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Denzel Washington’s Best Movies You Must Watch

April 29, 2021 All Posts, Movies
Denzel Washington’s Best Movies You Must Watch

Denzel Washington is an American actor, director, and producer. Also, academy award winner (won by Oscar, Training Day ‘2001’) and more than a billion dollars in box office grosses along the way. He has been described as an actor who reconfigured “the concept of classic movie stardom,”

And why not, He is also number two on my list of favorite actors. This list is prepared in accordance did just my desire. Your views may be different. You can write your comments below.

Here the list Denzel Washington’s Best Movies You Must Watch.

13. ‘The Magnificent Seven’ (2016) | 6.9/10 IMDb

Initial release: September 14, 2016 (South Korea)
Director: Antoine Fuqua
Producers: Todd Black, Roger Birnbaum, Bruce Berman
Screenplay: Nic Pizzolatto, Richard Wenk, Hideo Oguni
Music composed by: James Horner, Simon Franglen

Storyline

Director Antoine Fuqua brings his modern vision to a classic story in The Magnificent Seven. With the town of Rose Creek under the deadly control of industrialist Bartholomew Bogue, the desperate townspeople employ protection from seven outlaws, bounty hunters, gamblers and hired guns. As they prepare the town for the violent showdown that they know is coming, these seven mercenaries find themselves fighting for more than money.

12. ‘The Little Things’ (2021) | 6.3/10 IMDb

Initial release: 2021 (Egypt)
Director: John Lee Hancock
Box office: 29.8 million USD
Budget: 30 million USD
Screenplay: John Lee Hancock

Storyline

Deke (Denzel Washington), a burnt-out Kern County, CA deputy sheriff teams up with Baxter (Rami Malek), a crack LASD detective, to nab a serial killer. Deke’s nose for the “little things” proves eerily accurate, but his willingness to circumvent the rules embroils Baxter in a soul-shattering dilemma. Meanwhile, Deke must wrestle with a dark secret from his past. Written by cochiseledoux

11. ‘American Gangster’ (2007) | 7.8/10 IMDb

Initial release: October 19, 2007 (USA)
Director: Ridley Scott
Featured song: Do You Feel Me
Awards: Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role, MORE
Nominations: Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role, MORE

Storyline

Following the death of his employer and mentor, Bumpy Johnson, Frank Lucas establishes himself as the number one importer of heroin in the Harlem district of Manhattan. He does so by buying heroin directly from the source in South East Asia and he comes up with a unique way of importing the drugs into the United States. As a result, his product is superior to what is currently available on the street and his prices are lower. His alliance with the New York Mafia ensures his position. It is also the story of a dedicated and honest policeman, Richie Roberts, who heads up a joint narcotics task force with the Federal government. Based on a true story. Written by garykmcd

10. ‘2 Guns’ (2013) | 6.7/10 IMDb

Initial release: July 30, 2013 (New York)
Director: Baltasar Kormákur
Based on: 2 Guns; by Steven Grant; Mateus Santolouco
Producers: Randall Emmett, George Furla, Ross Richie, Norton Herrick, Marc E. Platt, Adam Siegel, Andrew Cosby
Executive producers: Mark Damon, Jacky Jhaj, MORE

Storyline

Robert Trench, an undercover DEA agent, takes advantage of gunman Michael Stigman’s idea to rob a bank to bust him and a mob boss. However, it proves too successful with much more money seized than anticipated with Trench’s forces not stopping the getaway. Complicating things still more, Stigman turns out to be a Naval Intelligence agent who shoots Trench and takes the money. The interservice debacle suddenly finds Trench and Stigman in a bloody web of corrupt clandestine rivalries as they are hunted, blackmailed and isolated for the money on both sides of the law. Now, the fugitives must work together to find a way out of this situation with no one to turn to but themselves. Written by Kenneth Chisholm (kchishol@rogers.com)

09. ‘Out of Time’ (2003) | 6.5/10 IMDb

Initial release: October 3, 2003 (USA)
Director: Carl Franklin
Screenplay: David Collard
Story by: David Collard
Nominations: BET Award for Best Actress, MORE

