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Morgan Freeman

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Best of the Best of the Electric Company, TheBest of the Best of the Electric Company, The (1971-1977) Recommended
Feat. Bill Cosby, Morgan Freeman, Rita Moreno
A generous selection of excerpts from the long–running 1970s children's TV show, which mixed up its educationalist intentions (especially…
BrubakerBrubaker (1980)
Dir. Stuart Rosenberg
Feat. Robert Redford, Yaphet Kotto, Jane Alexander
Straight–edged prison drama based around the true story of a warden who disguised himself as a convict in order to expose the corruptions of…
Harry and SonHarry and Son (1984)
Dir. Paul Newman
Feat. Paul Newman, Robby Benson, Ellen Barkin
Earnest drama concerning cantankerous working stiff Newman and his struggling author son. Those allergic to overt symbolism may want to give this one…
Clean and SoberClean and Sober (1988) Recommended
Dir. Glenn Gordon Caron
Feat. Michael Keaton, Kathy Baker, Morgan Freeman
Unflinching, powerful drama with Michael Keaton utterly convincing as a real estate broker who decides to lay low at a drug rehabilitation facility…
GloryGlory (1989)
Dir. Edward Zwick
Feat. Denzel Washington, Matthew Broderick, Cary Elwes
Time and place is perfectly re–created in this moving account of the plight of Negro soldiers during the American civil war. 
Driving Miss DaisyDriving Miss Daisy (1989)
Dir. Bruce Beresford
Feat. Jessica Tandy, Morgan Freeman, Dan Aykroyd
Oscar–winning adaptation of Albert Uhry's stage play charting the 25–year relationship between a crotchety Southern woman and her black…
Lean On MeLean On Me (1989) Recommended
Dir. John G. Avildsen
Feat. Morgan Freeman, Robert Guillaume
Principal Morgan Freeman whips the pupils of a troubled high–school into shape in this formulaic but likeable example of the genre.
Johnny HandsomeJohnny Handsome (1989)
Dir. Walter Hill
Feat. Mickey Rourke, Ellen Barkin, Elizabeth McGovern
Mickey Rourke plays a deformed petty criminal who takes the rap for a major robbery. In prison he is given a new handsome face and proceeds to avenge…
Bonfire of the VanitiesBonfire of the Vanities (1990)
Dir. Brian De Palma
Feat. Tom Hanks, Bruce Willis, Melanie Griffith
Hanks, Willis and Griffith stumble through Tom Wolfe's novel about a hot–shot stockbroker who is scandalised through misdemeanor. A famous…
Robin Hood: Prince of ThievesRobin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
Dir. Kevin Reynolds
Feat. Kevin Costner, Morgan Freeman, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
Lavishly mounted mega–hit. An exhilarating romp through the forests of Sherwood.
UnforgivenUnforgiven (1992) Aro Favourite
Dir. Clint Eastwood
Feat. Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman, Gene Hackman
Clint Eastwood delivers the film of his acting and directing career with a smoulderingly dark rendering of a smart script about an aging gunfighter…
Power of One, ThePower of One, The (1992)
Dir. John G. Avildsen
Feat. Morgan Freeman, Stephen Dorff
From Bryce Courtney's best–seller, an oppressed English orphan in Africa finds a father figure in prison inmate Morgan Freeman, who teaches him…
Bopha!Bopha! (1993)
Dir. Morgan Freeman
Feat. Danny Glover, Malcolm McDowell, Alfre Woodard
Danny Glover plays a loyal police sergeant in 1980 South Africa who comes under fire from his militant son. Examines the less visible conflicts that…
Shawshank Redemption, TheShawshank Redemption, The (1994) Recommended
Dir. Frank Darabont
Feat. Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, William Sadler
Compelling yarn made of an early non–horror Stephen King short story about an innocent prison inmate who spends two decades behind…
OutbreakOutbreak (1995)
Dir. Wolfgang Petersen
Feat. Dustin Hoffman, Rene Russo, Morgan Freeman
