The black question
by guisreis | created - 15 Nov 2017 | updated - 3 weeks ago | PublicSome good movies, ranked.
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1. Mississippi Burning (1988)
R | 128 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Two F.B.I. Agents with wildly different styles arrive in Mississippi to investigate the disappearance of some civil rights activists.
Director: Alan Parker | Stars: Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe, Frances McDormand, Brad Dourif
Votes: 110,750 | Gross: $34.60M
2. Free Angela and All Political Prisoners (2012)
Not Rated | 102 min | Documentary, Crime, History
A documentary that chronicles the life of young college professor Angela Davis, and how her social activism implicates her in a botched kidnapping attempt that ends with a shootout, four dead, and her name on the FBI's 10 most wanted list.
Director: Shola Lynch | Stars: Angela Davis, Eisa Davis, Brandon J. Dirden
Votes: 784
3. The Assailant (2009)
R | 94 min | Action, Biography, Drama
Based on the life of a legendary capoeira fighter from Bahia, "Besouro" spins a fantastic tale of a young Brazilian man of African descent in search of his mission.
Director: João Daniel Tikhomiroff | Stars: Aílton Carmo, Jéssica Barbosa, Flávio Rocha, Irandhir Santos
Votes: 1,790
4. Free State of Jones (2016)
R | 139 min | Action, Biography, Drama
A disillusioned Confederate army deserter returns to Mississippi and leads a militia of fellow deserters and women in an uprising against the corrupt local Confederate government.
Director: Gary Ross | Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Mahershala Ali, Keri Russell
Votes: 62,374 | Gross: $20.76M
5. Jubiabá (1986)
100 min | Drama
Jubiabá is a French-Brazilian film based on the homonym novel by Jorge Amado. The film tells the story of the interracial love between the daughter of a rich Commander and Antonio Balduíno, a rascal, fighter and famous lover from Salvador.
Director: Nelson Pereira dos Santos | Stars: Grande Otelo, Julien Guiomar, Charles Baiano, Catherine Rouvel
Votes: 88
6. Unforgiven (1992)
R | 130 min | Drama, Western
Retired Old West gunslinger William Munny reluctantly takes on one last job, with the help of his old partner Ned Logan and a young man, The "Schofield Kid."
Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Richard Harris
Votes: 435,744 | Gross: $101.16M
7. A Time to Kill (1996)
R | 149 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
In Canton, Mississippi, a fearless young lawyer and his assistant defend a black man accused of murdering two white men who raped his ten-year-old daughter, inciting violent retribution and revenge from the Ku Klux Klan.
Director: Joel Schumacher | Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Sandra Bullock, Samuel L. Jackson, Kevin Spacey
Votes: 181,449 | Gross: $108.77M
8. Do the Right Thing (1989)
R | 120 min | Comedy, Drama
On the hottest day of the year on a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, everyone's hate and bigotry smolders and builds until it explodes into violence.
Director: Spike Lee | Stars: Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Richard Edson
Votes: 112,288 | Gross: $27.55M
9. The Great White Hope (1970)
PG-13 | 103 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
A Black champion boxer and his white female companion struggle to survive while the white boxing establishment looks for ways to knock him down.
Director: Martin Ritt | Stars: James Earl Jones, Jane Alexander, Lou Gilbert, Joel Fluellen
Votes: 2,804 | Gross: $2.70M
10. 13th (2016)
TV-MA | 100 min | Documentary, Crime, History
An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.
Director: Ava DuVernay | Stars: Melina Abdullah, Michelle Alexander, Cory Booker, Dolores Canales
Votes: 37,650
11. When They See Us (2019)
TV-MA | 296 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Five teens from Harlem become trapped in a nightmare when they're falsely accused of a brutal attack in Central Park. Based on the true story.
Stars: Asante Blackk, Caleel Harris, Ethan Herisse, Marquis Rodriguez
Votes: 137,635
12. Get Out (I) (2017)
R | 104 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A young African-American visits his white girlfriend's parents for the weekend, where his simmering uneasiness about their reception of him eventually reaches a boiling point.
Director: Jordan Peele | Stars: Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Bradley Whitford, Catherine Keener
Votes: 695,273 | Gross: $176.04M
13. 12 Years a Slave (2013)
R | 134 min | Biography, Drama, History
In the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free Black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery.
