The Defiant Ones

A film about racial prejudice and racism when it was still hiding in plain sight. Definitely influential in theme if not in style.

Striking drama critiquing racism in a problematic time. Sidney gives an outstanding performance.

Great setup for tension and conflict. Easy recommendation because such powerful acting is hard to look away from

Curtis and Poitier as two escaped convicts chained together on the run. A lot of frank conversation about the racial divide. Great film.

Decent character drama that deserves credit for how revolutionary it was in its day. Poitier and Curtis have remarkable chemistry.

Outdated and outmoded

Watta film