Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "bedford-stuyvesant-brooklyn-new-york-city"

1. Do the Right Thing (1989)

R | 120 min | Comedy, Drama

8.0

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93 Metascore

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.

Director: Spike Lee | Stars: Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Richard Edson

Votes: 112,356 | Gross: $27.55M

2. The French Connection (1971)

R | 104 min | Action, Crime, Drama

7.7

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94 Metascore

A pair of NYPD detectives in the Narcotics Bureau stumble onto a heroin smuggling ring based in Marseilles, but stopping them and capturing their leaders proves an elusive goal.

Director: William Friedkin | Stars: Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider, Fernando Rey, Tony Lo Bianco

Votes: 135,602 | Gross: $15.63M

3. Malcolm X (1992)

PG-13 | 202 min | Biography, Drama, History

7.7

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73 Metascore

Biographical epic of the controversial and influential Black Nationalist leader, from his early life and career as a small-time gangster, to his ministry as a member of the Nation of Islam and his eventual assassination.

Director: Spike Lee | Stars: Denzel Washington, Angela Bassett, Delroy Lindo, Spike Lee

Votes: 101,990 | Gross: $48.17M

4. Summer of Sam (1999)

R | 142 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

6.7

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67 Metascore

Spike Lee's take on the "Son of Sam" murders in New York City during the summer of 1977 centering on the residents of an Italian-American Northeast Bronx neighborhood who live in fear and distrust of one another.

Director: Spike Lee | Stars: John Leguizamo, Adrien Brody, Mira Sorvino, Jennifer Esposito

Votes: 41,289 | Gross: $19.28M

5. Notorious (2009)

R | 122 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

6.7

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60 Metascore

The life and death story of The Notorious B.I.G. (a.k.a. Christopher Wallace), who came straight out of Brooklyn to take the world of rap music by storm.

Director: George Tillman Jr. | Stars: Jamal Woolard, Anthony Mackie, Derek Luke, Momo Dione

Votes: 46,047 | Gross: $36.84M

6. Clockers (1995)

R | 128 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

6.9

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71 Metascore

Young drug pushers in the projects of Brooklyn live hard dangerous lives, trapped between their drug bosses and the detectives out to stop them.

Director: Spike Lee | Stars: Harvey Keitel, John Turturro, Delroy Lindo, Mekhi Phifer

Votes: 23,517 | Gross: $13.04M

7. Crooklyn (1994)

PG-13 | 115 min | Comedy, Drama

7.0

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65 Metascore

Spike Lee's vibrant semi-autobiographical portrait of a school teacher, her stubborn jazz musician husband and their five kids living in Brooklyn in 1973.

Director: Spike Lee | Stars: Alfre Woodard, Delroy Lindo, David Patrick Kelly, Zelda Harris

Votes: 11,324 | Gross: $13.64M