Soul Man (1986)

Cast

C. Thomas Howell
as Mark Watson
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
as Lisa Stimson
James Earl Jones
as Professor Banks
Melora Hardin
as Whitney Dunbar

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Genres & Description

Comedy Romance

5.2 / 10

Mark doesn't expect any problems in going to college: he and his friend have reserved places in Harvard and his parents have the money to pay for his education there. But suddenly his father's neurotic psychiatrist advises him to go on vacation in Hawaii instead of spending more money on his son. Since Mark wants to keep his lifestyle, including a fancy car and a flat shared with his friend, he seeks financial support. The only foundation which still accepts applications is for blacks only -- no problem, with lots of bronzing pills and "soul in his voice" he sets out to Harvard. Soon he has to realize that being black will cause some people to handle him differently.

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Comments on this trailer
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youtert

$10,000 , that could get you into a nice community college these days. - @Sunday, February 3, 2019 4:39 AM

DR ACULA

Oh shit!!! - @Saturday, February 2, 2019 9:44 AM

Jack and jack #1fan

Mom dad.... I'M BLACK - @Sunday, January 27, 2019 8:07 PM

David Curry

I'm Elizabeth Warren, and I approve this message - @Saturday, January 26, 2019 8:47 PM

Ruben Dominguez

Oh hell nah😂😂😂😂😂 - @Friday, January 25, 2019 12:08 AM

Lance`s Creepy Reading

"Mom, Dad. I'm black!" Imagine how that would scenario would go today. - @Wednesday, January 23, 2019 3:47 AM

Rob Baker

I think this is where Elizabeth Warren got the idea to pretend to be native american. - @Thursday, January 17, 2019 11:49 PM

Polin Hem

LMAO who the fuck signed off on this? - @Thursday, January 17, 2019 5:28 AM

William Bryon

I wish they'd put this in Recommended, Imagine.. haha!! I could watch the comments for days!! I assume people didn't even bat an eyelid to this in 1986, now it would be online warfare for days! White liberal teenagers would loose their squishy minds!! They'd be movements, boycotts, pandering, youtubers would be making heavily advertised videos about it. The fact i saw this and immediately thought about how controversial something like this would make people now has just massively depressed me... this worlds a sad place.. thanks arseholes. - @Wednesday, January 16, 2019 9:24 PM

Ron The Bear

Reading the comments for this is funnier than the movie, which is itself half decent. - @Tuesday, January 8, 2019 1:29 PM

Borjas Romero

bro isn’t this blackface ??? why did they thought this was okay 😂 people were mad stupid back in the day wow - @Monday, January 7, 2019 8:16 AM

Thomas Lopez

"A black negro!?" - @Thursday, December 27, 2018 7:33 PM

sgttombw

Cheeokee Woman: The Elizabeth Warren Story - @Wednesday, December 19, 2018 1:14 PM

Owen Dudley

Somebody needs to remake this movie so that we can watch the SJW lunatics lose their shit. Who's with me? - @Sunday, December 9, 2018 5:23 AM

Joseph McMaster

wHiTe cHiCkS wAs RaCiSt tHeN. Head ass - @Saturday, November 24, 2018 10:28 PM

Craig B

The real problem with this movie is that it just wasn’t funny. - @Monday, November 19, 2018 5:53 PM

mallakeii edits

I thought Thomas was gonna become my favorite actor because of the outsiders and I find out he did blackface for a movie in the 80s. Idk if I feel offended or if the internet is making me feel offended - @Saturday, November 17, 2018 4:29 PM

TINY RICKEY

Kiss my real black ass - @Wednesday, November 14, 2018 3:31 AM

Future president Hernandez

0:59 its gonna be huge!, this is 2018! Its the trump decades! - @Saturday, November 3, 2018 7:32 AM

Phat Tok

Back in the early to mid 90's, terrestrial TV would show some absolute classics late at night....I saw so many great movies like this , The Experts, 3 O'clock high..etc etc...searching through teletext to see what hidden gem I might uncover. - @Thursday, November 1, 2018 9:39 PM

