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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: realistic, talky, hood, stylized, independent film ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: heat wave, hip hop, police brutality, pizzeria, urban ghetto life, racism, pizza, ghetto, prejudice, african american, black, social commentary ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, year 1989
Place: new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, africa, new york state
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 7.8
 153K
Boyz n the Hood (1991)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Boyz n the Hood is the popular and successful film and social criticism from John Singleton about the conditions in South Central Los Angeles where teenagers are involved in gun fights and drug dealing on a daily basis.
Style: disturbing, tense, hood, cult classic, bleak ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: hip hop, ghetto, african american, poverty, gang, urban ghetto life, street gang, juvenile delinquency, rapper, coming of age, black, african american gangster ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 80s, year 1991, year 1984
Place: los angeles, california, america, south central los angeles, usa ...
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 7.8
 253K
Hidden Figures (2016)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story: The untold story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson – brilliant African-American women working at NASA and serving as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history – the launch of astronaut John Glenn into ...
Style: inspirational, sincere, motivational, touching, factual ...
Audience: girls' night, family friendly, chick flick, date night, teens ...
Plot: racism, mathematics, nasa, space program, african american, stereotypes, prejudice, sexism, strong female character, scientist, genius, racial segregation ...
Time: 60s, year 1961, year 2016, 20th century, 2010s ...
Place: persia, indiana, virginia, usa, langley virginia
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 7.5
 5K
Sounder (1972)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: The Morgans, a loving and strong family of Black sharecroppers in Louisiana in 1933, face a serious family crisis when the husband and father, Nathan Lee Morgan, is convicted of a petty crime and sent to a prison camp. After some weeks or months, ...
Style: emotional, realistic, sentimental, touching, gothic ...
Audience: kids
Plot: coming of age, dog, racism, poverty, civil rights, black, african american, youth, family relations, bittersweet, farm, prison ...
Time: 1930s, year 1972, 1900s, 20th century
Place: louisiana, america, usa
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 7.7
 151K
Blazing Saddles (1974)
Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A town – where everyone seems to be named Johnson – is in the way of the railroad and, in order to grab their land, Hedley Lemar, a politically connected nasty person, sends in his henchmen to make the town unlivable. After the sheriff is ...
Style: parody, spoof, humorous, funny, slapstick ...
Audience: teens
Plot: cowboy, farce, old west, racism, satire, gay slur, cowboys and outlaws, small town, absurd humor, governor, ethnic slur, prejudice ...
Time: 19th century, 70s, year 1974, 1870s
Place: los angeles, america, arizona, california
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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, uplifting, touching, inspirational, sad ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: african american, incest, sexual abuse, domestic violence, rape, life is a bitch, feminism, slavery, incest rape, abusive relationship, wife abuse, lgbtq ...
Time: edwardian era, 20th century, 1930s, year 1985, 1920s ...
Place: africa, southern usa, usa, tennessee, georgia
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Stand and Deliver (1988)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Jaime Escalante is a mathematics teacher in a school in a hispanic neighbourhood. Convinced that his students have potential, he adopts unconventional teaching methods to try and turn gang members and no-hopers into some of the country's top ...
Style: inspirational, touching, sentimental, realistic, uplifting ...
Audience: teens, family outing, teen drama
Plot: teacher, mathematics, high school, education, school, biopic, bullying, dedicated educator, mentor, chicano, civil rights, teenager ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, america, usa
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 6.7
 12K
Bamboozled (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story: TV producer Pierre Delacroix (Damon Wayans) becomes frustrated when network brass reject his sitcom idea. Hoping to get fired, Delacroix pitches the worst idea he can think of: a minstrel show. The network not only airs it, but it incredibly becomes ...
Style: thought provoking, black comedy, humorous, semi serious, witty ...
Plot: racism, hip hop, blaxploitation, overnight success, rise and fall, civil rights, showbiz, media satire, society, artists and showbiz, black, satire ...
Time: year 2000, 20th century, 90s, 60s
Place: america, usa, harvard university, south carolina, yale university ...
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 6.4
 4K
Cesar Chavez (2014)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Mexico, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A biography of the civil-rights activist and labor organizer Cesar Chavez. Chronicling the birth of a modern American labour movement, Cesar Chavez tells the story of the famed civil rights leader and labour organiser torn between his duties as a ...
Style: serious, tense, captivating, realistic, inspirational ...
Plot: rebellion, fighting the system, civil rights, working class, idealism, leadership, hopes, social relations, society, life is a bitch, labor union, union ...
Time: 20th century, year 2014, 70s
Place: usa, yuma arizona, california, arizona
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Son of the South (2020)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Based on a true story, Bob Zellner, grandson of a Klansman, comes of age in the Deep South and eventually joins the Civil Rights Movement.
Style: thought provoking, psychological, captivating, disturbing, inspirational
Plot: civil rights movement, american history, civil rights, ku klux klan, social issues, society, moral dilemma, fighting the system, social problems, social relations, fight, historical figure ...
