Forest Whitaker Movies

Blown Away tells the story of Jimmy Dove, who works for the Boston bomb squad. Shortly after Dove leaves the force, his partner is killed by a bomb...

Genre: Action

Cast: Jeff Bridges

A career criminal who has been deformed since birth is given a new face by a kindly doctor and paroled from prison. It appears that he has gone...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Mickey Rourke

A disk jockey goes to Vietnam to work for the Armed Forces Radio Service. While he becomes popular among the troops, his superiors disapprove of his...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Robin Williams

Tom Ludlow is a disillusioned L.A. Police Officer, rarely playing by the rules and haunted by the death of his wife. When evidence implicates him in...

Genre: Action

Cast: Keanu Reeves

Young Scottish doctor, Nicholas Garrigan decides it's time for an adventure after he finishes his formal education, so he decides to try his luck in...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Forest Whitaker

A slick New York publicist who picks up a ringing receiver in a phone booth is told that if he hangs up, he'll be killed... and the little red light...

Genre: Thriller

Cast: Colin Farrell

Writer Paul Benjamin is nearly hit by a bus when he leaves Auggie Wren's smoke shop. Stranger Rashid Cole saves his life, and soon middle-aged Paul...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Harvey Keitel

During Paris Fashion Week, models, designers and industry hot shots gather to work, mingle, argue and try to seduce one another.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Marcello Mastroianni

Trapped in their New York brownstone's panic room, a hidden chamber built as a sanctuary in the event of break-ins, newly divorced Meg Altman and her...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Jodie Foster

When Environmental Protection Agency inspector Steve Malone travels to a remote military base in order to check for toxic materials, he brings his...

Genre: Horror

Cast: Terry Kinney

An African-American Mafia hit man who models himself after the samurai of ancient Japan finds himself targeted for death by the mob.

Genre: Crime

Cast: Forest Whitaker

In the year 3000, man is no match for the Psychlos, a greedy, manipulative race of aliens on a quest for ultimate profit. Led by the powerful Terl,...

Genre: Science Fiction

Cast: John Travolta

Writer Claire Holloway is troubled by nightmares of Rose Marsh Farm. She decides to vacation at the farm which unbeknown to her is haunted by the...

Genre: Horror

Cast: Gabrielle Anwar

Irish Republican Army member Fergus forms an unexpected bond with Jody, a kidnapped British soldier in his custody, despite the warnings of fellow...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Stephen Rea

A group of thieves attempt to rob an art gallery, but when plans backfire and one of the men winds up dead, the group head down south, running afoul...

Genre: Action

Cast: David Caruso

U.S. soldier Frank Dux has come to Hong Kong to be accepted into the Kumite, a highly secret and extremely violent martial arts competition. While...

Genre: Action

Cast: Jean-Claude Van Damme

The attempted assassination of the American president is told and re-told from several different perspectives.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Dennis Quaid

Former pool hustler "Fast Eddie" Felson decides he wants to return to the game by taking a pupil. He meets talented but green Vincent Lauria and...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Paul Newman

In the future, medical technology has advanced to the point where people can buy artificial organs to extend their lives. But if they default on...

Genre: Action

Cast: Jude Law

Saxophone player Charlie ‘Bird’ Parker comes to New York in 1940 and is quickly noticed for his remarkable way of playing. He becomes a...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Forest Whitaker

Based on true events amid the wreckage and chaos dealt by Hurricane Katrina; one basketball coach in Marrero, Louisiana just will not give up. Coach...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Forest Whitaker

Dr. Richard Sturgess leads a team of compassionate doctors at a veteran's hospital. Along with Drs. Morgan, Handleman and Van Dorn, he fights to...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ray Liotta

An ordinary man sees a bright light descend from the sky, and discovers he now has super-intelligence and telekinesis.

Genre: Drama

Cast: John Travolta

In 1993, the Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence Project receives a transmission detailing an alien DNA structure, along with instructions on...

Genre: Science Fiction

Cast: Natasha Henstridge

Based on the real-life adventures chronicled by Cameron Crowe, Fast Times follows a group of high school students growing up in Southern California....

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Sean Penn

The weeks leading up to a young couple's wedding is comic and stressful, especially as their respective fathers try to lay to rest their feud.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Forest Whitaker

A drama based on an ancient Chinese proverb that breaks life down into four emotional cornerstones: happiness, pleasure, sorrow and love. A...

Genre: Thriller

Cast: Brendan Fraser

A tale about Vietnamese refugees sent to an orientation camp on the Camp Pendleton Marine Base in California, 'Green Dragon' focuses on a young boy...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Patrick Swayze

The true story of a brilliant but politically radical debate team coach who uses the power of words to transform a group of underdog African-American...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Denzel Whitaker

A beautiful black gangster's moll flees to Harlem with a trunkload of gold after a shootout, unaware that the rest of the gang, and a few other...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Forest Whitaker

A dramatization of the life of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (Don Cheadle), with a lot of factual based occurrences. A reformed junkie returns from...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Don Cheadle

Officer Alex Kearney patrols an upscale neighborhood in Philadelphia, where he pulls over a well-connected white collar executive who promises to get...

