With a soundtrack that features Sylvester and Parliament, you already can’t go wrong with Young Soul Rebels. Add in hot British gays, Vivienne Westwood, murder, romance, and intrigue – if you aren’t sold by now I don’t know what to tell you. This 1991 Cannes Critics’ Prize winner explores racial tensions between the Black, West Indian, and white British communities of 1970s London through the relationship of punk Billibud and “soulboy” Caz. Caz and his friend Chris try to balance promoting soul music on their pirate radio show amid the prevailing punk scene (which includes fascist skinheads) while also trying to solve their friend’s murder, which occurred while cruising. Amid these heavy, fraught subjects, the film manages to needle-drop true bangers like Roy Ayers’ “Running Away” and X-Ray Spex’s “Oh Bondage Up Yours!” Why choose between soul and punk when you can have both? – Lina Fisher