Films about racism

2009 film directed by Neill Blomkamp

Wicked is a 2024 American musical fantasy film directed by Jon M. Chu and written by Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox. It adapts the first act of the 2003 stage musical by Stephen Schwartz and Holzman, which was loosely based on Gregory Maguire's 1995 novel, a re-imagining of L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its 1939 film adaptation. Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande star as Elphaba Thropp and Glinda Upland, respectively; while Jonathan Bailey, Ethan Slater, Bowen Yang, Peter Dinklage, Michelle Yeoh, and Jeff Goldblum appear in supporting roles. Set in the Land of Oz before the events of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the film explores the early relationship between Elphaba, the future Wicked Witch of the West, and her schoolmate Galinda, who becomes Glinda the Good.

1966 film by Gillo Pontecorvo

2010 film directed by Karan Johar

1972 Hong Kong film

Sayonara is a 1957 American romantic drama film directed by Joshua Logan, and starring Marlon Brando, Patricia Owens, James Garner, Martha Scott, Miyoshi Umeki, Red Buttons, Miiko Taka and Ricardo Montalbán. It tells the story of an American Air Force pilot during the Korean War who falls in love with a famous Japanese dancer. The screenplay was adapted by Paul Osborn from James A. Michener's 1954 novel.

2010 film by Wilson Yip

1974 film by Rainer Werner Fassbinder

2002 film directed by Phillip Noyce

1969 film by Pier Paolo Pasolini

1983 film by Steven Spielberg, John Landis, George Miller, Joe Dante

2006 film directed by Rachid Bouchareb

1992 film by John G. Avildsen

2019 film directed by Wilson Yip

2016 film by Amma Asante

1992 film by Geoffrey Wright

2023 film directed by André Øvredal

1988 film by Chris Menges

2018 film by Jennifer Kent

1990 film by Simon Wincer

2018 film by Guy Nattiv

2014 film by Kevin Macdonald

2011 film by Srđan Dragojević

2018 short film by Guy Nattiv

1957 film directed by Robert Rossen

1994 film by Gordon Chan

2005 television film directed by Brett Leonard

1967 film by Med Hondo

2009 film directed by Pete Travis

1975 film by Ralph Nelson

1953 film by Henry King

1969 film by Jorge Sanjinés

1968 film by Francis Ford Coppola

1938 film by Herbert Rappaport

2000 film by Raoul Peck

1998 film by Ana Kokkinos

2017 film directed by Warwick Thornton

1967 film directed by Mikhail Yershov

1976 film by Jürgen Goslar

2006 film by Sylvestre Amoussou

2003 film directed by Bassek Ba Kobhio, Didier Ouénangaré

1989 film by Bahram Bayzai

2013 film by Mariana Rondón

2007 film by Charles Burnett

2017 film by Rachel Perkins

Schwarzfahrer (also known as Black Rider) is a 1993 German 12-minute short film directed by . It won an Oscar in 1994 for Best Short Subject. The topic of the film is the daily racism a black man endures in a tram. The title is a word-play: "Schwarzfahrer" usually means "fare-dodger" in German, but can be literally translated as "black traveler". This word-play forms the punch line of the short film.

1960 film by Lionel Rogosin

2007 film by Vivek Agnihotri

2022 film directed by Rolf de Heer

2006 film by Sut Jhally

2019 Israeli live-action short film by Tomer Shushan

1969 film by Jans Rautenbach

1993 film by Yoichi Sai

2014 film

2010 film by Stjepan Filipović

1961 film directed by Jean Rouch

2013 film by Dome Karukoski

2016 film

2010 film directed by Mohit Suri

2010 film