The Best Sam Pollard Movies, Ranked
16 credits from 2001 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Black Art: In the Absence of Light (2021) comes out on top with a score of 87. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
The Latest Sam Pollard Movies
The most recent films Sam Pollard is credited on, newest first — starting with I Was Born This Way (2025). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
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I Was Born This Way 2025 · Director -
Ol’ Dirty Bastard: A Tale of Two Dirtys 2024 · Director -
South to Black Power 2023 · Director -
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes 2023 · Director -
Black Art: In the Absence of Light 2021 · Director -
Mr. SOUL! 2020 · Director -
Atlanta’s Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children 2020 · Director -
Mr. SOUL! 2018 · Director -
Maynard 2017 · Director -
Sammy Davis, Jr.: I’ve Gotta Be Me 2017 · Director -
Acorn and the Firestorm 2017 · Director -
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand 2015 · Director
The Best Sam Pollard Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Sam Pollard films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Sam Pollard movie?
Black Art: In the Absence of Light (2021) is the best-rated Sam Pollard film, with a Movie Echo Score of 87, ahead of Mr. SOUL! (2020) (77). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
Black Art: In the Absence of Light: cast, ratings & box office What is the best Sam Pollard documentary movie?
Black Art: In the Absence of Light (2021) is the best-rated of Sam Pollard's documentary films, with a score of 87.
What is the newest Sam Pollard movie?
The newest film on Sam Pollard's filmography is I Was Born This Way (2025), directed by Sam Pollard.
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