Movies by Actor - Forest Whitaker (96 [Missing: 35]) Title | Year | Director | Genre | Rating | Runtime | Added |
---|
PlatoonChris Taylor, a neophyte recruit in Vietnam, finds himself caught in a battle of wills between two sergeants, one good and the other evil. A shrewd examination of the brutality of war and the duality of man in conflict. | 1986 | Oliver Stone | Drama,War | 8.1 (401.4K votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
Bloodsport"Bloodsport" follows Frank Dux, an American martial artist serving in the military, who decides to leave the army to compete in a martial arts tournament in Hong Kong where fights to the death can occur. | 1988 | Newt Arnold | Action,Biography,Drama | 6.8 (82.6K votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
Good Morning VietnamIn 1965, an unorthodox and irreverent DJ named Adrian Cronauer begins to shake up things when he is assigned to the U.S. Armed Services radio station in Vietnam. | 1987 | Barry Levinson | Biography,Comedy,Drama | 7.3 (135.8K votes) | 121 | 20211228 |
Hands of a StrangerA New York cop becomes obsessed with finding his wife's rapist. | 1987 | Larry Elikann | Crime,Drama,Romance | 5.9 (284 votes) | 130 | 20231126 |
StakeoutTwo detectives observe an escaped convict's ex-girlfriend, but complications set in when one of them falls for her. | 1987 | John Badham | Action,Comedy,Crime | 6.6 (25.5K votes) | 117 | 20211228 |
BirdThe troubled life and career of jazz musician Charlie "Bird" Parker. | 1988 | Clint Eastwood | Biography,Drama,Music | 7.2 (12.3K votes) | 161 | 20211228 |
Johnny HandsomeAfter being double crossed and thrown in jail, a deformed gangster gets a new face and rehabilitation, but his desire for revenge looms. | 1989 | Walter Hill | Crime,Drama,Thriller | 6.2 (9.7K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
Criminal JusticeDenise Moore is robbed and her face is slashed as she is leaving a crack house. At the police station she picks Jessie Williams mug shot and ID's him at a line up. Jessie Williams says he didn't do it. From that point on, everyone... | 1990 | Andy Wolk | Drama | 6.4 (373 votes) | 90 | 20240121 |
DowntownNA | 1990 | | Action,Comedy,Crime | | | Not Available |
Article 99Dr. Richard Sturgess leads a team of compassionate doctors at a veteran's hospital. Along with Drs. Morgan, Handleman and Van Dorn, he fights to deliver adequate care to needy veterans in the face of funding cuts and corruption. | 1992 | Howard Deutch | Comedy,Drama | 6.1 (3.5K votes) | 100 | 20231101 |
Diary of a HitmanA veteran hit man, Dekker is ready to call it quits and leave the profession. Dekker's final job, however, proves to be trickier than expected when the sadistic Zidzyck recruits the assassin to kill his wife. | 1991 | Roy London | Crime,Drama | 5.3 (1.9K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
Rage in Harlem, AA gangster's girlfriend flees to Harlem with a trunkload of gold after a shootout, unaware that the rest of the gang are on her trail. | 1991 | Bill Duke | Comedy,Crime | 5.9 (2.1K votes) | 115 | 20211228 |
Consenting AdultsDuring a joint dinner at the restaurant, the neighbors offer to exchange wives for one night. It was a joke, but only at first. | 1992 | Alan J. Pakula | Crime,Drama,Mystery | 5.7 (7.4K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
Crying Game, TheA British soldier kidnapped by IRA terrorists soon befriends one of his captors, who then becomes drawn into the soldier's world. | 1992 | Neil Jordan | Crime,Drama,Romance | 7.3 (54.3K votes) | 112 | 20211228 |
