Denzel Washington — Actor (47)
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The Mighty Quinn (1989) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
The Mighty Quinn
director: Carl Schenkel actor: Denzel Washington / James Fox …
other title: Jamaica Cop / Big Bad Man …
Police chief Xavier Quinn investigates the gruesome murder of Donald Pater, one of the wealthiest residents on a Caribbean island. He was found decapitated in his Jacuzzi. Although the local political establishment, especially crooked Governor Chalk, insists that small-time thief Maubee is responsible, Xavier has his doubts. This view is complicated by the police chief's personal history with Maubee: The men have been friends since childhood.
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Power (1986) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Power
director: Sidney Lumet actor: Richard Gere / Denzel Washington …
other title: Power - Potere / Os Donos do Poder …
Pete St. John is a powerful and successful political consultant, with clients spread around the country. When his long-time friend and client Ohio senator Sam Hastings decides to quit politics, he is rapidly drafted to help with the campaign of the man destined to succeed him, unknown and mysterious businessman Jerome Cade...
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Carbon Copy (1981) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Carbon Copy
director: Michael Schultz actor: Denzel Washington / George Segal …
other title: Il pollo si mangia con le mani / A Cara do Pai …
A middle-aged married wealthy white corporate executive is surprised to discover that he has a working-class black teen-age son who wants to be adopted into the almost-exclusively-white upper-middle-class community of San Marino, California.
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License to Kill (1986) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
License to Kill
director: Jud Taylor actor: James Farentino / Penny Fuller …
other title: Diritto alla vita / L'Amour brisé …
A grieving family whose daughter was killed in a car crash with a drunken driver is outraged and frustrated as they encounter the inevitable bureaucratic delays in bringing the case to trial. Once in the courtroom, they are horror-stricken as the young, hard-pressed district attorney seems unable to overcome the technicalities and maneuverings that the driver's attorney uses to keep his client out of jail and still on the streets as a legal driver. When the judge is forced to rule time and again in favor of the defense, it appears that the driver might escape punishment altogether.
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A Soldier's Story (1984) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
A Soldier's Story
director: Norman Jewison actor: Howard Rollins / Adolph Caesar …
other title: Storia di un soldato / A História do Soldado …
In a rural town in Louisiana, a black Master Sergeant is found shot to death just outside the local Army Base. Military lawyer, Captain Davenport—also a black man—is sent from Washington to conduct an investigation. Facing an uncooperative chain of command and fearful black troops, Davenport must battle with deceit and prejudice in order to find out exactly who really did kill the Master Sergeant.
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Devil in a Blue Dress (1995) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData NeoDB Douban
Devil in a Blue Dress
director: Carl Franklin actor: Denzel Washington / Tom Sizemore …
other title: Il diavolo in blu / Djævel i blåt …
In late 1940s Los Angeles, Easy Rawlins is an unemployed black World War II veteran with few job prospects. At a bar, Easy meets DeWitt Albright, a mysterious white man looking for someone to investigate the disappearance of a missing white woman named Daphne Monet, who he suspects is hiding out in one of the city's black jazz clubs. Strapped for money and facing house payments, Easy takes the job, but soon finds himself in over his head.
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Mo' Better Blues (1990) [Movie] IMDb TMDB Douban NeoDB WikiData
Mo' Better Blues
director: Spike Lee actor: Denzel Washington / Spike Lee …
other title: Cuanto más, mejor
Talented but self-centered trumpeter Bleek Gilliam is obsessed with his music and indecisiveness about his girlfriends Indigo and Clarke. But when he is forced to come to the aid of his manager and childhood friend, Bleek finds his world more fragile than he ever imagined.
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Safe House (2012) [Movie] TMDB Douban IMDb WikiData NeoDB Skybridge
Safe House
director: Daniel Espinosa actor: Denzel Washington / Ryan Reynolds …
other title: Safe House - Nessuno è al sicuro / Detenção de Risco …
A dangerous CIA renegade resurfaces after a decade on the run. When the safe house he's remanded to is attacked by mercenaries, a rookie operative escapes with him. Now, the unlikely allies must stay alive long enough to uncover who wants them dead.
