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Blaxploitation films
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The list Blaxploitation films includes
Cooley High, Car Wash, Django Unchained, The Wiz and The Mack.
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Cooley High
1975 film by Michael Schultz
Overview: Cooley High is a 1975 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film that follows the narrative of high school seniors and best friends, Leroy "Preach" Jackson (Glynn Turman) and Richard "Cochise" Morris (L ...
Release date: 25 June 1975Genre: Comedy, Drama, RomanceDirector: Michael SchultzCast: Glynn Turman, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Garrett Morris, Cynthia Davis, Corin Rogers, Maurice Leon HavisProducer: Samuel Z. Arkoff, Steve KrantzWriter: Eric MonteIn 1964 on Chicago's Near-North Side, the lives of four carefree high school seniors and best friends, including an aspiring playwright and an all-city ...
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Car Wash
1976 American comedy film directed by Michael Schultz
Overview: Car Wash is a 1976 American comedy film directed by Michael Schultz from a screenplay by Joel Schumacher, and starring an ensemble cast. Originally conceived as a musical, the film is an episodic comedy ...
Release date: 15 October 1976Genre: Comedy, Drama, RomanceDirector: Michael SchultzProducer: Art Linson, Don PhillipsWriter: Joel SchumacherA comedic take on the daily life of car-wash employees, chronicling their hopes, fears, joys, dreams, and tribulations, and meeting some eccentric customers ... 0
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Django Unchained
2012 Western film directed by Quentin Tarantino
Overview: Django Unchained is a 2012 American revisionist Western film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, starring Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington, and Samuel L. Jackson ...
Release date: 25 December 2012Genre: Drama, Western, AdventureDirector: Quentin TarantinoCast: Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington, Samuel L. Jackson, Walton GogginsProducer: William Paul Clark, Reginald HudlinWriter: Quentin TarantinoWith the help of a German bounty-hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal plantation owner in Mississippi. 0
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The Wiz
1978 film by Sidney Lumet
Overview: The Wiz is a 1978 American musical fantasy adventure film directed by Sidney Lumet. Adapted from the 1974 Broadway musical of the same name, the film reimagines the classic children's novel, The Wonderful ...
Release date: 24 October 1978Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Musical, FamilyDirector: Sidney LumetProducer: Rob Cohen, Berry GordyWriter: L. Frank Baum, William F. BrownAn adaptation of "The Wizard of Oz" that tries to capture the essence of the African-American experience. 0
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The Mack
1973 US blaxploitation film by Michael Campus
Overview: The Mack is a 1973 American blaxploitation crime drama film directed by California native Michael Campus, starring Max Julien and Richard Pryor. The film also stars Oscar-nominee Juanita Moore and Ton ...
Release date: 4 April 1973Genre: Crime, DramaDirector: Michael CampusProducer: Harvey Bernhard, R. Hansel BrownWriter: Robert J. PooleGoldie returns from five years at the state pen and winds up King of the pimping game. Trouble comes in the form of two corrupt white cops and a crime ... 0
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New Jack City
1991 American action crime film directed by Mario Van Peebles
Overview: New Jack City is a 1991 American crime action film directed by Mario Van Peebles (in his feature film directorial debut) and written by Thomas Lee Wright and Barry Michael Cooper, based on a story by ...
Release date: 17 January 1991Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller, ActionDirector: Mario Van PeeblesProducer: James Bigwood, Suzanne BroderickWriter: Thomas Lee Wright, Barry Michael CooperA crime lord ascends to power and becomes megalomaniacal while a maverick police detective vows to stop him. 0
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Mandingo
1975 American historical melodrama film
Overview: Mandingo is a 1975 American historical melodrama film that focuses on the Atlantic slave trade in the Antebellum South. The film's title refers to the Mandinka people, who are referred to as "Mandingos" ...Genre: Action, Romance, DramaDirector: Richard FleischerProducer: Dino De Laurentiis, Ralph SerpeWriter: Kyle Onstott, Jack KirklandAn 1840s slaveowner trains one of his slaves to be a bare-knuckle fighter. 0
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Jackie Brown
1997 film directed by Quentin Tarantino
Overview: Jackie Brown is a 1997 American crime film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, based on the 1992 novel Rum Punch by Elmore Leonard. It stars Pam Grier as Jackie Brown, a flight attendant who smuggles ...
