Movies about slavery

Movies about slavery
List of the best movies about slavery, selected by visitors to our site: Django Unchained, Mandingo, Army of One, Unleashed, Gold Coast, Savannah, Priceless, Cleveland Abduction, The Birth of a Nation, Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 1: The Sun Flag.

In the top there are new films of 2020, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

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Country
Markimdb: 8.4
Genreaction, comedy, drama, western
CountryUSA
Duration02:45

    With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genreaction, melodrama, drama, history
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:07

    A slave owner in the 1840s trains one of his slaves to be a bare-knuckle fighter.

    Markimdb: 4.6
    Genreaction
    CountryUSA

    Out hiking, Special Forces Brenner Baker stumbles onto a Cartel's compound. Her husband's killed and she's left for dead. The Cartel made two mistakes, killed her husband and left her alive. They won't live to make another.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, adventure, crime
    CountryFrance, United Kingdom, USA
    Duration01:43

    Raised as a slave, Danny is used to fighting for his survival. In fact, his "master," Bart, thinks of him as a pet and goes as far as leashing him with a collar so they can make money in fight clubs, where Danny is the main contender. When Bart's crew is in a car accident, Danny escapes and meets a blind, kindhearted piano tuner who takes him in and uses music to free the fighter's long-buried heart.

    Markimdb: 5.3
    Genremelodrama, drama, history
    CountryDenmark, Sweden, Ghana

    Young anti-colonial idealist Wulff leaves for Danish Guinea to set up a coffee plantation but not everything goes according to plan.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genremelodrama, drama, family, history
    CountryUSA

    Savannah is the true story of Ward Allen, a romantic and bombastic character who rejects his plantation heritage for the freedom of life on a river. Ward navigates the change of early 20th century America on the wrong side of the law and society, his long-time friend, a freed slave named Christmas Moultrie, at his side. Master of Shakespeare, and the shotgun that provides Savannah's markets with fowl, Ward fights for his rights as a hunter. His charisma and eloquent rhetoric win the heart of a society woman who defies her father to marry him. An elderly Moultrie tells the story of life on the river with his friend to a little boy, who passes the legendary Ward Allen down to the next generation.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime
    CountryUSA

    James, down on his luck and desperate for some quick cash, agrees to drive a small truck across country. He soon realizes that he's made a huge mistake and has inadvertently become involved in a dangerous human trafficking ring. The unlikely hero risks it all to shut down the trafficking ring and save the woman he is falling in love with.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genredrama, crime, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:00

    A single mother becomes Ariel Castro's first kidnapping victim, and finds herself trapped in his home with two other women for 11 years.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genredrama, biography, history
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration02:42

    Nat Turner, a former slave in America, leads a liberation movement in 1831 to free African-Americans in Virgina that results in a violent retaliation from whites.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genreaction, drama, history
    CountryTaiwan
    Duration04:36

    Mouna Rudo was born and raised among the Seediq people, an indigenous tribe in Taiwan, and as he grew to be a man he became a member of the Seediq Bale, a courageous band of native warriors. However, Rudo's way of life is threatened under the yoke of occupying forces from Japan, who took over the nation in 1895. As Rudo sees the traditions and honor of his people stripped away, he realizes the time has come to fight back, and in 1930 he brings together a group of former Seediq Bale soldiers, many of whom have been reduced to infighting, and molds them into a revolutionary army. Rudo and his comrades make their stand when they confront Japanese occupation troops at a youth athletic event, leading to a violent confrontation between the Seediq forces and their oppressors. Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 1: The Sun Flag is Part one of the two-part, four-hour Taiwanese edition of the film Warriors of the Rainbow.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, adventure
    CountryUSA, Canada, New Zealand
    Duration02:01

    Caesar and his apes are forced into a deadly conflict with an army of humans led by a ruthless Colonel. After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own mythic quest to avenge his kind. As the journey finally brings them face to face, Caesar and the Colonel are pitted against each other in an epic battle that will determine the fate of both their species and the future of the planet.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genrefantastic, action, adventure
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:20

    Through a series of daring escapades deep within a dark and dangerous criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his mighty future copilot Chewbacca and encounters the notorious gambler Lando Calrissian.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA

