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1	Dinosaur (2000) more movies like this 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 with computer-generated animals. After a pterodactyl snatches a dinosaur's egg and accidentally drops it while flying away, the egg is rescued by a family of lemurs, who keep it warm until it hatches. ... see all copies from £2.78! new only from £6.61!
2	The Stand (1994) more movies like this 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 adventures of a disparate group of people who struggle to reestablish civilization after a man-made catastrophe wipes out most of the world's population. The world abruptly ends when a deadly virus ... see all copies from £7.66! new only from £7.66!
3	Bubba Ho-Tep (2003) more movies like this 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 in the confines of a Mud Creek, TX, nursing home after fading into obscurity following his departure from the limelight, an aging and embittered Elvis (Bruce Campbell) befriends a delusional patient ... see all copies from £3.18! new only from £3.18!
4	Do the Right Thing (1989) more movies like this 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 Brooklyn, NY. Three businesses dominate the block: a storefront radio station, where a smooth-talkin' deejay (Samuel L. Jackson) spins the platters that matter; a convenience store owned by a Korean ... see all copies from £2.05! new only from £6.94!
5	Miss Evers' Boys (1997) more movies like this 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 Blacks With Syphilis. From 1932 through 1972, the U.S. Public Health Service studied 600 poor African-American sharecroppers in Macon County, AL -- 399 chronic syphilitics and a 201-man healthy control ... see all copies from £4.74! new only from £4.74!
6	Queen (1992) more movies like this 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 generations of the author's mother's family, from their capture in Africa and enslavement in the United States to their eventual emancipation more than a century later. With 1992's Queen, Haley, who ... see all copies from £11.83! new only from £13.10!
7	School Daze (1988) more movies like this 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 the sophomore feature from director Spike Lee. Dap (Laurence Fishburne) is a politically conscious brother who leads anti-apartheid demonstrations and eschews the social climbing of the Greek system. ... see all copies from £2.78! new only from £4.18!
8	Dr. Dolittle (1998) more movies like this 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 day. When noted surgeon Dr. John Dolittle (Eddie Murphy) swerves his car to avoid hitting a dog, he hits his head on the windshield, triggering his long-dormant gift for holding conversations with ... see all copies from £1.39! new only from £3.48!
9	A Vow to Cherish (1999) more movies like this directed by John Schmidt featuring Barbara Babcock, Donna Bullock, Ken Howard, Megan Paul, Ossie Davis see all copies from £2.78! new only from £3.75!
10	Gladiator (1992) more movies like this 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 eye-rubs, and gentlemen boxers who obey the Marquis of Queensbury rules by drop-kicking opponents when the are not only down but unconscious. James Marshall plays Tommy Riley, a Windy City high ... see all copies from £2.78! new only from £5.16!
11 view cover	I'm Not Rappaport (1996) more movies like this 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 Davis) are two elderly men who sit on the same park bench each afternoon and have developed a relationship based on playful verbal sparring. Nat is an eccentric Jewish leftist who uses a dizzying ... see all copies from £2.78! new only from £7.59!
12 view cover	Purlie Victorious (1963) more movies like this 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 with wife Lutibelle (Ruby Dee), he returns to Georgia to buy an old barn and convert it into a church. He seeks out Captain Cotchipec (Sorrel Booke), the aging plantation owner entrusted with a $500 ... see all copies from £8.62! new only from £8.62!
13 view cover	The Scalphunters (1968) more movies like this directed by Sydney Pollack featuring Burt Lancaster, Shelley Winters, Telly Savalas, Ossie Davis, Armando Sylvestre For his third feature outing, director Sydney Pollack helmed this comedic western starring (Burt Lancaster) as fur trapper Joe Bass. While heading for the trading post for his pay after a successful hunting season, Bass runs into a band of Kiowa Indians, who offer to trade the educated slave Joseph (Ozzie Davis) for Bass's furs. Severely ... see all copies from £2.05! new only from £5.49!
