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Do the Right Thing

Turkish title: Doğruyu Seç

“It's the hottest day of the summer. You can do nothing, you can do something, or you can...”

1989 · 2 h
Directed by Spike Lee
ComedyDrama

Cast

Spike Lee Danny Aiello Ossie Davis Ruby Dee John Turturro

Credits

Written by: Spike Lee

Plot

On the hottest day of the summer, in a Brooklyn neighbourhood in Bedford–Stuyvesant, tension grows between the local residents and Sal's Famous Pizzeria, run by an Italian-American family. A disagreement over the pizzeria's wall of fame leads to a night of violence. Spike Lee's 1989 film, in which he also stars, is a vibrant, angry and funny portrait of racial tensions in America.

Sinekatalog’s take

Spike Lee sets a hot Brooklyn day on a collision course. Vibrant, funny and angry, it ends in violence that remains hard to read, which is the point of its lasting debate.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.9 / 10 (126,597 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.

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