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Theme: Race Issues

Alien Nation (1988)

8 July 19993 May 2024

Rating: ★★★

Human-Alien Buddy Cop Film

Director: Graham Baker
Actors: James Caan, Mandy Patinkin, Terence Stamp, Kevin Major Howard, …
Category: Science Fiction

The American Society of Magical Negroes (2024)

2 February 20252 February 2025

Rating: ★★½

Secret Society Designed to Ease Racial Tensions/Satire

Director: Kobi Libii
Actors: Justice Smith, David Alan Grier, An-Li Bogan, Drew Tarver, …
Category: Fantasy

The Angel Levine (1970)

3 June 199924 August 2019

Rating: ★★

Dubious Angel

Director: Jan Kadar
Actors: Zero Mostel, Harry Belafonte, Ida Kaminska, Milo O'Shea, …
Category: Fantasy

Antebellum (2020)

26 September 20208 November 2024

Rating: ★★★

The Brutalities of Slavery/Reality Twister

Director: Gerard Bush, Christopher Benz
Actors: Janelle Monae, Tongayi Chirisa, Gabourey Sidibe, Eric Lange, …
Category: Horror

Batman (1943)

26 November 200027 October 2024

Rating: ★

Comic-Book Superhero/Serial

Director: Lambert Hillyer
Actors: Lewis Wilson, Douglas Croft, J. Carrol Naish, Shirley Patterson, …
Category: Science Fiction, Fantasy

Beneath Us (2019)

23 August 202110 October 2022

Rating: ★★★

Illegal Immigrants Tortured by a White Couple

Director: Max Pachman
Actors: Lynn Collins, Rigo Sanchez, James Tupper, Josue Aguirre, …
Category: Horror

Black Panther (2018)

12 May 20184 June 2025

Rating: ★★★

Marvel Comics Superhero

Director: Ryan Coogler
Actors: Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong'o, Danai Gurira, …
Category: Science Fiction

Bright (2017)

1 January 20188 February 2021

Rating: ★★★

Alternate Present Where Fantasy Creatures and Humans Coexist

Director: David Ayer
Actors: Will Smith, Joel Edgerton, Lucy Fry, Edgar Ramirez, …
Category: Fantasy

Candyman (2021)

25 September 202125 January 2024

Rating: ★★½

Boogey Man

Director: Nia DaCosta
Actors: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Teyonah Parris, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Colman Domingo, …
Category: Horror

Coonskin (1975)

24 September 201929 June 2022

Rating: ★★½

Animation/Gonzo Depiction of Race Relations

Director: Ralph Bakshi
Actors: Barry White, Charles Gordone, Scatman Crothers, Philip Thomas
Category: Fantasy

C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America (2004)

13 January 201124 May 2025

Rating: ★★★★★

Alternate History/The South Wins

Director: Kevin Willmott
Actors: Charles Frank
Category: Science Fiction

Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (2022)

15 October 20229 April 2023

Rating: ★★★★★

True-Life Serial Killer

Director: Jennifer Lynch, Carl Franklin, Gregg Araki, Clement Virgo, …
Actors: Evan Peters, Richard Jenkins, Niecy Nash, Michael Learned, …
Category: Horror

Desierto (2015)

15 January 201721 August 2023

Rating: ★★½

White Vigilante Hunts Mexican Illegal Immigrants

Director: Jonas Cuaron
Actors: Gael Garcia Bernal, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Alondra Hidalgo, Diego Cataño, …
Category: Horror

Down to Earth (2001)

16 February 20015 December 2024

Rating: ★★

Afterlife Mixup/Race Reversal Comedy

Director: Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz
Actors: Chris Rock, Regina King, Chazz Palminteri, Frankie Faison, …
Category: Fantasy

Dr Black and Mr Hyde (1976)

18 July 199921 November 2023

Rating: ★★★

Blaxploitation Jekyll and Hyde

Director: William Crain
Actors: Bernie Casey, Rosalind Cash, Ji-Tu Cumbuka
Category: Horror

Enemy Mine (1985)

23 September 20006 October 2020

Rating: ★★

Human-Alien Enemies Stranded on a Hostile Planet

Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Actors: Dennis Quaid, Louis Gossett Jr, Bumper Robinson, Brion James
Category: Science Fiction

