Denzel Washington Movie Rankings
1
3.3521
Based on the letters of Colonel Robert G. Shaw. Shaw was an officer in the Federal Army during the American Civil War who volunteered to lead the first company of black soldiers. ... more about Glory
Actor Awards
Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Image Awards - Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Supporting Actor
2
3.3494
Chronicling the life of civil rights leader Malcolm X from childhood, through prison and Islamic enlightenment. ... more about Malcolm X
Actor Awards
Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Leading Role
Berlin International Film Festival - Best Actor
Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
Image Awards - Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actor
New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actor
Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards - Best Actor
3
3.0625
The pilot of a rescue copter, Captain Karen Walden, died shortly before her helicopter crew was rescued after it crashed in Desert Storm. ... more about Courage Under Fire
Actor Awards
Image Awards - Outstanding Lead Actor in a Motion Picture
Lone Star Film & Television Awards - Best Actor
Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards - Best Actor
4
3.0508
Negotiator Keith Frazier has met his match when Dalton Russell enacts the "perfect" bank heist. Each knowing the other has another trick up his sleeve, it seems every time Frasier has a handle on the dangerous situation Russell is one-step ahead. ... more about Inside Man
Actor Awards
Black Movie Awards - Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Black Reel Awards - Best Actor
Image Awards - Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
5
3.0389
Instability in Russia results in the deployment of the the nuclear submarine "Alabama". Russian rebels have taken over a nuclear missile site and are refueling them for a possible strike against the USA. ... more about Crimson Tide
Actor Awards
Image Awards - Outstanding Lead Actor in a Motion Picture
6
3.0148
In 1966, a promising middleweight boxer, Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, was wrongfully accused of murdering three men in New Jersey. Sentenced to three life terms Carter wrote a book about his life and incarceration. In 1985, after strong support from activists, Carter's conviction was overturned. ... more about Hurricane
Actor Awards
Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Leading Role
Berlin International Film Festival - Best Actor
Black Reel Awards - Theatrical - Best Actor
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards - Favorite Actor - Drama
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards - Best Actor
Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
Image Awards - Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
Satellite Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama
Screen Actors Guild Awards - Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
7
2.9993
A sailor (Derek Luke) prone to violent outbursts is sent to a naval psychiatrist (Washington) for help. Refusing at first to open up, the young man eventually breaks down and reveals a horrific childhood. ... more about Antwone Fisher
Actor Awards
Black Reel Awards - Theatrical - Best Supporting Actor
Image Awards - Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
8
2.9871
In 1970s America, a detective works to bring down the drug empire of Frank Lucas, a heroin kingpin from Manhattan, who is smuggling the drug into the country in the coffins of soldiers returning from the Vietnam War. ... more about American Gangster
Actor Awards
Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
Satellite Awards - Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama
9
2.9845
Oscar winner Denzel Washington directs and stars in this drama set in the segregated South. Washington plays a debate coach who takes a Texas college team from obscurity to a showdown with Harvard's renowned students. ... more about Great Debaters
Actor Awards
Image Awards - Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
10
2.9776
Tells the story of Jesus Shuttlesworth, the most sought after high school basketball prospect in the nation. ... more about He Got Game
Actor Awards
Acapulco Black Film Festival - Best Actor
Image Awards - Outstanding Lead Actor in a Motion Picture
11
2.9397
As the entire nation watches the presidential campaign hurtle towards Election Day, one soldier races to uncover the conspiracy behind it -- a conspiracy that seeks to destroy democracy itself. ... more about Manchurian Candidate
12
2.9297
Suburban Virginia schools have been segregated for generations, in sight of the Washington Monument over the river in the nation's capital. One Black and one White high school are closed and the students sent to T.C. ... more about Remember the Titans
Actor Awards
BET Awards - Best Actor
Black Reel Awards - Theatrical - Best Actor
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards - Favorite Actor - Drama
Image Awards - Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
Satellite Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama
13
2.9239
It is 1948 in LA and Ezikeal "Easy" Rawlins, an African-American World War II veteran, is looking for work. ... more about Devil in a Blue Dress
14
2.9133
In a city where streets are overrun by drug dealers, those who have sworn to uphold the law are breaking them to clean up the streets. Denzel Washington plays L.A.P. ... more about Training Day
Actor Awards
Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Leading Role
AFI Awards, USA - AFI Actor of the Year - Male - Movies
Black Reel Awards - Theatrical - Best Actor
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards - Best Actor
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards - Best Actor
Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
Image Awards - Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actor
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards - Best Actor
Online Film Critics Society Awards - Best Actor
Satellite Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama
Screen Actors Guild Awards - Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
15
2.8896
