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Denzel Washington

Denzel Washington
Born 28 Dec 1954, in Mount Vernon, New York

"I remain thankful for the gifts that I've been given and I try to use them in a good way, in a positive way."

Inspired by s.a.robertson.




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  • Washington waterboarded for new film - 9 February 2012
    -Denzel Washington pushed himself to the extremes on the set of his new film Safe House after volunteering to experience a horrific waterboarding torture.-The actor plays an ex-CIA agent battling to escape rebel soldiers in Africa, and to fully understand his character, he


  • Washington handed honorary degree - 17 May 2011
    -Denzel Washington has been handed an honorary degree by officials at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.-The actor donned traditional graduation robes to pick up the Honorary Doctor of Arts degree at a commencement ceremony on Monday (16May11).- Washington ad


  • Washington tackled death-defying Unstoppable stunts - 25 November 2010
    -Denzel Washington took his life in his hands to film new action movie Unstoppable - the actor insisted on filming his own death-defying stunts.- -The Training Day star appears alongside Chris Pine in the story of a runaway train, which the two men attempt to stop, and Was

Denzel Washington - what members say


  • Philadelphia
  • Philadelphia review by A customer from Glasgow, Scotland
    Rated - 4.0 stars Worthy but moving 19 May 2005
    ...eback Mountain' still shy from showing real onscreen intimacy between two men. Denzel Washington's everyman character almost steals the show from Hanks. Their relationship is ...   Read customer review
  • Glory
  • Glory review by from Colchester, England
    Rated - 4.0 stars Mostly, Glorious! 29 November 2004
    ...oderick in one of his best roles, but the most memorable performance comes from Denzel Washington. This movie may have led to his typical typecasting as an angry young man, whil...   Read customer review
  • The Hurricane
  • The Hurricane review by A customer from Derbyshire, England
    Rated - 5.0 stars An outstanding film 29 March 2004
    ...might sound like a story you've seen many times before. But don't be put off - Denzel Washington's powerful performance carries this film onto another level. You really feel f...   Read customer review

