The term Blaxploitation was originally created not by a white person but by an African-American who was slighted by the producers of Super Fly. It was initially coined to stir up controversy/stereotyping and for many years black filmmakers/actors didn't accept it as a positive term. Yet ironically, over time it has come to represent a highly successful era of black genre cinema of the 1970s. What was once regarded as a negative term has changed into something that brings to mind exciting, empowering and groundbreaking cinema made by and starring African Americans.

Baadassss Blaxploitation Films You Should See

Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Mick Taylor, Bill Wyman, and The Rolling Stones in Gimme Shelter (1970)

James Earl Jones, Bill Cosby, Marla Gibbs, Sinbad, Luther Vandross, Eddie Griffin, Robert Guillaume, Big Daddy Kane, Robert Townsend, and Another Bad Creation in The Meteor Man (1993)

Here is the list of films that I personally would place under the blaxploitation genre. There are a few that aren't really blaxploitation, ones that were marketed or edited later as such, but I feel like they should still be included for the history of it (notes have been added to those). Clearly the genre is basically four strong years with over thrity films made each year. This being from '72 to '76, and in the middle of that, '74 having the most. There is definitely a certain style though that starting in '70 and lasted till '82 for me. The beginning of the genre has some crossover with some women in prison type films, and the end of the list is aided by kung fu crossover titles. No TV movies have been added, as I feel they don't fit with the genre. Two films could not be added to the list for some reason, maybe because they are pornos. These titles however have a lot going for them, with music even being made specifically for the features. This is why I felt these needed to be on the list. There are 8 features that are deemed lost (though there are 2 of those that have been found, but not seen by the public). Of course the list is always up for debate.

Total Count: 235 films

Breakdown of Years: 1970: 08 films 1971: 09 films 1972: 35 films 1973: 34 films 1974: 41 films *could not be added to the list below: Lialeh (1974, January 9th) 1975: 34 films 1976: 31 films *could not be added to the list below: Tongue (1976, February) 1977: 17 films 1978: 09 films 1979: 08 films 1980: 01 film 1981: 04 films 1982: 03 films

Definitive Blaxploitation List (in Chronological Order)

70's/80's, Blaxploitation, Russ Meyer, Alfred Hitchcock

Obscure (mostly) 70s Blaxplotation (plus all the standard Blaxploitation stuff, at the end, just to be thorough). Black bikers, Black Gestapo, Black power kung-fu, Black Westerns, Blaxploitation horror knock-offs, some of the edgier 'race movies' of the 60s, pimp shit, voodoo shit, prison movies, soft-core porn, Caribbean movies, etc

Blaxplotation that ISN'T the same 30 movies on all the other "Blaxploitation" lists...

The work of Black performers/filmmakers and the stories they have brought to the screen

Samuel L. Jackson, Nia Long, Nicholas Hoult, and Anthony Mackie in The Banker (2020)

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