swap_horiz Three Tough Guys Alternatives

1

Let's Do It Again

Let's Do It Again is a 1975 American crime comedy directed by Sidney Poitier, with Curtis Mayfield's soundtrack and the...

Crime Comedy Gambling 1975

7.3 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

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

4

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

5

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

6

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

7

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

8

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

9

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

10

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

11

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

12

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

13

Superfly T.N.T.

Superfly T.N.T. is Ron O'Neal's 1973 sequel to Super Fly, with O'Neal directing and reprising Youngblood Priest in Rome...

Action International Crime Sequel

4.8 Poor

14

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

15

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

16

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

17

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

18

Soul Brothers of Kung Fu

Soul Brothers of Kung Fu is a 1977 Hong Kong martial arts film starring Bruce Li, notable for its US retitling to court...

Action Crime Buddy Martial Arts

4.5 Poor

19

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

20

Savage!

Savage! is Cirio H. Santiago's 1973 American-Philippines action film for Roger Corman's New World Pictures, starring Jam...

Action International Crime Thriller

4.0 Poor