Bank RobberA small-time crook hides out in a seedy motel where shady characters recognise him and demand money to keep quiet. | 1993 | Nick Mead | Comedy,Crime,Romance | 4.5 (484 votes) | 91 | 20230830 |
Body SnatchersA teenage girl and her father discover alien clones are replacing humans on a remote U.S. military base in Alabama. | 1993 | Abel Ferrara | Horror,Sci-Fi | 6.0 (19.2K votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
Last LightNA | 1993 | | Action,Drama,Thriller | | | Not Available |
Lush LifeNA | 1993 | | Drama | | | Not Available |
Blown AwayAn Irish bomber escapes from prison and targets a member of the Boston bomb squad. | 1994 | Stephen Hopkins | Action,Crime,Drama | 6.3 (30.3K votes) | 121 | 20211228 |
Enemy Within, TheA Colonel working at the Joint Chiefs of Staff uncovers a plot by his superior to use military force to remove the elected President, who always opposed Pentagon budget increases, and to replace him with a much tamer Vice-President. | 1994 | Jonathan Darby | Drama,Thriller | 5.7 (1.7K votes) | 86 | 20240622 |
Jason's LyricNA | 1994 | | Crime,Drama,Romance | | | Not Available |
SpeciesA group of scientists try to track down and trap a killer alien seductress before she successfully mates with a human. | 1995 | Roger Donaldson | Action,Horror,Sci-Fi | 5.8 (78.7K votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
PhenomenonAn ordinary man sees a bright light descend from the sky, and discovers he now has super-intelligence and telekinesis. | 1996 | Jon Turteltaub | Drama,Fantasy,Romance | 6.4 (78.3K votes) | 123 | 20211228 |
Body CountIt was supposed to be an easy job for the 5 guys to rob an art museum of $15 million in paintings, but it comes with a body count that continues on the way to Miami to sell. | 1998 | Robert Patton-Spruill | Crime,Drama,Thriller | 5.4 (2K votes) | 85 | 20211228 |
Ghost Dog - The Way of the SamuraiAn African-American Mafia hit man who models himself after the samurai of old finds himself targeted for death by the mob. | 1999 | Jim Jarmusch | Crime,Drama | 7.5 (89.4K votes) | 116 | 20211228 |
Light It UpA group of teens are bent on improving the run-down conditions of their high-school. | 1999 | Craig Bolotin | Drama,Thriller | 6.0 (4K votes) | 99 | 20240803 |
Phone BoothPublicist Stuart Shepard finds himself trapped in a phone booth, pinned down by an extortionist's sniper rifle. Unable to leave or receive outside help, Stuart's negotiation with the caller leads to a jaw-dropping climax. | 2002 | Joel Schumacher | Crime,Thriller | 7.0 (262.2K votes) | 81 | 20211228 |
Battlefield EarthIt's the year 3000 A.D., and the Earth is lost to the alien race of Psychlos. Humanity is enslaved by these gold-thirsty tyrants, who are unaware that their 'man-animals' are about to ignite the rebellion of a lifetime. | 2000 | Roger Christian | Action,Adventure,Sci-Fi | 2.5 (79.3K votes) | 118 | 20211228 |
Witness ProtectionNA | 1999 | | Crime,Drama | | | Not Available |
Green DragonNA | 2001 | | Drama,War | | | Not Available |
Fourth Angel, TheA man seeks justice after his wife and two daughters are gunned down in a terrorist attack. | 2001 | John Irvin | Action,Drama,Thriller | 5.3 (3.1K votes) | 1 | 20220912 |
Panic RoomA divorced woman and her diabetic daughter take refuge in their newly-purchased house's safe room, when three men break-in, searching for a missing fortune. | 2002 | David Fincher | Crime,Drama,Thriller | 6.8 (272.9K votes) | 112 | 20211228 |
The Grand BabyNA | 1983 | | Drama | | | Not Available |
Follow, TheThe Driver is now spying on a celebrity's wife suspected of adultery. | 2001 | Kar-Wai Wong | Action,Mystery,Romance | 7.3 (5.3K votes) | 8 | 20240630 |
Follow, TheNA | 2001 | | | | | Not Available |