Fight For Your Life (1977)

13 November 200511 April 2023

Rating: ★★★½

Racial Assault and Brutality

Director: Robert A. Endelson
Actors: William Sanderson, Robert Judd
Category: Horror

Finian’s Rainbow (1968)

17 August 200221 November 2024

Rating: ★★

Leprechaun Musical

Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Actors: Fred Astaire, Petula Clark, Tommy Steele, Don Francks, …
Category: Fantasy

Five (1951)

7 December 20125 December 2023

Rating: ★★★

The Survivors of a Nuclear War

Director: Arch Oboler
Actors: Susan Douglas, William Phipps
Category: Science Fiction

The Forever Purge (2021)

23 July 202123 July 2021

Rating: ★★

Social Collapse of the USA

Director: Everardo Valerio Gout
Actors: Ana de la Reguera, Tenocuh Huerta, Josh Lucas, Leven Rambin, …
Category: Science Fiction

Frontier(s) (2007)

24 September 20085 July 2024

Rating: ★★

Backwoods Brutality

Director: Xavier Gens
Actors: Karina Testa, Patrick Ligardes, Samuel Le Bihan, Estelle Lefebure
Category: Horror

Get Out (2017)

6 May 20173 September 2022

Rating: ★★★

Sinister Small Town/Racial Mind Control

Director: Jordan Peele
Actors: Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Catherine Keener, Bradley Whitford, …
Category: Horror

Heart Condition (1990)

17 January 20015 July 2021

Rating: ★★

Bigoted White Man Gets a Black Ghost Companion

Director: James D. Parriott
Actors: Bob Hoskins, Denzel Washington, Chloe Webb, Ray Baker, …
Category: Fantasy

Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror (2019)

27 December 202227 December 2022

Rating: ★★½

Documentary About African-Americans in Horror

Director: Xavier Burgin
Actors: Tony Todd, Keith David, Jordan Peele, Loretta Devine, …
Category: Horror

Jojo Rabbit (2019)

15 February 202016 September 2022

Rating: ★★

Young Nazi Boy with Adolf Hitler as an Imaginary Companion

Director: Taika Waititi
Actors: Roman Griffin Davis, Thomasin McKenzie, Scarlett Johansson, Taika Waititi, …
Category: Fantasy

The Lathe of Heaven (1980)

21 April 20144 July 2022

Rating: ★★★½

Man Whose Dreams Change the World When He Wakes

Director: Fred Barzyk, David Loxton
Actors: Bruce Davison, Kevin Conway, Margaret Avery
Category: Science Fiction

The Man (1972)

4 June 20062 June 2020

Rating: ★★★½

First Black US President

Director: Joseph Sargent
Actors: James Earl Jones, Burgess Meredith, Martin Balsam, William Windom, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932)

8 February 200013 September 2024

Rating: ★★★★

Super-Villain

Director: Charles Brabin
Actors: Boris Karloff, Myrna Loy, Karen Morley, Jean Hersholt, …
Category: Horror

The Plot Against America (2020)

23 May 202012 December 2024

Rating: ★★★★

Alternate History

Director: Minkie Spiro, Thomas Schlamme
Actors: Winona Ryder, Morgan Spector, Zoe Kazan, John Turturro, …
Category: Science Fiction

R.I.P.D. 2: Rise of the Damned (2022)

23 July 202323 July 2023

Rating: ★★

Afterlife Police Force

Director: Paul Leyden
Actors: Jeffrey Donovan, Penelope Mitchell, Richard Brake, Rachel Adedeji, …
Category: Fantasy

Sinners (2025)

7 June 20257 June 2025

Rating: ★★★★

Vampire Film

Director: Ryan Coogler
Actors: Michael B. Jordan, Hailee Steinfeld, Miles Caton, Delroy Lindo, …
Category: Horror

Song of the South (1946)

20 December 19999 August 2019

Rating: ★★★½

African-American Tall Tales/Disney Animation

Director: Harve Foster
Actors: James Baskett, Bobby Driscoll, Ruth Warrick, Luana Patten, …
Category: Fantasy

Sorry to Bother You (2018)

8 November 20197 March 2025

Rating: ★★★½

Gonzo Workplace Satire

Director: Boots Riley
Actors: LaKeith Stanfield, Tessa Thompson, Jermaine Fowler, Omari Hardwick, …
Category: Science Fiction

