Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "reference-to-martin-luther-king-jr."

51. Johnny Mad Dog (2008)

98 min | Drama, War

A cast of unknown performers are used in this drama about child soldiers fighting a war in the West African Country Liberia.

Director: Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire | Stars: Christophe Minie, Daisy Victoria Vandy, Joseph Duo, Dagbeth Tweh

Votes: 3,541

52. Charming the Hearts of Men (2021)

107 min | Drama, History, Romance

A romantic drama set during the politically charged early 60s where a sophisticated woman returns to her Southern home town and discovers her options are limited yet discrimination is plentiful. With the help of a Congressional ally, she inspires historic legislation which allows opportunities and protections never before afforded to women.

Director: S.E. DeRose | Stars: Anna Friel, Kelsey Grammer, Starletta DuPois, Sean Astin

Votes: 2,855

53. Billy Jack Goes to Washington (1977)

Not Rated | 155 min | Drama, Thriller

After a Senator suddenly dies after completing (and sealing) an investigation into the nuclear power industry, the remaining Senator and the state Governor must decide on a person who will ... See full summary »

Director: Tom Laughlin | Stars: Tom Laughlin, Delores Taylor, E.G. Marshall, Teresa Kelly

Votes: 821

54. Blue State (2007)

R | 88 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

BLUE STATE is a romantic comedy about a disgruntled Democrat who actually follows through on a drunken campaign promise to move to Canada if George "Dubya" Bush gets re-elected.

Director: Marshall Lewy | Stars: Breckin Meyer, Anna Paquin, Joyce Krenz, Richard Blackburn

Votes: 2,453

55. Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story (2022)

82 min | Biography, Drama, Music

Follows the successful career of Jackson as well as her unique friendship and devotion to Martin Luther King Jr. and her unsung contribution to the Civil Rights Movement.

Director: Denise Dowse | Stars: Keith David, Corbin Bleu, Vanessa Williams, Janet Hubert

Votes: 165

56. U2: Rattle and Hum (1988)

PG-13 | 99 min | Documentary, Music

A documentary of the Irish rock group U2 on their Fall 1987 tour of North America.

Director: Phil Joanou | Stars: Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen Jr.

Votes: 6,186 | Gross: $8.60M

57. El Coyote (2019)

R | 93 min | Action, Crime

The Italian mob descends on the Mexican border to take on the most powerful cartel in America. Spencer, an ex-mobster in witness protection, battles the cartel who captured his son in Arizona, with his mob buddies coming to help.

Directors: Jeffrey Nicholson, Michael Saquella | Stars: Michael Saquella, Robert Costanzo, John Capodice, Kristin Dattilo

Votes: 164 | Gross: $0.95M

58. Simply Black (2020)

90 min | Comedy

A politically-incorrect comedy about the role of black people in French society.

Directors: John Wax, Jean-Pascal Zadi | Stars: Jean-Pascal Zadi, Caroline Anglade, Fary, Tonton Marcel

Votes: 2,373

59. Riot (2018 TV Movie)

105 min | Drama, History, Romance

A group of people are stuck in a fight against the law who has paused the decision to decriminalize homosexuality. They decide to protest against the authority and bring in a change.

Director: Jeffrey Walker | Stars: Damon Herriman, Kate Box, Xavier Samuel, Jessica De Gouw

Votes: 702

60. Hurricane Bianca: From Russia with Hate (2018)

85 min | Comedy

Released from prison, statutory rapist ex-teacher Deborah Ward seeks revenge on cross-dressing co-worker Richard Martinez who put her there.

Director: Matt Kugelman | Stars: Rachel Dratch, Sally Jessy Raphael, Jason Bellini, Itay Hod

Votes: 2,618

61. Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed (2008)

PG | 90 min | Documentary

Ben Stein examines the issue of academic freedom and decides that there is none when it comes to the debate over intelligent design.

Director: Nathan Frankowski | Stars: Ben Stein, Lili Asvar, Peter Atkins, Hector Avalos

Votes: 12,199 | Gross: $7.69M

62. Jay and Silent Bob's Super Groovy Cartoon Movie (2013)

Not Rated | 64 min | Animation, Comedy

Jay and Silent Bob hit the lottery jackpot, and use their cash windfall to become crime-fighting superheroes.

