swap_horiz Black Dynamite Alternatives

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Let's Do It Again

Let's Do It Again is a 1975 American crime comedy directed by Sidney Poitier, with Curtis Mayfield's soundtrack and the...

Crime Comedy Gambling 1975

7.3 Good

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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

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Uptown Saturday Night

Uptown Saturday Night is a 1974 American crime comedy directed by Sidney Poitier, later selected for the U.S. National F...

Crime Comedy 1974 Buddy

7.2 Good

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Watermelon Man

Watermelon Man is Melvin Van Peebles's 1970 studio comedy about a racist white salesman who wakes up Black, starring God...

Drama Satire Comedy Race

7.0 Good

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I'm Gonna Git You Sucka

I'm Gonna Git You Sucka is Keenen Ivory Wayans's 1988 directing debut, notable for parodying blaxploitation with Jim Bro...

Satire Crime Comedy Parody

6.9 Fair

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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

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For Love of Ivy

*For Love of Ivy* is a 1968 romantic comedy directed by Daniel Mann, notable for having Sidney Poitier star and co-write...

Classic Comedy Urban Romance

6.6 Fair

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Bustin' Loose

Bustin' Loose is a 1981 road comedy-drama starring Richard Pryor and Cicely Tyson, with Oz Scott directing and Michael S...

Comedy Urban 1980S Road

6.1 Fair

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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

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Black Mama, White Mama

Black Mama, White Mama is Eddie Romero's 1973 women-in-prison film starring Pam Grier and Margaret Markov, shot in the P...

Action International Female Lead Prison

6.0 Fair

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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

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Outlaw Johnny Black

Michael Jai White directed and starred in this 2023 Western comedy, which serves as a spiritual successor to Black Dynam...

Comedy Western Outlaw 2020S

6.0 Fair

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Darktown Strutters

Darktown Strutters is a 1975 American blaxploitation musical comedy directed by William Witney, built around a female bi...

Action Satire Motorcycle Comedy

4.8 Poor

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Hot Potato

Hot Potato is a 1976 Jim Kelly action film written and directed by Oscar Williams, notable as a Thailand-shot follow-up...

Action International Comedy Martial Arts

4.7 Poor

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Honey Baby, Honey Baby

Honey Baby, Honey Baby is a 1974 American action film by Michael Schultz, sending Diana Sands and Calvin Lockhart into a...

Action International Comedy Female Lead

4.5 Poor

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Super Soul Brother

Super Soul Brother is a 1978 blaxploitation comedy by Rene Martinez Jr, starring Wildman Steve as a vagrant injected wit...

Action Independent Crime Comedy

3.1 Poor