    The life of an aging black slave, Tom, and the people he interacts with.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:29

    In 1935, 99-year-old former slave Shadrach asks to be buried on the soil where he was born to slavery, and that land is owned by the large Dabney family, consisting of Vernon, Trixie and their seven children, and to bury a black man on that land is a violation of strict Virginia law.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrefantastic, action, adventure
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:28

    In a futuristic world that has embraced ape slavery, Caesar—the son of the late simians Cornelius and Zira—surfaces after almost twenty years of hiding out from the authorities, and prepares for a slave revolt against humanity.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genredrama, biography, history
    CountryIran

    The events, trials and tribulations of the city of Makkah in 7th century AD.

    Markimdb: 2.5
    Genrefantastic, action, adventure
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:35

    In the year 3000, man is no match for the Psychlos, a greedy, manipulative race of aliens on a quest for ultimate profit. Led by the powerful Terl, the Psychlos are stripping Earth clean of its natural resources, using the broken remnants of humanity as slaves. What is left of the human race has descended into a near primitive state. After being captured, it is up to Tyler to save mankind.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrecomedy, drama, military
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:29

    Through the eyes of a British "documentary", this film takes a satirically humorous, and sometimes frightening, look at the history of an America where the South won the Civil War.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrecomedy, musical
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:39

    A wily slave must unite a virgin courtesan and his young smitten master to earn his freedom.

    Markimdb: 8
    Genrethriller, drama, detective
    CountryDenmark, Finland, USA, Italy, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Netherlands, Sweden, Norway
    Duration02:58

    A barren soundstage is stylishly utilized to create a minimalist small-town setting in which a mysterious woman named Grace hides from the criminals who pursue her. The town is two-faced and offers to harbor Grace as long as she can make it worth their effort, so Grace works hard under the employ of various townspeople to win their favor. Tensions flare, however, and Grace's status as a helpless outsider provokes vicious contempt and abuse from the citizens of Dogville.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrecomedy, drama, music
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:26

    TV producer Pierre Delacroix becomes frustrated when network brass reject his sitcom idea. Hoping to get fired, Delacroix pitches the worst idea he can think of: a 21st century minstrel show. The network not only airs it, but it becomes a smash hit.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genrefantasy, drama
    CountryItaly, Luxembourg, France, Germany
    Duration01:42

    Purehearted teen Lazzaro is content living as a sharecropper in rural Italy, but an unlikely friendship with the marquise’s son will change his world.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA, Germany
    Duration01:46

    U.S. government agent Scott is assigned to rescue the daughter of a high-ranking government official. As willing as he is to bend the rules to get things done, though, Scott is shocked to find that others are willing to go even further to protect a political career.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genremelodrama, drama, family, western, military
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:17

    The story of a family of Quakers in Indiana in 1862. Their religious sect is strongly opposed to violence and war. It's not easy for them to meet the rules of their religion in everyday life but when Southern troops pass the area they are in real trouble. Should they fight, despite their peaceful attitude?

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryGermany, USA, Mexico
    Duration02:00

    A Texas cop (Kevin Kline), whose own daughter might have been forced into sexual slavery, joins forces with a Mexican youth (Cesar Ramos) to find the boy's sister, who was abducted and forced into prostitution. Meanwhile, a Ukrainian woman who was promised a better life in America also becomes a victim.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genreaction, drama, military, history
    CountryJapan

    The background to and depiction of a watershed battle in Japanese history, at Sekigahara in 1600, when Tokugawa Ieyasu's Army of the East defeated the Army of the West of Ishida Mitsunari. The story includes the intrigues and shifting loyalties of the various retainers, family members, and samurai.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountrySouth Korea
    Duration01:54

    A woman subject to mental, physical, and sexual abuse on a remote island seeks a way out.

