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  • Shawshank Redemption fans want Morgan Freeman for anniversary event - 8 June 2012
    -Fans of The Shawshank Redemption are hoping to lure the movie's stars Morgan Freeman and Bob Gunton to a special 20th anniversary event in the city where the classic film was shot.-The multi-Oscar nominated prison drama was mainly filmed at various locations in and aro


  • Freeman set for Golden Globes lifetime achievement award - 9 November 2011
    -Actor Morgan Freeman is to be honoured for his lifetime of career achievements at next year's (12) Golden Globe Awards.-The Million Dollar Baby star is to be the 2012 recipient of the coveted Cecil B. DeMille Award at the prestigious ceremony in January.- Past recipie


  • Freeman receives Mumbai Film Festival honour - 21 October 2011
    -Actor Morgan Freeman was recognised for his career achievements at India's Mumbai Film Festival on Thursday (20Oct11).-The Shawshank Redemption star was not present to pick up his prize, but recorded a video message to express his gratitude.- In the clip, Freeman says

Morgan Freeman - what members say


  • Unforgiven
  • Unforgiven review by from Durham
    Rated - 5.0 stars Clint strikes back 14 August 2004
    ...o kids. Along for the ride is Munny's long time friend, Ned logan, played by Morgan Freeman quite possibly the best black actor in Hollywood, who tries his best to assure ...   Read customer review
  • Seven
  • Seven review by from Bedford, England
    Rated - 5.0 stars Seven Stars 3 September 2003
    ...Seven is probably Brad Pitt's finest achievement to date. Morgan Freeman is, as always, absolutely breathtakingly good and top marks to David Fincher for an epic journey into...   Read customer review
  • The Shawshank Redemption
  • The Shawshank Redemption review by A customer from Poole
    Rated - 5.0 stars Is this the greatest movie ever made? 20 September 2003
    ...s friendship with 'the only guilty man inside Shawshank', Ellis 'Red' Reddings (Morgan Freeman). Along the way it branches into at least six different side stories that, half...   Read customer review

Morgan Freeman - filmography


  • Olympus Has Fallen (2013)
    Starring: Gerard Butler,  Morgan Freeman,  Dylan McDermott
    Director: Antoine Fuqua
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    When unidentified aircraft is spotted approaching the White House, the Secret Service rush the President, his cabinet and visiting officials to the safety of the presidential bunker. But will this be sanctuary enough? As the Oval office and its environs sustain an aerial and ground attack, ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 83 members
    Due for release on 2nd September 2013
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  • Olympus Has Fallen - Blu-ray (2013)
    Starring: Gerard Butler,  Morgan Freeman,  Dylan McDermott
    Director: Antoine Fuqua
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    When unidentified aircraft is spotted approaching the White House, the Secret Service rush the President, his cabinet and visiting officials to the safety of the presidential bunker. But will this be sanctuary enough? As the Oval office and its environs sustain an aerial and ground attack, ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 No ratings yet. Be the first.
    Due for release on 2nd September 2013
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  • Oblivion (2013)
    Starring: Tom Cruise,  Morgan Freeman,  Olga Kurylenko
    Director: Joseph Kosinski
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    On a spectacular future Earth that has evolved beyond recognition, one man’s confrontation with the past will lead him on a journey of redemption and discovery as he battles to save mankind. Jack Harper (Cruise) is one of the last few drone repairmen stationed on Earth. Part of a massive operation ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 191 members
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  • Through The Wormhole With Morgan Freeman... (4 discs) on DVD (2012)
    Starring: Morgan Freeman
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Morgan Freeman presents the second series of the science show "Through the Wormhole" where more big questions are asked and possible answers considered. Includes all episodes form the second season.
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 30 members
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  • Through The Wormhole With Morgan Freeman... (2012)
    Starring: Morgan Freeman
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Morgan Freeman presents the second series of the science show "Through the Wormhole" where more big questions are asked and possible answers considered. Includes all episodes form the second season.
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 3 members
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  • The Dark Knight Rises on DVD (2012)
    Starring: Christian Bale,  Anne Hathaway,  Tom Hardy
    Director: Christopher Nolan
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Eight years after the events of The Dark Knight, the terrorist leader Bane arrives in Gotham City, pushing it and its police force to their limits, forcing its former hero Batman to resurface after taking the fall for Harvey Dent's crimes.
    4 stars out of 5 77% from 10,507 members
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  • The Magic of Belle Isle (2012)
    Starring: Morgan Freeman,  Kenan Thompson,  Virginia Madsen
    Director: Rob Reiner
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Monte Wildhorn, a famous Western novelist whose struggle with alcoholism has sapped his passion for writing. He takes a lakeside cabin for the summer in picturesque Belle Isle, and befriends the family next door-an attractive single mom and her young daughters-who help him find inspiration again.
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 20 members
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  • Dolphin Tale on DVD (2011)
    Starring: Morgan Freeman,  Ashley Judd,  Harry Connick Jr.
