A street-wise teen from Baltimore who has been raised by a single mother travels to New York City to spend the Christmas holiday with his estranged relatives, where he embarks on a surprising and inspirational journey.

Zulu

2013

English

6.7

♡ 31

60%

Jérôme Salle Director

Forest Whitaker as Ali Sokhela

Orlando Bloom as Brian Epkeen

Sven Ruygrok as David Epkeen

Danny Keogh as Kruger

As a child, Ali Neuman narrowly escaped being murdered by Inkhata, a militant political party at war with Nelson Mandela's African National Congress. Only he and his mother survived the carnage of those years. But as with many survivors, the psychological scars remain.

Everyone's Hero

2006

English

5.7

♡ 24

42%

Christopher Reeve Director

Whoopi Goldberg as Darlin'

William H. Macy as Lefty Maginnis

Forest Whitaker as Lonnie Brewster

Robin Williams as Napoleon Cross

A boy begins a grand journey to return Babe Ruth's baseball bat before the deciding game of the 1932 World Series comes to a close.

Hurricane Season

2009

English

6.6

♡ 6

69%

Tim Story Director

Forest Whitaker as Al Collins

Taraji P. Henson as Dayna Collins

Courtney B. Vance as Mr. Randolph

Bonnie Hunt as Principal

Based on true events amid the wreckage and chaos dealt by Hurricane Katrina; one basketball coach in Marrero, Louisiana just will not give up. Coach Al Collins, gathers other players from hard-hit schools and builds a team actually worthy enough to go to the state playoffs.

Body Count

1998

English

5.4

♡ 10

41%

Robert Patton-Spruill Director

John Leguizamo as Chino

Forest Whitaker as Crane

Linda Fiorentino as Natalie

Ving Rhames as Pike

A group of thieves attempt to rob an art gallery, but when plans backfire and one of the men winds up dead, the group head down south, running afoul of the law. Along the way, they meet up with a seductive con artist with ideas of her own.

Ernest & Celestine

2012

French

7.8

♡ 21

98%

Benjamin Renner Director

Mackenzie Foy as Celestine

Forest Whitaker as Ernest

William H. Macy as Head Dentist

Ashley Boettcher as (voice)

Celestine is a little mouse trying to avoid a dental career while Ernest is a big bear craving an artistic outlet. When Celestine meets Ernest, they overcome their natural enmity by forging a life of crime together.

Repentance

2013

English

4.9

♡ 13

33%

Philippe Caland Director

Forest Whitaker as Angel Sanchez

Peter Weller as Meyer

Nicole Ari Parker as Sophie Sanchez

Anthony Mackie as Tommy Carter

An earnest life-coach/author, Thomas Carter, is mysteriously abducted by a deranged client, Angel Sanchez, who delves into Thomas' teachings and uses his spiritual messages of Karma - action and reaction (Vipaka), against him to terrorize him and his family for their past sins.

A Rage in Harlem

1991

English

5.9

♡ 13

68%

harlem, new york city

moll

shootout

Bill Duke Director

Reynaldo Rey as Blind Man

Arthur Burghardt as Bo

Danny Glover as Easy Money

Forest Whitaker as Jackson

A beautiful black gangster's moll flees to Harlem with a trunkload of gold after a shootout, unaware that the rest of the gang, and a few other unsavoury characters, are on her trail. A pudgy momma's boy becomes the object of her affections and the unlikely hero of the tale.

Mr. Holland's Opus

1995

English

7.3

♡ 18

75%

husband wife relationship

Stephen Herek Director

Forest Whitaker as Bobby Tidd - Adult

Alicia Witt as Gertrude Lang

Joanna Gleason as Governor Gertrude Lang

William H. Macy as Vice Principal Gene Wolters

In 1965, passionate musician Glenn Holland takes a day job as a high school music teacher, convinced it's just a small obstacle on the road to his true calling: writing a historic opus. As the decades roll by with the composition unwritten but generations of students inspired through his teaching, Holland must redefine his life's purpose.

Phenomenon

1996

English

6.5

♡ 59

47%

Jon Turteltaub Director

Robert Duvall as Doc Brunder

Beth Kennedy as Female FBI Agent

John Travolta as George Malley

Forest Whitaker as Nate Pope

An ordinary man sees a bright light descend from the sky, and discovers he now has super-intelligence and telekinesis.