Director: Steve McQueen | Stars: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Kenneth Williams, Michael Fassbender, Brad Pitt
Votes: 740,692 | Gross: $56.67M
14. Amistad (1997)
R | 155 min | Biography, Drama, History
In 1839, the revolt of Mende captives aboard a Spanish owned ship causes a major controversy in the United States when the ship is captured off the coast of Long Island. The courts must decide whether the Mende are slaves or legally free.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Djimon Hounsou, Matthew McConaughey, Anthony Hopkins, Morgan Freeman
Votes: 82,703 | Gross: $44.18M
15. Selma (2014)
PG-13 | 128 min | Biography, Drama, History
A chronicle of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s campaign to secure equal voting rights via an epic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, in 1965.
Director: Ava DuVernay | Stars: David Oyelowo, Carmen Ejogo, Oprah Winfrey, Tom Wilkinson
Votes: 95,429 | Gross: $52.08M
16. Ali (2001)
R | 157 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
A biography of sports legend Muhammad Ali, focusing on his triumphs and controversies between 1964 and 1974.
Director: Michael Mann | Stars: Will Smith, Jamie Foxx, Jon Voight, Mario Van Peebles
Votes: 105,505 | Gross: $58.20M
17.
30 for 30 (2009– )
Episode:
Rodman: For Better or Worse
(2019)
TV-G | 102 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The unfettered and definitive look at the life and career of Dennis Rodman.
Director: Todd Kapostasy | Stars: Jamie Foxx, Jade Willey, Allan Wayne Anderson, Rielle Escalera
Votes: 900
18. BlacKkKlansman (2018)
R | 135 min | Biography, Comedy, Crime
Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer from Colorado Springs, Colorado, successfully infiltrates the local Ku Klux Klan branch aided by a Jewish surrogate who eventually becomes its leader. Based on actual events.
Director: Spike Lee | Stars: John David Washington, Adam Driver, Laura Harrier, Topher Grace
Votes: 290,814 | Gross: $49.28M
19. Malcolm X (1992)
PG-13 | 202 min | Biography, Drama, History
Biographical epic of the controversial and influential Black Nationalist leader, from his early life and career as a small-time gangster, to his ministry as a member of the Nation of Islam and his eventual assassination.
Director: Spike Lee | Stars: Denzel Washington, Angela Bassett, Delroy Lindo, Spike Lee
Votes: 101,954 | Gross: $48.17M
20. Dolemite Is My Name (2019)
R | 118 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
Eddie Murphy portrays real-life legend Rudy Ray Moore, a comedy and rap pioneer who proved naysayers wrong when his hilarious, obscene, kung-fu fighting alter ego, Dolemite, became a 1970s Blaxploitation phenomenon.
Director: Craig Brewer | Stars: Eddie Murphy, Keegan-Michael Key, Mike Epps, Craig Robinson
Votes: 64,922
21. Mussum, Um filme do Cacildis (2019)
75 min | Documentary
The trajectory of musician and comedian Mussum as vocalist of the group "Os Originais do Samba" and later in cinema and TV as a member of "Os Trapalhões", a group that revolutionized the way of making humor on Brazilian television.
Director: Susanna Lira | Stars: Mussum, Alcione, Renato Aragão, Joel Zito Araújo
Votes: 400
22. Les Bleus une autre histoire de France (2016 TV Movie)
104 min | Documentary, History, Sport
This documentary follows the French national team for 20 years, from 1996 to 2016. Successes and setbacks that mirrored the French Society.
Directors: David Dietz, Sonia Dauger, Pascal Blanchard
Votes: 814
23. Black Panther (2018)
PG-13 | 134 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
T'Challa, heir to the hidden but advanced kingdom of Wakanda, must step forward to lead his people into a new future and must confront a challenger from his country's past.
Director: Ryan Coogler | Stars: Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong'o, Danai Gurira
Votes: 836,694 | Gross: $700.06M
24. The Next Victim (1983)
98 min | Crime, Thriller
TV reporter tries to find out who is killing prostitutes in a São Paulo neighborhood.
Director: João Batista de Andrade | Stars: Antônio Fagundes, Louise Cardoso, Mayara Magri, Othon Bastos
Votes: 115
25. When the Garden Was Eden (2014)
76 min | Documentary, History, Sport
A look at the basketball team, The New York Knicks, during their championship runs during the 1970s.
