Maxine's Baby: The Tyler Perry Story

2023

English

7.5

♡ 5

82%

Gelila Bekele Director

Halle Berry as Self

Will Smith as Self

Denzel Washington as Self

Samuel L. Jackson as Self

Tyler Perry is America’s consummate multihyphenate. But underneath this entertainment behemoth is a man working humbly to heal his childhood trauma by transforming his pain into promise. This documentary, a nod to his mother’s love, is an intimate portrait of visionary Tyler Perry and his harrowing but faithful road to the top of an industry that didn’t always include him.

Antwone Fisher

2002

English

7.3

♡ 35

77%

Denzel Washington Director

Denzel Washington as Dr. Jerome Davenport

Charles Robinson as Howard

Lissy Gulick as Mona

Sung Kang as Receptionist

A sailor prone to violent outbursts is sent to a naval psychiatrist for help. Refusing at first to open up, the young man eventually breaks down and reveals a horrific childhood. Through the guidance of his doctor, he confronts his painful past and begins a quest to find the family he never knew.

Giving Voice

2020

English

7.0

♡ 2

100%

68%

Action

Documentary

James D. Stern Director

Denzel Washington as Self

Laurence Fishburne as Self

John Lithgow as Self

Glenn Close as Self

Every year, thousands of high schoolers enter the August Wilson monologue competition for a chance to perform on Broadway. This film follows these students, examining how Wilson and his characters speak to a new generation, inspiring them to listen to his words and find their own voice.

John Q

2002

English

7.1

♡ 115

26%

parent child relationship

Thriller

Nick Cassavetes Director

Simon Sinn as Fong

Denzel Washington as John Quincy Archibald

Robert Duvall as Lt. Frank Grimes

Obba Babatundé as Sgt. Moody

John Quincy Archibald is a father and husband whose son is diagnosed with an enlarged heart and then finds out he cannot receive a transplant because HMO insurance will not cover it. Therefore, he decides to take a hospital full of patients hostage until the hospital puts his son's name on the donor's list.

Mo' Better Blues

1990

English

6.7

♡ 13

71%

Spike Lee Director

Denzel Washington as Bleek Gilliam

Giancarlo Esposito as Left Hand Lacey

Samuel L. Jackson as Madlock

Wesley Snipes as Shadow Henderson

Talented but self-centered trumpeter Bleek Gilliam is obsessed with his music and indecisiveness about his girlfriends Indigo and Clarke. But when he is forced to come to the aid of his manager and childhood friend, Bleek finds his world more fragile than he ever imagined.

He Got Game

1998

English

6.9

♡ 56

82%

parent child relationship

prison

release from prison

Sport

Spike Lee Director

Milla Jovovich as Dakota Burns

Charles Barkley as Himself

Denzel Washington as Jake Shuttlesworth

Kim Director as Lynn

A basketball player's father must try to convince him to go to a college so he can get a shorter prison sentence.

Flight

2012

English

7.3

♡ 188

77%

Robert Zemeckis Director

Peter Gerety as Avington Carr

Kelly Reilly as Nicole

Timothy Scott as Prisoner

Denzel Washington as Whip Whitaker

Commercial airline pilot Whip Whitaker has a problem with drugs and alcohol, though so far he's managed to complete his flights safely. His luck runs out when a disastrous mechanical malfunction sends his plane hurtling toward the ground. Whip pulls off a miraculous crash-landing that results in only six lives lost. Shaken to the core, Whip vows to get sober -- but when the crash investigation exposes his addiction, he finds himself in an even worse situation.

American Gangster

2007

English

7.8

♡ 234

81%

Ridley Scott Director

Josh Brolin as Detective Trupo

Denzel Washington as Frank Lucas

Carla Gugino as Laurie Roberts

Idris Elba as Tango

Loosely based on the criminal career of Frank Lucas, a gangster from La Grange, North Carolina, who smuggled heroin into the United States on American service planes returning from the Vietnam War, before being detained by a task force led by Newark Detective Richie Roberts.

The Equalizer 2

2018

English

6.7

♡ 559

52%

62%

Action

central intelligence agency (cia)

Antoine Fuqua Director

Bill Pullman as Brian Plummer

Pedro Pascal as Dave York

Jay Hieron as Harried Man

Denzel Washington as Robert McCall

Robert McCall, who serves an unflinching justice for the exploited and oppressed, embarks on a relentless, globe-trotting quest for vengeance when his former partner is murdered.

The Book of Eli

2010

English

6.8

♡ 259

46%

post-apocalyptic future

survival

Thriller

Allen Hughes Director

Gary Oldman as Carnegie

Denzel Washington as Eli

Joe Pingue as Hoyt

Mila Kunis as Solara

A post-apocalyptic tale, in which a lone man fights his way across America in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving humankind.

