Ossie Davis Movie Rankings
1
Ossie Davis scores a combined 3.3494 out of 4 stars for Malcolm X
3.3494
Chronicling the life of civil rights leader Malcolm X from childhood, through prison and Islamic enlightenment. ... more about Malcolm X
DVD from $4.60 
(6 sellers)
2
Ossie Davis scores a combined 3.2928 out of 4 stars for Do The Right Thing
3.2928
On one of the hottest days of the year, in a small neighborhood in Brooklyn, tempers rise with the heat and come to a boil as a local pizzeria owner's racial prejudice finally crosses the line. ... more about Do The Right Thing
Actor Awards
Image Awards - Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
DVD from $5.99 
(8 sellers)
3
Ossie Davis scores a combined 3.0413 out of 4 stars for How to Get the Man's Foot Outta Your Ass
3.0413
Melvin Van Peebles stunned the world for the first time, with his debut feature, The Story of a Three Day Pass. Filmed in France and selected as the French entry in the San Francisco Film Festival, Melvin's film was awarded the top prize. ... more about How to Get the Man's Foot Outta Your Ass
DVD from $2.24 
(5 sellers)
4
Ossie Davis scores a combined 3.0125 out of 4 stars for 4 Little Girls
3.0125
This film recounts the people and events leading up to the one of the most despicable hate-crimes during the height of the civil-rights movement, the bombing of the 16th Street Church in Birmingham, Alabama. ... more about 4 Little Girls
DVD from $8.14 
(6 sellers)
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Ossie Davis scores a combined 2.8943 out of 4 stars for Get on the Bus
2.8943
Get on the Bus follows several Black men on a cross country bus trip to the Million Man March. ... more about Get on the Bus
Actor Awards
Acapulco Black Film Festival - Best Actor
Image Awards - Outstanding Lead Actor in a Motion Picture
DVD from $4.21 
(6 sellers)
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Ossie Davis scores a combined 2.7610 out of 4 stars for School Daze
2.7610
In the South of the United States are taking place confrontations between two groups of students who have different ideas and are not able to accept the one of the oponent. ... more about School Daze
DVD from $3.89 
(6 sellers)
7
Ossie Davis scores a combined 2.6791 out of 4 stars for Jungle Fever
2.6791
A successful and married black man contemplates having an affair with a white girl from work. He's quite rightly worried that the racial difference would make an already taboo relationship even worse. ... more about Jungle Fever
DVD from $5.20 
(7 sellers)
8
Ossie Davis scores a combined 2.6680 out of 4 stars for Fourteen Hours
2.6680
A young man, morally destroyed by his parents not loving him and by the fear of being not capable to make his girlfriend happy, rises on the ledge of a building with the intention of committing suicide. ... more about Fourteen Hours
DVD from $6.25 
(4 sellers)
9
Ossie Davis scores a combined 2.6587 out of 4 stars for Joe Versus the Volcano
2.6587
Joe versus the Volcano is a fable which opens with somewhat surrealistic scenes of the dehumanization of Joe Bank's job and work environment (at a company whose product rather literally screws people) with imagery that seems to have been inspired by the ... more about Joe Versus the Volcano
DVD from $3.48 
(5 sellers)
10
Ossie Davis scores a combined 2.6378 out of 4 stars for Doctor Dolittle
2.6378
Dr. John Dolittle has the world in his hands: A beautiful wife at his side, two adorable daughters and a career that could not go better. One night, he nearly runs over a dog with his car. The dog yells "bonehead" and disappears. ... more about Doctor Dolittle
DVD from $0.30 
(8 sellers)
12
Ossie Davis scores a combined 2.6009 out of 4 stars for I'm Not Rappaport
2.6009
Old Nat Moyer is a talker, a philosopher, and a troublemaker with a fanciful imagination. His companion is Midge Carter, who is half-blind, but still the super of an apartment house. When he is threatened with retirement, Nat battles on his behalf. ... more about I'm Not Rappaport
DVD from $4.85 
(7 sellers)
13
Ossie Davis scores a combined 2.5159 out of 4 stars for Client
2.5159
A street-wise kid, Mark Sway, sees the suicide of Jerome Clifford, a prominent Louisiana lawyer, whose current client is Barry 'The Blade' Modano, a Mafia hitman. Before Jerome shoots himself, he tells Mark where the body of Senator Boyd Boyett is buried. ... more about Client
DVD from $2.15 
(8 sellers)
15
Ossie Davis scores a combined 2.3693 out of 4 stars for Grumpy Old Men
2.3693
John and Max are elderly men living next door to each other. They're continuously arguing and insulting each other, and have been this way for over 50 years. One day, Ariel, moves into the street. ... more about Grumpy Old Men
DVD from $1.25 
(8 sellers)
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Ossie Davis scores a combined 2.2938 out of 4 stars for Scalphunters
2.2938
Trapper Joe is on his way to the town with all of his gain of hides of the last winter. However a group of Indians stops him and takes all of his hides, leaving him the escaped slave Joseph instead. ... more about Scalphunters
Actor Awards
Golden Globes, USA - Best Supporting Actor
DVD from $5.99 
(6 sellers)
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Ossie Davis scores a combined 2.1447 out of 4 stars for She Hate Me
2.1447
Harvard-educated biotech executive John Henry Jack Armstrong gets fired when he informs on his bosses, launching an investigation into their business dealings by the Securities & Exchange Commission. ... more about She Hate Me