Director: Michael Rapaport | Stars: Bill Bradley, Walt Frazier, Phil Jackson
Votes: 261
The black question had to be faced in order to have a real team with black and white players in NY Knicks in late 60's.
26. Uma Onda No Ar (2002)
92 min | Drama
Based on the true story of four friends who decide to install a communal pirate radio station called Rádio Favela in a shanty-town, to give voice to the outcasts' complaints.
Director: Helvecio Ratton | Stars: Alexandre Moreno, Babu Santana, Adolfo Moura, Benjamim Abras
Votes: 305
27. Hair Love (2019)
G | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A father tries to do his daughter's hair for the first time.
Directors: Matthew A. Cherry, Everett Downing Jr., Bruce W. Smith | Star: Issa Rae
Votes: 7,064
28. Buck and the Preacher (1972)
GP | 102 min | Adventure, Drama, Western
A wagon master and a con-man preacher help freed slaves dogged by cheap-labor agents out West.
Directors: Sidney Poitier, Joseph Sargent | Stars: Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte, Ruby Dee, Cameron Mitchell
Votes: 2,682 | Gross: $3.03M
29. Black Caesar (1973)
R | 87 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Raised in Harlem, Tommy Gibbs becomes a successful mob boss but he clashes with the rival Mafia and his old enemy, dirty cop McKinney.
Director: Larry Cohen | Stars: Fred Williamson, Gloria Hendry, Art Lund, D'Urville Martin
Votes: 3,878
30. Black I am (2017)
13 min | Documentary, Short, Family
THREE WOMEN AND A LITTLE GIRL SYMBOLIZE THROUGH THEIR STORIES THE YEARNINGS OF THE GARÍFUNA COMMUNITY OF PUNTA GORDA, THE FIRST GARÍFUNA COMMUNITY IN THE HISTORY OF HONDURAS.
Director: Laura Bermúdez
Votes: 9
31. Summer of Sam (1999)
R | 142 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Spike Lee's take on the "Son of Sam" murders in New York City during the summer of 1977 centering on the residents of an Italian-American Northeast Bronx neighborhood who live in fear and distrust of one another.
Director: Spike Lee | Stars: John Leguizamo, Adrien Brody, Mira Sorvino, Jennifer Esposito
Votes: 41,279 | Gross: $19.28M
It is there but is not the central issue as in other movies by great Spike Lee.
32. White Out, Black In (2014)
90 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
Shots at a black music party in the outskirts of Brasilia injure two men that get scarred for life. A third man comes from the future to investigate what happened and to prove that it is all the society's fault.
Director: Adirley Queirós | Stars: Marquim do Tropa, Dilmar Durães, Gleide Firmino, DJ Jamaika
Votes: 684
33. No Intenso Agora (2017)
127 min | Documentary, History
A personal essay which analyses and compares images of the political upheavals of the 1960s. From the military coup in Brazil to China's Cultural Revolution, from the student uprisings in Paris to the end of the Prague Spring.
Director: João Moreira Salles
Votes: 609 | Gross: $0.02M
Not a central issue, but the film shows how blacks and women were not protagonists in May 1968.
34. Chi-Raq (2015)
R | 127 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A modern day adaptation of the ancient Greek play Lysistrata by Aristophanes, set against the backdrop of gang violence in Chicago, Illinois.
Director: Spike Lee | Stars: Nick Cannon, Teyonah Parris, Wesley Snipes, Angela Bassett
Votes: 10,709 | Gross: $2.65M
An excellent idea but not really a good film. As a matter of fact, it is the worst film by Spike Lee I have watched. The film has many references to ancient Greek theatre (the colors, the narrator, groups of similar characters, the dialogs with rhymes), what is nice; I liked the idea of adapting a Greek comedy to violent Chicago. Additionally, the very first scene is beautifully filmed, quite impressive. Thought, there are more problems than qualities: too campy style, not a serious way of dealing with tje problem of women be treated as an object, many bad dialogs, quite cheesy scenes, annoying and also cheesy soundtrack, mostly stupid dance scenes, childish screenplay. This motion picture does deviates from competent, mature, sophidticated and socially engaged Spike Lee's filmmaking.
35. Executive Order (2020)
103 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
In a dystopian near future in Brazil, an authoritarian government orders all citizens of African descent to move to Africa - creating chaos, protests, and an underground resistance movement that inspires the nation.