    Director: Charles Martin Smith
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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    Inspired by an amazing true story "Dolphin Tale" is a film about "Winter", a rescued dolphin who has lost her tail in a crab trap, and Sawyer, the 11-year old boy who helps save her life. Sawyer meets her at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium, a marine sanctuary where she lives, and rallies friends ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 78% from 3,373 members
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  • The 16th Man on DVD (2011)
    Director: Morgan Freeman
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Documentary looking back on South Africa's triumph in the 1995 Rugby World Cup, narrated by Morgan Freeman. Historically most popular among the country's white population, rugby appeared for many to simply be another symbol of racial division in apartheid South Africa. When apartheid policies were ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 20 members
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  • Through The Wormhole With Morgan Freeman (4 discs) on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Morgan Freeman
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Morgan Freeman presents a documentary which explores the mysteries of the universe. Using expert knowledge that has been developed over the years, the programme attempts to answer questions on various topics such as what existed before our universe formed and the possibility of life on other planets.
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 105 members
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  • Invictus - Blu-ray (2010)
    Starring: Morgan Freeman,  Matt Damon,  Tony Kgoroge
    Director: Clint Eastwood
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    The film tells the inspiring true story of how Nelson Mandela joined forces with the captain of South Africa's rugby team to help unite their country. Newly elected President Mandela knows his nation remains racially and economically divided in the wake of apartheid. Believing he can bring his ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 11,624 members
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  • RED on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Bruce Willis,  Helen Mirren,  Mary-Louise Parker
    Director: Robert Schwentke
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Bruce Willis stars in this star-studded action comedy based on D.C. Comics' cult graphic novel. Former CIA top agent Frank Moses (Willis) is now enjoying an idyllic, if rather dull, retirement. But life gets a whole lot more interesting when he narrowly escapes death at the hands of a high-tech ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 67,885 members
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  • RED - Blu-ray (2010)
    Starring: Bruce Willis,  Helen Mirren,  Mary-Louise Parker
    Director: Robert Schwentke
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Bruce Willis stars in this star-studded action comedy based on D.C. Comics' cult graphic novel. Former CIA top agent Frank Moses (Willis) is now enjoying an idyllic, if rather dull, retirement. But life gets a whole lot more interesting when he narrowly escapes death at the hands of a high-tech ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 21,346 members
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  • Invictus on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Matt Stern,  Shakes Myeko,  Marguerite Wheatley
    Director: Clint Eastwood
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Clint Eastwood directs this drama based on events that took place during the first term of Nelson Mandela's presidency of South Africa. In an effort to help unite his racially and economically divided country in the wake of the apartheid system, the newly-elected Mandela (Morgan Freeman) joins ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 42,717 members
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  • The People Speak (2009)
    Starring: Matt Damon,  Marisa Tomei,  Morgan Freeman
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Inspired by Howard Zinn's best-seller A People's History of the United States and it's companion book Voices of a People's History of the United States this star studded documentary takes an unguarded look at our nation's decades-long struggle with the pressing issues of war, race, class, and women'..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 5 members
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  • Thick as Thieves on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Robert Forster,  Antonio Banderas,  Morgan Freeman
    Director: Mimi Leder
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Heist thriller starring Antonio Banderas and Morgan Freeman. Heavily in debt to the Russian mob, a veteran criminal (Freeman) decides to recruit a novice thief (Banderas) to help him steal two famous Faberge eggs from an impenetrable vault. Radha Mitchell co-stars as the temptress who comes between ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 7,106 members
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  • The Dark Knight on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Christian Bale,  Heath Ledger,  Maggie Gyllenhaal
    Director: Christopher Nolan
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Batman and James Gordon join forces with Gotham's new District Attorney, Harvey Dent, to take on a psychotic bank robber known as The Joker, whilst other forces plot against them, and Joker's crimes grow more and more deadly.
