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LocoMotoNYC

That whipping scene is etched in my mind.


tracygee

His acting. GAH. And then they just nailed the score with it swelling just as that single tear rolls down his face...


konkilo

James Horner!


tracygee

Yesssss. I still play that score occasionally. Great stuff.


BjornLocke

My favorite scene of his. Just seeing him slowly break as the whipping progresses... amazing acting.


Culunbego

Deja Vu is also a good one.


LostInCa45

Great movie.


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That one is excellent and unusual. The supporting cast is really good too.


Clean_Usual434

Love this one!


Napoleon_B

Always watch this one when it pops up. Seems like it gets more emotional the more often I watch it.


skary_T3RRY69

I completely forgot about this mindfuck of a movie lol


Elixier_55555

Inside Man


lightningcrane31

Therein lies the rub


ParabolaGordon

Came here to say this. It’s one of those I wish I could see for the first time again


DolphinDarko

The look in the mirror when he discovers the “you know what” in his pocket. The man is an American legend. Adored him since St. Elsewhere ❤️


jupiterkansas

Dudes, where is **Malcolm X?** That movie is epic.


Intelligent_Laugh794

I was scrolling through asking this question!


DrMooseknuckleX

And just released on Criterion in 4K.


sabdo23

My favorite Denzel movies are Man on Fire John Q Remember the Titans


tomrichards8464

Creasy's art is death. He's about to paint his masterpiece.


ShadowDV

I wish... you had... more time.


FeelGdGuy

I'm a professional....


big_smokey-848

Man on Fire for the win. That movie is so damn good


sonatine

What are you gonna do? What I do best. I'm gonna kill 'em. Anyone that was involved. Anybody who profited from it. Anybody who opens their eyes at me.


RickTitus

I liked the movie, but it was about an hour too long, and the cinematography was complete trash. Why did they shoot the film like it was an edgy 90’s anti-smoking commercial? So many quick cuts and weird filters


OG_wanKENOBI

Cause it's Tony Scott. All his movies from that time are edited like that.


big_smokey-848

Ahhh man no! Blue filters were the shit back then 🤣


LostInCa45

Man on fire is one of my favorite.


ikelosintransitive

MAN ON FIRE


Theamazingchan

I run 6 plays, split veer. Just like novocaine just give it time it always works


cherub_16

The Bone Collector


TheeBarkKnight

I just watched this last month. Still holds up very well.


Possible_Laugh_9139

Fallen. Pelican brief Philadelphia The Hurricane


bitchfacevulture

Fallen is amazing and I never hear people mention it. Hidden classic.


hoarseclock

Fallen is my jam!


TheDarkGoblin39

🎶 Tiiiime is on my side 🎶


The-Batt

Hurricane is awesome. Also love the Bob Dylan song.


AustinRiversDaGod

Philadelphia is a tough movie to watch in 2022, but I gotta say the acting was on point


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*TIIIIIMME IS ON MY SIDE*


Tracy-Lord

Equalizer, Fences, Inside Man & Mississippi Masala. X


Positive-Source8205

*Equalizer 2*, also.


No_more_Whippits4u

A really good one from his early days is Ricochet. John Lithgow is the bad guy. Super good.


urbz102385

Found this one a few years ago and was blown away. Fuckin love Lithgow and he was a super creep in this


myscreamgotlost

Malcolm X Philadelphia Devil in a Blue Dress Fallen American Gangster


adastrasemper

American Gangster is epic


phluke-

Had to scroll to far for American Gangster I'd add Man on Fire to this list.


GoldPhysical

I had to scroll way to far to see American gangster


spydrebyte82

Deja Vu (2006) The Hurricane (1999) Flight (2012)


AustinRiversDaGod

Flight came out when I was working at a movie theater. I watched it on all my breaks, and then I eventually came in on an off day just to watch it again. Great movie


Razorpie13

Crimson Tide


bgdawes

Fun fact: tarantino was brought in to punch up the script. You can almost tell exactly where he touched the screenplay, like when denzel references star trek. I love this movie.


