Racial prejudice movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant racial prejudice movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, realistic, captivating, touching, sincere and inspirational films and TV shows about / with racial prejudice, interracial relations, racism, african american, society, black, family relations, civil rights, father son relationship and prejudice plots mostly in Drama, Crime and Biography genres shot in USA, France, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as racial prejudice: To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), A Time to Kill (1996), Good Fences (2003), American History X (1998), Race (2016), The Nightingale (2018), Green Book (2018), Mississippi Burning (1988), Mississippi Masala (1991), Ernest & Celestine (2012).

List of racial prejudice movies

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To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Scout Finch, 6, and her older brother Jem live in sleepy Maycomb, Alabama, spending much of their time with their friend Dill and spying on their reclusive and mysterious neighbor, Boo Radley. When Atticus, their widowed father and a respected ...
Style: touching, black and white, enigmatic, compassionate, sentimental ...
Audience: manly, chick flick, family outing, teen drama
Plot: lawyer, courtroom drama, courtroom, racism, small town, trial, single father, legal, rape, childhood, poverty, prejudice ...
Time: 1930s, year 1932, 20th century, year 1962
Place: alabama, usa, america, africa
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 7.5
 180K
A Time to Kill (1996)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 149 min.
Story: A young lawyer defends a black man accused of murdering two men who raped his 10-year-old daughter, sparking a rebirth of the KKK.
Style: sincere, suspense, serious, thought provoking, political ...
Audience: date night
Plot: courtroom drama, racism, court, justice, lawyer, courtroom, murder, trial, small town, rape, injustice, revenge ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: mississippi, usa, america, southern usa
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 5.6
 892
Good Fences (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Set in the 1970s, Tom Spader is an attorney who is determined to end what he has dubbed "the colored man's losing streak." When his winning of a high-profile case thrusts him into the limelight, he decides to moves his wife and their ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, witty, humorous, black comedy ...
Plot: racism, family relations, ambition, against the odds, lifestyle, rise to the top, dysfunctional family, culture clash, social differences, racial prejudice, family problems, injustice ...
Time: 70s
Place: connecticut, usa
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American History X (1998)
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: dramatic, serious, cerebral, rough, tense ...
Audience: boys' night, date night, teens, teen drama
Plot: skinhead, prison, racism, gang, neo nazi, racial slur, nazism, character change, juvenile delinquency, rape, african american, racial prejudice ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1998
Place: los angeles, usa, california, america, north america ...
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 7.1
 41K
Race (2016)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Canada, Germany, France, UK, USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: Based on the incredible true story of Jesse Owens, the legendary athletic superstar whose quest to become the greatest track and field athlete in history thrusts him onto the world stage of the 1936 Olympics, where he faces off against Adolf ...
Style: inspirational, factual, political, exciting, captivating ...
Plot: racism, olympics, track and field, african american, nazi, racial prejudice, nazi germany, running, biopic, racial segregation, athlete, world war two ...
Time: year 1936, 1930s, year 1933, 20th century
Place: berlin germany, germany, usa, cleveland ohio, ohio
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The Nightingale (2018)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia, Canada
Duration: 136 min.
Story: In 1829, Claire, a 21-year-old Irish convict, chases a British soldier through the rugged Tasmanian wilderness, bent on revenge for a terrible act of violence he committed against her family. She enlists the services of an Aboriginal tracker named ...
Style: disturbing, thought provoking, psychological, controversial, road movie ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: revenge, aborigine, rape, female protagonist, racial prejudice, rape and revenge, vengeance, colonization, murder, brutality, turning the tables, outback ...
Time: 19th century, 2010s, year 2019, 1820s
Place: australia, oceania, ireland, tasmania
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 8.2
 561K
Green Book (2018)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA, China
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Tony Lip, a bouncer in 1962, is hired to drive pianist Don Shirley on a tour through the Deep South in the days when African Americans forced to find alternate accommodations and services due to segregation laws below the Mason-Dixon Line relied on ...