Denzel Washington - filmography


  • The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 - Blu-ray (2009)
    Starring: Denzel Washington,  John Travolta,  John Turturro
    Director: Tony Scott
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    A New York City subway dispatcher draws on his extensive knowledge of the subway system in order to outsmart a dangerous criminal mastermind who's hijacked a subway train in this remake of the 1974 thriller inspired by John Godey's best-selling book. Walter Garber (Denzel Washington) is drifting ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 12,953 members
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  • The Taking of Pelham 123 on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Denzel Washington,  John Travolta,  John Turturro
    Director: Tony Scott
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    A New York City subway dispatcher draws on his extensive knowledge of the subway system in order to outsmart a dangerous criminal mastermind who's hijacked a subway train in this remake of the 1974 thriller inspired by John Godey's best-selling book. Walter Garber (Denzel Washington) is drifting ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 48,717 members
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  • The Great Debaters on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Denzel Washington,  Nate Parker,  Jurnee Smollett
    Director: Denzel Washington
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    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.
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 1,138 member
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  • American Gangster on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Denzel Washington,  Russell Crowe,  Josh Brolin
    Director: Ridley Scott
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Academy Award® winners Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe team with director Ridley Scott (Gladiator) in this powerful, epic story. Armed with ruthless, streetwise tactics and a strict sense of honour, crime boss Frank Lucas (Washington) rules HarlemÂ’s chaotic drug underworld. When outcast cop ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 75% from 103,551 members
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  • Inside Man - HD (2006)
    Starring: Denzel Washington,  Clive Owen,  Jodie Foster
    Director: Spike Lee
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In the tense thriller INSIDE MAN, a bank robbery leads to a number of people being taken hostage and it's up to NYPD hostage negotiators Detectives Keith Frazier and Bill Mitchell to secure their release. The detectives are sent to the scene with orders to contact the ringleader of the gang, Dalton ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 612 members
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  • Inside Man on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Denzel Washington,  Clive Owen,  Jodie Foster
    Director: Spike Lee
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Inside Man is the story of a tough cop, Detective Frazier (Denzel Washington), who matches wits with a clever bank robber, Dalton (Clive Owen), in a tense hostage drama. As the dangerous cat-and-mouse game unfolds, a wild card emerges: Madaline (Jodie Foster), a power broker with a hidden agenda, ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 79,413 members
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  • Deja Vu - Blu-ray (2006)
    Starring: Denzel Washington,  Paula Patton,  Val Kilmer
    Director: Tony Scott
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    When a ferry filled with crewmen from the USS Nimitz and their families is blown up in New Orleans, Federal Agent Doug Carlin (Washington) is brought in to help with the investigation. He becomes attached to an experimental FBI surveillance unit that uses spacefolding technology to look back a ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 8,021 members
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  • Deja Vu on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Denzel Washington,  Paula Patton,  Val Kilmer
    Director: Tony Scott
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    When a ferry filled with crewmen from the USS Nimitz and their families is blown up in New Orleans, Federal Agent Doug Carlin (Washington) is brought in to help with the investigation. He becomes attached to an experimental FBI surveillance unit that uses spacefolding technology to look back a ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 102,315 members
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  • Inside Man - Blu-ray (2006)
    Starring: Denzel Washington,  Clive Owen,  Jodie Foster
    Director: Spike Lee
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Inside Man is the story of a tough cop, Detective Frazier (Denzel Washington), who matches wits with a clever bank robber, Dalton (Clive Owen), in a tense hostage drama. As the dangerous cat-and-mouse game unfolds, a wild card emerges: Madaline (Jodie Foster), a power broker with a hidden agenda, ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 2,776 members
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  • The Manchurian Candidate on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Denzel Washington,  Meryl Streep,  Liev Schreiber
    Director: Jonathan Demme
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    U.S. Army Major Bennett Marco (Washington) can't sleep at night - and he doesn't want to. Marco spends his days giving inspiring speeches about his platoon's ambush in the Kuwaiti desert and the heroics of Sergeant Raymond Shaw (Schreiber), who won the Medal of Honor for saving Marco's crew. But at ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 67,840 members
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  • Man On Fire (2004)
    Starring: Denzel Washington,  Dakota Fanning,  Marc Anthony
    Director: Tony Scott
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Remorseful former mercenary-turned-bodyguard Creasy (Denzel Washington) is hired by a wealthy family to protect their 10-year-old daughter, Pita (Dakota Fanning), from a rash of Mexico City kidnappings. But when the child he befriends is kidnapped while under his watch, Creasy - aided by his only ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 89,696 members
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  • Man On Fire - Blu-ray (2004)
    Starring: Denzel Washington,  Dakota Fanning,  Marc Anthony
    Director: Tony Scott
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Remorseful former mercenary-turned-bodyguard Creasy (Denzel Washington) is hired by a wealthy family to protect their 10-year-old daughter, Pita (Dakota Fanning), from a rash of Mexico City kidnappings. But when the child he befriends is kidnapped while under his watch, Creasy - aided by his only ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 80% from 4,384 members
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  • The Manchurian Candidate - HD (2004)
