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Plot Summary:
One man wronged by a racist law enforcement system takes a highly unusual route to street justice in this bizarre, expressive urban drama. Definitely not your ordinary '70s blaxploitation feature, Soul Vengeance (released theatrically as Welcome Home, Brother Charles) was one of three feature films Jamaa Fanaka wrote, produced, and directed while studying film production at U.C.L.A. (The other two were Black Sister's Revenge, also known as Emma Mae, and the first installment in Fanaka's popular Penitentiary series). ~ Mark Deming, Rovi.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 767
Genere: Action, Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film, weird, student film, cult film
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Fly Me (1973)
Plot Summary:
Stewardesses battle kung fu killers.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 262
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Philippines, USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, sexy, sex comedy, independent film, hot
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Black Samson (1974)
Plot Summary:
Noble nightclub owner Samson does his best to keep his neighborhood clean of crime and drugs. When vicious mobster Johnny Nappa tries to muscle in on Samson's territory, Samson takes a brave stand against Nappa and his flunkies.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 616
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: grindhouse
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Street Wars (1991)
Plot Summary:
A young man takes over as the head of a crack dealing outfit after his brother, the gang's leader, is murdered.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 110
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Surf Nazis Must Die (1987)
Plot Summary:
When the grandson of a gun wielding woman is murdered by neo-nazi surf punks in the post-apocalyptic future, this grandma hunts them down for some bloodthirsty revenge.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, absurd, disturbing, cult classic, humorous, futuristic, slasher, mockbuster, cult horror, independent film
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Black Dragon's Revenge (1975)
Plot Summary:
Three rival gangs embark on a search for Bruce Lee's handwritten "finger fighting " manual.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 148
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 90 min
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Mean Mother (1973)
Plot Summary:
Two Vietnam deserters go their separate ways, become criminals and are eventually reunited.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 442
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, Spain, USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film
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Black Angels (1970)
Plot Summary:
When an African-American biker gang is tricked into believing that a white biker gang is planning a war.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 171
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, psychotronic, political, independent film
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Hangup (1974)
Plot Summary:
A rookie cop on the undercover narcotic squad falls for the junkie who can help him nab a ruthless pusher/killer.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 74
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: grindhouse
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Death Journey (1976)
Plot Summary:
Fearful that their star witness might be murdered, two attorneys hire a protector to bring him from Los Angeles to New York. Jesse Crowder (Fred Williamson) is a no-nonsense tough guy. He buddies up with the witness, an accountant, and they hit the road. Outwitting their foes means taking all manner of conveyance, including automobile, train, and airplane.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 306
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film, detective
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The Black Six (1973)
Plot Summary:
A black high school student is caught dating a white girl by the girl's brother. He and his biker gang beat the boy to death. The boy's brother, who is a member of a black biker gang, hears about it and comes to town to avenge his brother's death.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 623
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: absurd, psychotronic, grindhouse, independent film
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Black Lolita (1974)
Plot Summary:
A singer returns to her hometown and puts together a team of fighters to go after local gangsters.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 68
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: independent film
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J.D.'s Revenge (1976)
Plot Summary:
A college student is possessed by a 40's era gangster.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film, scary, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Too Hot to Handle (1977)
Plot Summary:
Gorgeous blonde assassin Samantha Fox accepts a contract to liquidate a quintet of gangsters in the Philippines. Problems ensue when she falls in love with the Manila detective investigating the killings.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 331
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Philippines, USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, detective, independent film
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The Black Bunch (1972)
Plot Summary:
In Africa, four native women join and are hired to find a wealthy man's son who has disappeared, and use the opportunity to get revenge on a gang of mercenaries who have massacred the inhabitants of the womens' village.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 63
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, grindhouse, independent film
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Savage! (1973)
Plot Summary:
Low-budget adventure starring former baseball star James Iglehart as Savage, who is kidnapped by South American rebels. After a time, he sees their position and is joined by a female commando squad in battling the repressive government officials.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 163
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Philippines, USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: independent film, grindhouse, black cinema
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Dynamite Brothers (1974)
Plot Summary:
Young black man teams up with a Chinese kung-fu expert to fight a drug ring.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 559
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film, rough, realistic, semi serious
