List of blaxploitation films explained

This is an alphabetical list of films belonging to the blaxploitation genre.

A

• Aaron Loves Angela (1975)

• Abar, the First Black Superman a.k.a. In Your Face (1977)^[1]

• Abby (1974)^{[2] [3]}

• Across 110th Street (1972)^{[4] [5]}

• Action Jackson (1988)

• Adiós Amigo (1976)^[6]

• Alice (2022)

• Amazing Grace (1974)

B

• Baadasssss! (2003)

• Bad Black & Beautiful (1977)

• The Bad Bunch (1973)^[7]

• Bamboo Gods and Iron Men (1974)

• Bare Knuckles (1977)

• The Baron (1977)

• Beat Street (1984)

• Big Time (1977)

• The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings (1976)

• Black (2008)

• BlacKkKlansman (2018)

• The Black Alley Cats (1973)

• The Black Angels (1970)^{[8] [9]}

• Black Belt Jones (1974)^[10]

• Black Belt Jones II – The Tattoo Connection (1978)

• Black Brigade, a.k.a. Carter's Army (1970)^[9]

• The Black Bunch (1973)

• Black Caesar (1973)^[11]

• Black Cobra (1987)

• The Black Connection, a.k.a. Run Nigger Run (1974)

• Black Devil Doll (2007)

• Black Devil Doll From Hell (1984)

• Black Dynamite (2009)^{[12] [13]}

• Black Emanuelle, a.k.a. Passion Plantation, a.k.a. White Emmanuelle (1975)

• Black Emanuelle 2 (1976)

• Black Eye (1974)^[14]

• Black Fist (1975)^{[15] [9]}

• Black Force (1975)

• The Black Gestapo (1975)^{[16] [9]}

• Black Girl (1972)

• The Black Godfather (1974)^{[17] [9]}

• Black Gunn (1972)^[18]

• Black Heat (1976)^[19]

• Black Hooker, a.k.a. Black Mama, a.k.a. Street Sisters (1974)

• Black Joy (1977)

• The Black Klansman (1966)

• Black Like Me (1964)

• Black Lolita (1975)

• Black Mama White Mama (1973)

• Black Panther (2018)^[20]

• Black Rage (1972)

• Black Samson (1974)^{[21] [5]}

• Black Samurai (1977)^[22]

• Black Shampoo (1976)^[23]

• Black Sister's Revenge (1976)

• The Black Six (1974)^{[24] [9]}

• Black Snake (1973)

• Black Starlet, a.k.a. Black Gauntlet (1974)

• Blackenstein (1973)^{[25] [26] [27] [3]}

• Blackjack (1978)

• Blacula (1972)^{[28] [29]}

• Blind Rage (1978)

• Body and Soul (1981)

• Bone (1972)^[5]

• Bones (2001)

• Book of Numbers (1973)

• Boss Nigger (1975)^[26]

• Boss'n Up (2005)

• Breakin' (1984)

• (1985)

• The Brother from Another Planet (1984)

• Brother John (1971)

• Brother on the Run (1973)

• Brotherhood of Death (1976)^[30]

• Brothers (1977)

• Buck and the Preacher (1972)

• Bucktown (1975)^{[31] [5]}

• The Bus Is Coming (1971)

• Bustin' Loose (1981)

C

• The Candy Tangerine Man (1975)

• Car Wash (1976)

• Carter's Army (1970)

• Chained Heat (1983)

• A Change of Mind (1969)

• Charcoal Black (1972)

• Charley One-Eye (1973)

• Cinnamon (2023)

• Cleopatra Jones (1973)^{[32] [33]}

• Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold (1975)^[34]

• Coffy (1973)^[35]

• Come Back, Charleston Blue (1972)

• Cool Breeze (1972)

• The Cool World (1963)

• Cooley High (1975)^[36]

• Coonskin (1975)^{[36] [26]}

• Cornbread, Earl and Me (1975)

• Cosmic Slop (1994)

• Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970)^[37]