My Own Love Song

2010

English

5.7

♡ 3

34%

Adventure

Comedy

Drama

Olivier Dahan Director

Madeline Zima as Billie

Don Sparks as Iceman Jim

Renée Zellweger as Jane

Forest Whitaker as Joey

A wheelchair-bound singer and her best friend embark on a roadtrip to Memphis.

Diary of a Hitman

1991

English

5.2

♡ 19

33%

Roy London Director

Forest Whitaker as Dekker

Sherilyn Fenn as Jain

Sharon Stone as Kiki

Seymour Cassel as Koenig

A veteran hitman, Dekker is ready to call it quits and leave the profession. His final job, however, proves to be trickier than expected when a sadistic man recruits the assassin to kill his wife, Jain, and their baby, but he can’t bring himself to do the job, complicating all of their lives.

Crips and Bloods: Made in America

2008

English

6.8

♡ 3

76%

Stacy Peralta Director

Jim Brown as Himself

Tony Muhammad as Himself

Kershaun Scott as Himself

Forest Whitaker as Narrator

With a first-person look at the notorious Crips and Bloods, this film examines the conditions that have lead to decades of devastating gang violence among young African Americans growing up in South Los Angeles.

Witness Protection

1999

English

6.2

♡ 7

60%

59%

Crime

Drama

Richard Pearce Director

Jim Metzler as Jim Cutler

Shannon Cochran as Psychologist

Leon Russom as Reedy

Forest Whitaker as Steven Beck

Would you be willing to walk away from everyone and everything you've ever known in exchange for your safety? This is the question facing career criminal Bobby "Bats" Batton (Tom Sizemore); on the outs with the mob and facing prosecution for a number of serious crimes, Batton is offered a deal by the FBI in which he will be given immunity in exchange for testifying against his former partners. However, Batton will have to join the Federal Witness Protection Program, which means that he, his wife, and his children will never again see their friends and family.

Rising from Ashes

2012

English

7.5

79%

T.C. Johnstone Director

Forest Whitaker as Narrator

Obed Ruvogera as Self

Innocent Sibomana as Self

Abraham Ruhumuriza as Self

“Rising from Ashes” is a feature length documentary about the ﬁrst Rwandan National Cycling Team and their six year journey to the Olympic games in London. It's not about the bike. It's about second chances, how our past doesn't have to deﬁne our future, and the impossible triumph of the human spirit over one of the world's most devastating genocides.

Jason's Lyric

1994

English

6.6

♡ 8

58%

Doug McHenry Director

Forest Whitaker as Maddog

Lew Temple as Man on Bus

Sandra 'Pepa' Denton as Sandy

Wayne Dehart as Street Preacher

The story of a young man who must confront his own fears about love as well as his relationships with family and friends.

Catch .44

2011

English

4.6

♡ 24

14%

Aaron Harvey Director

Shea Whigham as Billy

Bruce Willis as Mel

Forest Whitaker as Ronny

Malin Akerman as Tes

The lives of three female assassins take a sudden turn when their charming boss lures them into one last job. They soon find themselves thrust into a bizarre situation involving a psychotic hit man, a grizzled trucker and a delusional line cook.

The Great Debaters

2007

English

7.5

♡ 46

80%

Denzel Washington Director

Ritchie Montgomery as Deputy

Forest Whitaker as Dr. James Farmer Sr.

Glen Powell as Harvard Debater #1

Denzel Washington as Melvin B. Tolson

The true story of a brilliant but politically radical debate team coach who uses the power of words to transform a group of underdog African-American college students into a historical powerhouse that took on the Harvard elite.

Body Snatchers

1993

English

6.0

♡ 18

69%

Abel Ferrara Director

Christine Elise as Jenn Platt

Forest Whitaker as Major Collins

Gabrielle Anwar as Marti Malone

Billy Wirth as Tim Young

When Environmental Protection Agency inspector Steve Malone travels to a remote military base in order to check for toxic materials, he brings his family along for the ride. After arriving at the base, his teenage daughter Marti befriends Jean Platt, daughter of the base's commander, General Platt. When people at the base begin acting strangely, Marti becomes convinced that they are slowly being replaced by plant-like aliens.

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Catch .44

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