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Super Fly

Gordon Parks Jr. directed this 1972 film about a cocaine dealer trying to retire, establishing it as one of the most ico...

Classic Crime 1970S Harlem

8.6 Great

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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

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Space Is the Place

Space Is the Place is a 1974 Afrofuturist science-fiction film by John Coney, starring Sun Ra and his Arkestra in a cosm...

Music Sci Fi Classic 1970S

7.8 Good

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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

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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

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Up Tight!

Jules Dassin directed this 1968 film that updates The Informer to explore intense racial tensions in Cleveland, serving...

Classic Drama Crime Political

7.3 Good

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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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Don't Play Us Cheap

Adapted from an off-Broadway play, this 1973 film directed by Jeff Kelly depicts two devils attempting to ruin a Harlem...

Classic Comedy Party 1970S

7.2 Good

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Leadbelly

Leadbelly is a 1976 biographical drama by Gordon Parks about blues musician Huddie Ledbetter, starring Roger E. Mosley i...

Music Classic 1970S Biopic

7.2 Good

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For Love of Ivy

*For Love of Ivy* is a 1968 romantic comedy directed by Daniel Mann, notable for having Sidney Poitier star and co-write...

Classic Comedy Urban Romance

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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Brother John

Brother John is a 1971 Sidney Poitier drama by James Goldstone, with Quincy Jones music and a mysterious return to rural...

Classic Drama Mystery 1970S

6.5 Fair

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Charley One-Eye

Charley One-Eye is Don Chaffey's 1973 British-American Western starring Richard Roundtree as a Black Union Army deserter...

Classic Drama 1970S Western

6.4 Fair

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Book of Numbers

Book of Numbers is Raymond St. Jacques's 1973 crime film about a 1930s Arkansas numbers racket and his only work as dire...

Classic Crime Gangster 1970S

6.1 Fair

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A Change of Mind

A Change of Mind is a 1969 sci-fi drama starring Raymond St. Jacques as a white district attorney whose brain is transpl...

Sci Fi Classic Drama Identity

5.9 Mediocre

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Together for Days

Directed by Michael Schultz, this 1972 romantic drama explores the social challenges and intense backlash faced by a whi...

Classic Drama Urban Romance

5.5 Mediocre

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Jive Turkey

Jive Turkey is a 1974 American blaxploitation crime film, also released as Baby Needs a New Pair of Shoes, centered on a...

Action Drama Crime Period

5.0 Mediocre

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Hangup

*Hangup* is a 1970s American blaxploitation crime film notable for following the violent and corrupt exploits of two pol...

Classic Drama Crime 1970S

4.9 Poor

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Black Snake

Black Snake is Russ Meyer's 1973 Barbados-shot slavery exploitation film and his only direct attempt at the blaxploitati...

Action Classic 1970S Period

4.8 Poor

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Death Drug

*Death Drug* is a 1978 American blaxploitation horror film directed by Oscar Williams, featuring Philip Michael Thomas a...

Music Classic Drama 1970S

4.5 Poor