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1. Dinosaur (2000)
directed by Eric Leighton
featuring D.B. Sweeney, Alfre Woodard, Ossie Davis, Max Casella, Hayden Panettiere, Sam Wright
Walt Disney Pictures redefined computer animation with this technically accomplished fantasy of prehistoric life, combining live-action backgrounds ... More
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2. Do the Right Thing (1989)
directed by Spike Lee
featuring Danny Aiello, Spike Lee, Richard Edson, John Turturro, Giancarlo Esposito, Rosie Perez, Bill Nunn, Ossie Davis
Director Spike Lee dives head-first into a maelstrom of racial and social ills, using as his springboard the hottest day of the year on one block in ... More
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3. School Daze (1988)
directed by Spike Lee
featuring Kadeem Hardison, Laurence Fishburne, Giancarlo Esposito, Tisha Campbell, Kyme, Joe Seneca, Ossie Davis
Fraternity and sorority members clash with the other students at a historically black university in this politically charged musical, which marked ... More
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4. Bubba Ho-Tep (2003)
directed by Don Coscarelli
featuring Bruce Campbell, Ossie Davis, Ella Joyce, Bob Ivy, Heidi Marnhout
An ancient evil finds resistance in the most unlikely of places in this oddball comedy horror effort from Phantasm director Don Coscarelli. Resting ... More
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5. The Stand (1994)
directed by Mick Garris
featuring Gary Sinise, Molly Ringwald, Jamey Sheridan, Laura San Giacomo, Ruby Dee, Ossie Davis, Miguel Ferrer, Rob Lowe
Originally aired as a television mini-series, this all-star filmization of Stephen King's gripping epic of good versus evil chronicles the episodic ... More
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6. Dr. Dolittle (1998)
directed by Betty Thomas
featuring Eddie Murphy, Ossie Davis, Oliver Platt, Peter Boyle, Richard Schiff
Betty Thomas directed this adaptation of the classic children's stories by Hugh Lofting (1886-1947), updating the original concepts into the present ... More
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7. Gladiator (1992)
directed by Rowdy Herrington
featuring Cuba Gooding, Jr., James Marshall, Robert Loggia, Ossie Davis, Brian Dennehy, Cara Buono
Gladiator is the kind of boxing movie that goes that extra mile -- a self-loathing boxing saga that relishes in bare-knuckled sucker punches, illegal ... More
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8. The Scalphunters (1968)
directed by Sydney Pollack
featuring Burt Lancaster, Shelley Winters, Telly Savalas, Ossie Davis, Armando Silvestre
For his third feature outing, director Sydney Pollack helmed this comedic western starring (Burt Lancaster) as fur trapper Joe Bass. While heading ... More
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9. Proud (2004)
directed by Mary Pat Kelly
featuring Stephen Rea, Ossie Davis, Albert Jones, Jeffrey Nash
The inspirational tale of the USS Mason comes to the screen in a dramatic account of the perils faced by the all-African-American-crewed World War ... More
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10. Queen (1992)
directed by John Erman
featuring Halle Berry, Tim Daly, Danny Glover, Ann-Margret, Jasmine Guy, Ossie Davis
In 1977, Alex Haley's groundbreaking mini-series Roots became one of the most watched programs in television history, telling the story of seven ... More
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11. I'm Not Rappaport (1996)
directed by Herb Gardner
featuring Walter Matthau, Ossie Davis, Amy Irving, Martha Plimpton, Craig T. Nelson
In this screen adaptation of the award-winning play by Herb Gardner (who also directed the film), Nat Moyer (Walter Matthau) and Midge Carter (Ossie ... More
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12. Hot Stuff (1979)
directed by Dom DeLuise
featuring Dom DeLuise, Jerry Reed, Suzanne Pleshette, Ossie Davis
In this comedy a trio of undercover government cops in Miami decide that it would be a good idea to open a bogus fencing operation so they can trap ... More
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13. BAADASSSSS! (2004)
directed by Mario Van Peebles
featuring David Alan Grier, Joy Bryant, Khleo Thomas, Nia Long, Ossie Davis, Paul Rodriguez, Rainn Wilson, T.K. Carter, Mario Van Peebles
In 1971, filmmaker Melvin Van Peebles released his third film, Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, which he wrote, directed, and scored. Despite ... More
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15. The Hill (1965)
directed by Sidney Lumet
featuring Sean Connery, Harry Andrews, Ian Bannen, Alfred Lynch, Ossie Davis
The Hill was unfairly subjected to ridicule by the more obtuse "critics" of 1965 who harped on the fact that it starred Sean Connery and, unlike ... More
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16. A Man Called Adam (1966)
directed by Leo Penn
featuring Sammy Davis, Jr., Louis Armstrong, Ossie Davis, Cicely Tyson, Frank Sinatra, Jr., Peter Lawford
A star-studded cast invigorates this film of a jazz trumpeter (Sammy Davis Jr.) who experiences both the prejudices of the music industry and ... More
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17. Sam Whiskey (1969)
directed by Arnold Laven
featuring Burt Reynolds, Clint Walker, Ossie Davis, Angie Dickinson, Rick Davis
This light western comedy finds the lovely widow Laura Breckenridge (Angie Dickenson) offering a $20,000 reward for the return of some gold her late ... More
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18. Purlie Victorious (1963)
directed by Nicholas Webster
featuring Ruby Dee, Ossie Davis, Sorrell Booke, Godfrey Cambridge, Hilda Haynes
This film version of the successful stage play was written by and stars Ossie Davis as Purlie Victorious, a flamboyant, self ordained minister. Along ... More
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19. Finding Buck McHenry (2000)
directed by Charles Burnett
featuring Michael Schiffman, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Ernie Banks
A boy discovers that his coach may be more than just a nice old man who likes baseball in this family-oriented drama. Jason, a kid who loves baseball ... More
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20. Deacons for Defense (2003)
directed by Bill Duke
featuring Forest Whitaker, Jonathan Silverman, Ossie Davis, Paul Benjamin
Inspired by a true story, this made-for-cable drama is set in 1965, not long after passage of the Civil Rights Act. To the African-American citizens ... More
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21. Jungle Fever (1991)
directed by Spike Lee
featuring Wesley Snipes, Annabella Sciorra, Spike Lee, Anthony Quinn, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee
Spike Lee defines "jungle fever" as sexual attraction between members of two races. In his film Jungle Fever, he examines the repercussions of an ... More
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22. A Vow to Cherish (1999)
directed by John Schmidt
featuring Barbara Babcock, Donna Bullock, Ken Howard, Megan Paul, Ossie Davis
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23. The Peace! DVD (2004)
directed by Gabriele Zamparini, Lorenzo Meccoli
featuring Harry Belafonte, Noam Chomsky, Angela Davis, Ossie Davis, Danny Glover
A pair of pacifist-minded documentarians reach out to dozens of their generation's greatest thinkers in a bid to ensure a peaceful future for all in ... More
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24. The Soul Collector (1999)
directed by Michael Scott
featuring Bruce Greenwood, Ossie Davis, Melissa Gilbert
Based on Kathleen Kane's novel Pocketful of Paradise, the fanciful TV movie The Soul Collector stars Bruce Greenwood in the title role. As an ... More
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25. Miss Evers' Boys (1997)
directed by Joseph Sargent
featuring Alfre Woodard, Laurence Fishburne, Craig Sheffer, Ossie Davis, Joe Morton
Produced for the HBO cable network, this docudrama explores the social and ethical issues at the heart of the infamous Tuskegee Study of Untreated ... More
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