Strange Days (1995)

2 February 20034 September 2021

Rating: ★★★½

Near Future Social Disorder/The Millennium/Virtual Memories

Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Actors: Ralph Fiennes, Angela Bassett, Juliette Lewis, Tom Sizemore, …
Category: Science Fiction

Tales from the Hood (1995)

23 July 20143 August 2024

Rating: ★★★

African-American Horror Anthology

Director: Rusty Cundieff
Actors: Clarence Williams III, Corbin Bernsen, Rosalind Cash, Wings Hauser, …
Category: Horror

Tales from the Hood 2 (2018)

20 September 20216 December 2024

Rating: ★★

African-American Horror Anthology

Director: Rusty Cundieff, Darin Scott
Actors: Keith David, Kendrick Cross, Bryan Batt, Bill Martin Williams, …
Category: Horror

They Cloned Tyrone (2023)

4 August 202313 April 2024

Rating: ★★★½

Illicit Experiments in the Ghetto

Director: Juel Taylor
Actors: John Boyega, Jamie Foxx, Teyonah Parris, Kiefer Sutherland, …
Category: Science Fiction

A Town Has Turned to Dust (1998)

9 October 20036 May 2025

Rating: ★★½

Post-Holocaust Racism

Director: Rob Nilsson
Actors: Stephen Lang, Ron Perlman, Zahn McClarnon
Category: Science Fiction

Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)

16 December 200031 August 2022

Rating: ★★

Fantasy Anthology/TV Series Remake

Director: John Landis, Steven Spielberg, Joe Dante, George Miller
Actors: John Lithgow, Vic Morrow, Kathleen Quinlan, Burgess Meredith, …
Category: Fantasy

Undocumented (2010)

2 December 201215 July 2024

Rating: ★★★

Vigilantes Torture Mexican Illegal Immigrants

Director: Chris Peckover
Actors: Peter Stormare, Scott Mechlowicz, Kevin Weisman, Greg Serano, …
Category: Horror

Watermelon Man (1970)

16 May 20186 June 2025

Rating: ★★

White Man Wakes Up as a Black Man/Satiric Comedy

Director: Melvin Van Peebles
Actors: Godfrey Cambridge, Estelle Parsons, D'Urville Martin, Mantan Moreland, …
Category: Fantasy

Where is Anne Frank (2021)

6 August 20224 March 2025

Rating: ★★★★

Animation/Anne Frank’s Imaginary Companion Comes to Life

Director: Ari Folman
Actors: Ruby Stokes, Emily Carey, Ralph Prosser, Sebastian Croft, …
Category: Fantasy

White Dog (1982)

11 September 200320 February 2024

Rating: ★★

Racial Killer Dog

Director: Sam Fuller
Actors: Kristy MacNichol, Paul Winfield, Burl Ives, Jameson Parker
Category: Horror

White Man’s Burden (1995)

21 January 20009 June 2025

Rating: ★★★

Race-Reversed Alternate World

Director: Desmond Nakano
Actors: John Travolta, Harry Belafonte, Kelly Lynch, Margaret Avery, …
Category: Science Fiction

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Theme Essays

  • Films About Atlantis
  • Werewolf Films
  • Virtual Reality
  • Imprisonment Thrillers
  • Films Depicting NASA and the Space Program
  • Human Bloodsports and Death Games
  • Animals Attack Films
  • Films About Plague and Pandemic
  • Disaster Movies
  • Steampunk Films
  • Documentaries
  • Films About Halloween
  • Films About Prophecy
  • Magicians and Sorcerers
  • Secret Societies
  • Real-Life People in Fiction
  • Techno-Thrillers
  • Twins in Fantastic Cinema
  • Asylums
  • Possession Films
  • Films About Imaginary and Magical Lands
  • Religion in Fantastic Cinema
  • Romantic Comedies
  • Film Noir
  • Spy Films
  • Jekyll and Hyde Films
  • Films That Make Dubious Claims to Being True Stories
  • Coming of Age Stories in Fantastic Cinema
  • Films About Cryogenics and Suspended Animation
  • Alternate History Films
  • Disturbed Psychology as Portrayed on Film
  • Law Enforcement in Fantastic Cinema
  • Weird Westerns
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