    4 stars out of 5 80% from 110,958 members
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  • The Bucket List - Blu-ray (2008)
    Starring: Alfonso Freeman,  Sean Hayes,  Rob Morrow
    Director: Rob Reiner
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Adventure comedy starring Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman. Billionaire Edward Cole (Nicholson) and working class mechanic Carter Chambers (Freeman) are worlds apart. At a crossroads in their lives, they share a hospital room and discover they have two things in common: a desire to spend the time ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 75% from 10,243 members
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  • The Dark Knight - Blu-ray (2008)
    Starring: Morgan Freeman,  Aaron Eckhart,  Michael Caine
    Director: Christopher Nolan
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Director Christopher Nolan's sequel to his own 'Batman Begins' sees Gotham's avenging angel squaring-up to a new kid on the block - psychotic prankster, the Joker (Heath Ledger, in the role that won him a posthumous Oscar for Best Supporting Actor). In the space of a year, Batman (Christian Bale), ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 84% from 24,543 members
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  • Wanted - Blu-ray (2008)
    Starring: Terence Stamp,  David O'Hara,  Marc Warren
    Director: Timur Bekmambetov
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Slick, fast-paced action thriller in which a mundane office worker is transformed into a lethal assassin. Wesley Gibson (James McAvoy)'s life is one of dull routine. Trapped in a dead-end office job, unappreciated by his boss, and cheated on by his girlfriend, Wes has accepted that he's never going ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 13,336 members
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  • Where the Water Meets the Sky (2008)
    Starring: Morgan Freeman
    Director: David Eberts,  Helen Cotton
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Narrated by Academy Award-winner Morgan Freeman and from the writer of "March of the Penguins", "Where the Water Meets the Sky" follows the inspiring journey of 23 women from rural Zambia who are trained in filmmaking. Many in the group can’t read or write, most are desperately poor, and few have ..read more »
    5 stars out of 5 99% from 10 members
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  • Gone Baby Gone on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Casey Affleck,  Michelle Monaghan,  Morgan Freeman
    Director: Ben Affleck
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Based on the Dennis Lehane novel about two Boston area detectives investigating a little girl's kidnapping, which ultimately turns into a crisis both professionally and personally.
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 51,119 members
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  • Wanted on DVD (2007)
    Starring: James McAvoy,  Morgan Freeman,  Angelina Jolie
    Director: Timur Bekmambetov
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A young man (McAvoy) finds out his long lost father is an assassin. And when his father is murdered, the son is recruited into his father's old organization and trained by a man named Sloan (Freeman) to follow in his dad's footsteps.
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 94,482 members
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  • Evan Almighty - Blu-ray (2007)
    Starring: Ed Helms,  Jonah Hill,  Steve Carell
    Director: Tom Shadyac
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Comedy sequel to 'Bruce Almighty' brings another bout of divine intervention. When ex-newscaster Evan Baxter (Steve Carell) is elected to congress, he relocates his family to northern Virginia and prepares for the good life. But his new life is turned upside down when God (Morgan Freeman) tells him ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 132 members
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  • Feast Of Love (2007)
    Starring: Alexa Davalos,  Jane Alexander,  Morgan Freeman
    Director: Robert Benton
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Romantic drama from the director of 'Kramer vs. Kramer'. Morgan Freeman plays a recently bereaved college professor who witnesses various relationships and romances developing amongst his friends at a local coffee shop. Chief amongst these is perpetually unlucky-in-love coffee store owner Bradley (..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 8,670 members
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  • Gone Baby Gone - Blu-ray (2007)
    Starring: Morgan Freeman,  Casey Affleck,  Michelle Monaghan
    Director: Ben Affleck
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Tense detective thriller, directed by Ben Affleck, about a small-time private investigator hired to find a kidnapped girl. Living and working in a run-down, impoverished district of Boston, Patrick Kenzie (Casey Affleck), along with his partner Angela (Michelle Monaghan), investigates the cases ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 6,253 members
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  • Lucky Number Slevin on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Oliver Davis,  Ben Kingsley,  Sam Jaeger
    Director: Paul McGuigan
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Thriller in which a case of mistaken identity lands Slevin (Josh Hartnett) in the middle of a war being plotted by two of the city's most rival crime bosses, The Rabbi (Ben Kingsley) and The Boss (Morgan Freeman). Slevin is under constant surveillance by relentless Detective Brikowski (Stanley ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 74,242 members
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  • The Contract on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Jamie Anderson,  Ned Bellamy,  Margarita Blush
    Director: Bruce Beresford
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Ray Keene (Cusack), a father who wants to redeem himself in the eyes of his son, is trying to bring Cordell (Freeman), a world-class assassin to justice. All the while, he must protect his son and evade an assassin's team who are methodically hunting them down in the wilderness.
