List of the best Yaphet Kotto movies: The Monkey Hustle(1976), Truck Turner(1974), Live and Let Die(1973), Eye of the Tiger(1986), Friday Foster(1975), Midnight Run(1988), Warning Sign(1985), The Park Is Mine(1985), Dead Badge(1994), The Jigsaw Murders(1989), A Whisper to a Scream(1988), Witless Protection(2008) ... ...
6.6/10
Action
USA
1976
90 Minutes
Daddy Foxx
Yaphet Kotto Rudy Ray Moore Rosalind Cash Kirk Calloway Thomas Carter Donn Harper Lynn Caridine
hustler protégé rival store owner cop drummer amusing spirited chicago party gym nightclub neighborhood con game unlikely allies community construction social injustice father figure underdog
Tom Logan is a horse thief. Rancher David Braxton has horses, and a daughter, worth stealing. But Braxton has just hired Lee Clayton, an infamous "regulator", to hunt down the horse thieves; one at a time.
7.0/10
Action
USA
1974
91 Minutes
Harvard Blue
Isaac Hayes Yaphet Kotto Alan Weeks Annazette Chase Sam Laws Nichelle Nichols Scatman Crothers Paul Harris Earl Maynard Annik Borel
bounty hunter pimp madam prostitute assassin partner cool unrestrained gutsy brash los angeles estate bar roof pool vengeance prostitution on the run accidental death contract killing
Blaxploitation film about a former professional football player who becomes a bounty hunter in Los Angeles.
6.8/10
Action
UK
1973
121 Minutes
Roger Moore Yaphet Kotto Jane Seymour Clifton James Geoffrey Holder Bernard Lee Lois Maxwell Julius Harris
secret agent dictator drug lord tarot card reader henchman assassin thrilling intense amusing new york city louisiana backwoods forest big city investigation murder corruption drug trafficking voodoo espionage
James Bond is sent to stop a diabolically brilliant heroin magnate armed with a complex organisation and a reliable psychic tarot card reader.
5.8/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1986
92 Minutes
Gary Busey Yaphet Kotto Seymour Cassel Bert Remsen William Smith Kimberlin Brown Denise Galik Judith Barsi Eric Bolles Joe Brooks Douglas Dirkson
ex-convict vietnam vet wife daughter biker sheriff brutal tense small town household road crime corruption biker gang vigilantism kidnapping father/daughter relationship revenge rescue underdog
Returning home from prison, a Vietnam War veteran sets out to clean up his hometown which has come under the control of a violent motorcycle gang.
Crime, Drama
1975
90 Minutes
Pam Grier Yaphet Kotto Godfrey Cambridge Thalmus Rasulala Eartha Kitt Jim Backus Scatman Crothers Ted Lange Tierre Turner Paul Benjamin
photographer assassin private investigator billionaire friend boss thrilling tense los angeles airport office fashion show assassination racism conspiracy murder investigation politics mystery underdog
Photographer Friday Foster travels to an airport to capture a few shots of the richest black man in the United States. As she takes pictures, she witnesses an assassination attempt on her subject and becomes a target of the assassins.
7.5/10
Comedy, Action
USA
1988
122 Minutes
Alonzo Mosely
Robert De Niro Charles Grodin Yaphet Kotto John Ashton Dennis Farina Joe Pantoliano Wendy Phillips Richard Foronjy
ex-cop bounty hunter prisoner fbi agent mobster accountant witty gritty new york city arizona los angeles car road trip embezzlement chases organized crime pursuit transformation 1980s
An accountant is chased by bounty hunters, the F.B.I., and the Mafia after jumping bail.
6.2/10
Horror
USA
1985
100 Minutes
Major Connolly
Sam Waterston Kathleen Quinlan Yaphet Kotto Jeffrey DeMunn Richard Dysart G.W. Bailey Jerry Hardin Rick Rossovich Cynthia Carle Scott Paulin Keith Szarabajka
A woman working as a security guard in an agricultural research facility finds herself and her co-worker Schmidt fighting to survive against their former friends.
