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1. Out of Sync (1994)
directed by Debbie Allen
featuring Victoria Dillard, Yaphet KottoA love affair with a drug dealer's squeeze lands an L.A. dee-jay (rap artist LL Cool J) in a heap of trouble. Soon he finds himself not only running ... More
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2. Truck Turner (1974)
directed by Jonathan Kaplan
featuring Isaac Hayes, Yaphet KottoIsaac Hayes puts his gun where his groove is in his role as hard-case bounty hunter Mack "Truck" Turner, three years after composing the legendary ... More
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3. Extreme Justice (1993)
directed by Mark L. Lester
featuring Lou Diamond Phillips, Scott Glenn, Yaphet KottoFilmed just before the Rodney King incident, Extreme Justice is a violent tale of "police procedure" gone bonkers. Troublesome LAPD cop Jeff Powers ... More
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4. Live and Let Die (1973)
directed by Guy Hamilton
featuring Roger Moore, Yaphet Kotto, Jane Seymour, Clifton James, Julius HarrisRoger Moore makes his first appearance as "Bond...James Bond" in 1973's Live and Let Die. Bond is dispatched to the States to stem the activities of ...
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5. The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)
directed by Norman Jewison
featuring Steve McQueen, Faye Dunaway, Paul Burke, Jack Weston, Yaphet KottoThomas Crown (Steve McQueen) is a self-made Boston millionaire who masterminds a bank heist in hopes of leaving it all behind. Tired of being part of ... More
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6. Brubaker (1980)
directed by Stuart Rosenberg
featuring Robert Redford, Yaphet Kotto, Jane Alexander, Murray Hamilton, David KeithFact-based drama starring Robert Redford as Henry Brubaker, the new inmate at a run-down Southern prison that's become notorious for corruption and ... More
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7. Across 110th Street (1972)
directed by Barry Shear
featuring Anthony Quinn, Yaphet Kotto, Anthony Franciosa, Paul Benjamin, Ed BernardAcross 110th Street is a violent urban thriller about a corrupt, older white cop (Anthony Quinn) and an honest, young African-American cop (Yaphet ... More
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8. Friday Foster (1975)
directed by Arthur Marks
featuring Pam Grier, Yaphet Kotto, Godfrey Cambridge, Thalmus Rasulala, Eartha KittA woman looking for adventure finds romance, excitement and danger in her viewfinder in this action-packed comedy-drama. Friday Foster (Pam Grier) is ... More
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9. Drum (1976)
directed by Steve Carver
featuring Warren Oates, Isela Vega, Ken Norton, Pam Grier, Yaphet KottoIt is hard to get more deliriously fever-pitched than the ending of Mandingo -- in which a plantation master is shot and his main slave gets boiled ... More
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10. Report to the Commissioner (1974)
directed by Milton Katselas
featuring Michael Moriarty, Yaphet Kotto, Susan Blakely, Hector Elizondo, William DevaneA young NYPD detective learns (the hard way) about the politics that govern a big-city police department. He kills a lady-detective/colleague whose ... More
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11. Eye of the Tiger (1986)
directed by Richard Sarafian
featuring Gary Busey, Yaphet Kotto, Seymour Cassel, Bert Remsen, William SmithList of all editionsThe budget may be loftier, but Eye of the Tiger is essentially an up-to-date AIP motorcycle flick. Ex-convict Buck Mathews (Gary Busey) lives as ... More
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12. The Ride (2000)
directed by Steve di Marco
featuring Yaphet Kotto, Al Waxman, Rachel Crawford, Ron WhiteList of all editionsThe miscreant drivers at City Cab drift through the darkened streets on a bizarre mission of hope and longing in this soul searching tale from ... More
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13. Badge of the Assassin (1985)
directed by Mel Damski
featuring James Woods, Yaphet Kotto, Alex Rocco, David HarrisBased on the true story that took place in Harlem during 1971, this made-for-TV crime drama centers on assistant district attorney Robert Tanenbaum's ... More
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14. Almost Blue (1993)
