swap_horiz Blackenstein Alternatives

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Ganja & Hess

Ganja & Hess is Bill Gunn's 1973 experimental Black horror film with Duane Jones and Marlene Clark, screened at Cannes a...

Drama Horror Vampire 1973

8.3 Great

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The Spook Who Sat by the Door

The Spook Who Sat by the Door is Ivan Dixon's 1973 adaptation of Sam Greenlee's novel, added to the National Film Regist...

Drama Activism Thriller Spy

7.5 Good

3

J.D.'s Revenge

J.D.'s Revenge is a 1976 American blaxploitation horror film by Arthur Marks, starring Glynn Turman as a law student pos...

Supernatural Horror Crime Possession

6.5 Fair

4

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

5

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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Georgia, Georgia

Georgia, Georgia is a 1972 Swedish-American drama directed by Stig Bjorkman, with Maya Angelou's screenplay, a landmark...

Drama Independent International Race

5.8 Mediocre

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Five on the Black Hand Side

Five on the Black Hand Side is Oscar Williams's 1973 family comedy, adapted by Charlie L. Russell from his 1969 play as...

Drama Community Family Comedy

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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Passing Through

Passing Through is Larry Clark's 1977 independent jazz film, notable for Horace Tapscott's score and its 2023 addition t...

Music Drama Independent Crime

5.7 Mediocre

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Slaughter's Big Rip-Off

Slaughter's Big Rip-Off is Gordon Douglas's 1973 sequel to Slaughter, starring Jim Brown opposite Ed McMahon, with music...

Action Crime Revenge Sequel

5.5 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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The Thing with Two Heads

This 1972 science fiction film features the absurd premise of a racist white surgeon's severed head being transplanted o...

Sci Fi Classic Horror Comedy

5.3 Mediocre

13

Top of the Heap

Top of the Heap is Christopher St. John's 1972 drama about a Black Washington, D.C. police officer, notable for its astr...

Police Drama Independent Crime

5.0 Mediocre

14

The Soul of Nigger Charley

The Soul of Nigger Charley is Larry Spangler's 1973 Western sequel, with Fred Williamson returning as Charley to fight p...

Action Sequel Western Slavery

5.0 Mediocre

15

Lord Shango

Lord Shango is a 1975 American blaxploitation horror film, a religion-themed genre entry with Marlene Clark among its pr...

Drama Supernatural Horror Revenge

5.0 Mediocre

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Superfly T.N.T.

Superfly T.N.T. is Ron O'Neal's 1973 sequel to Super Fly, with O'Neal directing and reprising Youngblood Priest in Rome...

Action International Crime Sequel

4.8 Poor

17

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

18

Abby

Abby is a 1974 American blaxploitation horror film by William Girdler, about Yoruba spirit possession and pulled after a...

Supernatural Horror Female Lead 1974

4.8 Poor

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Dr. Black, Mr. Hyde

Dr. Black, Mr. Hyde is a 1976 William Crain blaxploitation horror film, notable for recasting Jekyll and Hyde through Be...

Drama Supernatural Horror Monster

4.7 Poor

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The Werewolf of Washington

Directed by Milton Moses Ginsberg, this 1973 horror comedy satirizes the Nixon administration by following a journalist...

Satire Horror Political 1970S

4.5 Poor