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1. Life Is Beautiful (1997)
PG-13 | 116 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
When an open-minded Jewish waiter and his son become victims of the Holocaust, he uses a perfect mixture of will, humor and imagination to protect his son from the dangers around their camp.
Director: Roberto Benigni | Stars: Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini, Giustino Durano
Votes: 743,500 | Gross: $57.60M
2. La haine (1995)
Not Rated | 98 min | Crime, Drama
24 hours in the lives of three young men in the French suburbs the day after a violent riot.
Director: Mathieu Kassovitz | Stars: Vincent Cassel, Hubert Koundé, Saïd Taghmaoui, Abdel Ahmed Ghili
Votes: 196,576 | Gross: $0.31M
3. Limbo (II) (2023)
108 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
'Limbo' follows the investigation of a twenty year-old outback cold case murder by jaded detective Travis Hurley.
Director: Ivan Sen | Stars: Simon Baker, Rob Collins, Natasha Wanganeen, Nicholas Hope
Votes: 1,590
4. Murder in Mississippi (1990 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 96 min | Crime, Drama
In 1964, members of the Ku Klux Klan murdered three Civil Rights workers who had traveled to the South to encourage African-American voter registration. Examines the last three weeks in the lives of the slain activists.
Director: Roger Young | Stars: Tom Hulce, Jennifer Grey, Blair Underwood, CCH Pounder
Votes: 535
5. Betrayed (1988)
R | 127 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
An FBI agent posing as a combine driver becomes romantically involved with a Midwest farmer who lives a double life as a white supremacist.
Director: Costa-Gavras | Stars: Debra Winger, Tom Berenger, John Heard, Betsy Blair
Votes: 7,017 | Gross: $25.82M
6. The Bang Bang Club (2010)
R | 106 min | Biography, Drama, History
A drama based on the true-life experiences of four combat photographers capturing the final days of apartheid in South Africa.
Director: Steven Silver | Stars: Ryan Phillippe, Malin Akerman, Taylor Kitsch, Neels van Jaarsveld
Votes: 11,533
7. Watermelon Man (1970)
R | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Jeff Gerber, a racist white man, wakes up one morning to discover that he has become black.
Director: Melvin Van Peebles | Stars: Godfrey Cambridge, Estelle Parsons, Howard Caine, D'Urville Martin
Votes: 2,870 | Gross: $1.50M
8. House of Bamboo (1955)
Approved | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Planted in a Tokyo crime syndicate, a U.S. Army Investigator attempts to probe the coinciding death of a fellow Army official.
Director: Samuel Fuller | Stars: Robert Ryan, Robert Stack, Shirley Yamaguchi, Cameron Mitchell
Votes: 4,096
9. Sami Blood (2016)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama, History
A reindeer-breeding Sámi girl who is exposed to the racism of the 1930's at her boarding school, starts dreaming of another life. But to achieve it, she has to become someone else and break all ties with her family and culture.
Director: Amanda Kernell | Stars: Maj-Doris Rimpi, Olle Sarri, Ánne Biret Somby, Bo Lundmark
Votes: 8,296
10. Bucktown (1975)
R | 94 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After being hassled by The Man in a southern town, a cool operator asks some violent friends for help. After all, if you can't trust another brother, who can you trust?
Director: Arthur Marks | Stars: Fred Williamson, Pam Grier, Thalmus Rasulala, Tony King
Votes: 1,599
11. Greased Lightning (1977)
PG | 96 min | Action, Biography, Comedy
The true life story of Wendell Scott, the first black stock car racing driver to win an upper tier NASCAR race.
Director: Michael Schultz | Stars: Richard Pryor, Beau Bridges, Pam Grier, Cleavon Little
Votes: 1,985
12. Long Gone (1987 TV Movie)
110 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Story of the Tampico Stogies, a low minor-league baseball team, and its star player and manager, Stud' Cantrell, as they battle for the league championship amidst the corruption and racism of the American south.
