Martin Luther King
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1. 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: 95,474 | Gross: $52.08M
2. 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: 1,751
3. Betty and Coretta (2013 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 88 min | Biography, Drama
The widows of Martin Luther King and Malcolm X and how they carry on as single mothers after the assassination of their husbands.
Director: Yves Simoneau | Stars: Angela Bassett, Tyler Hynes, Gloria Reuben, Malik Yoba
Votes: 504
4. King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1969)
185 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Follows Martin Luther King's life and decades-long civil rights activism.
Directors: Sidney Lumet, Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Stars: Harry Belafonte, Ruby Dee, Ben Gazzara, Charlton Heston
Votes: 627
5. Our Friend, Martin (1999 Video)
TV-G | 60 min | Animation, Drama, Family
While on a school field trip, two friends travel through time and meet Martin Luther King Jr. at different points in his life.
Directors: Michael Maliani, Robert Brousseau, Vincenzo Trippetti | Stars: Edward Asner, Angela Bassett, Lucas Black, Theodore Borders
Votes: 1,150
6. Boycott (2001 TV Movie)
PG | 118 min | Drama, History
Black Americans boycott the public buses during the 1950s civil rights movement.
Director: Clark Johnson | Stars: Jeffrey Wright, Terrence Howard, CCH Pounder, Carmen Ejogo
Votes: 1,082
7.
The Wonderful World of Disney (1997–2023)
Episode:
Selma, Lord, Selma
(1999)
TV-G | 94 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
In 1965 Alabama, an 11 year old girl (Jurnee Smollett) is touched by a speech by Martin Luther King, Jr. (Clifton Powell) and becomes a devout follower. But her resolution is tested when ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Burnett | Stars: Mackenzie Astin, Jurnee Smollett, Clifton Powell, Ella Joyce
Votes: 591
8. We Are the Dream: The Kids of the Oakland MLK Oratorical Fest (2020)
TV-G | 58 min | Documentary, History
Students take the stage in a public speaking competition in this inspiring portrait of Oakland, CA's 40th Annual MLK Oratorical Festival.
Director: Amy Schatz | Star: Mara Hruby
Votes: 78
9. All the Way (2016 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 132 min | Biography, Drama, History
Lyndon B. Johnson becomes the President of the United States in the chaotic aftermath of John F. Kennedy's assassination, and spends his first year in office fighting to pass the Civil Rights Act.
Director: Jay Roach | Stars: Bryan Cranston, Anthony Mackie, Melissa Leo, Frank Langella
Votes: 15,243
10. I Am MLK Jr. (2018)
Not Rated | 95 min | Documentary, Biography, History
This documentary explores the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his impact on civil rights through present day.
Directors: John Barbisan, Michael Hamilton | Stars: Martin Luther King, Carmelo Anthony, Nick Cannon, Clayborne Carson
Votes: 189
11. MLK: The Assassination Tapes (2012 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 47 min | Documentary, History
Relive an unspeakable tragedy detailed with unforgettable images, videos, and recordings only recently rediscovered.
Director: Tom Jennings | Star: Martin Luther King
Votes: 93
12. A Ripple of Hope (2008)
TV-PG | 55 min | Documentary
It was April 4, 1968. At 6:01 p.m., across the street from the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, a gunman fired a rifle, and the leader of the civil rights movement, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., ... See full summary »
Director: Donald Boggs | Stars: John Lewis, Adam Walinsky, Frank Mankiewicz, Thurston Clarke
Votes: 84
13. RFK in the Land of Apartheid: A Ripple of Hope (2009)
Not Rated | 56 min | Documentary, History
Exploring Robert Kennedy's 1966 visit to South Africa during the height of Apartheid, the film evokes the connections between the American Civil Rights Movement and the Anti-Apartheid ... See full summary »
Director: Tami Gold
Votes: 8
14. King In The Wilderness (2018)
TV-14 | 111 min | Documentary
A look at the final years in the life of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Director: Peter W. Kunhardt
Votes: 914
15. 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: 23,505 | Gross: $7.12M
16. Eyes on the Prize: Hallowed Ground (2021)
60 min | Documentary
Profound exploration of the journey of Black Liberation though the actors of the movement.
Director: Sophia Nahli Allison | Stars: Jazmyn Bryan, Calen Kirin Meeks, Ashlee Marie Preston, Kamaria Williams
Votes: 98
17. Eyes on the Prize (1987–1990)
TV-PG | 360 min | Documentary, History
A documentary about the American Civil Rights Movement from 1952 to 1965.
