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7.4

♡ 36

83%

Comedy

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spoof

Scott Sanders Director

John Salley as Kotex

Nicole Ari Parker as Mahogany Black

Miguel A. Núñez Jr. as Mo Bitches

Obba Babatundé as Osiris

This is the story of 1970s African-American action legend Black Dynamite. The Man killed his brother, pumped heroin into local orphanages, and flooded the ghetto with adulterated malt liquor. Black Dynamite was the one hero willing to fight The Man all the way from the blood-soaked city streets to the hallowed halls of the Honky House.

'Sheba, Baby'

1975

5.7

♡ 18

29%

William Girdler Director

Austin Stoker as Brick Williams

Eugenia Care as Party Girl #3

Melvin Jones as R.R. Man #1

Pam Grier as Sheba Shayne

Sheba, a Chicago private detective returns back home to Louisville, Kentucky, to help her father fight mobsters.

Truck Turner

1974

6.9

♡ 10

60%

72%

boyfriend girlfriend relationship

bounty hunter

organized crime

Jonathan Kaplan Director

John Dennis as Desmond's Guard

Charles Cyphers as Drunk

Stan Shaw as Fontana

Isaac Hayes as Mac 'Truck' Turner

Truck Turner and his partner Jerry, who make their living as bounty hunters in Los Angeles, are hired to hunt down Gator, a pimp who has skipped bail.

Foxy Brown

1974

6.4

♡ 14

59%

66%

Jack Hill Director

Fred Lerner as Bunyon

Pam Grier as Foxy Brown

Harry Holcombe as Judge Fenton

Bob Minor as Oscar

A voluptuous black woman takes a job as a high-class prostitute in order to get revenge on the mobsters who murdered her boyfriend.

Coffy

1973

6.8

♡ 30

83%

75%

Jack Hill Director

Pam Grier as Coffy

Robert DoQui as King George

Lyman Ward as Orderly

Bob Minor as Studs

After her younger sister gets involved in drugs and is severely injured by contaminated heroin, a nurse sets out on a mission of vengeance and vigilante justice, killing drug dealers, pimps, and mobsters who cross her path.

Black Caesar

1973

6.4

♡ 14

64%

62%

Drama

Larry Cohen Director

William Wellman Jr. as Alfred Coleman

Val Avery as Cardoza

Andrew Duggan as Man at Shoeshine

Julius Harris as Mr. Gibbs

Tommy Gibbs is a tough kid, raised in the ghetto, who aspires to be a kingpin criminal. As a young boy, his leg is broken by a bad cop on the take, during a pay-off gone bad. Nursing his vengeance, he rises to power in Harlem, New York. Angry at the racist society around him, both criminal and straight, he sees the acquisition of power as the solution to his rage.

Hell Up in Harlem

1973

5.9

♡ 11

22%

49%

Larry Cohen Director

William Wellman Jr. as Alfred Coleman

Gerald Gordon as Mr. DiAngelo

Margaret Avery as Sister Jennifer

Tony King as Zach

Tougher than Shaft and smoother than Superfly, this high-voltage sequel to Black Caesar explodes with enough action to incinerate New York City. Packed with machine-gun mayhem and riveting adventure, Hell Up in Harlem is nothing less than a modern-day tribute to the classic 30s gangster film. Fred Williamson is Tommy Gibbs, a fearless, bulletproof tough guy who blasts his way from the gutter to become the ultimate soul brother boss. Tommy steals a ledger with the name of every crooked cop and man in the city. Enlisting the aid of his father and an army of Harlem hoods, Gibbs goes from defense to offense, launching a deadly attack on his enemies that sets off a violent chain reaction from Harlem all the way to the Caribbean, climaxing in one of the hottest turf-war shoot-outs in Hollywood history.

Across 110th Street

1972

7.0

♡ 21

84%

78%

Drama

Barry Shear Director

Mel Winkler as Manager - 7-11 Club

Stephen Mendillo as Patrolman

Ken Lynch as Tailor Shop Patrolman

Janet Sarno as Theresa D'Salvio

In a daring robbery, some $300,000 is taken from the Italian mob. Several mafiosi are killed, as are two policemen. Lt. Pope and Capt. Mattelli are two New York City cops trying to break the case. Three small-time criminals are on the run with the money. Will the mafia catch them first, or will the police?

Black Gunn

1972

5.8

♡ 11

32%

Robert Hartford-Davis Director

Eileen Saki as Party Guest

Bruce Glover as Ray Kriley

William Campbell as Rico

Herbert Jefferson Jr. as Scott Gunn

A successful and popular nightclub owner who believes financial independence is the path to equality and success, must act as a go-between for militant-minded brother and the white gang syndicate his brother has attacked and robbed. Their involvements lead to a breathless race course chase, the destruction of a dopepusher and a violent waterfront climax.

Dolemite Is My Name

2019

7.2

♡ 56

97%

91%

1970s

based on a true story

Craig Brewer Director

Barry Shabaka Henley as Demond

Bob Odenkirk as Lawrence Woolner

Susan Sarandon as Peggy Grant

Eddie Murphy as Rudy

The story of Rudy Ray Moore, who created the iconic big screen pimp character Dolemite in the 1970s.

Dolemite

1975

5.7

♡ 19

60%

D'Urville Martin Director

Jerry Jones as Blakeley

James Ingram as Keyboard Player for Revelation Funk

John Kerry as Mitchell

Wesley Gale as Reverend Gibbs

Dolemite is a pimp who was set up by Willie Greene and the cops, who have planted drugs, stolen furs, and guns in his trunk and got him sentenced to 20 years in jail. One day, Queen B and a warden planned to get him out of Jail and get Willie Green and Mitchell busted for what they did to him.

Bucktown

1975

6.1

♡ 16

50%

Arthur Marks Director

Pam Grier as Aretha

Robert Burton as Merle

Tierre Turner as Steve

Tony King as T.J.

Duke Johnson visits a small Southern town, intent on burying his brother. After the funeral, he learns that he must stay for 60 days, for the estate to be processed. A few locals convince Duke to reopen his late brother's nightclub, and soon the local redneck policemen are intimidating Duke with threats of violence. Duke refuses to pay the bribes they demand, so then he and his lady friend Aretha are threatened and attacked by the crooked cops. Rather than take them on himself, Duke calls on his old pal Roy. Roy brings a few buddies to Bucktown, and they bring justice to the small town. With the redneck cops out of the way, Duke lets his guard down. Then the situation gets out of hand again. Finally, Duke must settle the score himself.

The Return of Superfly

1990