Racial violence movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant racial violence movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, tense, captivating, serious, disturbing and suspense films and TV shows about / with racial violence, racism, racial tension, interracial relations, murder, violence, society, racial discrimination, racial slur and revenge plots mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as racial violence: Mississippi Burning (1988), Goodbye Bafana (2007), The Vernon Johns Story (1994), A Time to Kill (1996), Jasper, Texas (2003), Empire of Light (2022), The Butler (2013), Gangs of New York (2002), Django Unchained (2012), Small Island (2009).
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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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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, UK, South Africa, Luxembourg
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
The true story of a white South African racist whose life was profoundly altered by the black prisoner he guarded for twenty years. The prisoner's name was Nelson Mandela.
Style:
uplifting, serious, realistic, touching, political ...
Plot:
apartheid, prison life, racism, racial violence, leadership, interracial relations, politics, freedom fighter, friendship, fighting the system, rebellion, self discovery ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s, 70s
Place:
south africa, africa
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In 1948, Johns served as the outspoken spiritual leader of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. Incensed at the racial injustice that pervaded the South, he was determined to fight for equality for all African Americans.
Style:
thought provoking, captivating, realistic, serious, disturbing
Plot:
racism, civil rights, racial violence, american history, rebel, revolutionary, black, church, life is a bitch, military, hopes, rebellion ...
Time:
50s, 1950s
Place:
america
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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:
thought provoking, sincere, tense, sexy, realistic ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
racism, courtroom drama, court, justice, trial, courtroom, small town, lawyer, rape, revenge, murder, legal ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
mississippi, usa, southern usa, america, canada
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
In 1998, three white men in the small town of Jasper, Texas, chained a black man to the back of their pickup truck and dragged him to his death. This film relates that story and how it affected all of the residents of the town, both black and white.
Style:
disturbing, sincere, realistic, serious, freeze frame
Plot:
african american, racism, small town, fighting the system, investigation, social decay, social differences, society, life is a bitch, human spirit, injustice, murder ...
Time:
90s
Place:
austin texas, midwest, texas, usa
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The duty manager of a seaside cinema, who is struggling with her mental health, forms a relationship with a new employee on the south coast of England in the 1980s.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, powerful, art house ...
Plot:
love, mental illness, projectionist, racial violence, employer employee relationship, schizophrenia, interracial romance, older woman younger man relationship, seaside town, racism, life, small town life ...
Time:
year 1980, 80s, year 1981
Place:
england
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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, factual, historical drama ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
racism, president, u.s. president, civil rights, black history, racial discrimination, butler, injustice, african american, politics, civil rights movement, father son relationship ...
Time:
80s, 70s, year 2013, 60s, year 1961 ...
Place:
washington d.c., usa, birmingham alabama, nashville tennessee, america ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 167 min.
Story:
It's 1863. America was born in the streets. Amsterdam Vallon returns to the Five Points of America to seek vengeance against the psychotic gangland kingpin, Bill the Butcher, who murdered his father years earlier. With an eager pickpocket by ...
Style:
tense, rough, bloody, epic, atmospheric ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
revenge, gang, vengeance, gangster, organized crime, street gang, violence, betrayal, racism, courage, violent, gang war ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1800s, 1860s, 50s ...
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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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:
talky, suspense, captivating, brutal, bloody ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
racism, slavery, revenge, old west, bounty hunter, violent, vengeance, african american, dark humor, gunfight, racial violence, violence ...
Time:
19th century, year 2012, 2010s, 1850s
Place:
usa, texas, tennessee, america, austin texas ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
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Story:
In 1939 Hortense, illegitimate but intelligent and ambitious, is brought up on Jamaica with the family of charismatic, free-thinking Michael, who joins the Air Force when war breaks out and goes to England. After the war, Hortense, now a qualified ...
Style:
serious, touching, captivating, realistic, saga ...
Plot:
racism, interracial sex, post war, couples, starting over, couple relations, culture clash, misfit, hopes, self discovery, bittersweet, racial violence ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
england, jamaica, london, europe
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Jens has a midlife crisis and chooses to settle some old debts.
