Every month we receive mail from people asking us what our favourite blaxploitation movies are, or which movies we recommend for a variety of reasons. Well, here you go - a full list of movies we like with reasons why! Click on the links to read more about or buy the item.

This list was last updated on 18 Dec 2005.

Across 110th Street 1972

Classic, hard cop movie in true old school style. Fantastic Bronx locations, a tight script and some good performances. Outstanding soundtrack too. [Click here to buy VHS]  [Click here to buy DVD]

Avenging Disco Godfather 1979

Rudy Ray Moore in classic tongue-in-cheek ass-kicking style . Grab a six pack and get stuck in! read review... [Click here to buy VHS]  [Click here to buy DVD]

Black Belt Jones 1974

Our all-time favorite blaxploitation movie. Total entertainment that doesn't take itself too seriously. Jim Kelly's best performance, a strong female lead in Gloria Hendry, killer music from Dennis Coffey, and some excellent set-pieces to boot. Unreservedly recommended. read review... [Click here to buy VHS]

Black Caesar 1973

Fred Williamson's best film role. A tough movie with superb soundtrack and some excellent performances. read review... [Click here to buy VHS]  [Click here to buy DVD]

Black Shampoo 1976

Ridiculous black remake of the Warren Beatty hit Shampoo. Classic bad B-movie material with John 'Candy Tangerine Man' Daniels. Hilarious, violent and pretty surreal. [Click here to buy VHS]

Blacula 1972

Respected stage actor William Marshall stars in this camped-up black version of the Dracula story. Brilliant music and some good performances - even pretty scary in parts! read review... [Click here to buy VHS]

Bucktown 1975

A less well-known, gritty Fred Williamson movie with Pam Grier. Great theme by Johnny Pate. read review... [Click here to buy VHS]  [Click here to buy DVD]

Car Wash 1976

This one had to go into the list for sheer entertainment value! [Click here to buy VHS]  [Click here to buy DVD]

Claudine 1974

Great to see this low-key classic back on video and DVD for the first time in a long while. Makes a great change from the violence inherent in many of these films. [Click here to buy VHS]  [Click here to buy DVD]

Cleopatra Jones 1973

The first, and best, Cleo Jones film, starring the lovely Tamara Dobson, a 6ft-plus ex-model who can really act. All-round entertainment, some great cars, great chases, and a great soundtrack. read review... [Click here to buy VHS]  [Click here to buy DVD]

Coffy 1973

Arguably Pam Grier's best-known role. As nurse Coffy, she avenges her sister's death by taking on the drug dealers. Vicious, nasty, uncompromising. Superb music and a great lead performance. read review... [Click here to buy VHS]  [Click here to buy DVD]

Come Back Charleston Blue 1972

Well-shot and well scripted, this early blaxploitation movie is a great detective story with plenty of plot. Good stuff. [Click here to buy VHS]

Cornbread, Earl and Me 1975

Low-key, socially conscious basketball-themed movie. Well scripted and acted, great soundtrack too. [Click here to buy VHS]  [Click here to buy DVD]

Detroit 9000 1973

Another of our personal favorites. Highly recommended heist movie featuring excellent, bleak Detroit locations and some superb performances. read review... [Click here to buy VHS]  [Click here to buy DVD]

Disco 9000 1976

Crazy, cult classic B-movie about a disco club in the top of a high-rise exclusive tower block. Pretty cheesy but has its moments - some excellent parody of the music business and tasty dance set pieces. read review... [Click here to buy VHS]

Dolemite 1975

Rudy Ray Moore's original lewd and crude creation on top form. Toasts, wisecracks, bad catsuits and plenty of action. [Click here to buy VHS]  [Click here to buy DVD]

Education of Sonny Carson, The 1974

Superb and largely forgotten socially aware movie about a young ghetto kid's transition to adulthood. [Click here to buy VHS]  [Click here to buy DVD]

Enter The Dragon 1974

Bruce Lee, John Saxon AND Jim Kelly? Music by Lalo Schifrin? The movie that kick-started the 1970s kung-fu obsession. [Click here to buy VHS]  [Click here to buy DVD]

Foxy Brown 1974

Our favorite Pam Grier role. Tough, sexy, confident and just slightly vulnerable. A genre classic. read review... [Click here to buy VHS]  [Click here to buy DVD]

Friday Foster 1975

Almost a complete change for Pam Grier, cast as a photographer in a bright, breezy production. As always, Grier is very watchable and turns in a great performance in a movie with a much lighter feel than most of her other films. read review... [Click here to buy VHS]  [Click here to buy DVD]

Gordon's War 1973

Neighborhood hero forms his own army to battle the drug dealers moving into their patch. Classic Paul Winfield flick with an incredible, super funky soundtrack (by the same composer who wrote the Twin Peaks music, trivia fans!) [Click here to buy VHS]

I'm Gonna Git You Sucka 1988

Hilarious pastiche of all things blaxploitation, from the pimps to the cars to the clothes. Very funny with many classic one-liners. [Click here to buy VHS]  [Click here to buy DVD]

Mack, The 1973

Along with Superfly, here's the original guide to ghetto pimp life. [Click here to buy VHS]  [Click here to buy DVD]

Man And Boy 1971

Beautiful understated Western with a great performance by Bill Cosby and fantastic music by Bill Withers and JJ Johnson. [Click here to buy VHS]  [Click here to buy DVD]

Monkey Hustle 1977

Infectious mid 70s classic starring all the main male leads of the time in a hustling-themed film. [Click here to buy VHS]

Shaft 1971

What can you say? The original black private dick. Everyone should own a copy of this. read review... [Click here to buy VHS]  [Click here to buy DVD]

Slaughter 1972

Jim Brown's best screen role. read review... [Click here to buy VHS]  [Click here to buy DVD]

Spook Who Sat By The Door, The 1973

Underground classic. Amazing, experimental soundtrack by Herbie Hancock and super-weird conspiracy theory-style plot with a superb lead performance. Gripping and essential. read review... [Click here to buy VHS]

Superfly 1972

Savage, vicious, exploitative genre classic. A gripping main performance and superb soundtrack. [Click here to buy VHS]

Sweet Sweetback's Badaaasss Song 1971

Melvin Van Peebles' superb, almost avant-garde genre-defining classic. Self-financed and publicized, it's a triumph. Weird, hard, absorbing and at times difficult viewing, it's impossible to miss. read review... [Click here to buy VHS]  [Click here to buy DVD]

Willie Dynamite 1974

Finally available on video, this is the other classic pimp movie. Superb music by JJ Johnson and some key performances, not least by Roscoe 'Sesame Street' Orman in the lead role! [Click here to buy VHS]

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