Release date: 25 December 1997Genre: Crime, Drama, ThrillerDirector: Quentin TarantinoProducer: Lawrence Bender, Richard N. GladsteinWriter: Quentin Tarantino, Elmore LeonardA flight attendant with a criminal past gets nabbed by the ATF for smuggling. Under pressure to become an informant against the drug dealer she works for ... 0
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Get Rich or Die Tryin'
2005 film directed by Jim Sheridan
Overview: Get Rich or Die Tryin' is a 2005 American crime drama film directed by Jim Sheridan and written by Terence Winter. It stars Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson in his feature film acting debut, alongside Terrence ...
Release date: 9 November 2005Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, MusicDirector: Jim SheridanCast: 50 Cent, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Joy Bryant, Omar Benson Miller, Tory Kittles, Terrence HowardProducer: Renata Adamidov, David GaleWriter: Terence WinterA tale of an inner city drug dealer who turns away from a life of crime to pursue his passion of rap music. 0
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Bones
2001 American horror film by Ernest Dickerson
Overview: Bones is a 2001 American supernatural black horror film directed by Ernest Dickerson and starring rapper Snoop Dogg as the eponymous Jimmy Bones, a murdered numbers runner that rises from the grave to ...
Release date: 24 October 2001Genre: Crime, HorrorDirector: Ernest R. DickersonProducer: Leon Dudevoir, Rupert HarveyWriter: Adam Simon, Tim MetcalfeOver 20 years after his death by a gunshot, Jimmy Bones comes back as a ghost to wreak revenge on those who killed him and to clean up his neighborhood ... 0
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Black Dynamite
2009 American blaxploitation action comedy film
Overview: Black Dynamite is a 2009 American blaxploitation action comedy film starring Michael Jai White, Tommy Davidson, and Salli Richardson. The film was directed by Scott Sanders and co-written by White, Sanders ...
Release date: 18 January 2009Genre: Comedy, Action, CrimeDirector: Scott SandersCast: Phyllis Applegate, Obba Babatundé, William Bassett, Troy Lindsey Brown, Fredella Calloway, Cheryl CarterProducer: Jillian Apfelbaum, Deanna BerkeleyWriter: Michael Jai White, Byron MinnsBlack Dynamite is the greatest African-American action star of the 1970s. When his only brother is killed by The Man, it's up to him to find justice. 0
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Who's Your Caddy?
2007 film by Don Michael Paul
Overview: Who's Your Caddy? is a 2007 American comedy film directed by Don Michael Paul and starring Big Boi, Lil Wayne, Andy Milonakis, Faizon Love, Terry Crews, Tony Cox, Jeffrey Jones and Jesper Parnevik. It ...
Release date: 27 July 2007Genre: Comedy, SportDirector: Don Michael PaulProducer: Shakim Compere, Ross M. DinersteinWriter: Don Michael Paul, Bradley AllensteinWhen a rap mogul from Atlanta tries to join a conservative country club in the Carolinas he runs into fierce opposition from the board President- but it's ... 0
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Uptown Saturday Night
1974 film by Sidney Poitier
Overview: Uptown Saturday Night is a 1974 American action comedy and crime comedy film, written by Richard Wesley and directed by and starring Sidney Poitier, with Bill Cosby and Harry Belafonte co-starring. Cosby ...
