Watermelon Man
“His white bread world just turned upside brown!”
1970 · 1 h 40 min
Directed by 
Melvin Van Peebles
Melvin Van PeeblesCast
Cast not recorded here
Plot
A racist insurance agent wakes up one morning to find he has turned black, and his bigoted world begins to unravel.
Sinekatalog’s take
Melvin Van Peebles's satire is blunt and angry, an early comedy about race.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.7 / 10 (3,335 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.