Director: Steve Stark | Stars: Marc Bernardin, Ming Chen, Matt Cohen, Kevin Conroy

Votes: 2,271

63. Mr. and Mrs. Loving (1996 TV Movie)

PG-13 | 105 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

A moving and uplifting drama about the effects of interracial marriage in the 1960s. Friends since childhood, and loved by both families, this couple are exiled after their wedding and have... See full summary »

Director: Richard Friedenberg | Stars: Timothy Hutton, Lela Rochon, Ruby Dee, Bill Nunn

Votes: 689

64. Our Friend, Martin (1999 Video)

TV-G | 60 min | Animation, Drama, Family

While on a school field trip, two friends travel through time and meet Martin Luther King Jr. at different points in his life.

Directors: Michael Maliani, Robert Brousseau, Vincenzo Trippetti | Stars: Edward Asner, Angela Bassett, Lucas Black, Theodore Borders

Votes: 1,152

65. Stonewall (1995)

R | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A group of homosexual people try to live with dignity and self-respect while events build to the opening battle in the major gay rights movement.

Director: Nigel Finch | Stars: Guillermo Diaz, Frederick Weller, Brendan Corbalis, Duane Boutte

Votes: 1,740 | Gross: $0.62M

66. The Black Gestapo (1975)

R | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

General Ahmed has started an inner-city People's Army to try and relieve the misery of the citizens of Watts. When the locals are put under increasing pressure by Mafia thugs, Ahmed's ... See full summary »

Director: Lee Frost | Stars: Rod Perry, Charles Robinson, Phil Hoover, Edward Cross

Votes: 1,344

67. Young Soul Rebels (1991)

R | 105 min | Drama, Music

Two disc jockeys have a friend's murder to solve in the fringe-group melting pot of 1977 London.

Director: Isaac Julien | Stars: Valentine Nonyela, Mo Sesay, Dorian Healy, Frances Barber

Votes: 631

68. Uncle Tom (2020)

G | 106 min | Documentary, History

An oral history of the American black conservative.

Director: Justin Malone | Stars: Brandon Tatum, Carol Swain, Chad Jackson, Larry Elder

Votes: 6,686

69. John Lewis: Good Trouble (2020)

PG | 96 min | Documentary

The film explores Georgia representative's, 60-plus years of social activism and legislative action on civil rights, voting rights, gun control, health care reform, and immigration.

Director: Dawn Porter | Stars: Elijah Cummings, Anthony Johnson, Hillary Clinton, Ayanna Pressley

Votes: 1,063

70. Chicago 10 (2007)

R | 110 min | Documentary, Animation, History

Archival footage, animation, and music are used to look back at the eight anti-war protesters who were put on trial following the 1968 Democratic National Convention.

Director: Brett Morgen | Stars: Jeffrey Wright, Nick Nolte, Roy Scheider, Hank Azaria

Votes: 1,431 | Gross: $0.18M

71. MLK/FBI (2020)

TV-PG | 104 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Based on newly declassified files, Sam Pollard's resonant film explores the US government's surveillance and harassment of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Director: Sam Pollard | Stars: Martin Luther King, J. Edgar Hoover, David Garrow, Clarence B. Jones

Votes: 1,770

72. Brother Future (1991 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 103 min | Drama, History, Sci-Fi

A young street rapper is transported back in time to the pre-Civil War South, where he finds himself in the middle of a slave revolt.

Director: Roy Campanella II | Stars: Phill Lewis, Carl Lumbly, Michael Burgess, Akosua Busia

Votes: 228

73. Being Evel (2015)

TV-MA | 99 min | Documentary, Action, Biography

The real story behind the myth of American icon Robert 'Evel' Knievel and his legacy.

Director: Daniel Junge | Stars: Ken Berg, Seth Enslow, Ray Gunn, George Hamilton

Votes: 1,222

74. Billie (2019)

Not Rated | 98 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Documentary on the famed jazz singer Billie Holiday.

Director: James Erskine | Stars: Linda Lipnack Kuehl, Billie Holiday, Sylvia Syms, Tony Bennett

Votes: 1,017

75. Black Panthers (1968)

Not Rated | 31 min | Documentary, Short

A short film of interviews and protests at a rally to free Huey P. Newton.

Director: Agnès Varda | Stars: Bill Brent, Huey P. Newton, Stokely Carmichael, Eldridge Cleaver

Votes: 2,706

76. Answers to Nothing (2011)

R | 124 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

Against the backdrop of a missing girl case, lost souls throughout Los Angeles search for meaning and redemption and affect each other in ways they don't always see.