Style: road movie, feel good, uplifting, funny, captivating ...
Audience: date night, family friendly, adult
Plot: racism, road trip, travel, musician, interracial friendship, driver, friendship, racial prejudice, on the road, journey, black american, friend ...
Time: 60s, 2010s, year 1962, 20th century
Place: bronx new york city, southern usa, america, new york, nebraska ...
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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: suspense, political, disturbing, realistic, political thriller ...
Audience: adult
Plot: racism, small town, civil rights, african american, police, ku klux klan, investigation, murder, deep south, racial slur, discrimination, violence ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, year 1988, year 1964
Place: mississippi, america, usa, southern usa
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Mississippi Masala (1991)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 118 min.
Story: An Indian family is expelled from Uganda when Idi Amin takes power. They move to Mississippi and time passes. The Indian daughter falls in love with a black man, and the respective families have to come to terms with it.
Style: romantic, light, talky, realistic, serious ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: racism, immigrant, culture clash, interracial relations, racial prejudice, indians, stereotypes, family drama, honest, love affair, opposites attract, fall in love ...
Time: year 1991, 70s, 20th century, year 1990, year 1972
Place: mississippi, uganda, africa, india, southern usa ...
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Ernest & Celestine (2012)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: France, Belgium, Luxembourg
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Celestine is a little mouse trying to avoid a dental career; Ernest is a big bear craving an artistic outlet. When Celestine meets Ernest, they overcome their natural enmity by forging a life of crime together.
Style: touching, sincere, feel good, uplifting, sentimental ...
Audience: family outing, kids, family friendly, preschool
Plot: prejudice, friendship, mouse, bear, anthropomorphic animal, goodhearted, unlikely friendships, odd couple, supportive friend, racial prejudice, friends, animal ...
Time: year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place: somalia, france, europe
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A Patch of Blue (1965)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A blind, uneducated white girl is befriended by a black man, who becomes determined to help her escape her impoverished and abusive home life.
Style: black and white, talky, touching, emotional, thought provoking ...
Plot: blindness, interracial relations, interracial romance, racism, disability, friendship, racial prejudice, tolerance, blind character, prostitute, music box, black man white woman relationship ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: usa, los angeles, new york state, new york
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Remember the Titans (2000)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: After leading his football team to 15 winning seasons, coach Bill Yoast is demoted and replaced by Herman Boone – tough, opinionated and as different from the beloved Yoast as he could be. The two men learn to overcome their differences and turn a ...
Style: inspirational, sentimental, touching, uplifting, emotional ...
Audience: kids, teens, chick flick, family friendly, date night ...
Plot: racism, african american, civil rights, american football, high school, racial tension, racial prejudice, football, against the odds, racial slur, prejudice, friendship ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 2000, y2k, 2000s
Place: virginia, boston, america, africa, usa ...
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 7.0
 1K
Boycott (2001)
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: serious, realistic, sincere, political, talky
Plot: civil rights movement, racism, interracial relations, civil rights, racial prejudice, protest, social activism, fighting the system, human spirit, social differences, discrimination, injustice ...
Time: 50s
Place: america, alabama, usa
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Christmas in Canaan (2009)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Set in the 1960s, Christmas in Canaan is a drama about a black family and a white family that learn to love each other out of their Christian beliefs.
Style: atmospheric, light, sentimental, captivating
Audience: girls' night
Plot: christmas, childhood, racial prejudice, father son relationship, farm, african american, friendship, family relations, love, society, rivalry, holiday ...
Time: 60s, 70s
Place: texas, southern usa
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 7.2
 125K
Men of Honor (2000)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Against formidable odds -- and an old-school diving instructor embittered by the U.S. Navy's new, less prejudicial policies -- Carl Brashear sets his sights on becoming the Navy's first African-American master diver in this uplifting true ...
