Movie·1986·104 min

Soul Man

Name: Soul Man
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1986-10-24
Duration: 104 min
Rating: 5.3
Cast: C. Thomas Howell, Rae Dawn Chong, Arye Gross, James Earl Jones, Melora Hardin

Soul Man is available in the US to rent or buy on Amazon Video and 2 more apps, and is not on a subscription app right now, as of October 5, 2026.

He didn't give up, he got down.

5.3 / 10 · TMDB

Comedy

A white prospective grad student's affluent family won't pay his way through law school, so he takes tanning pills to darken his skin in order to qualify for an African-American scholarship at Harvard. He soon gets more than he bargained for, as he begins to learn what life is really like for blacks in America.

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