DVD from $5.99 
(5 sellers)
18
Ossie Davis scores a combined 2.0549 out of 4 stars for Dr. Dolittle
2.0549
Eddie Murphy stars as a veterinarian who talks to the animals and can hear them talk back. ... more about Dr. Dolittle
DVD from $3.00 
(6 sellers)
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Ossie Davis scores a combined 2.0045 out of 4 stars for Gladiator
2.0045
A story of two teenagers trapped in the world of illegal underground boxing. One is fighting to save his fathers life and using the money pay off gambling debts accumulated by his father. The second is fighting for the money to get out of the ghettos. ... more about Gladiator
DVD from $2.12 
(6 sellers)
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Ossie Davis scores a combined 1.8612 out of 4 stars for Hill
1.8612
WWII, in a British disciplinary camp located in the Libyan desert. Prisoners are persecuted by Staff Sergeant Williams, who made them climb again and again, under the heavy sun, an artificial hill built right in the middle of the camp. ... more about Hill
Not Available on DVD
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Ossie Davis scores a combined 1.7849 out of 4 stars for Let's Do It Again
1.7849
Clyde Williams and Billy Foster are a couple of blue-collar workers in Atlanta who have promised to raise funds for their fraternal order, the Brothers and Sisters of Shaka. ... more about Let's Do It Again
DVD from $5.28 
(6 sellers)
23
Ossie Davis scores a combined 1.6785 out of 4 stars for Avenging Angel
1.6785
Molly, former baby prostitute "Angel" from Sunset Boulevard, has managed to leave her street life with help of Lt. Andrews. She studies law at an university and aims to become attorney. ... more about Avenging Angel
DVD from $24.30 
(0 sellers)
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Ossie Davis scores a combined 1.2876 out of 4 stars for Voice of the Voiceless
1.2876
A documentary presenting the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal, an award-winning journalist on death row, whose conviction for murder has inspired a worldwide appeal for a new trial. ... more about Voice of the Voiceless
Not Available on DVD
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Ossie Davis scores a combined 1.1735 out of 4 stars for Gospel According to Mr. Allen
1.1735
When James Allen opened the Addicts Rehabilitation Center in Harlem it was New York State's first residential treatment center for people without money. ... more about Gospel According to Mr. Allen
Not Available on DVD
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Ossie Davis scores a combined 1.0909 out of 4 stars for Hot Stuff
1.0909
Three cops try to set up a sting by establishing their own Fencing operation. ... more about Hot Stuff
Not Available on DVD
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Ossie Davis scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Gone Are the Days!
0.0001
A young, idealistic man returns home to the plantation where he grew up in servitude. With him, he brings his fiance, Lutiebelle, in hopes of convincing the plantation owner that she is really his cousin in order to secure the family inheritance. ... more about Gone Are the Days!
Not Available on DVD
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Ossie Davis scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Here's to Life!
0.0001
Owen is the head administrator of an old age home in Washington. One day, a resident discovers he is cheating on his taxes, and orders that Owen takes him and two others on a road trip to British Columbia. ... more about Here's to Life!
Not Available on DVD
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Ossie Davis scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for House of God
0.0001
Follow a group of interns in a large teaching hospital. When Jo, Chief Resident, has a breakdown the interns are reluctantly placed under the tutelage of the senior resident known as The Fatman. Like "M*A*S*H," "The Hospital" and "St. ... more about House of God
Not Available on DVD
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Ossie Davis scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Sam Whiskey
0.0001
Sam Whiskey is an all-round talent, but when the attractive widow Laura offers him a job, he hesitates: he shall salvage gold bars, which Laura's dead husband stole recently, from a sunken ship and secretly bring them back to the mint before they are ... more about Sam Whiskey
DVD from $3.00 
(5 sellers)
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Ossie Davis scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Slaves
0.0001
Not Available on DVD
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Ossie Davis scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Harry & Son
0.0001
Not Available on DVD
 
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Ossie Davis
Birthdate:
December 18, 1917
Death date:
February 4, 2005

Ossie Davis

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Career Span:

Decade
# Movies
Movie Score
1950s
1
total ranking of 1.3346  1.3346
1960s
8
total ranking of 1.8079  1.8079
1970s
3
total ranking of 0.5206  0.5206
1980s
6
total ranking of 1.4749  1.4749
1990s
14
total ranking of 2.6411  2.6411
2000s
9
total ranking of 1.7359  1.7359
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews & awards.
Overall Actor Score:
2.2732
Ossie Davis is ranked overall as 2.2732 of of 4 stars
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