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Denzel Washington

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A Soldier's StoryA Soldier's Story (1984)
Dir. Norman Jewison
Feat. Howard Jr. Rollins, Adolph Caesar, Art Evans
In charge of an inquiry into the murder of a black sergeant on an army base in 1944, investigator Howard E Rollins Jnr uncovers a knot of racial…
Cry FreedomCry Freedom (1987) Recommended
Dir. Richard Attenborough
Feat. Denzel Washington, Kevin Kline
Potent political cinema based on the story of black South African activist Steve Biko (Denzel Washington), whose suspicious death was investigated by…
For Queen and CountryFor Queen and Country (1988)
Dir. Martin Stellman
Feat. Denzel Washington, George Baker, Amanda Redman
Denzel Washington plays a retired paratrooper who struggles to adapt to civilian life after returning home from the Falklands War. Crime drama…
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. 
Mighty Quinn, TheMighty Quinn, The (1989)
Dir. Carl Schenkel
Feat. Denzel Washington, Robert Townsend, Mimi Rogers
Entertaining Caribbean caper stars Denzel as the chief of police on a tropical island who is suddenly thrust into action when his crooked best friend…
Mo' Better BluesMo' Better Blues (1990) Recommended
Dir. Spike Lee
Feat. Denzel Washington
This male flipside to Lee's SHE'S GOTTA HAVE IT sees talented musician caught between two women and his passion for jazz. A cinematic feast for the…
RicochetRicochet (1991)
Dir. Russell Mulcahy
Feat. Denzel Washington, John Lithgow
High–faluten cop turned D.A. Washington becomes the target of a vengeance mission from a psychopath he incriminated years earlier. Gruesome…
Mississippi MasalaMississippi Masala (1992) Recommended
Dir. Mira Nair
Feat. Denzel Washington, Roshan Seth, Sarita Choudhury
A poignant gem about a tabooed romance between a beautiful Indian girl and a black carpet cleaner (Denzel Washington) in the deep South.
Malcolm XMalcolm X (1993)
Dir. Spike Lee
Feat. Denzel Washington
Epic bio of the black–American minister and human rights activist from his beginnings as a Harlem crook to his 1965 assassination. Breezes…
Much Ado About NothingMuch Ado About Nothing (1993) Recommended
Dir. Kenneth Branagh
Feat. Kenneth Branagh, Denzel Washington, Keanu Reeves
Kenneth Branagh plunders the Bard again and pulls off a rare breed of romantic escapism. Here he somehow modifies the traditional text for an…
PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia (1993) Recommended
Dir. Jonathan Demme
Feat. Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington
First major Hollywood AIDS movie is more concerned with prejudice than the disease itself, and is effective in its aim to educate as much as…
Pelican Brief, ThePelican Brief, The (1993)
Dir. Alan J. Pakula
Feat. Julia Roberts, Denzel Washington
Julia Roberts mugs through this leaden adaptation of John Grisham's novel as a genius law student whose thesis about two top–level…
VirtuosityVirtuosity (1995)
Dir. Brett Leonard
Feat. Russell Crowe, Denzel Washington
Russell Crowe plays a computer–generated composite of 200 serial killers who escapes cyberspace and proves a formidable opponent for…
Crimson TideCrimson Tide (1995)
Dir. Tony Scott
Feat. Gene Hackman, Denzel Washington, Viggo Mortensen
Gene Hackman and Denzel Washington clash ethics as Captain and deputy on a US submarine entering hostile waters of a Russian renegade. Nuclear war…
Devil in a Blue DressDevil in a Blue Dress (1996)
Dir. Carl Franklin
Feat. Denzel Washington, Tom Sizemore
The director's follow–up to ONE FALSE MOVE is a black man's noir, some fifty years overdue! We're in 40s LA, where reluctant gumshoe Denzel…
Courage Under FireCourage Under Fire (1996)
Dir. Edward Zwick
Feat. Denzel Washington, Meg Ryan
Conscience–troubled colonel Denzel Washington investigates the death of a fellow officer (Meg Ryan) during 'Desert Storm', but differing…
FallenFallen (1998)
Dir. Gregory Hoblit
Feat. Denzel Washington, John Goodman, Donald Sutherland
SEVEN–style thriller has Detective Denzel Washington stalking a seemingly immortal foe, the demon Azazel, in autumnal Philadelphia. Suffers…
Siege, TheSiege, The (1998) Recommended
Dir. Edward Zwick
Feat. Denzel Washington, Bruce Willis, Annette Bening
In a standoff of virtue versus guts, Denzel Washington and Bruce Willis deal with an Islamic terrorist assault on New York City in the best way they…
He Got GameHe Got Game (1998)
Dir. Spike Lee
Feat. Denzel Washington
Those persistent bugbears about race and personal responsibility hold centre–court again for writer–director Spike Lee in this…
Bone Collector, TheBone Collector, The (1999)
Dir. Phillip Noyce
Feat. Denzel Washington, Angelina Jolie
Denzel Washington's acting skills are put to the test playing a quadriplegic forensics expert helping to track down a particularly grisly serial…
Hurricane, TheHurricane, The (1999)
Dir. Norman Jewison
Feat. Denzel Washington, Liev Schreiber, Deborah Kara Unger
Denzel Washington blows up a storm as Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter, a championship boxer unjustly imprisoned in the 1970s for a murder he did not commit.…
Remember the TitansRemember the Titans (2000)
Dir. Boaz Yakin
Feat. Denzel Washington, Will Patton
Racial integration law forces an all–white American football team to accept black players and a black coach in 1970s Virginia. Denzel…
