Anti racism movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant anti racism movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out black cinema, thought provoking, social, sincere, political and realistic films and TV shows about / with anti racism, black, african american, black history, racism, blaxploitation, black lives matter, family relations, black american and interracial relations plots mostly in Drama, Biography and Crime genres shot in USA, Japan, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as anti racism: Malcolm X (1992), Bones of Crows (2022), Executive Order (2020), Candyman (2021), Black Girl (1966), Roots (1977), Losing Ground (1982), The Color Purple (1985), Mississippi Burning (1988), Do the Right Thing (1989).

List of anti racism movies

 7.7
 110K
Malcolm X (1992)
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 ...
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 6.8
 749
Bones of Crows (2022)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Cree matriarch Aline Spears survives a childhood in Canada’s residential school system to continue her family’s generational fight in the face of systemic starvation, racism, and sexual abuse. She uses her uncanny ability to understand and ...
Style: psychological, captivating, suspenseful, thrilling, family saga ...
Plot: indigenous people, world war two, matriarchy, survival, trauma, resilience, colonialism, oppression, social problems, confronting the past, violence, social issues ...
Time: 20th century
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Executive Order (2020)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Brazil
Duration: 103 min.
Story: In a dystopian future, the Brazilian government decrees a measure that forces black citizens to migrate to Africa in an attempt to return to their origins. Seeing themselves in the center of terror, two cousins take refuge in an apartment, where ...
Style: tense, captivating, thought provoking, disturbing
Plot: gay relationship, dystopia, gay, distopia, racism, underground movement, fighting the system, dystopian future, society, social problems, black people, government ...
Time: future, near future
Place: brazil, rio de janeiro
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 5.9
 83K
Candyman (2021)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, Australia, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: For as long as residents can remember, the housing projects of Chicago's Cabrini Green neighborhood were terrorized by a word-of-mouth ghost story about a supernatural killer with a hook for a hand, easily summoned by those daring to repeat his ...
Style: scary, suspense, slasher, demonic, suspenseful ...
Audience: kids, adult
Plot: urban legend, strong violent content, murder, gay brother, urban decay, art exhibition, candyman, african american, supernatural, vengeful ghost, mirror, revenge ...
Time: 2020s, year 2019, year 1977, 2010s, 70s
Place: chicago, usa, oceania
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 7.4
 7K
Black Girl (1966)
Genre: Drama
Country: Senegal, France
Duration: 65 min.
Story: Eager to find a better life abroad, a Senegalese woman becomes a mere governess to a family in southern France, suffering from discrimination and marginalization.
Style: black and white, realistic, serious, thought provoking, emotional ...
Plot: racism, black, feminist, suicide, black woman, immigrant, suffering, blaxploitation, migration, exile, worker, anti racism ...
Time: 60s, year 1966, 20th century
Place: africa, south of france, west africa, europe, senegal ...
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 8.4
 20K
Roots (1977)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
TV show
Story: African teen Kunta Kinte, brought to America to be enslaved, and the generations of his family.
Style: touching, suspense, historical drama, saga, serious ...
Plot: slavery, racism, slave trade, family history, civil war, american civil war, sexualized violence, american south, escape attempt, african american, black, justice ...
Time: 18th century, 19th century, 1800s, 20th century, 1860s ...
Place: africa, usa, america, tennessee, england
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Losing Ground (1982)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A comedy-drama about a Black American female philosophy professor and her insensitive, philandering, and flamboyant artist husband who are having a marital crisis. When the wife goes off on an almost unbelievable journey to find "ecstasy", ...
Style: independent film, black cinema
Plot: marriage, artist, painter, african american, black, blaxploitation, women of color, professor, midlife crisis, women, anti racism, black lives matter ...
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The Color Purple (1985)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 154 min.
Story: An epic tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry. After Celie's abusive father marries her off to the equally debasing "Mister" Albert ...
Style: sentimental, inspirational, touching, sincere, emotional ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night
Plot: african american, sexual abuse, incest, lgbtq, domestic violence, life is a bitch, rape, racial discrimination, feminism, incest rape, wife abuse, abusive relationship ...
Time: edwardian era, 20th century, 1930s, year 1985, 1920s ...
Place: africa, southern usa, usa, tennessee, georgia
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Mississippi Burning (1988)
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
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Do the Right Thing (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: On the hottest day of the year on a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, everyone's hate and bigotry smolders and builds until it explodes into violence.
Style: hood, independent film, controversial, sexy, realistic ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: heat wave, racism, pizzeria, culture clash, hip hop, police brutality, pizza, african american, ghetto, boycott, black history, prejudice ...
Time: 20th century, year 1989, 80s
Place: new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, africa, new york state
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 7.4
 24K
Lean on Me (1989)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: When principal Joe Clark takes over decaying Eastside High School, he's faced with students wearing gang colors and graffiti-covered walls. Determined to do anything he must to turn the school around, he expels suspected drug dealers, padlocks ...
