Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "racial-profiling"

1. Green Book (2018)

PG-13 | 130 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

A working-class Italian-American bouncer becomes the driver for an African-American classical pianist on a tour of venues through the 1960s American South.

Director: Peter Farrelly | Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali, Linda Cardellini, Sebastian Maniscalco

Votes: 571,938 | Gross: $85.08M

2. District 9 (2009)

R | 112 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Violence ensues after an extraterrestrial race forced to live in slum-like conditions on Earth finds a kindred spirit in a government agent exposed to their biotechnology.

Director: Neill Blomkamp | Stars: Sharlto Copley, David James, Jason Cope, Vanessa Haywood

Votes: 716,779 | Gross: $115.65M

3. The Dictator (2012)

R | 83 min | Comedy

The heroic story of a dictator who risked his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.

Director: Larry Charles | Stars: Sacha Baron Cohen, Anna Faris, John C. Reilly, Ben Kingsley

Votes: 334,834 | Gross: $59.65M

4. Crash (I) (2004)

R | 112 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Los Angeles citizens with vastly separate lives collide in interweaving stories of race, loss and redemption.

Director: Paul Haggis | Stars: Don Cheadle, Sandra Bullock, Thandiwe Newton, Karina Arroyave

Votes: 449,003 | Gross: $54.58M

5. Dark Winds (2022– )

TV-MA | 49 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Follows Leaphorn and Chee, two Navajo police officers in the 1970s Southwest that are forced to challenge their own spiritual beliefs when they search for clues in a double murder case.

Stars: Zahn McClarnon, Kiowa Gordon, Jessica Matten, Deanna Allison

Votes: 16,292

6. In the Heights (2021)

PG-13 | 143 min | Drama, Musical, Romance

In Washington Heights, a sympathetic New York bodega owner saves every penny every day as he imagines and sings about a better life.

Director: Jon M. Chu | Stars: Anthony Ramos, Corey Hawkins, Leslie Grace, Melissa Barrera

Votes: 52,115

7. The Hate U Give (2018)

PG-13 | 133 min | Crime, Drama

Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Now, facing pressure from all sides of the community, Starr must find her voice and stand up for what's right.

Director: George Tillman Jr. | Stars: Amandla Stenberg, Regina Hall, Russell Hornsby, Anthony Mackie

Votes: 40,130 | Gross: $29.72M

8. My Name Is Khan (2010)

PG-13 | 165 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

An Indian Muslim man with Asperger's syndrome takes a challenge to speak to the President of the United States seriously and embarks on a cross-country journey.

Director: Karan Johar | Stars: Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Sheetal Menon, Katie Amanda Keane

Votes: 116,358 | Gross: $4.02M

9. Black and Blue (I) (2019)

R | 108 min | Action, Thriller

A rookie New Orleans police officer is forced to balance her identity as a black woman after she witnesses two corrupt cops committing murder.

Director: Deon Taylor | Stars: Naomie Harris, Tyrese Gibson, Frank Grillo, Mike Colter

Votes: 26,678 | Gross: $22.06M

10. Rendition (2007)

R | 122 min | Drama, Thriller

When a terrorist bombing in North Africa kills 19 incl. an American, an Egyptian chemical engineer flying from South Africa to his wife in USA, is arrested upon arriving USA. He disappears. His wife asks senator for help.

Director: Gavin Hood | Stars: Reese Witherspoon, Jake Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard, Alan Arkin

Votes: 58,214 | Gross: $9.74M

11. 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: 20,213

12. Passenger 57 (1992)

R | 84 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

An airline security expert must take action when he finds himself trapped on a passenger jet when terrorists seize control of it.

Director: Kevin Hooks | Stars: Wesley Snipes, Bruce Payne, Tom Sizemore, Alex Datcher

Votes: 50,719 | Gross: $44.07M

13. Karen (I) (2021)

TV-14 | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Karen attempts to displace the new Black family that moved into the neighborhood, but they won't back down without a fight.

Director: Coke Daniels | Stars: Taryn Manning, Cory Hardrict, Jasmine Burke, Roger Dorman

Votes: 3,213

14. Robyn Hood (2023– )

Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

Follows Robyn Loxley and anti-authoritarian masked hip-hop band, The Hood, as they call out injustices and fight for freedom and equality in the city of New Nottingham.