Training DayTraining Day (2001)
Dir. Antoine Fuqua
Feat. Denzel Washington, Ethan Hawke, Snoop Dogg
Denzel Washington luxuriates in an Oscar–winning performance as a slimeball LA cop, who casually metes out brutal street–justice at every…
John QJohn Q (2002)
Dir. Nick Cassavetes
Feat. Denzel Washington, Ray Liotta, Robert Duvall
Denzel Washington plays a cash–strapped pillar–of–decency who can’t afford his son’s heart–transplant in the mercenary US…
Antwone FisherAntwone Fisher (2002)
Dir. Denzel Washington
Feat. Denzel Washington, Derek Luke
From a uniquely autobiographical screenplay by the real Antwone Fisher, Denzel Washington takes the helm and stars as a US Navy psychiatrist who…
Out of TimeOut of Time (2003)
Dir. Carl Franklin
Feat. Denzel Washington, Eva Mendes
Solidly crafted with a thumbscrew–tightening atmosphere, this thriller is set in the 'Sunshine State' of Florida, with Washington playing a…
Man on FireMan on Fire (2004)
Dir. Tony Scott
Feat. Denzel Washington, Christopher Walken, Radha Mitchell
A hard–eyed revenge thriller which sees an alcoholic bodyguard (Washington) losing a 11–yr old girl he's assigned to protect in Mexico…
Manchurian Candidate, TheManchurian Candidate, The (2004) Recommended
Dir. Jonathan Demme
Feat. Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep, Liev Schreiber
Slickly modernised version of the Cold War classic, tailors its twisted fable of political paranoia into a complex speculation on military, political…
Inside ManInside Man (2006) Recommended
Dir. Spike Lee
Feat. Denzel Washington, Clive Owen, Jodie Foster
Proficient, personalised heist thriller from dir. Spike Lee (25TH HOUR) in which a smooth and cold super–crim (Owen) engineers the robbery of…
Deja VuDeja Vu (2006)
Dir. Tony Scott
Feat. Denzel Washington, Val Kilmer, Jim Caviezel
More flash and bang from blockbuster teamsters Jerry Bruckheimer and Tony Scott, here devising a series of brute action sequences around a…
American GangsterAmerican Gangster (2007)
Dir. Ridley Scott
Feat. Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Chiwetel Ejiofor
Hefty gangster flick in the tradition of SCARFACE, SERPICO, et. al., but based on an amazing true story: Washington plays Frank Lucas, the driver to…
Taking Of Pelham 123, TheTaking Of Pelham 123, The (2009) Recommended
Dir. Tony Scott
Feat. Denzel Washington, John Travolta, Luis Guzman
Flashy remake of the 70s heist movie sees John Travolta as the mastermind behind the hijack of a New York subway train, and Denzel Washington as the…
Book Of Eli, TheBook Of Eli, The (2010)
Dir. Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes
Feat. Denzel Washington, Gary Oldman, Mila Kunis
Post–apocalyptic fable with attitude sees Denzel Washington play a hard–bitten prophet who must fight his way across America in order to…
UnstoppableUnstoppable (2010)
Dir. Tony Scott
Feat. Denzel Washington, Chris Pine, Rosario Dawson
Grunty thriller with Denzel in pursuit of a runaway train loaded with toxic chemicals that threatens to decimate a town. Pure action cinema that's…
Safe HouseSafe House (2012)
Dir. Daniel Espinosa
Feat. Denzel Washington, Ryan Reynolds, Vera Farmiga
Efficient thriller with CIA rookie Reynolds in charge of keeping rogue agent Washington alive after their safe house is attacked by mercenaries.…
FlightFlight (2012) Recommended
Dir. Robert Zemeckis
Feat. Denzel Washington, Don Cheadle, Kelly Reilly
Denzel Washington plays a lauded pilot whose heroic landing of a crippled airliner is called into question when a history of alcoholism and substance…
2 Guns2 Guns (Two Guns) (2013)
Dir. Baltasar Kormakur
Feat. Denzel Washington, Mark Wahlberg, Paula Patton
A slick, serviceable buddy cop romp with Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg playing begrudging partners in a high stakes drug deal – neither…
Equalizer, TheEqualizer, The (2014)
Dir. Antoine Fuqua
Feat. Denzel Washington, Marton Csokas, Chloe Grace Moretz
Hiding from his violent past, a man lives a quiet life working at a hardware store. When he is confronted by a new underground crime syndicate. He…
Magnificent Seven, TheMagnificent Seven, The (2016)
Dir. Antoine Fuqua
Feat. Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke
Denzel Washington headlines this solid remake of the classic western charged with defending a small town from a corrupt industrialist.
FencesFences (2016) Recommended
Dir. Denzel Washington
Feat. Denzel Washington, Viola Davis
August Wilson faithfully adapts his Pulitzer Prize–winning stageplay for the screen with Denzel Washington directing and starring as a…
Roman J. Israel, Esq.Roman J. Israel, Esq. (2017) Aro Favourite
Dir. Dan Gilroy
Feat. Denzel Washington, Colin Farrell, Carmen Ejogo
A superbly written dramatic thriller from the director of NIGHTCRAWLER set within the overburdened Los Angeles criminal court system. Denzel…
Equalizer 2, TheEqualizer 2, The (2018)
Dir. Antoine Fuqua
Feat. Denzel Washington, Pedro Pascal, Ashton Sanders
Sequel to the 2014 film based on the 1980's TV series of the same name in which Denzel Washington dutifully returns as a retired US Marine and…
Little Things, TheLittle Things, The (2020)
Dir. John Lee Hancock
Feat. Denzel Washington, Rami Malek, Jared Leto
Neo noir murder mystery from writer–director John Lee Hancock (THE BLIND SIDE) with Denzel Washington and Rami Malek playing a pair of…

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