Micheaux Picture Corporation Movies

  • 1925
    Body and Soul

    Body and Soul

    Body and Soul

    6.2121925HD

    A minister is malevolent and sinister behind his righteous facade. He consorts with, and later extorts from, the owner of a gambling house, and...

    Body and Soul
  • 1935
    Murder In Harlem

    Murder In Harlem

    Murder In Harlem

    4.61935HD

    A Black night watchman at a chemical factory finds the body of a murdered white woman. After reporting it, he finds himself accused of the murder.

    Murder In Harlem
  • 1931
    The Exile

    The Exile

    The Exile

    4.91931HD

    An idealistic young man is torn between a sultry Chicago nightclub owner and a Scottish South Dakotan farmgirl.

    The Exile
  • 1938
    Birthright

    Birthright

    Birthright

    5.21938HD

    After graduating from Harvard University, Peter Siner returns to his small Tennessee hometown, where he hopes to start a school for black children.

    Birthright
  • 1932
    The Girl from Chicago

    The Girl from Chicago

    The Girl from Chicago

    5.81932HD

    An undercover government agent on a case in Mississippi meets and falls in love with a beautiful young woman who's being menaced by a local crime...

    The Girl from Chicago
  • 1932
    Veiled Aristocrats

    Veiled Aristocrats

    Veiled Aristocrats

    51932HD

    A young woman plans to marry, but her mother and brother--a lawyer--don't like her prospective husband and scheme to prevent the marriage.

    Veiled Aristocrats
  • 1931
    The Darktown Revue

    The Darktown Revue

    The Darktown Revue

    3.21931HD

    With a series of long takes and frontal camera set-ups, Michaeux provides a record of several cabaret acts, using intertitles to separate the...

    The Darktown Revue
  • 1938
    God's Step Children

    God's Step Children

    God's Step Children

    5.21938HD

    Naomi, a light-skinned Black child, is abandoned by her mother and raised by the virtuous Mrs. Saunders. When the girl's fixation with whiteness...

    God's Step Children
  • 1932
    Ten Minutes to Live

    Ten Minutes to Live

    Ten Minutes to Live

    4.71932HD

    A movie producer offers a nightclub singer a role in his latest film, but all he really wants to do is bed her. She knows, but accepts anyway....

    Ten Minutes to Live
  • 1938
    Swing!

    Swing!

    Swing!

    51938HD

    Ted Gregory is trying to be the first black producer to mount a show on Broadway, but he has trouble with his star singer.

    Swing!
  • 1939
    Lying Lips

    Lying Lips

    Lying Lips

    4.81939HD

    A nightclub singer refuses to "date" customers, so she's framed for the murder of her aunt.

    Lying Lips
  • 1940
    The Notorious Elinor Lee

    The Notorious Elinor Lee

    The Notorious Elinor Lee

    41940HD

    Gangsters use a woman to get to a boxer and convince him to throw a big fight.

    The Notorious Elinor Lee
  • 1920
    The Symbol of the Unconquered

    The Symbol of the Unconquered

    The Symbol of the Unconquered

    5.31920HD

    Eve Mason, a white-passing black woman, moves to a remote cottage she inherited from her late father. She makes the acquaintance of her neighbor, a...

    The Symbol of the Unconquered
  • 1937
    Underworld

    Underworld

    Underworld

    01937HD

    A young college student falls under the influence of a murderous gambler.

    Underworld
  • 1923
    Deceit

    Deceit

    Deceit

    01923HD

    Deceit (sometimes referred to as The Deceit) is a 1923 American silent black-and-white film. It is a conventional melodrama directed by Oscar...

    Deceit
  • 1948
    The Betrayal

    The Betrayal

    The Betrayal

    01948HD

    In this film, African-American Leroy Collins struggles with the onus placed on him by Society when he falls in love with a white woman.

    The Betrayal
  • 1922
    The Dungeon

    The Dungeon

    The Dungeon

    01922HD

    The Dungeon is a 1922 race film directed, written, produced and distributed by Oscar Micheaux, considered the African-American Cecil B. DeMille due...

    The Dungeon
  • 1934
    Harlem After Midnight

    Harlem After Midnight

    Harlem After Midnight

    01934HD

    Gangsters in Harlem make plans to commit a kidnapping.

    Harlem After Midnight
  • 1921
    The Gunsaulus Mystery

    The Gunsaulus Mystery

    The Gunsaulus Mystery

    01921HD

    The Gunsaulus Mystery is a 1921 American silent race film directed, produced, and written by Oscar Micheaux. The film was inspired by events and...

    The Gunsaulus Mystery