Directors: Lázaro Ramos, Flávia Lacerda | Stars: Alfred Enoch, Taís Araújo, Seu Jorge, Adriana Esteves
Votes: 2,409
36. Across 110th Street (1972)
R | 102 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Two New York City cops go after amateur crooks who are trying to rip off the Mafia and start a gang war.
Director: Barry Shear | Stars: Anthony Quinn, Yaphet Kotto, Anthony Franciosa, Frank Adu
Votes: 7,139 | Gross: $3.60M
37. Get on Up (2014)
PG-13 | 139 min | Biography, Drama, Music
A chronicle of James Brown's rise from extreme poverty to become one of the most influential musicians in history.
Director: Tate Taylor | Stars: Chadwick Boseman, Nelsan Ellis, Dan Aykroyd, Viola Davis
Votes: 26,129 | Gross: $30.51M
38. The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)
R | 129 min | Drama, History, Thriller
The story of 7 people on trial stemming from various charges surrounding the uprising at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois.
Director: Aaron Sorkin | Stars: Eddie Redmayne, Alex Sharp, Sacha Baron Cohen, Jeremy Strong
Votes: 193,122
39. Clementina (2019)
75 min | Documentary
A glance over the trajectory of the samba singer Clementina de Jesus (1901-1987). Revealed late, at the age 63, she became one of the biggest voices in samba and was considered the link between the Brazilian culture and the African roots.
Director: Ana Rieper
Votes: 15
40. O Fio da Memória (1991)
115 min | Documentary
An essay on the imagination, cultural identity and prejudice against black people, focusing on the work of Gabriel Joaquim dos Santos, salt mine worker and semi-illiterate black artist who ... See full summary »
Director: Eduardo Coutinho | Stars: Benedita da Silva, Milton Gonçalves, Ferreira Gullar
Votes: 80
41. Vazante (2017)
116 min | Adventure, Drama
Brazil 1821. A rich cattle herder finds out that his wife dies in labor. Forced to live in the property with numerous African slaves, he marries his wife's niece. But he returns to droving, leaving his wife behind alone with the slaves.
Director: Daniela Thomas | Stars: Adriano Carvalho, Luana Nastas, Sandra Corveloni, Juliana Carneiro da Cunha
Votes: 669 | Gross: $0.02M
43. Dorivando Saravá, o Preto que Virou Mar (2019)
86 min | Documentary
Singer, composer, actor and painter, Dorival Caymmi was a multiple artist, but what they may not know is his pioneering work in introducing candomblé into Brazilian popular music. ... See full summary »
Director: Henrique Dantas | Stars: Mateus Aleluia, Kleber Amancio, Bnegão, Adriana Calcanhotto
Votes: 11
44. I Am Not Your Negro (2016)
PG-13 | 93 min | Documentary, History
Writer James Baldwin tells the story of race in modern America with his unfinished novel, Remember This House.
Director: Raoul Peck | Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, James Baldwin, Martin Luther King, Malcolm X
Votes: 23,489 | Gross: $7.12M
45. All the Dead Ones (2020)
120 min | Drama, History
1899. The fates of the women in two families become entangled when the Soareses, former land and slave owners, request help from Iná, a woman of African descent they once dismissed due to religious differences.
Directors: Marco Dutra, Caetano Gotardo | Stars: Mawusi Tulani, Clarissa Kiste, Carolina Bianchi, Thaia Perez
Votes: 591
46. Fevereiros (2017)
75 min | Documentary
Mangueira is Brazil's most popular samba school. In 2016, it won the championship of the Carnival of Rio with a parade in homage to Maria Bethânia, the diva from Bahia, who has a 50-year ... See full summary »
Director: Marcio Debellian | Stars: Maria Bethânia, Caetano Veloso, Chico Buarque, Mabel Velloso
Votes: 125
47. A Última Abolição (2018)
82 min | Documentary
The documentary addresses slavery in Brazil with a special focus on the period of abolition, highlighting the abolitionist movements, their allies and enemies.
Director: Alice Gomes | Stars: Ângela Alonso, Elciene Rizzato Azevedo, Luciana Barreto, Fernando Conceição
Votes: 27
48. Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020)
R | 94 min | Drama, Music
Tensions rise when trailblazing blues singer Ma Rainey and her band gather at a recording studio in Chicago in 1927.
Director: George C. Wolfe | Stars: Viola Davis, Chadwick Boseman, Glynn Turman, Colman Domingo
Votes: 57,886
49.
