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51. Mischief Night (2006)
93 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
About two families (one white, one Asian) who come together unexpectedly on a local night of carnival trickery and festivity.
Director: Penny Woolcock | Stars: Kelli Hollis, James Foster, Michael Taylor, Holly Kenny
Votes: 783
52. Johnny Firecloud (1975)
R | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Young American Indian gets out of the army and returns home to find his tribe victimized by a white rancher.
Director: William Allen Castleman | Stars: Victor Mohica, Ralph Meeker, David Canary, Frank DeKova
Votes: 392
53. 3 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets (2015)
TV-MA | 98 min | Documentary, Crime
In 3 1/2 Minutes, Ten Bullets, two lives intersected and were forever altered.
Director: Marc Silver | Stars: Lucia McBath, Ron Davis, Michael David Dunn, Russell Healey
Votes: 1,982 | Gross: $0.02M
54. Death of a Prophet (1981 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 60 min | Drama, History
After breaking ties with the Nation of Islam, Malcolm X became a man marked for death...and it was just a matter of time before his enemies closed in. Despite death threats and intimidation... See full summary »
Director: Woodie King Jr. | Stars: Morgan Freeman, Yolanda King, Mansoor Najee-ullah, Sam Singleton
Votes: 301
55. Spirit Trap (2005)
R | 91 min | Horror, Thriller
Five students unwittingly set off a spirit clock in a rundown London mansion. As the boundaries between fantasy and reality become blurred, the friends reveal their darkest secrets and begin to lapse into a haze of paranoia and violence.
Director: David Smith | Stars: Billie Piper, Luke Mably, Emma Catherwood, Sam Troughton
Votes: 1,546
56. A Place Called Today (1972)
X | 103 min | Drama
Racial tensions arise when a black lawyer runs for mayor of a racially divided town.
Director: Don Schain | Stars: J. Herbert Kerr Jr., Lana Wood, Cheri Caffaro, Richard Smedley
Votes: 80
57. Howard Beach: Making a Case for Murder (1989 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 94 min | Crime, Drama, History
Three black men run into trouble when their car breaks down in a middle-class area of New York and they seek refuge in a small local restaurant. The events and courtroom drama which followed reverberated throughout America.
Director: Dick Lowry | Stars: Daniel J. Travanti, William Daniels, Joe Morton, Cliff Gorman
Votes: 119
58. Top of the Heap (1972)
R | 90 min | Drama
A D.C. black cop is pushed over the edge when he is passed over for a promotion, leading him on a violent personal crusade against criminals punctuated by feverish psychedelic dream visions.
Director: Christopher St. John | Stars: Christopher St. John, Paula Kelly, Florence St. Peter, Leonard Kuras
Votes: 398 | Gross: $0.26M
59. La marche (2013)
120 min | Comedy, Drama, History
Inspired from a true story of 1983. The story of a 1000 km peaceful march from Paris to Marseille fighting against racial discrimination and fighting for equality.
Director: Nabil Ben Yadir | Stars: Olivier Gourmet, Tewfik Jallab, Vincent Rottiers, M'Barek Belkouk
Votes: 410
60. Bakerman (2016)
83 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
Jens has a midlife crisis and chooses to settle some old debts.
Director: David Noel Bourke | Stars: Mikkel Vadsholt, Brian Hjulmann, Siir Tilif, Mia Lerdam
Votes: 85
61. Divided We Fall: Americans in the Aftermath (2006)
110 min | Documentary
When a turbaned Sikh man is brutally murdered in the aftermath of September 11, 2001, a college student journeys across America to discover who counts as "American" in times of crisis.
Director: Sharat Raju
Votes: 94
62. Skin Deep (2001)
13 min | Short
Director: Yousaf Ali Khan | Stars: Darren Sheppard, George Russo, Charlie Parker-Swift, Freddie White
Votes: 105
63. Tulsa: The Fire and the Forgotten (2021)
Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary, History
Deadly assault on the 100th anniversary of the crime in the context of other racial massacres and police killings.