6.1/10
Drama
USA
1985
106 Minutes
Eubanks
Tommy Lee Jones Helen Shaver Yaphet Kotto Lawrence Dane Peter Dvorsky Eric Peterson Gale Garnett Denis Simpson
vietnam vet thrilling passionate new york city vietnam war underdog pursuit
A United States Navy destroyer escort participates in a Navy "invisibility" experiment that inadvertently sends two sailors forty years into the future.
5.2/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1994
95 Minutes
Captain Hunt
Brian Wimmer M. Emmet Walsh Yaphet Kotto James Sikking Olympia Dukakis Marta Du Bois
A clean cop gets assigned to a corrupt precinct, leaving him with two options: either give in or be next in line to have an "accident" wearing that badge.
5.0/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1989
97 Minutes
Doctor Fillmore
Chad Everett Michelle Johnson Yaphet Kotto Michael Sabatino
A dedicated middle-aged cop must find the serial killer that preys on erotic models before his estranged daughter who's also in the photo shoot business becomes the killer's next victim.
4.1/10
Horror
Canada|South Africa
1988
96 Minutes
Jules Tallard
Nadia Capone Silvio Oliviero Yaphet Kotto Lawrence Bayne Michael Lebovic Denise Ryan Soo Garay
A young girl who became frustrated in her desire to become an actress starts to work for a telephone-sex company. There she meets a fascinating man who has an obsession for music related ... See full summary »
3.3/10
Comedy
USA
2008
97 Minutes
Alonzo Moseley
Larry the Cable Guy Ivana Milicevic Yaphet Kotto Peter Stormare Eric Roberts Joe Mantegna Jenny McCarthy Sean Bridgers
deputy beautiful woman fbi agent witness criminal sheriff amusing brash playful small town chicago courtroom car diner misunderstanding kidnapping scandal witness protection attempted murder corruption
When a small-town sheriff witnesses what he believes to be an attempted kidnapping, his effort to save the beautiful damsel in distress sets him down a wild path of comic mishap.
Drama
1990
96 Minutes
William McElroy
Rue McClanahan Scott Valentine Yaphet Kotto Jack Scalia Richard Anthony Crenna Jr.
victim fireman paramedic police officer city official young man tense inspiring melodramatic san francisco highway parking garage car earthquakes heroism injury disaster rescue sacrifice escape
Actual earthquake footage highlights this account of the heroes and survivors of the 1989 San Francisco earthquake.
6.7/10
Sci-Fi, Action
USA
1987
101 Minutes
William Laughlin
Arnold Schwarzenegger Maria Conchita Alonso Richard Dawson Yaphet Kotto Jim Brown Jesse Ventura Mick Fleetwood Dweezil Zappa Charlie Phillips Gus Rethwisch
cop contestant host prisoner stalker killer thrilling intense dark bleak amusing outlandish los angeles labor camp shantytown apartment television studio abandoned building wrongful conviction massacre
In a dystopian America, a falsely convicted policeman gets his shot at freedom when he must forcibly participate in a TV game show where convicts, runners, must battle killers for their freedom.
6.1/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1982
98 Minutes
Ivanhoe Washington
Tom Skerritt Patti LuPone Michael Sarrazin Yaphet Kotto David Rasche Donna DeVarona Gina DeAngelis Jonathan Adam Sherman Pat Cooper
It's a hard crime story about a Philadelphia shop owner who has enough of the criminals' violences and ravages. He organizes a patrol of civil people. It all starts to go wrong because his ... See full summary »
5.5/10
Action
USA
1993
96 Minutes
Larson
Lou Diamond Phillips Scott Glenn Chelsea Field Yaphet Kotto Ed Lauter Andrew Divoff Bill Lucking
detective vigilante partner thrilling los angeles justice revenge secret pursuit
A rogue cop joins an elite L.A.P.D. unit who secretly operate as a vigilante death squad, but soon begins to question their methods.
