Top 50 Movies on Race Relations in America
50. “The Birth of a Nation” (1915) – D.W. Griffith
49. “BlacKkKlansman” (2018) – Spike Lee
48. “Gone with the Wind” (1939) – Victor Fleming
47. “Django: Unchained” (2012) – Quentin Tarantino
46. “Shaft” (1971) – Gordon Parks
45. “The Last Black Man in San Francisco” (2019) – Joe Talbot
44. “Mississippi Burning” (1988) – Alan Parker
43. “The Butler” (2013) – Lee Daniels
42. “42” (2013) – Brian Helgeland
41. “Brian’s Song” (1971) – Buzz Kulik
40. “White Men Can’t Jump” (1992) – Ron Shelton
39. “The Blind Side” (2009) – John Lee Hancock
38. “Blindspotting” (2018) – Carlos Lopez Estrada
37. “Queen & Slim” (2019) – Melina Matsoukas
36. “Straight Outta Compton” (2015) – F. Gary Gray
35. “The Defiant Ones” (1958) – Stanley Kramer
34. “A Time to Kill” (1996) – Joel Schumacher
33. “Just Mercy” (2020) – Destin Daniel Cretton
32. “The Hurricane” (1999) – Norman Jewison
31. “Detroit” (2017) – Kathryn Bigelow
30. “Beverly Hills Cop” (1984) – Martin Brest
29. “Driving Miss Daisy” (1989) – Bruce Beresford
28. “Green Book” (2018) – Peter Farrelly
27. “The Help” (2011) – Tate Taylor
26. “The Color Purple” (1985) – Steven Spielberg
25. “A Raisin in the Sun” (1961) – Daniel Petrie
24. “Fences” (2016) – Denzel Washington
23. “Crash” (2005) – Paul Haggis
22. “Hidden Figures” (2016) – Theodore Melfi
21. “Imitation of Life” (1959) – Douglas Sirk
20. “If Beale Street Could Talk” (2018) – Barry Jenkins
19. “Loving” (2016) – Joe Nichols
18. “Harriet” (2019) – Kasi Lemmons
17. “Lincoln” (2012) – Steven Spielberg
16. “Blazing Saddles” (1974) – Mel Brooks
15. “Remember the Titans” (2000) – Boaz Yakin
14. “Black Panther” (2018) – Ryan Coogler
13. “Boyz N the Hood” (1991) – John Singleton
12. “Twelve Years a Slave” (2013) – Steve McQueen
11. “Mudbound” (2017) – Dee Rees
10. “Glory” (1989) – Edward Zwick
9. “Fruitvale Station” (2013) – Ryan Coogler
8. “Malcolm X” (1992) – Spike Lee
7. “Selma” (2014) – Ava DuVernay
6. “In the Heat of the Night” (1967) – Norman Jewison
5. “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?” (1967) – Stanley Kramer
4. “Get Out” (2017) – Jordan Peele
3. “Moonlight” (2016) – Barry Jenkins
2. “To Kill a Mockingbird” (1962) – Robert Mulligan
1. “Do the Right Thing” (1989) – Spike Lee