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 21,686 members
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  • 10 Items Or Less (2006)
    Starring: Jonah Hill,  Morgan Freeman,  Alexandra Berardi
    Director: Brad Silberling
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Comedy starring Morgan Freeman. The film centres around two strangers, Freeman (as himself) and a cashier called Scarlet (Paz Vega). Through circumstance, the two end up driving around Los Angeles together while having a number of conversations about life and exploring the differences and ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 771 members
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  • Lucky Number Slevin - Blu-ray (2006)
    Starring: Oliver Davis,  Ben Kingsley,  Sam Jaeger
    Director: Paul McGuigan
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Thriller in which a case of mistaken identity lands Slevin (Josh Hartnett) in the middle of a war being plotted by two of the city's most rival crime bosses, The Rabbi (Ben Kingsley) and The Boss (Morgan Freeman). Slevin is under constant surveillance by relentless Detective Brikowski (Stanley ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 76% from 4,897 members
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  • The Contract - Blu-ray (2006)
    Starring: Ned Bellamy,  Morgan Freeman,  Thomas Lockyer
    Director: Bruce Beresford
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Widower Ray Keene (John Cusack) is a father who wants to bond with his son on a trip to the wilderness. At the same time Frank Cordell (Morgan Freeman), a freelance assassin being taken under guard by the FBI, crashes into a river after a rescue attempt by his men. Rescued by Keene, Cordell tries ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 931 members
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  • An Unfinished Life on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Robert Redford,  Morgan Freeman,  Jennifer Lopez
    Director: Lasse Hallstrom
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Drama based on the novel by Mark Spragg. Einar Gilkyson (Robert Redford) was a successful rancher until he developed a serious drinking problem. Now on the wagon, Einar looks after what's left of his spread with his friend Mitch (Morgan Freeman), a one-time cowhand who never fully recovered after ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 13,169 members
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  • Batman Begins on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Liam Neeson,  Katie Holmes,  Morgan Freeman
    Director: Christopher Nolan
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Watch now: Unavailable
    The tale finds the disillusioned industrial heir Bruce Wayne, in the wake of his parents' murder, traveling the world to seek the means to fight injustice and turn fear against those who prey on the fearful. He returns to Gotham and unveils his alter-ego: Batman, a masked crusader who uses his ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 74% from 139,462 members
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  • March of the Penguins - Blu-ray (2005)
    Starring: Luc Jacquet,  Morgan Freeman
    Director: Luc Jacquet,  Luc Jacquet
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Watch now: Unavailable
    In the Antarctic, every March since the beginning of time, the quest begins to find the perfect mate and start a family. This courtship will begin with a long journey - a journey that will take them hundreds of miles across the continent by foot, in freezing cold temperatures, in brittle, icy winds ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 2,151 members
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  • Edison on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Piper Perabo,  Morgan Freeman,  Pip
    Director: David J. Burke
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Thriller starring Morgan Freeman and Kevin Spacey. Corruption is the law of the land in the American every-town of Edison, and the only soul brave enough to peer into the fire and face the wrath of an entire squad of corrupt cops is a fresh-faced journalist, Joshua Pollack (Justin Timberlake). ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 10,772 members
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  • Shelter From The Storm - A Concert For T... on DVD (2005)
    Starring: U2,  Foo Fighters,  Mary J Blige
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    On 9th September, stars put on a one hour concert in aid of the victims, and to honour the heroes, of Hurricane Katrina. Filmed in New York and LA, a great line up of performers including U2,Foo Fighters, Mary J Blige, Alicia Keys and Kanye West were joined by celebrities such as Bruce Willis, Jack ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 60 members
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  • Unleashed - Blu-ray (2005)
    Starring: Vincent Regan,  Morgan Freeman,  Jet Li
    Director: Louis Leterrier
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Off-beat martial arts thriller. Danny (Jet Li) is a slave who has been raised like a dog by the sinister Bart (Bob Hoskins), who keeps him chained up and only unleashes him to use his martial arts skills in illegal underground pit fights. When Bart is injured in an accident, Danny is able to escape ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 129 members
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  • Edison - Blu-ray (2005)
    Starring: Piper Perabo,  Morgan Freeman,  Dylan McDermott
    Director: David J. Burke
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Thriller starring Morgan Freeman and Kevin Spacey. Corruption is the law of the land in the American every-town of Edison, and the only soul brave enough to peer into the fire and face the wrath of an entire squad of corrupt cops is a fresh-faced journalist, Joshua Pollack (Justin Timberlake). ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 46 members
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  • March of the Penguins on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Luc Jacquet,  Morgan Freeman
    Director: Luc Jacquet
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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    In the Antarctic, every March since the beginning of time, the quest begins to find the perfect mate and start a family. This courtship will begin with a long journey - a journey that will take them hundreds of miles across the continent by foot, in freezing cold temperatures, in brittle, icy winds ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 45,493 members
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  • Batman Begins - Blu-ray (2005)