5.3/10
Romance
USA
1996
96 Minutes
FBI Agent O'Malley
Denis Leary Sandra Bullock Stephen Dillane Yaphet Kotto Wayne Robson Jonathan Tucker Mike Starr Michael Badalucco Lenny Clarke John Friesen
thief girlfriend crime boss fbi agent neighbor cashier amusing lighthearted madcap new england island mansion rhode island beach art theft class distinctions relationships police work fitting in love
A couple steals a Matisse painting on contract. They manage to escape the police. The sale takes place 4 days later on an island. Things don't go as planned.
4.2/10
Action
USA
1989
95 Minutes
Mr. Whiteside
Ned Beatty George Kennedy Apollonia Kotero Yaphet Kotto Robert Miano Joey Peters Daniel Radell Meg Register Maria Richwine John Schneider James Tolkan
A Minister's family is killed by Arab terrorists, and he takes revenge.
5.6/10
Drama
USA
1997
95 Minutes
Judge Williams
E.G. Marshall Martha Plimpton Beau Bridges John Larroquette Yaphet Kotto Mark Blum Roma Maffia
"If you like THE SOPRANOS, you'll love THE DELI" - The Phantom of the Movies From director John Gallagher, THE DELI is an enchanting slice-of-life comedy about a hard luck gambler who gets ... See full summary »
5.1/10
Drama
USA
1992
99 Minutes
Terry
Michael Madsen Lynette Walden Garrett Morris Gale Mayron Yaphet Kotto Ed Battle
The young jazz saxophonist Morris Poole is at the height of his career. When his wife dies he is almost overcome by grief and blames himself. When after a while he finds a new love, he ends... See full summary »
7.0/10
Romance, Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
1968
102 Minutes
Carl
Steve McQueen Faye Dunaway Paul Burke Jack Weston Biff McGuire Yaphet Kotto Addison Powell Astrid Heeren
millionaire investigator bank robber getaway driver detective love interest crafty cool engaging gripping suspenseful emotional boston mansion beach geneva cemetery city heist romance
A debonair, adventuresome bank executive believes he has pulled off the perfect multi-million dollar heist, only to match wits with a sexy insurance investigator who will do anything to get her man.
5.9/10
Sci-Fi
USA
1994
108 Minutes
Ressler
Donald Sutherland Eric Thal Julie Warner Will Patton Richard Belzer Yaphet Kotto Tom Mason Gerry Bamman
alien creature federal agent biologist father son tense creepy iowa small town spacecraft race against time mind control alien invasion investigation aliens quest discovery rivalry metamorphosis
The Earth is invaded by stingray-shaped alien "slugs" that ride on people's backs and control their minds.
8.4/10
Sci-Fi, Horror
UK|USA
1979
117 Minutes
Chief Engineer J.T. Parker
Tom Skerritt Sigourney Weaver John Hurt Veronica Cartwright Harry Dean Stanton Ian Holm Yaphet Kotto Helen Horton
explorer android alien chilling dark suspenseful thrilling space station spaceship planet lv-426 aliens corporate espionage scientific experiments escape 22nd century
After a space merchant vessel receives an unknown transmission as a distress call, one of the crew is attacked by a mysterious life form and they soon realize that its life cycle has merely begun.
8.0/10
Drama
USA
1964
92 Minutes
Jocko
Ivan Dixon Abbey Lincoln Gloria Foster Julius Harris Martin Priest Leonard Parker Yaphet Kotto Stanley Greene Helen Lounck Helene Arrindell Milton Williams
man teacher father boss preacher friend gripping emotional alabama church bar marginalization racism marriage disillusionment discovery love sacrifice 1960s
A black man and his school-teacher wife face discriminatory challenges in 1960s America.