    Starring: Denzel Washington,  Meryl Streep,  Liev Schreiber
    Director: Jonathan Demme
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Jonathan Demme updates the original 1962 John Frankenheimer classic with plenty of new paranoid twists: This time a sinister Halliburton-style corporation is behind the brainwashing of a Gulf War hero turned vice presidential nominee, Raymond Shaw (Liev Schreiber). Shaw's old unit commander Ben ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 423 members
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  • Out Of Time on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Denzel Washington,  Eva Mendez,  Dean Cain
    Director: Carl Franklin
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Carl Franklin and Denzel Washington team-up once more for this hilariously refreshing noir thriller. Washington is Matt Lee Whitlock, police chief of a small Florida town just outside of Miami. In the process of getting a divorce from the woman he still loves, Alex (the sultry Eva Mendes), Chief ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 16,521 members
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  • John Q. - Blu-ray (2002)
    Starring: Denzel Washington,  Kimberly Elise,  James Woods
    Director: Nick Cassavetes
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    John Q. Archibald (Denzel Washington) is struggling through a recession trying to provide for his son Mikey (Daniel E. Smith) and his waitress wife (Kimberly Elise). Mikey collapses at a Little League game and is rushed to a hospital. The situation is bleak. Only a heart transplant will save Mikey'..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 498 members
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  • John Q. on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Denzel Washington,  Kimberly Elise,  James Woods
    Director: Nick Cassavetes
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    John Q. Archibald (Denzel Washington) is struggling through a recession trying to provide for his son Mikey (Daniel E. Smith) and his waitress wife (Kimberly Elise). Mikey collapses at a Little League game and is rushed to a hospital. The situation is bleak. Only a heart transplant will save Mikey'..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 7,846 members
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  • Antwone Fisher on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Derek Luke,  Denzel Washington,  Joy Bryant
    Director: Denzel Washington
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Denzel Washington's directorial debut is based on a true story about Antwone "Fish" Fisher who went on to become an acclaimed writer and producer. As a young sailor prone to violent outbursts, he is almost thrown out of the Navy for repeated fighting. Sent to a naval psychiatrist for help, the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 6,595 members
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  • Training Day - Blu-ray (2001)
    Starring: Denzel Washington,  Ethan Hawke,  Scott Glenn
    Director: Antoine Fuqua
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Detective Alonzo Harris is a veteran narcotics officer who has the task of training rookie Jake Hoyt. His methods of enforcing the law are, at times, questionable but his job is to rid the streets of South Central Los Angeles of drugs. Are his methods right or wrong?
    3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 3,585 members
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  • Training Day on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Denzel Washington,  Ethan Hawke,  Scott Glenn
    Director: Antoine Fuqua
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Antoine Fuqua (THE REPLACEMENT KILLERS, BAIT) turns up the intensity level with TRAINING DAY, a charged drama about police corruption in downtown Los Angeles. Ethan Hawke stars as Jake Hoyt, a well-intentioned young officer who thinks he's found his ticket to becoming a detective in the form of ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 24,000 members
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  • Training Day - HD (2001)
    Starring: Ethan Hawke,  Denzel Washington,  Scott Glenn
    Director: Antoine Fuqua
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Watch now: £2.49
    Antoine Fuqua (THE REPLACEMENT KILLERS, BAIT) turns up the intensity level with TRAINING DAY, a charged drama about police corruption in downtown Los Angeles. Ethan Hawke stars as Jake Hoyt, a well-intentioned young officer who thinks he's found his ticket to becoming a detective in the form of ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 658 members
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  • Remember the Titans on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Denzel Washington,  Will Patton,  Donald Faison
    Director: Boaz Yakin
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    While on the surface, American high school football may seem like an innocent game played by the young, for the young, it is, in fact, much, much more. For millions, including many fans who are well removed from their high school years but who love to sit in those creaky bleachers every Friday ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 77% from 7,598 members
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  • The Hurricane on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Denzel Washington,  John Hannah,  Deborah Unger
    Director: Norman Jewison
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The inspirational true story of boxer Rubin "The Hurricane" Carter, who was wrongfully convicted of murder in 1966. Told in a series of flashbacks, Washington immerses himself in the role of Carter with a charged, intense passion. The story jumps around in time, from Carter's troubled childhood, to ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 75% from 7,928 members
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  • The Bone Collector on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Denzel Washington,  Angelina Jolie,  Queen Latifah
    Director: Phillip Noyce
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In Phillip Noyce's gripping thriller, Denzel Washington is Lincoln Rhyme, a decorated New York City police officer and successful author of crime novels. After a freak accident on the job, Rhyme is left paralyzed from the neck down (except for his index finger). Angelina Jolie is Amelia Donaghy, a ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 14,313 members
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  • The Siege on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Denzel Washington,  Annette Bening,  Bruce Willis
    Director: Edward Zwick
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    When the U.S. military abducts a Muslim leader, New York City becomes the target of several terrorist attacks in this gripping political thriller ripped from newspaper headlines. Denzel Washington stars as Anthony "Hub" Hubbard, the head of the FBI terrorism task force who is charge of ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 12,440 members