Stars: Ksenia Daniela Kharlamova, Jessye Romeo, Nykeem, Ian Matthews

Votes: 6,277

15. The Corruptor (1999)

R | 110 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

With the aid from a New York City policeman, a top immigrant cop tries to stop drug-trafficking and corruption by immigrant Chinese Triads, but things get complicated when the Triads try to bribe the policeman.

Director: James Foley | Stars: Chow Yun-Fat, Mark Wahlberg, Ric Young, Paul Ben-Victor

Votes: 19,142 | Gross: $15.16M

16. Amos & Andrew (1993)

PG-13 | 96 min | Comedy, Crime

A Pulitzer prize writer buys a cabin. The neighbors get suspicious when a stranger "breaks in". They see a black man and call the police, who start shooting at him. The sheriff tries a cover-up involving a white petty crook. Bad idea.

Director: E. Max Frye | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Lerner, Margaret Colin

Votes: 9,875 | Gross: $9.75M

17. Learning to Drive (2014)

R | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

As her marriage dissolves, a Manhattan writer takes driving lessons from a Sikh instructor with his own marriage troubles. In each other's company they find the courage to get back on the road and the strength to take the wheel.

Director: Isabel Coixet | Stars: Patricia Clarkson, Ben Kingsley, Grace Gummer, Samantha Bee

Votes: 8,204 | Gross: $3.45M

18. Heart Condition (1990)

R | 100 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A racist cop receives a heart transplant from a black lawyer he hates, who returns as a ghost to ask the cop to help take down the men who murdered him.

Director: James D. Parriott | Stars: Bob Hoskins, Denzel Washington, Chloe Webb, Roger E. Mosley

Votes: 4,018 | Gross: $4.13M

19. American Son (2019)

TV-MA | 90 min | Drama

An estranged couple reunite in a Florida police station to help find their missing teenage son.

Director: Kenny Leon | Stars: Kerry Washington, Steven Pasquale, Jeremy Jordan, Eugene Lee

Votes: 7,525

20. Territories (2010)

95 min | Horror, Thriller

Five friends return home from a marriage in Canada to the United States. Not far from the border, two customs officers stop them to check their identity.

Director: Olivier Abbou | Stars: Cristina Rosato, Michael Mando, Roc Lafortune, Sean Devine

Votes: 2,415

21. Truth Be Told (2015)

TV-14 | 21 min | Comedy

A look at the life of two best friends, a meek politically correct Caucasian ethics professor and an easy-going African American, and their families.

Stars: Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Tone Bell, Vanessa Lachey, Bresha Webb

Votes: 1,431

22. El Brujo (2022)

90 min | Comedy

After a confusing incident, a Christian man flees to his cousin's home in the countryside and is forced to pose as a fortune teller.

Director: Archie Lopez | Stars: Lidia Ariza, Mark B., Agatha Casiano, Miguel Céspedes

Votes: 47

23. Murder on a Sunday Morning (2001)

Not Rated | 111 min | Documentary, Crime

Oscar-winning documentary that documents a murder trial in which a 15-year-old African-American is wrongfully accused of a 2000 murder in Jacksonville, Florida.

Director: Jean-Xavier de Lestrade | Stars: Ann Finnell, Patrick McGuinness, James Williams, Michael Glover

Votes: 4,516

24. Beneath Clouds (2002)

Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Romance

Lena is the daughter of an Aboriginal mother and Irish father and Vaughn is a Murri boy doing time in a minimum security prison in North West NSW. Dramatic events throw them together on a journey with no money and no transport.

Director: Ivan Sen | Stars: Dannielle Hall, Damian Pitt, Jenna Lee Connors, Terry Dahlstron

Votes: 1,189

25. Black Cop (2017)

91 min | Crime, Drama

A black police officer is pushed to the edge, taking out his frustrations on the privileged community he's sworn to protect.