    Starring: Liam Neeson,  Katie Holmes,  Morgan Freeman
    Director: Christopher Nolan
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    The fifth outing in the 'Batman' movie franchise explores the origins of the Batman legend and the Dark Knight's emergence as a force for good in Gotham. In the wake of his parents' murder, disillusioned industrial heir Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) travels the world seeking the means to fight ..read more »
    4.5 stars out of 5 85% from 12,006 members
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  • War Of The Worlds on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Morgan Freeman,  Miranda Otto,  Justin Chatwin
    Director: Steven Spielberg
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Big-budget adaptation of the classic science fiction novel by H.G. Wells, directed by Steven Spielberg. Divorced father of two Ray Ferrier (Tom Cruise) is looking after his children - uncommunicative Robbie (Justin Chatwin) and precocious Rachel (Dakota Fanning) - while his ex-wife Mary (Miranda ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 100,875 members
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  • Unleashed (2004)
    Starring: Vincent Regan,  Morgan Freeman,  Jet Li
    Director: Louis Leterrier
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Off-beat martial arts thriller. Danny (Jet Li) is a slave who has been raised like a dog by the sinister Bart (Bob Hoskins), who keeps him chained up and only unleashes him to use his martial arts skills in illegal underground pit fights. When Bart is injured in an accident, Danny is able to escape ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 26,759 members
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  • Million Dollar Baby on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Morgan Freeman,  Brian F. O'Byrne,  Clint Eastwood
    Director: Clint Eastwood
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    In the wake of a painful estrangement from his daughter, boxing trainer Frankie Dunn has been unwilling to let himself get close to anyone for a very long time--then Maggie Fitzgerald walks into his gym. In a life of constant struggle, Maggie's gotten herself this far on raw talent, unshakable ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 107,314 members
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  • The Big Bounce (2004)
    Starring: Charlie Sheen,  Sara Foster,  Vinnie Jones
    Director: George Armitage
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    A remake of the 1969 madcap comedy starring Ryan O'Neal, based on the novel by Elmore Leonard and set in the lush tropical surroundings of Hawaii. Jack Ryan (Owen Wilson) is a small-time thief and conman who is determined to leave his life of crime behind him. But then he meets surfer-girl femme ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 3,816 members
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  • The Hunting Of The President on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Morgan Freeman
    Director: Nickolas Perry,  Harry Thomason
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Documentary based on the best-selling book by Gene Lyons and Joe Conason. Narrated by Morgan Freeman, the documentary follows Bill Clinton's time as Governor of Arkansas and his impeachment while President of the United States. It explores the effect and influence of the media and slander-machines ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 46% from 2,118 members
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  • Bruce Almighty - Blu-ray (2003)
    Starring: Lisa Ann Walter,  Philip Baker Hall,  Jim Carrey
    Director: Tom Shadyac
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Bruce Nolan (Jim Carrey) feels that his life is pointless and, when he curses God after a particularly bad day at work, he suddenly finds himself face-to-face with the Supreme Being (Morgan Freeman). After trying to persuade Bruce that it isn't easy, God gives Bruce the chance to try the job ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 3,263 members
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  • Levity on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Morgan Freeman,  Kirsten Dunst,  Holly Hunter
    Director: Ed Solomon
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Psychological drama starring Billy Bob Thornton as Manuel Jordan, a man who has spent the last two decades in prison after accidentally killing a 16-year-old convenience store clerk in a robbery gone terribly wrong. When - much to his surprise and even somewhat against his will - he is released, he ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 45% from 3,797 members
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  • Bruce Almighty on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Lisa Ann Walter,  Philip Baker Hall,  Jim Carrey
    Director: Tom Shadyac
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Bruce Nolan (Jim Carrey) feels that his life is pointless and, when he curses God after a particularly bad day at work, he suddenly finds himself face-to-face with the Supreme Being (Morgan Freeman). After trying to persuade Bruce that it isn't easy, God gives Bruce the chance to try the job ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 38,821 members
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  • Dreamcatcher on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Thomas Jane,  Damian Lewis,  Morgan Freeman
    Director: Lawrence Kasdan
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Four young schoolfriends help prevent a handicapped boy from being beaten up by bullies and, in return, they are endowed with special powers. The four remain friends into adulthood and meet up once a year for a reunion at a hunting lodge in the Maine woods. However, this year strange things begin ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 13,161 members
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  • High Crimes - Blu-ray (2002)
    Starring: Ashley Judd,  Morgan Freeman,  Jim Caviezel
    Director: Carl Franklin
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Claire Kubik (Ashley Judd) is successful lawyer who leads a comfortable life in San Francisco with her husband Tom (Jim Caviezel). But when a seemingly random burglary attempt takes place at her house, it leads to the revelation that Tom is in fact Ronald Chapman, a soldier accused of killing nine ..read more »
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  • High Crimes (2002)
    Starring: James Caviezel,  Ashley Judd,  Morgan Freeman
    Director: Carl Franklin