Director: Martin Davidson | Stars: William Petersen, Virginia Madsen, Dermot Mulroney, Larry Riley
Votes: 1,200
13. As Summers Die (1986 TV Movie)
87 min | Drama
The plot centers around a large area of land owned by an old black lady, Elvira Backus. It had been given to her by her one time employer and secret father of her two children, a southern ... See full summary »
Director: Jean-Claude Tramont | Stars: Scott Glenn, Jamie Lee Curtis, Bette Davis, John Randolph
Votes: 867
14. Soul of the Game (1996 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 94 min | Drama, History, Sport
Black baseball greats, Satchel Paige and Josh Gibson, vie to be the first afro-American major leaguer, only to see the outspoken rookie, Jackie Robinson, be chosen.
Director: Kevin Rodney Sullivan | Stars: Delroy Lindo, Mykelti Williamson, Edward Herrmann, Blair Underwood
Votes: 1,071
15. Angelitos negros (1948)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama
Angelitos Negros is a story of prejudice and sacrifice; the plot centers around a woman who does not realize her heritage, brought up as the "white"wealthy patron's daughter, she is actually the daughter of the black maid.
Director: Joselito Rodríguez | Stars: Pedro Infante, Emilia Guiú, Rita Montaner, Chela Castro
Votes: 365
16. Grambling's White Tiger (1981 TV Movie)
92 min | Drama, Sport
A young white goes to a historically-black college for the chance to be the starting quarterback. There he encounters considerable resentment and learns what it's like to be in the minority.
Director: Georg Stanford Brown | Stars: Harry Belafonte, Caitlyn Jenner, Dennis Haysbert, Bill Overton
Votes: 275
17. Assault on the Pay Train (1962)
102 min | Crime, Drama
Film about the true events in Rio de Janeiro, in 1960, when a gang having the infamous outlaw Tião Medonho as a leader performed a sensational railroad hold-up on a train carrying a small fortune.
Director: Roberto Farias | Stars: Eliezer Gomes, Reginaldo Faria, Jorge Dória, Átila Iório
Votes: 855
18. Aliens: Fireteam Elite (2021 Video Game)
M | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Your fireteam goes down on an alien world, told to exterminate a hive of aliens. Should be easy right? Wrong. Face the hive in the 3 player, online shooter.
Stars: Melissa Medína, Leilani Barrett, Haylie Wu Chow, Mark Whitten
Votes: 303
19. Riot (1996 TV Movie)
R | 95 min | Drama
In April 1992, following the notorious Rodney King verdict, the streets of Los Angeles became a battlefield, the backdrop to four personal intertwined stories. In Gold Mountain, Jeff Lee ... See full summary »
Directors: Richard Di Lello, David C. Johnson, Alex Munoz, Galen Yuen | Stars: Dante Basco, Kieu Chinh, Mako, Alexis Cruz
Votes: 401
20. Marungka tjalatjunu (2022)
23 min | Documentary, Short
An Anangu Yankunytjatjara man escapes the city life to return to country for spiritual healing.
Directors: Derik Lynch, Matthew Thorne | Stars: Derik Lynch, Dale Baker, Dominic Roberts, Christopher Stewart
Votes: 54
21. Shirley Adams (2009)
92 min | Drama
Shirley Adams spends her days caring for her disabled son, Donovan - he was shot in the back of the neck on his way home from school one afternoon over a year ago. Since then the Adams ... See full summary »
Director: Oliver Hermanus | Stars: Denise Newman, Keenan Arrison, Emily Child, Theresa Sedras
Votes: 130
22. Bullfighter and the Lady (1951)
Approved | 87 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
Hoping to impress a beautiful senorita, an American visiting Mexico trains with a famous Mexican bullfighter and becomes a competing bullfighter himself.
Director: Budd Boetticher | Stars: Robert Stack, Joy Page, Gilbert Roland, Virginia Grey
Votes: 677
23. O Tamtakos sto Naftiko (1988 Video)
Comedy
To avoid marriage, a spirited Romani lover-boy puts on his utility uniform to begin a rigorous training as the Navy's newest recruit. But, will he ever settle down?
Director: Takis Vougiouklakis | Stars: Mihalis Mosios, Yiouli Stamoulaki, Spiros Misthos, Vilma Tsakiri
Votes: 40
24. Angel Puss (1944)
Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short
A little black boy is hired to kill a cat, but the feline escapes and proceeds to play tricks on the kid, pretending he's a ghost come back to haunt his "killer."
