Actor Rankings

Best Ossie Davis Movies Ranked

Explore the best Ossie Davis movies ranked by Movie Rankings users. Browse the available filmography, person profile, and linked movie pages for Ossie Davis.

What is the best Ossie Davis movie?

Movie Rankings is still collecting enough aggregate data to name a definitive best Ossie Davis movie.

How many Ossie Davis movies are ranked here?

This page tracks every ranked movie we currently have for Ossie Davis, and expands as more titles and comparisons are added.

How often do Ossie Davis rankings update?

These rankings refresh whenever Movie Rankings recomputes global results. This page was last generated from site data on May 4, 2026.

Sources & freshness

Last refreshed from site data on May 4, 2026.

TMDB biography data

Biography, portrait, department, and filmography metadata sourced from TMDB.

Movie Rankings comparisons

Community comparison results and ranked credits sourced from Movie Rankings users.

Ossie Davis Acting Filmography (100)

Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
2022·Self (archive footage)
The Peace!
2005·Self
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'
2005·Self
Unstoppable
2005·Self
Deacons for Defense
2005·Reverend 'Rev' Gregory
The History Makers: Success
2005·Self
Baadasssss!
2004·Granddad
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
2004·Self
Proud
2004·Lorenzo DuFau
She Hate Me
2004·Judge Buchanan
The Evolution of an American Filmmaker
2003·Self
The Tuskegee Airmen: They Fought Two Wars
2003·Narrator
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
2003·Himself
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2003
Bubba Ho-tep
2002·John F. "Jack" Kennedy
Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun'
2002·Self
Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco - The Fillmore
2001·Narrator
Feast of All Saints
2001·Jean-Jacques
The Legend of the Candy Cane
2001·Julius (voice)
Dinosaur
2000·Yar (voice)
Finding Buck McHenry
2000·Buck McHenry
Here's to Life!
2000·Duncan Cox
The Secret Path
1999·Too Tall
The Soul Collector
1999·Mordecai
Trans-Siberian Orchestra: The Ghosts of Christmas Eve
1999·Caretaker
A Vow to Cherish
1999·Alexander Billman
The Unfinished Journey
1999·Narrator (voice)
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
1999·Self
Doctor Dolittle
1998·Archer Dolittle
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
1998·Self
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
1998·Self
12 Angry Men
1997·Juror 2
Miss Evers' Boys
1997·Mr. Evers
4 Little Girls
1997·Self - Actor and Playwright
Jackie Robinson: Breaking Barriers
1997·Narrator
Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough
1997·Self
I'm Not Rappaport
1996·Midge Carter
Get on the Bus
1996·Jeremiah / 'Pop'
The Android Affair
1995·Dr. Winston
Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder
1995·Uncle Phil
Arthur Ashe: Citizen of the World
1994·Narrator
The Client
1994·Harry Roosevelt
Malcolm X: Make It Plain
1994·Self
Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice
1994·Uncle Phil
Goin' Back to T-Town
1993·Narrator
Grumpy Old Men
1993·Chuck
The Ernest Green Story
1993·Grandfather
Cop & ½
1993·Detective in Squad Room
Malcolm X
1992·Eulogy Performer (voice)
Gladiator
1992·Noah
Lincoln
1992·Frederick Douglas (voice)
The Real Malcolm X
1992
Jungle Fever
1991·Reverend Purify
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991·Self
Joe Versus the Volcano
1990·Marshall
The Red Shoes
1990
Do the Right Thing
1989·Da Mayor
Making 'Do the Right Thing'
1989·Self
School Daze
1988·Coach Odom
Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories
1986·Anansi the Spider (Sleepytime Songs and Stories) (voice)
Avenging Angel
1985·Capt. Harry Moradian
Tyler Texas Black Film Collection
1985·Himself
Harry & Son
1984·Raymond
The House of God
1984·Dr. Sanders
Marcus Garvey: Toward Black Nationhood
1984·Narrator
Death of a Prophet
1981
Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige
1981·Chuffy Russell
All God's Children
1980·Blaine Whitfield
Hot Stuff
1979·Captain John Geiberger
Freedom Road
1979·Narrator
Freedom Man
1979·Benjamin Banneker
Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid
1977·Dr. Fredericks
The Tenth Level
1976·Reed
Countdown at Kusini
1976·Ernest Motapo
Let's Do It Again
1975·Elder Johnson
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
1975·Narrator
Wattstax
1973·Self (uncredited)
Malcolm X
1972·Eulogy (voice)
The Sheriff
1971·James Lucas
Kongi's Harvest
1970·Narrator
Sam Whiskey
1969·Jed Hooker
Teacher, Teacher
1969·Charles Carter
Slaves
1969·Luke
The Fall
1969
Night Gallery
1969·Osmond Portifoy
The Scalphunters
1968·Joseph Lee
Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class
1968·Narrator
The Outsider
1967·Lt. Wagner
Black Liberation
1967·Narrator
Now is the Time
1967·Self
A Man Called Adam
1966·Nelson Davis
The Hill
1965·Jacko King
The Sun... the Sand... the Hill
1965·Jason King (archival footage)
Shock Treatment
1964·Capshaw
Gone Are the Days!
1963·Reverend Purlie Victorious Judson
The Cardinal
1963·Father Gillis
Hands of Inge
1962·Narrator (voice)
John Brown's Raid
1960·Dangerfield Newby
Fourteen Hours
1951·Cab Driver (uncredited)
No Way Out
1950·John Brooks (uncredited)