Films and TV shows that feel like Superstition by Stevie Wonder

A swaggering, irresistible funk groove that warns against bad luck and old fears while making you move, the sound of 1970s Black musical genius at full power.

1. Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021): Stevie Wonder's era of Black music, with electric 1969 Harlem performances and a drum-heavy, joyful groove.
2. The Get Down (2016): 1970s New York street-level music, dance and swagger told with a funk and disco pulse.
3. Dolemite Is My Name (2019): A 70s Black hustler-creator comedy, full of funk swagger and bad-luck-defying persistence.
4. Shaft (1971): The definitive early 70s funk-soul cool, with a score that grooves like Stevie's clavinet.
5. Dreamgirls (2006): Motown-style rise through the 60s and 70s, with big soul numbers and sharp showbiz energy.
6. Boogie Nights (1997): Funk-soaked 70s soundtrack and strutting, dance-floor confidence.
7. Soul Train (1971): The 70s dance show built on this exact kind of funk, in clips and documentaries about its history.
8. Sing Street (2016): A music-obsessed story of finding your sound and swagger, with infectious energy.