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Crimson Tide (1995) [Movie]
Crimson Tide
director: Tony Scott actor: Denzel Washington / Gene Hackman …
other title: Allarme rosso / Fjenden i Dybet …
After the Cold War, a breakaway Russian republic with nuclear warheads becomes a possible worldwide threat. U.S. submarine Capt. Frank Ramsey signs on a relatively green but highly recommended Lt. Cmdr. Ron Hunter to the USS Alabama, which may be the only ship able to stop a possible Armageddon. When Ramsey insists that the Alabama must act aggressively, Hunter, fearing they will start rather than stop a disaster, leads a potential mutiny to stop him.
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Crimson Tide (1995) [Movie] IMDb TMDB NeoDB Douban WikiData Skybridge
Crimson Tide
director: Tony Scott actor: Denzel Washington / Gene Hackman …
other title: Allarme rosso / Fjenden i Dybet …
After the Cold War, a breakaway Russian republic with nuclear warheads becomes a possible worldwide threat. U.S. submarine Capt. Frank Ramsey signs on a relatively green but highly recommended Lt. Cmdr. Ron Hunter to the USS Alabama, which may be the only ship able to stop a possible Armageddon. When Ramsey insists that the Alabama must act aggressively, Hunter, fearing they will start rather than stop a disaster, leads a potential mutiny to stop him.
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Virtuosity (1995) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Virtuosity
director: Brett Leonard actor: Denzel Washington / Russell Crowe …
other title: Virtuality / Assassino Virtual …
The Law Enforcement Technology Advancement Centre (LETAC) has developed SID version 6.7: a Sadistic, Intelligent, and Dangerous virtual reality entity which is synthesized from the personalities of more than 150 serial killers, and only one man can stop him.
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Lynch/Oz (2023) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Lynch/Oz
director: Alexandre O. Philippe actor: Amy Nicholson / Rodney Ascher …
other title: Lynch & Oz
Victor Fleming’s 1939 film The Wizard of Oz is one of David Lynch’s most enduring obsessions. This documentary goes over the rainbow to explore this Technicolor through-line in Lynch’s work.
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Glory (1989) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Glory
director: Edward Zwick actor: Matthew Broderick / Denzel Washington …
other title: Glory - Uomini di gloria / Ærens Mark …
Robert Gould Shaw leads the US Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices of both his own Union army and the Confederates.
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The Great Debaters (2007) [Movie] NeoDB IMDb Crititeca TMDB Douban WikiData
The Great Debaters
director: Denzel Washington actor: Denzel Whitaker / Denzel Washington …
other title: The Great Debaters - Il potere della parola / Debate Pela Liberdade …
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 college students into a historical powerhouse that took on the Harvard elite.
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Out of Time (2003) [Movie] Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
Out of Time
director: Carl Franklin actor: Denzel Washington / Eva Mendes …
other title: Out of Time - Tempo Limite / Out of Time - Sein Gegner ist die Zeit …
Matt Lee Whitlock, respected chief of police in small Banyan Key, Florida, must solve a vicious double homicide before he himself falls under suspicion. Matt Lee has to stay a few steps ahead of his own police force and everyone he's trusted in order to find out the truth.
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The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009) [Movie] WikiData TMDB NeoDB IMDb Douban Skybridge
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
director: Tony Scott actor: Denzel Washington / John Travolta …
other title: Pelham 123: Ostaggi in metropolitana / Kapring af Metro 1 2 3 …
Armed men hijack a New York City subway train, holding the passengers hostage in return for a ransom, and turning an ordinary day's work for dispatcher Walter Garber into a face-off with the mastermind behind the crime.
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Much Ado About Nothing (1993) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Much Ado About Nothing
director: Kenneth Branagh actor: Emma Thompson / Kenneth Branagh …
other title: Molto rumore per nulla / Muito Barulho por Nada …
In this Shakespearean farce, Hero and her groom-to-be, Claudio, team up with Claudio's commanding officer, Don Pedro, the week before their wedding to hatch a matchmaking scheme. Their targets are sharp-witted duo Benedick and Beatrice -- a tough task indeed, considering their corresponding distaste for love and each other. Meanwhile, meddling Don John plots to ruin the wedding.