12 Years a Slave (2013)

Aggregate Rating: 233 | Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 96 | Earnings: $56.67M

Lead Role: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Kenneth Williams, Michael Fassbender, Brad Pitt, | Director: Steve McQueen,

In the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery.

American Gangster (2007)

Aggregate Rating: 205 | Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 76 | Earnings: $130.13M

Lead Role: Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Josh Brolin, | Director: Ridley Scott,

In 1970s America, a detective works to bring down the drug empire of Frank Lucas, a heroin kingpin from Manhattan, who is smuggling the drug into the country from the Far East.

Children of Men (2006)

Aggregate Rating: 204 | Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 84 | Earnings: $35.29M

Lead Role: Julianne Moore, Clive Owen, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Caine, | Director: Alfonso Cuarón,

In 2027, in a chaotic world in which women have become somehow infertile, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea.

Doctor Strange (2016)

Aggregate Rating: 200 | Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 72 | Earnings: $232.60M

Lead Role: Benedict Cumberbatch, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rachel McAdams, Benedict Wong, | Director: Scott Derrickson,

While on a journey of physical and spiritual healing, a brilliant neurosurgeon is drawn into the world of the mystic arts.

Serenity (2005)

Aggregate Rating: 177 | Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 74 | Earnings: $25.34M

Lead Role: Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Alan Tudyk, | Director: Joss Whedon,

The crew of the ship Serenity try to evade an assassin sent to recapture one of their members who is telepathic.

Dirty Pretty Things (2002)

Aggregate Rating: 155 | Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 78 | Earnings: $8.11M

Lead Role: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Audrey Tautou, Sophie Okonedo, Sergi López, | Director: Stephen Frears,

An illegal Nigerian immigrant discovers the unpalatable side of London life.

The Lion King (2019)

Aggregate Rating: 148 | Imdb: 6 | Metascore: 55 | Earnings: $543.64M

Lead Role: Donald Glover, Beyoncé, Seth Rogen, Chiwetel Ejiofor, | Director: Jon Favreau,

After the murder of his father, a young lion prince flees his kingdom only to learn the true meaning of responsibility and bravery.

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (2019)

Aggregate Rating: 147 | Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 68 | Earnings: null

Lead Role: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Maxwell Simba, Felix Lemburo, Robert Agengo, | Director: Chiwetel Ejiofor,

Against all the odds, a thirteen year old boy in Malawi invents an unconventional way to save his family and village from famine.

Salt (2010)

Aggregate Rating: 145 | Imdb: 6 | Metascore: 65 | Earnings: $118.31M

Lead Role: Angelina Jolie, Liev Schreiber, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Daniel Olbrychski, | Director: Phillip Noyce,

A CIA agent goes on the run after a defector accuses her of being a Russian spy.

Talk to Me (2007)

Aggregate Rating: 144 | Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 69 | Earnings: $4.47M

Lead Role: Don Cheadle, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Bruce McFee, Mike Epps, | Director: Kasi Lemmons,

The story of Washington D.C. radio personality Ralph "Petey" Greene, an ex-con who became a popular talk show host and community activist in the 1960s.

2012 (2009)

Aggregate Rating: 138 | Imdb: 5 | Metascore: 49 | Earnings: $166.11M

Lead Role: John Cusack, Thandie Newton, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Amanda Peet, | Director: Roland Emmerich,

A frustrated writer struggles to keep his family alive when a series of global catastrophes threatens to annihilate mankind.

Redbelt (2008)

Aggregate Rating: 138 | Imdb: 6 | Metascore: 69 | Earnings: $2.34M

Lead Role: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Tim Allen, Emily Mortimer, Max Martini, | Director: David Mamet,

A fateful event leads to a job in the film business for top mixed-martial arts instructor Mike Terry. Though he refuses to participate in prize bouts, circumstances conspire to force him to consider entering such a competition.

Z for Zachariah (2015)

Aggregate Rating: 131 | Imdb: 6 | Metascore: 68 | Earnings: $0.12M

Lead Role: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Chris Pine, Margot Robbie, | Director: Craig Zobel,

In the wake of a disaster that wipes out most of civilization, two men and a young woman find themselves in an emotionally charged love triangle as the last known survivors.

Kinky Boots (2005)

Aggregate Rating: 129 | Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 57 | Earnings: $1.82M

Lead Role: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Joel Edgerton, Sarah-Jane Potts, Nick Frost, | Director: Julian Jarrold,

A drag queen comes to the rescue of a man who, after inheriting his father's shoe factory, needs to diversify his product if he wants to keep the business afloat.

Come Sunday (2018)

Aggregate Rating: 123 | Imdb: 5 | Metascore: 65 | Earnings: null

Lead Role: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Gerard Catus, Allie McCulloch, Lakeith Stanfield, | Director: Joshua Marston,

Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell.

Triple 9 (2016)

Aggregate Rating: 123 | Imdb: 6 | Metascore: 52 | Earnings: $12.63M

Lead Role: Casey Affleck, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Anthony Mackie, Aaron Paul, | Director: John Hillcoat,

A gang of criminals and corrupt cops plan the murder of a police officer in order to pull off their biggest heist yet across town.

Melinda and Melinda (2004)

Aggregate Rating: 123 | Imdb: 6 | Metascore: 54 | Earnings: $3.83M

Lead Role: Will Ferrell, Vinessa Shaw, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Wallace Shawn, | Director: Woody Allen,

Two alternating stories, one comedy and the other tragedy, about Melinda's attempts to straighten out her life.

Endgame (2009)

Aggregate Rating: 118 | Imdb: 6 | Metascore: 55 | Earnings: $0.01M

Lead Role: William Hurt, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Jonny Lee Miller, Mark Strong, | Director: Pete Travis,

A story based on the covert discussions that brought down the Apartheid regime in South Africa.

Half of a Yellow Sun (2013)

Aggregate Rating: 113 | Imdb: 6 | Metascore: 51 | Earnings: $0.05M

Lead Role: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Thandie Newton, Anika Noni Rose, Joseph Mawle, | Director: Biyi Bandele,

Sisters Olanna and Kainene return home to 1960s Nigeria, where they soon diverge on different paths. As civil war breaks out, political events loom larger than their differences as they join the fight to establish an independent republic.

Secret in Their Eyes (2015)

Aggregate Rating: 111 | Imdb: 6 | Metascore: 45 | Earnings: null

Lead Role: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Nicole Kidman, Julia Roberts, Dean Norris, | Director: Billy Ray,

A tight-knit team of rising investigators, along with their supervisor, is suddenly torn apart when they discover that one of their own teenage daughters has been brutally murdered.