Denzel Washington, a list by Mokono

7.7

/109591/

77

/3055/

75

/1815/

4.3

/176399/

89

/83/

91

/2301/

73

/15/

4.0

age 13+

A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he became a Black Muslim and then a leader in the Nation of Islam. His assassination in 1965 left a legacy of self-determination and racial pride.

82

7.8

/152214/

77

/3144/

74

/1742/

3.8

/82099/

95

/60/

93

/3608/

78

/22/

3.5

age 16+

Robert Gould Shaw leads the US Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices of both his own Union army and the Confederates.

82

7.8

/480999/

78

/11140/

75

/5824/

3.9

/307833/

81

/213/

90

/84/

76

/38/

4.0

age 17+

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.

79

7.7

/271600/

77

/6214/

77

/4495/

3.9

/197023/

83

/63/

89

/4676/

66

/21/

3.5

age 14+

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.

79

7.2

/124373/

74

/7866/

68

/2745/

3.6

/123039/

92

/271/

75

/1511/

79

/48/

4.0

age 14+

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.

78

7.6

/106867/

76

/2105/

74

/1482/

3.7

/32681/

82

/113/

87

/1687/

74

/30/

3.5

age 16+

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

78

7.1

/43591/

69

/1795/

69

/845/

3.8

/186640/

93

/284/

74

/358/

87

/49/

3.5

age 15+

Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders his king and takes the throne for himself.

78

7.5

/66020/

74

/1259/

72

/677/

3.6

/23638/

80

/132/

86

/4778/

65

/32/

4.0

age 13+

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.

77

7.8

/510166/

78

/12898/

75

/6366/

4.0

/514429/

74

/169/

89

/11259/

71

/36/

3.0

age 17+

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.

77

7.3

/55059/

73

/1070/

69

/781/

3.6

/58862/

90

/50/

86

/2593/

80

/25/

3.0

age 12+

In this Shakespearean farce, Hero and her groom-to-be, Claudio, team up with Claudio's commanding officer, Don Pedro, the week before their wedding to hatch a matchmaking scheme. Their targets are sharp-witted duo Benedick and Beatrice -- a tough task indeed, considering their corresponding distaste for love and each other. Meanwhile, meddling Don John plots to ruin the wedding.

77

7.4

/134516/

76

/4219/

71

/1918/

3.8

/81340/

89

/55/

84

/1935/

66

/20/

3.5

age 17+

After the Cold War, a breakaway Russian republic with nuclear warheads becomes a possible worldwide threat. U.S. submarine Capt. Frank Ramsey signs on a relatively green but highly recommended Lt. Cmdr. Ron Hunter to the USS Alabama, which may be the only ship able to stop a possible Armageddon. When Ramsey insists that the Alabama must act aggressively, Hunter, fearing they will start rather than stop a disaster, leads a potential mutiny to stop him.

76

7.8

/1467/

74

/112/

76

/38/

3.7

/2449/

90

/80/

84

/3/

70

/21/

2.5

age 13+

This revealing documentary honors the legendary Sidney Poitier—iconic actor, filmmaker, and civil rights activist. Featuring interviews with Denzel Washington, Spike Lee, Halle Berry, and more.

76

7.6

/421239/

76

/12352/

73

/6168/

3.7

/279268/

86

/210/

85

/14531/

76

/39/

2.5

age 17+

When an armed, masked gang enter a Manhattan bank, lock the doors and take hostages, the detective assigned to effect their release enters negotiations preoccupied with corruption charges he is facing.

76

7.3

/394229/

72

/11373/

68

/6293/

3.5

/198332/

77

/239/

75

/6701/

76

/40/

4.0

age 17+

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.

75

6.8

/7237/

69

/179/

64

/94/

3.9

/28146/

92

/76/

65

/173/

78

/31/

3.5

Years after her Indian family was forced to flee their Uganda home, twentysomething Mina finds herself co-operating a motel in the faraway land of Mississippi. Her passionate romance with charming Black carpet cleaner Demetrius challenges the prejudices of their conservative families and exposes the rifts between the region's Indian and African-American communities.

74

7.0

/362/

69

/32/

64

/23/

3.6

/799/

100

/16/

68

/4/

3.0

age 13+

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.

74

7.3

/40416/

73

/894/

69

/537/

3.6

/12260/

77

/148/

86

/1210/

62

/32/

3.5

age 14+

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.

74

7.8

/246526/

78

/6359/

76

/2834/

3.9

/270770/

72

/137/

93

/23308/

48

/32/

3.0

age 10+

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.

74

7.3

/2599/

71

/129/

72

/64/

3.5

/3326/

74

/43/

77

/10/

69

/13/

3.5

age 14+

An account of the life of the brilliant jazz musician John Coltrane (1926-67), a gifted saxophonist, an extraordinarily talented thinker whose original, avant-garde work has impacted and influenced people all over the world. A story about music's ability to entertain, inspire and transform.

