Denzel Washington

American Gangster 2007

An outcast New York City cop is charged with bringing down Harlem drug lord Frank Lucas, whose real life inspired this partly biographical film.

Category: Biography, Crime, Drama

Stars: Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Josh Brolin

7.8 IMDB Rating 14,092 Views
Philadelphia 1993

When a man with HIV is fired by his law firm because of his condition, he hires a homophobic small time lawyer as the only willing advocate for a wrongful dismissal suit.

Category: Drama

Stars: Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, Roberta Maxwell, Buzz Kilman

7.7 IMDB Rating 4,566 Views
The Bone Collector 1999

A quadriplegic ex-homicide detective and his partner try to track down a serial killer who is terrorizing New York City.

Category: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Stars: Denzel Washington, Angelina Jolie, Queen Latifah, Michael Rooker

6.7 IMDB Rating 5,146 Views
Deja Vu 2006

A ferry filled with crewmen from the USS Nimitz and their families was blown up in New Orleans on Mardi Gras. BATF Doug Carlin is brought in to assist in the massive investigation, and gets attached to an experimental FBI surveillance unit, one that uses spacefolding technology to directly look back a little over four days into the past. While tracking down the bomber, Carlin gets an idea in his head: could they use the device to actually travel back in time and not only prevent the bombing but also the murder of a local woman whose truck was used in the bombing?

Category: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Stars: Denzel Washington,Paula Patton,Val Kilmer,Jim Caviezel

7.0 IMDB Rating 10,142 Views
Courage Under Fire 1996

The pilot of a rescue copter, Captain Karen Walden, died shortly before her helicopter crew was rescued after it crashed in Desert Storm. It first appears that she made a spectacular rescue of a downed helicopter crew, then held her own crew together to fight off the Iraqis after her copter crashed. Lt. Colonel Serling, who is struggling with his own demons from Desert Storm, is assigned to investigate her worthiness for the Medal of Honor. But some conflicting accounts, from her crew and soldiers in the area, cause him to question whether she deserves it.

Category: Action, Drama, Mystery

Stars: Denzel Washington, Meg Ryan, Lou Diamond Phillips, Michael Moriarty

6.6 IMDB Rating 6,171 Views
Unstoppable 2010

With an unmanned, half-mile-long freight train barreling toward a city, a veteran engineer and a young conductor race against the clock to prevent a catastrophe.

Category: Action, Thriller

Stars: Denzel Washington, Chris Pine, Rosario Dawson

6.8 IMDB Rating 8,218 Views
The Equalizer 2 2018

Robert McCall serves an unflinching justice for the exploited and oppressed, but how far will he go when that is someone he loves?

Category: Action, Crime, Thriller

Stars: Denzel Washington, Pedro Pascal, Ashton Sanders

6.7 IMDB Rating 20,902 Views
Man on Fire 2004

In Mexico City, a former CIA operative swears vengeance on those who committed an unspeakable act against the family he was hired to protect.

Category: Action, Crime, Drama

Stars: Denzel Washington, Christopher Walken, Dakota Fanning

7.7 IMDB Rating 12,867 Views
The Equalizer 2014

A man who believes he has put his mysterious past behind him cannot stand idly by when he meets a young girl under the control of ultra-violent Russian gangsters.

Category: Action, Crime, Thriller

Stars: Denzel Washington, Marton Csokas, Chloë Grace Moretz

7.2 IMDB Rating 17,423 Views
Roman J. Israel, Esq. 2017

Roman J. Israel, Esq., a driven, idealistic defense attorney, finds himself in a tumultuous series of events that lead to a crisis and the necessity for extreme action.

Category: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Stars: Denzel Washington, Colin Farrell, Carmen Ejogo

6.5 IMDB Rating 5,790 Views
Remember the Titans 2000

The true story of a newly appointed African-American coach and his high school team on their first season as a racially integrated unit.

Category: Biography, Drama, Sport

Stars: Denzel Washington, Will Patton, Wood Harris

7.8 IMDB Rating 15,573 Views
Flight 2012

An airline pilot saves almost all his passengers on his malfunctioning airliner which eventually crashed, but an investigation into the accident reveals something troubling.

Category: Drama, Thriller

Stars: Denzel Washington, Nadine Velazquez, Don Cheadle

7.3 IMDB Rating 9,567 Views
The Preacher’s Wife 1996

An angel comes to Earth to help a preacher save his church and his family.

Category: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Stars: Denzel Washington, Whitney Houston, Courtney B. Vance

5.6 IMDB Rating 4,108 Views
Antwone Fisher 2002

Antwone Fisher, a young navy man, is forced to see a psychiatrist after a violent outburst against a fellow crewman. During the course of treatment a painful past is revealed and a new hope begins.

Category: Biography, Drama

Stars: Denzel Washington, Derek Luke, Joy Bryant

7.3 IMDB Rating 5,203 Views
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 2009

Armed men hijack a New York City subway train, holding the passengers hostage in return for a ransom, and turning an ordinary day's work for dispatcher Walter Garber into a face-off with the mastermind behind the crime.

Category: Action, Crime, Thriller

Stars: Denzel Washington, John Travolta, Luis Guzmán

6.4 IMDB Rating 5,873 Views
The Hurricane 1999

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

Category: Biography, Drama, Sport

Stars: Denzel Washington, Vicellous Shannon, Deborah Kara Unger

7.6 IMDB Rating 6,380 Views
The Great Debaters 2007

A 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.

Category: Biography, Drama

Stars: Denzel Washington, Forest Whitaker, Kimberly Elise

7.5 IMDB Rating 4,849 Views
He Got Game 1998

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

Category: Drama, Sport

Stars: Denzel Washington, Milla Jovovich, Ray Allen

6.9 IMDB Rating 7,359 Views
Glory 1989

Robert Gould Shaw leads the U.S. Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices from both his own Union Army, and the Confederates.

Category: Drama, History, War

Stars: Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washington, Cary Elwes

7.8 IMDB Rating 5,359 Views
John Q 2002

John Quincy Archibald takes a hospital emergency room hostage when his insurance won't cover his son's heart transplant.

Category: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Stars: Denzel Washington, Robert Duvall, Gabriela Oltean

7.1 IMDB Rating 8,243 Views