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11 results for “racial tension”

Mississippi Burning

1988 ★ 7.7

Two FBI agents investigating the murder of civil rights workers during the 60s seek to breach the conspiracy of silence in a small Southern town where segregati

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Giant

1956 ★ 7.6

Wealthy rancher Bick Benedict and dirt-poor cowboy Jett Rink both woo Leslie Lynnton, a beautiful young woman from Maryland who is new to Texas. She marries Ben

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A Bronx Tale

1993 ★ 7.9

Set in the Bronx during the tumultuous 1960s, an adolescent boy is torn between his honest, working-class father and a violent yet charismatic crime boss. Compl

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The Cuckold

2009 ★ 3.5

The Cuckold is a controversial dramatic feature that pushes a camera lens through the peephole of American taboo, focusing on the flashpoint where racial and se

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A Time to Kill

1996 ★ 7.4

A young lawyer defends a black man accused of murdering two white men who raped his 10-year-old daughter, sparking a rebirth of the KKK. A Time to Kill is a 199

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Ragtime

1981 ★ 7.0

A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence, and other nostalgic eve

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… tick… tick… tick…

1970 ★ 6.7

Racial tensions threaten to explode when a black man is elected sheriff of a small, racially divided town in the Deep South. Drama Action

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Medium Cool

1969 ★ 6.7

John Cassellis is the toughest TV news reporter around. After extensively reporting about violence and racial tensions in poor communities, he discovers that hi

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Far from Heaven

2002 ★ 7.1

In 1950s Connecticut, a housewife's life is upended by a marital crisis and mounting racial tensions in society. Drama Romance

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Heartbreak High

2022 ★ 7.2

A fresh look at Hartley High over 20 years on. With her new friends - outsiders Quinni and Darren - Amerie must repair her reputation, while navigating love, se

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Pillars of the Sky

1956 ★ 5.4

First Sergeant Emmett Bell faces off with Apache chieftain Kamiakin in this nuanced portrayal of racial tensions between Native Americans and white settlers in

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