Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "racial-integration"

1. Hairspray (2007)

PG | 117 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

Pleasantly plump teenager Tracy Turnblad teaches 1962 Baltimore a thing or two about integration after landing a spot on a local TV dance show.

Director: Adam Shankman | Stars: John Travolta, Queen Latifah, Nikki Blonsky, Michelle Pfeiffer

Votes: 138,726 | Gross: $118.87M

2. 42 (2013)

PG-13 | 128 min | Biography, Drama, Sport

In 1947, Jackie Robinson becomes the first African-American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era when he was signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers and faces considerable racism in the process.

Director: Brian Helgeland | Stars: Chadwick Boseman, T.R. Knight, Harrison Ford, Nicole Beharie

Votes: 102,745 | Gross: $95.00M

3. Hairspray (1988)

PG | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

A 'pleasantly plump' teenager teaches 1962 Baltimore a thing or two about integration after landing a spot on a local TV dance show.

Director: John Waters | Stars: Sonny Bono, Ruth Brown, Divine, Debbie Harry

Votes: 23,449 | Gross: $6.67M

4. Malcolm X (1992)

PG-13 | 202 min | Biography, Drama, History

Biographical epic of the controversial and influential Black Nationalist leader, from his early life and career as a small-time gangster, to his ministry as a member of the Nation of Islam and his eventual assassination.

Director: Spike Lee | Stars: Denzel Washington, Angela Bassett, Delroy Lindo, Spike Lee

Votes: 102,045 | Gross: $48.17M

5. The Best of Enemies (2019)

PG-13 | 133 min | Biography, Drama, History

Civil rights activist Ann Atwater faces off against C.P. Ellis, Exalted Cyclops of the Ku Klux Klan, in 1971 Durham, North Carolina over the issue of school integration.

Director: Robin Bissell | Stars: Taraji P. Henson, Sam Rockwell, Babou Ceesay, Anne Heche

Votes: 19,586 | Gross: $10.21M

6. Marshall (2017)

PG-13 | 118 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

The story of Thurgood Marshall, the crusading lawyer who would become the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, as he battles through one of his career-defining cases.

Director: Reginald Hudlin | Stars: Chadwick Boseman, Josh Gad, Kate Hudson, Sterling K. Brown

Votes: 26,818 | Gross: $10.05M

7. Suburbicon (2017)

R | 105 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

As a 1950s suburban community self-destructs, a home invasion has sinister consequences for one seemingly normal family.

Director: George Clooney | Stars: Matt Damon, Julianne Moore, Oscar Isaac, Noah Jupe

Votes: 47,217 | Gross: $5.78M

8. Hairspray Live! (2016 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 120 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

A teenage girl living in Baltimore in the early 1960s dreams of appearing on a popular TV dance show.

Directors: Kenny Leon, Alex Rudzinski | Stars: Dove Cameron, Martin Short, Ariana Grande, Kristin Chenoweth

Votes: 3,811

9. Brian's Song (1971 TV Movie)

G | 73 min | Biography, Drama, Sport

Based on the real-life relationship between teammates Brian Piccolo and Gale Sayers and the bond established when Piccolo discovers that he is dying.

Director: Buzz Kulik | Stars: James Caan, Billy Dee Williams, Jack Warden, Bernie Casey

Votes: 8,869

10. Cadillac Records (2008)

R | 109 min | Biography, Drama, Music

Chronicles the rise of Chess Records and its recording artists.

Director: Darnell Martin | Stars: Adrien Brody, Jeffrey Wright, Beyoncé, Columbus Short

Votes: 23,130 | Gross: $8.20M

11. 13th (2016)

TV-MA | 100 min | Documentary, Crime, History

An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.

Director: Ava DuVernay | Stars: Melina Abdullah, Michelle Alexander, Cory Booker, Dolores Canales

Votes: 37,682

12. The Intruder (1962)

PG-13 | 84 min | Drama

A charismatic "social reformer" rallies the white populace of a Southern town to oppose school integration, but he soon finds himself in a situation that he cannot control.

Director: Roger Corman | Stars: William Shatner, Frank Maxwell, Beverly Lunsford, Robert Emhardt

Votes: 3,905

13. LBJ (2016)

R | 98 min | Biography, Drama, History

Lyndon B. Johnson aligns himself with John F. Kennedy, rises to the Presidency, and deals with the civil rights struggles of the 1960s.

