The 55+ Best R-Rated Blaxploitation Movies

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List of R-Rated blaxploitation movies, ranked from best to worst with movie trailers when available. This list takes the best R-Rated blaxploitation movies and pits them against each other to see once and for all what the greatest R-Rated Blaxploitation movie of all time is. This list of popular R-Rated blaxploitation movies includes information like who directed the film, when it was released and which actors starred in the movie. If you think the top R-Rated Blaxploitation movie isn't as high as it should be then be sure to vote it up so it can take its rightful place among the other great R-Rated Blaxploitation films on this list. If you're trying to find a specific R-Rated Blaxploitation film you can search this list and filter to find what you're looking for.

This list is made up of a variety of movies, including I'm Gonna Git You Sucka and New Jack City.

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  • I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
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    I'm Gonna Git You Sucka

    Keenen Ivory Wayans, Bernie Casey, Antonio Fargas
    9 votes
    • Released: 1988
    • Directed by: Keenen Ivory Wayans
    Jack Spade (Keenen Ivory Wayans) comes home to the ghetto and finds his brother dead from a gold chain overdose. With the help of his hero, John Slade (Bernie Casey), and a team of washed-up crime fighters, Spade declares vengeance on Mr. Big (John Vernon), the white crime leader responsible for selling gold chains on the streets. But Spade realizes that he must take matters into his own hands to finish the job in this zany spoof of 1970s blaxploitation films.

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  • Coffy
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    Coffy

    Pam Grier, Booker Bradshaw, Robert Do 'Qui
    15 votes
    • Released: 1973
    • Directed by: Jack Hill
    As a nurse, Coffy (Pam Grier) has seen the ill effects of drugs up close, but it isn't until her little sister becomes addicted to heroin that she finally decides to wage a one-woman battle. Disguised as a prostitute, Coffy goes on a killing rampage, at first going after street dealers and pimps such as sleazy King George (Robert DoQui), then gradually working her way up to bigger honchos. She's shocked, however, when she discovers that her politician boyfriend (Booker Bradshaw) is involved.

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  • Foxy Brown
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    Foxy Brown

    Pam Grier, Antonio Fargas, Peter Brown
    14 votes
    • Released: 1974
    • Directed by: Jack Hill
    Unable to pay back the $20,000 he owes the mob, small-time hustler Link (Antonio Fargas) instead gives up the identity of an undercover cop (Terry Carter) who happens to be dating his sister, Foxy Brown (Pam Grier). When gangsters later kill the cop, Foxy is quick to make the connection and swears vengeance. Posing as a prostitute, and with the help of a group of neighborhood vigilantes, she gradually tracks down the hit men, their Mafia bosses and her own brother.

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  • Super Fly
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    Super Fly

    Ron O'Neal, Carl Lee, Sheila Frazier
    14 votes
    • Released: 1972
    • Directed by: Gordon Parks
    Priest (Ron O'Neal), a suave top-rung New York City drug dealer, decides that he wants to get out of his dangerous trade. Working with his reluctant friend, Eddie (Carl Lee), Priest devises a scheme that will allow him make a big deal and then retire. When a desperate street dealer informs the police of Priest's activities, Priest is forced into an uncomfortable arrangement with corrupt narcotics officers. Setting his plan in motion, he aims to both leave the business and stick it to the man.

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  • New Jack City
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    New Jack City

    Wesley Snipes, Ice-T, Judd Nelson
    9 votes
    • Released: 1991
    • Directed by: Mario Van Peebles
    New Jack City, a gritty crime drama, takes us to the heart of Harlem in the 1980s. Nino Brown (Wesley Snipes), an ambitious drug lord, establishes a complex empire known as the Cash Money Brothers. Scotty Appleton (Ice-T), an undercover detective, and Nick Peretti (Judd Nelson), his partner, are tasked with infiltrating and dismantling this ruthless operation. This film is marked by its blend of action and social commentary, alongside gripping performances from its lead actors. A box office success, New Jack City also won the ASCAP Award for Top Box Office Films.

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  • Dolemite
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    Dolemite

    Rudy Ray Moore, D'Urville Martin, Jerry Jones
    11 votes
    • Released: 1975
    • Directed by: D'Urville Martin
    A wrongly jailed man (Rudy Ray Moore) and his female kung-fu friends seek vengeance on the rival (D'Urville Martin) who put him away.

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