Director: Jonathan Silvers | Stars: Michel Martin, Robert R.A. Turner, DeNeen L. Brown, Betsy Warner
Votes: 82
64. Faces of Torture (1988 Video)
74 min | Documentary
Directors: Marc David Decker, Beverly Hagan, Dave Jenkins | Stars: Larry Fox, James Dean, Arline Hunter, Mike Todd
Votes: 23
65. The Resolve (2010– )
25 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
The Resolve centers around Mike Patterson (Russ Cootey), a beleaguered man, gripped by O.C.D. issues with humanity, unleashed by fiery clashes on others. He explains to his therapist Sean ... See full summary »
Stars: Russ Cootey, Alex Ballar, Les Brandt, Anthony Ray Parker
Votes: 40
66. Triumf (2000)
80 min | Crime, Drama
Directors: Vladimir Alenikov, Oleg Pogodin | Stars: Pyotr Ulyanov, Ekaterina Cherepukhina, Aram Gevorkyan, Lyanka Gryu
Votes: 91
67. Just Another Bombing?: This Is Donal and Iona's Story (2024)
25 min | Short, Biography
Just Another Bombing?: This is Donal and Iona's Story takes audiences on a poignant journey through a little-known incident of the 1960s Civil Rights era. Iona Godfrey King and her son ... See full summary »
Director: Hal Jacobs | Stars: Donal Godfrey, Iona Godfrey King
68. Zebra Crossing (2008)
93 min | Drama
"From the moment I was born I cried for a month..." Eighteen years on, and Justin is no nearer the truth. And in a world that increasingly doesn't care, maybe just simply relying on ... See full summary »
Director: Sam Holland | Stars: Lee Turnbull, Greg Wakeham, Aaron White, Kyle Treslove
Votes: 389
69. Is This Racist? (2017 Video)
7 min | Short, Talk-Show
The alt-left has peculiar ideas about what is racist and what isn't, says Paul Joseph Watson.
Stars: Paul Joseph Watson, Felix Kjellberg, XXXTentacion, Jesse Watters
Votes: 32
70. Colorblind (2002)
5 min | Drama, Short
This film portrays racism through the eyes of a dog caught up in the middle of a race war, and the price of that hate will cost them more than they can handle.
Director: Bryan Amburgey | Stars: Ricky Dauphin, Ikenna Ezeh, Eric Dantzler, Anwar Salahuddin
Votes: 10
71. Sari Red (1988)
11 min | Documentary, Short
Made in memory of Kalbinder Kaur Hayre, a young Indian woman killed in 1985 in a racist attack in England, Sari Red eloquently examines the effect of the ever-present threat of violence ... See full summary »
Director: Pratibha Parmar
Votes: 8
72. Summer of Justice (2017)
Short
Directors: Armie Hicks Jr., Rasheed Stephens | Stars: Angela Capri, Adrian Cobb, Daria Diache, Andrea L Gavidia
73. Arwaah (2004)
4 min | Short, War
Prisoners enter a dark room that has only one chair. They have to say the right words, or die.
Director: Nawaf Al Janahi | Stars: Nawaf Al Janahi, Ali Al-Jabri, Sara Al-Shikar, Aisha Khalifa Ali
Votes: 23
74. Death by Design (1943)
18 min | Short, Crime, Drama
Two police officers investigate the crime scene of a suspected murder by cyanide.
Director: Germain Burger | Stars: Barbara James, John Longden, Wally Patch, Leonard Sharp
Votes: 9
75.
American Playhouse (1980–1994)
Episode:
For Us the Living: The Medgar Evers Story
(1983)
90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Based on the life and times of NAACP field secretary and Mississippi civil rights leader Medgar Evers, assassinated in 1963.
Director: Michael Schultz | Stars: Howard E. Rollins Jr., Irene Cara, Margaret Avery, Roscoe Lee Browne
Votes: 165
76.
Tatort (1970– )
Episode:
Kinder der Gewalt
(1999)
TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Director: Ben Verbong | Stars: Klaus J. Behrendt, Dietmar Bär, Saskia Vester, Sabine Orléans
Votes: 200
77.
