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1. Cat People (1982)
directed by Paul Schrader
featuring Nastassja Kinski, Malcolm McDowell, John Heard, Annette O'Toole, Ruby Dee
In this loose adaptation of the 1942 horror classic of the same name, a 2001-style opening montage establishes some sort of sacrificial, mystical ... More
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2. 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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3. Cop and a Half (1993)
directed by Henry Winkler
featuring Burt Reynolds, Norman D. Golden II, Ruby Dee, Holland Taylor, Ray Sharkey
When an eight-year-old black youth (Norman D. Golden II) witnesses a mob hit, he orders the police to make him a cop for a day before he will help ... More
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4. A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School (2009)
directed by Dave Davidson
featuring Ruby Dee
Ironically, although the Supreme Court's 1955 Brown v. Board of Education decision embodied a massive leap forward in the crusade for human rights, ... More
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5. Uptight (1968)
directed by Jules Dassin
featuring Raymond St. Jacques, Ruby Dee, Frank Silvera, Roscoe Lee Browne, Julian Mayfield
Uptight is an updated remake of John Ford's The Informer (35). The Irish Republican rebels of the original are replaced by black activists, Dublin ... More
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6. Video Girl (2010)
directed by Ty Hodges
featuring Meagan Good, Ruby Dee, Haylie Duff, Adam Senn, Lisa Raye
Lorie (Meagan Good) achieves her dream of fame by becoming a dancer in hip-hop videos, but soon she learns that celebrity has a dark side, and her ... More
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7. The Tall Target (1951)
directed by Anthony Mann
featuring Dick Powell, Paula Raymond, Adolphe Menjou, Marshall Thompson, Ruby Dee
The Tall Target is based on a true story: the attempted assassination of President-elect Abraham Lincoln, even before he was able to assume his ... More
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8. Oprah Winfrey Presents: Their Eyes Were Watching God (2005)
directed by Darnell Martin
featuring Lorraine Toussaint, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Ruby Dee, Terrence Howard, Halle Berry, Michael Ealy
Originally telecast March 6, 2005, by ABC, this "Oprah Book Club" TV movie is adapted from Zora Neale Hurston's novel Their Eyes Were Watching God, a ... More
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9. King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970)
directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Sidney Lumet
featuring Harry Belafonte, Ruby Dee, Ben Gazzara, Charlton Heston, James Earl Jones
Having tackled every known film subject in his long career, from musicals to murder mysteries, Sidney Lumet tries his hand at documentary in King: A ... More
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10. Zora Is My Name! (1990)
directed by Neema Barnette
featuring Ruby Dee, Louis Gossett, Jr., Roger E. Mosley, Flip Wilson
A PBS "American Playhouse" production, this is an amusing TV outing revealing the life of Zora Neale Hurston, a black writer known for her folklore ... More
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11. All About Us (2007)
directed by Christine Swanson
featuring Boris Kodjoe, Ryan Michelle Bathe, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Raven Goodwin, Ruby Dee
Award-winning filmmaker Christine Swanson follows up her feature debut All About You) with this romantic drama concerning two desperate Hollywood ... More
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12. Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First One Hundred Years (1999)
directed by Lynne Littman
featuring Diahann Carroll, Ruby Dee, Amy Madigan, Lisa Anderson, Audra McDonald
Based on the best-selling book by Sarah L. Delany and A. Elizabeth Delany with Amy Hill Hearth, which was later adapted into a Broadway play, Having ... More
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13. 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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14. 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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15. Passing Glory (1999)
directed by Steve James
featuring Andre Braugher, Rip Torn, Sean Squire, Ruby Dee, Bill Nunn
Set in the institutionally segregated New Orleans of 1965, the made-for-cable Passing Glory is the story of black priest Father Joseph Verrett (Andre ... More
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16. A Storm in Summer (2000)
directed by Robert Wise
featuring Peter Falk, Aaron Meeks, Nastassja Kinski, Andrew McCarthy, Ruby Dee
Robert Wise brings his distinguished name and considerable directorial skill to this remake of a 1970 Rod Serling TV drama. Set in 1969, Abel ... More
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17. The Way Back Home (2005)
directed by Reza S. Badiyi
featuring Michael H. King, Julie Harris, Ruby Dee, Tessie Santiago, Deezer D
A year after his wife's death and nearly a decade since his last visit home, successful New York lawyer Spencer Krane (Michael Houston King) returns ... More
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18. 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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19. A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
directed by Daniel Petrie
featuring Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeil, Ruby Dee, Diana Sands, Ivan Dixon
While this original movie version of Lorraine Hansberry's award-winning play may have dated somewhat, it was groundbreaking when first released in ... More
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20. The Jackie Robinson Story (1950)
directed by Alfred E. Green
featuring Jackie Robinson, Ruby Dee, Minor Watson, Louise Beavers, Richard Lane
Despite its lack of production values and box-office "names," The Jackie Robinson Story is one of the best and most convincing baseball biopics ever ... More
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21. America (2009)
directed by Yves Simoneau
featuring Rosie O'Donnell, Philip Johnson, Ruby Dee
In this made-for-TV movie from the Lifetime Channel, Rosie O'Donnell stars as Dr. Maureen Brennan, a child psychiatrist who helps a 16-year-old boy ... More
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22. Buck and the Preacher (1972)
directed by Sidney Poitier
featuring Cameron Mitchell, Denny Miller, Ruby Dee, Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte
Sidney Poitier makes his directorial debut with the 1972 Western Buck and the Preacher, set during the end of the Civil War. Poitier stars as Buck, ... More
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23. Baby Geniuses (1999)
directed by Bob Clark
featuring Kathleen Turner, Christopher Lloyd, Kim Cattrall, Peter MacNicol, Dom DeLuise, Ruby Dee
Dr. Elena Kinder (Kathleen Turner) is the highly visible chief executive of BABYCO, the world's largest manufacturer of baby products. The company ... More
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24. Politics of Love (2011)
directed by William Dear
featuring Brian J. White, Malika Sherawat, Loretta Devine, Ruby Dee, Gerry Bednob
A romantic comedy set during the 2008 presidential election, director William Dear's Politics of Love explores the complications that ensue when a ... More
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25. The Wall (1998)
directed by Joseph Sargent
featuring Edward James Olmos, Ruby Dee, Savion Glover
At the shiny black length of the Vietnam wall, visitors come to pay respects and often leave behind mementos. This drama looks at the moving stories ... More
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