Director: Rob Reiner | Stars: Woody Harrelson, Michael Stahl-David, Richard Jenkins, Jennifer Jason Leigh

Votes: 7,693 | Gross: $2.47M

14. Crazy in Alabama (1999)

PG-13 | 111 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

An abused wife heads to California to become a movie star while her nephew back in Alabama has to deal with a racially-motivated murder involving a corrupt sheriff.

Director: Antonio Banderas | Stars: Melanie Griffith, David Morse, Lucas Black, Cathy Moriarty

Votes: 7,393 | Gross: $1.95M

15. Putney Swope (1969)

R | 84 min | Comedy

The board of directors at a Madison Avenue ad agency must elect a new chairman. In the maneuvering to make sure that enemies don't get votes, all the members accidentally cast their ballot for the board's token black man, Putney Swope.

Director: Robert Downey Sr. | Stars: Arnold Johnson, Stan Gottlieb, Allen Garfield, Archie Russell

Votes: 4,359 | Gross: $2.73M

16. Woodlawn (2015)

PG | 123 min | Biography, Drama, History

A gifted high-school football player must learn to embrace his talent and his faith as he battles racial tensions on and off the field.

Directors: Andrew Erwin, Jon Erwin | Stars: Caleb Castille, Sean Astin, Jon Voight, C. Thomas Howell

Votes: 7,847 | Gross: $14.39M

17. Path to War (2002 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 165 min | Biography, Drama, War

In the mid 1960s, President Lyndon B. Johnson (Sir Michael Gambon) and his foreign-policy team debate the decision to withdraw from or escalate the war in Vietnam.

Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Michael Gambon, Donald Sutherland, Alec Baldwin, Bruce McGill

Votes: 4,115

18. Liberty Heights (1999)

R | 127 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

Baltimore, Fall 1954: Schools implement the new integration law. Ben finds the "colored" girl in his class cute - upsetting his Jewish mom and granny. Ben talks to her while his brother looks for his WASP dream girl.

Director: Barry Levinson | Stars: Adrien Brody, Bebe Neuwirth, Joe Mantegna, Ben Foster

Votes: 7,047 | Gross: $3.73M

19. Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (1980 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 192 min | Biography, Drama

The real-life story of the Peoples Temple cult led by Reverend Jim Jones and the events involving its move to Guyana and its eventual mass suicide.

Director: William A. Graham | Stars: Powers Boothe, Ned Beatty, Irene Cara, Veronica Cartwright

Votes: 1,656

20. Pork Chop Hill (1959)

Approved | 97 min | Drama, War

During the Korean War peace talks, U.S. troops fight to retake a hill from the Communist Chinese forces.

Director: Lewis Milestone | Stars: Gregory Peck, Harry Guardino, Rip Torn, George Peppard

Votes: 5,275 | Gross: $4.02M

21. The Josephine Baker Story (1991 TV Movie)

R | 130 min | Biography, Drama, History

Born poor in St. Louis, Missouri, Josephine Baker achieved fame and fortune through her sizzlingly exotic, erotic performances. Starting life on the American Vaudeville circuit, success ... See full summary »

Director: Brian Gibson | Stars: Lynn Whitfield, Rubén Blades, David Dukes, Louis Gossett Jr.

Votes: 1,587

22. The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1974 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 110 min | Drama, History

Story of a black woman in the South who was born into slavery in the 1850s and lives to become a part of the civil rights movement in the 1960s.

Director: John Korty | Stars: Cicely Tyson, Eric Brown, Richard Dysart, Joel Fluellen

Votes: 2,499

23. Lackawanna Blues (2005 TV Movie)

PG-13 | 95 min | Drama, Music

In a story fueled by rhythm and blues, a young boy's life is shaped by love and the stories of a cast of characters in the boarding house where he lives in 1960s Lackawanna, New York.

Director: George C. Wolfe | Stars: S. Epatha Merkerson, Marcus Carl Franklin, Yasiin Bey, Carmen Ejogo

Votes: 2,548

24. 4 Little Girls (1997)

TV-14 | 102 min | Documentary, History

A documentary of the notorious racial terrorist bombing of an African American church during the Civil Rights Movement.