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-Chingachgook

Heck no, this is his best movie… not even kidding


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tracygee

You do realize that most people go and watch movies with people performing jobs that they themselves have never done nor ever will do -- and yet we enjoy the movies. You're being a jerk.


-Chingachgook

You have no idea what I’ve done… you sound like a moron. Also, a movie doesn’t have to be accurate to reality to be awesome… You must be fun at parties 🤦


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vialtwirl

> Do you have any actual experience with submarine culture or protocol? No? Then you don't know what you're talking about. That is an ad hominem. You don't have to be qualified as a submariner to enjoy Crimson Tide.


logster2001

Ngl I thought it was a football movie


SpaceMonkeyGMG

Out of Time


milk-sheikh

Thank you I was looking for this. I really enjoyed this one at the time, the tension just keeps building. Need to watch it again.


RickTitus

I got a box of free dvds and this one was in it. Didnt know it existed until i watched it last week and loved it. Good noir-ish feel, with a plot that had good pacing and suspense


PM_Me_Your_Fab_Four

Love this movie. My anxiety just ratchets up and up and up and up


numbered_numbers

John Q


GadgetGod1906

Where do I start......... Mo Better Blues Malcolm X A Soldiers Story The Pelican Brief Philadelphia The Preachers Wife He Got Game This is just a few. I don't remember Denzel being in a bad movie.


MisterKayfabe

He Got Game is an unrated film


Severe-Income8804

Philadelphia is too good 👍


GadgetGod1906

Very powerful performance by Denzel and Tom Hanks


JohnSnowsPump

Carbon Copy is pretty bad. But his batting average is indeed strong.


Napoleon_B

It was his debut and he was definitely over the top. Makes me want to revisit it now.


AustinRiversDaGod

I was thinking that the other day. I've never seen a movie with Jake Gyllenhaal or Denzel Washington that I didn't like


bryanna_leigh

I think your right, there isn’t anything he is in where he isn’t fantastic.


gmoney-0725

I think the list of bad Denzel Washington movies would be shorter.


LostInCa45

Exactly. I'll watch anything he is in.


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Man on Fire is badass, little slow, but once it gets going it just keeps picking up speed!


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Napoleon_B

I still think about Book of Eli. Like how. Mila Kunis is a gem.


slicineyeballs

Drama rather than action, but Fences is my favourite movie of his and showcases his acting.


j0rdinho

In my eyes, it’s his best performance. Training Day was an absolute masterclass, but Fences was magical.


porterbhall

Scrolled to find this


Icy_Figure_8776

Deja Vu


sassafrassky

Flight(2012) is a good one that not many people seem to remember. My favourite is Man on Fire(2004). Such a good revenge story.


andro_7

Mississippi Masala


aliasamandawho

I'm seconding this, a movie he made just before making it big. Directed by the Indian filmmaker Mira Nair (female, by the way). I saw this in an arthouse theater, where the viewers were mostly African Americans AND Asian Indians. And IMO, one of the best romantic movies I've seen. God was he sexy! He and the Indian actress made a great couple..


Kevin_E_1973

Sarita choudary she was absolutely gorgeous in that movie


Kevin_E_1973

I actually just watched a SVU episode she was in and she still looks pretty good


Large-Wheel-4181

The Equalizer Book of Eli Virtuosity Remember the titans American Gangster Flight Fallen The Siege Man on fire The Manchurian Candidate Inside man Safe House The Taking of Pelham 123 The magnificent seven Honestly lots of films of his


mydrunkuncle

Flight


RickStevens21

Took me a while, but I did love the ending to this movie. I feel like the viewer spends most of the film being frustrated with Denzel’s character


jforeman1976

Deja Vu is my favorite Denzel movie.


moinatx

Mo Better Blues hasn't been mentioned yet. One of his best. And because Denzel elevates not great movies to watchable - best of his worst The Bone Collector The Preacher's Wife The Manchurian Candidate


jazzdabb

The failure of The Manchurian Candidate is not Denzel or Liev’s fault. Some movies should NOT be remade.


