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50 Movies That Address the History of Racism in America

Stacker extensively researched the history of Black filmmaking and Black lives captured on screen in both fiction features and documentaries, and compiled a list of 50 diverse films that address the history of racism in America in one way or the other using IMDb data as of June 3, 2020. To amplify Black voices and firsthand experience, the overwhelming majority of the films on this list are made by Black filmmakers. The films are organized chronologically.
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Within Our Gates (1920)
Within Our Gates (1920)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
2
Shadows (1959)
Shadows (1959)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
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A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
4
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
Rotten Tomatoes®   72%
5
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
6
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One (1968)
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One (1968)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
7
The Story of a Three-Day Pass (1968)
The Story of a Three-Day Pass (1968)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
8
The Learning Tree (1969)
The Learning Tree (1969)
Rotten Tomatoes®   75%
9
Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970)
Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970)
10
Sounder (1972)
Sounder (1972)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
11
The Spook Who Sat by the Door (1973)
The Spook Who Sat by the Door (1973)
Rotten Tomatoes®   73%
12
Ganja & Hess (1973)
Ganja & Hess (1973)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
13
Killer of Sheep (1978)
Killer of Sheep (1978)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
14
Losing Ground (1982)
Losing Ground (1982)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
15
She's Gotta Have It (2017)
She's Gotta Have It (2017)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
16
Tongues Untied (1989)
Tongues Untied (1989)
17
Do the Right Thing (1989)
Do the Right Thing (1989)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
18
Daughters of the Dust (1991)
Daughters of the Dust (1991)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
19
Boyz N the Hood (1991)
Boyz N the Hood (1991)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
20
Just Another Girl on the I.R.T. (1993)
Just Another Girl on the I.R.T. (1993)
Rotten Tomatoes®   67%
21
Malcolm X (1992)
Malcolm X (1992)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
22
Hoop Dreams (1994)
Hoop Dreams (1994)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
23
Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)
Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
24
The Watermelon Woman (1996)
The Watermelon Woman (1996)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
25
Down in the Delta (1998)
Down in the Delta (1998)
Rotten Tomatoes®   79%
26
Bamboozled (2000)
Bamboozled (2000)
Rotten Tomatoes®   52%
27
How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (And Enjoy It) (2005)
How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (And Enjoy It) (2005)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
28
The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till (2005)
The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till (2005)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
29
The Great Debaters (2007)
The Great Debaters (2007)
Rotten Tomatoes®   78%
30
Trouble the Water (2008)
Trouble the Water (2008)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
31
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 (2011)
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 (2011)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
32
12 Years a Slave (2013)
12 Years a Slave (2013)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
33
Fruitvale Station (2013)
Fruitvale Station (2013)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
34
Dear White People (2014)
Dear White People (2014)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
35
Selma (2014)
Selma (2014)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
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Rat Film (2016)
Rat Film (2016)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
37
I Am Not Your Negro (2016)
I Am Not Your Negro (2016)
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O.J.: Made in America (2016)
O.J.: Made in America (2016)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
39
Loving (2016)
Loving (2016)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
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13th (2016)
13th (2016)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
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