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Claire Kubik (Ashley Judd) is successful lawyer who leads a comfortable life in San Francisco with her husband Tom (Jim Caviezel). But when a seemingly random burglary attempt takes place at her house, it leads to the revelation that Tom is in fact Ronald Chapman, a soldier accused of killing nine ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 4,841 members
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  • Along Came A Spider on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Jay O. Sanders,  Pen,  Dylan Baker
    Director: Lee Tamahori
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Morgan Freeman returns to the role of Detective Alex Cross in this follow-up to the 1997 hit 'Kiss the Girls'. This time Cross is investigating the kidnapping of a senator's daughter from an exclusive school in Washington DC. Assisted by secret-service agent Jezzie Flannigan (Monica Potter), he ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 12,261 members
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  • Clint Eastwood: Out Of The Shadows on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Morgan Freeman
    Director: Bruce Ricker
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Documentary looking at the life and work of Hollywood great Clint Eastwood. First finding fame in the 1960s TV series 'Rawhide', Eastwood went on to establish a strong film persona with a series of laconic westerns and 'loose cannon' cop movies. In the early 1970s, he began a parallel career behind ..read more »
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  • Nurse Betty (2000)
    Starring: Morgan Freeman,  Aaron Eckhart,  Renee Zellweger
    Director: Neil LaBute
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Betty (Renee Zellweger) is a waitress in a small isolated American town, unhappily married to a second-hand car dealer and in love with the leading man of a TV soap opera, Dr. David Ravell (Greg Kinnear). When a drug deal involving her husband goes horribly wrong, with him being shot dead, Betty ..read more »
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  • Under Suspicion on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Thomas Jane,  Morgan Freeman,  Isabel Algaz
    Director: Stephen Hopkins
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    It's carnival time in Puerto Rico, but three young women have been found dead and the killer is still on the loose. Harry Hearst (Gene Hackman) is a rich and successful lawyer who discovers one of the bodies and is consequently asked by police chief Victor Benezet (Morgan Freeman) to help with his ..read more »
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  • Deep Impact - Blu-ray (1998)
    Starring: Elijah Wood,  Morgan Freeman,  Robert Duvall
    Director: Mimi Leder
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    A year after a comet is discovered by 14-year-old amateur astronomer Leo Biederman (Elijah Wood), it is announced that the object's trajectory is leading it on a collision course with Earth. American President Tom Beck (Morgan Freeman) calls for calm while experienced astronaut Spurgeon Tanner (..read more »
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  • Hard Rain on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Betty White,  Morgan Freeman,  Mark Rolston
    Director: Mikael Salomon
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A heavy rainstorm and severe flooding cause the sheriff and residents of a local town to evacuate and abandon it. However, an armoured vehicle carrying $3 million gets caught in the storm, making it a sitting duck for a gang of bandits, led by Jim (Morgan Freeman), who attempts to steal the cash. ..read more »
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  • Deep Impact on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Elijah Wood,  Morgan Freeman,  Robert Duvall
    Director: Mimi Leder
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    A year after a comet is discovered by 14-year-old amateur astronomer Leo Biederman (Elijah Wood), it is announced that the object's trajectory is leading it on a collision course with Earth. American President Tom Beck (Morgan Freeman) calls for calm while experienced astronaut Spurgeon Tanner (..read more »
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  • Hard Rain - Blu-ray (1998)
    Starring: Betty White,  Morgan Freeman,  Mark Rolston
    Director: Mikael Salomon
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A heavy rainstorm and severe flooding cause the sheriff and residents of a local town to evacuate and abandon it. However, an armoured vehicle carrying $3 million gets caught in the storm, making it a sitting duck for a gang of bandits, led by Jim (Morgan Freeman), who attempts to steal the cash. ..read more »
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  • Kiss The Girls on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Jay O. Sanders,  Ashley Judd,  Brian Cox
    Director: Gary Fleder
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    When his niece disappears, forensic psychologist Alex Cross (Morgan Freeman) travels to Washington, where he learns from detective Nick Ruskin (Cary Elwes) that she is one of eight women to have been kidnapped by a mystery man who calls himself 'Casanova'. When one of the women, Dr Kate McTiernan (..read more »
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  • The Long Way Home on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Morgan Freeman
    Director: Mark Jonathan Harris
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
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    Focusing on the struggle Jews faced after being released from World War II concentration camps--particularly pointing out the absurd irony of Jewish survivors being housed in displaced persons camps, often on the same sites as death camps, surrounded by barbed wire and not allowed to leave, and ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 56 members
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  • Amistad on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Nigel Hawthorne,  Geno Silva,  Anthony Hopkins
    Director: Steven Spielberg
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In the summer of 1839, on a stormy night off the coast of Cuba, 53 Africans held captive in the cramped cargo holds of the Spanish slave ship La Amistad break free of their shackles. Led by Cinque, they arm themselves, take control of the ship and reclaim their freedom. They have one goal: to ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 6,804 members
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  • Chain Reaction (1996)
    Starring: Keanu Reeves,  Brian Cox,  Morgan Freeman
    Director: Andrew Davis
