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51. A.C.A.B. - All Cops Are Bastards (2012)
112 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A look at the controversial riot cops unit, told through the stories of three veteran cops and a young recruit.
Director: Stefano Sollima | Stars: Pierfrancesco Favino, Filippo Nigro, Marco Giallini, Andrea Sartoretti
Votes: 8,175
52. The Learning Tree (1969)
PG | 107 min | Drama
A bittersweet, idyllic story about a year in the life of 14-year-old Newt Winger, born into a poor Black family in Kansas, who learns about love, fear, racial injustice, and immorality.
Director: Gordon Parks | Stars: Kyle Johnson, Alex Clarke, Estelle Evans, Dana Elcar
Votes: 1,628
53. Pinky (1949)
Approved | 102 min | Drama
A light-skinned black woman falls in love with a white doctor, though he is unaware of her true race.
Directors: Elia Kazan, John Ford | Stars: Jeanne Crain, Ethel Barrymore, Ethel Waters, William Lundigan
Votes: 3,420 | Gross: $4.20M
54. All the Young Men (1960)
Approved | 87 min | Action, Drama, War
During the Korean War, a platoon leader dies, leaving his inexperienced black Sergeant in charge of his squad of belligerent and racist white men.
Director: Hall Bartlett | Stars: Alan Ladd, Sidney Poitier, James Darren, Glenn Corbett
Votes: 657
55. Black Like Me (1964)
Approved | 105 min | Drama
Based on the true story of a white reporter who, at the height of the civil-rights movement, temporarily darkened his skin to experience the realities of a black man's life in the segregated South.
Director: Carl Lerner | Stars: James Whitmore, Sorrell Booke, Roscoe Lee Browne, Al Freeman Jr.
Votes: 767
56. Southside with You (2016)
PG-13 | 84 min | Biography, Drama, History
Chronicles the 1989 summer afternoon when the future President of the United States, Barack Obama, wooed his future First Lady, Michelle Obama, on a first date across Chicago's South Side.
Director: Richard Tanne | Stars: Tika Sumpter, Parker Sawyers, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Phillip Edward Van Lear
Votes: 10,140 | Gross: $6.30M
57. Perfect Harmony (1991 TV Movie)
93 min | Drama, Family, Music
In a private school in the U.S. South, Mr. Sanders, a new choirmaster tries to reduce some of the prejudice and hostility of some of the students in his choir. Paul, a bully who feels he ... See full summary »
Director: Will Mackenzie | Stars: Peter Scolari, Darren McGavin, Catherine Mary Stewart, Moses Gunn
Votes: 518
58. Frankie & Alice (2010)
R | 101 min | Biography, Drama
A drama centered on a go-go dancer with multiple personality disorder who struggles to remain her true self and begins working with a psychotherapist to uncover the mystery of the inner ghosts that haunt her.
Director: Geoffrey Sax | Stars: Halle Berry, Stellan Skarsgård, Phylicia Rashad, Chandra Wilson
Votes: 5,859 | Gross: $0.69M
59. A Fond Kiss (2004)
R | 104 min | Drama, Romance
Sparks fly in Glasgow's south side when a young Asian man enters into a relationship with a Caucasian woman.
Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Atta Yaqub, Eva Birthistle, Ahmad Riaz, Shamshad Akhtar
Votes: 7,313
60. George Wallace (1997)
TV-14 | 178 min | Biography, Drama
Following Alabama governor George Wallace through segregation, presidential elections, an assassination attempt and personal trauma.
Stars: Gary Sinise, Angelina Jolie, Stieven Davidson, Richard Yett
Votes: 1,603
61. Jasper Jones (2017)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
In the late '60s, two teenage boys join forces to solve a chilling mystery and navigate the prejudices and secrets of their small Australian town.
Director: Rachel Perkins | Stars: Levi Miller, Kevin Long, Toni Collette, Aaron L. McGrath
Votes: 3,721
62. Short Eyes (1977)
R | 100 min | Drama
A child molester sent to prison finds that criminals exact harsher justice than society.
Director: Robert M. Young | Stars: Bruce Davison, José Pérez, Nathan George, Don Blakely
Votes: 1,568
63. Tick, Tick, Tick (1970)
G | 100 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Racial tensions threaten to explode when a black man is elected Sheriff of a small, racially divided town in the deep south.