Fences

2016

English

7.2

♡ 257

92%

75%

Action

baseball

based on play or musical

Denzel Washington Director

Jovan Adepo as Cory

Stephen Henderson as Jim Bono

Russell Hornsby as Lyons

Denzel Washington as Troy Maxson

In 1950s Pittsburgh, a frustrated African-American father struggles with the constraints of poverty, racism, and his own inner demons as he tries to raise a family.

Training Day

2001

English

7.8

♡ 267

74%

89%

Action

Adventure

bratva (russian mafia)

Antoine Fuqua Director

Denzel Washington as Det. Alonzo Harris

Ethan Hawke as Jake Hoyt

Raymond J. Barry as Lou Jacobs

Eva Mendes as Sara

On his first day on the job as a narcotics officer, a rookie cop works with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears.

Remember the Titans

2000

English

7.8

♡ 116

72%

93%

Action

based on a true story

Boaz Yakin Director

Ryan Gosling as Alan Bosley

Nicole Ari Parker as Carol Boone

Will Patton as Coach Bill Yoast

Denzel Washington as Coach Herman Boone

After leading his football team to 15 winning seasons, coach Bill Yoast is demoted and replaced by Herman Boone – tough, opinionated and as different from the beloved Yoast as he could be. The two men learn to overcome their differences and turn a group of hostile young men into champions.

Philadelphia

1993

English

7.7

♡ 128

83%

philadelphia, pennsylvania

Romance

Jonathan Demme Director

Tom Hanks as Andrew Beckett

Denzel Washington as Joe Miller

Roberta Maxwell as Judge Tate

Antonio Banderas as Miguel Alvarez

Two competing lawyers join forces to sue a prestigious law firm for AIDS discrimination. As their unlikely friendship develops their courage overcomes the prejudice and corruption of their powerful adversaries.

The Mighty Quinn

1989

English

6.0

♡ 12

89%

Carl Schenkel Director

Mimi Rogers as Hadley Elgin

Robert Townsend as Maubee

James Fox as Thomas Elgin

Denzel Washington as Xavier Quinn

Police chief Xavier Quinn investigates the gruesome murder of Donald Pater, one of the wealthiest residents on a Caribbean island. He was found decapitated in his Jacuzzi. Although the local political establishment, especially crooked Governor Chalk, insists that small-time thief Maubee is responsible, Xavier has his doubts. This view is complicated by the police chief's personal history with Maubee: The men have been friends since childhood.

The Manchurian Candidate

2004

English

6.6

♡ 69

79%

Jonathan Demme Director

Denzel Washington as Ben Marco

Vera Farmiga as Jocelyne Jordan

Obba Babatundé as Senator Wells

Jose Pablo Cantillo as Villalobos

Years after his squad was ambushed during the Gulf War, Major Ben Marco finds himself having terrible nightmares. He begins to doubt that his fellow squad-mate Sergeant Raymond Shaw, now a vice-presidential candidate, is the hero he remembers him being. As Marco's doubts deepen, Shaw's political power grows, and, when Marco finds a mysterious implant embedded in his back, the memory of what really happened begins to return.

The Hurricane

1999

English

7.6

♡ 102

82%

Norman Jewison Director

Bob Dylan as Himself

Clancy Brown as Lt. Jimmy Williams

John Christopher Jones as Reporter at Bar

Denzel Washington as Rubin Carter

The story of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a boxer wrongly imprisoned for murder, and the people who aided in his fight to prove his innocence.

Virtuosity

1995

English

5.5

♡ 60

31%

32%

Action

android

artificial intelligence

artificial intelligence (a.i.)

Brett Leonard Director

Kaley Cuoco as Karin Carter

Denzel Washington as Lt. Parker Barnes

Rolando Molina as Salesman in Videostore

Frank Welker as Special Vocal Effects

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, and only one man can stop him.

Luther: Never Too Much

2024

English

8.1

♡ 2

98%

Dawn Porter Director

Garry Shandling as Self

Denzel Washington as Self

Eddie Murphy as Self

Patti LaBelle as Self

Luther Vandross started his career supporting David Bowie, Roberta Flack, Bette Midler, and more. His undeniable talent earned platinum records and accolades, but he struggled to break out beyond the R&B charts. Intensely driven, he overcame personal and professional challenges to secure his place amongst the greatest vocalists in history.

The Equalizer 3

2023

English

6.8

♡ 314

76%

Antoine Fuqua Director

Sonia Ammar as Chiara

Dakota Fanning as Emma Collins

Denzel Washington as Robert McCall

Giuseppe Russo as Soccer Commentator

Robert McCall finds himself at home in Southern Italy but he discovers his friends are under the control of local crime bosses. As events turn deadly, McCall knows what he has to do: become his friends' protector by taking on the mafia.

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Maxine's Baby: The Tyler Perry Story

Antwone Fisher

Giving Voice

John Q

Mo' Better Blues

He Got Game

Flight

American Gangster

The Equalizer 2

The Book of Eli

Fences

Training Day

Remember the Titans

Philadelphia

The Mighty Quinn

The Manchurian Candidate

The Hurricane

Virtuosity

Luther: Never Too Much

The Equalizer 3