    Markimdb: 8.5
    Genreaction, drama, adventure, history
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Malta, Morocco
    Duration02:35

    In the year 180, the death of emperor Marcus Aurelius throws the Roman Empire into chaos. Maximus is one of the Roman army's most capable and trusted generals and a key advisor to the emperor. As Marcus' devious son Commodus ascends to the throne, Maximus is set to be executed. He escapes, but is captured by slave traders. Renamed Spaniard and forced to become a gladiator, Maximus must battle to the death with other men for the amusement of paying audiences.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genrewestern, crime, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:40

    The origins, exploits and the ultimate fate of the James gang is told in a sympathetic portrayal of the bank robbers made up of brothers who begin their legendary bank raids because of revenge.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genrefantastic, action, adventure
    CountryUSA, France
    Duration02:10

    An interstellar teleportation device, found in Egypt, leads to a planet with humans resembling ancient Egyptians who worship the god Ra.

    Markimdb: 7.8
    Genredrama, military, biography, history
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:02

    Robert Gould Shaw leads the US Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices of both his own Union army and the Confederates.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genredrama, history
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:41

    The story picks up at the point where "The Robe" ends, following the martyrdom of Diana and Marcellus. Christ's robe is conveyed to Peter for safe-keeping, but the emperor Caligula wants it back to benefit from its powers. Marcellus' former slave Demetrius seeks to prevent this, and catches the eye of Messalina, wife to Caligula's uncle Claudius. Messalina tempts Demetrius, he winds up fighting in the arena, and wavers in his faith.

    Markimdb: 7.8
    Genrefantasy, drama, adventure
    CountryUSA, South Africa, India
    Duration01:57

    In a hospital on the outskirts of 1920s Los Angeles, an injured stuntman begins to tell a fellow patient, a little girl with a broken arm, a fantastic story about 5 mythical heroes. Thanks to his fractured state of mind and her vivid imagination, the line between fiction and reality starts to blur as the tale advances.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genredrama, adventure, military, history
    CountryUnited Kingdom, West Germany, Yugoslavia, USA
    Duration02:07

    This is the story of the shy Mongol boy Temujin who,during the 13th century, becomes the fearless Mongol leader Genghis Khan that unites all Mongol tribes and conquers India,China,Persia,Korea and parts of Rusia,Europe and Middle-East.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrefantastic, action
    CountryUSA

    It's 1999, and as the end of the millenium approaches, people are attempting to find spiritual enlightenment. But a few people want to skip all the work that entails, and a holy Tenktonese relic in the hands of a heretic is giving them a shortcut. But it's not quite as easily controlled as she says.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genremelodrama, drama, adventure, military, history
    CountryUSA, Italy, Romania, United Kingdom
    Duration02:28

    In this classic story of love and devotion set against the backdrop of the American Civil War, a wounded Confederate soldier named W.P. Inman deserts his unit and travels across the South, aiming to return to his young wife, Ada, who he left behind to tend their farm. As Inman makes his perilous journey home, Ada struggles to keep their home intact with the assistance of Ruby, a mysterious drifter sent to help her by a kindly neighbor.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genrecomedy, adventure, military
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:57

    British army sergeants Ballantine, Cutter and MacChesney serve in India during the 1880s, along with their native water-bearer, Gunga Din. While completing a dangerous telegraph-repair mission, they unearth evidence of the suppressed Thuggee cult. When Gunga Din tells the sergeants about a secret temple made of gold, the fortune-hunting Cutter is captured by the Thuggees, and it's up to his friends to rescue him.

    Markimdb: 7.8
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, adventure
    CountryUSA, Mexico, United Kingdom
    Duration02:19

    An overview of the making of Mel Gibson's 'Apocalypto'.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genredrama
    CountryWest Germany, France, Italy, Yugoslavia

    In the pre-Civil War South, a sadistic plantation-owner brutalizes his slaves to the point of them heaving no other choice but to rebel. Always obedient, peaceful and honest old slave Tom plays a central role in this tragedy.

    Markimdb: 5.3
    Genrefantasy, adventure
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration01:30

    Hawk the Slayer, after seeing both his father and bride die at the hands of his malevolent brother, Voltan, sets out for revenge and the chance to live up to his title. Tooling himself up with the "mind-sword" and recruiting a motley band of warriors: a giant, a dwarf, a one-armed man with a machine-crossbow and an elf with the fastest bow in the land; Hawk leads the battle against Voltan to free the land from the forces of evil and avenge his loved ones.

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