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# Name Year Country Genres IMDb Votes IMDb Rating Type Status CBFC
1 2013 United States of America 747033 8.1 Movie Released
2
The Butler
The Butler
132 min
2013 United States of America 120207 7.2 Movie Released PG-13
3
Selma
Selma
127 min
2014 France 95930 7.5 Movie Released PG-13
4
The Help
The Help
146 min
2011 India 498104 8.1 Movie Released
5
Glory
Glory
122 min
1989 United States of America 145912 7.8 Movie Released R
6
Roots
Roots
90 min
SS 1 EP 8
1977 19100 8.4 Serie Ended NR
7
Amistad
Amistad
155 min
1997 United States of America 83513 7.3 Movie Released
8
Malcolm X
Malcolm X
202 min
1992 United States of America 102979 7.7 Movie Released PG-13
9
Lincoln
Lincoln
149 min
2012 India 274322 7.3 Movie Released
10 2003 New Zealand 476104 7.8 Movie Released
11
The 13th
The 13th
72 min
2017 Greece 25 8 Movie Released
12 2008 77 7.1 Movie Released
13 1988 United States of America 112703 7.8 Movie Released R
14
Detroit
Detroit
143 min
2017 United States of America 56310 7.3 Movie Released R
15 2017 Belgium 23707 7.9 Movie Released
16
A Time to Kill
A Time to Kill
149 min
1996 United States of America 184201 7.5 Movie Released R
17 1974 United States of America 2569 7.9 Movie Released
18 1961 United States of America 9781 8 Movie Released
19
Snakeskin
Snakeskin
94 min
2001 New Zealand 544 5.3 Movie Released
20
Clemency
Clemency
112 min
2019 United States of America 5484 6.5 Movie Released
21
When They See Us
When They See Us
75 min
SS 1 EP 4
2019 United States of America 140834 8.8 Serie Ended TV-MA
22
The Hate U Give
The Hate U Give
133 min
2018 United States of America 40892 7.5 Movie Released
23
Fences
Fences
139 min
2016 Canada 119144 7.2 Movie Released PG-13
24
Sankofa
Sankofa
124 min
1993 Burkina Faso 822 7 Movie Released
25 2008 United States of America 28197 7.2 Movie Released PG-13
26
Just Mercy
Just Mercy
137 min
2019 United States of America 76680 7.6 Movie Released
27
The Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad
58 min
SS 1 EP 10
2021 United States of America 8668 7.4 Serie Ended TV-MA
28
Carmen Jones
Carmen Jones
105 min
1954 United States of America 5977 6.8 Movie Released NR
29 1990 United States of America 4947 7.3 Movie Released PG
30
American Skin
American Skin
90 min
2019 United States of America 3951 7 Movie Released
31 1985 United States of America 98350 7.7 Movie Released
32
Loving
Loving
123 min
2016 United Kingdom 37040 7 Movie Released PG-13
33
Harriet
Harriet
125 min
2019 United States of America 31096 6.7 Movie Released PG-13
34 2003 United States of America 17348 6.2 Movie Released PG-13
35 2021 United States of America 410 6 Movie Released
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