The best Ron O'Neal’s drama movies

Ron O'Neal

Ron O'Neal

01/09/1937- 14/01/2004
We present our ranking of the best Ron O'Neal’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Ron O'Neal.
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Red Dawn

Red Dawn
6.3/10
It is the dawn of World War III. In mid-western America, a group of teenagers band together to defend their town—and their country—from invading Soviet forces.

Super Fly

Super Fly
6.4/10
Priest (Ron O'Neal), a suave top-rung New York City drug dealer, decides that he wants to get out of his dangerous trade. Working with his reluctant friend, Eddie (Carl Lee), Priest devises a scheme that will allow him to make a big deal and then retire. When a desperate street dealer informs the police of Priest's activities, Priest is forced into an uncomfortable arrangement with corrupt narcotics officers. Setting his plan in motion, he aims to both leave the business and stick it to the man.

A Force of One

A Force of One
5.1/10
Karate champion Matt Logan is enlisted by the police to train officers in self-defense after narcotics agents are killed by an assailant using the martial arts.

Freedom Road

Freedom Road
5.7/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 29/10/1979
  • Character: Francis Cardoza
Muhammad Ali, in a rare acting role, plays Gideon Jackson, an ex-slave in 1870's Virginia who gets elected to the U.S. Senate in Washington D.C. and battles other former slaves and white sharecroppers to keep the land they tended all their lives.

Original Gangstas

Original Gangstas
5.7/10
A violent street gang, the Rebels, rule the streets of Gary, Indiana. The Rebels shoot Marvin Bookman, a store-keeper, for giving the police information about a drive-by shooting they committed. Marvin's son, former NFL star John who created the Rebels, returns to Gary to be with his father and, with a little help from his friends, to destroy the Rebels his way.

Brave New World

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

Brothers

Brothers
6.5/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 31/03/1977
  • Character: Walter Nance
Thinly disguised account of the relationship between radical black activist Angela Davis and Black Panther and prison inmate George Jackson, who was one of those killed in a failed 1971 prison breakout.

When a Stranger Calls

When a Stranger Calls
6.4/10
A psychopathic killer terrorizes a babysitter, then returns seven years later to menace her again.

Hero and the Terror

Hero and the Terror
5.2/10
Danny O'Brien is back in action fighting the notorious Simon Moon, also known as The Terror. Three years earlier O'Brien had single-handedly captured The Terror and was called Hero by the people of L.A. Now Simon has escaped and has started killing women again, and O'Brien is the only man who can stop him.

Mercenary Fighters

Mercenary Fighters
4.5/10
The president of an African country wants to boost his economy with a new dam. He ignores the protests of the tribes in the flooded region, so they declare rebellion. To avoid bad publicity, the president doesn't use his army, but hires four international mercenaries, who shall find tribes leader Kuruba and smother the protest. However after learning about the tribes motivation, the Vietnam veterans T.J. and Cliff realize how they're being used and reconsider.

The Organization

The Organization
6/10
After a group of young revolutionaries break into a company's corporate headquarters and steal $5,000,000 worth of heroin to keep it off the street, they call on San Francisco Police Lieutenant Virgil Tibbs for assistance.

The Master Gunfighter

The Master Gunfighter
4.5/10
Don Santiago (Richard Angarola) is a vicious man who helps provoke an Indian massacre that will allow him to steal the Indians' land and claim it as his own. However, his son-in-law, Finley (Tom Laughlin), is an expert hand with both guns and swords and will not allow him to push around the peace-loving Indians or fellow settlers of the West.

Zombie Death House

Zombie Death House
4.1/10
A renegade federal agent uses a new drug to create an army of unbeatable warriors.

As Summers Die

As Summers Die
6/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 18/05/1986
  • Character: Daniel Backus
Set in a sleepy Southern Louisiana town in 1959, a lawyer, searches for justice as he volunteers to help a black woman whose property is being threatened by the Holts, the first family of the town, after she refuses to sell her valuable land.

Playing with Fire

Playing with Fire
6.6/10
Gary Coleman stars as a teenage arsonist. The authorities, friends, and neighbors warn his absentee parents until it is too late.

The Hitter

The Hitter
5.6/10
An ex-professional boxer gets a new start when teaming up with an ageing hoodlum and an ex-call girl.

Up Against the Wall

Up Against the Wall
8.2/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 18/01/1991
  • Character: George Wilkes
A black teen from a Chicago housing project struggles to find acceptance after he transfers into a suburban high school.

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