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To Sleep with Anger (1990)

PG ★ 6.8/10 102 min Drama United States English
Director: Charles Burnett
Writer: Charles Burnett
Streaming: Not available
When Harry comes to town, he brings good times, bad times… And a lot of trouble!

Description

An enigmatic drifter from the South comes to visit an old acquaintance who now lives in South-Central LA.

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Top Cast

Danny Glover
Danny Glover Harry
Paul Butler
Paul Butler Gideon
Mary Alice
Mary Alice Suzie
Richard Brooks
Richard Brooks Samuel “Baby Brother”
Carl Lumbly
Carl Lumbly Junior
Sheryl Lee Ralph
Sheryl Lee Ralph Linda
Vonetta McGee
Vonetta McGee Pat
Ethel Ayler
Ethel Ayler Hattie

To Sleep with Anger Appears on 9 Curated Movie Lists

Canon Institutions

Criterion Collection
Criterion Collection #958
National Film Registry
National Film Registry #751

Critic Curated

Indiewire's 100 Best Movies Of The 1990s
IndieWire #47
Rolling Stone - 100 Greatest 90S Films
Rolling Stone #47
Slates The New Black Film Canon The 75 Greatest
Slate Magazine #26

Identity Theme

Black Directors The Official Top 100 Narrative
Letterboxd #40

Movements

L.A. Rebellion
CinemaWaves Blog #04

Temporal Era Sets

100 Maverick Movies in the Last 100 Years by Rolling Stone Magazine
FilmSite.org #87
90 Great Films Of The 1990s
British Film Institute #06

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