swap_horiz Black Snake Alternatives

1

Super Fly

Gordon Parks Jr. directed this 1972 film about a cocaine dealer trying to retire, establishing it as one of the most ico...

Classic Crime 1970S Harlem

8.6 Great

2

Space Is the Place

Space Is the Place is a 1974 Afrofuturist science-fiction film by John Coney, starring Sun Ra and his Arkestra in a cosm...

Music Sci Fi Classic 1970S

7.8 Good

3

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

4

...tick...tick...tick...

Ralph Nelson directed this 1970 drama starring Jim Brown as a newly elected Black sheriff facing deep racial tension and...

Classic Drama Crime 1970S

6.6 Fair

5

Brother John

Brother John is a 1971 Sidney Poitier drama by James Goldstone, with Quincy Jones music and a mysterious return to rural...

Classic Drama Mystery 1970S

6.5 Fair

6

The Candy Tangerine Man

The Candy Tangerine Man is Matt Cimber's 1975 Los Angeles blaxploitation film about John Daniels's pimp figure, the Blac...

Classic Crime Urban 1970S

6.4 Fair

7

Charley One-Eye

Charley One-Eye is Don Chaffey's 1973 British-American Western starring Richard Roundtree as a Black Union Army deserter...

Classic Drama 1970S Western

6.4 Fair

8

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

9

Book of Numbers

Book of Numbers is Raymond St. Jacques's 1973 crime film about a 1930s Arkansas numbers racket and his only work as dire...

Classic Crime Gangster 1970S

6.1 Fair

10

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

11

Slaves

Slaves is a 1969 slavery drama directed by Herbert Biberman, starring Dionne Warwick in her screen acting debut alongsid...

Classic Drama 1960S Period

5.9 Mediocre

12

The Legend of Nigger Charley

The Legend of Nigger Charley is a 1972 blaxploitation Western starring Fred Williamson as an escaped slave, and it launc...

Action Revenge Western Slavery

5.8 Mediocre

13

Brother on the Run

Brother on the Run is a 1973 blaxploitation film co-directed by Edward J. Lakso and Herbert Stock, noted for Johnny Pate...

Action Classic Crime Urban

5.6 Mediocre

14

Solomon King

Solomon King is a 1974 independent blaxploitation film produced, written, co-directed, and starring Sal Watts, later res...

Action Classic Crime 1970S

5.5 Mediocre

15

Together for Days

Directed by Michael Schultz, this 1972 romantic drama explores the social challenges and intense backlash faced by a whi...

Classic Drama Urban Romance

5.5 Mediocre

16

Diamonds

*Diamonds* is a 1975 American crime film directed by Menahem Golan, notable for starring Robert Shaw and featuring blaxp...

Action Classic Crime 1970S

5.4 Mediocre

17

Black Samurai

Black Samurai is a 1977 martial arts spy film by Al Adamson, starring Jim Kelly and based on Marc Olden's paperback hero...

Action Classic 1970S Spy

5.1 Mediocre

18

Cover Girls

Cover Girls is a 1977 NBC crime-drama pilot by Jerry London, starring Cornelia Sharpe and Jayne Kennedy as models turned...

Action Classic Crime 1970S

5.0 Mediocre

19

Blackjack

Blackjack is a 1978 American crime drama by John Evans, with Tony Burton and Damu King in a Las Vegas casino-robbery plo...

Action Classic Crime Urban

4.7 Poor

20

Death Dimension

Also known as *Black Eliminator*, this 1978 martial arts blaxploitation film stars Jim Kelly as a secret agent fighting...

Action Classic 1970S Spy

4.6 Poor