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Mandingo
1975 • Drama • Romance • History
Warren Maxwell, the owner of a run-down plantation, pressures his son, Hammond, to marry and produce an heir to inherit the plantation. Hammond settles on his own cousin, Blanch…
Why matched: genres Drama, Romance
The Jerk
1979 • Comedy
After discovering he's not really black like the rest of his family, likable dimwit Navin Johnson sets off on a hilarious misadventure that takes him from rags to riches and bac…
Why matched: genres Comedy
Across 110th Street
1972 • Drama • Thriller • Crime
In a daring robbery, some $300,000 is taken from the Italian mob. Several mafiosi are killed, as are two policemen. Lt. Pope and Capt. Mattelli are two New York City cops trying…
Why matched: genres Drama, Thriller
For Pete's Sake
1974 • Comedy
Henrietta Robbins borrows money from a loan shark to finance her husband's investment in the stock market. However, when their stock plummets, she scrambles to find a way to pay…
Why matched: genres Comedy
The Learning Tree
1969 • Drama
The story, set in Kansas during the 1920's, covers less than a year in the life of a black teenager, and documents the veritable deluge of events which force him into sudden man…
Why matched: genres Drama
Brubaker
1980 • Drama • Crime
The new warden of a small prison farm in Arkansas tries to clean it up of corruption after initially posing as an inmate.
Matched on: Ward
Cops and Robbers
1973 • Crime • Comedy • Action
Two disillusioned New York policemen plan a $10 million robbery to fuel their low pensions, only to run into one debacle after another in the process.
Why matched: genres Crime, Comedy
The Cool World
1964 • Drama • Crime
A fifteen-year-old boy wants to buy a gun from an adult racketeer named Priest, in order to become president of the gang to which he belongs, and to return them to active "boppi…
Why matched: genres Drama, Crime
Nothing But a Man
1964 • Drama • Romance
A proud black man and his school-teacher wife face discriminatory challenges in 1960s America.
Why matched: genres Drama, Romance
Miracle at St. Anna
2008 • Drama • War
Miracle at St. Anna chronicles the story of four American soldiers who are members of the all-black 92nd "Buffalo Soldier" Division stationed in Tuscany, Italy during World War II.
Why matched: genres Drama, War