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Ruby Dee

Actor · 63 credits · 15 in highly-rated films

Best known for Do the Right Thing (1989)

Frequent collaborators: Ossie Davis, Sidney Poitier, Bill Nunn, Giancarlo Esposito, Spike Lee

Movies (63 total, ranked by score)

  1. Go Man Go

    1954 · ★ 5.4 (5 votes)

    Drama

    31

  2. Tuesday Morning Ride

    1995 · ★ 6.3 (3 votes)

    32

  3. Easy to Get

    1947

    Documentary

    33

  4. Long Day's Journey Into Night

    1982 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Drama

    34

  5. Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal

    2013 · ★ 10.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    35

  6. Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson

    2007

    36

  7. No. 2

    2006 · ★ 6.5 (4 votes)

    Comedy, Drama

    37

  8. Beah: A Black Woman Speaks

    2004

    Documentary

    38

  9. The Unfinished Journey

    1999 · ★ 6.5 (4 votes)

    Documentary, History

    39

  10. Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years

    1999 · ★ 7.5 (4 votes)

    History, Drama, TV Movie

    40

  11. The Sheriff

    1971 · ★ 6.0 (7 votes)

    TV Movie, Drama, Crime

    41

  12. Mr. and Mrs. Loving

    1996 · ★ 5.6 (7 votes)

    Romance, Drama, TV Movie

    42

  13. Passing Glory

    1999 · ★ 6.0 (5 votes)

    Drama, TV Movie

    43

  14. That Man of Mine

    1946 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)

    Music

    44

  15. Jazztime Tale

    1991

    Animation, Family

    45

  16. A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School

    2009 · ★ 7.3 (3 votes)

    Documentary, Family, History

    46

  17. Discovering William Greaves

    2006 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    47

  18. Captive Heart: The James Mink Story

    1996 · ★ 3.8 (3 votes)

    Drama, TV Movie

    48

  19. The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six

    1980

    Documentary

    49

  20. The Fight Never Ends

    1948 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)

    Crime, Drama

    50

  21. Chelsea D.H.O.

    1973

    51

  22. What a Guy

    1948 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    Comedy

    52

  23. The Balcony

    1963 · ★ 5.2 (18 votes)

    Drama, Comedy, Fantasy

    53

  24. Cop & ½

    1993 · ★ 4.6 (166 votes)

    Action, Comedy, Family

    54

  25. Baby Geniuses

    1999 · ★ 4.1 (420 votes)

    Science Fiction, Comedy, Family

    55

  26. Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun'

    2002

    Documentary

    56

  27. Poitier's Walter Lee

    2018

    Documentary

    57

  28. Neighbours

    1966

    58

  29. Love in Syncopation

    1946

    Comedy, Music

    59

  30. On Merit

    1972

    60

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.