Highest-Rated Movies about 'Racial Violence'

Rosewood (1997), A Dry White Season (1989), Bad Day at Black Rock (1955), The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till (2004), The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978), A Soldier's Story (1984), Skin (2018), The Birth of a Nation (1915) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Racial Violence movies.

#1. Rosewood (1997)

Storyline: Rosewood, Florida, is a small, peaceful town with an almost entirely African-American population of middle-class homeowners, until New Year's Day 1923, when a lynch mob from a neighboring white community storms the town. Among the carnage, music teacher Sylvester (Don Cheadle) and mysterious stranger Mann (Ving Rhames) stand tall against the invaders, while white grocer John (Jon Voight) attempts to save the town's women and children. The film is based on a true story.

Plot Keywords: history, racial discrimination, violence, true story, american south, african american, race relations ...

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#2. A Dry White Season (1989)

Storyline: Teacher Ben du Toit (Donald Sutherland) mostly ignores the problems of apartheid in South Africa until he discovers that the son of a gardener (Winston Ntshona) at his school has been killed by corrupt policeman Stolz (Jürgen Prochnow). Du Toit persuades human rights attorney Ian McKenzie (Marlon Brando) to try the long-shot case against Stolz. During the trial, Du Toit's transformation into an advocate for justice is so absolute that it distances him from his family.

Plot Keywords: racial discrimination, apartheid, social justice, south africa, human rights, resistance, violence ...

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#3. Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)

Storyline: From the time John J. Macreedy steps off the train in Black Rock, he feels a chill from the local residents. The town is only a speck on the map and few if any strangers ever come to the place. Macreedy himself is tight-lipped about the purpose of his trip and he finds that the hotel refuses him a room, the local garage refuses to rent him a car and the sheriff is a useless drunkard. It's apparent that the locals have something to hide but when he finally tells them that he is there to speak to a Japanese-American farmer named Kamoko, he touches a nerve so sensitive that he will spend the next 24 hours fighting for his life.

Plot Keywords: western, thriller, crime, mystery, racism, small town secrets, revenge ...

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#4. The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till (2004)

Storyline: This documentary presents a sobering reminder of the racial tensions that gripped America not so long ago. In Mississippi during the '50s, a black teenager named Emmett Louis Till, who is from Chicago and visiting his great-uncle, whistles at a white woman in public. Not too long afterward, he is kidnapped and murdered. The filmmakers revisit the public outrage that follows, revealing Till's family as being particularly brave for standing up to white racism when it was clearly unsafe to do so.

Plot Keywords: documentary, history, racial discrimination, american history, murder case, social justice, racial violence ...

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#6. A Soldier's Story (1984)

Storyline: A black soldier is killed while returning to his base in the deep south. The white people of the area are suspected at first. A tough black army attorney is brought in to find out the truth. We find out a bit more about the dead soldier in flashbacks - and that he was unpopular. Will the attorney find the killer ?—Colin Tinto <cst@imdb.com>

Plot Keywords: racial discrimination, race relations, african american, 1940s, hate crime, american south, detective story ...

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#7. Skin (2018)

Storyline: Based on the 2012 MSNBC documentary, Bryon Widner was one of the FBI's most sought after white supremacists. Covered in racist tattoos from head to toe that he earned performing hate crimes, he conducts a destructive life and is headed down the path of no return. When he meets Julie and her three young daughters from previous relationships, the responsibilities of fatherhood give him the desire to leave the movement behind. He endures death threats and harassment from his old gang while attempting to turn his life around. With the help of the FBI and SPLC, he undergoes 25 brutal tattoo removal surgeries in exchange for decoding the tattoos covering his body, which culminates in the arrest and conviction of his former gang.—Guy Nattiv

Plot Keywords: racial discrimination, hate crime, identity, redemption, violence, social outcast, white supremacy ...

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#8. The Birth of a Nation (1915)

Storyline: Two brothers, Phil and Ted Stoneman, visit their friends in Piedmont, South Carolina: the family Cameron. This friendship is affected by the Civil War, as the Stonemans and the Camerons must join up opposite armies. The consequences of the War in their lives are shown in connection to major historical events, like the development of the Civil War itself, Lincoln's assassination, and the birth of the Ku Klux Klan.—Victor Munoz <vmunoz@macul.ciencias.uchile.cl>

Plot Keywords: silent film, racism, american civil war, black and white film, historical drama, controversial film, racial discrimination ...

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#9. A Gathering of Old Men (1987)

Storyline: Following the death of a racist white farmer, suspicions fly about the murderer's identity. Soon, elderly black man Mathu (Louis Gossett Jr.), a local sharecropper, is pegged as the prime suspect. Concerned about the threat of a lynch mob, Mathu's kind boss, Candy Marshall (Holly Hunter), gathers his friends and co-workers together to protect him. When all Mathu's fellow old men confess to the crime, it makes the investigation by Sheriff Mapes (Richard Widmark) that much trickier.

Plot Keywords: racial issues, racial discrimination, murder case, white supremacy, social injustice, racial violence, louisiana ...

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