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Baadasssss! (2004)
Baadasssss! is a 2003 American biographical drama film, written, produced, directed by, and starring Mario Van Peebles. The film is based on the struggles of Van Peebles' father Melvin Van Peebles, as he attempts to film and distribute Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, a film that was widely credited with showing Hollywood that a viable African-Am...
Starring: James Gandolfini•Burgess Meredith•Robert Stack•Lloyd Bridges•Hume Cronyn•John Huston•Burt Lancaster•Rory Calhoun•Ruby Dee•Sidney Poitier
She Hate Me (2004)
She Hate Me is a 2004 American independent comedy drama film directed by Spike Lee and starring Anthony Mackie, Kerry Washington, Ellen Barkin, Monica Bellucci, Brian Dennehy, Woody Harrelson, Bai Ling, John Turturro, and Ossie Davis in his final film role. The film touches on a variety of themes such as corporate greed, race, sexuality, and politi...
Starring: James Gandolfini•Paul Newman•Walter Matthau•Adam Storke•Tom Tryon•Paula Jai Parker•Ray Walston•Sammy Davis Jr.•Robert Loggia•George C. Scott
Bubba Ho-tep (2002)
Bubba Ho-Tep is a 2002 American comedy horror film written, co-produced and directed by Don Coscarelli. It stars Bruce Campbell as Elvis Presley—now a resident in a nursing home. The film also stars Ossie Davis as Jack, a black man who claims to be John F. Kennedy, explaining that he was patched up after the assassination, dyed black, and abandoned...
Starring: James Gandolfini•Ann-Margret•Telly Savalas
Dinosaur (2000)
Dinosaur is a 2000 American live-action/computer-animated adventure film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation, The Secret Lab and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The 39th Disney animated feature film, the film was directed by Ralph Zondag and Eric Leighton, it features the voices of D.B. Sweeney, Alfre Woodard, Ossie Davis, Max Casella, Hayd...
Starring: James Gandolfini•Ossie Davis•Jim Brown
Dr. Dolittle (1998)
Dr. Dolittle is a 1998 American fantasy comedy film directed by Betty Thomas, written by Larry Levin and Nat Mauldin, and starring Eddie Murphy in the title role with Ossie Davis and Oliver Platt. The film was based on the series of children's stories of the same name by Hugh Lofting, but used no material from any of the novels; the main connection...
Starring: James Gandolfini•Cicely Tyson•Dionne Warwick
12 Angry Men (1997)
12 Angry Men is a 1997 American made-for-television drama film directed by William Friedkin, adapted by Reginald Rose from his original 1954 teleplay of the same title. It is a remake of the 1957 film of the same name.
Starring: Bill Cosby•William Petersen•Abe Vigoda•James Gandolfini•Danny Aiello•Laurence Fishburne•Amy Irving•Lonette McKee•Brian Dennehy•Tom Hanks
Get on the Bus (1996)
Get on the Bus is a 1996 American drama film about a group of African-American men who are taking a cross-country bus trip in order to participate in the Million Man March. The film was directed by Spike Lee and premiered on the first anniversary of the March. This is the first film directed by Lee in which he does not appear.
Starring: James Gandolfini•Bruce Campbell•Craig T. Nelson
I'm Not Rappaport (1996)
I'm Not Rappaport is a play by Herb Gardner, which originally ran on Broadway in 1985.
Starring: John Turturro•James Gandolfini•Daryl Hannah•Ellen Barkin•Saul Rubinek
The Stand (1994)
The Stand is a 1994 American post-apocalyptic television miniseries based on the 1978 novel of the same name by Stephen King. King also wrote the teleplay and has a minor role in the series. It was directed by Mick Garris, who previously directed the original King screenplay/film Sleepwalkers (1992). In order to satisfy expectations from King fans ...
Starring: James Marshall•Rob Lowe•James Gandolfini•Betsy Russell•David Alan Grier•Dorian Harewood•Mario Van Peebles•Judith Ivey•Vincent Schiavelli•Richard Edson
Grumpy Old Men (1993)
Grumpy Old Men is a 1993 American romantic comedy film directed by Donald Petrie, written by Mark Steven Johnson, and starring Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Ann-Margret, Burgess Meredith, Daryl Hannah, Kevin Pollak, Ossie Davis and Buck Henry. It is followed by the sequel film Grumpier Old Men.
Starring: Martha Plimpton•William Petersen•John Turturro•Meg Ryan•James Gandolfini•Wesley Snipes•Woody Harrelson
Gladiator (1992)
Gladiator is a 1992 American sports drama film directed by Rowdy Herrington, and starring Cuba Gooding Jr., James Marshall, Brian Dennehy, and Robert Loggia. The film tells the story of two teenagers trapped in the world of illegal underground boxing. One is fighting to pay off gambling debts accumulated by his father. The second is fighting for th...