Director: Spike Lee | Stars: Maxine McNair, Walter Cronkite, Chris McNair, Fred Lee Shuttlesworth

Votes: 3,580 | Gross: $0.13M

25. Reversing Roe (2018)

TV-14 | 99 min | Documentary

A deep historical look at one of the most controversial issues of our time, highlighting the abortion debate from various points along the ideological spectrum in a winding story of abortion in America.

Directors: Ricki Stern, Anne Sundberg | Stars: Donna Howard, John Seago, Brigitte Amiri, Troy Newman

Votes: 1,817

26. Kennedy, Sinatra and the Mafia (2023 TV Movie)

Documentary, Crime, History

With his mafia wiseguy links and access to entertainment industry star power, Frank Sinatra helped John F. Kennedy into the White House in 1960. But it all came to a bitter end.

Director: David Harvey | Stars: Chuck Granata, Lenny Luizzi, Robert Foster, Robbyn Swan

Votes: 57

27. The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson (1990 TV Movie)

M | 100 min | Biography, Drama

A film about the early life of the baseball star in the army and in particular his court-martial for insubordination regarding segregation.

Director: Larry Peerce | Stars: Andre Braugher, Daniel Stern, Ruby Dee, Stan Shaw

Votes: 246

28. The Neighborhood (1982 TV Movie)

90 min | Drama

A neighborhood in Brooklyn reacts to the first black families moving into the community.

Director: Lee H. Katzin | Stars: Ron Masak, Christine Belford, Ben Masters, Carol Potter

Votes: 43

29. Prom Night in Mississippi (2009)

90 min | Documentary

A high school in a small-town in Mississippi prepares for its first integrated senior prom.

Director: Paul Saltzman | Stars: Highschool Seniors of Charleston, Morgan Freeman

Votes: 666

30. Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment (1963)

Not Rated | 52 min | Documentary, History, News

Governor George Wallace will not let two black students into an Alabama school, against the wishes of President Kennedy. Loud shouts come from both sides of the issue as JFK stands by his decisions.

Director: Robert Drew | Stars: James Lipscomb, John F. Kennedy, George Wallace, Robert F. Kennedy

Votes: 843

31. The New Girl (1960)

31 min | Short

To secure a lucrative government contract, a company agrees to not discriminate against minorities and integrates its office. Then all-white staff is horrified when an African-American secretary is hired.

Director: Lewis Freedman | Stars: Edward Asner, Chase Crosley, Gail Fisher, Peg Murray

Votes: 50

32. Sing Your Song (2011)

Not Rated | 103 min | Documentary, Biography, Music

Most people know the lasting legacy of Harry Belafonte, the entertainer. This film unearths his significant contribution to and his leadership in the civil rights movement in America and to social justice globally.

Director: Susanne Rostock | Stars: Harry Belafonte, Sidney Poitier, Marge Champion, Fran Scott Attaway

Votes: 502 | Gross: $0.05M

33. Stardust: The Bette Davis Story (2006 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 88 min | Documentary, Biography

Combining unprecedented access to Davis' vast personal archives with original interviews, this documentary reveals a startling portrait of one of Hollywood's most gifted and enigmatic stars.

Directors: Peter Jones, Mark A. Catalena | Stars: Bette Davis, Susan Sarandon, Ruthie Davis, Barbara 'Bobby' Davis

Votes: 690

34. Gone Are the Days! (1963)

G | 99 min | Comedy, Drama

An idealistic young man returns to the plantation where he grew up in servitude. He brings his fiancée Lutiebelle, but hopes to convince the plantation owner that she is really his cousin ... See full summary »

Director: Nicholas Webster | Stars: Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Godfrey Cambridge, Hilda Haynes

Votes: 212

35. Carl Laemmle (2019)

91 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Carl Laemmle is a feature documentary about the extraordinary life story of Carl Laemmle, the German-Jewish immigrant who founded Universal Pictures, and saved over 300 Jewish families from Nazi Germany.

Director: James L. Freedman | Stars: Antonia Carlotta, Ahilan Arulanantham, Bob Balaban, Peter Bogdanovich

Votes: 233

36. The March of the Bonus Army (2006 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 27 min | Documentary

45,000 World War I veterans, impoverished by the Great Depression, who marched on Washington D.C. in the summer of 1932 seeking payment of the compensation promised them for their war service.

