# Blaxploitation — Shaft, Pam Grier, and the 70s Black cinema boom

> A genre born from the collision of 70s exploitation budgets and Black cultural assertion. Shaft (1971) and Super Fly (1972) opened the floodgates. Pam Grier became the genre's biggest star through Coffy and Foxy Brown. The soundtracks — Curtis Mayfield, Isaac Hayes, Bobby Womack — are as important as the films. Some aged badly, some aged into cult classics, a handful are genuine cinema. Tarantino's Jackie Brown is a late love letter. The list surfaces action, crime, and thriller films from the era with Black leads or directors.

Source: <https://nextmovie4u.com/canon/blaxploitation/>

## 30 films in this list

- **[The Godfather](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-godfather-1972/)** (1972) — ★ 8.7 · 22,862 votes · devastating, slow-burn
- **[The Godfather Part II](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-godfather-part-ii-1974/)** (1974) — ★ 8.6 · 13,863 votes · slow-burn, devastating
- **[Star Wars](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/star-wars-1977/)** (1977) — ★ 8.2 · 22,252 votes · mindfuck
- **[A Clockwork Orange](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/a-clockwork-orange-1971/)** (1971) — ★ 8.2 · 13,783 votes · mindfuck, slow-burn
- **[Taxi Driver](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/taxi-driver-1976/)** (1976) — ★ 8.1 · 13,377 votes · neon-soaked, slow-burn, devastating
- **[The Sting](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-sting-1973/)** (1973) — ★ 8.0 · 2,957 votes · cult, devastating
- **[Chinatown](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/chinatown-1974/)** (1974) — ★ 7.9 · 4,239 votes · neon-soaked, devastating, cult
- **[Paper Moon](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/paper-moon-1973/)** (1973) — ★ 7.9 · 822 votes · cozy, cult, devastating
- **[Papillon](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/papillon-1973/)** (1973) — ★ 7.8 · 2,110 votes · cult, slow-burn, devastating
- **[Dog Day Afternoon](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/dog-day-afternoon-1975/)** (1975) — ★ 7.8 · 3,350 votes · cult, devastating, dread
- **[All the President's Men](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/all-the-president-s-men-1976/)** (1976) — ★ 7.7 · 2,061 votes · cult, slow-burn, devastating
- **[Sleuth](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/sleuth-1972/)** (1972) — ★ 7.7 · 713 votes · cult, dread, slow-burn
- **[Jaws](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/jaws-1975/)** (1975) — ★ 7.7 · 11,484 votes · devastating, late-night, dread
- **[The Warriors](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-warriors-1979/)** (1979) — ★ 7.7 · 2,353 votes · cult, dread
- **[Halloween](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/halloween-1978/)** (1978) — ★ 7.6 · 6,150 votes · late-night, dread
- **[Serpico](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/serpico-1973/)** (1973) — ★ 7.5 · 2,176 votes · cult, devastating
- **[The Day of the Jackal](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-day-of-the-jackal-1973/)** (1973) — ★ 7.5 · 672 votes · cult, dread
- **[The Conversation](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-conversation-1974/)** (1974) — ★ 7.5 · 2,017 votes · dread, cult, devastating
- **[The French Connection](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-french-connection-1971/)** (1971) — ★ 7.5 · 2,118 votes · dread, cult
- **[Badlands](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/badlands-1974/)** (1974) — ★ 7.5 · 1,332 votes · cult, devastating, cozy
- **[Enter the Dragon](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/enter-the-dragon-1973/)** (1973) — ★ 7.4 · 2,068 votes · cult
- **[Duel](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/duel-1971/)** (1971) — ★ 7.4 · 2,051 votes · cult, dread
- **[The Omen](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-omen-1976/)** (1976) — ★ 7.4 · 2,375 votes · late-night, cult, dread
- **[Dirty Harry](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/dirty-harry-1971/)** (1971) — ★ 7.4 · 2,721 votes · neon-soaked, cult, dread
- **[The Long Goodbye](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-long-goodbye-1973/)** (1973) — ★ 7.4 · 761 votes · neon-soaked, cult, devastating
- **[Sorcerer](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/sorcerer-1977/)** (1977) — ★ 7.4 · 649 votes · liminal, devastating, cult
- **[Carrie](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/carrie-1976/)** (1976) — ★ 7.3 · 4,277 votes · dread, late-night, cult
- **[Deliverance](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/deliverance-1972/)** (1972) — ★ 7.3 · 1,796 votes · weird, cult, devastating
- **[Assault on Precinct 13](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/assault-on-precinct-13-1976/)** (1976) — ★ 7.3 · 1,197 votes · dread, cult
- **[The Driver](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-driver-1978/)** (1978) — ★ 7.2 · 502 votes · neon-soaked, cult, dread

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