reggae films
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1. Babylon (1980)
95 min | Drama
The movie centres around Brindsley Forde's character Blue. He fronts a reggae sound system based in South West London (Brixton). The film captures the trials and tribulations of young black youths in troubled London in the early eighties.
Director: Franco Rosso | Stars: David N. Haynes, Trevor Laird, Victor Romero Evans, Brian Bovell
Votes: 1,951 | Gross: $0.11M
2. Dance Craze (1981)
50 min | Documentary, Music
Documentary on Britain's 2 Tone Ska Era from the late seventies to the early eighties.
Director: Joe Massot | Stars: The Beat, The Bodysnatchers, The Selecter, The Specials
Votes: 280
3. Pressure (1976)
126 min | Drama
A British-born younger son of an immigrant family from Trinidad finds himself adrift between two cultures.
Director: Horace Ové | Stars: Herbert Norville, Oscar James, Frank Singuineau, Lucita Lijertwood
Votes: 324
4. Rockers (1978)
100 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Horsemouth sets himself up in business selling records but when gangsters steal his bike things start to turn nasty. As tensions build, Horsemouth and friends plot to end the gangsters ... See full summary »
Director: Ted Bafaloukos | Stars: Leroy 'Horsemouth' Wallace, Richard 'Dirty Harry' Hall, Monica Craig, Marjorie Norman
Votes: 2,175
5. The Harder They Come (1972)
R | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Music
Wishing to become a successful reggae singer, a young Jamaican man finds himself tied to corrupt record producers and drug pushers.
Director: Perry Henzell | Stars: Jimmy Cliff, Janet Bartley, Carl Bradshaw, Ras Daniel Hartman
Votes: 7,036
6. Dreadtown
Documentary, Biography, Music | Post-production
Dreadtown tells the story of British reggae group Steel Pulse, who emerged from the racial turbulence of 1970s Britain to become one of the world's most loved and enduring reggae bands.
Director: Yoni Gal | Stars: C. Thomas Howell, Danny Glover, Snoop Dogg, Gwen Stefani
7. Marley (2012)
PG-13 | 144 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
A documentary on the life, music, and legacy of Bob Marley.
Director: Kevin Macdonald | Stars: Bob Marley, Ziggy Marley, Rita Marley, Jimmy Cliff
Votes: 14,494 | Gross: $1.41M
8. Rise Up (2008)
Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary
Takes the viewer off the beaten path far from any tourist attractions and sandy beaches yet still able to capture the beauty and magic that the Irie has to offer, from the deep countryside to the whirlwind ghettos of Kingston.
Director: Luciano Blotta | Stars: Ice Anastacia, Mikey Bennet, Brandish, Franz Capone
Votes: 77
9. Studio 17: The Lost Reggae Tapes (2019)
85 min | Documentary, Music
A newly discovered treasure trove of tapes from Studio 17, or Randy's located in downtown Kingston Jamaica, is the starting point for this remarkable story about a Chinese Jamaican family who helped create the music we now know as reggae.
Director: Mark James | Stars: Ali Campbell, Clive Chin, Patricia Chin, Jimmy Cliff
Votes: 43
10. The Upsetter: The Life and Music of Lee Scratch Perry (2008)
Not Rated | 95 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
The definitive life story about Jamaican musical legend Lee 'Scratch' Perry.
Directors: Ethan Higbee, Adam Bhala Lough | Stars: Benicio Del Toro, Carl Bradshaw, The Clash, Eve
Votes: 242
11. Countryman (1982)
R | 102 min | Drama
A young American couple crash-lands their plane in Jamaica. A fisherman rescues them and leads them away from the authorities, who have fabricated a story about the plane, involving drug and arms smuggling by the CIA, to gain popularity in an upcoming election.
Director: Dickie Jobson | Stars: Countryman, Hiram Keller, Carl Bradshaw, Basil Keane
Votes: 616
12. ReMastered: Who Shot the Sheriff? (2018 TV Movie)
57 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
The violent political suppression of the roots reggae movement in Jamaica told through an investigation into Jamaican politics and the CIA's involvement in the mysterious shooting of Bob Marley.
