swap_horiz Savage! 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

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

3

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

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

6

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

7

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

8

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

9

Three Tough Guys

Three Tough Guys is a 1974 Italy-France-U.S. crime action film by Duccio Tessari, starring Lino Ventura, Isaac Hayes and...

Action International Crime 1974

5.5 Mediocre

10

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

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

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

13

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

14

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

15

Death Journey

Death Journey is a 1976 American action crime film directed by Fred Williamson, introducing his recurring private-eye he...

Action Detective Crime Thriller

4.5 Poor

16

Foxtrap

Foxtrap is a 1986 action film directed by and starring Fred Williamson as Thomas Fox, a late-period entry in blaxploitat...

Action Detective Crime Thriller

4.3 Poor

17

The Black Six

The Black Six is Matt Cimber's 1974 biker film starring six NFL players, including Joe Greene and Gene Washington, as an...

Action Crime Revenge Biker

4.2 Poor

18

Bare Knuckles

Bare Knuckles is a 1977 low-budget blaxploitation film by Don Edmonds, starring Robert Viharo and Gloria Hendry in a Los...

Action Crime Thriller Bounty Hunter

4.2 Poor

19

No Mercy Man

The No Mercy Man is Daniel Vance's 1973 modern Western action film starring Steve Sandor and Rockne Tarkington, shot in...

Action Crime Thriller Veterans

3.8 Poor

20

Girls Are for Loving

Girls Are for Loving is Don Schain's 1973 sexploitation action film with Cheri Caffaro as Ginger McAllister, the third e...

Action Crime Spy Female Lead

3.8 Poor