The life of Blues and folk singer Huddie Leadbetter, nicknamed Leadbelly is recounted. Covering the good times and bad from his 20s to 40s. Much of that time was spent on chain gangs in the south. Even in prison he became well known for the songs he had composed and sung during and before the time he spent there.

Bessie
2015
6.3/10

Blaze
2018
6.3/10

All Eyez on Me
2017
6.7/10

Born to Be Blue
2015
6.5/10

Cass
2008
5.9/10

The Joker is Wild
1957
8.1/10

Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B
2014
6.5/10

Get On Up
2014
6.8/10

Jimmy P.
2013
6.1/10

Black Snake Moan
2006
6.8/10

The Most Hated Woman in America
2017
6.2/10

Hounddog
2008
6.4/10

Adam
2020
6.4/10

Effie Gray
2014
5.9/10

Cadillac Records
2008
7.1/10

Driven
2019
6.2/10

Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher
2022
6.2/10

Crown Heights
2017
6.6/10

Hands of Stone
2016
6.6/10

Border Hunters
2025
6.1/10
Raging Bull
1980
7.904/10