Best "race politics" Movies of All Time

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American Fiction(2023)

3.6/5 (with 13 votes)

Thelonious “Monk” Ellison's writing career has stalled because his work isn’t deemed “Black enough.” Monk, a writer and English professor, writes a satirical novel under a pseudonym, aiming to expose the publishing world's hypocrisies. The book’s immediate success forces him to get deeper enmeshed in his assumed identity and challenges his closely-held worldviews.

Directed by Cord Jefferson - With Jeffrey Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross, Erika Alexander, Leslie Uggams, Sterling K. Brown, Myra Lucretia Taylor, ...

Shin Kamen Rider(2023)

| 2h 1min | Action, Drama, Science Fiction

3.5/5 (with 109 votes)

A man forced to bear power and stripped of humanity. A woman skeptical of happiness. Takeshi Hongo, an Augmentation made by SHOCKER, and Ruriko Midorikawa, a rebel of the organization, escape while fighting off assassins. What’s justice? What’s evil? Will this violence end? Despite his power, Hongo tries to remain human. Along with freedom, Ruriko has regained a heart. What paths will they choose?

Directed by Hideaki Anno - With Sosuke Ikematsu, Minami Hamabe

Remember the Titans(2000)

| 1h 53min | Drama

3.8/5 (with 1,217 votes)

After leading his football team to 15 winning seasons, coach Bill Yoast is demoted and replaced by Herman Boone – tough, opinionated and as different from the beloved Yoast as he could be. The two men learn to overcome their differences and turn a group of hostile young men into champions.

Directed by Boaz Yakin - With Will Patton, Donald Faison, Nicole Ari Parker, Wood Harris, Ryan Hurst, Ethan Suplee, ...

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Crash(2005)

| 1h 52min | Drama

3.6/5 (with 1,532 votes)

In post-Sept. 11 Los Angeles, tensions erupt when the lives of a Brentwood housewife, her district attorney husband, a Persian shopkeeper, two cops, a pair of carjackers and a Korean couple converge during a 36-hour period.

Directed by Paul Haggis - With Ryan Phillippe, Sandra Bullock, Brendan Fraser, Don Cheadle, Jennifer Esposito, Matt Dillon, ...

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Hairspray(2007)

| 1h 57min | Comedy, Romance / Love, Drama

3.3/5 (with 1,148 votes)

Pleasantly plump teenager Tracy Turnblad auditions to be on Baltimore's most popular dance show - The Corny Collins Show - and lands a prime spot. Through her newfound fame, she becomes determined to help her friends and end the racial segregation that has been a staple of the show.

Directed by Adam Shankman - With Nikki Blonsky, John Travolta, Michelle Pfeiffer, Christopher Walken, Amanda Bynes, James Marsden, ...

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I Am Not Your Negro(2017)

| 1h 33min | Documentary

3.9/5 (with 204 votes)

Working from the text of James Baldwin’s unfinished final novel, director Raoul Peck creates a meditation on what it means to be Black in the United States.

Directed by Raoul Peck - With Samuel L. Jackson, Harry Belafonte, Marlon Brando, George W. Bush, Ray Charles, Gary Cooper, ...

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Disgrace(2008)

| 2h | Drama

3.2/5 (with 33 votes)

Disgrace is the story of a South African professor of English who loses everything: his reputation, his job, his peace of mind, his good looks, his dreams of artistic success, and finally even his ability to protect his cherished daughter. After having an affair with a student, he moves to the Eastern Cape, where he gets caught up in a mess of post-apartheid politics.

Directed by Steve Jacobs - With Eriq Ebouaney, John Malkovich, Jessica Haines, Paula Arundell, Scott Cooper, Natalie Becker, ...

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The Rachel Divide(2018)

1h 44min | Documentary

3.1/5 (with 23 votes)

Rachel Dolezal became infamous when she was unmasked as a white woman passing for black so thoroughly that she had become the head of her local N.A.A.C.P. chapter. This portrait cuts through the very public controversy to reveal Dolezal’s motivations.

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Wattstax(1973)

| 1h 38min | Music, Documentary

3.8/5 (with 6 votes)

A documentary film about the Afro-American Woodstock concert held in Los Angeles seven years after the Watts riots. Director Mel Stuart mixes footage from the concert with footage of the living conditions in the current day Watts neighborhood. The film won the Golden Globe for Best Documentary Film.

Directed by Mel Stuart - With The Staple Singers, Richard Pryor

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Six Rounds(2017)

57min | Drama, History

Amongst the 2011 London riots, a former boxer needs must choose between his past or a new future.

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The L.A. Riot Spectacular(2005)

1h 20min | Comedy

1.5/5 (with 1 vote)

The controversial satire The LA Riot Spectacular plays for mordent laughs the events that consumed L.A. in 1992, after the police officers on trial for beating motorist Rodney King were found innocent. The city was engulfed by a massive riot, but the film plays these moments for laughs. In addition to recreating some of the images seen on television, the film skewers a variety of figures including the police, the media, and the citizens of the city.