Director: Ralph Nelson | Stars: Jim Brown, George Kennedy, Fredric March, Lynn Carlin
Votes: 1,368 | Gross: $1.24M
64. The Greatest (1977)
PG | 101 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
Muhammad Ali plays himself in a reconstruction of the events that brought him to fame.
Directors: Tom Gries, Monte Hellman | Stars: Muhammad Ali, Ernest Borgnine, John Marley, Lloyd Haynes
Votes: 1,630 | Gross: $8.28M
65. Five (1951)
Approved | 93 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
The world is destroyed in a nuclear holocaust. Only five Americans survive, including a pregnant woman, a neo-Nazi, a black man and a bank clerk.
Director: Arch Oboler | Stars: William Phipps, Susan Douglas Rubes, James Anderson, Charles Lampkin
Votes: 1,579
66. One Potato, Two Potato (1964)
92 min | Drama
In his wanderlust, Joe Cullen moves from the US to South America to work in a mining camp, he leaving behind his wife Julie and their infant daughter, Ellen Mary. After Joe stops writing ... See full summary »
Director: Larry Peerce | Stars: Barbara Barrie, Bernie Hamilton, Richard Mulligan, Harry Bellaver
Votes: 944
67. Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia (2021 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 102 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The story of the New Orleans-born crooner who began singing at an early age and went on to become one of the most revered gospel figures in U.S. history, melding her music with the civil rights movement.
Director: Kenny Leon | Stars: Danielle Brooks, Olivia Washington, Joaquina Kalukango, Jason Dirden
Votes: 699
68. Black Gunn (1972)
R | 96 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A black militant group robs a Mafia bookie joint and also steals the incriminating ledgers which, in turn, prompts retaliation from the mob.
Director: Robert Hartford-Davis | Stars: Jim Brown, Martin Landau, Brenda Sykes, Luciana Paluzzi
Votes: 878 | Gross: $1.10M
69. The Wedding (1998 TV Movie)
180 min | Drama, Romance
In 1950s Massachusetts, a wealthy black woman engaged to a poor white beatnik learns about her family history. The stories revolve around the racial and class complexities of interracial and class-based marriages.
Director: Charles Burnett | Stars: Halle Berry, Eric Thal, Lynn Whitfield, Carl Lumbly
Votes: 550
70. Gone Too Far (2013)
88 min | Comedy, Drama
GONE TOO FAR follows two estranged teenage brothers over the course of a single day as they meet for the first time, and struggle to accept each other for who they are. Yemi can't wait for ... See full summary »
Director: Destiny Ekaragha | Stars: Kevin Garry, Tosin Cole, Malachi Kirby, Adelayo Adedayo
Votes: 427
71. American Violet (2008)
PG-13 | 103 min | Drama
A single mother struggles to clear her name after being wrongly accused and arrested for dealing drugs in an impoverished Texas town.
Director: Tim Disney | Stars: Nicole Beharie, Will Patton, Alfre Woodard, Tim Blake Nelson
Votes: 2,785 | Gross: $0.55M
72. Carolina Skeletons (1991 TV Movie)
R | 93 min | Crime, Drama
After a long time in the Army, an African-American soldier returns to his hometown, where, years ago, his brother was executed for the rape and murder of two white girls. The commando ... See full summary »
Director: John Erman | Stars: Louis Gossett Jr., Bruce Dern, Melissa Leo, Paul Roebling
Votes: 474
73. West Is West (2010)
103 min | Comedy, Drama
An immigrant father decides to take his truant son back to the old country.
Director: Andy De Emmony | Stars: Aqib Khan, Om Puri, Linda Bassett, Robert Pugh
Votes: 3,273
74. The Affair (1995 TV Movie)
R | 105 min | Drama, Romance
A love story, set amongst the beginnings of the integration of Negro soldiers from America to England during World War II. A tragic tale of war, love, desire and injustice.
Director: Paul Seed | Stars: Courtney B. Vance, Kerry Fox, Leland Gantt, Ned Beatty
Votes: 438
75. Native Son (1951)
91 min | Drama, Film-Noir
In 1940s Chicago, a young black man takes a job as a chauffeur to a white family, which takes a turn for the worse when he accidentally kills the teenage daughter of the couple and then tries to cover it up.
