help put up a building, and when the old friend gets harassed and threatened by an Evil Corporate Type, he comes out of retirement and assembles the creme de la creme of the construction world. Together, they race against time to finish the building while the Evil Corporate Type tries to stop them.
poster
?
90
/1/

Behind the Groove: The Black Ice Documentary (2023)
Told by a member's son, this is the story of five kids from L.A.'s Watts neighborhood who formed a little-known funk and soul outfit in the 1970s.
poster
?
3.8
/56/

Hammerlock (2002)
Two prison guards team up with a convict and a drug smuggler to recapture bank robbers.
poster
MGM Plus
55
?
6.1
/332/
55
/6/
68
/4/
44
/6/

The River Niger (1976)
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 times are tough and the poverty-troubled streets are even tougher, and it takes every ounce of Johnny's love and courage for the couple to make it through their strife, finding redemption in the River Niger.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
70
?
7.1
/323/
65
/10/
75
/4/

The Other Side of Hell (1978)
A disturbed, but highly intelligent man is sent to a criminally insane hospital to serve time and rehabilitate. But when he arrives, he discovers it's in fact a closed world where brutality is an everyday occurrence.
poster
?
5.5
/44/
50
/1/
40
/1/

Big Time (1977)
A small time con-artist gets between the FBI and a suitcase filled with money.
poster
50
?
5.1
/418/
45
/9/
47
/6/
3.0
/219/

Cruise Into Terror (1978)
An Egyptian sarcophagus that is cargo on a pleasure cruise ship has a secret - it contains the son of Satan, and its effects start to make the ship's passengers behave strangely.
poster
32
?
5.4
/145/
10
/1/

The White Lions (1981)
A college professor, his wife, and daughter go the the wilds of Africa to live, and study the rare white lions of the region.
poster
MGM Plus
47
?
5.2
/261/
42
/9/
48
/5/

Pray TV (1980)
A failing television station is bought out by a slick TV evangelist and starts making mountains of money in the guise of religious programming, which is actually just an excuse to sell merchandise.
poster
44
?
5.0
/258/
47
/4/
60
/1/
21
/6/

Sweet Jesus, Preacherman (1973)
A Black hit man poses as a Baptist preacher in a ghetto church. He decides to take over the local rackets.


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