Director: Kief Davidson | Stars: Bob Marley, Arnold Bertram, Cindy Breakspeare, Nancy Burke
Votes: 1,737
13. Inna de Yard (2019)
99 min | Documentary, Music
A portrait of a group of pioneering reggae musicians, 'Inna De Yard' captures the ongoing relevance of reggae and its social values, and the music's passion to revitalize an older generation while passing it on to younger listeners.
Director: Peter Webber | Stars: Ken Boothe, Kiddus I, Winston McAnuff, Cedric Myton
Votes: 169
14. Better Mus' Come (2011)
104 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The film follows warring political factions in 1970s Jamaica as they enlist the support of gangs to enforce their policies, and advance their political agenda. It is a fictionalized ... See full summary »
Director: Storm Saulter | Stars: Sheldon Shepherd, Sky Nicole Grey, Ricardo Orgil, Everaldo Creary
Votes: 187
15. Roots Time (2006)
73 min | Adventure, Music
Roots Time is the story of "Jah Bull" and "Baboo", two Rastafarians that sell LP records in an old colorful car field for the villages within Jamaica. By chance "Farmer Roots," his favorite... See full summary »
Director: Silvestre Jacobi | Stars: Llewelyn Samuda, Woolton Harrison, Louis Christie, Brenda Finlayson
Votes: 67
16. Roots Rock Reggae (1979)
60 min | Documentary, Music
Roots Rock Reggae depicts an unforgettable moment in Jamaica's history when music defined the island's struggles and immortalised its heroes.
Director: Jeremy Marre | Stars: The Abyssinians, Dennis Brown, Jimmy Cliff, Joe Higgs
Votes: 116
17. Reggae Britannia (2011 TV Movie)
90 min | Documentary, Music
A look at how Jamaican music came to influence British musicians to create their own take on it and the legacy it has left.
Director: Jeremy Marre | Stars: Ruby Turner, Aswad, Big Youth, Dennis Bovell
Votes: 36
18. Dub Echoes (2008)
75 min | Documentary, Music
Through interviews with over 40 key names on the history of dub, electronic music and hip hop, "Dub Echoes" connects the dots between of the otherwise fragmented relation between all this genres.
Director: Bruno Natal | Stars: Victor Axelrod, Howie B., Lloyd Barnes, Steve Barrow
Votes: 203
19. Musically Mad (2008)
Documentary
Musically Mad, a documentary about the sound system scene in England. Musically Mad takes you into the heads and hearts of the singers and the soundmen, the backbone of the UK roots reggae ... See full summary »
Director: Karl Folke | Stars: Mikey Dread, Bredda Neil, Mad Professor, Levi Roots
20. Holding on to Jah (2011)
Not Rated | 98 min | Documentary, Biography, History
About the history and culture of roots Reggae music and the Rastafarian movement in Jamaica, as told by world class Reggae musicians and historians.
Director: Roger Landon Hall | Stars: Prince Allah, Lascelle 'Wiss' Bulgin, Watty Burnett, Daniel Campbell
Votes: 41
21. Small Axe (2020)
TV-MA | 81 min | Drama, History
Small Axe is based on the real-life experiences of London's West Indian community between 1969 and 1982.
Stars: Naomi Ackie, Gary Beadle, Khali Best, Neal Barry
Votes: 5,204
22. Roots (1977)
TV-14 | 74 min | Biography, Drama, History
A dramatization of author Alex Haley's family line from ancestor Kunta Kinte's enslavement to his descendants' liberation.
Stars: LeVar Burton, Robert Reed, John Amos, Louis Gossett Jr.
Votes: 18,882
23. Roots (2016)
TV-MA | 388 min | Drama, War
An adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots." Chronicles the history of an African man and his descendants sold into slavery in America.
Stars: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Malachi Kirby, Forest Whitaker, Laurence Fishburne
Votes: 8,469
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