Slavery Routes (2018)
Episode:
1620 - 1789: Du sucre à la révolte
(2018)
53 min | Documentary, Animation, History
1620 - 1789: From sugar to rebellion: 17th century. The Atlantic has become the battleground of the sugar war. French, English, Dutch and Spanish fight for the Caribbean to grow sugar cane.... See full summary »
Directors: Daniel Cattier, Fanny Glissant, Juan Gélas, Philippe Lacôte | Stars: Gaël Kamilindi, Nathan Willcocks, Nikolaj A. Brucker, Mathieu Amalric
Votes: 20
50. 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: 1,749
52. Marcha Cega (2018)
88 min | Documentary
Brazil has the most lethal police in the world and it reflects directly in the violent performance during the street demonstrations: leaving people blind, injured and dozens of political ... See full summary »
Director: Gabriel Di Giacomo | Stars: Adilson Paes de Souza, Luiz Eduardo Soares, Felipe Zolesi
Votes: 19
53. Groundhog Day for a Black Man (2016 Video)
4 min | Short
When a black man lives the same day over and over again, he tries to change his behavior in order to survive a police interaction.
Director: Cynthia Kao | Stars: Matt Cordova, Celia Finkelstein, Marshall Givens, Burl Moseley
Votes: 300
54. Two Distant Strangers (2020)
Not Rated | 32 min | Short, Drama, Sci-Fi
A man trying to get home to his dog gets stuck in a time loop that forces him to relive a deadly run-in with a cop.
Directors: Travon Free, Martin Desmond Roe | Stars: Joey Bada$$, Zaria, Vincent Mordente, Ana González
Votes: 20,147
56. O Outro Lado do Outro (2019 TV Movie)
52 min | Documentary
An encounter between children from the favelas of Recife and their peers in middle class apartments opens up the world to both groups.
Directors: Rita de Cácia Oenning da Silva, Kurt Shaw | Stars: Helena Iara da Silva Shaw, Layza da Silva Brito, João Cavalcanti Buarque, Letícia Vieira Souza da Silva
Votes: 7
57.
ESPN Films (2011–2021)
Episode:
144
(2021)
Documentary
In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, the 2020 WNBA season was played in Bradenton, Florida; 144 players across 12 teams spent the summer in a bubble. 144 is the inside story of what ... See full summary »
Directors: Jenna Contreras, Lauren Stowell | Stars: Natalie Achonwa, Sue Bird, Layshia Clarendon, Nneka Ogwumike
Votes: 24
58. Betty Boop for ever (2020 TV Movie)
51 min | Documentary
Join us in the jazzy USA of the 1930s and meet Betty Boop, the first female protagonist in cartoons. Despite her innocent voice, well-turned spiers and bedroom look, she really was no weapon. How do we see Betty today?
Director: Claire Duguet | Stars: Laurent Lederer, Sarah-Jane Sauvegrain
Votes: 52
59. The Kings (2021)
TV-MA | Documentary, Sport
A four-part series featuring four champions who ushered in a boxing renaissance. The series showcases the dominance of Roberto Duran, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Thomas Hearns and Sugar Ray Leonard and their battles in and out of the ring.
Stars: Roberto Durán, Thomas Hearns, Al Bernstein, Bonnie Greer
Votes: 466
60. Filhas do Vento (2004)
85 min | Drama
In a small town in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, two sisters meet again after years apart. One of them headed for the big city, trying to secure a career as an actress. The other stayed to look after their father.
Director: Joel Zito Araújo | Stars: Ruth de Souza, Léa Garcia, Milton Gonçalves, Taís Araújo
Votes: 120
61. Mommy (I) (2014)
R | 139 min | Drama
A widowed single mother, raising her violent son alone, finds new hope when a mysterious neighbor inserts herself into their household.