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Eddie Kasalivich (Keanu Reeves) and Lily Sinclair (Rachel Weisz) are part of a team of scientists who have developed a new energy source. When their lab is sabotaged and their team leader killed, they become prime suspects. They set out to clear their names and find the real culprit, but the man ..read more »
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  • Chain Reaction - Blu-ray (1996)
    Starring: Keanu Reeves,  Brian Cox,  Morgan Freeman
    Director: Andrew Davis
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Eddie Kasalivich (Keanu Reeves) and Lily Sinclair (Rachel Weisz) are part of a team of scientists who have developed a new energy source. When their lab is sabotaged and their team leader killed, they become prime suspects. They set out to clear their names and find the real culprit, but the man ..read more »
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  • Moll Flanders (1996)
    Starring: Robin Wright Penn,  Morgan Freeman,  Stockard Channing
    Director: Pen Densham
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    An acclaimed mini-series adaptation of Daniel Defoe's classic tale of Moll Flanders, one of the most experienced heroines in literary history. From her birth in Newgate prison, through her five marriages and her years as a prostitute, Moll's fiery spirit could never be dimmed. From the Mobil ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 58 members
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  • Seven - Blu-ray (1995)
    Starring: Daniel Zacapa,  Richard Portnow,  Morgan Freeman
    Director: David Fincher
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Homicide detective William Somerset (Morgan Freeman) has just seven days left to retirement when he is paired with his brash replacement David Mills (Brad Pitt). The pair investigate the murder of a man who has been force-fed until he burst, then that of a rich lawyer made to cut a pound of flesh ..read more »
    4.5 stars out of 5 87% from 2,033 members
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  • Outbreak on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Dustin Hoffman,  Rene Russo,  Morgan Freeman
    Director: Wolfgang Petersen
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    A deadly virus from the African rainforests breaks out in Cedar Creek, California after a monkey carrying the disease is transported over illegally. Those who are infected soon die, and it is up to Colonel Sam Daniels (Dustin Hoffman), a US army viral expert, to find an antidote. To do this he must ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 10,261 members
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  • Seven on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Daniel Zacapa,  Richard Portnow,  Morgan Freeman
    Director: David Fincher
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Director David Fincher's dark, stylish thriller ranks as one of the decade's most influential box-office successes. Set in a hellish vision of a New York-like city, where it is always raining and the air crackles with impending death, the film concerns Det. William Somerset (Morgan Freeman), a ..read more »
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  • The Shawshank Redemption on DVD (1994)
    Starring: James Whitmore,  Morgan Freeman,  Mark Rolston
    Director: Frank Darabont
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In 1946, a banker named Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins) is convicted of a double murder, even though he stubbornly proclaims his innocence. He's sentenced to a life term at the Shawshank State Prison in Maine, where another lifer, Ellis Red Redding (Morgan Freeman), picks him as the new recruit most ..read more »
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  • Bopha! on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Alfre Woodard,  Danny Glover,  Malcolm McDowell
    Director: Morgan Freeman
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Morgan Freeman directs and stars in this story of the struggle for freedom in South Africa. A police sergeant is having his life and his family's life torn apart as Apartheid looms over his country.
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 167 members
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  • Unforgiven on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Morgan Freeman,  Richard Harris,  Gene Hackman
    Director: Clint Eastwood
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Dedicated to his mentors Sergio Leone and Don Siegel, Clint Eastwood's 1992 Oscar-winner examines the mythic violence of the Western, taking on the ghosts of his own star past. Disgusted by Sheriff Little Bill Daggett's decree that several ponies make up for a cowhand's slashing a whore's face, Big ..read more »
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  • Unforgiven - Blu-ray (1992)
    Starring: Morgan Freeman,  Richard Harris,  Gene Hackman
    Director: Clint Eastwood
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    In 1880s Kansas, ageing gunslinger-turned-farmer William Munny (Clint Eastwood) reluctantly agrees to come out of retirement to help Ned Logan (Morgan Freeman) collect the bounty on a wanted murderer. The man in question cut up a prostitute in a lawless town lorded over by the corrupt Sheriff ..read more »
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  • The Power of One (1992)
    Starring: Stephen Dorff,  Faye Masterson,  Morgan Freeman
    Director: John G. Avildsen
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    7-year-old P.K. (Guy Witcher) is a white South African raised on his family's farm by his Zulu nanny. When his mother takes ill, he is sent away to an Afrikaner boarding school, where he is picked on and nearly killed by the school bully during a pep rally for Hitler. P.K. survives and is sent to ..read more »
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  • The American Civil War (3 discs) on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Pamela Reed,  Laurence Fishburne,  Laurence Fishburne
    Director: Ken Burns
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    The entire series by Ken Burns of three volumes documenting the American Civil War. In 'A Very Bloody Affair' it was the South's practice of slavery that sparked off war with the North - a conflict that both sides welcomed initially, although it soon became clear that there was little glory to be ..read more »
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  • Glory - Blu-ray (1989)
    Starring: Denzel Washington,  Morgan Freeman,  Donovan Leitch
    Director: Edward Zwick
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    During the American Civil War, Colonel Robert Gould Shaw (Matthew Broderick), a white northern officer, is given the unpopular job of leading the first all-black unit: the 54th Regiment of Massachusetts. The company, which includes Emerson scholar Searles (Andre Braugher), gravedigger Rawlins (..read more »
