Human exploitation movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant human exploitation movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, realistic, period drama, political, captivating and historical drama films and TV shows about / with human exploitation, slavery, slave, racism, society, black, african american, blaxploitation, female nudity and plantation plots mostly in Drama, History and Adventure genres shot in USA, Italy, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as human exploitation: Goodbye Uncle Tom (1971), The Elephant Man (1980), 1900 (1976), Uncle Tom's Cabin (1965), Slaves (1969), The Legend of Nigger Charley (1972), Black Snake (1973), Mandingo (1975), Drum (1976), Mandinga (1976).

List of human exploitation movies

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Goodbye Uncle Tom (1971)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 136 min.
Story: Two documentary filmmakers go back in time to the pre-Civil War American South, to film the slave trade.
Style: disturbing, mondo, grindhouse, twisted, creepy ...
Plot: plantation, slavery, racism, time travel, exploitation, extreme, sadism, sexual abuse, blaxploitation, human exploitation, sex crime, african ...
Time: 19th century, 20th century, 1850s, 1830s, 70s ...
Place: mississippi, detroit, memphis, virginia
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The Elephant Man (1980)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 124 min.
Story: A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of great intelligence and sensitivity. Based on the true story of Joseph ...
Style: emotional, touching, psychological, surreal, poignant ...
Audience: family outing, teens
Plot: disability, hospital, freak, dignity, melancholy, disfigurement, social misfits, biopic, cruelty, isolation, life is a bitch, exploitation ...
Time: victorian era, 19th century, 20th century, near future, ancient times ...
Place: london, england, britain, europe
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 7.7
 27K
1900 (1976)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Italy, France, West Germany
Duration: 317 min.
Story: Set in Bertolucci's ancestral region of Emilia, the film chronicles the lives of two men during the political turmoils that took place in Italy in the first half on the 20th century.
Style: epic, disturbing, controversial, compassionate, realistic ...
Audience: adult
Plot: fascism, world war two, revolution, italian history, politics, communism, class struggle, friendship, peasant, socialist, worker, resistance ...
Time: 1900s, 1940s, 1920s, 20th century, 1910s ...
Place: italy, paris france, europe, france
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Uncle Tom's Cabin (1965)
Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany, France, Italy, Yugoslavia
Duration: 170 min.
Story: In the pre-Civil War South, a sadistic plantation-owner brutalizes his slaves to the point of them heaving no other choice but to rebel. Always obedient, peaceful and honest old slave Tom plays a central role in this tragedy.
Plot: slavery, slave, civil war, human exploitation, black, racism, exploitation, female whipping
Time: 19th century
Place: kentucky
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 4.8
 212
Slaves (1969)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A Kentucky slave fights for his freedom from cruel overseer whose mistress eventually joins Davis and the other slaves in their revolt.
Style: independent film
Plot: slave, black, human exploitation, music and dance, interracial, slavery, plantation, drunkenness, fire, baby, sadism, torture ...
Time: year 1969, 19th century
Place: southern usa, mississippi, kentucky
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Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: In a futuristic world that has embraced ape slavery, Caesar, the son of the late simians Cornelius and Zira, surfaces after almost twenty years of hiding out from the authorities, and prepares for a slave revolt against humanity.
Style: apocalyptic, futuristic, depressing, social, classic horror ...
Audience: adult
Plot: post apocalypse, planet of the apes, ape, time travel, rebellion, revolution, apocalypse, post apocalyptic, monkey, survival, mutant, gorilla ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, near future, 80s, future ...
Place: usa
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The Legend of Nigger Charley (1972)
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A trio of runaway slaves evade authorities in the Old West.
Style: spaghetti western, black cinema
Plot: blaxploitation, black, human exploitation, civil war, civil rights, slavery, beer, african american, plantation, cigar, exploitation, street shootout ...
Time: year 1972
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 5.1
 680
Black Snake (1973)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Story of a slave revolt on a 19th-century Caribbean island.
Style: grindhouse, political, erotic, independent film, psychotronic ...
Plot: sexploitation, blaxploitation, erotica, slavery, slave, exploitation, human exploitation, strong female lead, plantation, black slave, shark attack, revolt ...
Time: 1800s, 19th century
Place: caribbean
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The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1974)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: In February, 1962, as the civil rights movement reaches Bayonne, Louisiana, a New York journalist arrives to interview Jane Pittman, who has just turned 110. She tells him her story dating back to her earliest memories before slavery ended. In ...
Style: political, epic, captivating, uplifting, thought provoking ...
Plot: civil rights, african american, racism, slavery, black, journalism, discrimination, blaxploitation, female protagonist, plantation, interracial relations, black lives matter ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, 19th century, 1890s, 1920s ...
Place: southern usa, america, louisiana, usa, texas ...