• Cover Girls (1977)

D

• Darktown Strutters (1975)^[38]

• Dead Right a.k.a. If He Hollers, Let Him Go! (1968)

• Deadly Vengeance a.k.a. "Sweet Vengeance" a.k.a. "Dirty Trick" (1981/1970)

• Death Dimension a.k.a. Black Eliminator (1978)

• Death Drug (1978)

• Death Journey (1976)^[39]

• Death of a Snowman aka Soul Patrol (1978)^[40]

• Deliver Us From Evil a.k.a. Joey (1977)

• Detroit 9000 (1973)^{[41] [40]}

• Django Unchained (2012)

• Diamonds (1975)

• Disco 9000 (1976)

• Disco Godfather (1979)^[42]

• Dr. Black and Mr. White (1976)^[43]

• Dr. Black, Mr. Hyde (1976)^[26]

• Dolemite (1975)^{[44] [45]}

• Dolemite II: The Human Tornado (1976)^[46]

• Dolemite Is My Name (2019)

• Don't Play Us Cheap (1973)

• Drum (1976)

• Dynamite Brothers (1974)

E

• Ebony, Ivory & Jade (1976)

• The Education of Sonny Carson (1974)

• Emma Mae (1976)^[47]

F

• Fass Black a.k.a. Disco 9000 (1976)

• Fighting Mad a.k.a. Death Force (1978)

• The Final Comedown (1972)

• Five on the Black Hand Side (1973)^[45]

• For Love of Ivy (1968)

• Fox Style (1973)

• Foxtrap (1986)

• Foxy Brown (1974)^{[48] [49]}

• Friday Foster (1975)^[50]

G

• G.I. Bro a.k.a. Quel Maledetto Treno Blindato (1978)

• Gang Wars (1976)

• Ganja & Hess (1973)^{[51] [52]}

• Gayniggers from Outer Space (1992)

• Georgia, Georgia (1972)

• Get Christie Love! (TV) (1974)^[53]

• Getting Over (1981)

• Golden Needles (1974)

• Gordon's War (1973)

• The Grasshopper (1970)

• Greased Lightning (1977)

• The Greatest (1977)

• The Guy from Harlem (1977)^{[54] [55]}

H

• Halls of Anger (1970)

• Hammer (1972)^[56]

• Hangup (1974)

• The Harder They Come (1972)

• Harlem Nights (1989)

• Heavy Traffic (1973)

• Hell Up in Harlem (1973)^{[57] [5]}

• A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich (1978)

• Hit! (1973)^[58]

• Hit Man (1972)

• The Hitter (1979)

• Honey Baby, Honey Baby a.k.a. Three Days in Beirut (1974)

• Honky (1971)

• Hood of Horror (2006)

• Hookers in Revolt (2008)

• Hot Potato (1976)^[59]

• How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company... And Enjoy It (2005)

• The Human Tornado a.k.a. Dolemite II (1976)

I

• I'm Charlie Walker (2022)

• I Escaped from Devil's Island (1973)

• If He Hollers, Let Him Go! (1968)

• I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988)^[60]

• Idlewild (2006)

J

• J. D.'s Revenge (1976)^[61]

• Jackie Brown (1997)

• Jingle Jangle (2020)

• Jive Turkey a.k.a. Baby Needs a New Pair of Shoes (1974)

• Johnny Tough (1974)^[62]

K

• Kid Vengeance a.k.a. Vengeance a.k.a. Take Another Hard Ride (1977)

• Killjoy (2000)

• Kiss my Baadasssss (1994)

• Krush Groove (1985)

• Kung Fu - Soul Brothers of Kung Fu (1977)

L

• Lady Cocoa (1975)

• The Last Dragon (1985)

• The Last Fight (1983)

• Leadbelly (1976)

• The Legend of Nigger Charley (1972)^{[63] [26] [64]}

• Let's Do It Again (1975)

• Lialeh (1974)

• Live and Let Die (1973)^[36]

• The Lost Man (1969)