Style:
neo noir, ambiguous ending, suspense, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot:
serial killer, superhero, killer, love, forbidden love, racial violence, downfall, redemption, city, obsession, revenge, paranoia ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
copenhagen, denmark, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 64 min.
Story:
Taking its title from Harold Macmillan's widely-reported Cape Town speech about the process of decolonisation in Africa, The Wind of Change showed the other side of the coin: the impact of colonial immigration at 'home'. The film ...
Style:
tense, controversial, thought provoking, political, noir ...
Plot:
racism, racial violence, racial tension, racial prejudice, working class, youth, xenophobia, immigration, teenager, rebellion, social realism, civil unrest ...
Time:
60s
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Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
On a college campus in modern America, ideas that have long been neglected as "issues of the past" emerge as racial tensions and frictions grow between different student groups.
Style:
thrilling, realistic, psychological, psychological thriller, captivating ...
Plot:
racism, student, racial tension, racial violence, college campus, social issues, college student, undercover, violence, social problems, hate crime, young adult ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
This movie starts with three men arrested for disorderly conduct at a dance. After they are released, they take a train trip, vent their continuing anger on a young Arab, and kill the man by forcing him out of a window on the speeding train. Their ...
Style:
crime drama, intense, realistic, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
train, racism, murder, racial violence, hate crime, xenophobia, racial tension, witness, social commentary, social realism, investigation, mob violence ...
Time:
80s
Place:
maghreb, france
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A trio of runaway slaves evade authorities in the Old West.
Style:
tense, road movie, spaghetti western, period drama, black cinema
Plot:
blaxploitation, slavery, racial violence, old west, freedom, racism, violent, escape, pursuit, anti hero, human rights, journey ...
Time:
19th century, year 1972
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Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Days before the November mid-term Elections, three young girls who are a Muslim, Mexican and Haitian, are stalked by a deranged killer dressed as the POTUS.
Style:
slasher, parody, psychotronic, controversial, spoof ...
Plot:
political satire, racism, masked killer, muslim, female protagonist, usa president, female victim, donald trump, racial violence, violence, xenophobia, stalking ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
In July 2005, black teenager Anthony Walker was murdered by two white men in an unprovoked racist attack in a Liverpool park. He was just 18 years old. This film tells the story of how this talented young man's life might have turned out.
Style:
poignant, emotional, thought provoking, reflective, educational ...
Plot:
racism, biopic, racial injustice, racial violence, memories, murder, social commentary, loss, moving, racial tension, mature, community ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
britain, liverpool
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Genre: Drama, History, Western
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Fleeing an arranged marriage in China, the independent Peony signs a contract to work as a “flower girl” in America, where she meets Tom, an American Born Chinese cook whose father works on the Transcontinental Railroad. Thwarted by a Hong Kong ...
Style:
suspense, historical drama, captivating, disturbing, dramatic ...
Plot:
lynching, chinese immigrant, racial violence, tragic romance, tragic love, lynch mob, vigilantism, in love, love affair, love story, social problems, star crossed lovers ...
Time:
19th century, 1870s
Place:
california, los angeles
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Ghosts of Mississippi is a drama covering the final trial of the assassin, Bryon De La Beckwith, of the 60s civil rights leader Medgar Evers. It begins with the murder and the events surrounding the two initial trials which both ended in a hung ...
Style:
inspirational, talky, thought provoking, factual, compassionate ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, legal, racism, courtroom, legal investigation, racial discrimination, widow, activist, injustice, life is a bitch, righting the wronged, jury ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 90s
Place:
mississippi, usa, southern usa, america
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Genre: Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: Mexico
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
1931, a year of nationalisms and excesses: The Chinese are expelled from Sonora; the US deports Mexicans and closes its borders. Twelve desperate people cross the Sonoran desert in a 1929 Chrysler, hoping to find peace in Baja California. As their ...
Style:
tense, disturbing, captivating, suspense
Plot:
racism, racial discrimination, racial tension, racial slur, racial issues, social issues, racial prejudice, society, racial violence, racial stereotype, racial injustice, social misfits ...