Andrew Miller

Lmao at 10 grand being considered a lot for tuition - @Thursday, November 1, 2018 5:46 PM

EFH

We need the sequel - @Monday, October 29, 2018 4:22 PM

Carlos Cruz

a movie like this today wouldn't fly! - @Sunday, October 28, 2018 11:32 PM

my love songs

So he could don blackface and it was alright. Megyn Kelly at NBC says blackface is ok and gets fired. wow! Remember the movie Silver Streak, with Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor? Gene's character went blackface in the movie. No controversy. When Ted Danson of Cheers donned blackface in the 90's when he was dating Whoopi Goldberg, it got controversy. When Robery Downey Jr. donned blackface in Tropic Thunder, it didn't get controversy. Hollywood and TV is screwy! - @Saturday, October 27, 2018 7:11 AM

Richard Snow

(cringe) - @Saturday, October 27, 2018 4:16 AM

Oscar Ogg

Bruno Mars? - @Friday, October 26, 2018 2:26 PM

Michael B

.... just like TalcumX ! - @Friday, October 26, 2018 12:45 PM

Contact Info

A Steve Tisch Production - @Sunday, October 14, 2018 2:58 AM

Olympia Rose

messed upppp - @Thursday, October 11, 2018 5:15 AM

My name is Yuri and I 'love' pens

Male Rachel Dolezal - @Wednesday, October 10, 2018 4:38 PM

Mairead Burke

yikes - @Saturday, September 29, 2018 7:44 PM

Black Girl Is What Is

Rachel Dolzel sent me here - @Saturday, September 22, 2018 5:56 AM

Tyler The Guy

This sure as hell wouldn't have been made today, but I don't even understand how it was made in the 80s. - @Sunday, August 5, 2018 6:12 PM

cominroitover80

They should make a sequel where he takes a social justice class and just goes around killing white people. - @Sunday, July 29, 2018 5:55 PM

Dawnai Carson

I use to love this movie as a kid before I understood racism. I need to watch this again, I'm sure its hilariously inappropriate, but what ever. - @Saturday, July 28, 2018 6:58 PM

Miles Jackson

The most offensive thing about the movie is the horrible makeup job. He doesn't even look like a human. - @Saturday, July 28, 2018 12:55 AM

demonocus metalocus

Wow - @Friday, July 27, 2018 10:28 PM

CommanderOfChicken

Sure critics may hate it, but early 2000s metal core fans think it rips! - @Sunday, July 22, 2018 9:24 PM

autumngrace0105

This movie is HIGHKEY racist😂 - @Thursday, July 19, 2018 11:50 PM

DJ Retro

This movie is so racist... - @Wednesday, July 11, 2018 8:31 PM

Jorge Gomez

It’s actually an ok movie that teaches this white boy what it’s like to be black In America there’s a life lesson that needs to be seen at the end of the movie - @Monday, July 2, 2018 3:09 PM

Catalina Franco

i dont know how to feel oof - @Tuesday, June 26, 2018 7:13 AM

mrbrockpeters

Stay Charcoal Briquette Ponyboy! - @Monday, June 25, 2018 5:46 AM

Allofmy_ imagination

"For Mark Watson, all he needed was a little racism" - @Saturday, June 16, 2018 2:16 AM

Beth black

Call him Rachel - @Friday, June 1, 2018 2:59 PM

bucktooth bohemian

Shawn king - @Thursday, May 31, 2018 7:14 PM

Lucas Limon

Ooof - @Wednesday, May 23, 2018 12:24 AM

Candy Beans

What I'd give to only have to pay $10,493 today... - @Monday, May 21, 2018 3:54 AM

Mike M

Dude looks more like someone from India than a black man - @Saturday, May 19, 2018 1:26 AM

W PS

Great way to get a free education and a great job!! Lot's of racial set-asides out there in addition to Affirmative Action. Thanks for treating Blacks as if they were inferior, and holding them to a lower standard and showering them with handouts........otherwise this movie wouldn't exist!! - @Wednesday, May 16, 2018 5:06 PM