A deadly disease breaks out in the US of A, and scientist Dustin Hoffman becomes the only man able to save its entire population. The little man…
SevenSeven (Se7en) (1995) Aro Favourite
Dir. David Fincher
Feat. Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow
Director David Fincher imbues the hackneyed serial–killer genre with astonishing directorial flair, while bringing an influential 'underground'…
Chain ReactionChain Reaction (1996)
Dir. Andrew Davis
Feat. Keanu Reeves, Morgan Freeman, Rachel Weisz
The science–slip and fugitive genres converge in this rather silly vehicle for a post–SPEED Keanu Reeves. His innocent,…
Moll FlandersMoll Flanders (1996)
Dir. Pen Densham
Feat. Robin Wright, Morgan Freeman
The hardships of the 18th century England prove a lifelong test of character for the eponymous heroine, born into poverty, then graduating to both…
Kiss the GirlsKiss the Girls (1997)
Dir. Gary Fleder
Feat. Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd
Raincoated detective Morgan Freeman and bottle–brunetted Ashley Judd seek the psychotic 'Casanova', who kidnaps beautiful woman for his…
Hard RainHard Rain (1997)
Dir. Mikael Salomon
Feat. Morgan Freeman, Christian Slater
Bank–robber Morgan Freeman targets a Mid–Western town and doggedly continues his heist as rising floodwaters turn the streets into…
AmistadAmistad (1998)
Dir. Steven Spielberg
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Morgan Freeman, Matthew McConaughey
Laying bare his socio–historical conscience (a much better prospect post–SCHINDLER'S LIST), Steven Speilberg sets sail with an epic of…
Deep ImpactDeep Impact (1998)
Dir. Mimi Leder
Feat. Robert Duvall, Tea Leoni, Morgan Freeman
Contrasting the gung–ho cartoonery of the other meteor–disaster–pic, ARMAGEDDON, this chooses to show the 'human side' of an…
Nurse BettyNurse Betty (2000) Recommended
Dir. Neil LaBute
Feat. Renee Zellweger, Morgan Freeman, Chris Rock
Part fairy–tale comedy, part edgy thriller, this perhaps qualifies as the perfect date movie. Due to the trauma of witnessing her…
Along Came a SpiderAlong Came a Spider (2000)
Dir. Lee Tamahori
Feat. Morgan Freeman, Michael Wincott, Monica Potter
Morgan Freeman returns as the grizzled manhunter from KISS THE GIRLS, here investigating the mysterious kidnapping of a senator’s daughter.…
High CrimesHigh Crimes (2001)
Dir. Carl Franklin
Feat. Ashley Judd, Morgan Freeman, Jim Caviezel
Ashley Judd is a little confused when ex–Army hubby Jim Caviezel is arrested for massacres in Latin America under a different name. Soon she…
Sum of All Fears, TheSum of All Fears, The (2002)
Dir. Phillip Alden Anderson
Feat. Ben Affleck, Morgan Freeman, Philip Baker Hall
A nightmarish post–9/11 thriller from Tom Clancy, with Ben Affleck taking the place of Harrison Ford as CIA–man Jack Ryan, here hunting…
DreamCatcherDreamCatcher (2002)
Dir. Lawrence Kasdan
Feat. Morgan Freeman, Jason Lee, Tom Sizemore
Four childhood friends, who share psychic powers and an annual appointment to go male–bonding in the Maine backwoods, are inadvertantly drawn…
LevityLevity (2003)
Dir. Ed Solomon
Feat. Billy Bob Thornton, Morgan Freeman, Holly Hunter
A bleak study of the post–prison world of paroled killer Billy Bob Thornten, who is haunted by the spectre of his teenage victim as he attempts…
Bruce AlmightyBruce Almighty (2003)
Dir. Tom Shadyac
Feat. Jim Carrey, Jennifer Aniston, Morgan Freeman
The second coming of Jim Carrey for the director of LIAR LIAR is a similar ‘high concept’ comedy with the same ratio of side–splitting and…
Big Bounce, TheBig Bounce, The (2003)
Dir. George Armitage
Feat. Owen Wilson, Morgan Freeman, Charlie Sheen
Adapted from a cheerily hardboiled novel by Elmore Leonard, this sees petty–crim Wilson washing up in Hawaii, when a tempting swindle lands in…

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