Director: Matthew Leutwyler | Stars: Sam Page, Caitlin Gerard, Chuck McCollum, Julie Benz

Votes: 1,135 | Gross: $0.02M

77. A Huey P. Newton Story (2001 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 86 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama

The story of how the radical Huey P. Newton developed the Black Panther Party based on his 10-point program for social reform.

Director: Spike Lee | Stars: Roger Guenveur Smith, Rahum Brown, Brenda Lee, Georgina Ransley

Votes: 854

78. Step (2017)

PG | 84 min | Documentary

STEP documents the senior year of a girls' high-school step dance team against the background of inner-city Baltimore.

Director: Amanda Lipitz | Stars: Gari McIntyre, Amanda Leonard, Blessin Giraldo, Chevonne Hall

Votes: 1,233 | Gross: $1.15M

79. Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic (2005)

Not Rated | 72 min | Documentary, Comedy, Music

Narrative digressions on sex, race, politics, and more from comedienne Sarah Silverman.

Director: Liam Lynch | Stars: Sarah Silverman, Steve Agee, Brian Posehn, Jim Bodma

Votes: 5,698 | Gross: $1.32M

80. The Year That Trembled (2002)

R | 104 min | Drama, Romance, War

The Year That Trembled is a 1970 coming-of-age story set in the shadow of Kent State that focuses on a group of young characters facing the Vietnam Draft Lottery.

Director: Jay Craven | Stars: Jonathan Brandis, Charlie Finn, Jay R. Ferguson, Meredith Monroe

Votes: 226

81. Homage (1995)

R | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

In New Mexico, the widow and former teacher Katherine Samuel reluctantly hires the lonely mathematician and genius Archie Landrum to be her gardener and soon they become good friends. When ... See full summary »

Director: Ross Kagan Marks | Stars: Blythe Danner, Frank Whaley, Sheryl Lee, Danny Nucci

Votes: 237

82. The People Speak (2009)

113 min | Documentary, History

A look at America's struggles with war, class, race and women's rights. based on Howard Zinn's "A People's History of the United States."

Directors: Anthony Arnove, Chris Moore, Howard Zinn | Stars: Matt Damon, Viggo Mortensen, Marisa Tomei, Josh Brolin

Votes: 643

83. Tupac Shakur: Thug Angel (2002)

92 min | Documentary, Biography, Music

Documentary examining the politics, music, and life of Tupac Shakur.

Director: Peter Spirer | Stars: Anthony 'Treach' Criss, Davey D, Michael Eric Dyson, Chrystall Friedemann

Votes: 1,120

84. Love, Gloria (2012)

85 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

An actress with anger issues has to save not only her fledgling career, but her own life, when she gets abducted after an audition.

Director: Nick Scown | Stars: Heather McComb, Danny Woodburn, Stephanie Hodes, Jillian Bell

Votes: 60

85. Michael Jackson: They Don't Care About Us, Prison Version (1996 Music Video)

5 min | Crime, Music

One of two music videos for They Don't Care About Us by Michael Jackson. MJ defiantly dances and sings in prison; he is surrounded by historic footage of violence committed by governments against their own people.

Director: Spike Lee | Star: Michael Jackson

Votes: 1,082

86. '68 (1988)

R | 99 min | Drama

'68 covers exactly one year (January 1st through December 31st) in the lives of Zoltan Szabo and his family, Hungarian immigrants, working hard to make a life in San Francisco in 1968. The ... See full summary »

Director: Steven Kovacs | Stars: Eric Larson, Robert Locke, Neil Young, Sándor Técsy

Votes: 95

87. Elisa K (2010)

71 min | Drama

A horrible memory suddenly returns to Elisa, that mortified seeks her mother's help.

Directors: Jordi Cadena, Judith Colell | Stars: Aina Clotet, Clàudia Pons, Lydia Zimmermann, Hans Richter

Votes: 228

88. Nitrato d'argento (1996)

87 min | Comedy, Drama, History

The film celebrates the 100th anniversary of the birth of cinema. It presents the technical and artistic evolution of the motion pictures. We move from mute to sound, from black-and-white ... See full summary »

Director: Marco Ferreri | Stars: László Balogh, Éric Berger, Marc Berman, Doriana Bianchi

Votes: 146

89. Spin (1995)

57 min | Documentary

Pirated satellite feeds revealing U. S. media personalities' contempt for their viewers.