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 6.4
 4K
Mandingo (1975)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story: A slave owner in the 1840s trains one of his slaves to be a bare-knuckle fighter.
Style: realistic, sexy, serious, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot: slavery, interracial relations, racism, interracial romance, slave trade, slave auction, plantation, interracial sex, slave girl, blaxploitation, gambling, crumbling marriage ...
Time: 19th century, year 1975, 1840s
Place: usa, america, new orleans, louisiana, turkey
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 5.4
 1K
Drum (1976)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A mid-19th century mulatto slave is torn between his success as a pit-fighter and the injustices of white society.
Style: serious, realistic, sexual
Plot: blaxploitation, slavery, black, interracial relations, erotica, interracial, human exploitation, slave, exploitation, prostitute, fight, couples ...
Time: 19th century, year 1976, 1800s
Place: havana cuba, new orleans
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 3.5
 233
Mandinga (1976)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 86 min.
Story: An Old South plantation owner lusts after his female slaves.
Style: grindhouse, sensual, surprise ending
Plot: older woman younger man sex, interracial sex, brother sister sex, exploitation, erotica, violence, slavery, human exploitation, black, blaxploitation, racism, punishment ...
Place: louisiana
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 4.5
 173
Slavers (1977)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: West Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A story about slave hunting, colonialism, revenge and love.
Plot: slave trade, human exploitation, civil war, blaxploitation, colonialism, female nudity, waterfall, drowning, nudity, slavery, jungle, tribe ...
Time: year 1978, 1800s
Place: africa
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The Last Supper (1976)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Cuba
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A pious plantation owner attempts to teach Christianity to 12 of his slaves by inviting them to participate in a reenactment of the Last Supper.
Style: psychedelic, mind bending, surreal, serious, realistic ...
Plot: racism, catholic, religion, rebellion, blaxploitation, restaurant, human exploitation, food, christian, christianity, slavery, plantation ...
Time: 18th century
Place: cuba, latin america
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 8.4
 19K
Roots (1977)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 588 min.
TV show
Story: African teen Kunta Kinte, brought to America to be enslaved, and the generations of his family.
Style: realistic, touching, emotional, uplifting, suspense ...
Plot: slavery, racism, civil war, american civil war, family history, human spirit, slave trade, african american, american south, escape attempt, black, justice ...
Time: 18th century, 19th century, 1800s, 20th century, 1860s ...
Place: africa, usa, america, tennessee
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 5.4
 2K
Ashanti (1979)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Switzerland, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Dr. Anansa Linderby is kidnapped in a medical mission in Africa by a slave trader. From this moment, her husband will do anything to recover her and to punish the bad guys, but that will be not an easy task.
Style: serious, realistic, tense, suspense, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: desert, missing person, village life, danger, village, rescue, race against time, rivalry, terrorism, intrigue, hostage, mercenary ...
Time: year 1979, 70s
Place: africa
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Master of Dragonard Hill (1987)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: In the 18th-century British Caribbean colony of St. Joseph's, decadent and hedonistic aristocrats rule with an iron fist and terrorize slaves and suspected criminals with a painful whip called the "dragonard."
Style: grindhouse, independent film, realistic, serious, exciting ...
Plot: human exploitation, rebellion, injustice, against the odds, island, adventurer, danger, heroes, rivalry, escapades, exploitation, black slave ...
Time: middle ages, 18th century
Place: caribbean, fictional island
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Uncle Tom's Cabin (1987)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: The life of an aging black slave, Tom, and the people he interacts with.
Plot: slavery, civil war, african american, american civil war, human exploitation, blaxploitation, black, american culture
Time: victorian era
Place: kentucky, louisiana, new orleans
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Roots: The Gift (1988)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: In December 1775, Cletus Moyer is a free black Northerner in colonial America, helping slaves escape captivity. In the days just prior to Christmas, a group of bounty hunters captures Moyer. Because of his capture, dozens of slaves who have already ...
Style: historical drama
Plot: christmas, slavery, african american, freedom, holiday, captive, civil war, black history, slave, human exploitation, black, racism ...
Place: africa, virginia
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 6.8
 437
Nightjohn (1996)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Charles Burnett directs this movie about John, a man of many talents, including one forbidden skill: he can read. When he teaches a young slave girl named Sarny to read and write, she learns an unforgettable lesson about the power of words and the ...
Style: contemplative, serious, realistic, uplifting, touching ...
Plot: racism, slave, slavery, teaching, plantation, american civil war, human exploitation, civil rights, blaxploitation, racial issues, black, american history ...
Time: 19th century
Place: america
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 7.3
 82K
Amistad (1997)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 155 min.
