Movies About Racism and Prejudice
Kinora's catalogue lists 76 films about racism and prejudice, spanning 1939–2025. Each is tagged by where and when it takes place — filter by real-world setting, era, and environment, or open any film for its full tagged world.
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- 1957
12 Angry Men
Urbandir. Sidney Lumet - 1993
A Bronx Tale
Urbandir. Robert De Niro - 2017
A Fantastic Woman
Urbandir. Sebastián Lelio - 1996
A Time to Kill
Ruraldir. Joel Schumacher - 1974
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Urbandir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder - 2023
American Fiction
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Cord Jefferson - 1998
American History X
Urbandir. Tony Kaye - 1955
Bad Day at Black Rock
Desert · Ruraldir. John Sturges - 1966
Black Girl
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Ousmane Sembène - 2018
BlacKkKlansman
Urbandir. Spike Lee - 1974
Blazing Saddles
Desert · Ruraldir. Mel Brooks - 2018
Blindspotting
Urbandir. Carlos López Estrada - 1991
Boyz n the Hood
Urbandir. John Singleton - 1992
Candyman
Urbandir. Bernard Rose - 1981
Chariots of Fire
Urbandir. Hugh Hudson - 1987
Cry Freedom
Urban · Ruraldir. Richard Attenborough - 1995
Devil in a Blue Dress
Urbandir. Carl Franklin - 2009
District 9
Urbandir. Neill Blomkamp - 1989
Do the Right Thing
Urbandir. Spike Lee - 1989
Driving Miss Daisy
Urbandir. Bruce Beresford - 2002
Far from Heaven
Suburbandir. Todd Haynes - 2016
Fences
Urbandir. Denzel Washington - 1994
Fist of Legend
Urbandir. Gordon Chan - 1948
Fort Apache
Desertdir. John Ford - 2016
Free State of Jones
Ruraldir. Gary Ross - 2013
Fruitvale Station
Urbandir. Ryan Coogler - 1982
Gandhi
Urban · Ruraldir. Richard Attenborough - 2002
Gangs of New York
Urbandir. Martin Scorsese - 1947
Gentleman's Agreement
Urbandir. Elia Kazan - 2017
Get Out
Suburban · Ruraldir. Jordan Peele - 1956
Giant
Ruraldir. George Stevens - 1989
Glory
Coastal Sea · Ruraldir. Edward Zwick - 2008
Gran Torino
Urbandir. Clint Eastwood - 1967
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Urbandir. Stanley Kramer - 1988
Hairspray
Urbandir. John Waters - 2007
Hairspray
Urbandir. Adam Shankman - 2016
Hidden Figures
Urbandir. Theodore Melfi - 2017
Hostiles
Wildernessdir. Scott Cooper - 1959
Imitation of Life
Urbandir. Douglas Sirk - 1967
In the Heat of the Night
Ruraldir. Norman Jewison - 2023
Killers of the Flower Moon
Ruraldir. Martin Scorsese - 1995
La Haine
Urban · Suburbandir. Mathieu Kassovitz - 1996
Lone Star
Ruraldir. John Sayles - 2016
Loving
Ruraldir. Jeff Nichols - 2011
Meek's Cutoff
Desert · Wildernessdir. Kelly Reichardt - 2000
Men of Honor
Coastal Seadir. George Tillman Jr. - 1988
Mississippi Burning
Ruraldir. Alan Parker - 2001
Monster's Ball
Rural · Suburbandir. Marc Forster - 1984
Places in the Heart
Ruraldir. Robert Benton - 2002
Rabbit-Proof Fence
Desert · Wildernessdir. Phillip Noyce - 2000
Remember the Titans
Urbandir. Boaz Yakin - 2014
Selma
Urban · Ruraldir. Ava DuVernay - 2025
Sinners
Ruraldir. Ryan Coogler - 2018
Sorry to Bother You
Urbandir. Boots Riley - 1939
Stagecoach
Desert · Wildernessdir. John Ford - 2015
Straight Outta Compton
Urbandir. F. Gary Gray - 1985
The Color Purple
Ruraldir. Steven Spielberg - 1958
The Defiant Ones
Rural · Wildernessdir. Stanley Kramer - 1999
The Green Mile
Ruraldir. Frank Darabont - 2018
The Hate U Give
Urban · Suburbandir. George Tillman Jr. - 2015
The Hateful Eight
Mountain · Ruraldir. Quentin Tarantino - 2011
The Help
Suburban · Urbandir. Tate Taylor - 1996
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Urbandir. Kirk Wise - 2014
The Hundred-Foot Journey
Rural · Urbandir. Lasse Hallström - 2012
The Hunt
Ruraldir. Thomas Vinterberg - 1999
The Hurricane
Urbandir. Norman Jewison - 1988
The Land Before Time
Wilderness · Desert · Mountaindir. Don Bluth - 1973
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
dir. Gérard Oury - 1956
The Searchers
Wilderness · Desertdir. John Ford - 2007
This Is England
Suburban · Coastal Seadir. Shane Meadows - 1962
To Kill a Mockingbird
Ruraldir. Robert Mulligan - 1958
Touch of Evil
Urbandir. Orson Welles - 1983
Twilight Zone: The Movie
Urban · Rural · Wildernessdir. John Landis - 1961
West Side Story
Urbandir. Jerome Robbins - 2017
Wind River
Rural · Wilderness · Mountaindir. Taylor Sheridan - 2016
Zootopia
Urban · Ruraldir. Byron Howard
Frequently asked
How many movies are about racism and prejudice?
Kinora's catalogue lists 76 films about racism and prejudice, spanning 1939–2025.
What are some movies about racism and prejudice?
Films about racism and prejudice in our catalogue include 12 Angry Men (1957), A Bronx Tale (1993), A Fantastic Woman (2017), A Time to Kill (1996), and Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974).
What is the oldest movie about racism and prejudice?
Stagecoach (1939) is the earliest film about racism and prejudice in our catalogue; the most recent is Sinners (2025).