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Netflix
87
8.2
/39110/
81
/2484/
79
/773/
4.3
/117244/
97
/105/
90
/240/
81
/29/
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.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
85
7.8
/3855/
77
/124/
72
/47/
4.0
/5767/
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
Netflix
84
7.6
/1506/
78
/71/
75
/13/
3.9
/9009/
80
/14/

DEVO (2024)
Originally formed amidst the chaos of the 1970 Kent State anti-Vietnam War protest killings, the not quite new wave band Devo scored a hit with "Whip It" and gained mainstream success with their message of societal "de-evolution."
poster
YouTube TV
83
7.7
/109840/
77
/3093/
75
/1828/
4.3
/181010/
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.
poster
83
7.5
/310728/
76
/16099/
74
/7933/
4.0
/1086767/
96
/448/
83
/1723/
83
/56/
cc age 15+

BlacKkKlansman (2018)
Colorado Springs, late 1970s. Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer, and Flip Zimmerman, his Jewish colleague, run an undercover operation to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan.
poster
Kanopy
83
7.9
/27454/
76
/915/
76
/402/
4.1
/44650/
100
/19/
90
/558/
79
/12/

The Thin Blue Line (1988)
This unique documentary dramatically re-enacts the crime scene and investigation of a police officer's murder in Dallas.
poster
Netflix
83
7.4
/57101/
75
/2442/
73
/1282/
3.8
/55876/
97
/202/
85
/314/
85
/44/
cc age 15+

Mudbound (2017)
In the post–World War II South, two families are pitted against a barbaric social hierarchy and an unrelenting landscape as they simultaneously fight the battle at home and the battle abroad.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
81
7.7
/162970/
77
/5725/
72
/2013/
3.8
/193398/
89
/74/
90
/11987/
73
/12/
cc age 15+

Blazing Saddles (1974)
A town—where everyone seems to be named Johnson—stands in the way of the railroad. In order to grab their land, robber baron Hedley Lamarr sends his henchmen to make life in the town unbearable. After the sheriff is killed, the town demands a new sheriff from the Governor, so Hedley convinces him to send the town the first black sheriff in the west.
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Amazon Prime Video
80
7.5
/377695/
76
/17080/
74
/3403/
4.1
/3312967/
97
/427/
96
/9472/
84
/55/
cc age 16+

Sinners (2025)
Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
80
7.8
/126503/
77
/2926/
76
/1854/
3.9
/135975/
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.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
78
7.3
/5543/
76
/173/
76
/153/
3.5
/5014/
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.
poster
Curiosity Stream
78
7.5
/66079/
74
/1262/
72
/677/
3.6
/23904/
80
/132/
86
/4778/
65
/32/
cc age 13+

The Great Debaters (2007)
The true story of a brilliant but politically radical debate team coach who uses the power of words to transform a group of underdog African-American college students into a historical powerhouse that took on the Harvard elite.
poster
Fandor
77
7.2
/33681/
72
/1059/
72
/959/
3.8
/60610/
94
/17/
83
/511/
75
/6/

Django (1966)
A coffin-dragging gunslinger and a prostitute become embroiled in a bitter feud between a merciless masked clan and a band of Mexican revolutionaries.
poster
Hulu
76
7.5
/379/
74
/48/
65
/4/
3.6
/1046/
96
/48/
81
/8/
cc age 11+

The League (2023)
The triumphs and challenges of Negro League baseball in the early 20th century. Through rare footage and interviews with iconic players like Satchel Paige and Buck O'Neil, as well as Hall of Famers Willie Mays and Hank Aaron, the film highlights the league's pivotal role in Black communities and the impact of integration.
poster
YouTube TV
76
7.7
/90025/
78
/2645/
77
/1426/
4.0
/117076/
77
/47/
87
/43/
64
/21/
cc age 13+

Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
Amidst her own personality crisis, a southern housewife meets an outgoing old woman who tells her the story of Idgie Threadgoode and Ruth Jamison, two young women who experienced hardships and love in 1920s Whistle Stop, Alabama.
poster
Criterion Channel
77
75
7.3
/13875/
71
/287/
69
/280/
3.9
/22188/
94
/18/
82
/236/

