Blaxploitation movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant blaxploitation movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, cult film, rough, suspenseful, serious and exciting films and TV shows about / with blaxploitation, african american, black, exploitation, gangsters, violence, martial arts, murder, gunfight and rivalry plots mostly in Action, Crime and Thriller genres shot in USA, Philippines, UK and other countries.
blaxploitation
TOP 10 movies tagged as blaxploitation: Dolemite (1975), Shaft (1971), Foxy Brown (1974), I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988), Black Gunn (1972), Slaughter (1972), Blacula (1972), Coffy (1973), Black Dynamite (2009), Across 110th Street (1972).
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List of blaxploitation movies
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Dolemite is a pimp who was set up by Willie Greene and the cops, who have planted drugs, stolen furs, and guns in his trunk and got him sentenced to 20 years in jail. One day, Queen B and a warden planned to get him out of Jail and get Willie Green ...
Style:
campy, surreal, funny, not serious, parody ...
Plot:
blaxploitation, martial arts, exploitation, gangsters, prison, frame up, african american, cocaine, murder, gunfight, cult, black history ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
los angeles, usa
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20K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Cool black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.
Style:
stylized, tense, harsh, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
private detective, blaxploitation, gangsters, lone hero, gang, mafia, organized crime, hitman, gunfight, kidnapping, police, corruption ...
Time:
70s, 1930s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, new jersey, africa, california ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A voluptuous black woman takes a job as a high-class prostitute in order to get revenge on the mobsters who murdered her boyfriend.
Style:
campy, sexy, unusual plot structure, melancholic, thought provoking ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blaxploitation, revenge, gangsters, rape, rape and revenge, prostitution, exploitation, drug addiction, cult, black hero, gang, chase ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Jack Spade returns from the army in his old ghetto neighbourhood when his brother, June Bug, dies. Jack declares war on Mr. Big, powerful local crimelord. His army is led by John Slade, his childhood idol who used to fight bad guys in the 70s.
Style:
parody, funny, humorous, absurd, satirical ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blaxploitation, satire, hip hop, pimp, gangsters, ghetto, black history, heroes, farce, gunfight, stereotypes, stupidity ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 20th century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Action, 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:
controversial, serious, rough, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
blaxploitation, racism, gang, on the run, police corruption, betrayal, chase, prostitute, manhunt, vengeance, life is a bitch, sex with a minor ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 70s
Place:
los angeles, usa, latin america, california, south central los angeles ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A successful and popular nightclub owner who believes financial independence is the path to equality and success, must act as a go-between for militant-minded brother and the white gang syndicate his brother has attacked and robbed. Their ...
Style:
neo noir, exciting, realistic, serious, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blaxploitation, gangsters, vietnam war, organized crime, racism, nightclub, injustice, criminal heroes, vigilantism, gang, society, rivalry ...
Time:
70s
Place:
vietnam, asia, los angeles
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Slaughter, a former Green Beret, avenges the killing of loved ones by the Mob, and in so doing is coerced by the Feds into traveling to Mexico to finish off surviving mobsters.
Style:
neo noir, tense, realistic, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blaxploitation, gangsters, vietnam war, organized crime, murder, heroes, vigilantism, mafia, black hero, brutality, airport, revenge ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
mexico, latin america, south america
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
An 18th century African prince is turned into a vampire while visiting Transylvania. Two centuries later, he rises from his coffin attacking various residents of Los Angeles and meets Tina, a woman who he believes is the reincarnation of his ...
Style:
campy, psychotronic, scary, stylized, sexy ...
Plot:
blaxploitation, vampire, reincarnation, dracula, cult, monster, gay, african american, zombie, supernatural, nightclub, coroner ...
Time:
70s, 19th century, 1790s, 18th century, year 1972 ...
Place:
los angeles, australia, california, europe, usa ...
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12K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After her younger sister gets involved in drugs and is severely injured by contaminated heroin, a nurse sets out on a mission of vengeance and vigilante justice, killing drug dealers, pimps, and mobsters who cross her path.
Style:
campy, sexy, unusual plot structure, affectionate, ironic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blaxploitation, gangsters, vigilante, revenge, violence, exploitation, addiction, vigilantism, drug addiction, drugs, murder, cult ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
california, los angeles
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Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
This is the story of 1970s African-American action legend Black Dynamite. The Man killed his brother, pumped heroin into local orphanages, and flooded the ghetto with adulterated malt liquor. Black Dynamite was the one hero willing to fight The Man ...
