🏷 Discover The Best Racist Movies & TV Shows To Watch Today

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Exploring the Complex and Thought-Provoking World of Racism in Cinema

Delve into the powerful and thought-provoking world of movies and TV shows that tackle the complex and sensitive topic of racism. From historical dramas to contemporary documentaries, discover the best films and series that spark important conversations and shed light on the ongoing struggle for equality and justice.

Cast

Ikumi Hasegawa

Shoya Chiba

Natsumi Fujiwara

Seiichiro Yamashita

86 EIGHTY-SIX (2021) TV Show

8.1 251 votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Science Fiction

Country: Japan

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 23

Audience: TV-MA

Story: Called “Juggernaut,” these are the unmanned combat drones developed by the Republic of San Magnolia in answer to the attacks by the autonomous unmanned drones of the neighboring Empire of Giad, the “Legion”. But they’re only unmanned in name. In reality, they are piloted by the Eighty-sixers—those considered to be less than human and treated as mere tools. Determined to achieve his own mysterious ends, Shin, the captain of Spearhead Squadron, which is comprised of Eighty-sixers, continues to fight a hopeless war on a battlefield where only death awaits him.

Plot: based on novel or book, fight, army, racist, tragedy, terrorism, robot, combat, ...

Cast

Clint Eastwood

Christopher Carley

Bee Vang

Ahney Her

Gran Torino (2008)

8.0 11.6K votes

Genre: Drama

Country: United States of America, Germany

Duration: 116 min.

Audience: R

Story: Disgruntled Korean War veteran Walt Kowalski sets out to reform his neighbor, Thao Lor, a Hmong teenager who tried to steal Kowalski's prized possession: a 1972 Gran Torino.

Plot: rape, war veteran, gangster, immigration, racist, old man, priest, gang, ...

Cast

John Wayne

Jeffrey Hunter

Vera Miles

Ward Bond

The Searchers (1956)

7.7 1.6K votes

Genre: Western

Country: United States of America

Duration: 119 min.

Audience: NR

Story: As a Civil War veteran spends years searching for a young niece captured by Indians, his motivation becomes increasingly questionable.

Plot: brother, new mexico, native american, uncle, racist, prejudice, racism, massacre, ...

Time: 1860s

Place: texas

Cast

Sidney Poitier

Rod Steiger

Warren Oates

Peter Whitney

In the Heat of the Night (1967)

7.7 1.3K votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Country: United States of America

Duration: 109 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: African-American Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs is arrested on suspicion of murder by Bill Gillespie, the racist police chief of tiny Sparta, Mississippi. After Tibbs proves not only his own innocence but that of another man, he joins forces with Gillespie to track down the real killer. Their investigation takes them through every social level of the town, with Tibbs making enemies as well as unlikely friends as he hunts for the truth.

Plot: small town, southern usa, police chief, stolen money, racial segregation, racist, thief, murder, ...

Cast

Denzel Washington

Will Patton

Wood Harris

Ryan Hurst

Remember the Titans (2000)

7.7 3.0K votes

Genre: Drama

Country: United States of America

Duration: 113 min.

Audience: PG

Story: After leading his football team to 15 winning seasons, coach Bill Yoast is demoted and replaced by Herman Boone – tough, opinionated and as different from the beloved Yoast as he could be. The two men learn to overcome their differences and turn a group of hostile young men into champions.

Plot: high school, friendship, sports, ku klux klan, politics, american football, trainer, race politics, ...

Time: 1970s

Cast

Daniel Kaluuya

Allison Williams

Catherine Keener

Bradley Whitford

Get Out (2017)

7.6 19.0K votes

Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 104 min.

Audience: R

Story: Chris and his girlfriend Rose go upstate to visit her parents for the weekend. At first, Chris reads the family's overly accommodating behavior as nervous attempts to deal with their daughter's interracial relationship, but as the weekend progresses, a series of increasingly disturbing discoveries lead him to a truth that he never could have imagined.

Style: satirical

Plot: kidnapping, externally controlled action, manipulation, dark comedy, hypnosis, parents-in-law, satire, racist, ...

As Good as It Gets (1997)

7.4 4.2K votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Country: United States of America

Duration: 139 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: A misanthropic author, a single mother and waitress, and a gay artist form an unlikely friendship after the artist is assaulted in a robbery.

Plot: new york city, friendship, waitress, single parent, restaurant, lone wolf, dogsitter, road trip, ...

Cast

Danielle Deadwyler

Jalyn Hall

Frankie Faison

Haley Bennett

Till (2022)

7.3 352 votes

Genre: Drama, History

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Duration: 131 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: The true story of Mamie Till Mobley's relentless pursuit of justice for her 14-year-old son, Emmett Till, who, in 1955, was lynched while visiting his cousins in Mississippi.

Plot: chicago, illinois, mother, funeral, son, based on true story, racist, grief, ...

Time: 1950s

Cast

Tony Curtis

Sidney Poitier

Theodore Bikel

Charles McGraw

The Defiant Ones (1958)

7.1 326 votes

Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama

Country: United States of America

Duration: 96 min.

Audience: NR

Story: Two convicts—one white, one black—escape while chained to each other.

Plot: escape, mississippi river, freedom, hostility, swamp, bias, racist, escaped convict, ...

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Susan Lorincz

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Ajike Owens

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Pamela Dias

The Perfect Neighbor (2025)

6.8 304 votes

Genre: Crime, Documentary

Country: United States of America

Duration: 97 min.

Audience: R

Story: Police bodycam footage reveals how a long-running neighborhood dispute turned fatal in this documentary about fear, prejudice and Stand Your Ground laws.

Style: tense

Plot: homicide, racist, murder, true crime, yelling, neighborhood, woman director, annoying, ...

Place: florida