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Netflix
86
8.2
/38971/
81
/2462/
78
/771/
4.3
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97
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90
/240/
81
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cc age 16+

13th (2016)
An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.
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Netflix
86
8.8
/2445238/
85
/53400/
84
/28933/
4.2
/3209864/
75
/157/
95
/92568/
82
/21/
cc age 13+

Forrest Gump (1994)
A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events—in each case, far exceeding what anyone imagined he could do. But despite all he has achieved, his one true love eludes him.
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Amazon Prime Video
85
7.9
/24547/
79
/1216/
77
/498/
4.2
/62319/
99
/210/
83
/257/
95
/36/
cc age 13+

I Am Not Your Negro (2017)
Working from the text of James Baldwin’s unfinished final novel, director Raoul Peck creates a meditation on what it means to be Black in the United States.
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HBO Max Amazon Channel
85
7.8
/3832/
76
/123/
72
/47/
4.0
/5623/
100
/25/
90
/116/
88
/16/

4 Little Girls (1997)
On September 15, 1963, a bomb destroyed a black church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing four young girls who were there for Sunday school. It was a crime that shocked the nation--and a defining moment in the history of the civil-rights movement. Spike Lee re-examines the full story of the bombing, including a revealing interview with former Alabama Governor George Wallace.
poster
84
7.5
/816/
82
/55/
75
/24/
4.0
/2414/
97
/30/
78
/10/
87
/7/

What the Constitution Means to Me (2020)
Fifteen-year-old Heidi Schreck earned her college tuition by winning Constitutional debate competitions across the United States. In this hilarious, hopeful, and achingly human show, Heidi resurrects her teenage self in order to trace the profound relationship between four generations of women and the founding document that shaped their lives.
poster
83
7.7
/109091/
77
/3011/
75
/1801/
4.3
/171505/
89
/83/
91
/2301/
73
/15/
cc age 13+

Malcolm X (1992)
A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he became a Black Muslim and then a leader in the Nation of Islam. His assassination in 1965 left a legacy of self-determination and racial pride.
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MGM Plus
83
7.5
/98418/
75
/3408/
73
/2273/
3.8
/104565/
99
/310/
86
/2325/
79
/52/
cc age 13+

Selma (2014)
"Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous statement by President Lyndon B. Johnson that ultimately led to the signing of the Voting Rights Act.
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Kanopy
82
8.0
/1482/
81
/156/
75
/25/
3.9
/6450/
95
/100/
96
/25/
82
/19/
cc age 10+

Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street (2021)
Take a stroll down Sesame Street and witness the birth of the most influential children's show in television history. From the iconic furry characters to the classic songs you know by heart, learn how a gang of visionary creators changed the world.
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Netflix
81
7.6
/23017/
76
/1124/
72
/220/
4.1
/200834/
96
/143/
95
/27/
76
/33/
cc age 16+

Kneecap (2024)
When fate brings Belfast teacher JJ into the orbit of self-confessed "low life scum" Naoise and Liam Óg, the needle drops on a hip-hop act like no other. Rapping in their native Irish, they lead a movement to save their mother tongue.
poster
81
7.8
/14335/
78
/933/
75
/378/
3.9
/22050/
96
/105/
89
/162/
72
/22/

The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years (2016)
The Beatles stormed through Europe's music scene in 1963, and, in 1964, they conquered America. Their groundbreaking world tours changed global youth culture forever and, arguably, invented mass entertainment as we know it today. All the while, the group were composing and recording a series of extraordinarily successful singles and albums. However the relentless pressure of such unprecedented fame, that in 1966 became uncontrollable turmoil, led to the decision to stop touring. In the ensuing years The Beatles were then free to focus on a series of albums that changed the face of recorded music.
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Amazon Prime Video
80
7.2
/17413/
72
/1041/
72
/316/
3.7
/33426/
96
/196/
97
/529/
77
/48/
cc age 13+

Till (2022)
The true story of Mamie Till Mobley’s relentless pursuit of justice for her 14 year old son, Emmett Till, who, in 1955, was lynched while visiting his cousins in Mississippi.
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Kanopy
80
7.8
/125407/
77
/2913/
77
/1838/
3.9
/129626/
79
/29/
90
/1311/
65
/11/
cc age 16+

Mississippi Burning (1988)
Two FBI agents investigating the murder of civil rights workers during the 60s seek to breach the conspiracy of silence in a small Southern town where segregation divides black and white. The younger agent trained in FBI school runs up against the small town ways of his partner, a former sheriff.
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Starz Apple TV Channel
80
7.7
/163543/
77
/3723/
74
/2114/
3.8
/88397/
79
/204/
87
/7336/
73
/40/
cc age 15+

