#99. Do the Right Thing (1989)
- Director: Spike Lee
- Stacker score: 89.6
- Metascore: 93
- IMDb user rating: 7.9
- Runtime: 120 minutes
On the hottest day of the summer in Brooklyn, already simmering racial tensions explode between the Black community and local Italian pizza shop owner Salvatore "Sal" Fragione (Danny Aiello) when a neighborhood local notices the shop's "wall of fame" doesn't showcase any Black men. "Do the Right Thing" is cited by some as one of the greatest films of all time and was the feature film debut for actors Rosie Perez and Martin Lawrence.
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