Director: Brian Springer | Stars: Larry Agran, Jim Bakker, Bill Beutel, Tom Brokaw

Votes: 525

90. Peace, War and 9/11 (2023)

TV-14 | 93 min | Documentary, History

In a wide-ranging interview filmed six months before his passing, eminent scholar and lifelong peace activist Graeme MacQueen shares his final words on 9/11 and the 2001 anthrax attacks.

Directors: Richard Heap, Ted Walter | Stars: George W. Bush, Wesley Clark, John Gross, Richard Hamburger

Votes: 35

91. Ferguson Rises (2021)

82 min | Documentary

Ferguson Rises is the inspiring story of the residents of Ferguson, Missouri, a small town that suffered a powerful loss and became the flash point for a modern day civil rights movement.

Director: Mobolaji Olambiwonnu | Stars: Jeffrey Amado Ahrens, Rasheen Aldridge, Dominique Alexander, Ank Ankenbrand

Votes: 57

92. By Sidney Lumet (2015)

103 min | Documentary

In a never-before-seen interview filmed in 2008, three years before his death, Sidney Lumet discusses his life and career.

Director: Nancy Buirski | Star: Sidney Lumet

Votes: 455

93. Behind the Mask (2006)

Not Rated | 72 min | Documentary

Behind the Mask: The Story Of The People Who Risk Everything To Save Animals is a 2006 documentary film about the Animal Liberation Front. It took three years of filming, interviewing, and editing to complete.

Director: Shannon Keith | Stars: Shannon Keith, Keith Mann, Kevin Kjonaas, Rod Coronado

Votes: 201

94. Oh Happy Day (2007)

Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Two guys battle through the consequences of having had a one-night stand just before they started working together, and learn that to make a relationship work, you have to reveal everything... See full summary »

Director: Ian Poitier | Stars: Christopher Colquhoun, Jo Smith, Pooky Quesnel, Gerald Lepkowski

Votes: 331

95. The Neutral Ground (2021)

82 min | Documentary

In December 2015, the New Orleans City Council voted to remove four Confederate monuments from public grounds. A forceful group of critics protested the decision, and fearing retaliation, no crew would agree to remove the statues.

Director: CJ Hunt | Stars: CJ Hunt, Mr. Hunt, Mitch Landrieu, Jason Williams

Votes: 126

96. How Jack Became Black (2018)

84 min | Documentary

The births of Jack and June, the third multiracial generation in filmmaker Eli Steele's family, coincided with a startling projection: by 2050, at least 20% of all Americans will ... See full summary »

Director: Eli Steele | Stars: Justin Gordon, Eli Steele, Louis Armstrong, Jesse Jackson

Votes: 64

97. Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Rock (1999 TV Special)

Unrated | 71 min | Documentary, Comedy

A reel of comic Chris Rock's best Saturday Night Live sketches: Luther Campbell, Onski, Old Man Ernie, and Nat X, with also expressing his feelings on crime, taxes, prison, holiday, and other topics of society.

Directors: Beth McCarthy-Miller, Dave Wilson, James Signorelli | Stars: Chris Rock, Don Pardo, Christina Applegate, Jim Breuer

Votes: 857

98. Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy (2009)

Not Rated | 95 min | Documentary, Comedy

An off-screen narration, four dozen talking heads, and clips of performances tell a chronological story about Black comedy: who has made us laugh since 1901, what is the nature of their ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Townsend | Stars: Franklyn Ajaye, Angela Bassett, Bill Bellamy, Julian Bond

Votes: 306

99. Traveling with Denella Ri'chard: Juneteenth Special (2024)

Documentary, Short, History

Beaufort, South Carolina and Jackson, Mississippi are two Southern destinations whose histories are deeply intertwined with the struggle for freedom that offer an immersive cultural experience into why America celebrates Juneteenth.

Director: Fredrick Custard | Stars: Abraham Brown, Chris DiGiovanni, Marie Gibbs, Kenneth Hodges

100. The Legend: The Bessie Coleman Story (2018)

108 min | Documentary

In 1921, aviation pioneer Bessie Coleman arose from the poverty of the Texas cotton fields to capture the hearts of the Black population of America.

Director: Gardner Doolittle | Stars: Aneva Walker, Bessie Coleman

Votes: 41