swap_horiz The Klansman 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

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

3

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

4

Watermelon Man

Watermelon Man is Melvin Van Peebles's 1970 studio comedy about a racist white salesman who wakes up Black, starring God...

Drama Satire Comedy Race

7.0 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

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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

7

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

8

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

9

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

10

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

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

13

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

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

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

16

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

17

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

18

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

19

Lady Cocoa

Lady Cocoa is a 1975 American blaxploitation crime drama directed by Matt Cimber, starring Lola Falana as a witness unde...

Drama Crime Thriller Female Lead

4.0 Poor

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Black Starlet

Black Starlet is a 1974 American blaxploitation drama, also known as Black Gauntlet, about a Black actress trying to bre...

Drama Crime Female Lead 1974

3.8 Poor