The Guy from Harlem (1977)

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Tough streetwise private investigator Al Connors, who works in Florida but originally hails from Harlem, is hired by the CIA to guard a visiting African princess. Moreover, Connors uses all his sharp street smarts and fierce fighting skills to find another woman who's been abducted by the evil Big Daddy.
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Tough streetwise private investigator Al Connors, who works in Florida but originally hails from Harlem, is hired by the CIA to guard a visiting African princess. Moreover, Connors uses all his sharp street smarts and fierce fighting skills to find another woman who's been abducted by the evil Big Daddy.

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The Candy Tangerine Man

Sunset Boulevard is a lucrative place to work for the Black Baron, a pimp with a distinctive red and yellow Rolls Royce and plenty of girls on his books. He don't take no mess from his girls, his madam or his competitors and viciously defends his patch. First, he clobbers the Mob who attempt to move in on his patch. Second, he tracks down one of his girls who runs off with a suitcase full of his cash. Third, he disposes of two policemen. But by now he knows his pimping days are numbered, so after a final explosive gun battle he switches to being his alter ego, mild-mannered businessman Ron who lives out in the leafy suburbs with an unsuspecting wife and family.
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5.3
The+Candy+Tangerine+Man
The Candy Tangerine Man

1975

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Black Trash

A white cop and a black reporter join forces to investigate apparent vigilante killings in the South African underworld.
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4.8
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Black Trash

1976

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Savage Sisters

A corrupt General plans on smuggling one million US dollars out of the Banana Republic he dominates. Local revolutionaries plan on stealing the cash but are thwarted when a bandit leader they are working with double crosses them. A tough cop and her boyfriend help two of the female revolutionaries escape from prison hoping that they will lead them to the cash, which they plan on keeping for themselves.
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4.4
Savage+Sisters
Savage Sisters

1974

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Hammer

Hotheaded laborer B.J. Hammer can't go long without ending up in a fight, and, after he comes out on top in a particularly impressive workplace scuffle, word of his brawling skills makes its way to Davis, a top boxing manager. Hammer is hired by Davis and begins a lucrative career in the ring, only to find out that his new employer wants him to throw a fight and take part in other illicit activities. Hammer reacts to this news violently, and the feud is on.
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5.4
Hammer
Melinda

A slick, smooth-talking, womanizing young black DJ falls hard for an enigmatic woman he's just met. Things take a turn for the worse, though, when she is found dead in his apartment. It turns out that she was killed by the local mob, which is trying to frame him for the crime. With the police after him, he calls on some of his old acquaintances to help clear his name and avenge the woman's death.
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4.0
Melinda
Black Gunn

A successful and popular nightclub owner who believes financial independence is the path to equality and success, must act as a go-between for militant-minded brother and the white gang syndicate his brother has attacked and robbed. Their involvements lead to a breathless race course chase, the destruction of a dopepusher and a violent waterfront climax.
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6.0
Black+Gunn
Black Gunn

1972

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Devil's Express

Luke and his friend Rodan take a break from the city streets to train in kung fu in China. Whilst there, Rodan steals an ancient amulet which prevents an evil spirit from leaving his tomb. The evil spirit, now free, possesses somebody and follows the pair back to New York City, where it lurks in the subways, killing and mutilating its victims. Can kung fu master Luke right Rodan's wrong and put a stop to the killings?
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4.6
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Devil's Express

1976

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TNT Jackson

A woman encounters thugs and drug dealers after traveling to Hong Kong to search for her missing brother.
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4.7
TNT+Jackson
TNT Jackson

1974

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Detroit 9000

After a fundraiser for a black politician is robbed, Detroit police put two detectives, one white and one black, on the case, who try to work together under boiling political pressure.
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5.4
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Detroit 9000

1973

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Cool Breeze

A paroled crook masterminds a $3 million jewelry theft to fund a bank for businessmen.
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5.1
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Cool Breeze

1972

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Black Fist

To make money, a Los Angeles street-fighter goes to work for gangsters.
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4.3
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Black Fist

1977

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Black Eye

An ex-police officer operating a private detective business comes face to face with a syndicate-backed dope ring.
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4.8
Black+Eye
Abar, the First Black Superman

