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Norma Rae (1979)

Summary: A young single mother and textile worker agrees to help unionize her mill despite the problems and dangers involved.

Release Date: March 02, 1979

Genre: Drama

Director: Martin Ritt

Writers: Irving Ravetch

, Harriet Frank Jr.

Runtime: 1 h 54 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Twentieth Century Fox

Distributor: American Broadcasting Company (ABC), CBS/Fox, Fox Video, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 22,228,000

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)

Summary: A couple's attitudes are challenged when their daughter introduces them to her African-American fiancé.

Release Date: December 12, 1967

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Director: Stanley Kramer

Writer: William Rose

Runtime: 1 h 48 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: Columbia Pictures, Stanley Kramer Productions

Distributor: Columbia Pictures, CBS, RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, Columbia TriStar Home Video, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Twilight Time, Fathom Events, Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 4,000,000

Domestic: $ 56,666,667

International: $ 130

Malcolm X (1992)

Summary: Biographical epic of the controversial and influential Black Nationalist leader, from his early life and career as a small-time gangster, to his ministry as a member of the Nation of Islam and his eventual assassination.

Release Date: November 18, 1992

Genres: Biography, Drama, History

Director: Spike Lee

Writers: Alex Haley

, Arnold Perl

, Spike Lee

Runtime: 3 h 22 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Largo International N.V., JVC Entertainment Networks, 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks

Distributor: Warner Home Video, HBO Max, Netflix

Countries: United States, Japan

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 33,000,000

Domestic: $ 48,169,910

Boys Don't Cry (1999)

Summary: A young man named Brandon Teena navigates love, life, and being transgender in rural Nebraska.

Release Date: March 31, 2000

Genres: Biography, Crime, Drama

Director: Kimberly Peirce

Writers: Kimberly Peirce

, Andy Bienen

Runtime: 1 h 58 min

MPAA: R

Production: Searchlight Pictures, The Independent Film Channel Productions, Killer Films

Distributor: The Criterion Channel

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 2,000,000

Domestic: $ 11,540,607

Shadows (1958)

Summary: Cassavetes' jazz-scored improvisational film explores interracial friendships and relationships in Beat-Era (1950s) New York City.

Release Date: October 14, 1960

Genres: Drama, Music, Romance

Director: John Cassavetes

Writer: John Cassavetes

Runtime: 1 h 27 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Lion International

Distributor: Lion International Films, Castle Hill Productions, Fox Lorber Home Video, Orion Home Video, Pioneer Entertainment, The Criterion Collection

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 40,000

The Negro Soldier (1944)

Summary: Documentary focusing on the contributions to the American war effort of African-American soldiers.

Genres: Documentary, Short, Drama

Director: Stuart Heisler

Writer: Carlton Moss

Runtime: 0 h 43 min

Production: U.S. War Department

Distributor: War Activities Committee of the Motion Pictures Industry, Republic Pictures Home Video, Spotlite Video, Reel Media International, Sprocket Flicks

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 78,254

Saturday Night Fever (1977)

Summary: Anxious about his future after high school, a 19-year-old Italian-American from Brooklyn tries to escape the harsh reality of his bleak family life by dominating the dance floor at the local disco.

Release Date: December 16, 1977

Genres: Drama, Music

Director: John Badham

Writers: Nik Cohn

, Norman Wexler

Runtime: 1 h 58 min

MPAA: R

Production: Paramount Pictures, Robert Stigwood Organization (RSO)

Distributor: Paramount Pictures, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Paramount Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 3,000,000

Domestic: $ 94,213,184

International: $ 142,900,000

Forrest Gump (1994)

Summary: The history of the United States from the 1950s to the '70s unfolds from the perspective of an Alabama man with an IQ of 75, who yearns to be reunited with his childhood sweetheart.

Release Date: July 06, 1994

Genres: Drama, Romance

Director: Robert Zemeckis

Writers: Winston Groom

, Eric Roth

Runtime: 2 h 22 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Paramount Pictures, The Steve Tisch Company, Wendy Finerman Productions

Distributor: Paramount Pictures, Paramount Home Entertainment, American Broadcasting Company (ABC)

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 55,000,000

Domestic: $ 330,455,270

International: $ 347,771,195

The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

Summary: A young F.B.I. cadet must receive the help of an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to help catch another serial killer, a madman who skins his victims.