Director: Pierre Chenal | Stars: Richard Wright, Jean Wallace, Gloria Madison, Nicholas Joy
Votes: 500
76. Truth Be Told (2015)
TV-14 | 21 min | Comedy
A look at the life of two best friends, a meek politically correct Caucasian ethics professor and an easy-going African American, and their families.
Stars: Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Tone Bell, Vanessa Lachey, Bresha Webb
Votes: 1,432
77. Te Ata (2016)
PG | 105 min | Biography, Drama, History
Te Ata set her sights on Broadway and what she thought was her life's dream. Audition after audition she was rejected and began to wonder if she was cut out for the bright lights.
Director: Nathan Frankowski | Stars: Q'orianka Kilcher, Gil Birmingham, Brigid Brannagh, Graham Greene
Votes: 993 | Gross: $0.07M
78. The Rosa Parks Story (2002 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 97 min | Biography, Drama
A seamstress recalls events leading to her act of peaceful defiance that prompted the 1955 bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama.
Director: Julie Dash | Stars: Angela Bassett, Peter Francis James, Tonea Stewart, Von Coulter
Votes: 1,032
79. Hope (1997 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama
During the early 1960s, Kate is faced with a dreary small-town existence, surrounded by her mother, who is a stroke victim, and her bigoted Uncle Ray, who owns a theatre. When a black ... See full summary »
Director: Goldie Hawn | Stars: Christine Lahti, Jena Malone, Catherine O'Hara, Jeffrey D. Sams
Votes: 460
80. Donald Glover: Weirdo (2012 TV Special)
Not Rated | 65 min | Comedy
With his unique brand of youthful storytelling Donald Glover brings down the house in his hysterical stand-up special, Weirdo.
Director: Shannon Hartman | Star: Donald Glover
Votes: 3,805
81. The Ditchdigger's Daughters (1997 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 92 min | Biography, Drama
In 1940s New Jersey, a poor, working man aspires to give his six daughters opportunities that he never had.
Director: Johnny E. Jensen | Stars: Carl Lumbly, Dulé Hill, Victoria Dillard, Shelley Robertson
Votes: 257
82. Pretty Hattie's Baby (1991)
Biography, Drama
An unreleased film about a white girl adopted by a black family in 1950s Nevada. Based on the early life of Fauna Hodel whose grandfather is prime suspect in the Black Dahlia murder case.
Director: Ivan Passer | Stars: Alfre Woodard, Charles S. Dutton, Jill Clayburgh, Bobby Hosea
Votes: 63
83. Bollywood Queen (2002)
89 min | Musical, Romance
A cross cultural romance set in London's East End about a young girl of Indian heritage.
Director: Jeremy Wooding | Stars: Preeya Kalidas, James McAvoy, Ray Panthaki, Ciarán McMenamin
Votes: 515
84. Christmas in Canaan (2009 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 96 min | Drama, Family
DJ and Rodney don't like each other from the start; Rodney thinks DJ is an ignorant white farm boy, and DJ thinks Rodney acts too smart for his own good. After a school-bus scuffle between ... See full summary »
Director: Neill Fearnley | Stars: Billy Ray Cyrus, Tom Heaton, Jaishon Fisher, Zak Ludwig
Votes: 637
85. Collar (2015)
Not Rated | 128 min | Crime, Drama
Timothy James 'TJ' Williams (David Wilson) is a streetwise detective whose checkered career, family life and long standing friendship with the would-be mayor, police chief Hamilton Markham ... See full summary »
Director: David Wilson | Stars: Tom Sizemore, David Wilson, Rebecca De Mornay, Richard Roundtree
Votes: 43
86. Turning Point (2011– )
52 min | Documentary
Turning Point is an inspiring series of stories about everyday, ordinary people who are achieving truly extraordinary things with their lives. Each episode explores the significant, ... See full summary »
Stars: Don Fullmer, Bill Gross, Bridget Sampson, Miguel Pena
Votes: 15
87. Dreams of Glass (1970)
GP | 83 min | Drama
Ann is from a prominent Japanese-American family, owners of a famous nursery and greenhouse. Tom is from a blue-collar family of self-employed fishermen. Tom and Ann develop a playful, ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Clouse | Stars: John Denos, Caroline Barrett, Joe Lo Presti, Paul Micale
Votes: 56
88. Sus (I) (2010)
91 min | Drama
1979: Election Night - A police interview room. Delroy's pregnant wife has been found dead in a pool of blood and he is brought in as the chief suspect. He is interrogated by D.S. Karn, a ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Heath | Stars: Ralph Brown, Clint Dyer, Rafe Spall, Anjela Lauren Smith
Votes: 438
89. Mixed Blessings (1978–1980)
30 min | Comedy
Thomas and Susan are in love. But since he is white and she is black, their marriage raises tensions among their respective families
Stars: Christopher Blake, Muriel Odunton, Joan Sanderson, Carmen Munroe
Votes: 43
90. Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width (1967–1971)
30 min | Comedy
Sitcom about two tailors, one Catholic and the other Jewish.