Shock Corridor (1963)
With the help of his girlfriend Cathy and Dr. Fong, a psychiatrist, ambitious journalist Johnny Barrett poses as a madman in order to be admitted to a mental institution where a bloody murder has been committed.
poster
The Roku Channel
75
7.4
/15190/
73
/305/
71
/182/
3.5
/7477/
89
/38/
83
/243/
70
/12/
cc age 13+

Places in the Heart (1984)
In 1935 rural Texas, recently widowed Edna Spaulding struggles to survive with two small children, a farm to run, and very little money in the bank - not to mention a deadly tornado and the unwelcome presence of the Ku Klux Klan. Edna is aided by her beautician sister, Margaret; a blind boarder, Mr. Will; and a would-be thief, Moze, who decides to teach Edna how to plant and harvest cotton.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
78
73
7.4
/8429/
71
/182/
71
/158/
3.6
/7669/
100
/10/
85
/109/
cc age 12+

Compulsion (1959)
Two close friends' plan to execute a flawless crime is crushed when one of them inadvertently leaves his glasses at the crime scene.
poster
73
7.1
/2766/
62
/49/
58
/41/
3.7
/3181/
100
/18/
70
/53/
79
/11/

Smile (1975)
It's time again for California's "Young American Miss" beauty pageant, the biggest event of the year for Big Bob Freelander and Brenda DiCarlo, who give their all to put on a successful pageant. But Brenda is having marital difficulties and Bob's son is up to some mischief. Could this year's pageant be in jeopardy?
poster
73
7.0
/5194/
75
/104/
68
/74/
3.4
/3087/
73
/62/
86
/280/

Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
Chronicles the rise and fall of legendary blues singer Billie Holiday, beginning with her traumatic youth. The story depicts her early attempts at a singing career and her eventual rise to stardom, as well as her difficult relationship with Louis McKay, her boyfriend and manager. Casting a shadow over even Holiday's brightest moments is the vocalist's severe drug addiction, which threatens to end both her career and her life.
poster
MGM Plus
72
7.5
/202444/
76
/5063/
74
/2838/
3.8
/187251/
66
/56/
85
/3590/
53
/21/
cc age 15+

A Time to Kill (1996)
A young lawyer defends a black man accused of murdering two white men who raped his 10-year-old daughter, sparking a rebirth of the KKK.
poster
71
7.3
/1824/
72
/46/
69
/18/
3.4
/461/
71
/52/
74
/189/
cc age 8+

Paper Clips (2004)
Whitwell, TN is a small, rural community of less than two thousand people nestled in the mountains of Tennessee. Its citizens are almost exclusively white and Christian. In 1998, the children of Whitwell Middle School took on an inspiring project, launched out of their principal's desire to help her students open their eyes to diversity in the world and the horrors and enormity of the holocaust.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
70
6.6
/163438/
66
/8741/
64
/2760/
3.3
/439003/
85
/306/
62
/727/
68
/49/
cc age 16+

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (2020)
14 years after making a film about his journey across the USA, Borat risks life and limb when he returns to the United States with his young daughter, and reveals more about the culture, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the political elections.
poster
Kanopy
70
6.8
/21257/
69
/1211/
69
/449/
3.2
/20872/
76
/80/
83
/385/
58
/18/
cc age 17+

Skin (2019)
A destitute young man, raised by racist skinheads and notorious among white supremacists, turns his back on hatred and violence to transform his life, with the help of a black activist and the woman he loves.
poster
Netflix
67
6.2
/45529/
64
/3666/
63
/1049/
3.0
/60130/
79
/160/
76
/49/
64
/23/
cc age 15+

Synchronic (2020)
Two New Orleans paramedics' lives are ripped apart after encountering a series of horrific deaths linked to a designer drug with bizarre, otherworldly effects.
poster
66
6.6
/10964/
68
/527/
62
/181/
3.7
/30731/
60
/25/
69
/359/

