An imaginary world comes to life in a holiday tale of an eccentric toymaker, his adventurous granddaughter, and a magical invention that has the power to change their lives forever.

Vision Quest

1985

English

6.7

♡ 21

63%

Harold Becker Director

Forest Whitaker as Balldozer

Linda Fiorentino as Carla

James Gammon as Kuch's Dad

Harold Sylvester as Tanneran

After deciding he needs to do something meaningful with his life, high school wrestler Louden Swain sets out on a mission to drop weight and challenge the area's undefeated champion, which creates problems with his teammates and health. Matters are complicated further when Louden's father takes in an attractive female drifter who's on her way to San Francisco.

A Little Trip to Heaven

2005

English

5.9

♡ 4

33%

Baltasar Kormákur Director

Forest Whitaker as Abe Holt

Jeremy Renner as Fred

Julia Stiles as Isold

Philip Jackson as William

Insurance investigator Abraham Holt travels to a tiny town in rural Minnesota to look into a particularly unusual insurance claim stemming from a horrific car accident. As Holt examines the scene of the wreck, it all seems a bit too perfect. And when he interviews Isold Mcbride and her shifty husband, Fred -- the impoverished beneficiaries of the massive, recently initiated life-insurance policy -- he begins to suspect that something is amiss.

Dragon Hunters

2008

French

6.5

♡ 11

67%

Guillaume Ivernel Director

Amanda Lear as Gildas

Jess Harnell as Gildas

Forest Whitaker as Lian-Chu

Nick Jameson as Lord Arnold

Dragon Hunters is a fantastic tale telling the adventures of two dragon hunters: the world has become a vast conglomerate of islands of varying size and shape. This babbling universe is mainly peopled with ruthless rogues, surly peasants and illiterate, petty lords Their main concerns revolve around two fundamental rules : Eat and don't get eaten.

Mysteries of the Unseen World

2013

English

7.6

♡ 35

100%

Louie Schwartzberg Director

Johnathan McRae as Apartment Resident

Kaysia Monique Stove as Apartment Resident

Forest Whitaker as Narrator

Yosef Ratleff as Skateboarder

Mysteries of the Unseen World transports audiences to places on this planet that they have never been before, to see things that are beyond their normal vision, yet literally right in front of their eyes. Mysteries of the Unseen World reveals phenomena that can't be seen with the naked eye, taking audiences into earthly worlds secreted away in different dimensions of time and scale. Viewers experience events that unfold too slowly for human perception

Where the Wild Things Are

2009

English

6.7

♡ 52

73%

57%

Action

Adventure

based on children's book

children's book

children's perspectives

overflowing with imagination

Spike Jonze Director

Paul Dano as Alexander

Chris Cooper as Douglas

Forest Whitaker as Ira

Mark Ruffalo as The Boyfriend

Max imagines running away from his mom and sailing to a far-off land where large talking beasts—Ira, Carol, Douglas, the Bull, Judith and Alexander—crown him as their king, play rumpus, build forts and discover secret hideaways.

Dope

2015

English

7.2

♡ 78

88%

los angeles, california

Music

Thriller

Rick Famuyiwa Director

Allen Maldonado as Alan the Bouncer

Tony Revolori as Jib

Kimberly Elise as Lisa Hayes

Forest Whitaker as Narrator

Malcolm is carefully surviving life in a tough neighborhood in Los Angeles while juggling college applications, academic interviews, and the SAT. A chance invitation to an underground party leads him into an adventure that could allow him to go from being a geek, to being dope, to ultimately being himself.

Good Morning, Vietnam

1987

English

7.3

♡ 74

90%

Barry Levinson Director

Robin Williams as Adrian Cronauer

Forest Whitaker as Edward Garlick

Noble Willingham as Gen. Taylor

Richard Edson as Pvt. Abersold

A disk jockey goes to Vietnam to work for the Armed Forces Radio Service. While he becomes popular among the troops, his superiors disapprove of his humor.

Bloodsport

1988

English

6.8

♡ 129

50%

mixed martial arts (mma)

sensei

Sport

sports

Newt Arnold Director

Jean-Claude Van Damme as Frank Dux

Forest Whitaker as Rawlins

Donald Gibb as Ray Jackson

Michel Qissi as Suan Parades

An American Army Major goes AWOL to Hong Kong for an outlawed martial arts contest called the Kumite.

The Last King of Scotland

2006

English

7.6

♡ 96

87%

89%

Action

based on novel or book

Kevin Macdonald Director

James McAvoy as Dr. Nicholas Garrigan

Forest Whitaker as Idi Amin

Gillian Anderson as Sarah Merrit

Simon McBurney as Stone

Young Scottish doctor, Nicholas Garrigan decides it's time for an adventure after he finishes his formal education, so he decides to try his luck in Uganda, and arrives during the downfall of President Obote. General Idi Amin comes to power and asks Garrigan to become his personal doctor.

Our Family Wedding

2010

English

5.1

♡ 21

15%

Rick Famuyiwa Director

Forest Whitaker as Brad Boyd

Anna Maria Horsford as Diane Boyd

Harry Shum Jr. as Harry

Mimi Michaels as Tipsy #1

The weeks leading up to a young couple's wedding is comic and stressful, especially as their respective fathers try to lay to rest their feud.

The Crying Game

1992

English

7.2

♡ 42

95%

Neil Jordan Director

Jim Broadbent as Col

Jaye Davidson as Dil

Forest Whitaker as Jody

Adrian Dunbar as Maguire

Irish Republican Army member Fergus forms an unexpected bond with Jody, a kidnapped British soldier in his custody, despite the warnings of fellow IRA members Jude and Maguire. Jody makes Fergus promise he'll visit his girlfriend, Dil, in London, and when Fergus flees to the city, he seeks her out. Hounded by his former IRA colleagues, he finds himself increasingly drawn to the enigmatic, and surprising, Dil.

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

1999

English

7.5

♡ 65

84%

Jim Jarmusch Director

Forest Whitaker as Ghost Dog

Gary Farmer as Nobody

Victor Argo as Vinny

Harry Shearer as Voice of Scratchy

A Black hitman who models after the samurai of old finds himself targeted for death by the mob.

Arrival

2016

English

7.9

♡ 990

94%

83%

Drama

extraterrestrial technology

Denis Villeneuve Director

Forest Whitaker as Colonel Weber

Jeremy Renner as Ian Donnelly

Amy Adams as Louise Banks

Mark Camacho as Richard Riley

Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat.

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Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey

Vision Quest

A Little Trip to Heaven

Dragon Hunters

Mysteries of the Unseen World

Where the Wild Things Are

Dope

Good Morning, Vietnam

Bloodsport

The Last King of Scotland

Our Family Wedding

The Crying Game

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

Arrival