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 serious, realistic, disturbing, cult classic, independent film and captivating films and TV shows about / with racial violence, racism, racial slur, society, murder, interracial relations, violence, life is a bitch, revenge and racial tension plots mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as racial violence: The Vernon Johns Story (1994), Django Unchained (2012), Goodbye Bafana (2007), Ghosts of Mississippi (1996), A Time to Kill (1996), Gangs of New York (2002), Mississippi Burning (1988), The Butler (2013), Jasper, Texas (2003), Small Island (2009).

List of racial violence movies

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The Vernon Johns Story (1994)
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: realistic, serious, captivating, thought provoking, disturbing
Plot: racism, civil rights, american history, rebel, black, revolutionary, church, racial violence, hopes, rebellion, military, fighting the system ...
Time: 50s, 1950s
Place: america
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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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 7.1
 12K
Goodbye Bafana (2007)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Germany, France, Belgium, South Africa, Italy, UK, 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, realistic, serious, touching, political ...
Plot: racism, apartheid, racial violence, leadership, prison life, interracial relations, freedom fighter, friendship, rebellion, human spirit, fighting the system, self discovery ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 70s, 90s
Place: south africa, africa
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Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)
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, factual, compassionate, intense ...
Plot: racism, courtroom drama, courtroom, civil rights, legal, lawyer, racial violence, court, african american, racial discrimination, legal investigation, investigation ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, 90s
Place: mississippi, usa, america, southern usa
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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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Gangs of New York (2002)
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: epic, rough, tense, atmospheric, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: revenge, gang, gangster, vengeance, organized crime, street gang, racism, crime boss, betrayal, violent, courage, gang war ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1800s, edwardian era, 50s ...
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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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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 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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 6.5
 765
Jasper, Texas (2003)
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, serious, realistic, freeze frame
Plot: african american, racism, small town, investigation, fighting the system, social decay, social differences, human spirit, society, life is a bitch, murder, injustice ...
Time: 90s
Place: austin texas, midwest, texas, usa
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 7.5
 2K
Small Island (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 180 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, post war, interracial sex, couples, couple relations, starting over, culture clash, self discovery, hopes, misfit, bittersweet, racial violence ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s
Place: england, jamaica, london, europe
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 7.1
 85
Bakerman (2016)
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, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot: serial killer, killer, superhero, love, forbidden love, rage, morality, paranoia, ghetto, racial slur, obsession, isolation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: copenhagen, europe, denmark
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Sonora: The Devil’s Highway (2018)
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: disturbing, suspense, tense, captivating
Plot: racism, racial tension, racial discrimination, racial slur, racial issues, social problems, social relations, race issues, social misfits, social issues, race riot, racial prejudice ...
Place: sonora
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 6.2
 10K
Soft & Quiet (2022)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Taking place in real time, elementary school teacher Emily organizes a mixer of like-minded women, but an altercation between a woman from Emily’s past and the group leads to a volatile chain of events.
Style: atmospheric, detective, dread, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: confronting the past, problem, slice of life, school teacher, female teacher, tragic past, troubled past, rape, home invasion, racial violence, racial slur, sexual abuse ...
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Tales from the Hood (1995)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A strange funeral director tells four strange tales of horror with an African American focus to three drug dealers he traps in his place of business.
Style: scary, disturbing, anthology, hood, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mortician, afterlife, child abuse, murder, funeral home, hip hop, supernatural, brutality, drug, storytelling, blaxploitation, evil doll ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, usa, southern california
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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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The Liberation of L.B. Jones (1970)
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, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot: racism, racial issues, interracial romance, rape, racial tension, blaxploitation, lawyer, sexual abuse, sex crime, white supremacy, interracial, civil rights ...
Time: 60s
Place: tennessee, southern usa, america, usa
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 7.2
 78K
Strange Days (1995)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story: Set in the year 1999 during the last days of the old millennium, the movie tells the story of Lenny Nero, an ex-cop who now deals with data-discs containing recorded memories and emotions. One day he receives a disc which contains the memories of a ...
Style: tech noir, futuristic, cyber, serious, psychological ...
Plot: cyberpunk, virtual reality, murder, dystopia, police brutality, conspiracy, violence, corruption, haunted by the past, uncover truth, serial killer, computer ...
Time: future, 20th century, year 1995, near future, year 1999 ...
Place: los angeles, usa, california
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The Secret Life of Bees (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Set in South Carolina in 1964, this is the tale of Lily Owens a 14 year-old girl who is haunted by the memory of her late mother. To escape her lonely life and troubled relationship with her father, Lily flees with Rosaleen, her caregiver and only ...
Style: sincere, touching, sentimental, emotional, sweet ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama, adult
Plot: racism, civil rights, african american, teenage life, friendship, coming of age, children, interracial relations, haunted by the past, family relations, black, teenager ...
Time: year 2008, 60s, 20th century, year 1964
Place: south carolina, indiana, africa, usa
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 7.6
 13K
Scum (1979)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story: This is the hard and shocking story of life in a British Borstal for young offenders. The brutal regime made no attempt to reform or improve the inmates and actively encouraged a power struggle between the 'tough' new inmate and the ...