Style:
parody, humorous, funny, talky, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
blaxploitation, martial arts, gangsters, mob boss, exploitation, organized crime, justice, kung fu, drugs, fighting crime, tough heroes, injustice ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 80s
Place:
usa, washington d.c., california
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
In a daring robbery, some $300,000 is taken from the Italian mob. Several mafiosi are killed, as are two policemen. Lt. Pope and Mattelli are two New York City cops trying to break the case. Three small-time criminals are on the run with the money. ...
Style:
neo noir, cynical, realistic, bleak, sexy ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blaxploitation, gangsters, organized crime, mafia, murder, african american, exploitation, violence, brutality, police investigation, police corruption, police ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
new york, harlem, usa, manhattan new york city, new jersey
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Johnnie Hill plays Velvet Smooth in this soft-core crime meller. The slinky Ms. Smooth is head of a private detective agency, specializing in protecting the unprotectable. Her current client is in deep with a murderous numbers racket. So Velvet ...
Plot:
blaxploitation, female martial artist, karate, women, female fight, woman with a gun, revenge, private detective, bad cop, safe, warehouse, corrupt cop ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Philippines, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
When two troublemaking female prisoners (one a revolutionary, the other a former harem-girl) can't seem to get along, they are chained together and extradited for safekeeping. The women, still chained together, stumble, stab, and cat-fight ...
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, psychotronic, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
women in prison, blaxploitation, prison, prostitute, female prisoner, racial tension, jungle, sexual desire, injustice, opposites attract, false accusation, bounty hunter ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
the philippines, asia
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
John Shaft is back as the lady-loved black detective cop on the search for the murderer of a client.
Style:
sexy, neo noir, bad ending, atmospheric, unusual plot structure ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blaxploitation, murder, helicopter, chase, private detective, exploitation, undercover, gangsters, gang, police investigation, investigation, racism ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
new york, tokyo, africa, usa, harlem
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Detective John Shaft travels incognito to Ethiopia, then France, to bust a human trafficking ring.
Style:
sexy, splatter, talky, stylized, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
blaxploitation, exploitation, espionage, private detective, nude, slavery, gangsters, gunfight, male nudity, sex, violence, circumcision ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 20th century
Place:
africa, new york, paris france, tokyo, ethiopia ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Tommy Gibbs is a tough kid, raised in the ghetto, who aspires to be a kingpin criminal. As a young boy, his leg is broken by a bad cop on the take, during a payoff gone bad. Nursing his vengeance, he rises to power in Harlem, New York. Angry at the ...
Style:
neo noir, psychotronic, realistic, serious, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blaxploitation, gangsters, mafia, tough guy, exploitation, gang, city, organized crime, bad father, african american gangster, legal, martial arts ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1953, year 1965, year 1972 ...
Place:
new york, harlem, usa, california, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Tougher than Shaft and smoother than Superfly, this high-voltage sequel to Black Caesar explodes with enough action to incinerate New York City. Packed with machine-gun mayhem and riveting adventure, Hell Up in Harlem is nothing less than a ...
Style:
neo noir, serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blaxploitation, gangsters, exploitation, mafia, gang, murder, city, police corruption, african american, kidnapping, grizzly bear, city life ...
Time:
70s
Place:
new york, harlem, usa, los angeles, coney island brooklyn new york city ...
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
An evil succubus is preying on libidinous black men in New York, and all that stands in her way is a minister-in-training, an aspiring actor, and a cop that specializes in cases involving the supernatural.
Style:
serious, tense, rough, suspenseful, sexy ...
Plot:
vampire, blaxploitation, femme fatale, dangerous attraction, supernatural, couples, deal with the devil, murder, injustice, seduction, crisis of faith, lust ...
Time:
80s
Place:
north carolina, usa, new york
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
After a fundraiser for a black politician is robbed, Detroit police put two detectives, one white and one black, on the case, who try to work together under boiling political pressure.
Style:
exciting, cynical, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blaxploitation, heist, exploitation, teenager, female boss, murder, police, hitman, prostitution, interracial relations, money, strong violent content ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
michigan, detroit, usa
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Dolemite comes to the rescue of Queen Bee, whose Nightclub is threatened by the Mafia.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, exciting, stylized, witty ...
