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The Grapes of Wrath (1940)

Summary: An Oklahoma family, driven off their farm by the poverty and hopelessness of the Dust Bowl, joins the westward migration to California, suffering the misfortunes of the homeless in the Great Depression.

Release Date: March 15, 1940

Genres: Drama, History

Director: John Ford

Writers: Nunnally Johnson

, John Steinbeck

Runtime: 2 h 09 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: Twentieth Century Fox

Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox, Magnetic Video, 20th Century Fox Video, CBS/Fox, Key Video, Fox Video, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, Disney Channel

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 800,000

100 - Rotten Tomatoes
10 votes

Wild Reeds (1994)

Summary: The fates of two partners are divided.

Release Date: May 10, 1995

Genre: Drama

Director: André Téchiné

Writers: Olivier Massart

, Gilles Taurand

, André Téchiné

Runtime: 1 h 50 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Ima Films, Les Films Alain Sarde, Canal+, IMA Productions, La Sept-Arte, Société Française de Production (SFP), Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC)

Distributor: Altered Innocence, Strand Releasing, Fox Lorber Home Video

Country: France

Language: French

Domestic: $ 807,775

100 - Rotten Tomatoes
5 votes

Within Our Gates (1920)

Summary: Abandoned by her fiancé, an educated black woman with a shocking past dedicates herself to helping a near bankrupt school for impoverished black youths.

Release Date: January 12, 1920

Genres: Drama, Romance

Director: Oscar Micheaux

Writer: Oscar Micheaux

Runtime: 1 h 19 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Micheaux Book & Film Company

Distributor: Micheaux Book & Film Company, Quality Amusement Corporation, Image Entertainment, Smithsonian Video, Micheaux Book & Film Company, Grapevine Video, Kino Lorber, Facets Multimedia Distribution, Movies Unlimited, The Criterion Channel

Country: United States

Language: English

97 - Rotten Tomatoes
314 votes

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020)

Summary: Tensions rise when trailblazing blues singer Ma Rainey and her band gather at a recording studio in Chicago in 1927.

Release Date: December 18, 2020

Genres: Drama, Music

Director: George C. Wolfe

Writers: Ruben Santiago-Hudson

, August Wilson

Runtime: 1 h 34 min

MPAA: R

Production: Escape Artists, Mundy Lane Entertainment, Netflix

Distributor: Netflix

Country: United States

Language: English

97 - Rotten Tomatoes
203 votes

Mudbound (2017)

Summary: Two men return home from World War II to work on a farm in rural Mississippi, where they struggle to deal with racism and adjusting to life after war.

Release Date: November 17, 2017

Genres: Drama, War

Director: Dee Rees

Writers: Virgil Williams

, Dee Rees

, Hillary Jordan

Runtime: 2 h 14 min

MPAA: R

Production: Armory Films, ArtImage Entertainment, Black Bear Pictures, Elevated Films (II), MACRO, MMC Joule Films, Zeal Media, Black Bear

Distributor: Netflix, The Criterion Collection

Country: United States

Language: English

90 - Rotten Tomatoes
21 votes

Sounder (1972)

Summary: The oldest son of a loving and strong family of black sharecroppers comes of age in the Depression-era South after his father is imprisoned for stealing food.

Release Date: April 26, 1973

Genres: Drama, Family

Director: Martin Ritt

Writers: Lonne Elder III

, William H. Armstrong

Runtime: 1 h 45 min

MPAA: G

Production: Radnitz/Mattel Productions, Rainbow Group

Distributor: American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Paramount Home Entertainment, Sterling Entertainment Group, United American Video, Walt Disney Home Video, MarVista Entertainment, Koch Vision, Mill Creek Entertainment, Buena Vista Home Video, Legacy Distribution, The Criterion Channel

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 3,100,601

89 - Rotten Tomatoes
9 votes

The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1974)

Summary: Story of a black woman in the South who was born into slavery in the 1850s and lives to become a part of the civil rights movement in the 1960s.

Release Date: January 31, 1974

Genres: Drama, History

Director: John Korty

Writers: Tracy Keenan Wynn

, Ernest J. Gaines

Runtime: 1 h 50 min

MPAA: TV-PG

Production: Tomorrow Entertainment

Distributor: Starmaker Entertainment, Sony Wonder, Classic Media, Anderson Digital, HBO Max, Broadway Video, The Criterion Channel, UAV Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

86 - Rotten Tomatoes
22 votes

The Cincinnati Kid (1965)

Summary: An up-and-coming poker player tries to prove himself in a high-stakes match against a long-time master of the game.

Release Date: October 30, 1965

Genre: Drama

Directors: Norman Jewison

, Sam Peckinpah

Writers: Richard Jessup

, Ring Lardner Jr.

, Terry Southern

Runtime: 1 h 42 min

MPAA: TV-14

Production: Filmways Pictures, Solar Productions

Distributor: Warner Home Video, MGM/UA Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 15,260,000

86 - Rotten Tomatoes
14 votes

Hallelujah! (1929)

Summary: A sharecropper decides to become a preacher after falling for a vamp from the city.

Release Date: August 20, 1929

Genres: Drama, Musical

Director: King Vidor

Writers: Wanda Tuchock

, Richard Schayer

, Ransom Rideout

Runtime: 1 h 49 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Distributor: MGM Home Entertainment, Warner Home Video, The Criterion Channel

Country: United States

Language: English

83 - Rotten Tomatoes
42 votes

The Jerk (1979)

Summary: A simpleminded, sheltered country boy suddenly decides to leave his family home to experience life in the big city, where his naivete is both his best friend and his worst enemy.