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  • The Siege - Blu-ray (1998)
    Starring: Denzel Washington,  Annette Bening,  Bruce Willis
    Director: Edward Zwick
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    When the U.S. military abducts a Muslim leader, New York City becomes the target of several terrorist attacks in this gripping political thriller ripped from newspaper headlines. Denzel Washington stars as Anthony "Hub" Hubbard, the head of the FBI terrorism task force who is charge of ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 551 members
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  • Fallen on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Denzel Washington,  John Goodman,  Donald Sutherland
    Director: Gregory Hoblit
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Homicide detective John Hobbes (Denzel)witnesses the execution of a demonic serial killer Edgar Reese (Elias Koteas). Soon after the execution the killings start again, and they are very similar to the style of Reese. Co-stars the amazing Donald Sutherland.
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 11,127 members
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  • Courage Under Fire on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Denzel Washington,  Meg Ryan,  Lou Diamond Phillips
    Director: Edward Zwick
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Following the 1991 Gulf War, Lieutenant Colonel Nathaniel Serling (Denzel Washington) is assigned to review the background of the late Captain Karen Walden (Meg Ryan), who has been posthumously nominated for a medal of honor. While investigating Walden's candidacy, Serling is forced to face his own ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 5,416 members
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  • Virtuosity on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Denzel Washington,  Kelly Lynch,  Russell Crowe
    Director: Brett Leonard
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In 1999 Los Angeles, an imprisoned ex-cop is given one last shot at redemption when he's turned loose to track down a virtual killer who has escaped the confines of cyberspace. Computer-generated special effects enhance this thriller from the director of 1992's "The Lawnmower Man."
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 1,618 member
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  • Crimson Tide on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Denzel Washington,  Gene Hackman,  George Dzundza
    Director: Tony Scott
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    When Russian rebels gain control of nuclear weapons in the USSR, the United States retaliates by deploying the USS Alabama, a nuclear submarine commanded by Captain Frank Ramsey (Gene Hackman). Veteran soldier and Naval legend Ramsey selects Lt. Commander Ron Hunter (Denzel Washington)--a Harvard ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 10,991 members
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  • Crimson Tide - Blu-ray (1995)
    Starring: Denzel Washington,  Gene Hackman,  George Dzundza
    Director: Tony Scott
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    When Russian rebels gain control of nuclear weapons in the USSR, the United States retaliates by deploying the USS Alabama, a nuclear submarine commanded by Captain Frank Ramsey (Gene Hackman). Veteran soldier and Naval legend Ramsey selects Lt. Commander Ron Hunter (Denzel Washington)--a Harvard ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 1,881 member
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  • Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)
    Starring: Denzel Washington,  Tom Sizemore,  Jennifer Beals
    Director: Carl Franklyn
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    The year is 1948, the place is Los Angeles, and Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins (Denzel Washington) is a black man who has just lost his job and is in dire need of money. So, despite having no experience as a private eye, Easy accepts an assignment from a seedy man (Tom Sizemore) to find the missing Daphne ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 1,339 member
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  • The Pelican Brief on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Julia Roberts,  Denzel Washington,  Sam Shepard
    Director: Alan J. Pakula
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Embroiled in an affair with Thomas Callahan (Sam Shephard), her alcoholic professor, precocious 24-year-old Tulane University law student Darby Shaw (Julia Roberts) writes up an insightful theory about the recent murder of two Supreme Court justices, one of whom, Abraham Rosenberg (Hume Cronyn), ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 8,962 members
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  • The Pelican Brief - Blu-ray (1993)
    Starring: Julia Roberts,  Denzel Washington,  Sam Shepard
    Director: Alan J. Pakula
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Julia Roberts (ERIN BROCKOVICH) stars in THE PELICAN BRIEF as sharp law student Darby Shaw whose querying mind gets her into trouble. A faithful adaptation of John Grisham's (THE FIRM) best-selling novel, this taut thriller follows the travails that beset Shaw when her theory on the cause of the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 673 members
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  • Philadelphia (1993)
    Starring: Tom Hanks,  Denzel Washington,  Jason Robards
    Director: Jonathan Demme
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    At the time of its release, Jonathan Demme's Philadelphia was the first big-budget Hollywood film to tackle the medical, political, and social issues of AIDS. Tom Hanks, in his first Academy Award-winning performance, plays Andrew Beckett, a talented lawyer at a stodgy Philadelphia law firm. The ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 19,383 members
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  • Much Ado About Nothing on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Kenneth Branagh,  Richard Briers,  Michael Keaton
    Director: Kenneth Branagh
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    When gallant Don Pedro (Denzel Washington), his nefarious brother Don John (Keanu Reeves), and close confidantes Claudio (Robert Sean Leonard) and Benedick (Kenneth Branagh) ride thunderously into the Sicilian village of Messina, romance, gaiety, and suspicion abound. The men have returned safely ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 7,723 members
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  • Malcolm X (1992)
    Starring: Denzel Washington,  Angela Bassett,  Albert Hall
    Director: Spike Lee
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Writer-director Spike Lee's epic portrayal of the life and times of the slain civil rights leader Malcolm X begins with the cross-cut imagery of the police beating of black motorist Rodney King juxtaposed with an American flag burning into the shape of the letter X. When the film's narrative begins ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 8,418 members
