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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 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

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

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

5

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

6

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

7

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

8

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

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

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

11

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

12

Together for Days

Directed by Michael Schultz, this 1972 romantic drama explores the social challenges and intense backlash faced by a whi...

Classic Drama Urban Romance

5.5 Mediocre

13

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

14

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

15

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

16

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

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

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