swap_horiz The Cool World Alternatives

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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

2

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

3

Cotton Comes to Harlem

Cotton Comes to Harlem is Ossie Davis's 1970 Harlem crime comedy, adapted from Chester Himes and often cited as an early...

Detective Crime Comedy Harlem

7.2 Good

4

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

5

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

6

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

7

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

8

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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

9

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

10

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

11

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

12

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

13

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

14

They Call Me Mister Tibbs!

This 1970 crime thriller is the sequel to In the Heat of the Night, featuring Sidney Poitier reprising his role as Detec...

Classic Detective Mystery Crime

6.4 Fair

15

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

16

Slaves

Slaves is a 1969 slavery drama directed by Herbert Biberman, starring Dionne Warwick in her screen acting debut alongsid...

Classic Drama 1960S Period

5.9 Mediocre

17

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

18

Black Rage

Black Rage is Chris Robinson's 1972 film, also known as Charcoal Black, about enslaved brothers escaping with a treasure...

Classic Drama Crime Urban

4.7 Poor

19

Fox Style

*Fox Style* is a 1970s American blaxploitation film directed by Lorenzo Gicca, depicting the stylish exploits of an Afri...

Classic Drama Crime Urban

4.2 Poor

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Charcoal Black

Charcoal Black is an alternate title for Chris Robinson's 1972 Black Rage, a slavery-era adventure also released as Catc...

Classic Drama Crime Urban

3.9 Poor