Style: inspirational, motivational, touching, emotional, sincere ...
Plot: racism, african american, u.s. navy, courage, military, navy, racial segregation, hopes, human spirit, racial discrimination, diving, dream come true ...
Time: 20th century, 1950s, year 2000, y2k, 60s ...
Place: america, africa, usa, pacific ocean, cuba
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Nothing to Lose (1997)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Advertising executive Nick Beame learns that his wife is sleeping with his employer. In a state of despair, he encounters a bumbling thief whose attempted carjacking goes awry when Nick takes him on an involuntary joyride. Soon the betrayed ...
Style: funny, humorous, action comedy, hilarious, absurd ...
Plot: on the road, revenge, friendship, robbery, husband wife relationship, desert, mistaken identity, culture clash, reckless driving, advertising executive, profanity, infidelity ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1997
Place: arizona, los angeles, usa, new jersey
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 7.3
 27K
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, tense, captivating, touching, inspirational ...
Plot: lawyer, court, racism, courtroom, injustice, african american, racial segregation, trial, jury, african american protagonist, courtroom drama, black history ...
Time: 1940s, year 2017, 2010s, year 1967, year 1954
Place: new york, connecticut, philadelphia, maryland, mississippi ...
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The Life of Jesus (1997)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Twenty-something Freddy is becalmed in a podunk French village where the only sign of life is the local amateur brass band and youth aimlessly roaming around the countryside on scooters. He has an intense sexual connection with his girlfriend but ...
Style: erotic, aesthetic, art house, slow cinema, realistic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: erection, racism, male pubic hair, racist, epileptic seizure, prejudice, racial prejudice, unemployment, sex, interracial relations, erotic scene, epilepsy ...
Time: year 1997, 90s
Place: france, europe, flanders
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 7.1
 94K
Monster's Ball (2001)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Set in the southern USA, a racist white man, Hank, falls in love with a black woman named Leticia. Ironically, Hank is a prison guard working on Death Row who executed Leticia's husband. Hank and Leticia's inter-racial affair leads to ...
Style: psychological, depressing, emotional, realistic, sexy ...
Audience: adult
Plot: racism, prison, electric chair, interracial romance, death penalty, interracial relations, dysfunctional family, father son relationship, female nudity, interracial sex, redemption, eviction ...
Time: year 2001, 21st century
Place: georgia, usa, louisiana, southern usa
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 7.2
 49K
Glory Road (2006)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: In 1966, Texas Western coach Don Haskins led the first all-black starting line-up for a college basketball team to the NCAA national championship.
Style: inspirational, emotional, sincere, intense, serious ...
Audience: boys' night, family friendly, teens, kids
Plot: basketball, underdog, racism, athlete and trainer, coach, college, racial slur, teamwork, racial segregation, justice, unlikely friendships, civil rights ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, year 1966
Place: texas, usa, america, mexico, maryland ...
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 7.2
 119K
The Butler (2013)
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, emotional, factual ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: racism, civil rights, president, u.s. president, black history, butler, african american, injustice, father son relationship, white house, biopic, civil rights movement ...
Time: 80s, year 2013, 70s, 2010s, 60s ...
Place: washington d.c., usa, tennessee, america, indiana ...
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 6.9
 2K
Fremont (2023)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Each morning Donya leaves her tight-knit community of Afghan immigrants in Fremont, California. She crosses the Bay to work at a family-run fortune cookie factory in San Francisco. Donya drifts through her routine, struggling to connect with the ...
Style: black and white, dramatic, harsh, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot: fortune cookie, immigrant, us military, racial prejudice, translator, u.s. army, female protagonist, post traumatic stress disorder, war, army, refugee, insomnia ...
Place: afghanistan, san francisco, california
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 6.8
 2K
Devils Line (2018)
Genre: Animation, Action, Crime, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Tsukasa, a college student, is rescued from an attack by a devil, one of many vampires that can blend in among the human population. Anzai, her savior, is a half-devil who exploits his supernatural gifts as a member of a shadowy police task force ...
