Movies Like Vox Pops on Black Police Officers
If you liked Vox Pops on Black Police Officers (1966), a movie, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
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The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain (2021)
★ 7.3/10Based on the true story of the events that led to the death of Kenneth Chamberlain Sr., an elderly African American veteran with bipolar disorder, who was killed during a conflict with police officers who were…
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The Wilby Conspiracy (1975)
★ 6.3/10Having spent 10 years in prison for nationalist activities, Shack Twala is finally ordered released by the South African Supreme Court but he finds himself almost immediately on the run after a run-in with the police…
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The Hate U Give (2018)
★ 8.1/10Raised in a poverty-stricken slum, a 16-year-old girl named Starr now attends a suburban prep school. After she witnesses a police officer shoot her unarmed best friend, she's torn between her two very different worlds…
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Training Day (2001)
★ 7.5/10On his first day on the job as a narcotics officer, a rookie cop works with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears.
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Sapphire (1959)
★ 7/10Two Scotland Yard detectives investigate the murder of a young woman of mixed race who had been passing for white. As they interview a spate of suspects -- including the girl's white boyfriend and his disapproving…
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All the Way (2016)
★ 6.7/10Lyndon B. Johnson's amazing 11-month journey from taking office after JFK's assassination, through the fight to pass the 1964 Civil Rights Act and his own presidential campaign, culminating on the night LBJ is actually…
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True Grit (1969)
★ 7.3/10The murder of her father sends a teenage tomboy on a mission of 'justice', which involves avenging her father's death. She recruits a tough old marshal, 'Rooster' Cogburn because he has 'true grit', and a reputation of…
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I Am Not Your Negro (2017)
★ 7.7/10Working from the text of James Baldwin’s unfinished final novel, director Raoul Peck creates a meditation on what it means to be Black in the United States.
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O.J.: Made in America (2016)
★ 8.4/10A chronicle of the rise and fall of O.J. Simpson, whose high-profile murder trial exposed the extent of American racial tensions, revealing a fractured and divided nation.
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Jasper Jones (2017)
★ 6.4/10Fourteen-year-old Charlie's life changes when Jasper takes his help to dispose of the body of his girlfriend, Laura. He decides to look for the murderer and falls in love with Laura's younger sister.
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Selma (2014)
★ 7.4/10"Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous statement by President Lyndon B. Johnson that ultimately led to the signing…
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Police Academy (1984)
★ 6.7/10New rules enforced by the Lady Mayoress mean that sex, weight, height and intelligence need no longer be a factor for joining the Police Force. This opens the floodgates for all and sundry to enter the Police Academy…
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Boston Strangler (2023)
★ 6.6/10Reporters Loretta McLaughlin and Jean Cole bravely pursue the story of the Boston Strangler at great personal risk, putting their own lives on the line in their quest to uncover the truth.
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Marshall (2017)
★ 7.3/10Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, battles through one of his career-defining cases.
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The Banker (2020)
★ 7.6/10In the 1960s, two entrepreneurs hatch an ingenious business plan to fight for housing integration—and equal access to the American Dream.
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Blitz (2011)
★ 6.2/10A tough cop is dispatched to take down a serial killer who has been targeting police officers.
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Q & A (1990)
★ 5.9/10A young district attorney seeking to prove a case against a corrupt police detective encounters a former lover and her new protector, a crime boss who refuses to help him.
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The Bank Job (2008)
★ 6.9/10Terry is a small-time car dealer trying to leave his shady past behind and start a family. Martine is a beautiful model from Terry's old neighbourhood who knows that Terry is no angel. When Martine proposes a foolproof…
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Ford v Ferrari (2019)
★ 8/10American car designer Carroll Shelby and the British-born driver Ken Miles work together to battle corporate interference, the laws of physics, and their own personal demons to build a revolutionary race car for Ford…
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42 (2013)
★ 7.2/10In 1947, Jackie Robinson becomes the first Black man to play in Major League Baseball facing unabashed racism from the public, the press and other players.