Movies like Panther
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Panther (1995)
3K
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Panther is a semi-historic film about the origins of The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense. The movie spans about 3 years (1966-68) of the Black Panther's history in Oakland. Panther also uses historical footage (B/W) to emphasize some points.
Style:
political, disturbing, controversial, period piece, philosophical, hood, cult classic, tense, bleak, serious ...
Plot:
black panthers, hip hop, racism, african american, black, conspiracy, revolution, marxist, politics, revenge, violence, racial discrimination, brutality, civil rights, civil rights movement, social commentary, drug, hunting, anarchist, intrigue, resistance, urban, working class, human rights, racial issues ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 60s, 1960s, 1990s
Place:
america, vietnam, sacramento california, oakland california, ireland, california, american
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Most similar movies to Panther
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, disturbing and thought provoking films with plots about society, life is a bitch, racism, african american, injustice, interracial relations and blaxploitation mostly in Drama, Crime and History genres. Some movies like Panther: Rosewood (1997), American History X (1998), Deacons for Defense (2003), Blind Faith (1998), Freedom Song (2000). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Spurred by a white woman's lie, vigilantes destroy a black Florida town and slay inhabitants in 1923.
Style:
disturbing, period piece, political, social, depressing ...
Plot:
racism, african american, small town, civil rights, black history, black, racial slur, murder, interracial, politics, massacre, racial segregation ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century, year 1997
Place:
florida, america, usa, africa, california ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Derek Vineyard is paroled after serving 3 years in prison for killing two thugs who tried to break into/steal his truck. Through his brother, Danny Vineyard's narration, we learn that before going to prison, Derek was a skinhead and the leader ...
Style:
cerebral, rough, serious, clever, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night, date night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
gang, skinhead, racism, prison, neo nazism, neo nazi, character change, nazism, juvenile delinquency, murder, politics, african american ...
Time:
20th century, year 1998, 90s
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, america, north america ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Inspired by a true story, this drama is set in 1965, not long after passage of the Civil Rights Act. Despite the Act, the African-American citizens of Bogalusa are still treated like third-class citizens, their fundamental rights as human beings ...
Style:
suspenseful, disturbing, thought provoking, tense, bleak ...
Plot:
racism, politics, injustice, culture clash, state affairs, vigilantism, social decay, discrimination, police corruption, african american, blaxploitation, black ...
Time:
60s
Place:
usa, louisiana
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
in 1957 an African-American criminal lawyer (Courtney B. Vance) defends his nephew, who faces the death penalty for murdering a white boy. Charles S. Dutton, Kadeem Hardison, Garland Whitt and Lonette McKee costar in this drama of racial and social ...
Style:
thought provoking, independent film, realistic, serious
Plot:
gay, lgbt, black, eye, law, murder, criminal lawyer, gay slur, courtroom drama, false accusation, racism, interracial relations ...
Time:
year 1998, 50s
Place:
bronx new york city, new york, usa
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28%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
erotic, grindhouse, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
racism, blaxploitation, on the run, african american, sex with a minor, gang, fugitive, racial slur, sex, police corruption, betrayal, chase ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 70s, year 1971
Place:
los angeles, latin america, usa, california, south central los angeles ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Freedom Song (2000) is a made-for-TV film based on true stories of the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi in the 1960s. It tells the story of the struggle of African Americans to register to vote in the fictional town of Quinlan. In the midst of ...
Style:
thought provoking, sincere, captivating, emotional, political ...
Plot:
african american, racism, fighting the system, interracial relations, rebellion, life is a bitch, injustice, teenage life, discrimination, parents and children, society, hopes ...
Time:
90s
Place:
mississippi, usa
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
In 1965 Alabama, an 11 year old girl (Jurnee Smollett) is touched by a speech by Martin Luther King, Jr. (Clifton Powell) and becomes a devout follower. But her resolution is tested when she joins others in the famed march from Selma to Montgomery. ...
Style:
gothic, realistic, serious, uplifting, captivating ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
racism, african american, civil rights, racial issues, racial discrimination, martin luther king, blaxploitation, black, interracial relations, social decay, discrimination, youth ...
Time:
60s, year 1965
Place:
alabama, america, usa
Similarity:
26%
110K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 202 min.
Story:
A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he became a Black Muslim and then a leader in the Nation of Islam. His assassination in 1965 left ...
Style:
political, factual, inspirational, thought provoking, intense ...
Plot:
civil rights, racism, politics, african american, black history, civil rights movement, assassination, islam, biopic, childhood, black, anti racism ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 60s, 50s, 1940s ...
Place:
usa, africa, new york, saudi arabia, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
26%
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418
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In April 1992, following the notorious Rodney King verdict, the streets of Los Angeles became a battlefield, the backdrop to four personal intertwined stories.