Directed by Marc Klasfeld - With Snoop Dogg, Emilio Estevez, T. K. Carter, Charles S. Dutton

Vox Populi(2008)

1h 40min | Comedy, Drama

3.5/5 (with 5 votes)

Vox Populi is a black comedy about an experienced politician suffering from a midlife crisis. When he comes into contact with the common-man's logic of his new in-laws, this has a far-reaching effect on both his political and his personal life.

Directed by Eddy Terstall - With Tom Jansen, Johnny de Mol, Tara Elders, Esmarel Gasman, Femke Lakerveld, Beppie Melissen, ...

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White Water(2015)

1h 24min | TV Movie, Drama

3.5/5 (with 1 vote)

White Water is the story of a 7 year-old black kid in segregated 1963 Opelika, Alabama who becomes obsessed with the desire to taste the water from the "white's only" drinking fountain and sets out on a quest to do the unthinkable: drink from it.

Swirl(2003)

| 1h 25min | Comedy, Romance / Love

A college friendship turns romantic, resulting in a swirl of black and white, love and friendship, and hilarious comedy.

A Leading Man(2014)

1h 36min | Drama

4.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Everyone is happy for rising actor GQ Qi – the network, his mother, his best friend – everyone except GQ himself. He is stuck playing an offensive stereotype on a television sitcom, and the day he decides to speak up for himself on set, the executive producer fires him. Struggling to pick up the pieces, he starts dating A-list casting director Rachel. Love and work become intertwined. Their relationship survives the protestations of GQ’s mother and best friend, but starts to show strain as it becomes clear that GQ is unable to land another acting gig. As pressures from work, love and family come to a head, GQ must confront the hard question: How much of himself will he compromise for career success?

Directed by Steven J. Kung

Every 9 Hours(2019)

12min | Drama

From acclaimed novelist Jim St. Germain (A Stone of Hope), a modern-day exploration of skin color and gender and how they affect one's ability to participate in relationships and society.

Hitler's Jurassic Monsters(2014)

47min | Documentary

This is the untold story of a Nazi vision, that went far beyond the military conquest of European countries. As part of their crazed dream to create a thousand-year Reich they developed detailed blueprints for Aryan settlements and vast hunting parks for ‘Aryan’ animals. Goering and Himmler employed Germany’s best scientists to launch a hugely ambitious programme of genetic manipulation to change the course of nature itself, both in the wild and for domestic use. In a fascinating blend of politics and biology, Hitler's Jurassic Monsters is the true and asthonishing story of how the Nazis tried to take control of nature and change the course of evolution.

Color-Blinded(1998)

1h 32min | Comedy

Convinced that her white boyfriend would rather date a white girl, a gorgeous black woman drinks a potion that turns her into a gorgeous white woman... and puts her life and relationship to the test.

Bakerman(2020)

| 1h 24min | Thriller, Drama, Crime

The award-winning Nordic Noir from writer/director David Noel Bourke. Jens has accepted far too much for too long. Being the shy night-owl he is, he keeps to himself, but the world will not let him be. The new master baker's quality starts slackening, and when a bunch of yobs one day smash the window of Jens's car, he takes one of them out. Intoxicated by his own new unexpressed vigour, Jens comes out of his shell, but the destructive driving force leads him towards a free fall. + WINNER! BEST MALE ACTOR (Mikkel Vadsholt) at NIFF + WINNER! BEST OF YEAR at Oniros + WINNER! BEST FOREIGN FEATURE FILM - MARYLAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL + Nominated for Méliès d’Argent AWARD "BAKERMAN is a Nordic "Falling Down". A film that is as shocking with its vigilante story as it is captivating with its determination...." - CPH:PIX Film Festival.

Directed by David Noel Bourke

Palm Sunday(2023)

15min | Drama, Horror, History

A southern gothic drama about a young Black Caribbean Immigrant who attempts to assimilate into an all-white church in 1970s Raleigh, North Carolina.

The Burning(1968)

32min | Drama

3.5/5 (with 1 vote)

The Burning is Stephen Frears’ first film, a chilling exploration of racial tensions in Apartheid-era South Africa. On a sweltering summer’ day, a wealthy white matriarch insists on taking her household on a planned trip to the country, in spite of their urgent warnings that an uprising is underway.

Directed by Stephen Frears

Tight Jeans(2008)

8min | Drama, Comedy

Three black teenagers are becoming frustrated while waiting for their friend. A young white lad walks past wearing super tight jeans. The boys look on until one of them asks the pivotal question, "How can a man wear jeans that tight?" This sparks a hilarious debate about race and culture.

Kenyatta: Do Not Wait Your Turn(2023)

1h 35min | Documentary

5.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Executive Produced by Al Roker (NBC's TODAY), KENYATTA: DO NOT WAIT YOUR TURN is an inspiring love story about a self-described “poor, gay, black man from North Philly” on his historic run for the United States Senate. But this race is about more than taking on the political competition. It’s about taking on an entire system.

The Forgotten Battle of Fort Pillow(2023)

1h 23min | Documentary, History, War

On April 12th, 1864, at an insignificant little fort, several hundred black Union soldiers fought a hopeless battle against a Confederate general who was destined to become the first Grand Wizard of the KKK. This battle had a domino effect, trickling down the long road of history. Today, it is just a footnote in most history books; however, no other event of the Civil War has had such a profound impact on the twentieth century, especially on American culture.

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