List of blaxploitation films

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)
• Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo (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)

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