Tales from the Hood (1995)
A strange mortician tells four horrific tales to three drug dealers that he traps in their local funeral parlor.
poster
Kanopy
74
66
7.5
/4533/
68
/105/
71
/105/
3.8
/6442/
80
/5/
78
/58/

The Intruder (1962)
A man in a gleaming white suit comes to a small Southern town on the eve of integration. He calls himself a social reformer. But what he does is stir up trouble--trouble he soon finds he can't control.
poster
Starz
66
6.5
/53143/
70
/5471/
65
/1456/
3.2
/49605/
84
/76/
64
/311/
68
/17/
cc age 17+

Imperium (2016)
Nate Foster, a young, idealistic FBI agent, goes undercover to take down a radical white supremacy terrorist group. The bright up-and-coming analyst must confront the challenge of sticking to a new identity while maintaining his real principles as he navigates the dangerous underworld of white supremacy. Inspired by real events.
poster
65
6.7
/4410/
67
/211/
61
/84/
3.2
/2206/
49
/71/
97
/6/
cc age 15+

Burden (2018)
Ku Klux Klansman Mike Burden opens the Redneck Shop and KKK museum in historic Laurens, SC. He subsequently falls in love with a single mother and, under her influence, quits the Klan and is taken in by an African American Reverend.
poster
Kanopy
64
6.1
/28081/
53
/595/
59
/576/
2.3
/38058/
91
/45/
40
/559/
cc age 16+

The Birth of a Nation (1915)
Two families, abolitionist Northerners the Stonemans and Southern landowners the Camerons, intertwine. When Confederate colonel Ben Cameron is captured in battle, nurse Elsie Stoneman petitions for his pardon. In Reconstruction-era South Carolina, Cameron founds the Ku Klux Klan, battling Elsie's congressman father and his African-American protégé, Silas Lynch.
poster
Kanopy
63
6.9
/67741/
74
/6317/
68
/1590/
3.3
/34466/
48
/193/
64
/758/
53
/38/
cc age 16+

Free State of Jones (2016)
In 1863, Mississippi farmer Newt Knight serves as a medic for the Confederate Army. Opposed to slavery, Knight would rather help the wounded than fight the Union. After his nephew dies in battle, Newt returns home to Jones County to safeguard his family but is soon branded an outlaw deserter. Forced to flee, he finds refuge with a group of runaway slaves hiding out in the swamps. Forging an alliance with the slaves and other farmers, Knight leads a rebellion that would forever change history.
poster
AMC+
77
62
7.5
/2251/
76
/152/
68
/73/
3.9
/13106/
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
62
6.4
/6514/
62
/233/
61
/152/
3.1
/7230/
48
/52/
70
/148/
59
/23/

Naqoyqatsi (2002)
A visual montage portrait of our contemporary world dominated by globalized technology and violence.
poster
Hoopla
61
6.6
/9074/
74
/627/
68
/270/
3.0
/2896/
44
/9/
84
/288/
47
/7/
cc age 13+

Same Kind of Different as Me (2017)
International art dealer Ron Hall must befriend a dangerous homeless man in order to save his struggling marriage to his wife, a woman whose dreams will lead all three of them on the journey of their lives.
poster
71
61
7.0
/4193/
68
/58/
65
/57/
3.4
/3440/
100
/7/
59
/71/

Black Legion (1937)
When a hard-working machinist loses a promotion to a Polish-born worker, he is seduced into joining the secretive Black Legion, which intimidates foreigners through violence.
poster
61
6.3
/24560/
66
/493/
63
/414/
3.1
/8659/
63
/27/
60
/296/
66
/22/

Sommersby (1993)
Set in the South just after the US Civil War, Laurel Sommersby is just managing to work the farm without her husband, believed killed in battle. By all accounts, Jack Sommersby was not a pleasant man, thus when he suddenly returns, Laurel has mixed emotions. It appears that Jack has changed a great deal, leading some people to believe that this is not actually Jack but an imposter. Laurel herself is unsure, but willing to take the man into her home, and perhaps later into her heart.
poster
76
60
7.4
/2756/
75
/41/
69
/48/
3.9
/3786/
88
/472/