6.8/10
Drama
USA
1970
101 Minutes
Sonny Boy Mosby
Lee J. Cobb Anthony Zerbe Roscoe Lee Browne Lola Falana Lee Majors Barbara Hershey Yaphet Kotto Chill Wills
A gloomy vision of the possibility of decent relations between whites and blacks anywhere, including the South. Undertaker L.B. Jones, the richest black man in his county of Tennessee, is ... See full summary »
4.9/10
Horror
USA
1991
90 Minutes
Doc
Robert Englund Lisa Zane Shon Greenblatt Lezlie Deane Ricky Dean Logan Breckin Meyer Yaphet Kotto Elinor Donahue Roseanne Arnold Tom Arnold Alice Cooper
freddy krueger daughter therapist teenager troubled youth murder victim gory frightful ohio small town youth center high school orphanage elm street nightmares gruesome murder father/daughter relationship showdown child murder demons
Dream-haunting Freddy Krueger returns once again to prowl the nightmares of Springwood's last surviving teenager, and of a woman whose personal connection to Krueger may mean his doom.
Crime, Drama
1995
105 Minutes
Quincy
LL Cool J Victoria Dillard Howard Hesseman Ramy Zada Aries Spears Don Yesso Yaphet Kotto
A Los Angeles DJ (LL Cool J) in debt to bookies falls for the girlfriend of a drug dealer he is watching for the police.
4.3/10
Action
USA
1991
91 Minutes
Police Lieutenant
Brad Davis Kim Delaney Jan-Michael Vincent Ken Foree Lee de Broux George Kennedy James Tolkan Yaphet Kotto Blake Conway Lyle Alzado Lou Ferrigno
national guardsman colonel criminal hostage wife sheriff gritty spectacular wild mexico small town new mexico prison hostage situation prison break secret mission kidnapping showdown crime spree rescue
A town has been taken hostage. Who will win the battle? Only the mighty will survive.
Drama
1977
150 Minutes
President Idi Amin - Jr.
Peter Finch Martin Balsam Horst Buchholz Charles Bronson John Saxon Jack Warden Sylvia Sidney Yaphet Kotto Robert Loggia James Woods Dinah Manoff
commando hostage terrorist government official yitzhak rabin passenger intense suspenseful airplane airport uganda israel terrorism stand-off hijacking commando assault israeli-palestinian conflict quest rescue 1970s
Israeli commandos raid Uganda's airport in 1976 to free hostages from Palestinian-terrorist hijackers.
Western
1968
103 Minutes
Little George
Dean Martin Robert Mitchum Inger Stevens Roddy McDowall Katherine Justice John Anderson Ruth Springford Yaphet Kotto Denver Pyle Bill Fletcher Whit Bissell
preacher gambler unrestrained thrilling suspenseful sultry spirited gutsy wild west town gambling murder investigation cheating revenge pursuit 1880s
An 1880s gambler (Dean Martin) and preacher (Robert Mitchum) investigate killings stemming from a game of poker.
5.1/10
Action
USA
1990
91 Minutes
Lee Pitt
Terence Knox David Warner Isabella Hofmann Charlotte Lewis Andras Jones Sy Richardson Marco Rodríguez Viggo Mortensen Yaphet Kotto Meg Foster
A terrorist (Warner) and an FBI agent (Knox) fight out a personal feud with one another.
Western
1972
98 Minutes
Nate Hodges
Bill Cosby Gloria Foster Leif Erickson George Spell Douglas Turner Ward John Anderson Henry Silva Dub Taylor Yaphet Kotto Shelley Morrison
father mother son sheriff neighbor emotional inspiring arizona small town farm racism father/son relationship homesteading racial tension westward expansion underdog rise 1860s
A homesteader (Bill Cosby) and his son (Gloria Foster) go after a horse thief in the post-Civil War Southwest.
Comedy, Western
1963
124 Minutes
Frank Sinatra Dean Martin Anita Ekberg Ursula Andress Charles Bronson Victor Buono Richard Jaeckel Mike Mazurki Jack Elam The Three Stooges Yaphet Kotto
businessman rival beautiful woman outlaw banker townsperson madcap amusing spirited unrestrained galveston, texas desert stagecoach riverboat casino wilderness gambling teamwork scam robbery
Con men (Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin) and their girlfriends fight, then unite, over a floating casino in 1870 Galveston.
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