Director: Chuck Jones | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 280
25. Low Profile (1993)
106 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A disillusioned police detective, used as a scapegoat by his corrupted superior, fights back by becoming a competent criminal.
Director: Claude Zidi | Stars: Patrick Bruel, Sandra Speichert, Didier Bezace, Jean Yanne
Votes: 305
26. Who Killed 'Doc' Robbin? (1948)
Passed | 55 min | Comedy, Crime, Family
A group of people find themselves trapped in a creepy mansion, complete with secret passageways, a mad doctor and a murderous gorilla.
Director: Bernard Carr | Stars: Larry Olsen, Eilene Janssen, Peter Miles, Ardda Lynwood
Votes: 354
27. Crowded Paradise (1956)
Approved | 94 min | Drama
A Puerto Rican immigrant anxiously awaits his wedding day, but his fiance's racist landlord intervenes.
Directors: Fred Pressburger, Ben Gradus | Stars: Hume Cronyn, Nancy Kelly, Frank Silvera, Enid Rudd
Votes: 43
28. God's Step Children (1938)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama
A young light-skinned Negress struggles to find her place in both the black and the white worlds.
Director: Oscar Micheaux | Stars: Jacqueline Lewis, Ethel Moses, Alice B. Russell, Trixie Smith
Votes: 115
29. DWB: Dating While Black (2018)
99 min | Comedy
Dating While Black is a very honest and comedic look at the dating process through the eyes of several individuals.
Director: Van Elder | Stars: Brandon Fobbs, Eddie Goines, Keena Ferguson, Terry Dexter
Votes: 64
30. Waterfront (1984)
284 min | Drama, Romance
Australian dockyard workers go on strike. Immigrant Italian workers are brought in as scab labour. In the midst of all this, an Italian woman meets & falls in love with one of the Australians.
Stars: Jack Thompson, Greta Scacchi, Warren Mitchell, Noni Hazlehurst
Votes: 36
31. Negative Exposure (2020)
112 min | Drama, Family, Thriller
In an urban crime genre "reversal," poor white gang bangers become street fodder in a predominantly black community. With a surprise OMG twist at the end. Great performance by Charles Black.
Director: Tony Tite | Stars: Charles Black, Taylor Katsanis, David Wurawa, Rebecca DeRienzo
Votes: 16
32. Sawo Matang (2023)
21 min | Short, Drama, Sci-Fi
A young Pribumi woman confronts the realities of how she is valued by her society in an imagined scenario of post-New Order Indonesia.
Director: Andrea Nirmala Widjajanto | Stars: Yesaya Mishael, Anne Yasmine
Votes: 8
33. The Butler: An American Story (2013 TV Movie)
22 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A behind-the-scenes documentary about the making of The Butler (2013).
Stars: Charles Allen, Mariah Carey, John Cusack, Yaya DaCosta
Votes: 57
34. The Castro Vegas Show (2017– )
14 min | Comedy
An urban variety show which contains Sketch Comedy, Live Street Interviews, and special guest both musical and comedic.
Stars: Sal Lemus, Rob Tisdale, Ryan Jones, Mac Lawson
35. Luku Ngarra: The Law of the Land (2022)
75 min | Documentary, History
Luku Ngarra is an unflinching, indigenous Australian Aboriginal funded documentary on the history and culture of Arnhem Land leading up to the present day, seen through the eyes of one of ... See full summary »
Director: Sinem Saban | Stars: Djiniyini Gondarra, Baykali Ganambarr, Lowurrpa Yunupingu, Biritjalawuy Gondarra
Votes: 8
36. White (III) (2017)
15 min | Short, Comedy
White man arrives at the Transition Centre Plus after dying of food poisoning on a cruise. There he is informed that he cannot be white in his next life.
Director: David Moya | Stars: Neigeme Glasgow-Maeda, Natalie Kennedy, Toby Longworth, Helen Roger
Votes: 13
37. The Shot Heard 'Round the World (1997)
60 min | Documentary
The film investigates the death of Japanese exchange student Yoshi Hattori, killed in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on October 17, 1992.
