swap_horiz Lady Cocoa Alternatives

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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

2

Let's Do It Again

Let's Do It Again is a 1975 American crime comedy directed by Sidney Poitier, with Curtis Mayfield's soundtrack and the...

Crime Comedy Gambling 1975

7.3 Good

3

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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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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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

10

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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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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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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Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold

Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold is a 1975 sequel directed by Charles Bail, taking Tamara Dobson's federal agent t...

Action International Spy Female Lead

5.5 Mediocre

15

The Klansman

The Klansman is a 1974 American racial-conflict drama directed by Terence Young, notable for O. J. Simpson's feature-fil...

Drama Crime Thriller Race

5.2 Mediocre

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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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Candy Tangerine Man

The Candy Tangerine Man is a 1975 American blaxploitation film by Matt Cimber, starring John Daniels as Los Angeles pimp...

Action Drama Crime 1975

4.5 Poor

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Black Starlet

Black Starlet is a 1974 American blaxploitation drama, also known as Black Gauntlet, about a Black actress trying to bre...

Drama Crime Female Lead 1974

3.8 Poor

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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