Born to Be Wild observes various orphaned jungle animals and their day-to-day behavioural interactions with the individuals who rescue them and raise them to adulthood. The film unfurls in two separate geographic spheres. Half of it takes place in the rain forests of Borneo, where celebrated primatologist Dr. Birute Galdikas assists baby orangutans; the other half takes place on the arid savannahs of Kenya, where zoologist Dame Daphne Sheldrick works with baby elephant calves.

Teachers

1984

English

6.1

♡ 8

61%

Arthur Hiller Director

Allen Garfield as Carl Rosenberg

Lee Grant as Dr. Donna Burke

Richard Mulligan as Herbert Gower

Morgan Freeman as Lewis

A teacher reconnects with an old student who is now an attorney representing a family who is suing the school for graduating their son who still cannot read or write. Amid the daily chaos of teaching in an inner city school, Alex Jurel tries to decide if he will lie at his deposition to protect the school or tell the truth and risk throwing away his career.

Just Getting Started

2017

English

4.6

♡ 63

5%

Ron Shelton Director

Graham Beckel as Burt

Jane Seymour as Delilah

Morgan Freeman as Duke

Rene Russo as Suzie

Duke Diver is living the high life as the freewheeling manager of a luxurious resort in Palm Springs, Calif. He soon faces competition from Leo, a former military man who likes the same woman that Duke is interested in. When Diver's past suddenly catches up with him, he must put aside his differences and reluctantly team up with Leo to stop whoever is trying to kill him.

Street Smart

1987

English

6.4

♡ 18

67%

Jerry Schatzberg Director

Mimi Rogers as Alison Parker

Morgan Freeman as Fast Black

Anna Maria Horsford as Harriet

Leslie Carlson as Marty

A New York journalist lies when his fake story about a pimp describes a real pimp up for murder.

Dreamcatcher

2003

English

5.5

♡ 70

27%

based on novel or book

Drama

friends

Horror

religion and supernatural

Sci-Fi

snowstorm

Thriller

Lawrence Kasdan Director

Morgan Freeman as Col. Abraham Curtis

Campbell Lane as Old Man Gosselin

Timothy Olyphant as Pete

Michael Dobson as Stranger on Curb

Four boyhood pals perform a heroic act and are changed by the powers they gain in return. Years later, on a hunting trip in the Maine woods, they're overtaken by a vicious blizzard that harbors an ominous presence. Challenged to stop an alien force, the friends must first prevent the slaughter of innocent civilians by a military vigilante ... and then overcome a threat to the bond that unites the four of them.

The Big Bounce

2004

English

4.9

♡ 18

16%

24%

Action

based on novel or book

George Armitage Director

Bebe Neuwirth as Alison Ritchie

Charlie Sheen as Bob Rogers, Jr.

Owen Wilson as Jack Ryan

Morgan Freeman as Walter Crewes

A small-time con artist and a Hawaiian real estate developer's mischievous, enterprising mistress team up for a potential $200,000 score.

The Bonfire of the Vanities

1990

English

5.6

♡ 25

15%

Brian De Palma Director

Kirsten Dunst as Campbell McCoy

Morgan Freeman as Judge Leonard White

Bruce Willis as Peter Fallow

Tom Hanks as Sherman McCoy

After his mistress runs over a black teen, a Wall Street hotshot sees his life unravel in the spotlight; A down-and-out reporter breaks the story and opportunists clamber to use it to their advantage.

Hard Rain

1998

English

5.9

♡ 36

34%

Mikael Salomon Director

Wayne Duvall as Hank

Morgan Freeman as Jim

Christian Slater as Tom

Anthony Montgomery as (uncredited)

An armored car driver tries to elude a gang of thieves while a flood ravages the countryside.

5 Flights Up

2014

English

6.2

♡ 14

47%

Richard Loncraine Director

Morgan Freeman as Alex Carver

Jimmy Palumbo as Cab Driver

Jackie Hoffman as 'Eh' Lady

Diane Keaton as Ruth Carver

A long-time married couple who've spent their lives together in the same New York apartment become overwhelmed by personal and real estate-related issues when they plan to move away.