Starring: D. B. Sweeney•James Gandolfini•Adam Storke•Giancarlo Esposito•Tisha Campbell
Jungle Fever (1991)
Jungle Fever is a 1991 American romantic drama film written, produced and directed by Spike Lee. The film stars Lee, Wesley Snipes, Annabella Sciorra, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Samuel L. Jackson, Lonette McKee, John Turturro, Frank Vincent, Halle Berry, Tim Robbins, Brad Dourif, Queen Latifah, Michael Imperioli, and Anthony Quinn, and is Lee's fifth f...
Starring: Spike Lee•James Marshall•James Gandolfini•Paula Jai Parker•Matt Frewer•Ella Joyce•Armin Mueller-Stahl•Laura San Giacomo•Annabella Sciorra
Joe Versus the Volcano (1990)
Joe Versus the Volcano is a 1990 American romantic comedy film written and directed by John Patrick Shanley and starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. Hanks plays a man who, after being told he is dying of a rare disease, accepts a financial offer to travel to a South Pacific island and throw himself into a volcano on behalf of the superstitious natives....
Starring: Kevin Pollak•Samuel L. Jackson•James Gandolfini•Cuba Gooding, Jr.•Nia Long•Halle Berry
Do the Right Thing (1989)
Do the Right Thing is a 1989 American comedy-drama film produced, written, and directed by Spike Lee. It stars Lee, Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Richard Edson, Giancarlo Esposito, Bill Nunn, John Turturro, and Samuel L. Jackson, and is the feature film debut of Martin Lawrence and Rosie Perez. The story explores a Brooklyn neighborhood's si...
Starring: James Marshall•James Gandolfini•Richard Schiff•Bai Ling•Paula Jai Parker•Kim Director•Ella Joyce•John Huston•Burt Lancaster
School Daze (1988)
School Daze is a 1988 American musical comedy-drama film, written and directed by Spike Lee, and starring Laurence Fishburne, Giancarlo Esposito, and Tisha Campbell. Based in part on Spike Lee's experiences as a Morehouse student in the Atlanta University Center during the 1970s, it is a story about undergraduates in a fraternity and sorority clash...
Starring: James Gandolfini•Rory Calhoun•Kim Director•Sidney Poitier•Ella Joyce
Avenging Angel (1985)
Avenging Angel is a 1985 American action thriller film directed by Robert Vincent O'Neil and written by O'Neil and Joseph Michael Cala. It stars Betsy Russell, Rory Calhoun, Robert F. Lyons, Ossie Davis, and Susan Tyrrell.
Starring: Paul Newman•James Gandolfini•Joanne Woodward
Harry & Son (1984)
Harry & Son is a 1984 American drama film directed by Paul Newman, who also stars. The screenplay by Newman and Ronald Buck focuses on the relationship between a blue-collar worker and his son, who fails at various odd jobs while aspiring to be a writer. Joanne Woodward, Ellen Barkin, Ossie Davis, Wilford Brimley, and Judith Ivey also star. The fil...
Starring: Tom Tryon•Stephen Boyd•James Gandolfini•Sammy Davis Jr.•Tom Tryon•Carol Lynley
Let's Do It Again (1975)
Let's Do It Again is a 1975 American action crime comedy film starring Sidney Poitier and co-starring Bill Cosby and Jimmie Walker among an all-star black cast. The film, directed by Poitier, is about blue-collar workers who decide to rig a boxing match to raise money for their fraternal lodge. The song of the same name by The Staple Singers was fe...
Starring: Telly Savalas•James Gandolfini•Robert Stack
Slaves (1969)
Slaves is a 1969 American drama film directed by Herbert Biberman. The film stars Dionne Warwick, Ossie Davis, and Stephen Boyd.
Starring: Romy Schneider•James Gandolfini•Cicely Tyson
The Scalphunters (1968)
The Scalphunters is a 1968 American Western film starring Burt Lancaster, Ossie Davis and Telly Savalas. The film was directed by Sydney Pollack, with the score written by Elmer Bernstein. Davis was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the film. Filming took place in Sierra de Órganos National Park in the to...
Starring: Dionne Warwick•Robby Benson•James Gandolfini
A Man Called Adam (1966)
A Man Called Adam is a 1966 American drama musical film directed by Leo Penn and starring Sammy Davis Jr. It tells the story of a self-destructive jazz musician, played by Davis, and his tumultuous relationships with the people in his life.
Starring: Laurence Fishburne•James Gandolfini•Betsy Russell
The Cardinal (1963)
The Cardinal is a 1963 American drama film produced independently, directed by Otto Preminger and distributed by Columbia Pictures. The screenplay was written by Robert Dozier, based on the novel of the same name (1950) by Henry Morton Robinson. The music score was written by Jerome Moross.
Starring: Judith Ivey•Tisha Campbell•Bill Nunn•Rosie Perez•James Gandolfini