67 Ossie Davis Movies, Ranked Best to Worst

Sergeant Major Roberts along with four more British soldiers are sent to a detention camp. The brutal Staff Sergeant Williams orders the convicts to keep on climbing a man-made hill in the scorching desert heat as their punishment. The new detainees have full sympathy of Staff Sergeant Harris, but he can only be a silent spectator of the sadistic extremes that William adopts.

Sal Fragione, owner of a pizzeria in Brooklyn, thinks of his eatery as a part of the community. Local customer Buggin’ Out objects that pictures of only Italian-Americans are displayed on pizzeria’s wall of fame, but being an African-American neighborhood, the wall should have black celebrities. As Sal differs, tensions over racism escalate and on one hot summer day, the frustrations explode.

An actor is hired to locate one million dollars in stolen loot which is hidden in an insane asylum. Therefore he fakes an insanity to enter the asylum and look for it.  

Gone are the Days! is a comedy drama film which tells the story of a self-ordained Reverend Judson, who returns to his hometown to build an integrated church. However, he is short of funds. Therefore, he asks his fiancée to masquerade as his dead cousin, hoping to gain access to her unclaimed inheritance.

In this documentary film, Mario Van Peebles pays homage to his father Melvin Van Peeble’s 1971 film "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song."

A Vietnam veteran finds out that drug dealers and pimps have invaded his once-peaceful neighborhood. It turns out that his wife is also one of the victims, as she died from an overdose. Therefore, along with some of his former comrades, he wages a guerilla war against the criminals.

The film revolves around Elvis Presley and a black John F Kennedy, who are staying in a nursing home, where suddenly an Egyptian mummy appears and begin draining out the souls of old people. The two unite and decide to fight back. 

With an aim to apprehend criminals, three Miami cops set up a fencing operation and try to record the details from the burglars as they bring in the stolen stuff. As their superiors don’t support their idea, the cops try to run their business by re-selling the stolen goods. Before long, the local kingpin finds out and sends his goons after them.  

Two former best friends, Max and John, who are now rivals, live in the same neighborhood. Their rivalry escalates even further, when a woman moves into the house across the street and they both start to like her. 

A Man Called Adam is a musical drama film, which tells the story of Adam Johnson, a talented jazz musician. However, he is suffering from alcoholism and guilt, due to the fact that his family died in a car accident, for which he blames himself.

The Client is a 1994 legal thriller film, which tells the story of a young boy who witnesses the suicide of a lawyer, and also has information regarding the disappearance of a politician. He hires a lawyer for protection when the District Attorney tries to use him to take down the mobsters. 

A group of African-American men on the way Washington DC develop a unique bond on the bus, after sharing their stories and experiences.

The Joe Louis Story is a biographical sports drama film which tells the story of a young boy Joe, who gives up on the violin, and begins boxing. Within a few years, he manages to become the Golden Gloves Champion. Over the years, he finds success and gains a string of victories. However, due to racial tensions, he begins to face struggles.  

Gladiator is an action sports drama film which tells the story of Tommy, a young boy, who moves to Chicago, along with his father. He soon steps into the world of underground boxing, in order to pay off gambling debts accumulated by his father. He soon meets another boy who is also fighting in order to get money to move out of the ghetto. The two boys become friends, as they are both being exploited by a boxing promoter.

Seduced by the charming young widow Laura Breckenridge and her money, former gambler Sam Whiskey, agrees to take on a dangerous mission with his two companions. They are to dive to the bottom of Colorado's Platte River to recover gold bars stolen by her dead husband and return those discreetly to the Denver Mint without raising suspicion.

Jungle Fever is a romantic drama film which tells the story of Flipper, an African American lawyer who begins an affair with his secretary. His wife throws him out of the house, when she comes to know about this. Soon he decides to begin courting his mistress, although other people don’t approve of this.

After the chief resident of a teaching hospital suffers a breakdown, the young doctors are guided by a senior resident, who is a cynic.

School Daze is a musical comedy drama film which takes us to a college in the South of the United States, and revolves around two groups of students having different ideas and beliefs, which lead to various conflicts among them.

Joe Banks, a hypochondriac tired of his dreary job, learns that he has only few days to live. Quitting his job, he accepts an offer to jump in a Pacific Island volcano as per the superstition of the natives. Traveling aboard a yacht, he falls for Captain Patricia as they survive adversities together. But can he forget his commitment to the volcano?

Dr. Doolittle, a noted surgeon, hits his head on the windshield while swerving his car to avoid running over a dog. It triggers in him a long dormant gift, enabling him to understand what animals and birds are saying and communicate with them. Although initially skeptical, he finally learns to appreciate his gifts and starts treating both animals and humans. 

Cassy and Luke are two black slaves who are sold to a sadistic plantation owner named MacKay. They soon decide to fight for their freedom, and MacKay’s mistress eventually decide to join them.  

John Henry is a biotech executive who is terminated from his job for exposing corruption in the business practices. He soon agrees to impregnate his ex-fiancée along with few other wealthy lesbian women for money.

This comedy crime film tells the story of an eight year old boy named Devon, who dreams of becoming a cop, as he has watched a lot of detective and police procedural shows. One day, he witnesses a murder. The cops want more information from him, but he refuses, unless they agree to make him a cop.

The movie is a dramatization of different events of the life of controversial African-American icon, Malcolm X. The film focuses on his early criminal endeavors, his imprisonment, his conversion to Islam, his joining and leaving the Nation of Islam, his marriage, his experiences with racial violence against blacks, his fight for racial unity and his assassination.

Dinosaur is an animated comedy film, which tells the story of a family of lemurs who raise an orphaned dinosaur. However, meteors ruin their green paradise, after which along with other herbivores, they try to find a home.