Time:
1930s, year 1931
Place:
sonora
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
As the country explodes under racial tensions after the assassination of Martin Luther King, writer Romain Gary, humanist and animal lover, and his wife, star Jean Seberg, civil rights activist, welcome an abandoned dog into their home, trained to ...
Style:
psychological, thought provoking, thrilling, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
dog, racism, race, social commentary, racial tension, civil rights, husband wife relationship, murder, murderer, problem, male female relationship, writers ...
Time:
60s
Place:
usa, paris france
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Spanish drama about anti-immigrant racism and family problems. Berta is a single nurse raising her deceased sister's three teenage children in a Spanish port city. The two boys are neo-Nazis with a flaming hatred for African immigrants, and the ...
Style:
realistic, tense, melancholic, crime drama, tragic
Plot:
immigration, social commentary, family drama, racial tension, xenophobia, social realism, racial violence, human trafficking, working class, hate crime, forbidden romance, interracial relations ...
Place:
valencia spain
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A woman pits herself against her husband and his Ku Klux Klan member friends when she learns that they are planning an attack against her black maid and her husband.
Style:
suspenseful, period piece
Plot:
interracial relations, ku klux klan, racism, racial tension, racial injustice, social justice, racial violence, moral dilemma, bravery, civil rights, resistance, husband wife conflict ...
Time:
1950s, 50s
Place:
southern usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Inspired by the writings of writer Fritz Fanon, who believed that a colonial population could only reach freedom by declaring violence towards their occupiers, Cavallone’s tale sees a white photographer (Erna Schurer) who seduces a black model ...
Style:
erotic drama, tense, intense, art house, controversial ...
Plot:
interracial relations, racial tension, racial violence, colonialism, lesbian, romantic triangle, identity crisis, emancipation, forbidden love, obsession, manipulation, moral ambiguity ...
Place:
africa
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A black teenager vandalizes a racist lawn ornament.
Style:
tense, serious, sincere, disturbing, intense ...
Plot:
racism, vandalism, violence, interracial relations, police investigation, uncover truth, murder, society, life is a bitch, law enforcement, racial tension, small town ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
quebec, africa, canada
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Redemption, violence, and faith define a young black man, a reckless white nationalist, and a pair of traveling vacationers during a random encounter within northern Idaho.
Style:
spiritual, thrilling, captivating, psychological, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
faith, redemption, racism, violence, racial tension, black man, black american, social issues, problem, social problems, social commentary, religion ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Following the franchise's cult classic roots, this new anthology featuring Tony Todd and Lynn Whitfield will scare and thrill with its horrifying twists and social commentary.
Style:
anthology, disturbing, tense, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
social commentary, family problems, mentally unstable, murder, survival horror, psychopath, parable, white supremacy, urban, racial tension, revenge, racial violence ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Inspired by True Events. When the murder of a migrant worker shakes a southwest border town to its core, the feud between a newspaper owner and the chief of police leads to the blurring of the truth and a dirty fight for justice.
Style:
tense, realistic, suspense, dark, multicultural ...
Plot:
murder, police corruption, investigative journalism, small town, social injustice, justice, journalism, cover up, investigation, racial violence, newspaper, racial tension ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s
Place:
south america, arizona
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Genre: 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:
erotic, grindhouse, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
racism, blaxploitation, on the run, african american, sex with a minor, gang, fugitive, racial slur, sex, police corruption, betrayal, chase ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 70s, year 1971
Place:
los angeles, latin america, usa, california, south central los angeles ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A gloomy vision of the possibility of decent relations between whites and blacks anywhere, including the South. Undertaker L.B. Jones, the richest black man in his county of Tennessee, is divorcing his wife for infidelity with a white policeman. ...
Style:
social, serious, realistic, gloomy, bleak ...
Plot:
racism, sexual assault, white male black female relationship, racial issues, interracial romance, racial tension, rape, blaxploitation, lawyer, sexual abuse, murder, adultery ...
Time:
60s
Place:
tennessee, southern usa, america, usa
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