Storyline

Matt Whitlock, the police chief of the small town of Banyan Key, Florida, is separated from his wife, Alex, a police homicide detective in MIami. Matt’s been having an affair with Ann Merai Harrison, a woman who’s separated from her abusive husband, Chris, and says she has cancer, as well. When her doctor tells her of a new expensive treatment, Matt decides to give her the nearly half a million dollars in an evidence lock up that he seized from a local drug bust. When Ann and her husband turn up dead only days after naming Chief Whitlock as beneficiary on a million dollar Life insurance policy, things start heating up for Whitlock as the evidence his wife Alex is gathering stacks up against him. And as if things couldn’t get worse, the D.E.A. now want the drug money a.s.a.p. Anxiety runs high for Whitlock as he scrambles to figure out who has set him up and also recover half a million dollars all while trying not to break a sweat or draw any suspicions. He’s a man who is way out of … Written by steve40m@yahoo.com

08. ‘Inside Man’ (2006) | 7.6./10 IMDb

Initial release: March 16, 2006 (Netherlands)
Director: Spike Lee
Featured song: Chaiyya Chaiyya
Screenplay: Russell Gewirtz
Awards: NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture, MORE

Storyline

Composed and meticulous, the soft-spoken and ingenious bank robber, Dalton Russell, has orchestrated the perfect heist–shortly, the Manhattan bank at the corner of Wall Street and Broadway along with dozens of hostages will be his to command. Try as he might, the rough hostage negotiator, Keith Frazier, is always one step behind the criminal mastermind–and what is more disheartening–the institution’s silver-haired founder, Arthur Case, recruits the intelligent problem-fixer, Madeline White, to retrieve something of paramount importance. However, the thieves seem to procrastinate intentionally, when they should be rushing into action. Will Arthur and Madeline get what they want this time? Written by Nick Riganas

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07. ‘Unstoppable’ (2010) | 6.8/10 IMDb

Initial release: October 26, 2010 (Westwood)
Director: Tony Scott
Music composed by: Harry Gregson-Williams
Screenplay: Mark Bomback
Nominations: Critics’ Choice Movie Award for Best Action Movie, MORE

Storyline

A runaway train carrying a cargo of toxic chemicals puts an engineer and his conductor in a race against time. They’re chasing the runaway train in a separate locomotive and need to bring it under control before it derails on a curve and causes a toxic spill that will decimate a town. Written by ahmetkozan

06. ‘The Equalizer 2’ (2018) | 6.7/10 IMDb

Initial release: July 20, 2018 (USA)
Director: Antoine Fuqua
Budget: $62–79 million
Based on: The Equalizer; by Michael Sloan; Richard Lindheim
Production companies: Escape Artists, Mace Neufeld, Columbia Pictures

Storyline

Robert McCall’s close friend, Susan Plummer, is murdered while investigating a murder-suicide. As a former spy, he leverages his skills and resources to find the culprit and avenge her death.
Director Antoine Fuqua reunites with Denzel Washington in this sequel to 2014’s The Equalizer. Washington resumes his role as Robert McCall: a retired CIA Black Ops operative who now works as a Lyft driver and moonlights as a vigilante. When his long-time friend is murdered he embarks on a relentless, globe-trotting quest for vengeance. Written by heyitsnuel

05. ‘The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3’ (2009) | 6.4/10 IMDb

Initial release: June 4, 2009 (USA)
Director: Tony Scott
Box office: 150 million USD
Nominations: NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture, MORE
Budget: 110 million USD, 100 million USD