14 view cover	Get on the Bus (1996) more movies like this directed by Spike Lee featuring Ossie Davis, Richard Belzer, Charles S. Dutton, De'Aundre Bonds, Andre Braugher, Thomas Jefferson Byrd, Gabriel Casseus, Albert Hall, Harry J. Lennix, Hill Harper, Bernie Mac, Wendell Pierce, Roger Guenveur Smith, Isaiah Washington, Steve White Released one year to the day after the 1995 Million Man March, in which a million African-American men marched peacefully in Washington, D.C. in a bid for greater unity and understanding, Spike Lee's Get On the Bus follows a group of black men who take a charter bus from Los Angeles to the rally in the nation's capital and watches as they interact ... see all copies from £2.78! new only from £5.16!
15 view cover	Jungle Fever (1991) more movies like this 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 interracial affair upon two very distinct communities. Wesley Snipes is Flipper, a happily married and successful architect, and Annabella Sciorra is Angie, an office temp. When she starts working in ... see all copies from £2.78! new only from £5.16!
16 view cover	BAADASSSSS! (2004) more movies like this 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 boasting an all-black cast, an X rating, a low budget, and a decidedly non-Hollywood approach to moviemaking, the ground-breaking independent film went on to gross over ten million dollars while inspiring ... see all copies from £3.45! new only from £4.84!
17 view cover	Finding Buck McHenry (2000) more movies like this 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, is not doing very well with his Little League team, and he is bumped from the regular line-up to an "expansion team" of kids who aren't making the grade. Determined to make good, Jason recruits a ... see all copies from £3.00! new only from £9.15!
18 view cover	The Hill (1965) more movies like this 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 Connery's Bond pictures, had no women in it. Bypassing these cretinous comments, it must be noted that The Hill is an above-the-norm entry in the "military prison" genre. The film takes place during World ... see all copies from £5.56! new only from £10.59!
19 view cover	Deacons for Defense (2003) more movies like this 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 of Bogalusa, LA, however, it is "business as usual"; they are still treated like third-class citizens, their fundamental rights as human beings persistently trampled by the white power structure, in ... see all copies from £4.55! new only from £7.30!
20 view cover	Sam Whiskey (1969) more movies like this 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 husband had stolen from the Denver mint. She seduces the virginal Sam (Burt Reynolds) into leading a team to retrieve the gold, now lying at the bottom of the Platte River. With the help of local ... see all copies from £7.95! new only from £7.95!
21 view cover	Avenging Angel (1985) more movies like this directed by Robert O'Neil featuring Betsy Russell, Rory Calhoun, Robert F. Lyons, Susan Tyrrell, Ossie Davis, Barry Pearl Betsy Russell takes over as part-time prostitute Molly Stewart in this disappointing sequel to the surprisingly good Angel (1984). Old pals Rory Calhoun and Susan Tyrrell are along for the search for the killer of the cop who saved Molly's life in the first film, joined by street magician Johnny Glitter (Barry Pearl). More brutal and hard-edged ... see all copies from £3.02!
22 view cover	Proud (2004) more movies like this 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 II sea vessel, and the brave souls who cheated death to overcome the cancerous racism eroding the very shores they fought for. From the very onset of their mission, the men aboard the USS Mason knew ... see all copies from £7.46! new only from £7.46!
23 view cover	The Peace! DVD (2004) more movies like this 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 this documentary that encourages viewers to take an active role in the peace process. From September 2002 to May 2003, filmmakers Gabriele Zamparini and Lorenzo Meccoli conducted interviews with such ... see all copies from £8.19! new only from £8.19!
24 view cover	Evening Shade: Season 01 (1990) more movies like this see all copies from £23.20! new only from £23.20!
25	Here's To Life (2000) more movies like this directed by Arne Olsen featuring Eric McCormack, James Whitmore, Kim Hunter, Ossie Davis, Marya Delver Screenwriter Arne Olsen makes his directorial debut in this comedy that explores the real meaning of youth and age. Owen Rinard (Eric McCormack) is the thirty-something manager of a Canadian retirement home who watches over his charges with an eagle eye and has a strong belief in rules and regulations. However, Gus Corley (James Whitmore), one of ... see all copies from £5.81! new only from £10.77!

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