Style:
independent film, anthology, serious, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
racism, die hard, black lives matter, discrimination, hip hop culture, hip hop, nypd, civil rights, drug addiction, rebellion, violent content, chaos and mayhem ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
south central los angeles, america, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In the 1920s, the rights of American workers to join a labor union was still considered an open question, and African-Americans were routinely denied their civil and economic rights. 10,000 Black Men Named George, the title, refers to the fact ...
Style:
thought provoking, captivating, disturbing, tense, contemplative ...
Plot:
african american, racism, labor union, interracial relations, injustice, rise to the top, ambition, fighting the system, life is a bitch, rebellion, workplace, dishonesty ...
Time:
1920s, 1930s
Place:
america
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A man in a gleaming white suit comes to a small Southern town on the eve of integration. He calls himself a social reformer. But what he does is stir up trouble--trouble he soon finds he can't control.
Style:
grindhouse, independent film, psychotronic, political, controversial ...
Plot:
racism, ku klux klan, ethnicity, lynch mob, deep south, civil rights, racial discrimination, racial issues, blaxploitation, ethnic, exploitation, african ...
Time:
year 1962, 20th century, 60s
Place:
southern usa, america, usa, africa
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The story of the civil rights heroine whose refusal to obey racial bus segregation was just one of her acts in her fight for justice.
Style:
uplifting, thought provoking, realistic, serious, political ...
Plot:
civil rights movement, civil disobedience, african american, civil rights, racial segregation, racism, black history, fighting the system, rebellion, social differences, injustice, legal ...
Time:
year 1955, 50s, 20th century, 1950s
Place:
alabama, america, usa
Similarity:
25%
456
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A harrowing look at the 60s and early 70s through the eyes of Katherine Alman, a wealthy debutante who slowly, but inexorably spirals down into a fight for the causes that shook a nation, leading a path to the underground life. Written by Miguel Cane
Style:
thought provoking, captivating, tense, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
vietnam war, swing, girl, revolution, politics, rebellion, militant, political unrest, teenage life, life is a bitch, state affairs, fighting the system ...
Time:
year 1969, year 1970, year 1966, year 1964, year 1965 ...
Place:
peru, san francisco, guatemala
Similarity:
25%
11K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence, and other nostalgic events in early 1900s New York City.
Style:
clever, bleak, cult classic, independent film, controversial ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
racism, jazz, renaissance, racial injustice, american history, racial discrimination, trial, female nudity, friendship, murder, anarchist, unrequited love ...
Time:
year 1981, victorian era, 1900s, 1910s, 20th century ...
Place:
new york, eastern europe, harlem, usa, atlantic city new jersey ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Goldie 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 lord who wants him to return to the small time.
Style:
grindhouse, hood, independent film, funny, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blaxploitation, urban, african american, black, exploitation, ghetto, pimp, corrupt cop, street life, corruption, revenge, prison ...
Time:
70s
Place:
oakland california, bay area, usa, california
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Black revolutionaries take action in the white suburbs.
Style:
political, independent film, realistic, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blaxploitation, racism, black, urban, marxist, jazz, black lives matter, white supremacy, exploitation, revolution, interracial relations, injustice ...
Time:
70s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
24%
123K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
A look at the life of Cecil Gaines who served eight presidents as the White House's head butler from 1952 to 1986, and had a unique front-row seat as political and racial history was made.
Style:
touching, inspirational, political, factual, historical drama ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
racism, president, u.s. president, civil rights, black history, racial discrimination, butler, injustice, african american, politics, civil rights movement, father son relationship ...
Time:
80s, 70s, year 2013, 60s, year 1961 ...
Place:
washington d.c., usa, birmingham alabama, nashville tennessee, america ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
A drama based on the true story in which a black Vietnam-era veteran is allegedly murdered by a local white businessman who is later exonerated. The plot focuses on the role of a local high school teacher and the civil unrest that followed the ...
Style:
thought provoking, disturbing, captivating, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
racism, murder, social differences, introspection, life is a bitch, society, discrimination, social decay, injustice, small town life, small town, murderer ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
north carolina, usa
Similarity:
24%
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99K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
"Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous statement by President Lyndon B. Johnson that ultimately led to the signing of the Civil Rights ...
Style:
thought provoking, sincere, political, period piece, factual ...
Plot:
racism, civil rights, justice, politics, racial discrimination, civil rights movement, african american, biopic, discrimination, idealism, injustice, righting the wronged ...
Time:
year 2014, 20th century, 2010s, 60s, year 1964 ...
Place:
alabama, birmingham alabama, indiana, usa, southern usa ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The true story of Ruby Bridges, an African-American girl who, in 1960 at age 6, helped to integrate the all-white schools of New Orleans. Although she was the only black girl to come to the school she was sent to, (and since all the white mothers ...
