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Pam Grier Movies

Don't mess around with Foxy Brown

Or Pam Grier for that matter. But absolutely fill in the deets on her movie career. Whether she's playing Sheba Shane or Jackie Brown, Pam's got the stuff to get the job done. So, dole some respect to this buxom babe's movie bio.

Grier's movies from the last few decades

Coffy

Year: 1973
Director: Jack Hill

Synopsis: A nurse with a grudge visits bloody revenge on the mobsters and drug lords of L.A. after her sister ODs. Pushers, pimps, corrupt cops, and mob bosses all meet their splattery ends at the hands of "the baddest one-chick hit squad that ever hit town!"

What made Pam Grier so badass:

She forces a pusher to shoot himself up with his own junk. When he protests that it will kill him, she says "Maybe it will and maybe it won't, but if it do, you're gonna fly through them pearly gates with the biggest f---ing smile St. Peter ever seen!"

Foxy Brown

Year: 1974
Director: Jack Hill

Synopsis: After her boyfriend is shot, Foxy Brown poses as a prostitute to infiltrate a modeling agency acting as a front for a drugs-and-prostitution ring. Sex, violence, and castration ensue.

What made Pam Grier so badass:

Foxy takes out a black belt in karate — with a bar stool.
Foxy's final vengeance on her enemy includes emasculating the woman's boyfriend and presenting her with the evidence in a pickle jar.

Pam Grier in Foxy Brown

Scream Blacula Scream

Year: 1973
Director: Bob Kelljan

Synopsis: Blacula is resurrected by a voodoo practitioner to help him wrest control of a voodoo sect from his rival (Grier). But what Blacula really wants is Grier's help in liberating him from his curse.

What made Pam Grier so badass:

Actually, she's not that badass in this film, but she does showcase her impressive talent for screaming.

Pam Grier in Blacula

Jackie Brown

Year: 1997
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Synopsis: Jackie Brown is the name of a flight attendant who gets caught smuggling her boss' gun money on the airline she works for. Luckily for her, the Fed Ray Nicolet and the LA Cop Mark Dargus decide to team up in order to arrest the arms dealer she works for, whose name they don't even know. Here's when she has to choose one way: tell Nicolet and Dargus about Ordell Robbie (the arms dealer) and get her freedom -except that if Ordell suspects you're talking about him, you're dead- or keep her mouth shut and do some time. That's when she meets Max Cherry -her bail bondsman-, a late fifties, recently separated, burnt-out man, who falls in love with her. Then Jackie comes up with a plan to play the Feds off against Ordell and the guys he works with -Louis Gara and Melanie Ralston, among others- and walk off with their money. But she needs Max's help. No one is going to stand in the way of his million dollar payoff...Written by Héctor Barca.

What made Pam Grier so badass: She's Pam Grier

Pam Grier Movie

Movie: The Big Doll House
Year: 1971
Director: Jack Hill
Synopsis: Beautiful women in prison exploitation. They plot to escape after suffering at the hand of prison guards. Pam does not star in this one but still kicks butt.
What made Pam Grier so badass: She's Pam Grier of course

Pam Grier Movie

Movie: The Big Bird Cage
Year: 1972
Director: Jack Hill
Synopsis: Similar to Big Doll House but Pam is the star of this one.
What made Pam Grier so badass: She's Pam Grier

Pam Grier Movie

Movie: Friday Foster
Year: 1975
Director: Arthur Marks
Synopsis: Friday Foster (Pam Grier), an ex-model magazine photographer, goes to Los Angeles International airport to photograph the arrival of Blake Tarr, the richest black man in America. Three men attempt to assassinate Tarr. Foster photographs the melee and is plunged into a web of conspiracy involving the murder of her childhood friend, a US senator, and a shadowy plan called "Black Widow".
What made Pam Grier so badass: Was very smart.