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1. Zarafa (2012)
TV-PG | 78 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
After escaping the clutches of a slave trader, a bold ten-year-old Sudanese boy befriends a young giraffe and a kind Bedouin, who takes them on a splendid journey via a hot-air balloon as far as the palace of King Charles X of France.
Directors: Rémi Bezançon, Jean-Christophe Lie | Stars: Max Renaudin Pratt, Simon Abkarian, Abraham Adesoye, Sjaak Caderyn
Votes: 1,916
2. Roots (2016)
TV-MA | 388 min | Drama, War
An adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots." Chronicles the history of an African man and his descendants sold into slavery in America.
Stars: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Malachi Kirby, Forest Whitaker, Laurence Fishburne
Votes: 8,477
3. Roots (1977)
TV-14 | 74 min | Biography, Drama, History
A dramatization of author Alex Haley's family line from ancestor Kunta Kinte's enslavement to his descendants' liberation.
Stars: LeVar Burton, Robert Reed, John Amos, Louis Gossett Jr.
Votes: 18,890
4. Underground (2016–2017)
TV-MA | 43 min | Adventure, Drama, History
With the country on the brink of Civil War, the struggle for freedom is more dangerous than ever. Underground follows the story of American heroes and their moving journey to freedom.
Stars: Jurnee Smollett, Aldis Hodge, Jessica De Gouw, Alano Miller
Votes: 5,540
5. Harriet (I) (2019)
PG-13 | 125 min | Action, Biography, Drama
The extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman's escape from slavery and transformation into one of America's greatest heroes, whose courage, ingenuity, and tenacity freed hundreds of slaves and changed the course of history.
Director: Kasi Lemmons | Stars: Cynthia Erivo, Janelle Monáe, Leslie Odom Jr., Joe Alwyn
Votes: 30,749
6. A Woman Called Moses (1978)
240 min | Biography, Drama
A film about the life and career of the African American abolitionist and slave escape leader, Harriet Tubman.
Stars: Cicely Tyson, Jason Bernard, Clifford David, Judyann Elder
Votes: 415
7. The Underground Railroad (2021)
TV-MA | 59 min | Drama, Fantasy, History
A young woman named Cora makes an amazing discovery during her attempt to break free from slavery in the deep south.
Stars: Thuso Mbedu, Chase Dillon, Joel Edgerton, Reshonnah Harvey
Votes: 8,452
8. Cobra Verde (1987)
Not Rated | 111 min | Adventure, Drama
During the 1800s, paroled Brazilian bandit Cobra Verde is sent to West Africa with a few troops to man an old Portuguese fort and to convince the local African ruler to resume the slave trade with Brazil.
Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Klaus Kinski, King Ampaw, José Lewgoy, Salvatore Basile
Votes: 8,440
9. Alice (2022)
R | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A slave in the antebellum South escapes her secluded plantation only to discover a shocking reality that lies beyond the tree line.
Director: Krystin Ver Linden | Stars: Keke Palmer, Common, Jonny Lee Miller, Gaius Charles
Votes: 3,271
10. 12 Years a Slave (2013)
R | 134 min | Biography, Drama, History
In the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free Black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery.
Director: Steve McQueen | Stars: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Kenneth Williams, Michael Fassbender, Brad Pitt
Votes: 741,688 | Gross: $56.67M
11. I Am Slave (2010)
82 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller
A thriller set in London's slave trade and centered on a woman's fight for freedom.
Director: Gabriel Range | Stars: Wunmi Mosaku, Isaach De Bankolé, Lubna Azabal, Igal Naor
Votes: 1,612
12. Dog Jack (2010)
PG-13 | 114 min | Drama, War
In the midst of the Civil War, a boy and his dog escape a plantation and embark on a life-changing journey. Inspired by true events, "Dog Jack" chronicles a turbulent moment in American history, and a tale that's never been forgotten.
Director: Edward T. McDougal | Stars: Louis Gossett Jr., Benjamin Gardner, Frank Kasy, Kenneth Craig
Votes: 174
13. The Message (1976)
PG | 177 min | Biography, Drama, History
This epic historical drama chronicles the life and times of Prophet Muhammad and serves as an introduction to early Islamic history.
Director: Moustapha Akkad | Stars: Anthony Quinn, Irene Papas, Michael Ansara, Johnny Sekka
Votes: 50,869
14.
Atlanta (2016–2022)
Episode:
The Big Payback
(2022)
TV-MA | 36 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
An office worker's world is turned upside down when he learns his past ancestors were slave owners.
Director: Hiro Murai | Stars: Donald Glover, Brian Tyree Henry, LaKeith Stanfield, Zazie Beetz
Votes: 3,431
15. The Toy (1982)
PG | 102 min | Comedy
An underemployed reporter finds himself literally purchased as a toy for a rich spoiled brat.
