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Crips and Bloods: Made in America (2008)

6.9/10
Director: Stacy Peralta
Starring: Narrated by, Forest Whitaker

Forest Whitaker narrates this unflinching look at the bloody, decades-long war between two of L.A.'s most notorious gangs. Beginning with an illuminat... Read more

Zulu (2013)

6.7/10
Director: Jerome Salle
Starring: Forest Whitaker, Orlando Bloom

Ali Neuman survived the violence that rocked Apartheid era South Africa when he was a child to become head of the homicide branch of the Cape Town pol... Read more

The Great Debaters (2007)

7.5/10
Director: Denzel Washington
Starring: Denzel Washington, Forest Whitaker

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 deba... Read more

Bird (1988)

7.2/10
Director: Clint Eastwood
Starring: Forest Whitaker, Diane Venora, Michael Zelniker

The film biography of Charlie 'Bird' Parker. This legend of modern jazz has his life transformed into a cinematic masterpiece under the direction of C... Read more

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)

7.5/10
Director: Jim Jarmusch
Starring: Cliff Gorman, Forest Whitaker, Henry Silva, John Tormey

In Jim Jarmusch's fascinating meshing of gangster, urban and samurai action, Forest Whitaker is Ghost Dog, a mysterious hit man who rubs out targets f... Read more

Body Snatchers (1993)

5.9/10
Director: Abel Ferrara
Starring: Gabrielle Anwar, Meg Tilly, Forest Whitaker

An update of the science-fiction classic "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" made twice before (1956 and 1978). Addressing the universal personal and pol... Read more

Lullaby (2010)

7.4/10
Director: Benoit Philippon
Starring: Forest Whitaker, Clemence Poesy, Rupert Friend, Sarah Wayne Callies

Sam is a reclusive and complicated man whose only friend is George, the compassionate and well-intentioned manager of a downtrodden New York City hote... Read more

Street Kings (2008)

6.8/10
Director: David Ayer
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Forest Whitaker, Hugh Laurie, Chris Evans

Los Angeles cop Keanu Reeves lives by his own rules, flouting the law with impunity while struggling with alcoholism after the death of his wife. Afra... Read more

Blown Away (1994)

6.2/10
Director: Stephen Hopkins
Starring: Jeff Bridges, Tommy Lee Jones, Forest Whitaker

Jeff Bridges plays a Boston bomb squad specialist who has one-on-one with a former IRA bomber, played by Tommy Lee Jones, setting in motion a plot of... Read more

Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)

7.3/10
Director: Barry Levinson
Starring: Robin Williams, Forest Whitaker, Tung Thanh Tran

Robin Williams won an Oscar nomination for Best Actor for the role of the wacky, motormouth, military disc jockey Adrian Cronauer. It's 1965 in Saigon... Read more

Platoon (1986)

8.1/10
Director: Oliver Stone
Starring: Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Charlie Sheen, Johnny Depp, Forest Whitaker

Winner of Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Director, this harrowing drama chronicles Vietnam frontline combat as seen through the eyes of youn... Read more

The Fourth Angel (2001)

5.4/10
Director: John Irvin
Starring: Jeremy Irons, Forest Whitaker, Charlotte Rampling, Jason Priestley

When the terrorists who killed his wife and daughter are released from prison as part of a shady political compromise, British journalist Jeremy Irons... Read more

City Of Lies (2018)

6.5/10
Director: Brad Furman
Starring: Johnny Depp, Forest Whitaker, Toby Huss, Dayton Callie

1997. LAPD Detective Russell Poole investigates a case of an undercover cop killing another cop. This draws him into the Biggie Smalls and Tupac Shaku... Read more

The Crying Game (1992)

7.3/10
Director: Neil Jordan
Starring: Stephen Rea, Forest Whitaker, Miranda Richardson, Jaye Davidson

Stephen Rea finds out that love is a strange game indeed when he flees to London, from a botched I.R.A. mission in Northern Ireland, and meets the dec... Read more

Repo Men (2010)

6.3/10
Director: Miguel Sapochnik
Starring: Forest Whitaker, Jude Law, Liev Schreiber, Alice Braga, Carice Van Houten

A sci-fi action thriller set in a dystopian future and based on a novel by Eric Garcia. In the year 2025, people who can no longer make the payments o... Read more

Panic Room (2002)

6.8/10
Director: David Fincher
Starring: Jodie Foster, Forest Whitaker, Jared Leto, Dwight Yoakam, Kristen Stewart

Director David Fincher's ("Fight Club") harrowing high tech thriller stars Jodie Foster as a wealthy divorcee who, after moving into a lavish New York... Read more

The Last King of Scotland ( Blu-ray ) (2006)

7.7/10
Director: Kevin Macdonald
Starring: Forest Whitaker, Gillian Anderson, James McAvoy, David Oyelowo, Simon McBurney,...