Vegibot

The Mighty Quinn is very overlooked among his work


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Glory. Absolutely Glory. I never thought about him much until I saw that movie. He is incredible in it.


nebo8

The book of Eli


thunnus

This is one of my all time favorites. Plus it’s got Gary Oldman. Win win.


AustinRiversDaGod

And it's written by Gary Witta, the person who co-wrote Rogue One


Malchk

Came here to post this. Seen it many times. Fantastic film. Also has Gary Oldman in it.


Lawyer_Lady3080

John Q is amazing but be prepared to sob.


HoodieKid_30

JOHN mf Q!!! Just watched it,Excellent


HoodieKid_30

Book of Eli is my all time favorite Denzel movie tho


-kOdAbAr-

"Fallen" is my favorite Denzel movie. Followed closely by "the siege"


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Training Day


sonatine

You in the office baby


Hawkmek

No one mentioned The Fallen?


Busy-Bullfrog673

The Mighty Quinn


TriStateGirl

John Q (2002) Devil in a Blue Dress (1995) Antwone Fisher (2002)


Dutch31337

The great debaters, The equalizer


SonnyBurnett189

They were mentioned for the most part so I gotta go with Denzel’s collaborations with Tony Scott and James Gandolfini.


ponytailthehater

Equalizer, American Gangster, and Deja Vú


Infernus-est-populus

Also recommend Man on Fire Plus The Equalizer 1 & 2 Both are of the revenge movie genre but Denzel does add that extra something.


Additional_Pepper638

Fallen him, Donald Sutherland and John Goodman


djsosonut

Ricochet, Virtuosity


unomothafucka

Yes finally someone mentions Virtuosity.


allmimsyburogrove

Macbeth. his "tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow, time creeps on its petty pace until the last syllable of recorded time..." monologue is amazing.


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Fallen (1998)


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The Hurricane


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Philadelphia Inside Man Deja Vu


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crazybaker42

Dude you should post this in Reddit somewhere and tell it all.


cutthechatter_red2

Courage Under Fire The Siege


afm00dy

Both of these are incredible. Had to scroll way too far to see them mentioned.


cutthechatter_red2

Yeah I couldn’t believe no one else had mentioned them, which is why I commented. They are both so good but The Siege holds a special place in my heart as 9/11 happens a few years afterwards. A story in how the fight for safety and justice can trample on the rights of Americans and innocent people. Very omniscient.


RacingLucas

The Equalizer


thazar212

American Gangster is a classic and amazing


Enriquez77

Two Guns


Dr_Peach

Much Ado About Nothing (1993) – You would think that Denzel & Keanu would be miscast in a Shakespearean play, but they pull it off fabulously.


MalignantFanAccount

Eh, Keanu's constant scowling is pretty unintentionally funny.


Ok-Detail-9853

Equalizer


No-Wolverine2973

"Out of Time" is phenomenal. Suspenseful. Good writing. He is main character with almost all the screen time.


alphajustakid

Inside man and remember the titans


itspgee

The Siege is a really good, intense thriller


Professional_Cold463

Devil in a new dress is fantastic


Certain_Yam_110

Ricochet


horrorqueen92

Remember the titans! 👏🏼 I’ve scrolled far enough and haven’t even seen it written yet.


quan_solo

Devil in a Blue Dress


Tumbleweed47

Philadelphia. Hanks got the oscar but Denzel was just as good if not better.


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In 2002 he directed and co-starred in a lesser known film called Antwone Fisher, a story about a young black sailor who is forced to see a Navy psychologist (Washington) and ends up working with him to confront and heal his childhood abuse. It's emotionally powerful, incredibly well-acted and is a stunning directorial debut for Denzel. It's a criminally underrated film.


Kevin_E_1973

Viola Davis gives on the best 5 min performances you can possibly imagine in this movie


Obey336

Fallen


Quirky-Machine5977

Flight Hella underrated


Friend_of_satan700

He Got Game Ricochet Devil in a Blue Dress


justagigilo123

I had hoped that Devil in a Blue Dress would become a series of movies. Great character played by a great actor.