Stars: Julian Bond, Coretta Scott King, John Lewis, Andrew Young
Votes: 737
18. The Rosa Parks Story (2002 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 97 min | Biography, Drama
A seamstress recalls events leading to her act of peaceful defiance that prompted the 1955 bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama.
Director: Julie Dash | Stars: Angela Bassett, Peter Francis James, Tonea Stewart, Von Coulter
Votes: 1,024
19. 4 Little Girls (1997)
TV-14 | 102 min | Documentary, History
A documentary of the notorious racial terrorist bombing of an African American church during the Civil Rights Movement.
Director: Spike Lee | Stars: Maxine McNair, Walter Cronkite, Chris McNair, Fred Lee Shuttlesworth
Votes: 3,580 | Gross: $0.13M
20. The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1974 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 110 min | Drama, History
Story of a black woman in the South who was born into slavery in the 1850s and lives to become a part of the civil rights movement in the 1960s.
Director: John Korty | Stars: Cicely Tyson, Eric Brown, Richard Dysart, Joel Fluellen
Votes: 2,499
21. The Boy King (1986 TV Movie)
31 min | Drama
This drama focuses on young Martin Luther King Jr.'s early encounters with prejudice and how the love and courage of his family moved him to speak out against segregation and become a leader in the civil rights movement.
Director: Billy J. Parrott | Stars: Howard E. Rollins Jr., Fred Perron, Walter Franks, Denise Burse
Votes: 52
22. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Historical Perspective (1994)
Not Rated | 52 min | Documentary, Biography, History
This documentary brings out the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his importance to the conquest of rights for the Black People in the US in the 50s and 60s.
Director: Thomas Friedman | Stars: Ralph Abernathy, Arthur Burghardt, Eugene 'Bull' Connor, Coretta Scott King
Votes: 79
23. Alpha Man: The Brotherhood of MLK (2011 TV Movie)
30 min | Documentary
Director: Rob Hardy | Star: Hill Harper
Votes: 9
24. Bringing King to China (2011)
85 min | Documentary, Drama, Family
Bringing King to China is the bittersweet story of Caitrin, a young American teacher in Beijing, whose failed protests against the Iraq war drive her to produce a play in China about Martin... See full summary »
Director: Kevin McKiernan
Votes: 14
25. I Am Curious (Yellow) (1967)
X | 121 min | Drama, Romance
Told in a quasi-documentary style, this companion piece to I Am Curious (Blue) (1968) deals with topics such as class society, non-violent resistance, sex, relationships, and tourism to Francoist Spain.
Director: Vilgot Sjöman | Stars: Lena Nyman, Vilgot Sjöman, Börje Ahlstedt, Peter Lindgren
Votes: 4,303 | Gross: $20.24M
26. I Am Curious (Blue) (1968)
Not Rated | 107 min | Drama
Told in a quasi-documentary style, this companion piece to I Am Curious (Yellow) (1967) deals with topics such as class society, religion, sex, contraceptives, and the Swedish prison Kumla.
Director: Vilgot Sjöman | Stars: Maj Hultén, Vilgot Sjöman, Lena Nyman, Börje Ahlstedt
Votes: 1,646
27. In the Hour of Chaos (I) (2016)
107 min | Documentary
In the Hour of Chaos is a 2016 American documentary film directed by Bayer Mack about the life and trials of the Reverend Martin Luther King Sr. ("Daddy King"), father of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
Director: Bayer Mack | Stars: Ugo Anomelechi, Jason Dorough, Christine King Farris, Marcus Garvey
28. King (1978)
271 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., stretching from his days as a Southern Baptist minister up to his assassination in Memphis in 1968.
Stars: Paul Winfield, Cicely Tyson, Tony Bennett, Roscoe Lee Browne
Votes: 444
29. Look at Life (1965)
1 min | Short
A photo-montage of pictures from the media of the year.
Director: George Lucas
Votes: 535
30. Path to War (2002 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 165 min | Biography, Drama, War
In the mid 1960s, President Lyndon B. Johnson (Sir Michael Gambon) and his foreign-policy team debate the decision to withdraw from or escalate the war in Vietnam.
Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Michael Gambon, Donald Sutherland, Alec Baldwin, Bruce McGill
Votes: 4,115
31. The Witness from the Balcony of Room 306 (2008)
32 min | Documentary, Short
On April 4,1968, the Revered Samuel "Billy" Kyles stood beside Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee and bore witness to his brutal assassination. Through Rev. Kyles' recollect
Director: Adam Pertofsky | Stars: Benjamin Hooks, Samuel Kyles, Maxine Smith
Votes: 92
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