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Do the Right Thing

1989·2h ·R
DramaComedy
IMDb Rating
★ 7.9/10
124,571 votes
Metascore
93
Metacritic

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.

Do the Right Thing is a 1989 drama comedy movie directed by Spike Lee, starring Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee. It holds an IMDb rating of 7.9/10 from 124,571 votes and runs 2h .

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Director
Spike Lee
Stars
Danny Aiello
Ossie Davis
Ruby Dee
Richard Edson
Creators
Spike Lee
Details
1989-07-21
120 min
Movie
R
★ United States
★ English, Italian, Korean, Spanish
Keywords
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