Director: Cory Bowles | Stars: Ronnie Rowe, Sophia Walker, Sebastien Labelle, Simon Mutabazi

Votes: 669

26. Law and Disorder (1974)

R | 101 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

In the crime-ridden '70s New York City, two cops have had enough. They, along with few other disgruntled people decide to take the things into their own hands only to realize too late that they're in over their heads.

Director: Ivan Passer | Stars: Carroll O'Connor, Ernest Borgnine, Ann Wedgeworth, Anita Dangler

Votes: 330 | Gross: $1.60M

27. The Lightship (1985)

PG-13 | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A trio of robbers, two brothers and their twisted genius leader, invade a lightship, but don't reckon on the crew fighting back.

Director: Jerzy Skolimowski | Stars: Robert Duvall, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Michal Skolimowski, Tom Bower

Votes: 1,062

28. Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People (2006 Video)

50 min | Documentary, History, War

This groundbreaking documentary dissects a slanderous aspect of cinematic history that has run virtually unchallenged form the earliest days of silent film to today's biggest Hollywood ... See full summary »

Directors: Jeremy Earp, Sut Jhally | Stars: Bo Derek, Ana Obregón, Jack Shaheen

Votes: 622

29. Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights - Hollywood to the Heartland (2006)

R | 100 min | Documentary, Comedy

In this documentary, the show's emcee, Vince Vaughn, and four stand-up comedians hand-picked by Vaughn, travel the country and perform in 30 cities. This film documents the interactions on and off stage along the way.

Director: Ari Sandel | Stars: Ahmed Ahmed, John Caparulo, Bret Ernst, Vince Vaughn

Votes: 1,672 | Gross: $0.60M

30. Crime + Punishment (2018)

112 min | Documentary

A group of brave NYPD officers risk it all to expose the truth about illegal quota practices in police departments.

Director: Stephen Maing | Stars: Manuel 'Manny' Gomez, Sandy Gonzales, Rukia Lumumba, Edwin Raymond

Votes: 697 | Gross: $0.02M

31. Ashes and Embers (1982)

120 min | Drama

A troubled Vietnam veteran hoping to forget the war and reconnect with American life struggles with disillusionment, self-worth, and cynicism.

Director: Haile Gerima | Stars: John Anderson, Evelyn A. Blackwell, Norman Blalock, Kathy Flewellen

Votes: 177

32. 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: 159

33. Ferguson Rises (2021)

82 min | Documentary

Ferguson Rises is the inspiring story of the residents of Ferguson, Missouri, a small town that suffered a powerful loss and became the flash point for a modern day civil rights movement.

Director: Mobolaji Olambiwonnu | Stars: Jeffrey Amado Ahrens, Rasheen Aldridge, Dominique Alexander, Ank Ankenbrand

Votes: 56

34. EMPz 4 Life (2006)

113 min | Documentary

Youth life on the mean streets of Toronto's suburban areas is chronicled.

Director: Allan King | Stars: Sadiki Clarke, Chris Ellis, Brian Henry, Jordan Mendez

Votes: 27

35. Detached (2009)

Not Rated | 86 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Detached is a contemporary Scrooge tale set in the Hollywood Hills that follows Chadh Campbell, an unscrupulous mortgage broker, as he receives a stream of anonymous holiday greetings ... See full summary »

Directors: Chris Bessounian, Tianna Majumdar-Langham | Stars: Sascha Rosemann, Kris Lezetc, Mieke Buchan, Ryan McGee

Votes: 43

36. El cuartito (2021)

94 min | Comedy, Drama

In a high-stakes comedy drama that illustrates the power of humanity in a fragmented world, the dreams of five strangers traveling to Puerto Rico are put on hold when immigration authorities confine them in 'El Cuartito'

Director: Marcos Carnevale | Stars: Claribel Medina, Isel Rodriguez, Fausto Mata, Braulio Castillo hijo

Votes: 138

37. America After Ferguson (2014 TV Special)

Not Rated | 57 min | News, Talk-Show

This PBS town hall meeting, moderated by PBS NewsHour co-anchor and managing editor Gwen Ifill, will explore the many issues brought into public discourse in the wake of Michael Brown's ... See full summary »

Stars: Phillip Agnew, Frederick Bealefeld, Traci Blackmon, Jeffrey Blackwell

38. Wops the Movie (2011)

88 min | Comedy, Crime

Three low-level mob earners let a reality TV crew follow them around as they take care of family business.

