# Do the Right Thing (1989)

**Genres:** Comedy, Crime, Drama

**Duration:** 120 min

**Age rating:** FSK 12

**IMDb:** [8.0](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097216/)

**Letterboxd:** [4.4](https://letterboxd.com/film/do-the-right-thing/)

**Rotten Tomatoes:** [Tomatometer: 92%, Popcornmeter: 89%](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/do_the_right_thing)

## Description

On the hottest day of the year on a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, everyone's hate and bigotry smolders and builds until it explodes into violence.

## Details

**Premiere:** 13 Jul 1989

**Director:** Spike Lee

**Cast:** Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Richard Edson, Giancarlo Esposito, Spike Lee, Bill Nunn, John Turturro, Paul Benjamin, Frankie Faison, Robin Harris, Joie Lee

**Countries:** United States

**Languages:** English, Italian, Spanish, Korean

**Available versions:** OV

**Open-air showtimes:** No

**Trailer:** [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVAD4fYRcvA)

## Showtimes in Cologne in original language (OV, OmU, OmeU)

### 2026-09-16 (Wednesday)

- **[Lichtspiele Kalk](https://cologne.ov-berlin.info/cinemas/323-lichtspiele-kalk.md) (Kalk):** [2026-09-16 17:00](https://www.kinoheld.de/kino/koeln/lichtspiele-koeln-kalk/vorstellung/3644711804)  (OV)