Young lovers Hero and Claudio are to be married in one week. To pass the time, they conspire with Don Pedro to set a "lover's trap" for Benedick, an arrogant confirmed bachelor, and Beatrice, his favorite sparring partner. ... more about Much Ado About Nothing
16
2.8241
Andrew Beckett, a gay lawyer infected with AIDS, is fired from his conservative law firm in fear that they might contract AIDS from him. ... more about Philadelphia
17
2.7689
Matt Lee Whitlock (Washington), respected chief of police in small Banyan Key, Florida, must solve a vicious double homicide before he himself falls under suspicion. ... more about Out of Time
Actor Awards
Black Reel Awards - Film: Best Actor
Image Awards - Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
18
2.7321
Opens with Bleek as a child learning to play the trumpet, his friends want him to come out and play but mother insists he finish his lessons. Bleek grows into adulthood and forms his own band - The Bleek Gilliam Quartet. ... more about Mo' Better Blues
19
2.7016
After the abduction by the US military of an Islamic religious leader, New York City becomes the target of escalating terrorist attacks. ... more about Siege
Actor Awards
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards - Favorite Actor - Suspense
20
2.6851
Det. John Hobbes is convinced that when killer Edgar Reese is executed, all of his troubles are over. ... more about Fallen
21
2.6782
Good natured Reverend Henry Biggs (Courtney B. Vance) finds that his marriage to choir mistress Julia (Whitney Houston) is flagging, due to his constant absence caring for the deprived neighbourhood they live in. ... more about Preacher's Wife
22
2.6678
In order to save 500 people and one local women from dying in a ferry bombing, ATF agent Doug Carlin travels back in time. ... more about Deja Vu
23
2.6545
A wave of kidnappings has swept through Mexico, feeding a growing sense of panic among its wealthier citizens, especially parents. In one six-day period, there were twenty-four abductions, leading many to hire bodyguards for their children. ... more about Man on Fire
Actor Awards
Image Awards - Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
24
2.6178
A diabolical killer whose brutal slayings leave a trail of cryptic messages hidden at the scene of the crime is loose on the streets of Manhattan. As the city lies in fear, a gifted but disabled detective (Washington) teams with a rookie street cop. ... more about Bone Collector
25
2.5223
John Quincy Archibald's son Michael collapses while playing baseball as a result of a heart failure. Immediately, John Q. rushes Michael to the hospital's emergency room for a transplant. Unfortunately, the insurance would not cover his son's transplant. ... more about John Q
Actor Awards
Black Reel Awards - Theatrical - Best Actor
Image Awards - Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
26
2.3970
When Banyan Key, Florida is rocked by a double homicide, chief of police Matt Lee Whitlock (Washington) finds himself in a race against time to solve the murders before he himself falls under suspicion. ... more about Out of Time
27
2.3737
Two Supreme Court Justices have been killed. Now a college professor, who clerked for one of the two men, who's also having an affair with one of his students, is given a brief by her, that states who probably, wanted to see these two men dead. ... more about Pelican Brief
28
2.3597
The Law Enforcement Technology Advancement Centre (LETAC) has developed SID version 6.7: a Sadistic, Intelligent, and Dangerous virtual reality entity which is synthesized from the personalities of more than 150 serial killers. ... more about Virtuosity
29
2.3435
It's just another day for New York City subway dispatcher Walter Garber, until Ryder, a bitter ex-con, hijacks one of the trains. Unless the city pays Ryder one million dollars within the hour for each hostage on the train, he and his four armed accomplices will execute them all. ... more about Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
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30
2.0615
An Indian family is expelled from Uganda when Idi Amin takes power. They move to Mississippi and time passes. The Indian daughter falls in love with a black man, and the respective families have to come to terms with it. ... more about Mississippi Masala
Actor Awards
Image Awards - Outstanding Lead Actor in a Motion Picture
31
2.0392
Reuben, having been discharged from the British military, returns to London after a tour of duty in Northern Ireland and the Falklands, where he was decorated as a war Hero. ... more about For Queen and Country
32
1.9497
Pete St. John is a powerful and successful political consultant, with clients spread around the country. ... more about Power
Actor Awards
Image Awards - Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
33
1.9459
Donald Woods is chief editor at the liberal newspaper Daily Dispatch in South Africa. He has written several editorials critical of the views of Steve Biko. But after having met him for the first time, he changes his views. ... more about Cry Freedom
Actor Awards
Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
34
1.9342
A black soldier is killed while returning to his base in the deep south. The white people of the area are suspected at first. A tough black army attorney is brought in to find out the truth. ... more about Soldier's Story
35
1.8173
When police officer Xavier Quinn's childhood friend, Maubee, becomes associated with murder and a briefcase full of ten thousand dollar bills, The Mighty Quinn must clear his name. Or try to catch him, which could be even trickier. ... more about Mighty Quinn
36
1.7031
Jack Moony, a white cop, has it in for a black lawyer to the drug crowd, Napoleon Stone. That Stone is now dating his ex-girlfriend doesn't help matters at all. ... more about Heart Condition
37
1.6401
In this action thriller, Denzel Washington plays Nick Styles, the assistant district attorney of L.A. The film opens in his early days as a cop on the L.A.P.D. ... more about Ricochet
38
1.6054
A white corporate executive is surprised to discover that he has a black teen-age son who can't wait to be adopted into the, almost-exclusively-white community of, San Marino, California. ... more about Carbon Copy
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