swap_horiz The Bus Is Coming 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

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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

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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

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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

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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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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

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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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Cool Breeze

Cool Breeze is Barry Pollack's 1972 MGM heist film starring Thalmus Rasulala, a blaxploitation remake of The Asphalt Jun...

Action Drama Crime Heist

5.2 Mediocre

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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

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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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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

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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

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Monkey Hustle

Monkey Hustle is a 1976 American blaxploitation comedy by Arthur Marks, notable for Yaphet Kotto, Rudy Ray Moore and a C...

Drama Community Crime Comedy

5.1 Mediocre

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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