Stars in My Crown (1950)
An orphaned man recalls his upbringing with his aunt and her husband, the parson, in a small Western town during the Reconstruction.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
77
60
7.8
/2752/
75
/70/
65
/26/
3.6
/1166/
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.
poster
Netflix
59
7.3
/21524/
76
/1299/
73
/465/
3.4
/14615/
51
/82/
76
/259/
49
/25/
cc age 12+

The Best of Enemies (2019)
Centers on the unlikely relationship between Ann Atwater, an outspoken civil rights activist, and C.P. Ellis, a local Ku Klux Klan leader who reluctantly co-chaired a community summit, battling over the desegregation of schools in Durham, North Carolina during the racially-charged summer of 1971. The incredible events that unfolded would change Durham and the lives of Atwater and Ellis forever.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
59
6.5
/28695/
66
/1045/
64
/514/
3.3
/42567/
56
/34/
60
/752/
40
/14/

Nightbreed (1990)
A troubled young man is drawn to a mythical place called Midian where a variety of friendly monsters are hiding from humanity. Meanwhile, a sadistic serial killer is looking for a patsy.
poster
75
58
7.7
/2224/
76
/154/
72
/44/
3.9
/5119/

Louis Theroux: Louis and the Nazis (2003)
Louis Theroux travels to California to meet the man dubbed "the most dangerous racist in America"; Tom Metzger. Louis meets him, his family and his publicity manager as well as following him to skinhead rallies and on a visit to Mexico.
poster
Kanopy
58
6.5
/44195/
68
/1451/
64
/775/
3.2
/47811/
60
/40/
55
/1083/
44
/8/
cc age 13+

Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
An anthology film presenting remakes of three episodes from the "Twilight Zone" TV series—"Kick the Can", "It's a Good Life" and "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet"—and one original story, "Time Out."
poster
Kanopy
65
57
6.3
/2792/
68
/184/
65
/147/
2.7
/3113/
59
/17/
89
/36/
60
/4/
cc age 14+

Son of the South (2021)
In civil rights era Montgomery, Alabama, Klansman's grandson Bob Zellner must choose which side of history to be on during the Movement. Defying his family and white Southern norms, he fought against social injustice, repression and violence to change the world around him
poster
Kanopy
57
6.0
/84788/
65
/3039/
60
/1395/
2.9
/42433/
67
/115/
40
/1309/
50
/33/
cc age 16+

Shaft (2000)
New York police detective John Shaft arrests Walter Wade Jr. for a racially motivated slaying. But the only eyewitness disappears, and Wade jumps bail for Switzerland. Two years later Wade returns to face trial, confident his money and influence will get him acquitted -- especially since he's paid a drug kingpin to kill the witness.
poster
56
6.1
/1474/
54
/17/
59
/26/
3.2
/704/
36
/4/

Alamo Bay (1985)
A despondent Vietnam veteran in danger of losing his livelihood is pushed to the edge when he sees Vietnamese immigrants moving into the fishing industry in a Texas bay town.
poster
56
6.4
/7768/
64
/149/
61
/135/
3.2
/3650/
36
/14/
55
/60/

Betrayed (1988)
An FBI agent posing as a combine driver becomes romantically involved with a Midwest farmer who lives a double life as a white supremacist.
poster
61
54
6.1
/4068/
71
/157/
61
/53/
3.0
/1623/
60
/5/
61
/76/
55
/7/

Bustin' Loose (1981)
After ex-con Joe Braxton violates his probation, he is given a second chance. All he has to do is drive a group of special kids across the country.
poster
53
6.6
/286345/
71
/12332/
66
/5791/
3.3
/211631/
23
/183/
78
/15059/
38
/34/
cc age 17+

Bad Boys II (2003)
Detectives Marcus Burnett and Mike Lowrey of the Miami Narcotics Task Force are tasked with stopping the flow of the drug Ecstasy into Miami. They track the drugs to the whacked-out Cuban drug lord Johnny Tapia, who is also involved in a bloody war with Russian and Haitian mobsters. If that isn't bad enough, there's tension between the two detectives when Marcus discovers that playboy Mike is secretly romancing Marcus’ sister, Syd.


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