Director: Xavier Dolan | Stars: Anne Dorval, Antoine Olivier Pilon, Suzanne Clément, Patrick Huard
Votes: 61,766 | Gross: $3.49M
62. Cavalo de Santo (2021)
70 min | Documentary
The feature-length documentary "Cavalo de Santo", based on the homonymous book by the photographer Mirian Fichtner, is the result of ten years of research among the terreiros of Rio Grande ... See full summary »
Directors: José Carlos Caramez, Mirian Fichtner
Votes: 9
63. Azougue Nazaré (2018)
80 min | Drama
In a vast, seemingly endless cane field, the sugarcane dances to the wind, like sea waves. PAI NANI, an Afro-Brazilian spiritual leader, carries out a religious act with five caboclos de ... See full summary »
Director: Tiago Melo | Stars: Valmir do Côco, Joana Gatis, Mestre Barachinha, Edilson Silva
Votes: 144
64. The Transfiguration (2016)
Not Rated | 97 min | Drama, Horror
When troubled teen Milo, who has a fascination with vampire lore, meets the equally alienated Sophie, the two form a bond that begins to blur Milo's fantasy into reality.
Director: Michael O'Shea | Stars: Eric Ruffin, Karin Cherches, Chloë Levine, Luis Scott
Votes: 4,067 | Gross: $0.02M
65. Abar (1977)
PG | 102 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Upon moving into a bigoted neighborhood, the scientist father of a persecuted black family gives a superpower elixir to a tough bodyguard, who thus becomes a superpowered crimefighter.
Director: Frank Packard | Stars: J. Walter Smith, Tobar Mayo, Roxie Young, Gladys Lum
Votes: 536
66. The Inglorious Bastards (1978)
R | 99 min | Action, Adventure, War
In 1944 France, a group of escaped American military prisoners en route to Switzerland volunteers to steal a German V2 rocket warhead for the Allies.
Director: Enzo G. Castellari | Stars: Bo Svenson, Peter Hooten, Fred Williamson, Michael Pergolani
Votes: 10,390
67. Tenda dos Milagres (1977)
132 min | Drama
The life of Pedro Arcanjo, self-taught mestizo intellectual who in the first decades of the XXth century challenged racist ideas of the School of Medicine of Bahia and highlighted the ... See full summary »
Director: Nelson Pereira dos Santos | Stars: Hugo Carvana, Sônia Dias, Anecy Rocha, Franca Teixeira
Votes: 153
68. O Caso do Homem Errado (2017)
77 min | Documentary
The documentary tells the story of Júlio César, a young Afro-Brazilian who was executed by the Police in the 1980s in Porto Alegre.
Director: Camila de Moraes | Stars: Luiz Francisco Correa Barbosa, Vera Daisy Barcellos, Ronaldo Bernardi, Lis Guerton Martins Cardoso
Votes: 30
69. Your Turn (2019)
93 min | Documentary
Young Brazilians make history in this radical document. Initially they are fighting for education, then their subversive actions take on a new dimension.
Director: Eliza Capai | Stars: Marcela Jesus, Lucas 'Koka' Penteado, Nayara Souza
Votes: 355
70. Casinha Pequenina (1963)
95 min | Comedy, Drama
In colonial Brazil, rich farmer and owner of slaves is blackmailed by a lady; to get rid of the problem, he involves innocent countrymen in a diabolical plan.
Director: Glauco Mirko Laurelli | Stars: Amácio Mazzaropi, Geny Prado, Roberto Duval, Tarcísio Meira
Votes: 112
71. Scrub Me Mama with a Boogie Beat (1941)
Not Rated | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
The black residents of Lazy Town are bored one day until a sultry light-skinned woman shows up to teach them what rhythm is.
Director: Walter Lantz | Stars: Ivie Anderson, Mel Blanc, Leroy Hurte Chorus, Nellie Lutcher
Votes: 550
72.
30 for 30 (2009– )
Episode:
The 16th Man
(2010)
TV-G | 52 min | Documentary, Biography, History
This documentary showcases the South African "Springbok" National Rugby Team and its impact on South Africa's transition from segregation to integration. It involves interviews with players and political activists along with vintage video.
Director: Cliff Bestall | Stars: Morgan Freeman, Justice Bekebeke, Cliff Bestall, Koos Botha
Votes: 749
73. Procura-se Irenice (2016)
25 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
Recovering someone silenced by dictatorship. 'Pursuing Irenice' is the search for a forgotten athlete. A story erased by the military.