74

6.9

/54387/

71

/1185/

67

/770/

3.6

/48768/

82

/65/

83

/1375/

64

/21/

3.5

age 17+

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

73

7.2

/12351/

72

/415/

67

/198/

3.6

/5857/

91

/23/

82

/146/

66

/10/

2.5

In a rural town in Louisiana, a black Master Sergeant is found shot to death just outside the local Army Base. Military lawyer, Captain Davenport—also a black man—is sent from Washington to conduct an investigation. Facing an uncooperative chain of command and fearful black troops, Davenport must battle with deceit and prejudice in order to find out exactly who really did kill the Master Sergeant.

73

6.8

/27147/

69

/861/

64

/440/

3.7

/42473/

92

/123/

71

/379/

78

/21/

3.0

age 15+

In late 1940s Los Angeles, Easy Rawlins is an unemployed black World War II veteran with few job prospects. At a bar, Easy meets DeWitt Albright, a mysterious white man looking for someone to investigate the disappearance of a missing white woman named Daphne Monet, who he suspects is hiding out in one of the city's black jazz clubs. Strapped for money and facing house payments, Easy takes the job, but soon finds himself in over his head.

73

6.8

/217378/

71

/6827/

66

/3763/

3.3

/105519/

87

/195/

73

/8575/

69

/34/

3.5

age 13+

When a massive, unmanned locomotive roars out of control, the threat is more ominous than just a derailment. The train is laden with toxic chemicals, and an accident would decimate human life and cause an environmental disaster. The only hope of bringing the train to a safe stop is in the hands of veteran engineer Frank Barnes, and young conductor Will Colson, who must risk their lives to save those in the runaway's path. Inspired by true events.

72

6.6

/63045/

69

/1551/

65

/1004/

3.2

/22161/

86

/56/

66

/694/

77

/19/

3.5

age 16+

A US Army officer, who made a "friendly fire" mistake that was covered up, has been reassigned to a desk job. He is tasked to investigate a female chopper commander's worthiness to be awarded the Medal of Honor. At first all seems in order. But then he begins to notice inconsistencies between the testimonies of the witnesses...

70

7.4

/15219/

73

/309/

70

/224/

3.5

/5839/

73

/26/

87

/394/

59

/15/

2.5

age 12+

A dramatic story, based on actual events, about the friendship between two men struggling against apartheid in South Africa in the 1970s. Donald Woods is a white liberal journalist in South Africa who begins to follow the activities of Stephen Biko, a courageous and outspoken black anti-apartheid activist.

70

7.3

/459546/

76

/24704/

73

/9670/

3.4

/367859/

61

/205/

77

/4164/

57

/41/

3.0

age 16+

McCall believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. But when he meets Teri, a young girl under the control of ultra-violent Russian gangsters, he can’t stand idly by – he has to help her. Armed with hidden skills that allow him to serve vengeance against anyone who would brutalize the helpless, McCall comes out of his self-imposed retirement and finds his desire for justice reawakened. If someone has a problem, if the odds are stacked against them, if they have nowhere else to turn, McCall will help. He is The Equalizer.

69

5.5

/30012/

61

/2690/

55

/404/

2.8

/118753/

83

/231/

83

/580/

74

/47/

3.5

age 15+

When a titan music mogul, widely known as having the "best ears in the business", is targeted with a ransom plot, he is jammed up in a life-or-death moral dilemma.

69

6.0

/7509/

62

/246/

60

/131/

3.1

/4986/

89

/18/

48

/106/

71

/11/

4.0

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.

69

6.7

/14844/

68

/346/

65

/251/

3.7

/21525/

71

/35/

75

/382/

61

/23/

3.0

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.

69

6.6

/122158/

68

/3489/

64

/1667/

3.3

/58235/

79

/208/

63

/2587/

76

/41/

3.0

age 16+

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.

67

6.5

/285407/

68

/18714/

66

/4110/

3.2

/1282170/

70

/406/

81

/4406/

64

/62/

2.5

age 16+

Years after witnessing the death of the revered hero Maximus at the hands of his uncle, Lucius is forced to enter the Colosseum after his home is conquered by the tyrannical Emperors who now lead Rome with an iron fist. With rage in his heart and the future of the Empire at stake, Lucius must look to his past to find strength and honor to return the glory of Rome to its people.

67

7.7

/414233/

77

/11356/

74

/5474/

3.7

/212752/

39

/166/

89

/18964/

47

/36/

2.5

age 18+

Jaded ex-CIA operative John Creasy reluctantly accepts a job as the bodyguard for a 10-year-old girl in Mexico City. They clash at first, but eventually bond, and when she's kidnapped he's consumed by fury and will stop at nothing to save her life.

