swap_horiz The Arena Alternatives

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Black Dynamite

Black Dynamite is a 2009 Scott Sanders action comedy starring Michael Jai White, notable as a Super 16 parody and homage...

Action Comedy Parody 2009

7.8 Good

2

Dolemite II: The Human Tornado

*The Human Tornado* is a 1976 blaxploitation comedy directed by and starring Rudy Ray Moore, notable for its action and...

Action Comedy 1970S Sequel

7.5 Good

3

Uptown Saturday Night

Uptown Saturday Night is a 1974 American crime comedy directed by Sidney Poitier, later selected for the U.S. National F...

Crime Comedy 1974 Buddy

7.2 Good

4

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

5

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

6

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

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

Shaft (2000)

Shaft is a 2000 action thriller directed by John Singleton, starring Samuel L. Jackson as John Shaft with Richard Roundt...

Action Crime 2000S Sequel

6.2 Fair

9

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

10

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

11

The Slams

The Slams is a 1973 prison-action film directed by Jonathan Kaplan, starring Jim Brown as a robber hiding stolen loot be...

Action Classic Crime 1970S

6.0 Fair

12

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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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

14

Black Eye

Black Eye is a 1974 American neo-noir blaxploitation film directed by Jack Arnold, starring Fred Williamson as Los Angel...

Action Drama Detective Crime

5.2 Mediocre

15

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

16

Baby Needs a New Pair of Shoes

Baby Needs a New Pair of Shoes is the alternate title for Jive Turkey, a 1974 blaxploitation crime film about gambling a...

Action Drama Crime Gambling

4.8 Poor

17

Dynamite Brothers

Dynamite Brothers is a 1974 American martial-arts blaxploitation film by Al Adamson, pairing Timothy Brown with Hong Kon...

Action Crime 1974 Buddy

4.5 Poor

18

Honey Baby, Honey Baby

Honey Baby, Honey Baby is a 1974 American action film by Michael Schultz, sending Diana Sands and Calvin Lockhart into a...

Action International Comedy Female Lead

4.5 Poor

19

The Black Godfather

The Black Godfather is a 1974 American crime film written and directed by John Evans, with Rod Perry challenging a white...

Action Crime Gangster 1974

4.5 Poor

20

Black Fist

Black Fist is a 1975 American blaxploitation action film by Timothy Galfas and Richard Kaye, starring Richard Lawson as...

Action Crime 1974 Martial Arts

4.2 Poor