Style: disturbing, rough, tense, serious, controversial ...
Plot: prison, racism, boy, youth, rebellion, corruption, revenge, riot, rape, juvenile delinquency, kids in trouble, sadism ...
Time: year 1979, near future, 70s, 20th century
Place: england, britain, united kingdom
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 7.8
 159K
A Bronx Tale (1993)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Set in the Bronx during the tumultuous 1960s, an adolescent boy is torn between his honest, working-class father and a violent yet charismatic crime boss. Complicating matters is the youngster's growing attraction - forbidden in his ...
Style: sentimental, intense, suspense, hood, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: mafia, gangster, coming of age, organized crime, mentor, mobster, loyalty, gang leader, cosa nostra, father son relationship, friendship, mob boss ...
Time: 60s, year 1960, 20th century, year 1993, 90s ...
Place: new york, bronx new york city, usa, new york state
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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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Dracula and Son (1976)
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: France
Duration: 96 min.
Story: With angry villagers driving them away from their castle in Transylvania, Dracula and his son Ferdinand head abroad. Dracula ends up in London, England where he becomes a horror movie star exploiting his vampire status. His son, meanwhile, is ...
Style: gothic horror, gothic, cult classic, classic horror, psychotronic ...
Plot: vampire, dracula, blood, love, supernatural power, son, supernatural, abusive boss, child vampire, night watchman, saving a life, racial violence ...
Time: year 1976, 1900s, 1780s, 70s
Place: romania, transylvania, paris france
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Fight for Your Life (1977)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: A minister dispenses justice on three convicts who take his family hostage.
Style: grindhouse, disturbing, controversial, terrifying, independent film ...
Plot: blaxploitation, exploitation, rape and revenge, revenge, home invasion, vengeance, violence, prison escape, black, vigilante, martial arts, sex crime ...
Time: 70s
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Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971)
Genre: Action, 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: controversial, grindhouse, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot: blaxploitation, racism, gang, on the run, police corruption, betrayal, chase, prostitute, manhunt, ghetto, vengeance, life is a bitch ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, year 1971, 70s
Place: los angeles, latin america, usa, california, south central los angeles ...
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 5.5
 389
Zebra Crossing (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Set amongst the backdrop of the towering, concrete-clad estates of south London ‘Zebra Crossings’ blends a diverse mixture of characters that all share one thing in common: The incredible loneliness of living alongside 7 million other people.
Plot: violent, kitchen sink realism, gay slur, alcoholic father, working class family, gang warfare, racial violence, father son relationship, loneliness, isolation, coming of age, drug use
Place: england
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 6.3
 23K
Sommersby (1993)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: France, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Set in the south of the United States just after the Civil War, Laurel Sommersby is just managing to work the farm without her husband Jack, believed killed in the Civil War. By all accounts, Jack Sommersby was not a pleasant man, thus when he ...
Style: romantic, touching, psychological, sentimental, suspenseful ...
Plot: mistaken identity, husband wife relationship, village life, love, american civil war, civil war, courtroom drama, war, war veteran, suspicion of murder, haunted by the past, civil war veteran ...
Time: 19th century, 1860s, 50s, year 1993, victorian era
Place: tennessee, southern usa, usa
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 6.1
 5K
Hitman (1998)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Financially troubled, a newbie hitman reluctantly takes the job of finding the plotted killer of a Japanese tycoon.
Style: crime drama, fast, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: yakuza, martial arts, assassination, hitman, assassin, mafia, karate, contract killer, samurai, killer, revenge, heroes ...
Time: 90s
Place: hong kong
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 4.4
 3K
Undefeatable (1993)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The film follows Kristi Jones (Cynthia Rothrock) who, along with her gang, take part in Mafia-run street fights to earn money for her sister's college education. Kristi's sister hopes to become a doctor and pay for Kristi's education.
Style: erotic, suspense, funny, sexy, cult classic ...
Plot: martial arts, serial killer, revenge, rape, female martial artist, rape and revenge, fight scenes, female fight, violent, intergender wrestling, erotica, woman with a gun ...
Time: 90s
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 5.3
 45K
Balls of Fury (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Randy Daytona was a child ping pong prodigy who lost his chance at Olympic gold when his father is murdered by the mysterious Feng over a gambling debt. 15yrs later he's down on his luck and scraping a living doing seedy back room shows in ...
Style: parody, humorous, funny, stylized, exciting ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: rivalry, redemption, olympics, fbi, ping pong, prodigy, athlete and trainer, ambition, talent, contests and competitions, hopes, underdog ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: german democratic republic, latin america, central america, seoul, reno nevada
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Bad Day on the Block (1997)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story: The heat is at record highs, the air conditioner is broken, the milk has gone bad, the repairman can't find the house... and then there's the neighbor. Lyle Wilder, a celebrated firefighter, whose scorn for the young Braverton family next ...
Style: independent film, serious, realistic, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot: firefighter, suburbs, emergency, home invasion, firefight, psychopath, hostage, heat wave, hitman, suburban life, family in crisis, infidelity ...
Time: 90s
Place: los angeles, california, usa
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