Biography: Denzel Washington |

One of Hollywood's sexiest and most magnetic leading men, Denzel Washington's poise and radiantly sane intelligence permeate whatever film he is in, be it a socially conscious drama, iopic, or suspense thriller. More importantly, Washington's efforts,... more
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Cast: Meg Ryan   
Tags: War Political Drama War Drama 
Length: 115min
A soldier discovers how elusive the truth can be in this first major film about America's role in the Gulf War. Lt. Col. Nathaniel Serling (Denzel Washington) was the commander of a unit during Operation Desert Storm who mistakenly ordered the...

Cast: Denzel Washington Penny Marshall   
Tags: Musical Fantasy Heavenly Comedy Romantic Fantasy Drama Fantasy Romance 
Length: 124min
An angel wonders if love can be Heaven on Earth in this family-themed omantic fantasy. Rev. Henry Biggs (Courtney B. Vance) is the pastor of a struggling Baptist church in a poor section of New York City. Biggs is devoted to serving his flock and his...

Tags: Police Detective Film Science Fiction Sci-Fi Action Thriller Chase Movie 
Length: 105min
In a futuristic, high-tech world run by huge corporations, Parker Barnes (Denzel Washington) is an L.A. policeman serving time for killing the psychotic who murdered his wife and child. Lindenmeyer (Stephen Spinella), a Dr. Frankenstein of the...

Tags: Detective Film Mystery Post-Noir (Modern Noir) 
Length: 101min
Denzel Washington stars in this adaptation of the novel by African-American crime author Walter Mosley, the first of his stories to reach the screen. Ezekiel Rawlins (Washington), known to his friends as "Easy," has just lost his job at an aircraft...

Tags: Action Sea Adventure Action Thriller 
Length: 115min
Two leaders with different philosophies about battle and leadership wage war with each other in this tense military thriller. Capt. Frank Ramsey (Gene Hackman) is the commanding officer of a nuclear submarine, the U.S.S. Alabama. Ramsey is a...

Cast: Tom Hanks Jason Robards, Jr. Joanne Woodward Jonathan Demme Mary Steenburgen   
Tags: Medical Drama Message Movie Gay & Lesbian Films Drama Courtroom Drama 
Length: 125min
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...

Tags: Action Thriller Crime Thriller 
Length: 104min
Ricochet, a suspenseful, exciting police hriller that loses its way at the end, is the story of a good cop whose life is destroyed by an obsessed psychotic criminal whom he sent to prison years before. Nick (Denzel Washington) is a successful happily...

Tags: Romance Family Drama Romantic Drama Comedy Drama 
Length: 118min
Mississippi Masala is a tale of how prejudice makes victims and instigators of us all. In 1972, Indian Jay (Roshan Seth), a resident of Uganda, is forced by the bigoted Amin regime to take his family and flee the country. He vows to hate and distrust...

Cast: Julia Roberts John Heard Sam Shepard   
Tags: Paranoid Thriller Thriller Political Thriller Action Thriller 
Length: 141min
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,...

Tags: Political Drama Biopic Drama 
Length: 205min
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...






























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