Style: anime, touching, psychological, suspenseful, captivating ...
Audience: teens
Plot: vampire, love interest, supernatural, relationships, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, vampire bite, vampirism, murder, couple relations, interracial relations, teenage love, school ...
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Grizzly Mountain (1995)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Present-day Portland suburbs kids Dylan and Nicole go on the camping trip with their family, and when they enter a mysterious cave in the mountains, they're transported back in time to 1870, where they meet mountain man Jeremiah.
Style: sincere, entertaining, captivating, feel good, independent film
Audience: kids
Plot: wilderness, mountain man, grizzly bear, bear, racial prejudice, gold, native american white relationships, time travel, animal, survival, time traveler, young boy ...
Time: 20th century, year 1997, 1870s, 19th century, 90s
Place: portland oregon, oregon
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 7.5
 3K
When We Rise (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 341 min.
TV show
Story: The personal and political struggles, setbacks and triumphs of a diverse family of LGBT men and women who helped pioneer one of the last legs of the U.S. Civil Rights movement from its turbulent infancy in the 20th century to the once unfathomable ...
Style: tense, suspenseful, unusual plot structure, suspense, lgbt cinema ...
Plot: gay, gay rights, lesbian, civil rights, women's rights, lgbtq, racial prejudice, friendship, family relations, protest, surrogate family, homosexual ...
Time: 60s
Place: san francisco, idaho
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The Courage to Love (2000)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: In 19th century New Orleans creole Henriette must choose between love and devotion to the church. Neither choice is going to be easy, as there is great opposition to her ideas of breaking traditions.
Style: sincere, serious, realistic
Plot: interracial relations, racism, white male black female relationship, fighting the system, injustice, discrimination, rebellion, social differences, society, life is a bitch, social decay, lovers reunited ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, ancient times, 1800s
Place: new orleans, usa
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A House Divided (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: In the aftermath of the terrible Civil War which has devastated the South, Amanda America Dixon returns home to find she has become the sole heir to a vast cotton plantation. But the dreadful secret which has blighted her life threatens to deprive ...
Style: sincere, suspenseful, realistic, touching, serious ...
Plot: slavery, white male black female relationship, slave, mixed race child, family relations, family secret, interracial relations, inheritance, racial prejudice, social injustice, racism, secret ...
Time: victorian era, 19th century
Place: georgia
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 6.4
 177
The Way Out (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Czech Republic, France
Duration: 103 min.
Story: The Way Out tells a story of a young Romani couple, Zaneta and David, the parents of little Janicka. Their efforts to live a decent and dignified life run up against the "Romani social trap," which is racism, the society's prejudices, ...
Style: serious, realistic, psychological, sincere, touching ...
Plot: couples, gypsy, racism, family relations, unemployment, life is a bitch, realism, family problems, social misfits, couple relations, parents and children, family in crisis ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, central europe
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The Tuskegee Airmen (1995)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: During the Second World War, a special project is begun by the US Army Air Corps to integrate African American pilots into the Fighter Pilot Program. Known as the "Tuskegee Airman" for the name of the airbase at which they were trained, ...
Style: inspirational, factual, emotional, sincere, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: military, fighter pilot, world war two, racism, black history, aerial combat, war, african american, aviation, officers and cadets, civil rights, interracial relations ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: alabama, africa, cuba, usa, arkansas ...
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Standing Tall (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 120 min.
Story: The film tells the story of Malony and his education as he grows from a six-year-old into an 18-year-old. A minors’ judge and a caseworker work tirelessly to try to save the young offender.
Style: disturbing, touching, suspenseful, suspense, serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: juvenile delinquent, social worker, teen angst, juvenile delinquency, teenage boy, judge, nervousness, delinquent, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, imprisonment, compassion, anger ...
Time: year 2015, 90s, year 1997
Place: france
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