Nurse Betty

2000

English

6.3

♡ 17

83%

Neil LaBute Director

Renée Zellweger as Betty

Morgan Freeman as Charlie

Harriet Sansom Harris as Ellen

Irene Olga López as Rosa's Mother

What happens when a person decides that life is merely a state of mind? If you're Betty, a small-town waitress and soap opera fan from Fair Oaks, Kansas, you refuse to believe that you can't be with the love of your life just because he doesn't really exist. After all, life is no excuse for not living. Traumatized by a savage event, Betty enters into a fugue state that allows -- even encourages -- her to keep functioning... in a kind of alternate reality.

Levity

2003

English

6.3

♡ 12

34%

Ed Solomon Director

Jane McLean as Clubgoer #8

Billy Bob Thornton as Manuel Jordan

Morgan Freeman as Miles Evans

Kirsten Dunst as Sofia Mellinger

Manuel Jordan is a man who is free after serving 23 years for killing a teenager during an attempted robbery. After nearly two decades of staring at his victim's face on a newspaper clipping in his cell, the newly paroled man seeks redemption. Instead, redemption—in the form of a mysterious minister and two needy women— finds him.

Uncle Tom

2020

English

8.2

♡ 18

96%

Justin Malone Director

Whoopi Goldberg as Self

Morgan Freeman as Self

LeBron James as Self

Al Sharpton as Self

In a collection of intimate interviews with some of America's most provocative black conservative thinkers, Uncle Tom takes a different look at being black in America.

Resting Place

1986

English

6.4

♡ 14

68%

Action

Drama

John Korty Director

CCH Pounder as Ada Johnson

Morgan Freeman as Luther Johnson

John Lithgow as Maj. Kendall Laird

Brian Tarantina as Sp4 Beyer

A television movie set in Rockville, Georgia, in 1972. Major Kendall Laird, a Survival Assistance Officer, arrives in this sleepy little town with the body of Lieutenant Dwyte Johnson, a Vietnam war hero. It's Laird's job to help Johnson's parents bury their son. But since the dead hero was black, his parents are turned away by the white racists who maintain the town's "all-white" cemetery.

A Man Called Adam

1966

English

6.5

♡ 5

38%

Leo Penn Director

Sammy Davis Jr. as Adam Johnson

Morgan Freeman as Party Guest

Gerald S. O'Loughlin as Red - the Sheriff

Louis Armstrong as Willie Ferguson

A famous jazz trumpeter finds himself unable to cope with the problems of everyday life.

Johnny Handsome

1989

English

6.1

♡ 13

60%

Walter Hill Director

Elizabeth McGovern as Donna McCarty

Mickey Rourke as John 'Johnny Handsome' Sedley / Johnny Mitchell

Morgan Freeman as Lt. A.Z. Drones

Peter Jason as Mr. Bonet

A career criminal who has been deformed since birth is given a new face by a kindly doctor and paroled from prison. It appears that he has gone straight, but he is really planning his revenge on the man who killed his mentor and sent him to prison.

The Comeback Trail

2020

English

5.7

♡ 23

30%

George Gallo Director

Tommy Lee Jones as Duke Montana

Vincent Spano as Joey Silva

Robert De Niro as Max Barber

Morgan Freeman as Reggie Fontaine

Two movie producers who owe money to the mob set up their aging movie star for an insurance scam to try and save themselves. But they wind up getting more than they ever imagined.

Spielberg

2017

English

7.7

♡ 12

91%

Susan Lacy Director

Morgan Freeman as Self - Segment "Amistad"

Leonardo DiCaprio as Self - Segment "Catch Me If You Can"

Tom Hanks as Self - Segment "Saving Private Ryan"

Tom Cruise as Self - Segment "War of the Worlds"

A documentary on the life and career of one of the most influential film directors of all time, Steven Spielberg.

10 Items or Less

2006

English

6.5

♡ 13

64%

Brad Silberling Director

Danny DeVito as Big D

Morgan Freeman as Him

Leonardo Nam as Kid at Target

Anne Dudek as Lorraine

An actor who is considering the role of a supermarket manager arrives at a grocery store on the outskirts of Los Angeles to do some field research. He subsequently becomes stranded, without a car or cell phone, and accepts a ride home with Scarlet, a cashier who is about to interview for a new job. The actor rediscovers the essence of his craft while helping Scarlet gain the confidence she needs to change her life.