Story: In 1839, the slave ship Amistad set sail from Cuba to America. During the long trip, Cinque leads the slaves in an unprecedented uprising. They are then held prisoner in Connecticut, and their release becomes the subject of heated debate. Freed ...
Style: touching, emotional, period piece, epic, dramatic ...
Audience: adult
Plot: slavery, slave trade, rebellion, african american, courtroom, court, lawyer, president, legal, ship, idealism, civil war ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1800s, ancient times, 1840s ...
Place: africa, cuba, america, massachusetts, washington d.c. ...
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 4.2
 351
Dragonard (1988)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story: In 1747, a handsome but rebellious Scotsman named Richard Abdee is auctioned off as a slave on a Caribbean island controlled by French and British sugar-planters. When caught having sex with his owner's wife, Abdee is given 100 lashes with the ...
Style: period drama
Plot: corporal punishment, sugarcane, human exploitation, adultery, slavery, punishment, sex scene, female nudity, caribbean sea, beefcake, sexploitation, death sentence ...
Time: 18th century
Place: caribbean, fictional island, jamaica, south africa
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 7.2
 25K
Manderlay (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands, France, Germany, UK, Italy, USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story: In 1933, after leaving Dogville, Grace Margaret Mulligan sees a slave being punished at a cotton farm called Manderlay. Officially slavery is illegal and Grace stands up against the owners of the farm. She stays with some gangsters in Manderlay and ...
Style: disturbing, bleak, psychological, art house, thought provoking ...
Audience: adult
Plot: slavery, racism, plantation, freedom, gangster, torture, blacks and whites, fighting the system, interracial relations, father daughter relationship, class struggle, righting the wronged ...
Time: 1930s, year 2005, year 2006, 20th century
Place: alabama, america, usa, southern usa
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C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Through the eyes of a British "documentary", this film takes a satirically humorous, and sometimes frightening, look at the history of an America where the South won the Civil War.
Style: mockumentary, satirical, disturbing, political, independent film ...
Plot: racism, civil war, american civil war, politics, alternate history, satire, interracial relations, slavery, journalism, injustice, political unrest, discrimination ...
Time: year 1912
Place: canada, south america, japan, washington d.c., south africa ...
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Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK, Spain, USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story: The defiant leader Moses rises up against the Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses, setting 400,000 slaves on a monumental journey of escape from Egypt and its terrifying cycle of deadly plagues.
Style: epic, biblical, stylized, serious, harsh ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: ancient egypt, god, religion, old testament, christian, bible, moses, christianity, ancient history, belief in god, slavery, judaism ...
Time: year 2014, middle ages, biblical epic, 2010s, 14th century ...
Place: egypt, holy land, middle east, xian
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Django Unchained (2012)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 165 min.
Story: With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.
Style: suspense, talky, brutal, captivating, epic ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: slavery, racism, revenge, violent, bounty hunter, old west, vengeance, african american, dark humor, gunfight, hitman, racial violence ...
Time: 19th century, year 2012, 2010s, 1850s
Place: usa, texas, tennessee, mississippi, america ...
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12 Years a Slave (2013)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty as well as unexpected kindnesses Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity. In ...
Style: motivational, heartbreaking, disturbing, harsh, bleak ...
Audience: teens
Plot: slavery, racism, survival, civil rights, torture, african american, freedom, american history, life is a bitch, black history, interracial relations, kidnapping ...
Time: 19th century, year 2013, 2010s, victorian era, ancient times ...
Place: louisiana, new orleans, america, africa, usa ...
Is relevant ?
 7.9
 8K
Roots (2016)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 388 min.
TV show
Story: An adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots", chronicling the history of an African slave sold to America and his descendants.
Style: historical drama, captivating, sincere, suspense, rough ...
Plot: slavery, plantation, slave, mentor protege relationship, black, struggle for survival, black history, african american, parent child relationship, civil war, civil rights, humiliation ...
Time: victorian era, 18th century, 19th century
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The Birth of a Nation (2016)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Nat Turner, a former slave in America, leads a liberation movement in 1831 to free African-Americans in Virgina that results in a violent retaliation from whites.
Style: factual, stylized, intense, brutal, emotional ...
Plot: slavery, racism, civil war, rebellion, preacher, torture, suffering, poverty, preaching, rape, murder, abuse ...
Time: 19th century, year 2016, 2010s
Place: virginia, southern usa
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 7.6
 8K
Aferim! (2015)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, History, Western
Country: Romania, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Set in early 19th century Romania, a policeman, Costandin, is hired by a nobleman to find a Gypsy slave who has run away from his estate after having an affair with his wife.
Style: road movie, black and white, captivating, tense, humorous ...
Plot: slavery, racism, gypsy, prejudice, danger, escape, society, horseman, black, human exploitation, social injustice, husband wife relationship ...
Time: 19th century
Place: romania, eastern europe
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