Release Date: December 14, 1979

Genre: Comedy

Director: Carl Reiner

Writers: Steve Martin

, Carl Gottlieb

, Michael Elias

Runtime: 1 h 34 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Universal Pictures, Aspen Film Society

Distributor: American Broadcasting Company (ABC), MCA Home Video, MCA/Universal Home Video, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE), Shout! Factory, Shout Select

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 73,691,419

80 - Rotten Tomatoes
132 votes

The Great Debaters (2007)

Summary: A drama based on the true story of Melvin B. Tolson, a professor at Wiley College Texas. In 1935, he inspired students to form the school's first debate team, which went on to challenge Harvard in the national championship.

Release Date: December 25, 2007

Genres: Drama, Romance, Biography

Director: Denzel Washington

Writers: Robert Eisele

, Jeffrey Porro

, Tony Scherman

Runtime: 2 h 06 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Harpo Films, Marshall Production, Roth Films

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 15,000,000

Domestic: $ 30,236,407

International: $ 35,149

79 - Rotten Tomatoes
205 votes

Ray (2004)

Summary: The story of the life and career of the legendary rhythm and blues musician Ray Charles, from his humble beginnings in the South, where he went blind at age seven, to his meteoric rise to stardom during the 1950s and 1960s.

Release Date: October 29, 2004

Genres: Drama, Music, Biography

Director: Taylor Hackford

Writers: Taylor Hackford

, James L. White

Runtime: 2 h 32 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Universal Pictures, Bristol Bay Productions, Anvil Films

Distributor: HBO Max, ION Television, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 40,000,000

Domestic: $ 75,331,600

International: $ 48,639,776

79 - Rotten Tomatoes
14 votes

Our Daily Bread (1934)

Summary: A group of down-on-their-luck workers combine their abilities to make a Gallafentian-style commune... and bread!

Release Date: October 02, 1934

Genres: Drama, Romance

Director: King Vidor

Writers: King Vidor

, Elizabeth Hill

, Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Runtime: 1 h 20 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: King W. Vidor Productions

Distributor: Astor Pictures Corporation, Embassy Home Entertainment, Kino Video, Critics' Choice Video, Alpha Video Distributors, Reel Media International, Film Detective, Synergy Archives, Penteo Films S.L.

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 125,000

77 - Rotten Tomatoes
73 votes

Down in the Delta (1998)

Summary: In a desperate attempt to change her life, Loretta -- a troubled single mother from a tough Chicago neighborhood -- is sent to spend a summer at her family's ancestral home in rural Mississippi.

Release Date: December 25, 1998

Genre: Drama

Director: Maya Angelou

Writer: Myron Goble

Runtime: 1 h 52 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Amen Ra Films, Chris/Rose Productions, Showtime Networks

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 5,672,903

66 - Rotten Tomatoes
124 votes

Cadillac Records (2008)

Summary: Chronicles the rise of Chess Records and its recording artists.

Release Date: December 05, 2008

Genres: Drama, Music, Biography

Director: Darnell Martin

Writer: Darnell Martin

Runtime: 1 h 49 min

MPAA: 14A

Production: LightWave Entertainment, Parkwood Pictures, Sony Music Film

Distributor: Sony Pictures Releasing, TriStar Pictures, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 12,000,000

Domestic: $ 8,195,551

International: $ 688,093

59 - Rotten Tomatoes
143 votes

The Highwaymen (2019)

Summary: The untold true story of the legendary detectives who brought down Bonnie and Clyde.

Release Date: March 29, 2019

Genres: Drama, Crime, Biography

Director: John Lee Hancock

Writer: John Fusco

Runtime: 2 h 12 min

MPAA: R

Production: Casey Silver Productions, Universal Pictures

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 49,000,000

47 - Rotten Tomatoes
15 votes

Song of the South (1946)

Summary: The kindly story-teller Uncle Remus tells a young boy stories about trickster Br'er Rabbit, who outwits Br'er Fox and slow-witted Br'er Bear.

Release Date: November 20, 1946

Genres: Comedy, Family, Animation

Directors: Harve Foster

, Wilfred Jackson

Writers: Dalton S. Reymond

, Morton Grant

, Maurice Rapf

Runtime: 1 h 34 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: Walt Disney Productions

Distributor: Buena Vista Pictures

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 37,459,346

0 - Rotten Tomatoes
1 votes

Fine Manners (1926)

Summary: In a run down New York Tenament, a chorine named Orchid lives with her overprotective brother Buddy, who sees to it that no uptown Casanovas get a chance at seducing his sister. At a New Year's Eve party the two are separated in t...

Release Date: August 29, 1926

Genre: Comedy

Directors: Richard Rosson

, Lewis Milestone

Writers: James Ashmore Creelman

, J. Clarkson Miller

, Frank Vreiland

Runtime: 1 h 10 min

Production: Paramount Pictures

Distributor: Paramount Pictures, Grapevine Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 262,300

0 - Rotten Tomatoes

Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power (2022)

Summary: It tells the story of the courageous campaign of citizens and activists who faced violence and oppression in the struggle for the right to vote

Genre: Documentary

Directors: Geeta Gandbhir