Top rated socially relevant movies on Urban Movie Channel
Check out today’s highest ranked socially relevant movies on Urban Movie Channel! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best socially relevant movies on Urban Movie Channel, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.
1 Detroit (2017)
A police raid in Detroit in 1967 results in one of the largest citizens' uprisings in the history of the United States.
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- 2017-07-28 | Crime / Drama
Cast
- John Boyega, Will Poulter
Rating
7.3
2 LUV (2013)
Over the course of one day, a shy 13-year-old forms a bond with his troubled uncle.
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- 2013-01-18 | Crime / Drama
Cast
- Common, Michael Rainey Jr.
Rating
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5.8
3 I'm Through with White Girls (2007)
Jay Brooks is that black guy who digs indie rock, graphic novels, and dates white chicks. After a slew of bad break-ups, Jay gives up white women, "cold turkey," and he goes on a mission: "Operation Brown Sugar". But because Jay doesn't fit the "brotha" stereotype, he fails miserably with the "sistahs." Then he meets the dynamic Catherine, a misunderstood "Half-rican Canadian", who's as righteously quirky as he is. To win her heart, Jay must confront his fears as he realizes commitment is a bigger issue than race.
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- 2007-02-01 | Comedy / Romance
Cast
- Anthony Montgomery, Ryan Alosio
Rating
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7.2
4 Karen (2021)
A racist woman makes it her personal mission to displace the new black family that has just moved in next door to her, but they won't back down without a fight.
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- 2021-09-03 | Thriller
Cast
- Taryn Manning, Cory Hardrict
Rating
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4.0
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5 Home Again (2012)
Returning to a "home" they hardly know after being deported from their adopted countries for minor criminal offenses, three people from very different backgrounds try to make a new life for themselves, in Jamaica in this gutsy drama from writer-director Sudz Sutherland. (TIFF)
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- 2012-09-12 | Drama
Cast
- Tatyana Ali, CCH Pounder
Rating
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4.1
6 Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror (2019)
Delving into a century of genre films that by turns utilized, caricatured, exploited, sidelined, and finally embraced them, this is the untold history of black Americans in Hollywood through their connection to the horror genre.
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- 2019-02-07 | Documentary
Cast
- Meosha Bean, Ashlee Blackwell
Rating
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7.2
7 Equal Standard (2021)
An NYPD Detective is shot by one of his own, benevolent brothers in uniform. Communities are ignited - to march for justice. Gangs put their differences aside - for a united fight, an equal opportunity. “That people not be judged by the color of their skin but for the content of their character.” The movement and unity impacts City society and leads to a Blue Wall intervention within the Police force. White cops lust for change and act on it - by flushing out racism. Not an easy fight. In the end, what was considered impossible, became possible.
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- 2021-05-07 | Action / Crime
Cast
- Ice-T, Jules Willcox
Rating
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7.4
8 Daddy's Home (2015)
The story of a mild-mannered radio executive who strives to become the best stepdad ever to his wife's two children, but complications ensue when their freewheeling, freeloading real father arrives, forcing stepdad to compete for the affection of the kids.
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- 2015-12-25 | Comedy
Cast
- Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg
Rating
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6.275
9 The Colony (2013)
Forced underground by the next ice age, a struggling outpost of survivors must fight to preserve humanity against a threat even more savage than nature.
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- 2013-04-12 | Action / Science Fiction
Cast
- Kevin Zegers, Laurence Fishburne
Rating
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5.411
10 Somebody's Child (2012)
A woman (Lynn Whitfield) dying of kidney disease learns that God works in mysterious ways after convincing her son (Michael Jai White) to help a repentant ex-con (Byron Minns) whose unexpected presence prompts a startling deathbed confession.
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- 2012-08-11 | Drama
Cast
- Lynn Whitfield, Clifton Powell
Rating
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6.2