Upon moving into a bigoted neighborhood, the scientist father of a persecuted black family gives a superpower elixir to a tough bodyguard, who thus becomes a superpowered crimefighter.
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4.2
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Abar, the First Black Superman

1977

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The Baron

A black actor tries to make his own movie with an all-black cast, but to make it he's forced to borrow money from the Mafia.
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4.5
The+Baron
Bucktown

Duke Johnson visits a small Southern town, intent on burying his brother. After the funeral, he learns that he must stay for 60 days, for the estate to be processed. A few locals convince Duke to reopen his late brother's nightclub, and soon the local redneck policemen are intimidating Duke with threats of violence. Duke refuses to pay the bribes they demand, so then he and his lady friend Aretha are threatened and attacked by the crooked cops. Rather than take them on himself, Duke calls on his old pal Roy. Roy brings a few buddies to Bucktown, and they bring justice to the small town. With the redneck cops out of the way, Duke lets his guard down. Then the situation gets out of hand again. Finally, Duke must settle the score himself.
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5.6
Bucktown
The Legend of Nigger Charley

A trio of runaway slaves evade authorities in the Old West.
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6.3
The+Legend+of+Nigger+Charley
The Legend of Nigger Charley

1972

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Brotherhood of Death

A group of Black soldiers are home from the war and head to a small Southern town. The town is dominated by a group of Klansmen who keep the Black majority from voting or being treated like human beings. However, these newcomers convince the local population to register to vote so they can take back power and achieve justice. When hundreds show up to register, the Klan responds with violence. Eventually, though, the Black community has little choice other than fight back and the film ends with a small war between these combat vets and the Klan.
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5.6
Brotherhood+of+Death
Brotherhood of Death

1976

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Bamboo Gods and Iron Men

The Jefferson’s honeymoon night in Hong Kong will be troubled by a number of people wishing to get hold of a Bouddha statuette that the husband offered her when window-shopping that day. When the going gets rough, it helps that Cal Jefferson is a top American boxer.
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5.6
Bamboo+Gods+and+Iron+Men
Bamboo Gods and Iron Men

1974

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Black Angels

When an African-American biker gang is tricked into believing that a white biker gang is planning a war, all hell breaks loose.
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4.4
Black+Angels
Black Angels

1970

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The Black Alley Cats

Wanting revenge on a street gang for a rape attack, four young girls get together, take kung-fu lessons, learn how to shoot, form a gang called the Black Alley Cats and search out the gang that attacked them.
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6.0
The+Black+Alley+Cats
The Black Alley Cats

1973

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Thomasine & Bushrod

A pair of thieves operate in the American South between 1911 and 1915, stealing from rich, white capitalists, and giving to Mexicans, Native Americans and poor whites.
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6.5
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Thomasine & Bushrod

1974

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The Muthers

A band of female pirates go undercover at a prison camp on a coffee plantation to rescue their leader's sister.
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4.7
The+Muthers
The Muthers

1976

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Three Tough Guys

Isaac Hayes plays as Lee in his feature film debut, as Father Charlie and himself solve a bank robbery mystery that stretches across the city. After Lee is removed from the force due to $1,000,000 being stolen from the bank Father Charlie helps him to gain revenge for the loss of one of his friends.
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5.0
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Three Tough Guys

1974

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Darktown Strutters

When a prominent abortion clinic owner goes missing along with a string of other black community leaders, her singing daughter and her fellow female biker gang members investigate.
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4.7
Darktown+Strutters
Darktown Strutters

1975

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Tougher Than Leather

Legendary hip-hop group Run-D.M.C. must find and punish the evil drug lord-record company executive who murdered their friend. Along the way, they encounter racist bikers, blonde bimbos, and the Beastie Boys!
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5.3
Tougher+Than+Leather
Tougher Than Leather

1988

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I Escaped from Devil's Island

In 1916, a group of prisoners plot their escape from the notorious fortress located in French Guiana.
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4.9
I+Escaped+from+Devil%27s+Island
I Escaped from Devil's Island

1973

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Outlaw Johnny Black

Hell bent on avenging the death of his father, Johnny Black vows to gun down Brett Clayton and becomes a wanted man in the process while posing as a preacher in a small mining town that's been taken over by a notorious Land Baron.
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5.8
Outlaw+Johnny+Black
Outlaw Johnny Black

2023

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