A rich but racist man is dying and hatches an elaborate scheme for transplanting his head onto another man's body. His health deteriorates rapidly, and doctors are forced to transplant his head onto the only available candidate: a black man from death row.

I Am Not Your Negro

2016

English

7.9

♡ 69

99%

Raoul Peck Director

Michelle Obama as Herself

Bob Dylan as Himself

Arnold Schwarzenegger as Himself

Samuel L. Jackson as Narration

Working from the text of James Baldwin’s unfinished final novel, director Raoul Peck creates a meditation on what it means to be Black in the United States.

A Great Divide

2023

English

5.7

♡ 8

Jean Shim Director

Jamie McShane as George McNather

Ken Jeong as Isaac Lee

Abbie Cobb as Ms. Debbi Jackson

Marshall Allman as Wyatt Schlang

The Lee family leave the Bay Area for a fresh start in the rural expanses of Wyoming, only to encounter hostility and xenophobia in their new community. How they confront these issues will break them - or make them stronger.

Blitz

2024

English

6.2

♡ 45

81%

Steve McQueen Director

Stephen Graham as Albert

Josef Altin as Harvey

Harris Dickinson as Jack

Saoirse Ronan as Rita

In World War II London, nine-year-old George is evacuated to the countryside by his mother, Rita, to escape the bombings. Defiant and determined to return to his family, George embarks on an epic, perilous journey back home as Rita searches for him.

The Rape of Recy Taylor

2017

English

6.7

♡ 1

95%

Nancy Buirski Director

John L. Payne as John O. Harris

Cynthia Erivo as Rosa Parks

James Johnson II as Self

Chris Money as Self

Recy Taylor, a 24-year-old black mother and sharecropper, was gang raped by six white boys in 1944 Alabama. Common in Jim Crow South, few women spoke up in fear for their lives. Not Recy Taylor, who bravely identified her rapists. The NAACP sent its chief rape investigator Rosa Parks, who rallied support and triggered an unprecedented outcry for justice. The film exposes a legacy of physical abuse of black women and reveals Rosa Parks’ intimate role in Recy Taylor’s story.

The Long Walk Home

1990

English

7.3

♡ 13

88%

85%

1950s

african american history

Richard Pearce Director

Ving Rhames as Herbert Cotter

Whoopi Goldberg as Odessa Cotter

Dylan Baker as Tunker Thompson

Philip Sterling as Winston

Two women, black and white, in 1955 Montgomery Alabama, must decide what they are going to do in response to the famous bus boycott led by Martin Luther King.

Coonskin

1974

English

6.4

♡ 11

79%

Ralph Bakshi Director

Frank DeKova as Mannigan / Ruby

Scatman Crothers as Pappy / Old Man Bone

Philip Michael Thomas as Randy / Brother Rabbit

Richard Paul as Sonny

Brother Rabbit, Brother Bear, and Preacher Fox rise to the top of the crime ranks in Harlem by going up against a con-man, a racist cop, and the Mafia.

No Other Land

2024

Arabic

8.3

♡ 24

100%

palestinian-israeli conflict

racism

zionism

Yuval Abraham Director

Yuval Abraham as Self

Basel Adra as Self

Hamdan Ballal as Self

This film made by a Palestinian-Israeli collective shows the destruction of the occupied West Bank's Masafer Yatta by Israeli soldiers and the alliance which develops between the Palestinian activist Basel and Israeli journalist Yuval.

Off Limits

1988

English

6.2

♡ 12

45%

Christopher Crowe Director

Willem Dafoe as Buck McGriff

Scott Glenn as Colonel Dexter Armstrong

Fred Ward as Dix

Keith David as Maurice

McGriff and Albaby are probably doing the worst law enforcement job in the world - they are plain clothes U.S. military policemen on duty in war-time Saigon. However, their job becomes even harder when they start investigating the serial killings of local prostitutes. Their prime suspect is high ranking U.S. Army officer which brings their lives in danger.

Glory

1989

English

7.8

♡ 112

95%

Edward Zwick Director

Bob Gunton as Gen. Charles Garrison Harker

Cary Elwes as Maj. Cabot Forbes

Denzel Washington as Pvt. Trip

Morgan Freeman as Sgt. Maj. John Rawlins

Robert Gould Shaw leads the US Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices of both his own Union army and the Confederates.

Hidden Figures

2016

English

7.8

♡ 336

93%

Theodore Melfi Director

Kevin Costner as Al Harrison

Glen Powell as John Glenn

Janelle Monáe as Mary Jackson

Kirsten Dunst as Vivian Mitchell

The untold story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson – brilliant African-American women working at NASA and serving as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history – the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit. The visionary trio crossed all gender and race lines to inspire generations to dream big.

