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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 164 films · Page 6.
blaxploitation film
Armed with a quarterstaff and his pet African lion named Hoodoo, noble nightclub owner Samson (Rockne Tarkington) does his best to keep his neighborhood clean of crime and drugs. When vicious mobster Giovanni "Johnny" Nappa (William Smith)…
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blaxploitation film
blaxploitation film, hood film
In London in the late 1970s, Guyanese immigrant Ben Jones arrives at Heathrow Airport with a suitcase and a wallet full of money. Immigration officials refuse to believe his naïve explanation that the cash was given by his grandmother, and…
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Blaxploitation, Crime, exploitation film
blaxploitation film, crime film, drama film
The film tells the story of Coco who is released from jail for 24 hours prior to testifying against her ex-boyfriend Eddie and is placed in police protection for that timeframe.
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blaxploitation film, horror film
Elderly Pauline Christophe dies in her home on Skull Mountain. Two days later, four of her relatives arrive for the funeral and reading of the will: Phillippe, Lorena, Dr. Andrew Cunningham, and Harriet Johnson.
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Action, Blaxploitation, Crime, crime film, drama film
Johnny Barrows, a winner of the Silver Star is set up by his captain O'Malley when he inadvertently steps on a landmine. When O'Malley mocks him, Johnny slaps him, leading him to be dishonorably discharged from the army. Shipped back home …
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Action, Bruceploitation, Sci-Fi, action film, blaxploitation film, martial arts film, science fiction film, spy film, thriller film
A rogue scientist, Dr. Mason (T.E. Foreman), who invents a weather control device, is unknowingly being funded by gangster leader nicknamed "The Pig" (Sakata).
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Action, Blaxploitation, Crime, action film, drama film
A Chicago cop is dismissed from the force unfairly and needs to clear his name. Accused of theft, he goes after people who committed the crime. Now that he is out of the force, he is not bound by the rules as he goes after the drug lord (p…
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Action, Blaxploitation, blaxploitation film
Chuck Wells (Jim Kelly) and his partner Ralph Dart (Richard Roundtree) are the owners of the International Martial Arts dojo which is located in Los Angeles. A martial arts tournament is taking place with a prize of $400,000. Chuck and Ral…
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Action, Blaxploitation, Komödie, action film, blaxploitation film, martial arts film
The United States government is transferring $15 million to a bank in Manila owned by Johnny Duran. In America, Duran is approached by a man named Simpson and accepts a bribe to cooperate with Simpson's plan to steal the money. Simpson rev…
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Action, Blaxploitation, action film, blaxploitation film, crime film
Courier Jefferson Bolt is asked to take a briefcase from Hong Kong to Mexico City, but he is not told what is in it or the identity of the man who asks him, a man named Griffiths. Convinced he will get good pay and see a few good places, B…
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Fantasy, Slasher Horror, blaxploitation film, comedy horror, slasher film
Some time passes and Killjoy is once again called, this time through a blood pact. Immediately he resorts to using the blood spilled by his summoner to create three underlings, which he dubs new evil clowns, Punchy, Freakshow and Batty Boo…
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Horror, Slasher Horror, blaxploitation film, horror film, slasher film
The film begins in a deserted snowy desert-esque level of Hell. An Old Hag living in a dusty shack is being paid a prize by a Bailiff for conjuring up Killjoy. After Killjoy is summoned, the Bailiff appears and chokes Killjoy out.
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action film, adventure film, blaxploitation film, crime film
A successful Los Angeles-based businessperson, doting father of two and a loving husband, Ron Lewis turns into a completely different self at night – his alter ego, the "Black Baron", a prominent, powerful and feared pimp; but after killin…
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Martial-Arts, action film, adventure film, blaxploitation film
American soldiers Doug Russell (James Iglehart), McGee (Leon Isaac Kennedy) and Morelli (Carmen Argenziano) serving in Vietnam are selling gold bars on the black market. Upon their arrival stateside Morelli convinces McGee to betray Russel…
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action film, blaxploitation film, drama film, rape and revenge film
In the mid-to-late 1960s, three young men leave their small Southern hometown to join the United States Army and fight in the Vietnam War. Upon their return home, they take up the cause of battling the racial injustices prevalent in the to…
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blaxploitation film
Somebody's running a takeover on crime lord King Lathrop's (Owen Watson) operation using goons in undistinguished full-face masks. Clueless, King Lathrop calls private detective Velvet Smooth (Johnnie Hill) for help. With the help of her f…
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Action, Blaxploitation, Crime, action film, blaxploitation film, crime film, drama film, martial arts film
L.A. bounty hunter, Zachary Kane, is on the hunt for a masked serial killer on the loose.
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blaxploitation film, documentary film
With archive film clips and interviews, this brief look at a frequently overlooked historical period of filmmaking acts as an introduction rather than a complete record. It features interviews with some of the genre's biggest stars, like F…
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blaxploitation film, martial arts film
The re-dubbed plotline involves Tupac (Eugene Thomas), a renegade member of the Dolemite clan, stealing a sacred bell from the Wu-Tang clan and joining forces with a group of ninjas (including the topless Ninja Ho) to defeat a Shaolin temp…
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action film, blaxploitation film, martial arts film
Larry Chin, a Chinese martial arts expert, sneaks into the United States at a San Francisco port, looking for his brother Wei Chin who disappeared several years prior, shortly after Larry's wife died in an accident. Larry is waylaid by men…
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action film, blaxploitation film
Maney King ("Little Jamie" Watts) is in a Middle Eastern country overseeing oil fields. When Prince Hassan (Richard Scarso) starts a coup to take over the country, Maney escapes with Princess Oneeba (Claudia Russo), his brother's girlfrien…
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action film, blaxploitation film
Al Connors is a groovy, streetwise private investigator transplanted from Harlem to Miami, where he is highly acclaimed and sought out. Agents of the CIA approach Al regarding a mission of international importance: an African head of state…
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