Style: inspirational, feel good, hood, realistic, political ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, kids
Plot: african american, teenager, high school, teacher, black, mentor, school, urban, teaching, school teacher, violence, teenage pregnancy ...
Time: 80s, year 1989, 20th century, 60s
Place: new jersey
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The Women of Brewster Place (1989)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 178 min.
TV show
Story: A multigenerational story of the lives of several black women who call an inner-city tenement home.
Style: retro, serious, realistic, touching, sincere ...
Plot: black, rape, lgbtq, women of color, sexual abuse, sexualized violence, anti racism, lesbian, blaxploitation, lgbt, black cast, strong female lead ...
Time: 80s, 70s, 60s
Place: africa
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 7.5
 108K
42 (2013)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: The powerful story of Jackie Robinson, the legendary baseball player who broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier when he joined the roster of the Brooklyn Dodgers. The film follows the innovative Dodgers’ general manager Branch Rickey, the ...
Style: sentimental, period piece, touching, factual, intense ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: racism, baseball, athlete and trainer, african american, rise to the top, racial segregation, civil rights, athlete's life, against the odds, biopic, black history, justice ...
Time: 1940s, year 1946, 2010s, year 2013, 20th century ...
Place: africa, new york, usa, pasadena california, empire state building manhattan new york city ...
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The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: A struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional career.
Style: inspirational, emotional, sentimental, uplifting, motivational ...
Audience: family outing, chick flick, teens, family friendly
Plot: homeless, life, human spirit, rags to riches, life philosophy, success, single father, poverty, rise to the top, family drama, life is a bitch, biopic ...
Time: 80s, year 2006, 2010s, 20th century
Place: usa, california, bay area, san francisco, america
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 7.4
 350K
Moonlight (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: The tender, heartbreaking story of a young man’s struggle to find himself, told across three defining chapters in his life as he experiences the ecstasy, pain, and beauty of falling in love, while grappling with his own sexuality.
Style: sexy, inspirational, lgbt cinema, visually stunning, art house ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, date night, teen drama, adult
Plot: forgiveness, drug dealer, lgbtq, coming of age, lgbt, african american, homosexuality, gay, gay interest, dysfunctional family, drug addict, closeted homosexual ...
Time: year 2016, 2000s, 2010s
Place: florida, atlanta georgia, indiana, idaho, miami
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 8.1
 25K
Insecure (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Follows the awkward experiences and racy tribulations of a modern-day African-American woman.
Style: erotic, sexual, sensual, touching, romantic ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick
Plot: female protagonist, african american, friends, friendship, black, women, love interest, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love and romance, couples, couple relations, love ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: indiana, california
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 7.8
 804K
Get Out (2017)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Chris and his girlfriend Rose go upstate to visit her parents for the weekend. At first, Chris reads the family's overly accommodating behavior as nervous attempts to deal with their daughter's interracial relationship, but as the weekend ...
Style: twist ending, psychological, psychological thriller, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: racism, hypnosis, brainwashing, interracial romance, kidnapping, paranoia, survival, female villain, african american, revenge, african american protagonist, neurosurgeon ...
Time: future, 2010s, year 2017, 21st century
Place: brooklyn new york city, southern usa, indiana, new york
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 7.3
 29K
Marshall (2017)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA, China, Hong Kong
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, battles through one of his career-defining cases.
Style: suspense, captivating, tense, period piece, inspirational ...
Plot: court, racism, lawyer, courtroom, injustice, african american, racial segregation, african american protagonist, racial discrimination, trial, jury, justice ...
Time: 1940s, year 2017, 2010s, year 1954, year 1967
Place: new york, connecticut, maryland, philadelphia, manhattan new york city ...
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 7.3
 59K
Detroit (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story: A police raid in Detroit in 1967 results in one of the largest citizens' uprisings in the history of the United States.
Style: suspense, social, hood, suspenseful, factual ...
Plot: racism, police violence, police brutality, racial tension, trial, fear, motel, murder, african american, revenge, racial segregation, looting ...
Time: year 2017, year 1967, 2010s, year 1969, year 1943 ...
Place: detroit, michigan
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 6.5
 6K
Clemency (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Years of carrying out death row executions have taken a toll on prison warden Bernadine Williams. As she prepares to execute another inmate, Bernadine must confront the psychological and emotional demons her job creates, ultimately connecting her to ...
Style: psychological, disturbing, rough, bleak, compassionate ...
Plot: death row, lethal injection, prison, death sentence, prison warden, black american, black, retirement, lawyer, teacher, protest, african american ...