Ray (2004)
Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by a fiercely independent mom who insisted he make his own way, He found his calling and his gift behind a piano keyboard. Touring across the Southern musical circuit, the soulful singer gained a reputation and then exploded with worldwide fame when he pioneered coupling gospel and country together.
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Amazon Prime Video
78
7.1
/35553/
70
/1525/
70
/672/
3.7
/85501/
98
/348/
78
/134/
83
/51/
cc age 15+

One Night in Miami... (2020)
In the aftermath of Cassius Clay's defeat of Sonny Liston in 1964, the boxer meets with Malcolm X, Sam Cooke and Jim Brown to change the course of history in the segregated South.
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Amazon Prime Video
78
7.3
/5471/
77
/173/
76
/151/
3.5
/4673/
88
/17/
85
/110/
73
/13/
cc age 13+

The Long Walk Home (1990)
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.
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Netflix
78
7.6
/15274/
76
/730/
74
/380/
3.9
/26023/
90
/51/
85
/105/
75
/12/
cc age 15+

What Happened, Miss Simone? (2015)
The film chronicles Nina Simone's journey from child piano prodigy to iconic musician and passionate activist, told in her own words.
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FXNow
77
8.1
/522480/
81
/12008/
82
/8761/
3.9
/595060/
75
/231/
89
/7632/
62
/41/
cc age 12+

The Help (2011)
Aibileen Clark is a middle-aged African-American maid who has spent her life raising white children and has recently lost her only son; Minny Jackson is an African-American maid who has often offended her employers despite her family's struggles with money and her desperate need for jobs; and Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan is a young white woman who has recently moved back home after graduating college to find out her childhood maid has mysteriously disappeared. These three stories intertwine to explain how life in Jackson, Mississippi revolves around "the help"; yet they are always kept at a certain distance because of racial lines.
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Kanopy
76
7.0
/1867/
74
/131/
69
/20/
3.5
/4731/
98
/126/
66
/16/
81
/29/
cc age 13+

MLK/FBI (2020)
Based on newly declassified files, the film explores the US government’s surveillance and harassment of Martin Luther King, Jr.
poster
76
7.0
/24882/
70
/716/
68
/432/
3.6
/62853/
98
/47/
79
/4091/
77
/14/
cc age 14+

Hairspray (1988)
'Pleasantly plump' teenager Tracy Turnblad achieves her dream of becoming a regular on the Corny Collins Dance Show. Now a teen hero, she starts using her fame to speak out for the causes she believes in, most of all integration. In doing so, she earns the wrath of the show's former star, Amber Von Tussle, as well as Amber's manipulative, pro-segregation parents. The rivalry comes to a head as Amber and Tracy vie for the title of Miss Auto Show 1963.
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HBO Max Amazon Channel
76
7.2
/15978/
73
/1071/
66
/303/
3.5
/8478/
85
/47/
82
/119/

All the Way (2016)
Lyndon B. Johnson's amazing 11-month journey from taking office after JFK's assassination, through the fight to pass the 1964 Civil Rights Act and his own presidential campaign, culminating on the night LBJ is actually elected to the office – no longer the 'accidental President.'
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Starz
76
7.0
/38248/
74
/2552/
67
/947/
3.5
/39042/
88
/292/
76
/443/
79
/46/
cc age 12+

Loving (2016)
The story of Richard and Mildred Loving, an interracial couple, whose challenge of their anti-miscegenation arrest for their marriage in Virginia led to a legal battle that would end at the US Supreme Court.
poster
75
7.3
/578/
65
/14/
70
/8/
3.6
/374/
89
/9/
82
/21/

Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision (1995)
A film about the work of the artist most famous for her monuments such as the Vietnam Memorial Wall and the Civil Rights Fountain Memorial.
poster
75
7.3
/468972/
73
/24275/
72
/12558/
3.7
/964488/
92
/466/
73
/3214/
87
/53/
cc age 16+

The Shape of Water (2017)
An other-worldly story, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962, where a mute janitor working at a lab falls in love with an amphibious man being held captive there and devises a plan to help him escape.
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Starz Apple TV Channel
74
7.3
/10480/
71
/212/
68
/129/
3.5
/3020/
82
/130/
77
/2112/
69
/33/
cc age 16+

Talk to Me (2007)
The story of Washington D.C. radio personality Ralph "Petey" Greene, an ex-con who became a popular talk show host and community activist in the 1960s.
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Amazon Prime Video
74
6.8
/22785/
67
/503/
65
/302/
3.5
/32292/
88
/42/
75
/521/
73
/19/

