swap_horiz Dr. Black, Mr. Hyde 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

2

The Story of a Three-Day Pass

This 1967 romantic drama directed by Melvin Van Peebles follows a Black soldier in France, and is widely recognized as a...

Military Classic Drama Romance

7.6 Good

3

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

4

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

5

Watermelon Man

Watermelon Man is Melvin Van Peebles's 1970 studio comedy about a racist white salesman who wakes up Black, starring God...

Drama Satire Comedy Race

7.0 Good

6

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

7

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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

8

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

9

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

10

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

11

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

12

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

13

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

14

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

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

16

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

17

Black Heat

Black Heat is a 1976 American blaxploitation action film by Al Adamson, starring Timothy Brown as Las Vegas detective Ki...

Action Drama Detective Crime

4.0 Poor

18

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

19

Blackenstein

Blackenstein is William A. Levey's 1973 blaxploitation horror film, a Frankenstein variant made after the success of Bla...

Independent Supernatural Horror Monster

3.5 Poor

20

Welcome Home Brother Charles

Welcome Home Brother Charles is a 1975 American blaxploitation film by UCLA student Jamaa Fanaka, later released as Soul...

Drama Horror Crime Revenge

3.5 Poor