swap_horiz Black Fist Alternatives

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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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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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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

4

The Education of Sonny Carson

The Education of Sonny Carson is a 1974 American drama by Michael Campus, adapted from activist Sonny Carson's autobiogr...

Drama Youth Crime Biography

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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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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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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The Final Comedown

The Final Comedown is Oscar Williams's 1972 drama starring Billy Dee Williams, built around a shootout between Black mil...

Action Drama Activism Crime

5.8 Mediocre

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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

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Shaft (2019)

Shaft is a 2019 action comedy directed by Tim Story, pairing Samuel L. Jackson, Jessie T. Usher, and Richard Roundtree a...

Action Crime Sequel 2010S

5.7 Mediocre

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Original Gangstas

Original Gangstas is a 1996 Larry Cohen action film set in Gary, Indiana, notable for reuniting Fred Williamson, Jim Bro...

Action Nostalgia Community Crime

5.6 Mediocre

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That Man Bolt

That Man Bolt is a 1973 Universal action film starring Fred Williamson as courier Jefferson Bolt, mixing blaxploitation,...

Action Crime Spy Martial Arts

5.5 Mediocre

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Three Tough Guys

Three Tough Guys is a 1974 Italy-France-U.S. crime action film by Duccio Tessari, starring Lino Ventura, Isaac Hayes and...

Action International Crime 1974

5.5 Mediocre

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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

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Jive Turkey

Jive Turkey is a 1974 American blaxploitation crime film, also released as Baby Needs a New Pair of Shoes, centered on a...

Action Drama Crime Period

5.0 Mediocre

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Baby Needs a New Pair of Shoes

Baby Needs a New Pair of Shoes is the alternate title for Jive Turkey, a 1974 blaxploitation crime film about gambling a...

Action Drama Crime Gambling

4.8 Poor

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Dynamite Brothers

Dynamite Brothers is a 1974 American martial-arts blaxploitation film by Al Adamson, pairing Timothy Brown with Hong Kon...

Action Crime 1974 Buddy

4.5 Poor

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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

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Soul Brothers of Kung Fu

Soul Brothers of Kung Fu is a 1977 Hong Kong martial arts film starring Bruce Li, notable for its US retitling to court...

Action Crime Buddy Martial Arts

4.5 Poor