swap_horiz Black Heat Alternatives

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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

2

The River Niger

The River Niger is a 1976 film adaptation of Joseph Walker's Tony-winning play, notable for James Earl Jones, Cicely Tys...

Drama Community Family Crime

6.5 Fair

3

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

4

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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Hammer

Hammer is Bruce D. Clark's 1972 boxing crime film starring Fred Williamson as B.J. Hammer, helping establish him as a bl...

Action Drama Boxing Crime

5.5 Mediocre

6

Melinda

Melinda is Hugh A. Robertson's 1972 MGM crime drama starring Calvin Lockhart, and it includes karate champion Jim Kelly'...

Action Drama Mystery Crime

5.5 Mediocre

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Cool Breeze

Cool Breeze is Barry Pollack's 1972 MGM heist film starring Thalmus Rasulala, a blaxploitation remake of The Asphalt Jun...

Action Drama Crime Heist

5.2 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

9

Countdown at Kusini

Countdown at Kusini is a 1976 Nigerian-American action drama directed by Ossie Davis and financed by Delta Sigma Theta s...

Action Drama International Crime

5.2 Mediocre

10

Monkey Hustle

Monkey Hustle is a 1976 American blaxploitation comedy by Arthur Marks, notable for Yaphet Kotto, Rudy Ray Moore and a C...

Drama Community Crime Comedy

5.1 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

12

Joshua

Joshua is a 1976 blaxploitation Western directed by Larry G. Spangler, with Fred Williamson as an ex-Union soldier hunti...

Action Crime Revenge Western

4.9 Poor

13

Big Score

The Big Score is a 1983 Fred Williamson crime drama, notable for pairing Williamson's Chicago cop with Richard Roundtree...

Action Detective Crime Drugs

4.9 Poor

14

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

15

Emma Mae

Emma Mae is a 1976 Jamaa Fanaka film, later retitled Black Sister's Revenge, notable as a UCLA-era LA Rebellion work abo...

Drama Community Crime Female Lead

4.8 Poor

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No Way Back

No Way Back is a 1976 blaxploitation film written, directed by and starring Fred Williamson as private eye Jesse Crowder...

Action Drama Crime Thriller

4.6 Poor

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The Hitter

The Hitter is a 1979 American blaxploitation action film directed by Christopher Leitch, starring Super Fly actor Ron O'...

Action Drama Boxing Crime

4.6 Poor

18

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

19

Black Shampoo

Black Shampoo is a 1976 American blaxploitation and sexploitation film by Greydon Clark, recasting Shampoo around a Blac...

Action Drama Crime Revenge

3.8 Poor

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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