Do the Right Thing (1989)
Comedy | Drama
On the hottest day of the year on a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, everyone's hate and bigotry smolders and builds until it explodes into violence.
Starring: Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Richard Edson, Giancarlo Esposito, Spike Lee
Director: Spike Lee
The Incident (1967)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
Late one night, two young toughs hold hostage the passengers in one car of a New York subway train.
Starring: Victor Arnold, Beau Bridges, Ruby Dee, Robert Fields, Jack Gilford, Mike Kellin
Director: Larry Peerce
Cop and a Half / Cop & ½ (1993)
Comedy | Crime | Family
Young Devon Butler (Norman D. Golden) is obsessed with being a cop. Whether he's memorizing lingo from Miami Vice or tailing "suspects" on the playground, this kid knows all the moves. And when Devon witnesses a murder, he's eager to share what he knows with the police – for a price. In exchange, Devon demands to be made a cop – complete with badge, handcuffs and cool shades. Saddled with a pint-sized squad car sidekick, hard-boiled detective Nick McKenna (Burt Reynolds) is not happy. But when the crooks come gunning for the boy, Nick and Devon become real partners as they race against time to bring the bad guys to justice.
Starring: Burt Reynolds, Bradley Pierce, Ruby Dee, Holland Taylor, Ray Sharkey, Frank Sivero
Director: Henry Winkler
Edge of the City (1957)
Drama
New York City longshoremen Nordmann an Army deserter & Tommy Tyler an easy-going freight car loader who's growing friendship is threatened by Charles Malik, notably repellent punk.
Starring: John Cassavetes, Sidney Poitier, Jack Warden, Kathleen Maguire, Ruby Dee, Val Avery
Director: Martin Ritt
Cat People (1982)
Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Romance | Thriller
A young woman's sexual awakening brings horror when she discovers her urges transform her into a monstrous black leopard.
Starring: Nastassja Kinski, John Heard, Malcolm McDowell, Annette O'Toole, Ruby Dee, Ed Begley Jr.
Director: Paul Schrader
A Simple Wish (1997)
Comedy | Fantasy | Family
Murray is a male fairy godmother, and he is trying to help 8-year-old Anabel to fulfil her "simple wish" – that her father Oliver, who is a cab driver, would win the leading role in a Broadway musical. Unfortunately, Murray's magic wand is broken and the fairies convention is threatened by evil witches Claudia and Boots.
Starring: Robert Pastorelli, Ruby Dee, Martin Short, Mara Wilson
Director: Michael Ritchie
