Movies like Black Caesar (1973)
The best movies like Black Caesar (1973) are Hell Up In Harlem (1973), Super Fly (1972) and Shaft (1971). If Black Caesar hooked you with its crime and action, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedDirty Harry (1971)7.5/10 from 2,904 votes
- NewestNew Jack City (1991)Released 1991
- Same seriesHell Up In Harlem (1973)Tommy Gibbs
Hell Up In Harlem (1973)
A Harlem gangster must rescue his ex-wife, who's been kidnapped by the Mafia.
Why it matches: Same series: Tommy Gibbs · both action & crime
SnoozefestMovies like thisSuper Fly (1972)
Priest, a New York City drug kingpin, devises a scheme to get out of the business and retire with a big payday, but his plans are complicated when a street dealer rats him out to the police.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisShaft (1971)
Cool Black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Black Godfather (1974)
The heroes in The Black Godfather are members of an African-American criminal organization. Like Brando in The Godfather, they're not averse to robbery and murder, but they do draw the line at narcotics. When the Mafia infiltrates the 'hood with dangerous drugs, the Black Godfather (Rod Perry) orders his minions to put an end to this perfidy.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Across 110th Street (1972)
In a daring robbery, some $300,000 is taken from the Italian mob. Several mafiosi are killed, as are two policemen. Lt. Pope and Capt. Mattelli are two New York City cops trying to break the case. Three small-time criminals are on the run with the money. Will the mafia catch them first, or will the police?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Candy Tangerine Man (1975)
Sunset Boulevard is a lucrative place to work for the Black Baron, a pimp with a distinctive red and yellow Rolls Royce and plenty of girls on his books. He don't take no mess from his girls, his madam or his competitors and viciously defends his patch. First, he clobbers the Mob who attempt to move in on his patch. Second, he tracks down one of his girls who runs off with a suitcase full of his cash. Third, he disposes of two policemen. But by now he knows his pimping days are numbered, so after a final explosive gun battle he switches to being his alter ego, mild-mannered businessman Ron who lives out in the leafy suburbs with an unsuspecting wife and family.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971)
After saving a Black Panther from some racist cops, a black male prostitute goes on the run from "the man" with the help of the ghetto community and some disillusioned Hells Angels.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
SnoozefestMovies like thisTrouble Man (1972)
It seems that masked men are knocking over the floating crap games of Chalky and Pete. Chalky and Pete hire the cool, loose, elegant Mr. T to fix things. Then, the masked manipulators set up the death of a collector for a rival gang lord. It looks like it's up to T to hold a gang war from breaking out, keep the police off his back, and earn his fee from Chalky and Pete.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMassacre Mafia Style (1974)
Terror reigns when Mimi, the son of a deported Don, along with his associate Jolly Rizzo wage a bloody war for control of the West Coast underworld, battling hordes of hard-boiled mobsters and deadly black pimps on their rise to the top!
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Coffy (1973)
After her younger sister gets involved in drugs and is severely injured by contaminated heroin, a nurse sets out on a mission of vengeance and vigilante justice, killing drug dealers, pimps, and mobsters who cross her path.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCleopatra Jones (1973)
After federal agent Cleopatra Jones orders the burning of a Turkish poppy field, the notorious drug lord Mommy vows to destroy her.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
SnoozefestMovies like thisBucktown (1975)
Duke Johnson visits a small Southern town, intent on burying his brother. After the funeral, he learns that he must stay for 60 days, for the estate to be processed. A few locals convince Duke to reopen his late brother's nightclub, and soon the local redneck policemen are intimidating Duke with threats of violence. Duke refuses to pay the bribes they demand, so then he and his lady friend Aretha are threatened and attacked by the crooked cops. Rather than take them on himself, Duke calls on his old pal Roy. Roy brings a few buddies to Bucktown, and they bring justice to the small town. With the redneck cops out of the way, Duke lets his guard down. Then the situation gets out of hand again. Finally, Duke must settle the score himself.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970)
Harlem's African-American population is being ripped off by the Rev. Deke O'Malley, who dishonestly claims that small donations will secure parcels of land in Africa. When New York City police officers Gravedigger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson look into O'Malley's scam, they learn that the cash is being smuggled inside a bale of cotton. However, the police, O'Malley, and lots of others find themselves scrambling when the money goes missing.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFoxy Brown (1974)
A voluptuous black woman takes a job as a high-class prostitute in order to get revenge on the mobsters who murdered her boyfriend.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Final Comedown (1972)