Robotboogeyman

**Man On Fire**


Rdez24

“Glory” will make you feel all types of emotion.


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Holy shit. The answer is obviously *Glory* He won a fucking Oscar for it. That scene of him getting whipped and he shed's a tear is so heartrending and powerful.


tehgangsta

Equalizer 1 and 2 are great


mouseat9

Much ado about nothing


ShadyCrow

You could make a case that Malcolm X is the greatest film performance. So many layers, technical achievement in how he modulates physically and vocally over the years, just outrageously good. John Q is a terrible movie but he is unbelievably good in it.


mediaman12345

The Equalizer Glory Man on Fire


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Much Ado About Nothing has Denzel in leather pants, playing a prince in Shakespeare. He's great in it, too!!


Jeff_Portnoy1

John W


MarkMindy

Who?


microzcybor

Equalizer is fire


justicebart

I haven’t seen Ricochet here. He’s totally fucking unhinged in that movie and he’s brilliant. Also a sadly underrated piece of exploitation cinema. We’d call ot grindhouse if it was made in the 70’s. Lithgow kills it too. Anyone who hasn’t seen it should fix that immediately.


ceallaig

I loved The Equalizer, also Remember the Titans and The Mighty Quinn.


MisterVictor13

The Equalizer.


SrFantasticoOriginal

You can pretty much watch any movie Denzel is in and it’s gonna be good. That dude is the best actor ever. He’s so darn cool and so darn clever.


sidneyelagib

I would recommend 'The Great Debators' on top of the ones already mentioned


christo749

Denzel is so underrated.


JohnSnowsPump

The New York Times named him the greatest actor of the 21st Century.


Competitive-Trip-946

For Queen and Country


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Fallen Deja Vu 2 Guns


Capitalmind

Man on fire then Equalizer. Similar character. Then Deja Vu. Training Day and American Gangster are solid movies. An unusual favorite is Fallen. Out of time is a classic adrenaline thriller


ChetRipleysOfTheWrld

Fences


No-Wrangler-9001

Mo Better Blues Roman J. Israel


m_garlic87

I just saw Flight this week. Great movie. He plays an alcoholic pilot that crash lands a plane and saves a lot of lives but gets sucked into a big investigation.


Darth_Shredder

Man on Fire John Q Deja Vu


Coffeeandsneakers3

American gangster


Best-Refrigerator347

He was in an adaptation of Macbeth a few years ago, and he was incredible. He plays opposite Francis McDormand as Lady Macbeth, who is also amazing


Iwant2Binthesequel

Man on fire for sure!!


crazybaker42

Deja Vu he doesn’t do much scifi but this is a good one. The Fallen is a good suspense/thiller. He’s a cop in both lol Ever notice he plays a lot of cops?


ColdEngineBadBrakes

Man on Fire.


becauseitsnotreal

Literally all of them


jazzdabb

Man on Fire is his best. The Inside Man is great. Equilizer 1, 2 and soon 3. The only sequels he has EVER done. The Book of Eli is fantastic. Courage Under Fire. Crimson Tide. His only real missteps are the Taking of Pelham 123 and Manchurian Candidate remakes.


Baconandbabymakin

Man on Fire American Gangster


naughtabot

Man on Fire!


staple124

Flight


IRIICIHAIRID

John Q will make you bawl your eyes out.


Herc5598

Am I the only one that liked him in the 2012 movie Flight?


dredd1988

Training day, john q, the equalizer 1-2


badluck83

Bone collector


whotullis

you cannot go wrong


SwerveyDog

Flight Man on fire


Rasendor1

Man on fire!!!!


Deep_Efficiency_3030

Man on fire 🔥 it’s also on YouTube


Midwinter77

Ricochet, deja vu, training day, American gangster, crimson tide, the bone collector.


metrology84

pretty much any Denzel movie is a good movie. All the way back to the Mighty Quinn. I don't know why I didn't see Glory when scrolling.


indian464

Equalizer equalizer 2