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Films about American slavery

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Gone with the Wind
1939 film directed by Victor Fleming
12 Years a Slave
2013 film directed by Steve McQueen
Django Unchained
2012 film by Quentin Tarantino
Lincoln
2012 film directed by Steven Spielberg
The Birth of a Nation
1915 film directed by D. W. Griffith
The Mask of Zorro
1998 film directed by Martin Campbell
Amistad
1997 film directed by Steven Spielberg
Glory
1989 film directed by Edward Zwick
Manderlay
Manderlay is a 2005 avant-garde drama film written and directed by Lars von Trier, the second and most recent part of von Trier's projected USA – Land of Opportunities trilogy. Unlike von Trier's other trilogies, the films' stories are connected and it is a direct sequel to Dogville. It stars Bryce Dallas Howard, who replaces Nicole Kidman in the role of Grace Mulligan. The film co-stars Willem Dafoe, replacing James Caan. Lauren Bacall, Željko Ivanek, Jeremy Davies, and Chloë Sevigny return portraying different characters from those in Dogville. Only John Hurt, Udo Kier, and Jean-Marc Barr re
The Birth of a Nation
2016 film directed by Nate Parker
Free State of Jones
2016 film by Gary Ross
Ride with the Devil
1999 film by Ang Lee
Mandingo
1975 American historical melodrama film
Harriet
2019 film directed by Kasi Lemmons
Emancipation
2022 film directed by Antoine Fuqua
Band of Angels
1957 film by Raoul Walsh
Antebellum
2020 film by Gerard Bush and Christopher Renz
Sankofa
1993 film by Haile Gerima
Beloved
1998 film directed by Jonathan Demme
Alice
2022 film directed by Krystin Ver Linden
Goodbye Uncle Tom
1971 film
Uncle Tom's Cabin
1965 film by Géza von Radványi
C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America
2004 film directed by Kevin Willmott
Uncle Tom's Cabin
1927 film by Harry A. Pollard
Uncle Tom's Cabin
1918 film by J. Searle Dawley
Dancing Pirate
1936 film by Lloyd Corrigan
Uncle Tom's Cabin
1987 television film directed by Stan Lathan
Freedom
2014 film by Peter Cousens
Motherland
2010 film by Owen 'Alik Shahadah
The Love Mart
1927 film by George Fitzmaurice
Slaves
1969 film by Herbert Biberman
Yambaó
Yambaó (also known as Cry of the Bewitched) is a 1957 Mexican-Cuban drama film directed by Alfredo B. Crevenna and starring Ninón Sevilla.
Alex Haley's Queen
film directed by John Erman
Class of '61
1993 television film directed by Gregory Hoblit