Deacons for DefenseThe words "Black Power" bring back memories of names like Stokely Carmichael, H. Rap Brown, and Eldridge Cleaver, but in Bogalusa, LA a group of harassed Afro-Americans had decided they'd had enough and took up arms to defend themsel | 2003 | Bill Duke | Drama | 7.0 (474 votes) | 78 | 20211228 |
Where The Wild Things AreYearning for escape and adventure, a young boy runs away from home and sails to an island filled with creatures that take him in as their king. | 2009 | Spike Jonze | Adventure,Drama,Family | 6.7 (103.6K votes) | 101 | 20211228 |
Even MoneyGambling addiction bring the stories of three otherwise unconnected people together as it destroys each of their lives. | 2006 | Mark Rydell | Crime,Drama | 5.8 (4.5K votes) | 113 | 20211228 |
American GunSeemingly disparate portraits of people -- among them a single mother, a high school principal, and an ace student -- Distinctly American -- all affected by the proliferation of guns in American society. | 2005 | Aric Avelino | Drama | 6.1 (3.2K votes) | 95 | 20240306 |
Little Trip to Heaven, AA husband and wife tangle with an investigator over her dead brother's million-dollar insurance policy. | 2005 | Baltasar Kormákur | Drama,Thriller | 6.0 (4.9K votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
Street KingsAn undercover cop, disillusioned by the death of his wife, is implicated in the murder of an officer and must struggle to clear himself. | 2008 | David Ayer | Action,Crime,Thriller | 6.8 (111.5K votes) | 109 | 20211228 |
MaryThe Virgin Mary delivers a message to an 11-year-old girl. | 2005 | Abel Ferrara | Drama,Thriller | 5.8 (2K votes) | 83 | 20211228 |
Great Debaters, TheA drama based on the true story of Melvin B. Tolson, a professor at Wiley College Texas. In 1935, he inspired students to form the school's first debate team, which went on to challenge Harvard in the national championship. | 2007 | Denzel Washington | Biography,Drama,Romance | 7.5 (57.9K votes) | 126 | 20211228 |
Vantage PointThe attempted assassination of the American President is told and re-told from several different perspectives. | 2008 | Pete Travis | Action,Crime,Drama | 6.6 (148.7K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
Last King of Scotland, TheBased on the events of the brutal Ugandan dictator Idi Amin's regime as seen by his personal physician during the 1970s. | 2006 | Kevin Macdonald | Biography,Drama,History | 7.7 (183K votes) | 123 | 20211228 |
Crips and Bloods: Made in AmericaNA | 2008 | | Crime,Documentary | | | Not Available |
Ripple EffectNA | 2007 | | Drama,Music | | | Not Available |
Air I Breathe, TheA drama based on an ancient Chinese proverb that breaks life down into four emotional cornerstones: happiness, pleasure, sorrow and love. A businessman bets his life on a horse race; a gangster sees the future; a pop star falls prey | 2007 | Jieho Lee | Crime,Drama,Thriller | 6.8 (34K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
Marsh, TheA young beautiful but stressed out children's writer seeks out a holiday in the country but becomes the lead character in a supernatural mystery she must solve to save her life | 2006 | Jordan Barker | Horror,Mystery | 4.8 (3.3K votes) | 92 | 20231001 |
Winged CreaturesA group of strangers form a unique relationship with each other after surviving a random shooting at a Los Angeles diner. | 2008 | Rowan Woods | Crime,Drama | 5.6 (7.4K votes) | 100 | 20240316 |
Experiment26 men are chosen to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a psychological study that ultimately spirals out of control. | 2010 | Paul T. Scheuring | Drama,Thriller | 6.4 (55.1K votes) | 96 | 20220806 |