River's Edge (1986)
A group of high-school friends must come to terms with the fact that one of them, Samson, killed another, Jamie. Faced with the brutality of death, each must decide whether to turn their friend in to the police, or to help him escape the consequences of his dreadful deed.
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Disney Plus
74
7.8
/245602/
78
/6269/
76
/2823/
3.9
/261171/
72
/137/
93
/23310/
48
/32/
cc age 10+

Remember the Titans (2000)
After leading his football team to 15 winning seasons, coach Bill Yoast is demoted and replaced by Herman Boone – tough, opinionated and as different from the beloved Yoast as he could be. The two men learn to overcome their differences and turn a group of hostile young men into champions.
poster
74
7.5
/107466/
77
/3617/
72
/1903/
3.7
/102414/
80
/193/
85
/3821/
62
/40/
cc age 11+

42 (2013)
In 1947, Jackie Robinson becomes the first Black man to play in Major League Baseball facing unabashed racism from the public, the press and other players.
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Kanopy
73
6.3
/10309/
70
/638/
56
/197/
3.2
/5596/
92
/159/
71
/284/
74
/42/
cc age 13+

Southside with You (2016)
Chronicles a single day in the summer of 1989 when the future president of the United States, Barack Obama, wooed his future First Lady on an epic first date across Chicago's South Side.
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Starz
72
7.2
/122855/
75
/4458/
73
/2966/
3.4
/53754/
72
/199/
78
/3089/
65
/47/
cc age 13+

The Butler (2013)
A look at the life of Cecil Gaines, who served eight presidents as the White House's head butler from 1952 to 1986, and had a unique front-row seat as political and racial history was made.
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Hulu
71
7.5
/1131/
73
/58/
41
/8/
3.7
/1982/
94
/71/
67
/12/
70
/19/
cc age 10+

John Lewis: Good Trouble (2020)
The timely biopic focuses on John Lewis’ longstanding prominence as a civil rights champion and his continuing crusade for racial and social equality. The documentary illuminates the 80-year-old Congressman’s life as it chronicles the moments on the extraordinary journey that have shaped his place in history and make him such a galvanizing figure today as protests circle the globe. Lewis’ schedule has increased ten-fold as he has become the go-to figure for TV news shows, podcasts and newspapers and magazines from the Washington Post to Vanity Fair, commenting on and leading the way forward through today’s worldwide protests and demonstrations.
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Netflix
70
6.6
/19052/
71
/1393/
67
/446/
3.1
/28466/
68
/191/
95
/2126/
61
/43/
cc age 14+

Respect (2021)
The rise of Aretha Franklin’s career from a child singing in her father’s church’s choir to her international superstardom.
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Disney Plus
69
7.2
/50675/
74
/1077/
74
/765/
3.4
/21673/
55
/150/
81
/5830/
58
/33/
cc age 10+

Glory Road (2006)
In 1966, Texas Western coach Don Haskins led the first all-black starting line-up for a college basketball team to the NCAA national championship.
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Netflix
67
6.5
/14449/
66
/674/
65
/201/
3.1
/52997/
83
/173/
82
/89/
68
/39/
cc age 13+

Rustin (2023)
Activist Bayard Rustin faces racism and homophobia as he helps change the course of Civil Rights history by orchestrating the 1963 March on Washington.
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HBO Max
67
6.9
/176/
66
/13/
35
/2/
3.6
/576/
90
/39/

Rebel Hearts (2021)
A group of pioneering nuns bravely stand up to the Catholic Church patriarchy, fighting for their livelihoods, convictions and equality against an all-powerful Cardinal. From marching in Selma in 1965 to the Women’s March in 2018, these women have reshaped our society with their bold acts of defiance.
poster
Hoopla
65
6.0
/4399/
63
/64/
61
/67/
3.0
/1403/
75
/12/
49
/35/
67
/17/

Blaze (1989)
A middle-aged Louisiana governor falls in love with a young stripper, which jeopardizes his political career and the radical policies which have made him a controversial figure.
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AMC+
78
62
7.5
/2236/
77
/150/
71
/69/
3.9
/13029/
100
/38/
70
/21/

Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror (2019)
Delving into a century of genre films that by turns utilized, caricatured, exploited, sidelined, and finally embraced them, this is the untold history of black Americans in Hollywood through their connection to the horror genre.
poster
The CW
62
6.5
/8295/
69
/464/
64
/162/
3.0
/4155/
55
/84/
54
/115/
54
/19/
cc age 15+