Genre: Action

Cast: Anthony Edwards

Insurance investigator Abraham Holt travels to a tiny town in rural Minnesota to look into a particularly unusual insurance claim stemming from a...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Forest Whitaker

20 men are chosen to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a psychological study that ultimately spirals out of control.

Genre: Thriller

Cast: Adrien Brody

Seemingly disparate portraits of people -- among them a single mother, a high school principal, and an ace student -- Distinctly American -- all...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Forest Whitaker

A wheelchair-bound singer and her best friend embark on a roadtrip to Memphis.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Renée Zellweger

Richard and Priscilla Parker are an ordinary suburban couple whose lives are invaded and rocked by their hedonistic, secretive new neighbors, Eddy...

Genre: Thriller

Cast: Kevin Kline

Jennie the terrier has everything a dog could ever wish for, but still feels that something is missing. She leaves home to discover what that is.

Genre: Family

Cast: Meryl Streep

A psychotic man opens fire in a diner, murdering numerous people before killing himself. The survivors struggle in different ways following this...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Kate Beckinsale

Max imagines running away from his mom and sailing to a far-off land where large talking beasts—Ira, Carol, Douglas, the Bull, Judith and...

Genre: Family

Cast: Max Records

Following the shooting of a film on the life of Jesus called This Is My Blood, Marie Palesi, the actress who plays Mary Magdalene, takes refuge in...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Juliette Binoche

On the gritty streets of LA, the destinies of four people desperate for connection and redemption are about to collide.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Jessica Biel

Inspired by a true story, this drama is set in 1965, not long after passage of the Civil Rights Act. Despite the Act, the African-American citizens...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Forest Whitaker

A washed-up musician befriends a reclusive artist with an unusual name.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Rupert Friend

With a first-person look at the notorious Crips and Bloods, this film examines the conditions that have lead to decades of devastating gang violence...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Forest Whitaker

On a winter day in a southside Queens high school, events collide and six students are suddenly in an armed standoff with the NYPD. At the school,...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Usher

Gambling addiction bring the stories of three otherwise unconnected people together as it destroys each of their lives.

Genre: Crime

Cast: Kim Basinger

A veteran hitman, Dekker is ready to call it quits and leave the profession. His final job, however, proves to be trickier than expected when a...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Forest Whitaker

An earnest life-coach/author, Thomas Carter, is mysteriously abducted by a deranged client, Angel Sanchez, who delves into Thomas' teachings and uses...

Genre: Horror

Cast: Forest Whitaker

Kiefer Sutherland plays Denver Bayliss, a condemned murderer who has killed three people, including a prison guard. He was brought into the system as...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kiefer Sutherland

Jeff Goldblum and Forest Whitaker star as New York jazz musicians, forced to confront a life beyond their hedonistic existence when a personal crisis...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Jeff Goldblum

Set in nineteenth-century New Orleans, the story depicts the gens de couleur libre, or the Free People of Colour, a dazzling yet damned class caught...

Genre: Romance

Cast: Robert Ri'chard

The lives of three female assassins take a sudden turn when their charming boss lures them into one last job. They soon find themselves thrust into a...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Bruce Willis

Workaholic reporter, Jack Elgin takes his family on a working trip to India, but their aircraft is hijacked in Cyprus by a previously-unknown...

Genre: Action

Cast: Jeremy Irons

Ray Owens is sheriff of the quiet US border town of Sommerton Junction after leaving the LAPD following a bungled operation. Following his escape...

Genre: Action

Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger

A officer with the Joint Chiefs of Staff uncovers a planned military coup of the U.S. government and has only one week to prevent the takeover.

Genre: Thriller

Cast: Forest Whitaker

Would you be willing to walk away from everyone and everything you've ever known in exchange for your safety? This is the question facing career...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Forest Whitaker

SERVING LIFE documents an extraordinary hospice program where hardened criminals care for dying fellow inmates. Narrated and executive produced by...

Genre: TV Movie

Cast: Forest Whitaker

The son of a slain NYPD officer joins the force, where he falls in with his father's former partner and a team of rogue cops. His new boss, Sarcone,...

Genre: Mystery

Cast: 50 Cent

A look at the life of Cecil Gaines who served eight presidents as the White House's head butler from 1952 to 1986, and had a unique front-row seat as...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Forest Whitaker

In the jungles of Ecuador, blood taints the waters. A multinational conglomerate's unholy alliance with a bloodthirsty military regime has resulted...