Plot:
blaxploitation, superhero, martial arts, exploitation, rivalry, fighting crime, injustice, racism, lone wolves, heroes, gangsters, cult ...
Time:
70s
Place:
california, usa
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Genre: Action
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
When fellow operatives (and childhood friends) Matthew Johnson and Melvin Johnson disappear during an undercover mission in Hong Kong, Cleopatra Jones travels there to find them. With the help of local detective Mi Ling, Cleopatra discovers that her ...
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blaxploitation, martial arts, spy, kung fu, murder, black history, woman with a gun, women, strong female lead, female fight, heroin, casino ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
hong kong, asia, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Two black bounty hunters ride into a small town out West in pursuit of an outlaw. They discover that the town has no sheriff, and soon take over that position, much against the will of the mostly white townsfolk.
Style:
funny, parody, semi serious, realistic, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blaxploitation, old west, exploitation, black man, black hero, small western town, gang of outlaws, horse, violence, african american, cowboy, gunfight ...
Time:
19th century
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A retired cop becomes a DJ/celebrity at the Blueberry Hill disco-- he's the "Disco Godfather!" All is well until his nephew flips out on a strange new drug that's sweeping the streets, called "angel dust," or PCP. Disco ...
Style:
campy, surreal, exciting, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
disco, blaxploitation, martial arts, drugs, exploitation, gangsters, nightclub, cult, drug abuse, black cop, vice squad, intoxication ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A band of female pirates go undercover at a prison camp on a coffee plantation to rescue their leader's sister.
Plot:
blaxploitation, women in prison, exploitation, prison, pirate, rescue, woman with a gun, women's prison, jungle, black woman, sea battle, african american ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A violent street gang, the Rebels, rule the streets of Gary, Indiana. The Rebels shoot Marvin Bookman, a store-keeper, for giving the police information about a drive-by shooting they committed. Marvin's son, former NFL star John who created ...
Style:
reflective, satirical, allegory, visually appealing, unusual plot structure ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blaxploitation, gang, gangsters, vigilante, vigilantism, murder, vengeance, culture clash, hospital, redemption, violence, death ...
Time:
70s, 90s
Place:
indiana, usa
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Genre: Crime, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Over 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.
Style:
scary, bloody, stylized, rough, slasher ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
blaxploitation, afterlife, betrayal, ghost, vengeance, dog, supernatural, revenge, haunted house, gangsters, haunted by the past, brutality ...
Time:
70s, 90s, 2000s
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
After a dying Voodoo queen chooses an adopted apprentice as her successor, her true heir is outraged. Seeking revenge, he buys the bones of Blacula the vampire off of a dealer, and uses voodoo to bring the vampire back to do his bidding. In turn, ...
Style:
campy, bloody, slasher, scary, sexy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
vampire, blaxploitation, dracula, african american, exploitation, transformation, writers, childhood, suspense, redemption, serial killer, dreams ...
Time:
70s, 18th century
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A United States Special Agent is assigned to crack down on drug-trafficking in the U.S. and abroad. After she burns a Turkish poppy field, the notorious drug-lord Mommy is furious at the loss of her supply and vows to destroy her.
Style:
realistic, serious, exciting, rough, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blaxploitation, martial arts, female warrior, spy, exploitation, police, murder, black history, strong female lead, women, gangsters, car chase ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, istanbul turkey
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The story involves a white supremist plot to taint the United States water supply with a toxin that is harmless to whites but lethal to blacks. The only obstacles that stand in the way of this dastardly plan are Jim Brown, Fred Williamson and Jim ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, serious, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blaxploitation, martial arts, african american, tough guy, city, evil, criminal activity, genocide, racism, injustice, dishonesty, vigilantism ...
Time:
70s
Place:
new york, los angeles, detroit, washington d.c., chicago illinois
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The Charismatic black nationalist leader Rev Deke O'Malley is trying to sell the people of Harlem a dream. Invest $100 in his company and live in Africa. But cops Gravedigger and Coffin know all about Deke and his fraudulent schemes that take ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, witty, humorous, funny ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blaxploitation, investigation, odd couple, police investigation, dishonesty, partners, partners against crime, tough law enforcer, master criminal, buddies, law enforcement, black cop ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
new york, africa, harlem, usa
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