List of the best Harry Belafonte movies: Sing Your Song(2011), The World, the Flesh and the Devil(1959), Island in the Sun(1957), Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity(2014), Odds Against Tomorrow(1959), Carmen Jones(1954), Buck and the Preacher(1972), The Angel Levine(1970), White Man's Burden(1995), Bobby(2006), Nationtime(1972), Under African Skies(2012) ... ...
Documentary, Biography, Music
USA
2011
103 Minutes
Harry Belafonte Sidney Poitier Marge Champion Julian Bond George Schlatter Diahann Carroll
Most people know the lasting legacy of Harry Belafonte, the entertainer. This film unearths his significant contribution to and his leadership in the civil rights movement in America and to social justice globally.
Sci-Fi
USA
1959
95 Minutes
Producer
A miner trapped in a cave-in resurfaces, and upon discovering mankind has been wiped out in a nuclear holocaust, sets out to find other survivors.
Drama
UK|USA
1957
123 Minutes
Harry Belafonte James Mason Joan Fontaine Dorothy Dandridge Joan Collins Michael Rennie Diana Wynyard John Williams Stephen Boyd Patricia Owens Basil Sydney
politician plantation owner aristocrat husband wife lover intricate dark brash caribbean island mansion race relations love triangle secret political intrigue murder interracial relationship wretched excess rivalry
Set during the 1950s on a British-ruled Caribbean island, this drama deals with local politics, interracial relationships, social inequality, racism, adultery, and murder.
Biography, Drama, Documentary, History
2014
98 Minutes
Harry Belafonte Norman Corwin Walter Bernstein Steven Carr Reuben Valerie Harper Marsha Hunt
Crime, Drama
1959
95 Minutes
Johnny Ingram
Harry Belafonte Robert Ryan Shelley Winters Ed Begley Gloria Grahame Will Kuluva Richard Bright Lew Gallo Fred Scollay Carmen de Lavallade Wayne Rogers
thief ex-convict entertainer girlfriend police chief wife dark gritty gripping new york state bank new york city heist racism escape greed dangerous assignment fall wretched excess temptation
Racial tension flares up among an ex-cop, a bigot and a black entertainer who band together to rob a bank.
Musical
USA
1954
105 Minutes
Joe
Dorothy Dandridge Harry Belafonte Pearl Bailey Olga James Diahann Carroll Roy E. Glenn Sr. Nick Stewart Joe Adams Brock Peters Sandy Lewis Mauri Lynn
sexy woman soldier fugitive love interest sergeant emotional sultry suspenseful louisiana nightclub chicago army camp jealousy seduction love triangle war murder obsession forbidden love rivalry
Contemporary version of the Bizet opera, with new lyrics and an African-American cast.
Western
USA
1972
102 Minutes
Preacher
Sidney Poitier Harry Belafonte Ruby Dee Cameron Mitchell Nita Talbot John Kelly Tony Brubaker Bobby Johnson James McEachin Clarence Muse Lynn Hamilton
trail guide preacher con artist bounty hunter former slave amusing thrilling united states wild west wagon train homesteading teamwork freedom labor quest escape underdog 1860s
A wagon master and a con-man preacher help freed slaves dogged by cheap-labor agents out West.
Fantasy
USA
1970
105 Minutes
Zero Mostel Harry Belafonte Ida Kaminska Milo O'Shea Gloria Foster Barbara Ann Teer Eli Wallach Anne Jackson
angel jew sick wife sad profound amusing new york city harlem, n.y. apartment street meaning of life poverty illness faith doubt miracles transformation love 1970s
Morris Mishkin is a elderly religious Jew in New York. His wife Fanny is very ill. He's a tailor, but he can't work because his back has given out. He doesn't even have enough money for ... See full summary »
Drama
France|USA
1995
89 Minutes
John Travolta Harry Belafonte Kelly Lynch Margaret Avery Tom Bower Robert Gossett Carrie Snodgress Sheryl Lee Ralph Tommy Nolan Judith Drake Tom Wright
factory worker ceo african-american white person wife police officer suspenseful fascinating melodramatic alternate reality chocolate factory family home office suburb ghetto race relations police brutality false accusations eviction abduction
In an alternative America where African-Americans and White Americans have reversed cultural roles, a white factory worker kidnaps a black factory owner for dismissing him over perceived disdain.
Drama, History
2006
119 Minutes
Anthony Hopkins Harry Belafonte William H. Macy Sharon Stone Christian Slater Freddy Rodriguez Laurence Fishburne Demi Moore Emilio Estevez Martin Sheen Helen Hunt
hotel manager hairdresser singer husband wife emotional moving hotel los angeles robert f. kennedy political activism assassination political campaign race relations vietnam war discovery fall 1960s
In 1968 the lives of a retired doorman, lounge singer, busboy, beautician and others intersect in the wake of Robert F. Kennedy's assassination at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.
Documentary, Drama, History, Biography, Music
USA|South Africa
2012
102 Minutes
Paul Simon Maya Angelou Harry Belafonte David Byrne Peter Gabriel Philip Glass
Paul Simon returns to South Africa to explore the journey of his Graceland album, including the political backlash he received for allegedly breaking the UN cultural boycott of South Africa designed to end the Apartheid regime.
Comedy
USA
1974
104 Minutes
Geechie Dan Beauford
Sidney Poitier Bill Cosby Harry Belafonte Flip Wilson Richard Pryor Rosalind Cash Roscoe Lee Browne Paula Kelly Johnny Sekka Lee Chamberlin Calvin Lockhart
At Madame Zenobia's illegal nightclub, when Steve Jackson and Wardell Franklin get robbed of their wallets containing a winning lottery ticket, they set out to recover it.
Drama
USA
1953
68 Minutes
School Principal
Dorothy Dandridge Philip Hepburn Harry Belafonte Barbara Ann Sanders Robert Horton Maidie Norman Rene Beard Howard McNeely Robert McNeely Patti Marie Ellis Joy Jackson
teacher principal student classmate touching inspiring gutsy alabama small town school education troubled youth small-town life tragic death african-americans underdog growing up quest 1950s
Based on the story, See How They Run (The Ladies' Home Journal June 51), and subsequently won that year's Christopher award. The story was written by Mary Elizabeth Vroman, a 4th generation... See full summary »
Drama
France|USA
1996
115 Minutes
Seldom Seen
Jennifer Jason Leigh Miranda Richardson Harry Belafonte Michael Murphy Dermot Mulroney Steve Buscemi Brooke Smith Jane Adams Jeff Feringa A.C. Smith Martin Martin
wife thief mobster politician husband tense cool frenetic kansas city, mo. jazz club street mob husband/wife relationship female bonding abduction crime race relations revenge adventure pursuit
A pair of kidnappings expose the complex power dynamics within the corrupt and unpredictable workings of 1930s Kansas City.
Crime, Comedy, Drama
USA
2018
134 Minutes
John David Washington Adam Driver Laura Harrier Topher Grace Jasper Pääkkönen Corey Hawkins Ryan Eggold Michael Joseph Buscemi Paul Walter Hauser Ashlie Atkinson Alec Baldwin
detective white supremacist partner undercover cop police officer amusing hilarious tense suspenseful thrilling police station secret headquarters office woods house undercover operations ku klux klan police work investigation underdog
Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer from Colorado Springs, CO, successfully manages to infiltrate the local Ku Klux Klan branch with the help of a Jewish surrogate who eventually becomes its leader. Based on actual events.