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Cotton Comes to Harlem

Cotton Comes to Harlem is Ossie Davis's 1970 Harlem crime comedy, adapted from Chester Himes and often cited as an early...

Detective Crime Comedy Harlem

7.2 Good

2

Death of a Snowman

Also released as *Soul Patrol*, this 1978 South African action film directed by Christopher Rowley blends blaxploitation...

Action Classic Crime Urban

6.6 Fair

3

Come Back, Charleston Blue

Come Back, Charleston Blue is a 1972 Harlem crime comedy, Mark Warren's sequel to Cotton Comes to Harlem, with music by...

Detective Crime Comedy Sequel

6.5 Fair

4

Trouble Man

Trouble Man is Ivan Dixon's 1972 crime thriller starring Robert Hooks as fixer Mr. T, remembered for Marvin Gaye's self-...

Action Drama Detective Crime

6.5 Fair

5

They Call Me Mister Tibbs!

This 1970 crime thriller is the sequel to In the Heat of the Night, featuring Sidney Poitier reprising his role as Detec...

Classic Detective Mystery Crime

6.4 Fair

6

Willie Dynamite

Willie Dynamite is a 1973 blaxploitation drama by Gilbert Moses, released in New York in 1974 as the first Zanuck-Brown...

Action Drama Crime 1974

6.2 Fair

7

Shaft (2000)

Shaft is a 2000 action thriller directed by John Singleton, starring Samuel L. Jackson as John Shaft with Richard Roundt...

Action Crime 2000S Sequel

6.2 Fair

8

Gordon's War

Gordon's War is Ossie Davis's 1973 action film starring Paul Winfield as a Vietnam veteran fighting Harlem drug dealers...

Action Crime Revenge Veterans

6.0 Fair

9

The Slams

The Slams is a 1973 prison-action film directed by Jonathan Kaplan, starring Jim Brown as a robber hiding stolen loot be...

Action Classic Crime 1970S

6.0 Fair

10

Hit!

Hit! is Sidney J. Furie's 1973 action thriller starring Billy Dee Williams as a federal agent targeting heroin trafficke...

Action Crime Thriller Drugs

5.8 Mediocre

11

Black Eye

Black Eye is a 1974 American neo-noir blaxploitation film directed by Jack Arnold, starring Fred Williamson as Los Angel...

Action Drama Detective Crime

5.2 Mediocre

12

Sweet Jesus, Preacherman

Sweet Jesus, Preacherman is Henning Schellerup's 1973 action film starring Roger E. Mosley as a hitman posing as a Bapti...

Action Crime Church Drugs

4.8 Poor

13

The Black Godfather

The Black Godfather is a 1974 American crime film written and directed by John Evans, with Rod Perry challenging a white...

Action Crime Gangster 1974

4.5 Poor

14

Death Journey

Death Journey is a 1976 American action crime film directed by Fred Williamson, introducing his recurring private-eye he...

Action Detective Crime Thriller

4.5 Poor

15

Foxtrap

Foxtrap is a 1986 action film directed by and starring Fred Williamson as Thomas Fox, a late-period entry in blaxploitat...

Action Detective Crime Thriller

4.3 Poor

16

Return of Superfly

The Return of Superfly is a 1990 crime drama directed by original producer Sig Shore, notable for replacing Ron O'Neal w...

Action Crime Sequel Drugs

4.3 Poor

17

Black Gestapo

The Black Gestapo is a 1975 American exploitation crime film by Lee Frost, about a Watts vigilante group turning into a...

Action Community Crime 1975

4.0 Poor

18

Black Heat

Black Heat is a 1976 American blaxploitation action film by Al Adamson, starring Timothy Brown as Las Vegas detective Ki...

Action Drama Detective Crime

4.0 Poor

19

Velvet Smooth

Velvet Smooth is a 1976 American blaxploitation film by Michael L. Fink, notable for Johnnie Hill as a female private de...

Action Detective Crime Female Lead

3.8 Poor

20

The Guy from Harlem

The Guy from Harlem is a 1977 Miami-set blaxploitation film by Rene Martinez Jr, notable for Loye Hawkins as private inv...

Action Independent Detective Crime

2.8 Poor