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The Human Tornado (1976)
Plot Summary:
Dolemite comes to the rescue of Queen Bee, whose Nightclub is threatened by the Mafia.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, exciting, witty, stylized, grindhouse, independent film, cult classic, spoof, offbeat
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Street Sisters (1974)
Plot Summary:
What Would You Do If Your Mother Was a Hooker?.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 198
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: crying, independent film, cult film
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Hammer (1972)
Plot Summary:
Hotheaded laborer B.J. Hammer can't go long without ending up in a fight, and, after he comes out on top in a particularly impressive workplace scuffle, word of his brawling skills makes its way to Davis, a top boxing manager. Hammer is hired by Davis and begins a lucrative career in the ring, only to find out that his new employer wants him to throw a fight and take part in other illicit activities. Hammer reacts to this news violently, and the feud is on.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 733
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, neo noir, detective, cult film
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Mean Johnny Barrows (1975)
Plot Summary:
A Vietnam veteran gets caught in a mob war with a couple of double-crossers.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 526
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film
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Penitentiary III (1987)
Plot Summary:
A man is framed for murder and sent to prison. He is beaten and tortured, then forced to fight the prison's worst killer, a martial-arts fighting midget called Thud.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 568
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, psychotronic, independent film, cult film
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Brotherhood of Death (1976)
Plot Summary:
A group of Black soldiers are home from the war and head to a small Southern town. The town is dominated by a group of Klansmen who keep the Black majority from voting or being treated like human beings. However, these newcomers convince the local population to register to vote so they can take back power and achieve justice. When hundreds show up to register, the Klan responds with violence. Eventually, though, the Black community has little choice other than fight back and the film ends with a small war between these combat vets and the Klan.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 533
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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The Executioner Part II (1984)
Plot Summary:
An L.A. cop and a reporter team up to find a masked serial killer.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 463
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, cult classic, independent film, cult film
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One Down, Two to go (1982)
Plot Summary:
A pair of tough cops go after the mob who jinxed the martial arts tournament and injured their buddy.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 650
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, grindhouse, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast, cult film
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Youngblood (1978)
Plot Summary:
A gang war/drug story set in a Los Angeles ghetto about the coming of age of a 15-year-old black youth.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 342
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, hood, independent film
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Hit Man (1972)
Plot Summary:
Bernie Casey portrays Tyrone and Pamela Grier plays a sultry skin-flick star in this first Americanized remake of the iconic Michael Caine action film Get Carter. From Watts to the West Side, from porno parlors to a high-rise, from motel dives to a crime kingpin’s sprawling pleasure dome, from corner hangouts to a wildlife preserve, Tyrone covers a lot of real estate, busts a lot of heads.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: neo noir, psychotronic, grindhouse, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, black cinema
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Bucktown (1975)
Plot Summary:
Duke Johnson visits a small Southern town, intent on burying his brother. After the funeral, he learns that he must stay for 60 days, for the estate to be processed. A few locals convince Duke to reopen his late brother's nightclub, and soon the local redneck policemen are intimidating Duke with threats of violence. Duke refuses to pay the bribes they demand, so then he and his lady friend Aretha are threatened and attacked by the crooked cops. Rather than take them on himself, Duke calls on his old pal Roy. Roy brings a few buddies to Bucktown, and they bring justice to the small town. With the redneck cops out of the way, Duke lets his guard down. Then the situation gets out of hand again. Finally, Duke must settle the score himself.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, tense, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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The Black Klansman (1966)
Plot Summary:
After a black man's daughter is killed by the KKK, he seeks revenge by becoming a Klansman.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 535
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, political, grindhouse, black and white, entertaining, independent film, black cinema
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Savage Sisters (1974)
Plot Summary:
A corrupt General plans on smuggling one million US dollars out of the Banana Republic he dominates. Local revolutionaries plan on stealing the cash but are thwarted when a bandit leader they are working with double crosses them. A tough cop and her boyfriend help two of the female revolutionaries escape from prison hoping that they will lead them to the cash, which they plan on keeping for themselves.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 449
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Philippines, USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, political, independent film, exciting, rough, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, cult film
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The Final Comedown (1972)
Plot Summary:
Black revolutionaries take action in the white suburbs.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 434
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: political, independent film, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, black cinema
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