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1. The Godfather (1972)
R | 175 min | Crime, Drama
The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.
Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Diane Keaton
Votes: 2,015,748 | Gross: $134.97M
2. Super Fly (1972)
R | 91 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The daily routine of cocaine dealer Priest who wants to score one more super deal and retire.
Director: Gordon Parks Jr. | Stars: Ron O'Neal, Carl Lee, Sheila Frazier, Julius Harris
Votes: 8,613
3. Burn! (1969)
R | 112 min | Action, Drama, War
In 1844, a British mercenary helps the revolting slaves of an Antilles island colony gain independence from Portugal, but later returns to hunt down a local rebel leader and former protégé.
Director: Gillo Pontecorvo | Stars: Marlon Brando, Evaristo Márquez, Renato Salvatori, Dana Ghia
Votes: 5,836 | Gross: $0.43M
4. Three the Hard Way (1974)
R | 89 min | Action, Thriller
Blaxploitation film about three martial-arts specialists who prevent white supremacists from tainting the U.S. water supply with a toxin that's only harmful to black people.
Director: Gordon Parks Jr. | Stars: Jim Brown, Fred Williamson, Jim Kelly, Sheila Frazier
Votes: 1,757 | Gross: $1.28M
5. 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: 1,622
6. Thomasine & Bushrod (1974)
PG | 95 min | Action, Crime, Romance
The exploits of 1910s bounty hunter Thomasine and bandit Bushrod who, after rekindling their old romance, take to robbing banks to survive, stealing from rich whites and sharing their loot with the poor on the harsh frontier.
Director: Gordon Parks Jr. | Stars: Max Julien, Vonetta McGee, George Murdock, Glynn Turman
Votes: 608
7. Aaron Loves Angela (1975)
R | 99 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
In New York City, a young black boy and Puerto Rican girl fall in love despite objections from each other's families.
Director: Gordon Parks Jr. | Stars: Moses Gunn, Kevin Hooks, Irene Cara, Robert Hooks
Votes: 307
8. NBC Experiment in Television (1967–1971)
60 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
NBC presents an anthology series made up of dramatic pieces and documentaries.
Stars: David Warner, Edward Binns, Jo Van Fleet, James Edwards
Votes: 90
9. The Bushtrackers (1980)
101 min | Adventure
Directors: Gary Strieker, Gordon Parks Jr. | Stars: Oliver Litondo, Peter Mann-Jones, Joyce Thorn, Lenny Juma
10. The Hypnotic Eye (1996–1999)
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
"The Hypnotic Eye" was a hosted horror, science fiction movie and television series show, hosted by "Icon, The Hypnotic Eye".
Stars: Joe Riley, Jason Cohen, Kenneth Weinert, Barbara Cohen
Votes: 13
11. The World of Piri Thomas (1968)
60 min
Depicts life in Spanish Harlem through the eyes - and writings - of Puerto Rican-Cuban poet Piri Thomas, whose memoir Down These Mean Streets (1967) had recently become a best-seller.
Director: Gordon Parks
Votes: 27
12. NET Journal (1966– )
Documentary, Drama, News
Stars: Paul Niven, Philip Sterling, Hubert H. Humphrey, John Kerry
13. Unstoppable: Conversation with Melvin Van Peebles, Gordon Parks, and Ossie Davis (2005 TV Movie)
Documentary
Director: J. Gregory Lewis | Stars: Ruby Dee, Nelson George, Julie Dash, Reginald Hudlin
Votes: 20
14. My Father: Gordon Parks (1969)
27 min | Documentary, Short
A documentary portrait of poet, novelist, photographer, and composer Gordon Parks on the set of his first film, The Learning Tree (1969): the first major studio film directed and produced by an African American.
Director: Gordon Parks Jr. | Stars: Estelle Evans, Burnett Guffey, Kyle Johnson, Keith Lundy
Votes: 20
15. Crises in the Cities (1968)
Documentary, Short
Director: Charles McMillan | Star: Harold Everett Hughes
16.
NBC Experiment in Television (1967–1971)
Episode:
Africa and I
(1968)
Animation, Comedy, Drama
New York artist Larry Rivers and French filmmaker Pierre Gaisseau travel through Africa documenting formal and informal expressions of religion and art.
Director: Pierre-Dominique Gaisseau | Stars: Roscoe Lee Browne, Pierre-Dominique Gaisseau, Larry Rivers
17.
The Hypnotic Eye (1996–1999)
Episode:
Deep Ellum Cerebellum
(1998)
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Icon, the Hypnotic Eye. (voiced by Joe Riley) takes the audience through an eclectic journey of weird and wonderful clips from science fiction, horror and fanciful movies and television shows, old commercials and garage band performances.
Directors: Joe Riley, Kenneth Weinert | Stars: Joe Riley, Julie Riley, Mitchell Ian Riley
18.
NET Journal (1966– )
Episode:
The World of Piri Thomas
(1968)
Documentary, Drama, News
An effecting impression of New York's Spanish Harlem, combined narration by the black Puerto Rican poet-writer with location shooting in the streets and two reenactments of two crucial events in his life..
Director: Gordon Parks | Star: Piri Thomas