66

6.8

/157363/

73

/12145/

73

/3528/

3.1

/189682/

76

/168/

94

/1780/

58

/38/

1.0

age 16+

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.

66

7.1

/342851/

72

/10428/

68

/5123/

3.5

/136243/

55

/160/

73

/19154/

59

/32/

age 16+

Called in to recover evidence in the aftermath of a horrific explosion on a New Orleans ferry, Federal agent Doug Carlin gets pulled away from the scene and taken to a top-secret government lab that uses a time-shifting surveillance device to help prevent crime.

65

6.7

/235880/

70

/10204/

65

/4370/

2.9

/88140/

64

/186/

66

/2981/

55

/43/

3.0

age 17+

A DEA agent and an undercover Naval Intelligence officer who have been tasked with investigating one another find they have been set up by the mob -- the very organization the two men believe they have been stealing money from.

64

6.5

/70754/

67

/2033/

63

/1259/

3.1

/27430/

65

/148/

58

/1354/

63

/35/

3.0

age 18+

Matt Lee Whitlock, respected chief of police in small Banyan Key, Florida, must solve a vicious double homicide before he himself falls under suspicion. Matt Lee has to stay a few steps ahead of his own police force and everyone he's trusted in order to find out the truth.

63

6.9

/242665/

74

/23280/

64

/6211/

3.2

/182276/

64

/315/

71

/2059/

54

/50/

2.0

age 14+

Looking to mine for gold, greedy industrialist Bartholomew Bogue seizes control of the Old West town of Rose Creek. With their lives in jeopardy, Emma Cullen and other desperate residents turn to bounty hunter Sam Chisolm for help. Chisolm recruits an eclectic group of gunslingers to take on Bogue and his ruthless henchmen. With a deadly showdown on the horizon, the seven mercenaries soon find themselves fighting for more than just money once the bullets start to fly.

63

6.6

/102694/

70

/3238/

65

/1705/

3.3

/61811/

56

/52/

61

/1268/

51

/15/

3.0

age 14+

A law student's theory about the recent deaths of two Supreme Court justices embroils her in a far-reaching web of murder, corruption, and greed.

63

6.8

/358314/

71

/14580/

67

/6491/

3.3

/186063/

46

/206/

65

/15241/

53

/33/

3.0

age 17+

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.

62

7.0

/100910/

71

/3251/

68

/1536/

3.3

/49162/

43

/56/

72

/1939/

52

/28/

2.5

age 15+

Homicide detective John Hobbes witnesses the execution of serial killer Edgar Reese. Soon after the execution the killings start again, and they are very similar to Reese's style.

61

6.2

/22537/

67

/641/

61

/348/

3.3

/19428/

75

/20/

52

/242/

49

/17/

An attorney is terrorized by the criminal he put away years ago when he was a cop.

60

6.7

/247935/

70

/8437/

64

/3812/

2.9

/79894/

52

/192/

63

/5545/

52

/36/

age 17+

A dangerous CIA renegade resurfaces after a decade on the run. When the safe house he's remanded to is attacked by mercenaries, a rookie operative escapes with him. Now, the unlikely allies must stay alive long enough to uncover who wants them dead.

60

5.7

/14993/

67

/544/

58

/245/

3.2

/11196/

61

/46/

44

/22/

3.0

age 10+

Good-natured Reverend Henry Biggs finds that his marriage to choir mistress Julia is flagging, due to his constant absence caring for the deprived neighborhood they live in. On top of all this, his church is coming under threat from property developer Joe Hamilton. In desperation, Biggs prays to God for help – which arrives in the form of an angel named Dudley.

59

6.4

/216041/

67

/6081/

63

/3293/

3.1

/87673/

51

/225/

52

/11508/

55

/34/

2.5

age 17+

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.

58

6.7

/225002/

73

/18867/

68

/5775/

3.1

/215576/

52

/211/

62

/1302/

50

/43/

1.5

age 16+

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.

58

6.4

/82297/

68

/2497/

62

/1428/

3.0

/26175/

44

/61/

53

/1175/

53

/25/

2.5

The secret US abduction of a suspected terrorist from his Middle East homeland leads to a wave of terrorist attacks in New York. An FBI senior agent and his team attempt to locate and decommission the enemy cells, but must also deal with an Army General gone rogue and a female CIA agent of uncertain loyalties.

57

6.3

/138825/

65

/8395/

63

/2705/

2.6

/180340/

45

/268/

67

/617/

54

/48/

2.0

age 15+

Deputy Sheriff Joe "Deke" Deacon joins forces with Sgt. Jim Baxter to search for a serial killer who's terrorizing Los Angeles. As they track the culprit, Baxter is unaware that the investigation is dredging up echoes of Deke's past, uncovering disturbing secrets that could threaten more than his case.

57

7.1

/152113/

73

/4244/

71

/2534/

3.5

/78358/

26

/133/

78

/4497/

30

/33/