Directors: Marco Escrivão, Thiago B. Mendonça | Stars: Aida Dos Santos, Kanzelumuka, Carlos Alberto Lancetta, Cláudia Maria de Farias
Votes: 11
74. Um Dia Com Jerusa (2020)
74 min | Drama
"A Day with Jerusa" follows Silvia, a young, mediumic market researcher facing the hardships of underemployment while awaiting the result of a public exam, and Jerusa, a gracious 77-... See full summary »
Director: Viviane Ferreira | Stars: Léa Garcia, Débora Marçal, Antonio Pitanga, Thaís Cabral
Votes: 64
75. Long Way Home (2018)
113 min | Drama
In order to take a new job as an employee in the public sanitation department, Juliana moves from the inner city of Itaúna to the metropolitan town of Contagem in Brazil. While waiting for ... See full summary »
Director: André Novais Oliveira | Stars: Grace Passô, Russo Apr, Rejane Faria, Hélio Ricardo
Votes: 811
76. Girlhood (2014)
Unrated | 113 min | Drama
A girl with few real prospects joins a gang, reinventing herself and gaining a sense of self confidence in the process. However, she soon finds that this new life does not necessarily make her any happier.
Director: Céline Sciamma | Stars: Karidja Touré, Assa Sylla, Lindsay Karamoh, Mariétou Touré
Votes: 10,034
77. Jorge (2019)
19 min | Short, Drama
Tide, today. Vermelhinho, a horse created by the boy Jorge, runs away from the corral where he rested. In the search for his horse, Jorge finds himself.
Director: Jéferson | Stars: João Pedro Chaves, Patrick Congo, Rafael Rodrigues, Rodrigo Maré Souza
78. Boy 23 - The Forgotten Boys of Brazil (2016)
80 min | Documentary
Brazil, 1930. Local elites not only admired Nazi and Fascist regimes, they even subjected victims to racist experiments. But one of them (BOY 23) survived to tell the tale.
Director: Belisario Franca | Stars: Reginaldo Alves Almeida, Circe Bittencourt, Maria da Glória, Pedro Theodoro de Camargo
Votes: 253
79. Bróder (2010)
93 min | Crime, Drama
In the slum of Capão Redondo in São Paulo, the twenty-third anniversary of Marco Aurélio a.k.a. Macu will be celebrated with a "feijoada" (a typical Brazilian dish of black beans and pork) ... See full summary »
Director: Jeferson De | Stars: Caio Blat, Jonathan Haagensen, Silvio Guindane, Cássia Kis
Votes: 405
80. Ser Tão Velho Cerrado (2018)
96 min | Documentary
The residents of Chapada dos Veadeiros, concerned about the end of the Cerrado in Goiás, are looking for new ways to develop the region without harming the environment in which they live.
Director: André D'Elia | Stars: Juliano Cazarré, Reynaldo Gianecchini, Valéria Pontes
Votes: 120
81.
30 for 30 (2009– )
Episode:
Breakaway
(2021)
TV-G | 76 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Maya Moore was one of the best women's basketball players in the world when she stepped away from the sport for a remarkable reason: to fight for a man she believed was wrongly imprisoned. ... See full summary »
Director: Rudy Valdez | Stars: Sue Bird, Sylvia Fowles, Jonathan Irons, Renee Montgomery
Votes: 105
82. Legalize Já: Amizade Nunca Morre (2017)
95 min | Biography, Drama
Narrates the formation of band Planet Hemp and the friendship between Marcelo D2 and Skunk.
Directors: Johnny Araújo, Gustavo Bonafé | Stars: Renato Góes, Ícaro Silva, Marina Provenzzano, Ernesto Alterio
Votes: 424
83. Macabro (2019)
105 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A police officer is tasked to find two brothers accused of brutalizing women and terrorizing a small city in Rio de Janeiro. Based on a real life story.
Director: Marcos Prado | Stars: Renato Góes, Amanda Grimaldi, Guilherme Ferraz, Diego Francisco
Votes: 538
84. Éter Godzilla (2021)
Short, Thriller
Director: Andre Alves Pinto | Stars: Zé Alex, Bruno Bennec, Hugo Germano, Marcello Gonçalves
85. A Yellow Animal (2020)
115 min | Drama, Fantasy
How to make a film in a country that is losing its identity? This is the question facing Fernando: a bankrupt, thirty-something-white-male filmmaker from Brazil.
Director: Felipe Bragança | Stars: Higor Campagnaro, Isabél Zuaa, Catarina Wallenstein, Tainá Medina
Votes: 215
86. Fences (2016)
PG-13 | 139 min | Drama
A working-class African-American father tries to raise his family in the 1950s, while coming to terms with the events of his life.