Prejudice transforms a young black man into an armed militant leader, who believes the only answer to racism is violent revolution.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Truck Turner (1974)
Truck Turner and his partner Jerry, who make their living as bounty hunters in Los Angeles, are hired to hunt down Gator, a pimp who has skipped bail.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBlack Samson (1974)
Noble nightclub owner Samson does his best to keep his neighborhood clean of crime and drugs. When vicious mobster Johnny Nappa tries to muscle in on Samson's territory, Samson takes a brave stand against Nappa and his flunkies.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
The Mack (1973)
A recently-released convict becomes the most powerful pimp in Oakland, but tragedy ensues when his activities draw the ire of two corrupt cops and the crime lord he once worked for.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisShaft's Big Score! (1972)
John Shaft is back as the lady-loved black detective cop on the search for the murderer of a client.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBlack Gunn (1972)
A successful and popular nightclub owner who believes financial independence is the path to equality and success, must act as a go-between for militant-minded brother and the white gang syndicate his brother has attacked and robbed. Their involvements lead to a breathless race course chase, the destruction of a dopepusher and a violent waterfront climax.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Hit Man (1972)
Bernie Casey portrays Tyrone and Pamela Grier plays a sultry skin-flick star in this first Americanized remake of the iconic Michael Caine action film Get Carter. From Watts to the West Side, from porno parlors to a high-rise, from motel dives to a crime kingpin’s sprawling pleasure dome, from corner hangouts to a wildlife preserve, Tyrone covers a lot of real estate, busts a lot of heads.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Slaughter (1972)
Slaughter, a former Green Beret, avenges the killing of loved ones by the Mob, and after being blackmailed by the feds, is forced to head to South America to finish the mobsters off.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Dolemite (1975)
Dolemite is a pimp who was set up by Willie Greene and the cops, who have planted drugs, stolen furs, and guns in his trunk and got him sentenced to 20 years in jail. One day, Queen B and a warden planned to get him out of Jail and get Willie Green and Mitchell busted for what they did to him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
SnoozefestMovies like thisDirty Harry (1971)
When a madman dubbed 'Scorpio' terrorizes San Francisco, hard-nosed cop, Harry Callahan – famous for his take-no-prisoners approach to law enforcement – is tasked with hunting down the psychopath.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisNew Jack City (1991)
A gangster, Nino, is in the Cash Money Brothers, making a million dollars every week selling crack. A cop, Scotty, discovers that the only way to infiltrate the gang is to become a dealer himself.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBlack Shampoo (1976)
A promiscuous Black hairstylist has sex with his white female clientele, but when he begins a relationship with his Black secretary, her white mobster ex-boyfriend resorts to violent measures to get her back.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Top of the Heap (1972)
A Black cop is pushed over the edge when he is passed over for a promotion, leading him on a violent personal crusade against criminals punctuated by feverish psychedelic dream visions.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime
Willie Dynamite (1974)
Willie Dynamite is a pimp who operates in New York City. Willie was a big success as a pimp, but now, just as fast as he rose to the top, he has hit bottom. A former prostitute who has become a social worker tries to get Willie to clean up his life while it is still possible.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime
The Harder They Come (1972)
Ivanhoe Martin arrives in Kingston, Jamaica, looking for work and, after some initial struggles, lands a recording contract as a reggae singer. He records his first song, "The Harder They Come," but after a bitter dispute with a manipulative producer named Hilton, soon finds himself resorting to petty crime in order to pay the bills. He deals marijuana, kills some abusive cops and earns local folk hero status. Meanwhile, his record is topping the charts.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSheba, Baby (1975)
Sheba, a Chicago private detective returns back home to Louisville, Kentucky, to help her father fight mobsters.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Black Caesar?
The closest matches to Black Caesar are Hell Up In Harlem (1973), Super Fly (1972) and Shaft (1971). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Black Caesar?
People who watched Black Caesar most often go on to Super Fly (1972), Shaft (1971) and The Black Godfather (1974).
What is the highest-rated movie like Black Caesar?
Dirty Harry (1971), rated 7.5/10 by 2,904 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Black Caesar?
New Jack City (1991) is the most recent release on this list.
Is Black Caesar part of a series?
Yes. It belongs to Tommy Gibbs, which includes Hell Up In Harlem (1973).
Are there English movies like Black Caesar?
Yes: Hell Up In Harlem (1973), Super Fly (1972) and Shaft (1971).
How are movies similar to Black Caesar chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Black Caesar, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.