The best Dick Anthony Williams’s movies

Dick Anthony Williams

Dick Anthony Williams

09/08/1934- 16/02/2012
Today we present the best Dick Anthony Williams’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Dick Anthony Williams’s movies.
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Edward Scissorhands

Edward Scissorhands
7.9/10
A small suburban town receives a visit from a castaway unfinished science experiment named Edward.

Blood and Bone

Blood and Bone
6.7/10
In Los Angeles, an ex-con takes the underground fighting world by storm in his quest to fulfill a promise to a dead friend.

Dog Day Afternoon

Dog Day Afternoon
8/10
Based on the true story of would-be Brooklyn bank robbers John Wojtowicz and Salvatore Naturale. Sonny and Sal attempt a bank heist which quickly turns sour and escalates into a hostage situation and stand-off with the police. As Sonny's motives for the robbery are slowly revealed and things become more complicated, the heist turns into a media circus.

The Jerk

The Jerk
7.1/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 14/12/1979
  • Character: Taj
After discovering he's not really black like the rest of his family, likable dimwit Navin Johnson runs off on a hilarious misadventure in this comedy classic that takes him from rags to riches and back to rags again. The slaphappy jerk strikes it rich, but life in the fast lane isn't all it's cracked up to be and, in the end, all that really matters to Johnson is his true love.

The Deep

The Deep
6.2/10
A pair of young vacationers are involved in a dangerous conflict with treasure hunters when they discover a way into a deadly wreck in Bermuda waters.

The Rapture

The Rapture
6.3/10
A lonely telephone operator leading an empty, amoral life finds God — only to have her faith continually tested in ways beyond what she could have imagined.

Mo' Better Blues

Mo' Better Blues
6.7/10
Opens with Bleek as a child learning to play the trumpet, his friends want him to come out and play but mother insists he finish his lessons. Bleek grows into adulthood and forms his own band - The Bleek Gilliam Quartet. The story of Bleek's and Shadow's friendly rivalry on stage which spills into their professional relationship and threatens to tear apart the quartet.

The Players Club

The Players Club
5.8/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 08/04/1998
  • Character: Mr. Armstrong
Single mother Diana struggles to provide for her child and pay for her college education. When she meets two dancers from a nearby gentlemen's club, Diana's convinced there's fast money to be made stripping.

Gardens of Stone

Gardens of Stone
6.4/10
  • Genre: DramaHistory
  • Release: 05/05/1987
  • Character: Slasher Williams
A sergeant must deal with his desires to save the lives of young soldiers being sent to Vietnam. Continuously denied the chance to teach the soldiers about his experiences, he settles for trying to help the son of an old army buddy.

The Star Chamber

The Star Chamber
6.3/10
  • Genre: DramaThriller
  • Release: 05/08/1983
  • Character: Detective Paul Mackey
As violence escalates in Los Angeles and heinous murders are committed, Steven Hardin, a young judge of the California Supreme Court, must struggle with his tortured conscience and growing despair as he watches helplessly as the ruthless criminals brought before his court go free because clever lawyers find obscure loopholes in the law.

Grizzly II: Revenge

Grizzly II: Revenge
2.7/10
All hell breaks loose when a giant grizzly, reacting to the slaughter of her cubs by poachers, attacks a massive rock concert in the National Park. [This sequel to "Grizzly" (1976) was left unfinished after production wrapped prematurely in 1983, and was not officially released until 2020, though a bootleg workprint version had been in circulation for some years prior to this.]

Summer Rental

Summer Rental
6.3/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 09/08/1985
  • Character: Dan Gardner
Jack Chester, an overworked air traffic controller, takes his family on vacation to the beach. Things immediately start to go wrong for the Chesters, and steadily get worse. Jack ends up in a feud with a local yachtsman, and has to race him to regain his pride and family's respect.

Deadly Hero

Deadly Hero
5.7/10
Officer Lacy is an 18-year veteran of the New York Police Department who finds himself demoted from detective back to patrol duty for his violent tendencies and trigger-happy behavior.

The Anderson Tapes

The Anderson Tapes
6.4/10
Thief Duke Anderson—just released from ten years in jail—takes up with his old girlfriend in her posh apartment block, and makes plans to rob the entire building. What he doesn't know is that his every move is being recorded on audio and video, although he is not the subject of any surveillance.

Tap

Tap
6.5/10
  • Genre: DramaMusic
  • Release: 12/02/1989
  • Character: Francis
Max Washington has just been released from prison after serving time for burglary. He returns to his old hangout, a hoofer club. His old girl friend, Amy, who still works at the club as a Tap instructor, is less than thrilled to see him. Her father, Little Mo, is happy to see him, because he has plans for a show involving Max. In addition, Max's old partners in crime have another job for him.

The Mack

The Mack
6.6/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 04/04/1973
  • Character: Pretty Tony (as Dick Williams)
Goldie returns from five years at the state pen and winds up king of the pimping game. Trouble comes in the form of two corrupt white cops and a crime lord who wants him to return to the small time.

Brave New World

Brave New World
6.6/10
An acclaimed TV miniseries based on the classic sci-fi novel.

Uptight

Uptight
7.3/10
Black militants building up an arsenal of weapons in preparation for a race war are betrayed by one of their own.

Steam

Steam
5.3/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 15/11/2007
  • Character: August
Three women — a young coed, a forty-something single mother, and one a senior-aged widow — meet in the sauna of the local gym, where they gradually get to know one another and bond over their respective trials and tribulations.

The Night the City Screamed

The Night the City Screamed
5.8/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 14/12/1980
  • Character: Jim Downs
A massive blackout plunges an American city into a night of terror.

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