Movies About Racism Against Black People
Movies about racism are some of the most emotional and dramatic films to ever hit the silver screen. The top Black racism movies feature characters fighting for their basic rights from the time of slavery to more modern forms of discrimination. This is a list of African American racism movies featuring everything from 12 Years a Slave to The Help to Selma.
What movies will you find on this list of movies about racism against Black people? Fruitvale Station concerns a modern tragedy. Based on the real-life death of Oscar Grant, this award-winning film proves that racism still exists in modern times – and it can be deadly. The Color Purple is another great film that examines the ugly truths about racism in the United States.
While most movies about racism are dramas, Mel Brooks took on this serious issue with the hilarious comedy Blazing Saddles. Other good films featured on roundup of top movies about racism list include Crash, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, and Django Unchained.
Which movie about racism do you think deserves the top spot on this list? Vote the best films up to number one, and get in on the conversation in the comments section.
- 1Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeil, Ruby Dee
- 2Denzel Washington, Angela Bassett, Albert Hall
- 3Amandla Stenberg, Regina Hall, Russell Hornsby
- Released: 2018
- Directed by: George Tillman
Starr Carter is constantly switching between two worlds -- the poor, mostly black neighborhood where she lives and the wealthy, mostly white prep school that she attends. The uneasy balance between ...more - 4Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, Margaret Avery
- 5Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Benedict Cumberbatch
- 6Sandra Bullock, Samuel L. Jackson, Matthew McConaughey
