cinemadiso's - Best Films Starring Denzel Washington List
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Academy Award nominee Denzel Washington earned a Golden Globe for his powerful performance in this critically-acclaimed masterpriece directed by Norman Jewison. As popularized worldwide by Bob Dylan's smash song, it's the unforgettable saga of Rubin Hurricane Carter, a proud, once-promising prizefighter unjustly convicted of a brutal crime! Locked away and all but forgotten for nearly two decades, Carter's last glimmer of hope rests with the tireless efforts of a small group of supporters who stubbornly refuse to end the fight for his freedom! - Director:
- Norman Jewison
- Cast:
- Denzel Washington, Vicellous Shannon, Deborah Kara Unger
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A troubled U.S. Army officer (Denzel Washington) is ask to review the posthumous candidacy of the first woman (Meg Ryan) to receive a Medal of Honor. During the investigation, he finds himself plunged into an apparent cover-up surrounding her death -- and must confront his own tormenting demon in the process. - Director:
- Edward Zwick
- Cast:
- Denzel Washington, Peter Arnett, Meg Ryan
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No-nonsense combat veteran Captain Frank Ramsey (Gene Hackman) and his newly-instated first officer Ron Hunter (Danzel Washington) are caught in the middle of a global crisis. On board a nuclear submarine, they're heading for Russia where radical nationalists are threatening to start World War III. But when they receive an unverified message to launch their missiles, Ramsey and Hunter clash over the validity of the orders. With nuclear holocaust close at hand, mutiny erupts on the sub - pitting the entire crew against each other in a showdown that will decide the fate of the world. - Director:
- Tony Scott
- Cast:
- Gene Hackman, Denzel Washington, Matt Craven
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It's 1948 and Los Angeles is booming, but Easy Rawlins (Denzel Washington) has seen better days. He has just been fired and his house payments are due, so when DeWitt Albright (Tom Sizemore) offers him a seemingly harmless job he jumps at the chance. All he has to do is track down the elusive Daphne Monet (Jennifer Beals), a mysterious beauty known to keep company on the wrong side of town. Soon he finds himself implicated in two murders and is forced to call upon an old friend, Mouse (Don Cheadle), who is all too familiar with the violent world Easy has landed himself in. Slowly drawn deeper and deeper into a web of blackmail, dirty cops and even dirtier politicians, the ways out for Easy become harder and harder to find... - Director:
- Carl Franklin
- Cast:
- Denzel Washington, Tom Sizemore, Jennifer Beals
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A runaway train, transporting deadly, toxic chemicals, is barrelling down on a city and only two men can stop It: a veteran engineer (Danzel Washington), and a young conductor (Chris Pine). Thousands of lives hang in the balance as these ordinary heroes attempt to chase down one million tons of hurtling steel and prevent an epic disaster. - Director:
- Tony Scott
- Cast:
- Denzel Washington, Chris Pine, Rosario Dawson
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Denzel Washington, Clive Owen and Jodie Foster star in the action-packed crime thriller, Inside Man. A tough cop, a clever bank robber and a power broker fuel a dangerous game of cat and mouse full of hidden agendas and explosive surprises.
- Director:
- Spike Lee
- Cast:
- Denzel Washington, Clive Owen, Jodie Foster
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Life in the easygoing Caribbean is hard on Police Chief Xavier Quinn (Denzel Washington). "The Mighty Quinn" by sarcastic islanders and nagged by a wife who'd rather he were babysitting, Quinn is suddenly thrust into action when his childhood friend Maubee (Robert Townsend) is accused of murder. Forced to search for his elusive friend, Quinn meets up with a colourful array of suspects, including the dead man's beautiful mistress who dreams of being a lounge singer (Mimi Rogers), an eccentric voodoo sorceress with snakes in her parlour (Esther Rolle) and a mysterious American visitor with dubious intentions (M. Emmet Walsh). - Director:
- Carl Schenkel
- Cast:
- Denzel Washington, Robert Townsend, James Fox
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Much Ado About Nothing is a fast moving, yet intricate tale of love and romantic combat, a 'Merry War' of trust and treachery, social graces and sheer physical attraction, chastity under suspicion and marriage in jeopardy.
- Director:
- Kenneth Branagh
- Cast:
- Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Keanu Reeves
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In Spike Lee's dramatic and explosive treatment, Denzel Washington stars as controversial black activist, Malcolm X. From an early life as a pimp and drug-pusher, he became the leading voice of America's black consciousness, feted by some as a visionary and despised by others as a dangerous radical.
- Director:
- Spike Lee
- Cast:
- Denzel Washington, Jonathan Peck, Ossie Davis
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The heart-stopping story of the first black regiment to fight for the North in the American Civil War, "Glory" stars Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washington, Cary Elwes and Morgan Freeman. Broderick and Elqes are the idealistic young Bostonians who led the regiment; Freeman is the inspirational sergeant who unites the troops; and Denzel Washington, in an Oscar-winning performance is the runaway slave who embodies the indomitable spirit of the 54th Regiment of Massachusetts. Despised by the South, distrusted by the North, the 54th overcame seemingly insurmountable odds in their fight to join the war for freedom. Underpaid and ill-equipped, facing certain death at the hands of the Confederacy, the 54th rose to every challenge; their courage, skill and sacrifice paying the way for the Union's ultimate victory. - Director:
- Edward Zwick
- Cast:
- Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washington, Cary Elwes
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