The Unforgiven

1960

English

6.5

♡ 8

67%

John Huston Director

Joseph Wiseman as Abe Kelsey

Burt Lancaster as Ben Zachary

Albert Salmi as Charlie Rawlins

Lillian Gish as Mattilda Zachary

The neighbors of a frontier family turn on them when it is suspected that their beloved adopted daughter was stolen from the Kiowa tribe.

Chato's Land

1972

English

6.6

♡ 13

58%

Michael Winner Director

Jack Palance as Capt. Quincey Whitmore

Richard Jordan as Earl Hooker

Richard Basehart as Nye Buell

Charles Bronson as Pardon Chato

In 1870s New Mexico, a half-breed kills a bigoted sheriff in self-defense but the posse that eventually hunts him finds itself in dangerous territory.

A Day Without a Mexican

2004

English

4.8

♡ 7

27%

Sergio Arau Director

Carlos Gómez as Jose Velasquez Diaz

Yareli Arizmendi as Lila Rodriguez

Jason Stuart as Restaurant Manager

Yeniffer Behrens as Suzy

When a mysterious fog surrounds the boundaries of California, there is a communication breakdown and all the Mexicans disappear, affecting the economy and the state stops working missing the Mexican workers and dwellers.

Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

2019

English

7.5

♡ 6

91%

jazz singer or musician

Music

racism

Stanley Nelson Director

Quincy Jones as Self

Marguerite Eskridge as Self

Vince Wilburn Jr. as Self

Carlos Santana as Self

An immersive look at the eventful life and brilliant artistic career of visionary American jazz trumpeter Miles Davis (1926-1991).

The FBI's War on Black America

1990

English

6.7

♡ 2

Deb Ellis Director

Malcolm X as Self

Huey P. Newton as Self

Jeff Hass as Self

Geronimo Pratt as Self

Through a secret program called the Counter Intelligence Program (COINTELPRO), there was a concerted effort to subvert the will of the people to avoid the rise "of a Black Messiah" that would mobilize the African-American community into a meaningful political force. This documentary establishes historical perspective on the measures initiated by J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI which aimed to discredit black political figures and forces of the late 1960's and early 1970's. Combining declassified documents, interviews, rare footage and exhaustive research, it investigates the government's role in the assassinations of Malcolm X, Fred Hampton, and Martin Luther King Jr. Were the murders the result of this concerted effort to avoid "a Black Messiah"?

One of Them Days

2025

English

6.5

♡ 31

94%

Lawrence Lamont Director

Maude Apatow as Bethany

Keke Palmer as Dreux

Sharon Palmer as Irate Tenant

Gabrielle Dennis as Shayla

Best friends and roommates Dreux and Alyssa are about to have One of Them Days. When they discover Alyssa’s boyfriend has blown their rent money, the duo finds themselves going to extremes in a comical race against the clock to avoid eviction and keep their friendship intact.

The Lords of Discipline

1983

English

6.6

♡ 9

40%

Franc Roddam Director

Rick Rossovich as Dante `Pig` Pignetti

Bill Paxton as Gilbreath

Jason Connery as MacKinnon

Matt Frewer as Senior

Will arrives for his last year at Military Academy, in the Deep South USA, in the 1960's. A black student, Pearce, has been accepted, for the first time and Will is asked to keep an eye out for the inevitable racism. The racists come in the form of The Ten, a secret group of the elite students. They want Pearce to leave on his own free will, but are prepared to torture him to make it 'his free will'. Will is forced to help Pearce and he is prepared to risk his own career to do so.

Serial Bad Weddings

2014

French

7.0

♡ 16

62%

Philippe de Chauveron Director

Christian Clavier as Claude Verneuil

Frédérique Bel as Isabelle Verneuil épouse Benassem

Elie Semoun as Le psy

Julia Piaton as Odile Verneuil épouse Benichou

A catholic French couple sees their life upside down when their four daughters get married to men of different religion and origins.

Bamboozled

2000

English

6.7

♡ 7

53%

Spike Lee Director

Al Sharpton as Rev. Al Sharpton

Bill Clinton as Self

Kim Director as Starlet

Michael Rapaport as Thomas Dunwitty

Frustrated when network brass reject his sitcom idea, producer Pierre Delacroix pitches the worst idea he can think of in an attempt to get fired: a 21st century minstrel show. The network not only airs it, but it becomes a smash hit.

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The Thing with Two Heads

I Am Not Your Negro

A Great Divide

Blitz

The Rape of Recy Taylor

The Long Walk Home

Coonskin

No Other Land

Off Limits

Glory

Hidden Figures

The Unforgiven

Chato's Land

A Day Without a Mexican

Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

The FBI's War on Black America

One of Them Days

The Lords of Discipline

Serial Bad Weddings

Bamboozled