Director: Denzel Washington | Stars: Denzel Washington, Viola Davis, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Jovan Adepo
Votes: 117,898 | Gross: $57.68M
87. Chocolat (2016)
119 min | Biography, Drama
The rise and fall of the famous clown Chocolat, the first black circus performer who revolutionised the stagnant circus acts and conquered Paris of the Belle Époque with his exuberance and originality.
Director: Roschdy Zem | Stars: Omar Sy, James Thierrée, Clotilde Hesme, Olivier Gourmet
Votes: 8,225
88. Murder in Harlem (1935)
TV-G | 96 min | Drama, Mystery
A black night watchman at a chemical factory finds the body of a murdered white woman. After he reports it, he finds himself accused of the murder.
Directors: Oscar Micheaux, Clarence Williams | Stars: Clarence Brooks, Dorothy Van Engle, Andrew Bishop, Alec Lovejoy
Votes: 188
89. Dela (2018)
9 min | Short, Comedy, Family
Dela does not understand why the kids at school make fun of her name and her hair. But she is determined to sort it out.
Directors: Bernard Attal, Bernard Attal | Stars: Lorena Santana, Joao Lima, Evelin Buchegger, Leonardo Cruz
Votes: 9
90. Middle of Nowhere (2012)
R | 101 min | Drama
Ruby goes on a journey of self-discovery when she drops out of medical school in order to focus on her incarcerated husband's well-being.
Director: Ava DuVernay | Stars: Emayatzy Corinealdi, David Oyelowo, Lorraine Toussaint, Edwina Findley
Votes: 1,976 | Gross: $0.08M
91. A United Kingdom (2016)
PG-13 | 111 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of King Seretse Khama of Botswana and how his loving but controversial marriage to a British white woman, Ruth Williams, put his kingdom into political and diplomatic turmoil.
Director: Amma Asante | Stars: David Oyelowo, Rosamund Pike, Tom Felton, Jack Davenport
Votes: 16,974 | Gross: $3.90M
92. Foreign Desert (2020)
23 min | Short, Drama, Mystery
A young Brazilian, who has just started working in a huge forest in Berlin, is dragged into a nightmare involving the German colonial past when he tries to find a girl lost in the woods.
Director: Davi Pretto | Stars: Paul Riemann, Mauro Soares, Raquel Villar, Isabél Zuaa
Votes: 15
93. Aruanda (1960)
20 min | Documentary, Short
The real story of Quilombo Olho d'Água da Serra do Talhado, in the State of Paraíba, Brazil, which became institutionally isolated from the rest of the country. Quilombos were runaway slave communities in colonial Brazil.
Director: Linduarte Noronha
Votes: 164
94. Denying Brazil (2007)
Not Rated | 92 min | Documentary
Documentary about Brazilian black actors, and their role in the history of soap-opera, the product with more audience in Brazilian TV.
Director: Joel Zito Araújo | Stars: João Acaiabe, Joel Zito Araújo, Walter Avancini, Maria Ceiça
Votes: 87
95. O Pai da Rita (2021)
102 min | Comedy
Roque and Pudim, Vai-Vai old school composers, share a one-room apartment, decades of friendship, the love for their samba school, and a doubt of the past: what happened to carnival dancer ... See full summary »
Director: Joel Zito Araújo | Stars: Jéssica Barbosa, Paulo Betti, Nathalia Ernesto, Léa Garcia
Votes: 25
96. Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)
R | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A Black war hero is hired to find a mysterious woman, and gets mixed up in a murderous political scandal in 1948 Los Angeles.
Director: Carl Franklin | Stars: Denzel Washington, Tom Sizemore, Jennifer Beals, Don Cheadle
Votes: 24,124 | Gross: $16.03M
97. 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: 1,332
98. Da 5 Bloods (2020)
R | 154 min | Adventure, Drama, War
Four African-American vets battle the forces of man and nature when they return to Vietnam seeking the remains of their fallen squad leader and the gold fortune he helped them hide.
Director: Spike Lee | Stars: Delroy Lindo, Jonathan Majors, Clarke Peters, Norm Lewis
Votes: 55,108
99. American Fiction (2023)
R | 117 min | Comedy, Drama
A novelist who's fed up with the establishment profiting from Black entertainment uses a pen name to write a book that propels him into the heart of the hypocrisy and madness he claims to disdain.
Director: Cord Jefferson | Stars: Jeffrey Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross, John Ortiz, Erika Alexander
Votes: 73,052
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