Time: 2010s
Place: usa
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The Hate U Give (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story: Raised in a poverty-stricken slum, a 16-year-old girl named Starr now attends a suburban prep school. After she witnesses a police officer shoot her unarmed best friend, she's torn between her two very different worlds as she tries to speak her ...
Style: hood, captivating, teen, social, sad ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: racism, ghetto, african american, father son relationship, father daughter relationship, loss of friend, black, coming of age, black lives matter, private school, black history, teenager ...
Time: 2010s
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 6.8
 387K
Us (2019)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, China, Japan
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Husband and wife Gabe and Adelaide Wilson take their kids to their beach house expecting to unplug and unwind with friends. But as night descends, their serenity turns to tension and chaos when some shocking visitors arrive uninvited.
Style: surprise ending, twist ending, suspense, psychological thriller, spooky ...
Audience: adult
Plot: doppelganger, murder, home invasion, amusement park, panic, african american, fear, husband wife relationship, evil twin, traumatic childhood, childhood memory, black family ...
Time: year 1986, 2010s, year 2019, 80s
Place: usa, california
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 8.2
 145K
Watchmen (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Television series based on the comic-book 'Watchmen', which was published by DC Comics in 1986 - 1987.
Style: atmospheric, bleak, non-linear, suspense, anthology ...
Plot: superhero, villain, vigilantism, male star appears nude, anti hero, team, black, heroes, police officer, racial slur, racial tension, racial discrimination ...
Time: 2010s, year 2019, 20th century, 80s, 90s
Place: usa, new york
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If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: After her fiance is falsely imprisoned, a pregnant African-American woman sets out to clear his name and prove his innocence.
Style: inspirational, social, captivating, realistic, touching ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: sex scene, african american, racism, prison, love story, love, dating, pregnant woman, injustice, black american, wrongful conviction, pregnancy ...
Time: 2010s, 70s
Place: puerto rico, new york, harlem, manhattan new york city, harlem, new york city
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 7.4
 34K
Blindspotting (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Collin must make it through his final three days of probation for a chance at a new beginning. He and his troublemaking childhood best friend, Miles, work as movers, and when Collin witnesses a police shooting, the two men’s friendship is tested ...
Style: thought provoking, suspenseful, hood, disturbing, comedy drama ...
Audience: preschool
Plot: male friendship, cemetery, parole, probation, best friend, police, party, fight, ghetto, black, racism, police brutality ...
Place: oakland california, san francisco, boston, milwaukee wisconsin, portland oregon ...
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One Night in Miami... (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: In the aftermath of Cassius Clay's defeat of Sonny Liston in 1964, the boxer meets with Malcolm X, Sam Cooke and Jim Brown to change the course of history in the segregated South.
Style: thought provoking, uplifting, suspense, political, sad ...
Plot: plantation, black history, racism, black, african american, fight for justice, inequality, racial injustice, friendship between men, injustice, women, victory ...
Time: 60s, 2020s, year 1963, year 1964, year 1965
Place: miami, georgia
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 7.4
 124K
Minari (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A Korean-American family moves to Arkansas in search of their own American Dream. With the arrival of their sly, foul-mouthed, but incredibly loving grandmother, the stability of their relationships is challenged even more in this new life in the ...
Style: sad, period piece, semi autobiographical, independent film, sincere ...
Audience: teens
Plot: korean american, husband wife relationship, farmer, food, friendship, grandmother grandson relationship, farm, pain, heart condition, family relations, grandmother granddaughter relationship, coming of age ...
Time: 80s, 2020s, future
Place: arkansas, east asia, oklahoma city, nebraska
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 7.2
 3K
Betty (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: A diverse group of young women navigate their lives through the male-dominated world of skateboarding in New York City. Inspired by the critically acclaimed film Skate Kitchen.
Style: motivational, touching, sentimental, captivating, sincere ...
Plot: skateboard, skateboarder, sisterhood, feminist, running away from home, teenage girl, female friendship, women, coming of age, friends who live together, runaway, platonic relationship ...
Place: new york
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I May Destroy You (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Set in London, where gratification is only an app away, the story centers on Arabella, a carefree, self-assured Londoner with a group of great friends, a boyfriend in Italy, and a burgeoning writing career. But when her drink is spiked, she must ...
Style: suspenseful, disturbing, suspense, psychological, visual ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: rape, dating, black, women, sex, writers, female writer, danger, brutality, lgbtqi, feminist, feminism ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: london
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Miss Juneteenth (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Turquoise, a former beauty queen turned hardworking single mother, prepares her rebellious teenage daughter for the “Miss Juneteenth” pageant, hoping to keep her from repeating the same mistakes in life that she did.
Style: sincere, touching, captivating, realistic, serious ...
Plot: cheerleader, teenage girl, american dream, beauty queen, single mother, african american, black, money problems, competition, overprotective mother, talent show, freedom ...
Time: 2020s, year 2019, year 2004, year 1865
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