Directors: Christine Choy, Spiro Lampros | Stars: John Camp, Bob Dotson, Edwin Edwards, John Hainkel Jr.
Votes: 6
38. Nosferasta: First Bite (2022)
33 min | Short, Comedy, History
Nosferasta: First Bite is a vampire movie like no other. Christopher Columbus uses his undead powers to create his "New World", where he sucks the blood out of his colonial project for ... See full summary »
Directors: Adam Khalil, Bayley Sweitzer | Stars: Jerry G. Angelo, Adam Rashad Glenn, Steve Holmgren, Sarah Kerr
Votes: 14
39. The Nazi Gospels (2012 TV Movie)
88 min | Documentary
The religious roots of Nazi ideology and practice.
Director: Paul Copeland | Stars: Eric Meyers, Peter Levenda, Klaus Fischer, Heinrich Himmler
Votes: 58
40. Na Wewe (2010)
TV-MA | 19 min | Short, Drama, War
1994 or thereabouts. There is a civil war on in Burundi. A genocidal conflict opposing Hutus and Tutsis... We are witnesses to one of those sadly frequent episodes : the attack by the ... See full summary »
Director: Ivan Goldschmidt | Stars: Fabrice Kwizera, Renaud Rutten
Votes: 349
41. Mambí (1998)
95 min | Drama, History, War
CUBA 1898. La guerra cambió su vida, el amor cambió su destino. Carlos Fuentes encabeza el reparto de Mambi. Es Goyo, un joven jornalero canario al que obligan a alistarse en el ejército ... See full summary »
Directors: Santiago Ríos, Teodoro Ríos | Stars: Carlos Fuentes, Carlos Acosta-Milian, Manolin Alvarez, Frank Ariola
Votes: 65
42. La crèche des hommes (2014 TV Movie)
94 min | Drama
Director: Hervé Brami | Stars: Salim Kechiouche, Alex Fondja, Julien Courbey, Mhamed Arezki
Votes: 14
43. The Freedom Riders (2014 Video)
4 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
Stars: Julia Aaron Humbles, Ernest Patton Jr., Larry F. Hunter, William Harbour
44. Troublemakers (1966)
54 min | Documentary
A documentary from a group of film students who work to organize a group of the under advantaged citizens of Newark New Jersey.
Directors: Norman Fruchter, Robert Machover | Star: Robert Kramer
Votes: 35
45. Eclipse of the Truth
Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Announced
A young black man is shot. While the world seeks the head of a white ex-marine claiming self-defense, Kenneth Madison fights against racial loyalties and mysterious forces to find the witness who holds the key to the truth.
Star: Irma P. Hall
46. Close to the Bone (2022)
Documentary, History
A film and related exhibition exploring legacies of violence from Australia's pastoral frontier, developing as a collaborative project with Jared Thomas and others for ABC TV and the South Australian Museum.
Directors: Malcolm McKinnon, Jared Thomas | Stars: Mike Brown, Jackie Crawford, Ken McKenzie, Regina McKenzie
47. Give a Damn Again (1995)
90 min
A pretty sad story about how your life has some plans for you but they are totally different from what you would plan for yourself.
Director: Adam Isidore | Stars: bell hooks, Cornel West
Votes: 8
48. The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords (1999)
Not Rated | 86 min | Documentary, History
The history of black newspapers in America.
Director: Stanley Nelson | Stars: George Barbour, Timuel Black, Frank Bolden, Wallace Burney
Votes: 94
49. Black Empire (2022 Video)
22 min | Documentary, Short, Music
It's easy to feel alone in the Australian music industry, but for First Nations musicians, the isolation can be overwhelming. Rapper and Larrakia man Jimblah knows all too well that despite... See full summary »
Directors: Pearl Berry, Johanis Lyons-Reid | Star: Jimblah
50. 2 1/2 Minuten (1996 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama
November 1990. Weekend. Three young turk men accompanied by two German women were taking the subway. They were in an exuberant mood and wanted to visit a discotheque. When a group of ... See full summary »
Director: Rolf Schübel | Stars: Wanja Mues, Julia Brendler, Cem Sultan, Bibiana Beglau
Votes: 25