• A Low Down Dirty Shame (1994)

M

• The Mack (1973)^{[65] [66]}

• Man and Boy (1971)

• Mandingo (1975)^[26]

• Mean Johnny Barrows (1976)^[67]

• Mean Mother (1974)

• Melinda (1972)

• Miss Melody Jones (1973)

• Mr. Mean (1977)

• The Monkey Hustle (1976)^[68]

• The Muthers (1976)^[69]

N

• No Way Back (1976)^[70]

• Norman... Is That You? (1976)

O

• One Down, Two to Go (1982)^[71]

• Original Gangstas (1996)^[72]

• Othello, the Black Commando (1982)

P

• Penitentiary (1979)^[5]

• Penitentiary II (1982)

• Penitentiary III (1987)

• Petey Wheatstraw (1977)^[73]

• A Piece of the Action (1977)

• Pipe Dreams (1976)

• Poor Pretty Eddie (1975)^[40]

• Proud Mary (2018)

• Putney Swope (1969)

R

• The Return of Superfly (1990)^[74]

• Right On! (1971)

• The River Niger (1976)

S

• Savage! (1973)^[75]

• Savage Sisters (1974)^[76]

• Scream Blacula Scream (1973)^{[77] [78]}

• Shaft (1971)^[79]

• Shaft in Africa (1973)^[80]

• Shaft's Big Score (1972)^{[81] [5]}

• Shaft (2000)

• Shaft (2019)

• Sheba, Baby (1975)^{[82] [5]}

• Shorty the Pimp (1972)

• The Slams (1973)

• Slaughter (1972)^{[83] [5]}

• Slaughter's Big Rip-Off (1973)^[84]

• Slaves (1969)

• Solomon King (1974)

• The Soul of Nigger Charley (1973)^[85]

• Soul Soldier (1970)

• Space Is the Place (1974)^[86]

• Sparkle (1976)

• Speeding Up Time (1971)

• The Split (1968)

• The Spook Who Sat by the Door (1973)^{[87] [88]}

• The Story of a Three-Day Pass (1968)

• Sugar Hill (1974)^[89]

• Super Soul Brother (1978)

• Super Fly (1972)

• Super Fly T.N.T. (1973)^[90]

• Super Fly 2000 (2009)

• Superfly (2018)^{[91] [92]}

• Sweet Jesus, Preacherman (1973)

• Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971)^{[93] [94]}

T

• Tales from the QuadeaD Zone (1987)

• ...tick...tick...tick... (1970)^[40]

• TNT Jackson (1974)^[95]

• That Man Bolt (1973)^[96]

• They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (1970)

• They Cloned Tyrone (2023)

• The Thing with Two Heads (1972)

• The Outlaw Johnny Black (2018)

• Thomasine & Bushrod (1974)^[97]

• Three the Hard Way (1974)^[98]

• Three Tough Guys (1974)^[99]

• Together Brothers (1974)

• Together for Days (1972)

• Top of the Heap (1972)

• Tough (1974)

• Tongue (1976)

• Tougher Than Leather (1988)

• Trick Baby (1973)^[100]

• Trouble Man (1972)^[101]

• Truck Turner (1974)^{[102] [103]}

U

• Undercover Brother (2002)

• Up Tight! (1968)

• Uptown Saturday Night (1974)

V

• Vampire in Brooklyn (1995)

• Velvet Smooth (1976)

W

• Walk the Walk (1970)

• Watermelon Man (1970)^[104]

• Welcome Home Brother Charles (a.k.a. Soul Vengeance)(1975)^[105]

• The Werewolf of Washington (1973)^[106]

• Which Way Is Up? (1977)

• Willie Dynamite (1974)^{[107] [108]}

Y

• Youngblood (1978)

Z

• Zebra Killer (1974)

Bibliography

• Lawrenc, Novotny (2007). Blaxploitation Films of the 1970s: Blackness and Genre (Studies in African American History and Culture). NY: Routledge; 1 edition.

Notes and References

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