| | American Gangster (2007)| 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. |
| | Inside Man (2006)| Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 76 | Earnings: $88.50M Lead Role: Denzel Washington, Clive Owen, Jodie Foster, Christopher Plummer, | Director: Spike Lee, A police detective, a bank robber, and a high-power broker enter high-stakes negotiations after the criminal's brilliant heist spirals into a hostage situation. |
| | Flight (2012)| Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 76 | Earnings: $93.75M Lead Role: Denzel Washington, Nadine Velazquez, Don Cheadle, John Goodman, | Director: Robert Zemeckis, An airline pilot saves almost all his passengers on his malfunctioning airliner which eventually crashed, but an investigation into the accident reveals something troubling. |
| | Training Day (2001)| Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 69 | Earnings: $76.26M Lead Role: Denzel Washington, Ethan Hawke, Scott Glenn, Tom Berenger, | Director: Antoine Fuqua, On his first day on the job as a Los Angeles narcotics officer, a rookie cop goes beyond a full work day in training within the narcotics division of the LAPD with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears to be. |
| | Philadelphia (1993)| Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 66 | Earnings: $77.32M Lead Role: Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, Roberta Maxwell, Buzz Kilman, | Director: Jonathan Demme, When a man with HIV is fired by his law firm because of his condition, he hires a homophobic small time lawyer as the only willing advocate for a wrongful dismissal suit. |
| | Man on Fire (2004)| Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 47 | Earnings: $77.86M Lead Role: Denzel Washington, Christopher Walken, Dakota Fanning, Radha Mitchell, | Director: Tony Scott, In Mexico City, a former assassin swears vengeance on those who committed an unspeakable act against the family he was hired to protect. |
| | Fences (2016)| Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 79 | Earnings: $57.64M Lead Role: Denzel Washington, Viola Davis, Stephen Henderson, Jovan Adepo, | Director: Denzel Washington, A working-class African-American father tries to raise his family in the 1950s, while coming to terms with the events of his life. |
| | Malcolm X (1992)| Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 72 | Earnings: $48.17M Lead Role: Denzel Washington, Angela Bassett, Delroy Lindo, Spike Lee, | Director: Spike Lee, Biographical epic of the controversial and influential Black Nationalist leader, from his early life and career as a small-time gangster, to his ministry as a member of the Nation of Islam. |
| | Deja Vu (2006)| Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 59 | Earnings: $64.03M Lead Role: Denzel Washington, Paula Patton, Jim Caviezel, Val Kilmer, | Director: Tony Scott, After a ferry is bombed in New Orleans, an A.T.F. agent joins a unique investigation using experimental surveillance technology to find the bomber, but soon finds himself becoming obsessed with one of the victims. |
| | The Hurricane (1999)| Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 74 | Earnings: $50.67M Lead Role: Denzel Washington, Vicellous Shannon, Deborah Kara Unger, Liev Schreiber, | Director: Norman Jewison, The story of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a boxer wrongly imprisoned for murder, and the people who aided in his fight to prove his innocence. |
| | The Manchurian Candidate (2004)| Imdb: 6 | Metascore: 76 | Earnings: $65.95M Lead Role: Denzel Washington, Liev Schreiber, Meryl Streep, Kimberly Elise, | Director: Jonathan Demme, In the midst of the Gulf War, soldiers are kidnapped and brainwashed for sinister purposes. |
| | The Equalizer (2014)| Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 57 | Earnings: $101.53M Lead Role: Denzel Washington, Marton Csokas, Chloë Grace Moretz, David Harbour, | Director: Antoine Fuqua, A man believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and has dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. But when he meets a young girl under the control of ultra-violent Russian gangsters, he can't stand idly by - he has to help her. |
| | Courage Under Fire (1996)| Imdb: 6 | Metascore: 77 | Earnings: $58.92M Lead Role: Denzel Washington, Meg Ryan, Lou Diamond Phillips, Michael Moriarty, | Director: Edward Zwick, A U.S. Army officer, despondent about a deadly mistake he made, investigates a female chopper commander's worthiness for the Medal of Honor. |
| | The Great Debaters (2007)| Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 65 | Earnings: $30.23M Lead Role: Denzel Washington, Forest Whitaker, Kimberly Elise, Nate Parker, | Director: Denzel Washington, A drama based on the true story of Melvin B. Tolson, a professor at Wiley College Texas. In 1935, he inspired students to form the school's first debate team, which went on to challenge Harvard in the national championship. |
| | Crimson Tide (1995)| Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 66 | Earnings: $91.40M Lead Role: Gene Hackman, Denzel Washington, Matt Craven, George Dzundza, | Director: Tony Scott, On a U.S. nuclear missile sub, a young First Officer stages a mutiny, to prevent his trigger happy Captain from launching his missiles, before confirming his orders to do so. |
| | Unstoppable (2010)| Imdb: 6 | Metascore: 69 | Earnings: $81.56M Lead Role: Denzel Washington, Chris Pine, Rosario Dawson, Ethan Suplee, | Director: Tony Scott, With an unmanned, half-mile-long freight train barreling toward a city, a veteran engineer and a young conductor race against the clock to prevent a catastrophe. |
| | Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)| Imdb: 6 | Metascore: 78 | Earnings: $16.03M Lead Role: Denzel Washington, Tom Sizemore, Jennifer Beals, Don Cheadle, | Director: Carl Franklin, An African-American man is hired to find a woman, and gets mixed up in a murderous political scandal. |
| | The Magnificent Seven (2016)| Imdb: 6 | Metascore: 54 | Earnings: $93.38M Lead Role: Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Vincent D'Onofrio, | Director: Antoine Fuqua, Seven gunmen in the old west gradually come together to help a poor village against savage thieves. |
| | Remember the Titans (2000)| Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 48 | Earnings: $115.65M Lead Role: Denzel Washington, Will Patton, Wood Harris, Ryan Hurst, | Director: Boaz Yakin, The true story of a newly appointed African-American coach and his high school team on their first season as a racially integrated unit. |
| | 2 Guns (2013)| Imdb: 6 | Metascore: 55 | Earnings: $75.57M Lead Role: Denzel Washington, Mark Wahlberg, Paula Patton, Bill Paxton, | Director: Baltasar Kormákur, Two hardened criminals get into trouble with the US border patrol after meeting with a Mexican drug lord, and then revelations start to unfold. |
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