Directors: Tek Doko, Josey Wells | Stars: Tek Doko, Joshua Winch, James George, Dameon Ellis

Votes: 42

39. Aristide and the Endless Revolution (2005)

84 min | Documentary

Detailed account of the United States' removal of Haiti's democratically elected president, Aristide. Features Aristide, Sen. Maxine Waters, Noam Chomsky, Rep. Charles Rangel, more.

Director: Nicolas Rossier | Stars: Jean-Bertrand Aristide, George Bush, George W. Bush, Timothy Carney

Votes: 110 | Gross: $0.01M

40. The Adventures of Supernigger: Episode I - The Final Chapter (2004)

15 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

A fantastic tale about a superhero who comes face to face with his arch nemesis. It is an allegory about the shooting death of West African immigrant Amadou Diallo.

Director: Alrick Brown | Stars: Alrick Brown, Eric D'Entrone, Allen Davison, Craig Glantz

Votes: 28

41. The ACLU Freedom Files (2005–2007)

29 min | Documentary

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Stars: Greg Bryan, Tommy Bertelsen, Michael Schiller, Abby Stern

Votes: 48

42. Valentino's Ghost: Why We Hate Arabs (2015)

100 min | Documentary

VALENTINO'S GHOST: WHY WE HATE ARABS (2015) exposes how U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East is the driving force behind the mainstream media's portrayals of that region and its people, resulting in injustice, bigotry, hatred and wars.

Director: Michael Singh

Votes: 19

43. American Ubuntu

Drama | Announced

When a young woman gives refuge to Muslims threatened in the backlash to 9/11, her FBI father and Black Panther stepfather try to shield her from the consequences of her naiveté.

Director: Lenore Norrgard

44. Brothers and Others (2003)

54 min | Documentary

The atrocities witnessed by the world on September 11th were hateful acts committed by terrorists who chose to view their victims not as people but as symbols of a perceived evil they could... See full summary »

Director: Nicolas Rossier | Stars: Noam Chomsky, Ghazzy Khankan, Lamar Smith, Tom Tancredo

Votes: 8

45. The Profile (2010)

18 min | Short, Crime, Drama

About the hunt for a stolen classified disk, a suspected foreign spy, and the absurd lengths a government will go through to find their 'villain'... before the end of Independence Day weekend.

Director: Ray Arthur Wang | Stars: Long Nguyen, Matthew John Armstrong, Michael Aki, David Lischinsky

Votes: 15

46. Justice Delayed (2019)

11 min | Short, Drama

Ten months after the fatal shooting of his younger 12-year-old brother, Jay discovers that the police officer involved was not indicted. Losing trust in the legal system, Jay takes matters ... See full summary »

Director: Janine Anne Uyanga | Stars: CharlesCurtis Sanders, Kayla Manuel, Christian Cj Barth, Tyson Carter

47. Reggie Yates: Race Riots USA (2015 TV Movie)

60 min | Documentary

Reggie Yates examines the position of African-Americans in US society.

Director: Ruhi Hamid | Stars: Reggie Yates, Dorothy Kaiser, Clifton Kinnie, Brendan Roediger

Votes: 66

48. Living While American (2022)

26 min | Short, Documentary

A freshman city councilman in Philadelphia proposes to ban traffic stops for minor infractions--and gets the police on board. Since then, stops have fallen by 70% and gun and drug seizures have doubled. Other cities are taking note.

Director: Sosena Solomon

49. Think of Calvin (2016)

Short

On a Friday night after a long week at work, Calvin Davis joined his family in Southwest Washington, DC for an informal gathering. Still wearing scrubs from his job at Children's National ... See full summary »

Director: Kelly Amis

50. Final Call (II) (2018)

619 min | Drama, Thriller

As Nazia Ali gets to the airport to travel, there is a threat of an attack. Perhaps she is the terrorist or perhaps not.

Director: Gabrielle Kahn | Stars: Nick Desimone, Brinda Dixit, Gian Shines, Jonathan Swain