LBJ (2017)
The story of U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson from his young days in West Texas to the White House.
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Amazon Prime Video
75
61
7.5
/1772/
75
/73/
70
/38/
3.7
/4169/
88
/17/
86
/55/
63
/8/

Reel Injun (2010)
The evolution of the depiction of the various Native American peoples in cinema, from the silent era to the present day: how their image on the screen has changed the way to understand their history and culture.
poster
61
6.4
/2816/
69
/88/
62
/42/
3.4
/960/
27
/11/
76
/63/

Panther (1995)
In this sprawling, fictionalized history of the Black Panthers, 1960s Oakland becomes a war zone as the Panthers battle for the right to exist.
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Amazon Prime Video
77
60
7.8
/2729/
75
/70/
66
/25/
3.6
/1123/
90
/10/
86
/55/
77
/8/

The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1974)
In February, 1962, as the civil rights movement reaches Bayonne, Louisiana, a New York journalist arrives to interview Jane Pittman, who has just turned 110. She tells him her story dating back to her earliest memories before slavery ended. In between the chapters of her life, the present-day struggles of Blacks in Bayonne, urged on by Jimmy, are dramatized.
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Kanopy
60
6.7
/12662/
70
/266/
66
/154/
3.1
/4647/
43
/28/
62
/236/
56
/27/

Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)
A Mississippi district attorney and the widow of Medgar Evers struggle to bring a white supremacist to justice for the 1963 murder of the civil rights leader.
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Amazon Prime Video
58
6.5
/4846/
67
/71/
60
/77/
3.0
/1887/
40
/10/
54
/44/

Love Field (1992)
Dallas housewife Lurene Hallett's life revolves around the doings of Jacqueline Kennedy. She is devastated when President Kennedy is shot a few hours after she sees him arrive in Dallas. Despite her husband Ray's prohibition, she decides to attend the funeral in Washington, D.C. Forced to travel by bus, she befriends Jonell, the young black daughter of Paul Couter. Sensing something wrong, her good intentioned interference leads the mixed race threesome on an increasingly difficult journey to Washington with both the police and Ray looking for them.
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Amazon Prime Video
79
58
7.4
/1579/
74
/85/
69
/39/
3.6
/1040/
100
/11/
86
/107/
cc age 13+

Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown (2014)
James Brown changed the face of American music forever. Abandoned by his parents at an early age, James Brown was a self-made man who became one of the most influential artists of the 20th century, not just through his music, but also as a social activist. Charting his journey from rhythm and blues to funk, MR. DYNAMITE: THE RISE OF JAMES BROWN features rare and previously unseen footage, photographs and interviews, chronicling the musical ascension of “the hardest working man in show business,” from his first hit, “Please, Please, Please,” in 1956, to his iconic performances at the Apollo Theater, the T.A.M.I. Show, the Paris Olympia and more.
poster
74
57
7.2
/1835/
70
/66/
62
/32/
4.0
/6586/
77
/13/
83
/68/

The Spook Who Sat by the Door (1973)
A black man plays Uncle Tom in order to gain access to CIA training, then uses that knowledge to plot a new American Revolution.
poster
Disney Plus
74
54
7.1
/1312/
71
/41/
67
/28/
3.4
/2388/
86
/7/
86
/51/
cc age 10+

Ruby Bridges (1998)
When six-year-old Ruby Bridges is chosen to be the first African-American to integrate her local elementary school, she is subjected to the true ugliness of racism for the first time.
poster
Kanopy
75
53
7.5
/1278/
68
/53/
65
/30/
3.7
/1810/
94
/18/
78
/34/

Before Stonewall (1984)
New York City's Stonewall Inn is regarded by many as the site of gay and lesbian liberation since it was at this bar that drag queens fought back against police June 27-28, 1969. This documentary uses extensive archival film, movie clips and personal recollections to construct an audiovisual history of the gay community before the Stonewall riots.
poster
Netflix
52
51
5.7
/3888/
62
/435/
56
/78/
2.8
/7758/
29
/69/
60
/42/
47
/19/
cc age 15+

Alice (2022)
Alice spends her days enslaved on a rural Georgia plantation, restlessly yearning for freedom. After a violent clash with plantation owner Paul, Alice flees through the neighboring woods and stumbles onto the unfamiliar sight of a highway, soon discovering the year is actually 1973.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
51
6.0
/11065/
61
/489/
58
/270/
2.8
/16642/
36
/141/
50
/102/
54
/28/
cc age 15+

Seberg (2019)
An ambitious young FBI agent is assigned to investigate iconic actress Jean Seberg when she becomes embroiled in the tumultuous civil rights movement in late 1960s Los Angeles.


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