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  • Mississippi Masala (1991)
    Starring: Denzel Washington,  Sarita Choudhury
    Director: Mira Nair
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    An Indian family is expelled from Uganda when Idi Amin takes power. They move to Mississippi and time passes. The Indian daughter falls in love with a black man, and the respective families have to come to terms with it.
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 79 members
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  • Ricochet on DVD (1991)
    Starring: Denzel Washington,  John Lithgow,  Ice-T
    Director: Russell Mulcahy
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A cop (Denzel Washington) receives lots of media attention when he nabs an infamous, sadistic killer (John Lithgow) at an amusement park. The murderer stews in jail for seven years, obsessively following the rising career of his arresting officer, who becomes a DA with a promising future, a husband,..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 1,661 member
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  • Mo' Better Blues on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Spike Lee,  Denzel Washington,  Wesley Snipes
    Director: Spike Lee
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Opens with Bleek as a child learning to play the trumpet, his friends want him to come out and play but mother insists he finish his lessons. Bleek grows into adulthood and forms his own band - The Bleek Gilliam Quartet.
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 552 members
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  • Heart Condition on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Bob Hoskins,  Denzel Washington,  Chloe Webb
    Director: James D. Parriott
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Bob Hoskins and Denzel Washington star in this high-spirited comedy from the producer of Forrest Gump. Hoskins is Moony, an overweight, out-of-shape, narrow minded vice cop who's in love with a hooker named Crystal (Chloe Webb). Washington is Stone, a slick urban lawyer who's defending Crystal. ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 250 members
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  • The Mighty Quinn on DVD (1989)
    Starring: Denzel Washington,  James Fox,  Mimi Rogers
    Director: Carl Schenkel
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A wealthy businessman is brutally murdered. When the chief of police discovers that his closest childhood friend is the prime suspect, he is sure it is a set-up. The results of his investigation could have grave consequences.
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 521 members
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  • Glory on DVD (1989)
    Starring: Matthew Broderick,  Denzel Washington,  Cary Elwes
    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 »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 4,990 members
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  • Glory - Blu-ray (1989)
    Starring: Matthew Broderick,  Denzel Washington,  Cary Elwes
    Director: Edward Zwick
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    GLORY recounts the bravery of a group of Civil War soldiers often overlooked by history--the 54th Regiment of Massachusetts, a troop of free black men who fought to help win liberty for their enslaved brothers. Based on the historical novels ONE GALLANT RUSH by Peter Burchand and LAY THIS LAUREL by ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 891 members
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  • For Queen And Country (1988)
    Starring: Denzel Washington,  Dorian Healy,  Amanda Redman
    Director: Martin Stellman
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Rueben, a black veteran from the Falklands conflict, returns home to the housing estate where he lived as a younger man. Older, wiser, and chastened by his experiences, he has become a different man from the thieving, brawling soccer hooligan who signed up on a whim, nine years before.
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 389 members
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  • Cry Freedom on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Kevin Kline,  Denzel Washington,  Penelope Wilton
    Director: Richard Attenborough
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    This is the retelling of the life of South African anti-apartheid activist Stephen Biko as seen through the eyes of his friend, liberal white newspaper editor Donald Woods. Academy Award Nominations: 3, including Best Supporting Actor--Denzel Washington.
    4 stars out of 5 76% from 3,916 members
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  • A Soldier's Story on DVD (1984)
    Starring: Howard Rollins,  Art Evans,  Adolph Caesar
    Director: Norman Jewison
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A drama set during World War II, in which a black military attorney investigates the death of a black sergeant. The lawyer eventually discovers that the sergeant was both ashamed of his own culture and virulently hated by his men.
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 363 members
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  • Carbon Copy (1981)
    Starring: Denzel Washington,  George Segal,  Susan Saint James
    Director: Michael Schultz
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    George Segal plays rich and surly California executive Walter Whitney, who learns out-of-the-blue that he has a 17-year-old black son, in Michael Schultz's lightweight Carbon Copy. When his son Roger Porter (Denzel Washington) arrives, Walter tries to pass him off to his neighbours in the ..read more »
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Denzel Washington facts

5 most recent films

Safe House - 3.0 stars
Unstoppable - 3.5 stars
Unstoppable - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Book of Eli - 3.5 stars
The Book Of Eli - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Man On Fire - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Remember the Titans - 4.0 stars
American Gangster - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Cry Freedom - 4.0 stars
The Hurricane - 4.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Happily Ever After - Collection 3 - 2.0 stars
St Elsewhere - Season 2 - 3.0 stars
Safe House - 3.0 stars
Carbon Copy - 5.0 stars
License to Kill - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Kimberly Elise - 10 times - show films
John Heard - 7 times - show films
Ted Levine - 7 times - show films
James Gandolfini - 7 times - show films
Harris Yulin - 5 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Tony Scott - 12 times - show films
Jonathan Demme - 8 times - show films
Edward Zwick - 6 times - show films
Spike Lee - 6 times - show films
Allen Hughes - 4 times - show films