swap_horiz The Slams 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

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

3

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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

4

The Candy Tangerine Man

The Candy Tangerine Man is Matt Cimber's 1975 Los Angeles blaxploitation film about John Daniels's pimp figure, the Blac...

Classic Crime Urban 1970S

6.4 Fair

5

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

6

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

7

Brother on the Run

Brother on the Run is a 1973 blaxploitation film co-directed by Edward J. Lakso and Herbert Stock, noted for Johnny Pate...

Action Classic Crime Urban

5.6 Mediocre

8

Solomon King

Solomon King is a 1974 independent blaxploitation film produced, written, co-directed, and starring Sal Watts, later res...

Action Classic Crime 1970S

5.5 Mediocre

9

Diamonds

*Diamonds* is a 1975 American crime film directed by Menahem Golan, notable for starring Robert Shaw and featuring blaxp...

Action Classic Crime 1970S

5.4 Mediocre

10

Disco 9000

*Disco 9000* is a 1977 American blaxploitation film directed by Doreen Ross, set in the competitive Los Angeles disco sc...

Music Classic Crime 1970S

5.3 Mediocre

11

Zebra Killer

William Girdler directed this 1974 crime thriller starring Austin Stoker as a police captain attempting to stop a violen...

Classic Crime Thriller 1970S

5.2 Mediocre

12

Black Samurai

Black Samurai is a 1977 martial arts spy film by Al Adamson, starring Jim Kelly and based on Marc Olden's paperback hero...

Action Classic 1970S Spy

5.1 Mediocre

13

Cover Girls

Cover Girls is a 1977 NBC crime-drama pilot by Jerry London, starring Cornelia Sharpe and Jayne Kennedy as models turned...

Action Classic Crime 1970S

5.0 Mediocre

14

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

15

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

16

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

17

Blackjack

Blackjack is a 1978 American crime drama by John Evans, with Tony Burton and Damu King in a Las Vegas casino-robbery plo...

Action Classic Crime Urban

4.7 Poor

18

Death Dimension

Also known as *Black Eliminator*, this 1978 martial arts blaxploitation film stars Jim Kelly as a secret agent fighting...

Action Classic 1970S Spy

4.6 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

20

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