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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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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

4

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

5

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

6

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

7

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

8

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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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

10

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

11

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

12

Fight for Your Life

Fight for Your Life is a 1977 Robert A. Endelson exploitation thriller, notable as a UK video nasty built around a racis...

Action Crime Revenge Thriller

5.3 Mediocre

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Disco 9000

*Disco 9000* is a 1977 American blaxploitation film directed by Doreen Ross, set in the competitive Los Angeles disco sc...

Music Classic Crime 1970S

5.3 Mediocre

14

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

15

Together Brothers

Together Brothers is a 1974 American crime drama directed by William A. Graham, notable for Barry White's only complete...

Drama Youth Crime Revenge

5.2 Mediocre

16

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

17

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

18

The Bus Is Coming

The Bus Is Coming is Wendell James Franklin's 1971 drama about Black political anger after a school-board member's death...

Drama Independent Activism Crime

4.2 Poor

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Super Soul Brother

Super Soul Brother is a 1978 blaxploitation comedy by Rene Martinez Jr, starring Wildman Steve as a vagrant injected wit...

Action Independent Crime Comedy

3.1 Poor

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The Guy from Harlem

The Guy from Harlem is a 1977 Miami-set blaxploitation film by Rene Martinez Jr, notable for Loye Hawkins as private inv...

Action Independent Detective Crime

2.8 Poor