American Experience (1987– )
Episode:
Citizen King
(2004)
TV-PG | Documentary, Biography, History
A documentary that draws on input from a broad cross-section of people to examine to last five years of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s life.
Directors: Orlando Bagwell, Noland Walker | Stars: Taylor Branch, David Halberstam, Martin Luther King, Andrew Young
Votes: 97
78.
Emma åklagare (1997)
Episode:
Vem är skyldig?
(1997)
43 min | Crime
A young black man is physically abused by two skinheads.
Director: Pontus Klänge | Stars: Marika Lagercrantz, Per Mattsson, Harriet Andersson, Polki Nordström
79.
Fish (2000– )
Episode:
Another Shade of White
(2000)
48 min | Drama
An anthropology lecturer is fired after her new book sparks racial controversy.
Director: Claire Winyard | Stars: Paul McGann, Jemma Redgrave, Mick Ford, Jack Stanley
80.
Ten Days That Unexpectedly Changed America (2006)
Episode:
Freedom Summer
(2006)
60 min | Documentary, History
The murder of three civil rights activists in Mississippi galvanizes the Civil Rights Movement.
Director: Marco Williams | Star: Mark Riccadonna
Votes: 28
81.
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001–2011)
Episode:
World's Fair
(2007)
TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The death of a Pakistani-American female college student is connected to her family's disapproval of her boyfriend and their desire for a prearranged marriage.
Director: Steve Shill | Stars: Chris Noth, Julianne Nicholson, Eric Bogosian, Maulik Pancholy
Votes: 278
82.
Capitol Critters (1992–1995)
Episode:
An Embarassment of Roaches
(1992)
TV-PG | Animation, Action, Adventure
Max encourages his friends to let an elderly cockroach couple move in next door, but soon the rodents are up to their ears in baby roaches.
Director: Robert Alvarez | Stars: Neil Patrick Harris, Charlie Adler, Jennifer Darling, Patti Deutsch
83.
American Experience (1987– )
Episode:
The Blinding of Isaac Woodard
(2021)
TV-14 | 115 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The Blinding of Isaac Woodard: How a horrific incident of racial violence became a powerful catalyst for the civil rights movement. In 1946, Isaac Woodard, a Black army sergeant on his way ... See full summary »
Director: Jamila Ephron | Stars: Eliza Briggs, Nathaniel Briggs, Mary James Cottrell, Joseph A. DeLaine Jr.
Votes: 106
84.
The Kennedys (2011)
Episode:
Life Sentences
(2011)
TV-14 | 44 min | Drama, History, Romance
Riots over desegregation in the South force JFK to act. Jackie's use of amphetamines continues. Joe Sr. suffers a stroke.
Director: Jon Cassar | Stars: Greg Kinnear, Barry Pepper, Katie Holmes, Tom Wilkinson
Votes: 226
85.
The Knick (2014–2015)
Episode:
Get the Rope
(2014)
TV-MA | 43 min | Drama, History
A riot breaks out when a police officer is stabbed by a black man defending his wife. The employees of the Knickerbocker fight to protect the lives of blacks injured in the riots.
Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: Clive Owen, André Holland, Jeremy Bobb, Juliet Rylance
Votes: 1,519
86.
Wartime Crime (2017– )
Episode:
The Zoot Suit Riots
(2017)
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime
During WW2 in Los Angeles, white servicemen and civilians attack Hispanic and other minority youths who are seen as unpatriotic due to the style of clothes they wear.
Director: Tom O'Dell | Stars: Luis Alvarez, Omar Banana, Mike Bodie, Zuma Davies
Votes: 12
87.
The Injustice Files (2011– )
Episode:
Sundown Towns
(2014)
Crime
Keith Beauchamp investigates Sundown Towns, historically all-white towns where African-Americans were not allowed to live in, or even set foot in after dark. Keith is determined to reveal that such towns still exist today.
Stars: Keith Beauchamp, Dan Bowen, Kerry Buck, Sandra Chapman
88.
Foreign Correspondent (1996– )
Episode:
Bloodland
(2018)
38 min | Documentary, News
Jonathan Holmes investigates the reported string of attacks on white farmers in South Africa.
Star: Jonathan Holmes