Director: Richard Donner | Stars: Richard Pryor, Jackie Gleason, Ned Beatty, Scott Schwartz
Votes: 14,563 | Gross: $47.12M
16. Queen (1993)
TV-14 | 282 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
A plantation owner's son falls in love with a slave named Easter and together they have a Biracial daughter named Queen. As Queen grows up, she faces the struggle of trying to fit into the ... See full summary »
Stars: Ann-Margret, Patricia Clarkson, Tim Daly, Ossie Davis
Votes: 1,717
17. Emperor (2020)
PG-13 | 99 min | Biography, Drama, History
An escaped slave travels north and has chance encounters with Frederick Douglass and John Brown. Based on the life story of Shields Green.
Director: Mark Amin | Stars: Mykelti Williamson, James Cromwell, Bruce Dern, James Le Gros
Votes: 1,541
18. The Bad Man (2018)
106 min | Drama, Horror
Mary and PJ are kidnapped and tortured by a sadistic clown bent on transforming them into a 'doll' and a 'dog' -- servile sex slaves that will be sold to the highest bidders. When PJ goes ... See full summary »
Director: Scott Schirmer | Stars: Ellie Church, Arthur Cullipher, Jason Crowe, Dave Parker
Votes: 351
19. Cow (I) (2021)
94 min | Documentary
A close-up portrait of the daily lives of two cows.
Director: Andrea Arnold | Star: Lin Gallagher
Votes: 2,313
20. The Birth of a Nation (2016)
R | 120 min | Biography, Drama, History
Nat Turner, a literate slave and preacher in the antebellum South, orchestrates an uprising.
Director: Nate Parker | Stars: Nate Parker, Armie Hammer, Penelope Ann Miller, Jackie Earle Haley
Votes: 21,830 | Gross: $15.86M
21. Django Unchained (2012)
R | 165 min | Comedy, Drama, Western
With the help of a German bounty-hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal plantation owner in Mississippi.
Director: Quentin Tarantino | Stars: Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington
Votes: 1,696,955 | Gross: $162.81M
22. Mandingo (1975)
R | 127 min | Drama, History, Romance
An 1840s slaveowner trains one of his slaves to be a bare-knuckle fighter.
Director: Richard Fleischer | Stars: James Mason, Susan George, Perry King, Richard Ward
Votes: 4,227 | Gross: $2.43M
23. Places in the Heart (1984)
PG | 111 min | Drama
In central Texas in the 1930s, a widow with two small children tries to save her small 40-acre farm with the help of a blind boarder and an itinerant black handyman.
Director: Robert Benton | Stars: Sally Field, Lindsay Crouse, Ed Harris, Amy Madigan
Votes: 13,607 | Gross: $34.90M
24. Night Sky (2022)
TV-14 | 55 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Follows Franklin and Irene York, a couple who years ago discovered a chamber buried in their backyard which inexplicably leads to a strange, deserted planet.
Stars: Sissy Spacek, J.K. Simmons, Chai Hansen, Kiah McKirnan
Votes: 23,248
25.
Ross Kemp: Shipwreck Treasure Hunter (2022– )
Episode:
Slaver Ship Secrets
(2022)
TV-PG | History
On its maiden voyage to America in 1864, the steamship Iona II sank with mysterious cargo aboard. Grappling with intense low visibility conditions, Ross's team uncovers a story surrounding the ship that sheds new light on British history.
Director: Johnny McDevitt | Stars: Neil Brock, Edson Burton, Eric Graham, Mallory Haas
26. Passage du milieu (2000)
78 min | Drama, History
A realistic look at the horrors of the slave trade, told entirely through the voice of a dead African slave whose spirit haunts the ocean route.
Director: Guy Deslauriers | Stars: Djimon Hounsou, Maka Kotto
Votes: 136
27. Ill Gotten Gains (1997)
R | 101 min | Drama, History
WEST AFRICA 1869 - Slave trade is illegal. There is a revolt on a slave ship - twenty four men fight for their lives. Out-gunned, the revolt fails but a second uprising is planned.
Director: Joel B. Marsden | Stars: Djimon Hounsou, Akosua Busia, De'aundre Bonds, Eartha Kitt
Votes: 94
28. Skin Game (1971)
PG | 102 min | Comedy, Western
In 1857, con man Quincy Drew and his black friend Jason O'Rourke swindle slave owners into buying Jason, who's a free man, and later share the profits when Jason escapes captivity.
Directors: Paul Bogart, Gordon Douglas | Stars: James Garner, Louis Gossett Jr., Susan Clark, Brenda Sykes
Votes: 1,924 | Gross: $0.74M
29.
Mysterious Ways (2000–2002)
Episode:
Amazing Grace
(2000)
TV-14 | Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
A young boy is miraculously rescued after falling into a lake.
Director: Carl Binder | Stars: Adrian Pasdar, Rae Dawn Chong, Alisen Richmond-Peck, Lynda Boyd
Votes: 40
30.