Powder BlueNA | 2009 | | Action,Crime,Drama | | | Not Available |
Repo MenSet in the near future when artificial organs can be bought on credit, it revolves around a man who struggles to make the payments on a heart he has purchased. He must therefore go on the run before said ticker is repossessed. | 2010 | Miguel Sapochnik | Action,Sci-Fi,Thriller | 6.3 (105K votes) | 111 | 20211228 |
Hurricane SeasonNA | 2009 | | Drama,Sport | | | Not Available |
My Own Love SongNA | 2010 | | Adventure,Comedy,Drama | | | Not Available |
Big George ForemanNA | 2023 | | Biography,Drama,Sport | | | Not Available |
Our Family WeddingNA | 2010 | | Comedy,Romance | | | Not Available |
Butler, TheAs Cecil Gaines serves eight presidents during his tenure as a butler at the White House, the civil rights movement, Vietnam, and other major events affect this man's life, family, and American society. | 2013 | Lee Daniels | Biography,Drama | 7.2 (113K votes) | 132 | 20211228 |
Toys in the Attic [Na pude aneb Kdo má dneska narozeniny]A teddy bear, a mechanical mouse, and a marionette join forces to save their kidnapped friend, Buttercup the doll, from the denizens of the Land of Evil. | 2009 | Jirí Barta, Vivian Schilling | Animation,Family,Fantasy | 6.4 (766 votes) | 80 | 20220912 |
Toys in the Attic [Na pude aneb Kdo má dneska narozeniny]A teddy bear, a mechanical mouse, and a marionette join forces to save their kidnapped friend, Buttercup the doll, from the denizens of the Land of Evil. | 2009 | Jirí Barta, Vivian Schilling | Animation,Family,Fantasy | 6.4 (766 votes) | 80 | 20220912 |
Lullaby for PiA washed-up musician befriends a reclusive artist with an unusual name. | 2010 | Benoît Philippon | Drama | 6.7 (918 votes) | 98 | 20230328 |
HavocNA | TBA | | Action,Thriller | | | Not Available |
Black NativityNA | 2013 | | Drama,Family,Music | | | Not Available |
Last Stand, TheThe leader of a drug cartel busts out of a courthouse and speeds to the Mexican border, where the only thing in his path is a sheriff and his inexperienced staff. | 2013 | Jee-woon Kim | Action,Thriller,Western | 6.3 (137.4K votes) | 107 | 20211228 |
PawnA petty robbery spirals into a tense hostage situation after three gunmen hold up a diner that's a front for the mob. | 2013 | David A. Armstrong | Action,Crime,Mystery | 5.7 (7.1K votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
Capturing Idi AminNA | 2006 | | Documentary,History,Short | | | Not Available |
A Fall from GraceNA | TBA | | Thriller | | | Not Available |
Serving LifeNA | 2011 | | Documentary | | | Not Available |
SouthpawAfter a fatal incident sends him on a rampant path of destruction, a champion boxer fights to get custody of his daughter and revive his professional career. | 2015 | Antoine Fuqua | Action,Drama,Sport | 7.4 (229.2K votes) | 124 | 20211228 |
FreelancersNA | 2012 | | Action,Crime,Drama | | | Not Available |
Catch .443 women are sent to intercept a major drug deal at a diner at 3 AM and get the money. Simple - save for Murphy's law: Anything that can go wrong will go wrong. | 2011 | Aaron Harvey | Action,Thriller | 4.6 (17.2K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
RepentanceA successful author and spiritual advisor takes on a troubled man as a client, completely unaware that the man's fixation on his mother's death will soon put his life in jeopardy. | 2013 | Philippe Caland | Drama,Horror,Thriller | 4.9 (2.6K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
