Thanks for putting me up on these J! That "Thing With Two Heads" looks absolutely hilarious! And I love how no matter what sort of exploitative theme the movies take, the main black character is still always a "Soul Brother"! Plus...Pam Grier looks fine as hell!

I'll be sure to try and locate these for my collection - this type of film is very underrepresented - even if I was to own them just for the soundtracks!

Cotton Comes to Harlem and Cleopatra Jones are 2 that I think should have made this list. But I am cutting major slack because you have Coffy on the list my my my a young Pam makes the older one look EVEN better.

I have this documentary on my netflix queue, 'BaadAssss Cinema' that I'm am positive will be great.

How about "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song". I would consider that a classic. Considered by some to be the first Blaxploitation film.

One Word, Jay. Sweetback. One of my favorites from the era.

Word, I left out Sweetback cuz I didn't want to do the most most obvious ones, but I probably shouldn't assume that people know it as well as Superfly and and Shaft et al, even though it's the grandaddy of them all.

hey, what about tony brown's classic "the white girl"?

Thanks Smooth for the "Putney Swope," might as well mention "Pound;" and a really big thanks for "Trouble Man" as you know the soundtrack features my theme. A big one you need to include is "Wattstax," the original trailer is something you really want to put alongside the rerelease trailer of the film. It definely needs to be in everyones collection. "Malinda" is a black remake of "Laura" and also easily the best women centered film ever made on the Black side. Last question: (along Mama Smooth's thread)Are you still showing "The White Girl" yearly?

Anon.......anthony -
T (from thePatterson's takingthetraintoTibet.)

J, In the future, can you do some musical perspective takes of international hip hop? I surf youtube and found a good Moroccan group but have no idea what they are saying!! The group is called H-Kayne . I have no idea if that is pronounced H kane or h kahnye or ha-kahyne ... but do a search for their videos.

The trailer for 'Dr Black and Mr Hyde' is really great, dunno if its online- is Putney Swope really a blaxploitation film, though?

word, I do own Dr. Black and Mr. Hyde and it is online, actually left it off cuz the trailer would require a nudity warning lol.

Putney Swope def. not blaxploitation per se, nor is Across 110th St. arguably, but note I said "70's black movies" not blaxploitation.. (though Putney is also technically from 1969)

Nice post. These are way before my time, but I'll definately keep an eye out. This may be a litte too far into the 80's but the movie Crack House , which is about (you guessed it) an LA crackhouse ran by the great Jim Brown, could be the funniest movie I've ever seen. Y'all should definately check it out.

If you talkin funny 80's black movie's what about "I'm Gonna Git You Sucka? Now that was hilarious.

how about "the education of sonny carson"
i saw another one recently called "sugar hill"
that was pretty entertaining as well...

"Cornbread, Earl & Me"

"Cooley High"

"Uptown Saturday Night"

"3 The Hard Way"

"The Mack'

any thing wit pam grier innit got my vote!

Five on the Black Hand Side, another worth mentioning....but Troubleman was my shit...nobody messes wit Mr.T. In Truck Turner, Nichelle Nichols is fine as hell(even tho' she was on that bitchass Gator's tip.) Black Sampson was also cool(seems Gloria Hendry was everybody's girl)..and the Black Six (an attempt to get every other black football player in front of the camera)..I remember seeing Thomasine and Bushrod (Max Julien's other movie) in the theatres, but it didn't make my collection. JD's Revenge was another classic(possesion) movie...

...damn I forgot to mention...in Truck Turner, Yaphet Kotto had to win the oscar for the best (and longest) on screen death in the muthaf*#kin world!!!!!!!! I would suggest you see how this cat died...also I would put Troubleman in the top 3 because Mr. T took shit from no one...and I mean nobody and the soundtrack is also in the top 3 along with Superfly(that movie w/Curtis on the sounds...I could talk for hours) and Black Ceasar(I wish they had gotten James Brown for Hell Up In Harlem as well)..

I'd add "hell up in Harlem", the Mack and of course Rudy Ray Moore's "DOLEMITE!"

Peace and thanks for dropping your knowledge and opinons on the net with this blog!

Love your list But u forgot Black Shampoo,Candy Tangerine Man & The Rudy Ray Moore Movies Dolemite & The Human Tornado

where is cooley high

where is cooley high

THE SOUL OF NIGGER CHARLEY..I have over150 movies from the 70's..and i have the trailers for most of them...peace.

If it's with pam grier or Richard pryor I'll vote then.

You should have put foxy brown on the list Lord know's i love pam grier or you should have put Hit Man on the list but I guess coffy is good enough it was a good movie.(I can't get enough of pam grier Fine self)

My top 6 favorites cooley high,coffy,Foxy brown,Hit Man,Shaft,superfly

My top 6 favorites cooley high,coffy,Foxy brown,Hit Man,Shaft,superfly

I am looking for a movie called emma may. She moves from mississippi to live with her aunt in california.

wow............love em all
but how can u leave out sparkle,lady sings the blues, mahogany, johnny tough, trick baby, black mama white mama (the shower seens alone are worth it)i could go on and on but how about white trash exploitation films..... looking for mr goodbar, the little girl who lives down the lane...
frickn awesome

Somebody tell me if I was dreaming. My mom would take us to the Drive In as kids. Usually by the time the 3rd movie came on we were asleep. I was still up when the last movie came on. The movie was about this brother that was killed by cops or something. But through his vengence he would choke every body with his dick. I know it sounds fucked up but I could swear that I saw this. My gal is gassing me about this it had to be in 1972 0r 1973. Somebody help a brother out.