Storyline

In early afternoon, four armed men hijack a subway train in Manhattan. They stop on a slight incline, decoupling the first car to let the rest of the train coast back. Their leader is Ryder; he connects by phone with Walter Garber, the dispatcher watching that line. Garber is a supervisor temporarily demoted while being investigated for bribery. Ryder demands $10 million within an hour, or he’ll start shooting hostages. He’ll deal only with Garber. The mayor okays the payoff, the news of the hostage situation sends the stock market tumbling, and it’s unclear what Ryder really wants or if Garber is part of the deal. Will hostages, kidnappers, and negotiators live through this? Written by jhailey@hotmail.comIn early afternoon, four armed men hijack a subway train in Manhattan. They stop on a slight incline, decoupling the first car to let the rest of the train coast back. Their leader is Ryder; he connects by phone with Walter Garber, the dispatcher watching that line. Garber is a supervisor temporarily demoted while being investigated for bribery. Ryder demands $10 million within an hour, or he’ll start shooting hostages. He’ll deal only with Garber. The mayor okays the payoff, the news of the hostage situation sends the stock market tumbling, and it’s unclear what Ryder really wants or if Garber is part of the deal. Will hostages, kidnappers, and negotiators live through this? Written by jhailey@hotmail.com

04. ‘The Equalizer’ (2014) | 7.2/10 IMDb

Release date: September 26, 2014 (Sri Lanka)
Director: Antoine Fuqua
Based on: The Equalizer; by: Michael Sloan; Richard Lindheim
Music composed by: Harry Gregson-Williams
Producers: Denzel Washington, Richard Wenk, Alex Siskin, MORE

Storyline

Robert McCall,’s a former special service commando who faked his own death in hopes of living out a quiet life. Instead, he comes out of his self-imposed retirement to save a young girl, and finds his desire for justice reawakened after coming face-to-face with members of a brutal Russian gang. McCall becomes the go-to man when the helpless require the kind of vengeance they would never find without his skills.

03. ‘Deja Vu’ (2006) | 7.1/10 IMDb

Initial release: November 22, 2006 (USA)
Director: Tony Scott
Featured song: Coming Back to You
Music composed by: Harry Gregson-Williams
Screenplay: Bill Marsilii, Terry Rossio

Storyline

In the wake of a devastating terrorist attack on a slow New Orleans ferry, the A.T.F. special agent, Doug Carlin, joins an experimental top-secret government program to find the bomber. Designed to bend the very fabric of time, this state-of-the-art technology enables the user to observe a detailed representation of what happened four days and six hours in the past, tracking the target’s every move prior to the attack. However, the man responsible for the deadly explosion is bound to strike again. Can Carlin figure out who he is, when he is always precisely four days behind? Written by Nick Riganas

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02. ‘Flight’ (2012) | 7.3/10 IMDb

Initial release: November 2, 2012 (USA)
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Box office: 161.8 million USD
Nominations: Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, MORE
Awards: NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture, Satellite Award for Best Visual Effects

Storyline

Whip Whitaker is a commuter airline pilot. While on a flight from Orlando to Atlanta something goes wrong and the plane starts to fly erratically. With little choice Whip crashes the plane and saves almost all on board. When he wakes up in the hospital, his friend from the airline union introduces him to a lawyer who tells him there’s a chance he could face criminal charges because his blood test reveals that he was intoxicated with alcohol and cocaine. He denies being impaired, so while an investigation is underway, he is told to keep his act together. However, letting go of his addiction is not as easy as it seems… Written by Immanuel Ambhara

01. ‘Training Day’ (2001) | 7.7/10 IMDb

Initial release: October 5, 2001 (USA)
Director: Antoine Fuqua
Screenplay: David Ayer
Box office: 104.9 million USD
Awards: Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, MORE

Storyline

In Los Angeles, a city where streets are overrun by drug dealers, those who have sworn to uphold the law are breaking them to clean up the streets. Denzel Washington plays L.A.P.D. detective Alonzo Harris, a veteran narcotics officer whose methods of enforcing the law are questionable, if not corrupt. ‘Training Day’ follows Harris as he trains rookie Jake Hoyt over a 24-hour period. Ethical dilemmas arise for Hoyt as well as the audience as questions present themselves as to whether or not Harris’ methodology for ridding the streets of South Central Los Angeles of drugs is right or wrong. Written by Anna
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