Animated Hero Classics (1991–2005)
Episode:
Harriet Tubman
(1996)
30 min | Animation
Harriet Tubman has never known what it means to be free. Having been born and raised into slavery, she works hard and does as she is told. However, she longs to be free and hopes to escape ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Rich | Stars: Virginia Watson, William Dennis Hunt, Billy Mayo, Virginia Smith
Votes: 30
31. Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché (2021)
96 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
The death of punk icon and X-Ray Spex front-woman Poly Styrene sends her daughter on a journey through her mother's archives in this intimate documentary.
Directors: Celeste Bell, Paul Sng | Stars: Celeste Bell, Poly Styrene, X-Ray Spex, Hazel Emmons
Votes: 720
32.
Visions (1976–1980)
Episode:
Charlie Smith and the Fritter Tree
(1978)
Drama
This is the story of Charlie Smith, a 134-year-old black man, who tells his life story, via flashbacks, to an orderly at his nursing home. The story moves from his childhood days when he ... See full summary »
Director: Fred Barzyk | Stars: Richard Dysart, Morgan Freeman, Tex Hill, Glynn Turman
33. Ascension Day (2007 Video)
Drama, History
A drama focused on Nat Turner and the 1831 slave rebellion in Virginia.
Director: Akosua Busia | Stars: John Amos, Michael Bear, Paul Benjamin, Michael Bretten
Votes: 75
34.
Trains that Changed the World (2018)
Episode:
Age of Freedom
(2018)
Documentary
A look at how the railroad ended slavery in the United States, whilst the British Empire used them to oppress and enslave people under their rule in India and Africa.
Directors: Mike Ibeji, Sam Miller | Stars: Liz McIvor, Sascha Auerbach, Stephen Davies, Christian Wolmar
35.
The Orville (2017–2022)
Episode:
From Unknown Graves
(2022)
TV-14 | 73 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
The Orville discovers a Kaylon with a very special ability.
Director: Seth MacFarlane | Stars: Seth MacFarlane, Adrianne Palicki, Penny Johnson Jerald, Scott Grimes
Votes: 2,863
36. Buck and the Preacher (1972)
GP | 102 min | Adventure, Drama, Western
A wagon master and a con-man preacher help freed slaves dogged by cheap-labor agents out West.
Directors: Sidney Poitier, Joseph Sargent | Stars: Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte, Ruby Dee, Cameron Mitchell
Votes: 2,692 | Gross: $3.03M
37. A Special Friendship (1987 TV Movie)
95 min | Drama
During the American Civil War, a wealthy white woman and the black woman who was once her slave, join forces to fight for freedom and the abolition of slavery.
Director: Fielder Cook | Stars: Tracy Pollan, Akosua Busia, Josef Sommer, Adam Storke
Votes: 37
38. Booker (1984 TV Movie)
54 min | Biography, Drama, Family
Set in the 1860's South, Booker is the impassioned story of the boy who struggled through slavery to found the Tuskegee Institute. Through the eyes of nine-year-old Booker T. Washington, ... See full summary »
Director: Stan Lathan | Stars: Shavar Ross, CCH Pounder, Thalmus Rasulala, James Bond III
Votes: 63
39.
American Experience (1987– )
Episode:
Riveted: The History of Jeans
(2022)
TV-PG | 53 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The history of jeans, from their roots in slavery to the Wild West, hippies, high fashion and hip-hop.
Directors: Michael Bicks, Anna Lee Strachan | Stars: James Sullivan, Kimberly Jenkins, Rabbit Goody, Catherine E. McKinley
Votes: 128
40. Black Fox (1995 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 92 min | Romance, Western
A former slave affects peace between Native American tribes and homesteaders in 1860s around western Texas.
Director: Steven Hilliard Stern | Stars: Christopher Reeve, Raoul Max Trujillo, Tony Todd, Janet Bailey
Votes: 483
41.
The Sandman (2022– )
Episode:
The Sound of Her Wings
(2022)
TV-MA | 53 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Feeling a bit rudderless, Morpheus shadows his hard-working big sister, who offers him advice and encourages him to reconnect with an old acquaintance.
Director: Mairzee Almas | Stars: Tom Sturridge, Kirby, Jenna Coleman, Mason Alexander Park
Votes: 11,982
42. The Crickets Dance (2020)
92 min | Crime, Drama, History
Southern attorney Angie Lawrence searches of the rightful owner of a journal recovered from an antebellum home she inherited. The journal is full of mystery and history that just may lead her to the future she has always dreamed of.
Director: Veronica Robledo | Stars: Kristen Renton, William Mark McCullough, KateLynn E. Newberry, Bill Oberst Jr.
Votes: 346
43. The Woman King (2022)
PG-13 | 135 min | Action, Drama, History
A historical epic inspired by true events that took place in The Kingdom of Dahomey, one of the most powerful states of Africa in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Director: Gina Prince-Bythewood | Stars: Viola Davis, Thuso Mbedu, Lashana Lynch, Sheila Atim
Votes: 73,245 | Gross: $67.33M
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