Do the Right Thing (1989)

Though the title is do the right thing, very few characters actually do the right thing throughout this film.
Before the internet and iPhones and central air, people sat outside their homes or went around the neighborhood carting a large boombox trying to preach to the people.
The film revolves around Sal's Pizzeria (Danny Aiello) where the neighborhood gathers to eat, many have grown up on the stuff. But the day on which the film occurs, is boiling hot and one character (Giancarlo Esposito) is especially upset that Sal only has pictures of white, Italian folks on his wall but then again, he owns the wall so he is kicked out and decides to start a boycott of the place.
He is joined by Radio Raheem (Bill Nunn), who was told he couldn't play his ridiculously loud music in the place and Sal didn't add a please to his request, but then again, when Raheem requested his pizza, neither did he.
There are plenty of other characters, including Mookie (Spike Lee) who is little more than a deadbeat, as the delivery boy for Sal who isn't liked by many people including Tina (Rosie Perez), who's the mother of child. Mookie just wants to get paid because he owes people money. Then there is also Da Mayor (Ossie Davis) who, despite being a drunk, is the only voice of reason in this film, except maybe for DJ Love (Samuel L. Jackson) and the kind Sister Mother (Ruby Dee). They manage to stay out of the violent final act which involves the destroying Sal's restaurant and the police involved death of Raheem, all without using any guns, they choke him to death instead. Sure, the riot was bad, truly dreadful and Raheem was very rude but no one needed to die because of it.
And yet, that next morning, Mookie (who largely stayed out of the riots except tossing a trash can through the window, which to be fair, started the whole thing) still goes to Sal to get his money and tosses the extra back at him, not taking more than he's entitled to, thank goodness.
Though this film is now thirty years old, it remains incredibly timely and is still Spike Lee's best films, with a star-studded cast, realistic characters, a tight screenplay (also written by Spike Lee), great, funky camera angles, this film is a masterpiece and causes to you think about every little action throughout and wonder if anyone actually ended doing the right thing. Grade: A