Dark Truth, AA former CIA operative turned political talk show host is hired by a disaffected corporate shareholder to expose her company's cover-up of an incident and deaths in an Ecuadorian village. | 2012 | Damian Lee | Action,Drama,Thriller | 5.6 (6.3K votes) | 106 | 20240511 |
Food ChainsNA | 2014 | | Documentary | | | Not Available |
Forgiven, TheAfter the end of Apartheid, Archbishop Desmond Tutu meets with a brutal murderer seeking redemption. | 2017 | Roland Joffé | Drama,Thriller | 5.9 (2.4K votes) | 115 | 20211228 |
ZuluPolicemen Ali Sokhela and Brian Epkeen investigate the brutal murder of a young white woman, apparently provoked by the availability of a new illegal drug and somehow connected to the disappearance of black street children. | 2013 | Jérôme Salle | Action,Crime,Drama | 6.7 (18.5K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
Two Men in TownA Muslim ex-con forms a friendship with his parole officer. | 2014 | Rachid Bouchareb | Drama | 5.7 (2.1K votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
We Are OneNA | 2017 | | Documentary,History,News | | | Not Available |
Taken 3Accused of a ruthless murder he never committed or witnessed, Bryan Mills goes on the run and brings out his particular set of skills to find the true killer and clear his name. | 2014 | Olivier Megaton | Action,Crime,Thriller | 6.0 (187.9K votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
RespectFollowing the rise of Aretha Franklin's career from a child singing in her father's church's choir to her international superstardom, RESPECT is the remarkable true story of the music icon's journey to find her voice. | 2021 | Liesl Tommy | Biography,Drama,Music | 6.6 (17.1K votes) | 145 | 20231116 |
ArrivalA linguist works with the military to communicate with alien lifeforms after twelve mysterious spacecraft appear around the world. | 2016 | Denis Villeneuve | Drama,Mystery,Sci-Fi | 7.9 (656.6K votes) | 116 | 20211228 |
City of LiesRussell Poole and Jack Jackson investigate the murder of rapper Notorious B.I.G. | 2018 | Brad Furman | Biography,Crime,Drama | 6.4 (14.9K votes) | 112 | 20220822 |
Sewing HopeNA | 2015 | | Biography,Documentary,Drama | | | Not Available |
Mysteries of the Unseen WorldNA | 2013 | | Documentary,Short | | | Not Available |
Seaweed StoriesNA | 2024 | | Documentary,Short | | | Not Available |
RootsNA | 2016 | | Drama,History,War | | | Not Available |
Rogue OneIn a time of conflict, a group of unlikely heroes band together on a mission to steal the plans to the Death Star, the Empire's ultimate weapon of destruction. | 2016 | Gareth Edwards | Action,Adventure,Sci-Fi | 7.8 (593.3K votes) | 133 | 20211228 |
Making a SceneNA | 2013 | | Drama,Fantasy,Short | | | Not Available |
How It EndsIn the midst of an apocalypse, a man struggles to reach his pregnant wife, who is thousands of miles away. | 2018 | David M. Rosenthal | Action,Drama,Horror | 5.0 (48.3K votes) | 113 | 20211228 |
BurdenNA | 2018 | | Biography,Drama,History | | | Not Available |
Star Wars: Go RogueNA | 2016 | | Animation,Comedy,Sci-Fi | | | Not Available |
Finding Steve McQueenIn 1972, a gang of close-knit thieves from Youngstown, Ohio attempt to steal $30 million in illegal contributions and blackmail money from President Richard Nixon's secret fund. | 2019 | Mark Steven Johnson | Crime,Drama | 6.2 (5.2K votes) | 91 | 20221228 |
Triumph, the Untold Story of Perry WallaceNA | 2017 | | Biography,Documentary,Family | | | Not Available |
Jingle Jangle: A Christmas JourneyNA | 2020 | | Family,Fantasy,Musical | | | Not Available |
The King of KingsNA | 2025 | | Animation | | | Not Available |
Ghost Dog 2NA | TBA | | Crime,Drama | | | Not Available |
Prophets of ChangeNA | TBA | | Documentary,Music | | | Not Available |