Stars: John Bluthal, Joe Lynch, Bernard Spear, Cyril Shaps
Votes: 49
91. Summer's End (1999 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 101 min | Drama, Family
A 12-year-old boy and his older brother have just lost their dad. At their summer cottage, the younger boy befriends a black doctor who has to deal with local prejudice and racism.
Director: Helen Shaver | Stars: James Earl Jones, Jake LeDoux, Brendan Fletcher, Wendy Crewson
Votes: 471
92. La peau blanche (2004)
R | 92 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Two roommates discover that the family of one of their girlfriends is populated with vampires.
Director: Daniel Roby | Stars: Marc Paquet, Marianne Farley, Frédéric Pierre, Jessica Malka
Votes: 886
93. How U Like Me Now (1992)
R | 110 min | Comedy, Romance
An ambitious yuppie, bored with her unmotivated boyfriend, moves out and starts an interracial relationship with a man she meets at a party. When things don't work out she goes home to find her ex has a surprise for her.
Director: Darryl Roberts | Stars: Darnell Williams, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Daniel Gardner, Debra Crable
Votes: 63 | Gross: $0.21M
94. The Old Settler (2001 TV Movie)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
In 1940s Harlem, two sisters take in a hepcat as a boarder. Although he is young and they are older, their life choices parallel one another.
Director: Debbie Allen | Stars: Phylicia Rashad, Debbie Allen, Bumper Robinson, Eartha Robinson
Votes: 193
95. Fourteen Days in May (1987)
87 min | Documentary
Fourteen Days in May is a documentary film directed by Paul Hamann and originally shown on television by the British Broadcasting Corporation in 1987. The programme recounts the final days ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Hamann | Stars: Bobby Butler, Donald Cabana, Melanie Christopher, Paul Hamann
Votes: 340
96. Bianco e nero (2008)
100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An italian engineer and a beautiful black woman both married had an affair turning his life's into a hard forbidden romance.
Director: Cristina Comencini | Stars: Fabio Volo, Ambra Angiolini, Aïssa Maïga, Eriq Ebouaney
Votes: 632
97. Sudie and Simpson (1990 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 95 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
Based on Sarah Flanigan Carter's autobiographical novel about growing up in World War II-era Georgia, Sudie Harrington, a feisty twelve-year-old, befriends Simpson, a gentle black man accused of impropriety with a child.
Director: Joan Tewkesbury | Stars: Louis Gossett Jr., Sara Gilbert, John M. Jackson, Frances Fisher
Votes: 173
98. Grow Your Own (2007)
Not Rated | 101 min | Comedy
An English community gets testy when a refuge family is granted a plot of land on which to grow vegetables.
Director: Richard Laxton | Stars: Benedict Wong, Eddie Marsan, Omid Djalili, Alan Williams
Votes: 712
99. The Sheriff (1971 TV Movie)
73 min | Crime, Drama
A rape case opens racial divisions in a small town. A black sheriff and his white deputy investigate allegations that a wealthy white businessman raped a black college student.
Director: David Lowell Rich | Stars: Ossie Davis, Kaz Garas, Kyle Johnson, Edward Binns
Votes: 90
100. Wildfire (II) (2019)
12 min | Short, Adventure, Drama
Stalked by his abusive white father, a rebellious Mi'kmaw runaway meets a two-spirit teenager drawn to his journey. As he learns Mi'kmaw language and culture from his new companion a deeper bond begins to grow between them.
Director: Bretten Hannam | Stars: Guillermo Knockwood, Bobby Pierro, Avery Winters-Anthony, Brodie Peterson
Votes: 11