Director: Robert Uth | Star: Gary Sinise

Votes: 30

37. The Bus (1965)

62 min | Documentary

The struggle for civil rights has been one of the most important issues of American life for the last fifty years. In August of 1963, groups from all over the country journeyed to ... See full summary »

Director: Haskell Wexler

Votes: 50

38. Bowl Game Armageddon

Drama | Announced

Historical story of the most politically explosive football game in history, the 1956 Sugar Bowl.

39. Hot Pepper (1973)

Not Rated | 54 min | Documentary, Music

Documentary about noted Zydeco artist Clifton Chenier. Based out of New Orleans, Chenier was the self-crowned "King" of Zydeco (a New Orleans musical hybrid containing elements of blues, ... See full summary »

Director: Les Blank | Stars: Clifton Chenier, Cleveland Chenier, Robert St. Julien, Felix James Benit

Votes: 299

40. Pride Against Prejudice: The Larry Doby Story (2007 TV Movie)

90 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport

In 1947, the year Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier, Bill Veeck signed Larry Doby (1923-2003) to the Cleveland Indians. We see interviews with Doby himself, family members, ... See full summary »

Director: Bud Greenspan | Stars: Louis Gossett Jr., Mudcat Grant, Ben Veal, Monte Irvin

Votes: 22

41. The Good War and Those Who Refused to Fight It (2000 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 57 min | Documentary, History, War

The story of American conscientious objectors during World War II.

Directors: Judith Ehrlich, Rick Tejada-Flores | Star: Edward Asner

Votes: 40

42. Hoxie: The First Stand (2003)

56 min | Documentary

A documentary examination of the voluntary 1955 desegregation of the public school system in the town of Hoxie, Arkansas, USA.

Director: David Appleby | Star: Julian Bond

Votes: 11

43. Gore Vidal's American Presidency (1996)

Documentary

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Stars: Jimmy Carter, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Saddam Hussein, John Kennedy Jr.

Votes: 13

44. Jazz: An Exchange in the Arts (2004)

14 min | Documentary, Short

Racial integration in early jazz through interviews, photos, and film clips.

Director: Matt Porter | Star: Eric Kamerman

45. Little House on the Prairie (1974–1983)
Episode: The Wisdom of Solomon (1977)

TV-PG | 50 min | Drama, Family, Romance

Yearning to escape the hard life that sent his father to an early grave, the young son of poor, black Mississippi sharecroppers makes his way to Walnut Grove and offers to sell himself to the Ingalls' family in exchange for an education.

Director: William F. Claxton | Stars: Michael Landon, Karen Grassle, Melissa Gilbert, Melissa Sue Anderson

Votes: 366

46. Eyes on the Prize (1987–1990)
Episode: Awakenings: 1954-1956 (1987)

TV-PG | 57 min | Documentary, History

The beginnings of the U.S. Civil rights struggle is profiled, including the Emmett Till murder trial and the Rosa Parks arrest/Montgomery bus boycott.

Director: Judith Vecchione | Stars: Ralph Abernathy, Joe Azbell, Frances Belser, Unita Blackwell

Votes: 44

47. Eyes on the Prize (1987–1990)
Episode: Fighting Back: 1957-1962 (1987)

TV-PG | 57 min | Documentary, History

Following the U.S. Supreme Court's Brown Vs the Board of Education decision, the civil rights movement presses the issue of desegregation in schools. From Little Rock High School and ... See full summary »

Director: Judith Vecchione | Stars: Lindsay Almond Jr., Melvin Bailey, Ross Barnett, Lucius Christopher Bates

Votes: 42

48. ABC Close-Up! (1960– )
Episode: The Children Were Watching (1961)

Documentary

Robert Drew, whose film "Primary," from 1960, launched the documentary form of direct cinema in the United States, here immersively films the effort to desegregate public schools in New ... See full summary »

Directors: Robert Drew, Richard Leacock

Votes: 29

49. CBS Reports (1959– )
Episode: The Other Face of Dixie (1962)

Documentary, News

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Star: Harry Reasoner

50. Very Scary People (2019– )
Episode: Jim Jones: Unholy Massacre Part 1 (2019)

TV-14 | 42 min | Documentary, Crime, History

More than 900 Americans died in an isolated jungle in northern Guyana in November 1978. The man responsible, Jim Jones, has gone down in history as a madman who drove his followers to ... See full summary »

Director: Renee Cullen | Stars: Donnie Wahlberg, Stephan Jones, John R. Hall, John Cobb

Votes: 41