Time: 60s
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Whistleblowers: The Untold Stories (2011)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Family, History, Mystery, Thriller, War
Country: USA
TV show
Story: Showcasing the heroic deeds in and from every aspect of government and society, in a common quest to make the world a better place, free of corruption, discrimination and civil rights violations from around the globe!
Style: suspense, suspenseful, talky, tense, disturbing
Plot: whistleblower, corruption, retribution, civil rights, false accusation, government, judiciary, malice, prosecution, bravery, reprisal, security ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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 7.1
 1K
Ruby Bridges (1998)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
TV show
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, inspirational, political, contemplative, serious ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: racism, civil rights, african american, black, blaxploitation, art, american culture, education, black history, school, interracial relations, injustice ...
Time: 60s
Place: america, louisiana, new orleans, usa
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Innocently Convicted (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Sweden
TV show
Story: Oskyldigt dömd is a Swedish drama television series from 2008. The first season was recorded in twelve episodes during February 2008 to be aired later during the fall. It premiered on the Finnish TV channel FST5 on September 24, 2008 and later the ...
Style: realistic, tense, captivating, psychological, serious ...
Plot: legal investigation, courtroom drama, civil rights, courtroom, dedicated lawyer, injustice, university, lawyers and clients, society, legal, wrongful conviction, lawyer ...
Time: 21st century
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Shootout at Lokhandwala (2007)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
Story: On a calm summer day in 1991, in the bustling Lokhandwala Complex, five criminals including Maya and Dilip were counting 70 lakhs in flat no. 32 B, when 286 policemen, headed by ACP Khan, took strategic positions around their building. A gunfire ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, suspense thriller ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, police shootout, criminal underworld, vengeance, society, rivalry, undercover, dishonesty, criminal's revenge, police investigation, danger, fighting crime ...
Time: year 2007, 90s, year 1991
Place: india, asia, mumbai india
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Dead Presidents (1995)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Depicts a heist of old bills, retired from circulation and destined by the government to be "money to burn". However, more broadly, it addresses the issues of Black Americans' involvement in the Vietnam War and their subsequent ...
Style: realistic, suspense, disturbing, intense, neo noir ...
Audience: teens
Plot: vietnam war, heist, robbery, african american, violence, ghetto, redemption, gangster, caper, blaxploitation, black, brutality ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, 70s
Place: new york, bronx new york city, vietnam, usa, asia
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 6.9
 44K
Radio (2003)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: High school football coach, Harold Jones befriends Radio, a mentally-challenged man who becomes a student at T.L. Hanna High School in Anderson, South Carolina. Their friendship extends over several decades, where Radio transforms from a shy, ...
Style: feel good, inspirational, sentimental, touching, emotional ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, family outing, adult
Plot: american football, football, disability, underdog, radio, friendship, teacher, prejudice, high school football, greed, rags to riches, autism ...
Time: 20th century, year 2003, 70s, 60s
Place: cuba, south carolina
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 8.2
 18K
Shahid (2012)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 129 min.
Story: This compelling drama tells the remarkable true story of slain human rights activist Shahid Azmi, who became a powerful voice against the intercommunal violence that has engulfed Mumbai since the early 1990s.
Style: realistic, captivating, thought provoking, psychological, tense ...
Plot: human rights, muslim, legal, terrorist, lawyer, courtroom, false arrest, civil rights, life is a bitch, society, hopes, religions or cults ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 2000s, year 2008, 21st century
Place: india, asia, pakistan, mumbai india, kashmir
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 7.4
 7K
Any Day Now (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: In the late 1970s, when a mentally handicapped teenager is abandoned, a gay couple takes him in and becomes the family he's never had. But once the unconventional living arrangement is discovered by authorities, the men must fight the legal ...
Style: thought provoking, sad, sincere, uplifting, touching ...
Plot: gay, gay relationship, adoption, gay adoption, lgbt, gay couple, down syndrome, homosexual, gay slur, gay parent, district attorney, disability ...
Time: 70s, year 2012, year 1979, 20th century
Place: california, los angeles, usa
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 7.3
 6K
The Bubble (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Israel
Duration: 117 min.
Story: The movie follows a group of young friends in the city of Tel Aviv and is as much a love song to the city as it is an exploration of the claim that people in Tel Aviv are isolated from the rest of the country and the turmoil it's going through. ...
Style: sincere, touching, emotional, serious, controversial ...
Plot: gay, gay relationship, gay sex, israeli, lgbt, friendship, lgbtq, forbidden love, occupation, love affair, civil rights, understanding ...
Time: year 2006, 21st century
Place: israel, middle east, tel aviv israel, palestine, idaho ...
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 7.8
 7K
Real Humans (2012)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Set in a parallel universe, Real Humans imagines a world where robots have become so human that they're barely distinguishable from real humans and follows the resulting emotional effects on two families as well as the trials of a group of ...
Style: stylized, serious, captivating, thought provoking, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens
Plot: artificial intelligence, androids and robots, robot, family relations, freedom, human nature, conflict, civil rights, gynoid, power relations, society, lawyer ...