Release Date: February 14, 1991

Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Director: Jonathan Demme

Writers: Thomas Harris

, Ted Tally

Runtime: 1 h 58 min

MPAA: R

Production: Strong Heart/Demme Production, Orion Pictures

Distributor: Orion Home Video, Philips, The Criterion Collection, CBS, Image Entertainment, MGM Home Entertainment, Warner Home Video, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Franchise: Hannibal Lecter

Movie budget: $ 19,000,000

Domestic: $ 130,742,922

International: $ 142,000,000

Imitation of Life (1959)

Summary: An aspiring white actress takes in an African American widow whose mixed-race daughter is desperate to be seen as white.

Release Date: March 20, 1959

Genre: Drama

Director: Douglas Sirk

Writers: Eleanore Griffin

, Allan Scott

, Fannie Hurst

Runtime: 2 h 05 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Universal International Pictures (UI)

Distributor: Universal Pictures, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE), The Criterion Channel

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 2,000,000

Apocalypse Now (1979)

Summary: A U.S. Army officer serving in Vietnam is tasked with assassinating a renegade Special Forces Colonel who sees himself as a god.

Release Date: August 15, 1979

Genres: Drama, Mystery, War

Director: Francis Ford Coppola

Writers: John Milius

, Francis Ford Coppola

, Michael Herr

Runtime: 2 h 27 min

MPAA: R

Production: American Zoetrope, Zoetrope Studios

Distributor: United Artists, Paramount Home Entertainment, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), MGM/UA Entertainment Company, MGM/UA Television Distribution, Philips, Miramax

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 31,500,000

Domestic: $ 96,042,913

International: $ 8,837,955

Zoot Suit (1981)

Summary: When barrio leader Henry Reyna and his friends are unjustly convicted on circumstantial evidence, activist lawyers Alice Bloomfield and George Shearer fight the blatant racially motivated miscarriage of justice to win them their f...

Release Date: January 01, 1982

Genres: Drama, Musical

Director: Luis Valdez

Writer: Luis Valdez

Runtime: 1 h 43 min

MPAA: R

Production: Universal Pictures

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 2,700,000

Domestic: $ 3,256,082

Daughters of the Dust (1991)

Summary: A languid, impressionistic story of three generations of Gullah women living on the South Carolina Sea Islands in 1902.

Release Date: December 27, 1991

Genres: Drama, History, Romance

Director: Julie Dash

Writer: Julie Dash

Runtime: 1 h 53 min

MPAA: TV-PG

Production: Geechee Girls, American Playhouse, WMG Film

Distributor: Cohen Media Group, Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), The Criterion Channel

Countries: United States, Germany

Language: English

Domestic: $ 1,683,422

International: $ 6,301

The Joy Luck Club (1993)

Summary: The life histories of four East Asian women and their daughters reflect and guide each other.

Release Date: October 29, 1993

Genre: Drama

Director: Wayne Wang

Writers: Amy Tan

, Ron Bass

Runtime: 2 h 19 min

MPAA: R

Production: Hollywood Pictures

Distributor: Buena Vista Pictures, National Broadcasting Company (NBC), Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Hollywood Pictures Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 11,000,000

Domestic: $ 32,901,136

4 Little Girls (1997)

Summary: A documentary of the notorious racial terrorist bombing of an African American church during the Civil Rights Movement.

Release Date: July 09, 1997

Genres: Documentary, History

Director: Spike Lee

Runtime: 1 h 42 min

MPAA: TV-14

Production: 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks, Home Box Office (HBO)

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 130,146

Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)

Summary: A young New York socialite becomes interested in a young man who has moved into her apartment building, but her past threatens to get in the way.

Release Date: October 06, 1961

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director: Blake Edwards

Writers: Truman Capote

, George Axelrod

Runtime: 1 h 55 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: Jurow-Shepherd

Distributor: CBS, Paramount Home Entertainment, Amazon Prime Video, Fathom Events

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 2,500,000