directed by Keoni Waxman
featuring Michael Madsen, Lynette Walden, Garrett Morris, Gale Mayron, Yaphet KottoList of all editionsFlung into a deep depression following his wife's accidental death, jazzman Morris Poole (Michael Madsen) borders on suicide, punishing himself for ... More
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15. Warning Sign (1985)
directed by Hal Barwood
featuring Sam Waterston, Kathleen Quinlan, Yaphet Kotto, Jeffrey DeMunn, Richard DysartList of all editionsIn yet another ostensible thriller about deadly germs wreaking havoc on human life and psyches, this is a frenetic, uneven story about germs going ... More
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16. Two If by Sea (1996)
directed by Bill Bennett
featuring Denis Leary, Sandra Bullock, Stephen Dillane, Yaphet Kotto, Wayne RobsonList of all editionsCo-star Denis Leary co-wrote the script for this romantic comedy-drama. Leary plays Frank O'Brien, a no-class, small-time hood who is the boyfriend ... More
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17. Ministry of Vengeance (1989)
directed by Peter Maris
featuring John Schneider, Ned Beatty, James Tolkan, Yaphet Kotto, George KennedyList of all editionsA Vietnam War veteran (John Schneider) renounces the military for a priest's habit, but after his wife and daughter are killed by terrorists in Rome ... More
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18. Alien (1979)
directed by Ridley Scott
featuring Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Yaphet Kotto, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian HolmList of all editions"In space, no one can hear you scream." A close encounter of the third kind becomes a Jaws-style nightmare when an alien invades a spacecraft in ... More
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19. Midnight Run (1988)
directed by Martin Brest
featuring Robert De Niro, Charles Grodin, Yaphet Kotto, John Ashton, Dennis FarinaList of all editionsDirector Martin Brest, of Going in Style and Beverly Hills Cop fame, was in charge of Midnight Run. Robert De Niro stars as Jack Walsh, a hard-bitten ... More
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20. The Running Man (1987)
directed by Paul Michael Glaser
featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Maria Conchita Alonso, Richard Dawson, Yaphet Kotto, Jim BrownList of all editionsDirected by former Starsky and Hutch TV star Paul Michael Glaser, this post-apocalyptic science fiction yarn satirized American entertainment, ... More
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21. Witless Protection (2008)
directed by Charles Robert Carner
featuring Larry the Cable Guy, Ivana Milicevic, Yaphet Kotto, Peter Stormare, Eric RobertsList of all editionsWhen a small-town sheriff (Larry the Cable Guy) witnesses what he believes to be an attempted kidnapping, his effort to save the beautiful damsel in ... More
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22. The Star Chamber (1983)
directed by Peter Hyams
featuring Michael Douglas, Hal Holbrook, Yaphet Kotto, Sharon Gless, James B. SikkingList of all editionsFed up with watching vicious criminals walk on technicalities and loopholes, judge Michael Douglas accepts his older colleague Hal Holbrook's ... More
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23. Dead Badge (1994)
directed by Douglas Barr
featuring Brian Wimmer, M. Emmet Walsh, Yaphet Kotto, James B. Sikking, Olympia DukakisIn this police drama, a police detective must wear the badge previously owned by a deceased colleague. Following a terrifying shoot-out, the shaken ... More
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24. Blue Collar (1978)
directed by Paul Schrader
featuring Richard Pryor, Harvey Keitel, Yaphet Kotto, Ed Begley, Jr., Harry BellaverList of all editionsPaul Schrader's directorial debut examines the trials of Detroit autoworkers living at the mercy of a heartless corporation and a corrupt union. ... More
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25. The Monkey Hustle (1976)
directed by Arthur Marks
featuring Yaphet Kotto, Rudy Ray Moore, Rosalind Cash, Randy Brooks, Debbi MorganList of all editionsAn inner-city Chicago community comes together to save their neighborhood from destruction in this '70s era blaxploitation-comedy. The construction ... More







