swap_horiz Boss'n Up Alternatives

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The Cool World

The Cool World is Shirley Clarke's 1963 Harlem gang drama, preserved in the National Film Registry and scored by Mal Wal...

Classic Drama Crime 1960S

7.2 Good

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Cornbread, Earl and Me

Cornbread, Earl and Me is a 1975 American coming-of-age drama by Joseph Manduke, notable as Laurence Fishburne's film de...

Drama Community Youth Crime

6.8 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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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

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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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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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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

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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

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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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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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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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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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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

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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

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Black Rage

Black Rage is Chris Robinson's 1972 film, also known as Charcoal Black, about enslaved brothers escaping with a treasure...

Classic Drama Crime Urban

4.7 Poor

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Fox Style

*Fox Style* is a 1970s American blaxploitation film directed by Lorenzo Gicca, depicting the stylish exploits of an Afri...

Classic Drama Crime Urban

4.2 Poor

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Charcoal Black

Charcoal Black is an alternate title for Chris Robinson's 1972 Black Rage, a slavery-era adventure also released as Catc...

Classic Drama Crime Urban

3.9 Poor

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Super Fly 2000

This modern continuation of the Super Fly franchise updates the classic blaxploitation narrative of a drug dealer naviga...

Action Crime 2000S Sequel

3.8 Poor