Movies like Manderlay
If Manderlay's mix of southern usa, slavery and plantation stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Manderlay's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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The Birth of a Nation
2016 · Directed by Nate Parker · 120 min6.6
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Nat Turner, a former slave in America, leads a liberation movement in 1831 to free African-Americans in Virginia that results in a violent retaliation from whites.
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Django Unchained
2012 · Directed by Quentin Tarantino · 165 min8.2
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With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.
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12 Years a Slave
2013 · Directed by Steve McQueen · 134 min7.9
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In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty as well as unexpected kindnesses Solomon struggles not only to stay alive,…
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Emancipation
2022 · Directed by Antoine Fuqua · 132 min7.7
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Inspired by the gripping true story of a man who would do anything for his family—and for freedom. When Peter, an enslaved man, risks his life to escape and return to his family, he embarks on a perilous journey of…
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Free State of Jones
2016 · Directed by Gary Ross · 140 min6.8
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In 1863, Mississippi farmer Newt Knight serves as a medic for the Confederate Army. Opposed to slavery, Knight would rather help the wounded than fight the Union.