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1. Blacklight (2022)
PG-13 | 104 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Travis Block is a government operative coming to terms with his shadowy past. When he discovers a plot targeting U.S. citizens, Block finds himself in the crosshairs of the FBI director he once helped protect.
Director: Mark Williams | Stars: Liam Neeson, Aidan Quinn, Taylor John Smith, Emmy Raver-Lampman
Votes: 24,754 | Gross: $9.59M
2. 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: 102,305 | Gross: $48.17M
3. Seberg (2019)
R | 102 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller
Inspired by real events in the life of French New Wave icon Jean Seberg. In the late 1960s, Hoover's FBI targeted her because of her political and romantic involvement with civil rights activist Hakim Jamal.
Director: Benedict Andrews | Stars: Kristen Stewart, Yvan Attal, Gabriel Sky, Jack O'Connell
Votes: 10,373
4. 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: 1,770
5. The Weather Underground (2002)
Unrated | 92 min | Documentary, History, War
The remarkable story of The Weather Underground, radical activists of the 1970s, and of radical politics at its best and most disastrous.
Directors: Sam Green, Bill Siegel | Stars: Lili Taylor, Pamela Z, Jim Lange, Evan White
Votes: 3,773 | Gross: $0.56M
6. The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 (2011)
Not Rated | 100 min | Documentary, History
Footage shot by a group of Swedish journalists documenting the Black Power Movement in the United States is edited together by a contemporary Swedish filmmaker.
Director: Göran Hugo Olsson | Stars: Angela Davis, Stokely Carmichael, Bobby Seale, Abiodun Oyewole
Votes: 2,501 | Gross: $0.26M
7. The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution (2015)
Not Rated | 115 min | Documentary, History
This documentary tells the rise and fall of the Black Panther Party, one of the 20th century's most alluring and controversial organizations that captivated the world's attention for nearly 50 years.
Director: Stanley Nelson | Stars: Blair Anderson, Omar Barbour, Julian Bond, Elaine Brown
Votes: 2,146 | Gross: $0.48M
8. I Was a Communist for the F.B.I. (1951)
Not Rated | 83 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
In Pittsburgh, PA, an F.B.I. agent works to undermine the Communist party, but his brothers and his teenage son think he's a real Red.
Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Frank Lovejoy, Dorothy Hart, Philip Carey, James Millican
Votes: 970
9. 1971 (2014)
Unrated | 79 min | Documentary, History, Thriller
The story of a notorious 1971 activist burglary of an FBI office that led to the Bureau's numerous abuses against dissidents being exposed.
Director: Johanna Hamilton | Stars: Bonnie Raines, John Raines, Bob Williamson, Keith Forsyth
Votes: 915
10. A Huey P. Newton Story (2001 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 86 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
The story of how the radical Huey P. Newton developed the Black Panther Party based on his 10-point program for social reform.
Director: Spike Lee | Stars: Roger Guenveur Smith, Rahum Brown, Brenda Lee, Georgina Ransley
Votes: 854
11. (T)ERROR (2015)
84 min | Documentary
(T)ERROR is the first documentary to place filmmakers on the ground during an active FBI counterterrorism sting operation. Through the perspective of "Shariff", a 63-year-old Black ... See full summary »
Directors: Lyric R. Cabral, David Felix Sutcliffe | Stars: Khalifah Ali Al-Akili, Mike Healey, Ali Kareem, Saeed 'Shariff' Torres
Votes: 823
12. Good Kurds, Bad Kurds: No Friends But the Mountains (2000)
72 min | Documentary, War
A war of national liberation or a war against terrorism? Film-maker and acclaimed freelance journalist Kevin McKiernan poses this question at the outset of this stirring, provocative film ... See full summary »
Director: Kevin McKiernan | Stars: William Hartung, Jim McGovern, Kevin McKiernan, Abdullah Ocalan
Votes: 93
13. The Feeling of Being Watched (2018)
86 min | Documentary
When journalist Assia Boundaoui investigates rumors of surveillance in her Arab-American neighborhood in Chicago, she uncovers one of the largest FBI terrorism probes conducted before 9/11 and reveals its enduring impact on the community.
Director: Assia Boundaoui | Stars: Gamal Abdel-Hafiz, Christina Abraham, Assia Boundaoui, Iman Boundaoui
Votes: 161
14. Martin Luther King Jr.: Marked Man (2018 TV Movie)
44 min | Documentary
Martin Luther King Jr. helps drive change in the United States in the face of bitter opposition, not least from opponents within the U.S. government; King is subjected to a fierce campaign of intimidation by J. Edgar Hoover's FBI.
Director: Edward Cotterill | Stars: Martin Luther King, Cheryl Sterling, Tim Weiner, Bonnie Greer
Votes: 28
15. The Black Messiah Murders
Action, Crime, Drama | Announced
Serena Wilson engages the burned-out former federal attorney Sam Cohen who was responsible for exposing the FBI's and Chicago justice system's plot and murder civil rights leader, Fred Hampton, leader of the Chicago Black Panthers.
Director: Lance Flores | Stars: Michael Monks, Nataly Peña, Shaula Vega, Peter Gonzales Falcon
16.
America's Book of Secrets (2012–2021)
Episode:
FBI vs. MLK
(2021)
TV-14 | 42 min | Documentary
In 1962, J. Edgar Hoover ordered "his bureau" to investigate Martin Luther King Jr. and soon discovered that King was associated with something he considered far more dangerous than peaceful protests: Communism.
Stars: Lance Reddick, Leon Isaac Kennedy, Keith Rice, Ben Kamin
Votes: 15
17.
The Empire Files (2015– )
Episode:
Enter the Biggest Prison System in History
(2015)
Documentary, News, Talk-Show
Stars: Eddie Conway, Abby Martin, Eugene Puryear
Votes: 17
18.
The Empire Files (2015– )
Episode:
America's Unofficial Religion - The War on an Idea
(2015)
Documentary, News, Talk-Show
Stars: Jared Ball, Brian Becker, Abby Martin
Votes: 15
19.
The Global African (2014–2016)
Episode:
The Black Panthers: A Revolution in Review
(2015)
News, Talk-Show
Stars: Bill Fletcher Jr., Stanley Nelson
20.
Days of Revolt (2015–2016)
Episode:
State Violence and Counter Violence
(2015)
News, Talk-Show
Stars: Eddie Conway, Chris Hedges, Ojore Lutalo
21.
The Empire Files (2015– )
Episode:
The Black Radical Tradition
(2016)
Documentary, News, Talk-Show
Stars: Mumia Abu-Jamal, Pam Africa, Angela Davis, Abby Martin
Votes: 14
22.
The Empire Files (2015– )
Episode:
An Unparalleled Act of Police Terror
(2016)
Documentary, News, Talk-Show
Stars: Ramona Africa, Abby Martin, Frank Rizzo
Votes: 14
23.
Days of Revolt (2015–2016)
Episode:
The Return of the Radical
(2016)
News, Talk-Show
Stars: Chris Hedges, Ralph Poynter, Lynne Stewart
24.
Rattling the Bars (2015– )
Episode:
Prosecutor Who Backed Denial of Appeal for Leonard Peltier Is Now Calling on Obama to Grant Him Clemency
(2017)
Not Rated | Talk-Show
Stars: Eddie Conway, Jasmine Heiss
25.
Rattling the Bars (2015– )
Episode:
Will President Obama Grant Clemency to Leonard Peltier Before He Leaves Office?
(2016)
Not Rated | Talk-Show
Stars: Eddie Conway, Jasmine Heiss, Robert Hillary King, Barack Obama