Genre: Action

Cast: Andy García

Two brothers live in the economically-depressed Rust Belt, when a cruel twist of fate lands one in prison. His brother is then lured into one of the...

Genre: Thriller

Cast: Christian Bale

A petty robbery spirals into a tense hostage situation after three gunmen hold up a diner that's a front for the mob.

Genre: Crime

Cast: Sean Faris

As a child, Ali Neuman narrowly escaped being murdered by Inkhata, a militant political party at war with Nelson Mandela's African National Congress....

Genre: Crime

Cast: Orlando Bloom

A convict is released from prison in a small town in New Mexico. 18 years ago he killed a deputy. The then-and-now sheriff seeks revenge.

Genre: Crime

Cast: Forest Whitaker

A knife-scarred victim must identify her assailant beyond a reasonable doubt. Meanwhile the accused is offered a deal if he pleads guilty. Is he as...

Genre: TV Movie

Cast: Forest Whitaker

A street-wise teen from Baltimore who has been raised by a single mother travels to New York City to spend the Christmas holiday with his estranged...

Genre: Music

Cast: Forest Whitaker

Mysteries of the Unseen World transports audiences to places on this planet that they have never been before, to see things that are beyond their...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Forest Whitaker

The story of a young man who must confront his own fears about love as well as his relationships with family and friends.

Genre: Crime

Cast: Allen Payne

Billy "The Great" Hope, the reigning junior middleweight boxing champion, has an impressive career, a loving wife and daughter, and a lavish...

Genre: Action

Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal

A boy begins a grand journey to return Babe Ruth's baseball bat before the deciding game of the 1932 World Series comes to a close.

Genre: Adventure

Cast: William H. Macy

Dragon Hunters is a fantastic tale telling the adventures of two dragon hunters: the world has become a vast conglomerate of islands of varying size...

Genre: Animation

Cast: Vincent Lindon

For this year's Movies Issue, The New York Times Magazine commissioned lines from an eclectic and talented group of screenwriters — writers...

Genre: Fantasy

Cast: Cate Blanchett

Ex-government operative Bryan Mills finds his life is shattered when he's falsely accused of a murder that hits close to home. As he's pursued by a...

Genre: Thriller

Cast: Liam Neeson

Malcolm is carefully surviving life in a tough neighborhood in Los Angeles while juggling college applications, academic interviews, and the SAT. A...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Shameik Moore

Alex Grazioli follows bad-boy filmmaker Abel Ferrara as he spends three grueling years battling obstacles in Italy to direct "Mary," a modern-re...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Juliette Binoche

Hollywood careers are full of make-or-break moments. For Clint Eastwood, one such moment came when studio powers agreed to let him make his directing...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Morgan Freeman

The Driver is hired by a nervous movie manager to spy on a paranoid actor's wife. During his tailing of the wife, the Driver describes the right way...

Genre: Action

Cast: Clive Owen

Two cops are given the 'dirty' job of staking out the home of an escaped convict's ex-girlfriend. Chris and the beautiful girlfriend accidentally...

Genre: Action

Cast: Richard Dreyfuss

Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Amy Adams

A New York cop becomes obsessed with finding his wife's rapist.

Genre: Romance

Cast: Armand Assante

A rogue band of resistance fighters unite for a mission to steal the Death Star plans and bring a new hope to the galaxy.

Genre: Action

Cast: Felicity Jones

In Peace We Trust. This documentary shows us how animal rights and human rights & the environment are all related. And the diverse effects that...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Forest Whitaker

After robbing a bank, the robber hides out from the police in a seedy hotel where he is forced to bribe various tennants for protection as well as...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Patrick Dempsey

King T'Challa returns home to the reclusive, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda to serve as his country's new leader. However,...

Genre: Action

Cast: Chadwick Boseman

Ku Klux Klansman Mike Burden opens the Redneck Shop and KKK museum in historic Laurens, SC. He subsequently falls in love with a single mother and,...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Garrett Hedlund

In 1972, a gang of close-knit thieves from Youngstown, Ohio attempt to steal $30 million in illegal contributions. Based on the true story of the...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Travis Fimmel

Los Angeles Police Department detective Russell Poole has spent years trying to solve his biggest case -- the murders of The Notorious B.I.G. and...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Johnny Depp

Believing that bad karma is keeping him from realizing his dream, hip clothing designer Amer Atrash (Philippe Caland) attempts to orchestrate...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Forest Whitaker

After the end of Apartheid, Archbishop Desmond Tutu meets with a brutal murderer seeking redemption.

Genre: Thriller

Cast: Forest Whitaker

Pretending to do research for his newspaper, college student Alex Marsh teams up with the somewhat older Susan Swayze, who he long admired from afar....