Style:
uplifting, political, inspirational, contemplative, serious ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
racism, african american, civil rights, racial discrimination, black, art, blaxploitation, black history, education, school, interracial relations, injustice ...
Time:
60s
Place:
america, louisiana, usa, new orleans
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of Clarence Brandley, a black man wrongly accused in 1980 of the murder of a 16-year-old white high school girl named Cheryl Ferguson. Brandley worked at Conroe High School, where Ferguson was visiting as a member of the ...
Style:
disturbing, realistic, emotional, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
prison, confined, uncover truth, courtroom drama, false accusation, dishonesty, law enforcement, society, legal, legal action, prison life, courtroom ...
Time:
80s
Place:
texas, usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
This made-for-TV movie dramatizes the historic boycott of public buses in the 1950s, led by civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, political, talky
Plot:
civil rights movement, racism, interracial relations, civil rights, politics, hopes, fighting the system, racial prejudice, social activism, protest, human spirit, social differences ...
Time:
50s, year 1955
Place:
america, usa, alabama
Similarity:
23%
442
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Election Night 1979: Margaret Thatcher is about to come into power. A young black man is held on suspicion of murdering his pregnant wife. Officers Karn and Wilby, racist to the core and high on the prospect of a Conservative Party victory, try to ...
Style:
disturbing, realistic, rough, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot:
racism, murder, protagonist as suspect, police investigation, injustice, society, life is a bitch, law enforcement, social decay, police brutality, police corruption, wrongful arrest ...
Time:
70s, year 1979
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, South Africa
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Sarah Barcant, a lawyer in New York City who grew up in South Africa, returns to her childhood dwelling place to intercede for Alex Mpondo, a Black South African politician who was tortured during apartheid.
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, sincere, cult classic ...
Plot:
apartheid, missing person, politics, courtroom drama, state affairs, rivalry, haunted by the past, injustice, life is a bitch, law enforcement, society, courtroom ...
Time:
year 2004, 21st century
Place:
south africa, africa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Two FBI agents investigating the murder of civil rights workers during the 60s seek to breach the conspiracy of silence in a small Southern town where segregation divides black and white. The younger agent trained in FBI school runs up against the ...
Style:
political thriller, southern gothic, political, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
racism, small town, police, civil rights, african american, ku klux klan, murder, politics, deep south, investigation, racial prejudice, racial segregation ...
Time:
year 1964, 20th century, 60s, year 1988
Place:
mississippi, southern usa, america, usa, canada
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Philadelphia, 1976. The city of Brotherly Love is waging a successful war against crime led by its tough-talking mayor, Frank Rizzo. But a maverick investigative reporter, Jonathan Neumann, has heard some troubling rumors: stories of innocent people ...
Style:
thought provoking, serious, rough, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
journalism, police corruption, amateur detective, murder, legal investigation, media, fighting the system, uncover truth, wrongful conviction, police brutality, state affairs, dishonesty ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
philadelphia
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Inspired by the true story of Greg Yance. In the film, Yance (Epps) is a hood who goes to jail for possession of drugs. He is given a choice: 5 years in jail or a couple of months in boot camp. He chooses boot camp and finds out it is tougher than ...
Style:
hood, inspirational, serious, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
black, urban, blaxploitation, boot camp, thug life, ghetto, prison, prison life, black history, thug, black man, drug dealing ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
23%
14K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
In 1934, the second most lucrative business in New York City was running "the numbers". When, Madam Queen, the powerful woman who runs the scam in Harlem, is arrested. Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson takes over the business and must ...
Style:
period piece, hood, stylized, neo noir, black and white ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, mafia, organized crime, african american, skinny dipping, black, gangsta, urban, black history, crime family, prison, violence ...
Time:
1930s, 90s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
harlem, new york, israel, illinois, usa ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
In 1998, three white men in the small town of Jasper, Texas, chained a black man to the back of their pickup truck and dragged him to his death. This film relates that story and how it affected all of the residents of the town, both black and white.
Style:
disturbing, sincere, realistic, serious, freeze frame
Plot:
african american, racism, small town, fighting the system, investigation, social decay, social differences, society, life is a bitch, human spirit, injustice, murder ...
Time:
90s
Place:
austin texas, midwest, texas, usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Ex-con attempting to go straight runs across serious problems. His girlfriend gets arrested for dealing crack to an undercover police officer. In a desperate attempt to get the charges dropped against his woman, he strikes deal with weapons cop to ...
Style:
hood, grim, crime drama, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
urban, ghetto, hip hop, gang, arms dealing, black, kids in trouble, african american, police, poverty, troubled youth, rap ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
22%
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