Time: future, near future, 21st century
Place: scandinavia, eastern europe
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 7.5
 3K
Longford (2006)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A portrait of Lord Longford, a tireless British campaigner whose controversial beliefs often resulted in furious political debate and personal conflict.
Style: realistic, serious, talky, political, tense ...
Plot: prison, serial killer, lawyer, politician, judge, cruelty, family relations, trial, friendship, civil rights, notoriety, social activist ...
Time: 60s, 70s, 80s, 20th century
Place: england, europe, yorkshire, manchester
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 8.5
 50K
Boston Legal (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: Boston Legal is an American legal dramedy created by David E. Kelley and produced in association with 20th Century Fox Television for ABC. The series aired from October 3, 2004, to December 8, 2008. Boston Legal is a spin-off of long-running Kelley ...
Style: witty, semi serious, humorous, contemplative, thought provoking ...
Audience: teens
Plot: law firm, hotshot lawyer, lawyer, courtroom drama, partner, friendship between men, society, workplace, idealism, trial, civil rights, friendship ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: boston, las vegas, massachusetts, usa
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 7.3
 272K
Lincoln (2012)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, India
Duration: 150 min.
Story: A revealing drama that focuses on the 16th President's tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, unite the country and abolish ...
Style: political, period piece, emotional, factual, epic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: president, civil war, politics, american civil war, american history, idealism, slavery, racism, head of state, courage, freedom, abraham lincoln ...
Time: 19th century, 1860s, year 2012, 2010s, 1800s ...
Place: washington d.c., usa, america
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Boardwalk Empire (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story: Boardwalk Empire is a period drama focusing on Enoch "Nucky" Thompson (based on the historical Enoch L. Johnson), a political figure who rose to prominence and controlled Atlantic City, New Jersey, during the Prohibition period of the ...
Style: serious, costume drama, captivating, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mafia, gangster, mob boss, organized crime, prohibition, smuggling, criminal heroes, corruption, politician, mobster, female nudity, american history ...
Time: 1920s, 2000s, 2010s, 1900s, year 2010 ...
Place: new jersey, usa, cuba, atlantic city new jersey, atlantic city ...
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 5.6
 3K
Alice (2022)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Alice spends her days enslaved on a rural Georgia plantation restlessly yearning for freedom. After a violent clash with plantation owner Paul, Alice flees through the neighboring woods and stumbles onto the unfamiliar sight of a highway, soon ...
Style: independent film, historical drama
Plot: slavery, plantation, rape, civil rights, women, woman, black, deep south, revenge, highway, forest fire, diner ...
Time: 70s, year 1973, 1850s
Place: georgia
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The United States vs. Billie Holiday (2021)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: The Federal Bureau of Narcotics launches an undercover sting operation against jazz singer Billie Holiday.
Style: suspense, thought provoking, tense, captivating, anamorphic ...
Plot: jazz singer, war on drugs, musician, jazz, fbi, heroin, undercover, civil rights, segregation, racism, addiction, women ...
Time: 1940s, 1950s, 20th century, year 1947, year 1957 ...
Place: new york, new orleans, baltimore, philadelphia
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The Ernest Green Story (1993)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Follows the story of Ernest Green, one of the Little Rock Nine who were the first blacks to integrate into an all white school.
Audience: teens
Plot: civil rights, african american, high school, school, interracial relations, vandalism, racial tension, civil rights movement, graduation, strength, segregation, teen angst ...
Time: 1950s
Place: arkansas
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 6.6
 20K
Jungle Fever (1991)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: A successful and married black man contemplates having an affair with a white girl from work. He's quite rightly worried that the racial difference would make an already taboo relationship even worse.
Style: sexy, serious, realistic, emotional, controversial ...
Audience: date night
Plot: interracial romance, architect, african american, racism, society, adultery, drug addiction, love affair, prejudice, hip hop, relationships, black ...
Time: 90s, year 1991, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, africa, harlem, manhattan new york city ...
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Atlas Shrugged: Part I (2011)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A powerful railroad executive, Dagny Taggart, struggles to keep her business alive while society is crumbling around her. Based on the 1957 novel by Ayn Rand.
Style: philosophical, stylized, serious, talky, futuristic ...
Plot: economics, libertarian, capitalism, distopia, dystopia, politics, greed, corruption, capitalist, totalitarianism, society, workplace ...
Time: future, year 2017, year 2016
Place: usa, new york, colorado
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The Whistleblower (2010)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Canada, Germany
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Based on the experiences of Nebraska cop Kathryn Bolkovac (Rachel Weisz) who discovers a deadly sex trafficking ring while serving as a U.N. peacekeeper in post-war Bosnia. Risking her own life to save the lives of others, she uncovers an ...
Style: rough, political, educational, factual, heartbreaking ...
Plot: un, sex trafficking, rape, corruption, sex crime, politics, conspiracy, gender, investigation, teenage prostitution, brutality, civil war ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 2010, year 1999, 21st century
Place: bosnia, bosnia herzegovina, sarajevo, usa, europe ...
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