Genre: Thriller

Cast: Robert Carradine

Whenever the phrase "breaking the color line" is used, there's a temptation to invoke Jackie Robinson's story. However, Perry Wallace, the first...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Forest Whitaker

A documentary about the making of Oliver Stone's Vietnam War film, Platoon (1986).

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Oliver Stone

Documentary about British fashion designer Ozwald Boateng.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Ozwald Boateng

As a young and naive recruit in Vietnam, Chris Taylor faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Charlie Sheen

A desperate father tries to return home to his pregnant wife after a mysterious apocalyptic event turns everything to chaos.

Genre: Science Fiction

Cast: Theo James

In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, black telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical key to professional success – which...

Genre: Fantasy

Cast: LaKeith Stanfield

The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Gareth Edwards

A young paper boy goes through his early morning delivery routine.

Genre: Family

Cast: Forest Whitaker

After deciding he needs to do something meaningful with his life, high school wrestler Louden Swain sets out on a mission to drop weight and...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Matthew Modine

Samantha MacKenzie, the daughter of the president of the United States, arrives at college with a group of Secret Service agents. Samantha, however,...

Genre: Family

Cast: Katie Holmes

The rise of Aretha Franklin’s career from a child singing in her father’s church’s choir to her international superstardom.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Jennifer Hudson

An imaginary world comes to life in a holiday tale of an eccentric toymaker, his adventurous granddaughter, and a magical invention that has the...

Genre: Family

Cast: Forest Whitaker

A behind-the-scenes look at the year's [2013] best performers starring in 11 original (very) short films directed by Oscar-winning cinematographer...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Cate Blanchett

Watch David Fincher's journey of the filming process for Panic Room (2002) in this interesting documentary. We see the entire cast and crew...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: David Fincher

B4MD tells the story of American music at this precarious moment. Filmakers Andrew Shapter and Joel Rasmussen traveled the country, hoping to...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Elvis Costello

A look at the source story, core human themes, the challenges and process of bringing the story to the screen, casting, creating realistic characters...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Ted Chiang

A documentary about the making of Jim Jarmusch's 1999 film GHOST DOG: THE WAY OF THE SAMURAI, including interviews with the director and stars Forest...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Jim Jarmusch

In 1965, passionate musician Glenn Holland takes a day job as a high school music teacher, convinced it's just a small obstacle on the road to his...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Richard Dreyfuss

A tribute to Chadwick Boseman, celebrating his life and legacy.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Chadwick Boseman

“Rising from Ashes” is a feature length documentary about the first Rwandan National Cycling Team and their six year journey to the...

Genre:

Cast: Forest Whitaker

This call to arms documentary details the questionable ethics of the food supply industry, pointing out the power of huge supermarket chains to...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Forest Whitaker

Nations United is a special, first of its kind film, created by the United Nations on its 75th Anniversary and to mark five years since the adoption...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Thandiwe Newton

A look at the life and career of actor/director Clint Eastwood, including scenes from his past film and television work and interviews with friends,...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Clint Eastwood

After a drug deal gone wrong, a bruised detective must fight his way through a criminal underworld to rescue a politician’s estranged son,...

Genre: Action

Cast: Tom Hardy

An architect wants to rebuild New York City as a utopia following a devastating disaster.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Adam Driver

Fueled by an impoverished childhood, George Foreman channeled his anger into becoming an Olympic Gold medalist and World Heavyweight Champion,...

Genre: History

Cast: Khris Davis

Celebrate Disney+ Day with a special look at the Star Wars original series Andor.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Tony Gilroy

Behind the scenes documentary of the Joel T. Schumacher film Phone Booth.

Genre:

Cast: Joel Schumacher

Can music overcome borders and walls and bring people together? Prophets of Change tracks musicians, both Israeli and Palestinian, through their...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: J.K. Simmons

Documentary from France's TV channel Canal+ about the making of the 2007 film 'La Vie en Rose' and Marion Cotillard's road to the Oscar for her...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Marion Cotillard

An omnium-gatherum of film, poem, and song excerpts contextually juxtaposed in an attempt to explore masculinity, alienation, and identity in a...

Genre: Drama

Cast: George Webster

The Misbehavers documents a small army of guerrilla filmmakers as they converge at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival for a mission dubbed Operation:...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Jonathan M. Black

Detective Michael Tabb knows the city of St. Louis inside and out. He has felt its true heart, as much as its dark underbelly: but he does not know...

Genre: Thriller

Cast: David Lynch

Hungry for an A-list interview that could launch him into the gossip-page stratosphere, Jiminy Glick, a small-time journalist with big aspirations...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Martin Short

The portrait of the last cowboy Hollywood legend dives into the 65 years of an extraordinary career in Hollywood, highlighted iconic films like The...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Clint Eastwood

For 25 years Joseph Kony and his Lord's Resistance Army terrorized Northern Uganda. Children were stolen from their families and brainwashed to be...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Sister Rosemary Nyirumbe