Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "black-activist"

1. Hairspray (1988)

PG | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

7.0

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77 Metascore

A 'pleasantly plump' teenager teaches 1962 Baltimore a thing or two about integration after landing a spot on a local TV dance show.

Director: John Waters | Stars: Sonny Bono, Ruth Brown, Divine, Debbie Harry

Votes: 23,451 | Gross: $6.67M

2. The Bank Job (2008)

R | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

7.2

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69 Metascore

Martine offers Terry a lead on a foolproof bank hit on London's Baker Street. She targets a roomful of safe deposit boxes worth millions in cash and jewelry along with a treasure trove of dirty secrets.

Director: Roger Donaldson | Stars: Jason Statham, Saffron Burrows, Stephen Campbell Moore, Daniel Mays

Votes: 189,209 | Gross: $30.06M

3. Malcolm X (1992)

PG-13 | 202 min | Biography, Drama, History

7.7

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73 Metascore

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: 102,058 | Gross: $48.17M

4. Coonskin (1974)

R | 100 min | Animation, Action, Comedy

6.4

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Rabbit, a country-born trickster, takes over the organized crime racket in Harlem, facing opposition from the institutionalized racism of the Mafia and corrupt police.

Director: Ralph Bakshi | Stars: Barry White, Charles Gordone, Scatman Crothers, Philip Michael Thomas

Votes: 3,749

5. School Daze (1988)

R | 121 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

6.1

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52 Metascore

A not so popular young man wants to pledge to a popular fraternity at his historically black college.

Director: Spike Lee | Stars: Laurence Fishburne, Giancarlo Esposito, Tisha Campbell, Kyme

Votes: 8,038 | Gross: $14.55M

6. Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)

PG-13 | 130 min | Drama, History

6.7

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A Mississippi district attorney and the widow of Medgar Evers struggle to finally bring a white racist to justice for the 1963 murder of the civil rights leader.

Director: Rob Reiner | Stars: Alec Baldwin, James Woods, Whoopi Goldberg, Virginia Madsen

Votes: 12,153 | Gross: $13.05M

7. Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971)

R | 97 min | Action, Crime, Drama

5.5

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71 Metascore

After saving a Black Panther from some racist cops, a black male prostitute goes on the run from "the man" with the help of the ghetto community and some disillusioned Hells Angels.

Director: Melvin Van Peebles | Stars: Melvin Van Peebles, Hubert Scales, John Dullaghan, Simon Chuckster

Votes: 5,868 | Gross: $15.18M

8. The '60s (1999)

PG-13 | 86 min | Drama

6.9

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The events of the 1960s affect the lives of two families, one white and one black.

Stars: Josh Hamilton, Julia Stiles, Jerry O'Connell, Jeremy Sisto

Votes: 2,648

9. Island in the Sun (1957)

Approved | 119 min | Drama, Romance

6.1

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This drama set during the 1950s on a British-ruled Caribbean island deals with local politics, interracial relationships, social inequality, racism, adultery, and murder.

Director: Robert Rossen | Stars: James Mason, Joan Fontaine, Dorothy Dandridge, Joan Collins

Votes: 1,411 | Gross: $8.00M

10. Fight for Your Life (1977)

R | 82 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

6.3

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A mean trashy exploitation picture about three convicts who escape from jail and hole up at the house of a black minister. There are a few nasty scenes where the minister's family is being ... See full summary »

Director: Robert A. Endelson | Stars: Robert Judd, Catherine Peppers, Lela Small, Yvonne Ross

Votes: 1,735

11. A Woman Called Moses (1978)

240 min | Biography, Drama

7.8

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A film about the life and career of the African American abolitionist and slave escape leader, Harriet Tubman.

Stars: Cicely Tyson, Jason Bernard, Clifford David, Judyann Elder

Votes: 415

12. Death of a Prophet (1981 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 60 min | Drama, History

4.4

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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

13. City of Blood (1987)

R | 95 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

3.1

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A medical examiner investigating a series of prostitute murders discovers that the culprit is an ancient tribal witch doctor come back to life.

Director: Darrell Roodt | Stars: Joe Stewardson, Ian Yule, Ken Gampu, Susan Coetzer

Votes: 216

14. Free, White and 21 (1963)

104 min | Drama

3.8

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The central conflict in this film is whether African-American businessman Ernie Jones (played by O'Neal) raped Swedish immigrant and civil rights Freedom Rider Greta Mae Hansen (played by ... See full summary »

Director: Larry Buchanan | Stars: Frederick O'Neal, Annalena Lund, George Edgley, Johnny Hicks

Votes: 75

15. 68 (2008 TV Movie)

110 min | Documentary, History, War

8.1

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From Washington to Saigon, Rome to Mexico, Paris to London, a wave of demonstrations shakes the world. 68 travels back in time to war torn Vietnam, freed and occupied Prague, Paris demonstrating, revolution in the Americas.

Director: Patrick Rotman | Stars: Edouard Balladur, The Beatles, Claude Berri, Leonid Brezhnev

Votes: 66