Release date: 16 June 1974Genre: ComedyDirector: Sidney PoitierProducer: Pembroke J. Herring, Melville TuckerWriter: Richard WesleyAt Madame Zenobia's illegal nightclub, when Steve Jackson and Wardell Franklin get robbed of their wallets containing a winning lottery ticket, they set ... 0
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Undercover Brother
2002 film by Malcolm D. Lee
Overview: Undercover Brother is a 2002 American satirical spy action comedy blaxploitation film directed by Malcolm D. Lee and starring Eddie Griffin. The screenplay by John Ridley and Michael McCullers is based ...
Release date: 30 May 2002Genre: Action, ComedyDirector: Malcolm D. LeeProducer: Bill Carraro, Brian GrazerWriter: John Ridley, Michael McCullersWhen "The Man" tries to derail a black candidate's presidential campaign, Undercover Brother and his fellow secret agents come to the rescue. 0
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The Last Dragon
1985 film by Michael Schultz
Overview: The Last Dragon (sometimes listed as Berry Gordy's The Last Dragon) is a 1985 American martial arts comedy film directed by Michael Schultz, written by Louis Venosta, and produced by Rupert Hitzig for ...Release date: 22 March 1985Genre: Action, Comedy, DramaDirector: Michael SchultzProducer: Joseph M. Caracciolo, Berry GordyWriter: Louis VenostaIn New York City, a young man searches for a Master to obtain the final level of martial arts mastery known as the Glow. 0
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Sparkle
1976 film
Overview: Sparkle is a 1976 American musical drama film directed by Sam O'Steen and released by Warner Bros. Pictures. With a plot inspired by the history of the Supremes, Sparkle is a period film set in Harlem ...
Release date: 7 April 1976Genre: Drama, MusicDirector: Sam O'SteenProducer: Peter Brown, Howard RosenmanWriter: Joel Schumacher, Howard RosenmanThree sisters form a singing group in 1950s Harlem, but success threatens to ruin their relationship forever. 0
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Shaft
1971 American film directed by Gordon Parks
Overview: Shaft is a 1971 American blaxploitation crime action thriller film directed by Gordon Parks and written by Ernest Tidyman and John D. F. Black. It is an adaptation of Tidyman's novel of the same name and ...
Release date: 25 June 1971Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, ThrillerDirector: Gordon ParksCast: Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn, Charles Cioffi, Christopher St. John, Gwenn Mitchell, Lawrence PressmanProducer: Joel Freeman, David GoldenWriter: Ernest Tidyman, John D.F. BlackCool black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter. 0
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Pootie Tang
2001 film directed by Louis C.K.
Overview: Pootie Tang is a 2001 American comedy film written and directed by Louis C.K.. adapted from a comedy sketch that first appeared on The Chris Rock Show. The character Pootie Tang is a satire of the ste ...
Release date: 29 June 2001Genre: Comedy, Musical, Adventure, ActionDirector: Louis C.K.Producer: Dave Becky, Blair BreardWriter: Louis C.K."The Man" is baffled by a chill hero's invincible weapon: gibberish. 0
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Live and Let Die
1973 James Bond film by Guy Hamilton
Overview: Live and Let Die is a 1973 spy film, the eighth film in the James Bond series produced by Eon Productions, and the first to star Roger Moore as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. It was directed by Guy ...
Release date: 27 June 1973Genre: Action, Adventure, ThrillerDirector: Guy HamiltonProducer: Albert R. Broccoli, Harry SaltzmanWriter: Tom Mankiewicz, Ian FlemingJames Bond is sent to stop a diabolically brilliant heroin magnate armed with a complex organisation and a reliable psychic tarot card reader. 0
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I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
1988 film by Keenen Ivory Wayans
Overview: I'm Gonna Git You Sucka is a 1988 American blaxploitation parody film written, directed by and starring Keenen Ivory Wayans in his directorial debut. Featured in the film are several noteworthy Africa ...
Release date: 14 December 1988Genre: Action, ComedyDirector: Keenen Ivory WayansProducer: Eric Barrett, Carl CraigWriter: Keenen Ivory WayansIn this parody of blaxploitation movies, a black hero wannabe reunites former black heroes from the 70s to help him get revenge on Mr. Big. 0
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