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  • Glory on DVD (1989)
    Starring: Denzel Washington,  Morgan Freeman,  Donovan Leitch
    Director: Edward Zwick
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Glory is a celebration of a little-known act of mass courage during the Civil War. Simply put, the heroes involved have been ignored by history due to racism. Those heroes were the all-black members of the 54th Regiment of the Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, headed by Col. Robert Gould Shaw (..read more »
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  • Lean on Me (1989)
    Starring: Morgan Freeman,  Beverly Todd,  Robert Guillaume
    Director: John G. Avildsen
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    An arrogant and unorthodox teacher returns as principal to the idyllic high school from which he had earlier been fired to find it a den of drug abuse, gang violence and urban despair. Eventually his successful, though odd, methods lead to a clash with city officials that threatens to undo all his ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 67 members
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  • Driving Miss Daisy on DVD (1989)
    Starring: Jessica Tandy,  Morgan Freeman,  Dan Aykroyd
    Director: Bruce Beresford
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Alfred Uhry, Driving Miss Daisy affectionately covers the twenty-five year relationship between a wealthy, strong-willed Southern matron (Jessica Tandy) and her equally indomitable Black chauffeur Hoke (Morgan Freeman). Both employer and employee are ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 7,360 members
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  • Blood Money on DVD (1988)
    Starring: Morgan Freeman,  Michael Lombard,  Ellen Barkin
    Director: Jerry Schatzberg
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Revenge thriller starring Andy Garcia, Ellen Barkin and Morgan Freeman. When he returns from a business trip in Mexico, small-time smuggler Clinton (Garcia) discovers that his lawyer brother has been tortured and murdered. Vowing revenge, Clinton gets a lead through ex-prostitute Nadine (Barkin), ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 42% from 141 members
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  • Johnny Handsome on DVD (1988)
    Starring: Forest Whitaker,  Morgan Freeman,  Lance Henriksen
    Director: Walter Hill
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Severely-deformed petty criminal Johnny Handsome (Mickey Rourke) is double-crossed in a robbery and left to take the rap on his own. He is stabbed in jail and sent to hospital, where a prison doctor decides that plastic surgery and a fresh start will lead Johnny on the path to reform. However, when ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 441 members
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  • Resting Place on DVD (1986)
    Starring: Morgan Freeman,  John Lithgow,  C.C.H. Pounder
    Director: John Korty
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Watch now: Unavailable
    John Lithgow stars in this drama as Kendall Laird, an army major returning the body of a young black soldier killed in Vietnam to his home town. Coming up against the prejudice of the deep south however, Laird is informed that the cemetary is for whites only, and he must convince the population ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 277 members
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  • The Execution Of Raymond Graham (1985)
    Starring: Morgan Freeman,  Jeff Fahey,  Graham Beckel
    Director: Daniel Petrie
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Starring Jeff Fahey, Philip Sterling, Jeff Fahey, Kate Reid and directed by Daniel Petrie Jr. Based on true story, for five years Raymond Graham has lived on Death Row, awaiting execution for the murder of a store clerk. With less hope to escape this, Graham wearily awaits the fatal injection.
    2.5 stars out of 5 47% from 4 members
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  • Marie - A True Story (1985)
    Starring: Morgan Freeman,  Sissy Spacek,  Keith Szarabajka
    Director: Roger Donaldson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Drama based on the true story of Marie Ragghianti, a Tennessee housewife stuck in a violent marriage and caring for a child with long-term health problems. Sissy Spacek plays the courageous Marie, who, determined to turn her life around, leaves her abusive husband and puts herself through college. ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 123 members
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  • Atlanta Murders on DVD
    Starring: Martin Sheen,  Morgan Freeman,  Bill Paxton
    Director: John Erman
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A ex-cop turned reporter investigates the death of a doctor and uncovers medical evidence that links him to the murder of 29 young black men in the area. He realises that it is up to him to track down the murderer, and enlists the help of some old friends for back-up.
    1.5 stars out of 5 29% from 96 members
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  • The Last Days Of Malcolm X on DVD
    Starring: Morgan Freeman
    Director: Woodie King Jr.
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Profiles the last twenty-four hours in the life of civil rights activist and political leader, Malcolm X. Addresses and explores the events leading to his untimely death.
    2 stars out of 5 40% from 165 members
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Morgan Freeman facts

5 most recent films

Olympus Has Fallen - 3.5 stars
Last Vegas - 3.5 stars
Olympus Has Fallen - Blu-ray - 3 stars
Now You See Me - 2.5 stars
Oblivion - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

The Shawshank Redemption - Blu-ray - 4.5 stars
The Shawshank Redemption - 4.5 stars
Seven - Blu-ray - 4.5 stars
Batman Begins - Blu-ray - 4.5 stars
The Dark Knight - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

High Crimes - Blu-ray - 3 stars
Olympus Has Fallen - Blu-ray - 3 stars
Street Smart - 2.5 stars
IMAX - Born To Be Wild - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars
The Execution Of Raymond Graham - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Ashley Judd - 15 times - show films
Bruce Willis - 14 times - show films
Helen Mirren - 10 times - show films
Michael Caine - 9 times - show films
Gary Oldman - 9 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Christopher Nolan - 14 times - show films
none - 13 times - show films
Clint Eastwood - 11 times - show films
Carl Franklin - 8 times - show films
William Friedkin - 7 times - show films