Forest Whitaker walked away with the Best Actor Oscar for his complex portrayal of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin. Adapted from the novel by Giles Foden, t... Read more

Lullaby (Blu-ray) (2010)

6.2/10
Director: Benoit Philippon
Starring: Forest Whitaker, Clemence Poesy, Rupert Friend, Sarah Wayne Callies

Sam is a reclusive and complicated man whose only friend is George, the compassionate and well-intentioned manager of a downtrodden New York City hote... Read more

Arrival ( Blu-ray ) (2016)

7.9/10
Director: Denis Villeneuve
Starring: Forest Whitaker, Jeremy Renner, Amy Adams, Tzi Ma, Michael Stuhlbarg

When mysterious spacecrafts touch down across the globe, an elite team - lead by expert linguist Louise Banks (Amy Adams) - is brought together to inv... Read more

Judge Dredd / Battlefield Earth (2000)

Director: Roger Christian
Starring: John Travolta, Forest Whitaker, Barry Pepper, Kim Coates, Kelly Preston

A Stallone/Travolta double! Sly is the futuristic Judge Dredd, fighting crime in 2139. Then, John Travolta's dream project is an adaptation of Scient... Read more

Arrival (2016)

7.9/10
Director: Denis Villeneuve
Starring: Forest Whitaker, Jeremy Renner, Amy Adams, Tzi Ma, Michael Stuhlbarg

When mysterious spacecrafts touch down across the globe, an elite team - lead by expert linguist Louise Banks (Amy Adams) - is brought together to inv... Read more

Two Men in Town (2014)

5.6/10
Director: Rachid Bouchareb
Starring: Brenda Blethyn, Ellen Burstyn, Forest Whitaker, Harvey Keitel, Luis Guzman

Forest Whitaker plays a parolee, who finds Allah inside, and tries to get his life on track after 18 years. He's off to a good start with a job, a ban... Read more

Smoke (1995)

7.4/10
Director: Wayne Wang
Starring: Harvey Keitel, William Hurt, Forest Whitaker, Stockard Channing, Ashley Judd, Gi...

Harvey Keitel, William Hurt and Forest Whitaker star in this off-beat comedy gem set in a New York cigar shop involving the intertwining lives of it's... Read more

Respect (2021)

6.6/10
Starring: Jennifer Hudson, Forest Whitaker, Marlon Wayans, Tituss Burgess, Audra McDonald,...

Following the rise of Aretha Franklin's career from a child singing in her father's church's choir to her international superstardom, RESPECT is the r... Read more

Phone Booth (2002)

7.1/10
Director: Joel Schumacher
Starring: Colin Farrell, Forest Whitaker, Katie Holmes, Radha Mitchell, Kiefer Sutherland

A single phone call can change a man's life...or possibly end it. Stu Shepard (Colin Farrell) is a self-centered New York City publicist who suddenly... Read more

Phone Booth ( Blu-ray ) (2002)

7.1/10
Director: Joel Schumacher
Starring: Forest Whitaker, Katie Holmes, Kiefer Sutherland, Radha Mitchell, Colin Farrell

A single phone call can change a man's life...or possibly end it. Stu Shepard (Colin Farrell) is a self-centered New York City publicist who suddenly... Read more

Two Men in Town (Blu-ray) (2014)

5.7/10
Director: Rachid Bouchareb
Starring: Brenda Blethyn, Ellen Burstyn, Forest Whitaker, Harvey Keitel, Luis Guzman

Forest Whitaker plays a parolee, who finds Allah inside, and tries to get his life on track after 18 years. He's off to a good start with a job, a ban... Read more

Battlefield Earth (2000)

7.5/10
Director: Roger Christian
Starring: John Travolta, Forest Whitaker, Barry Pepper, Kim Coates, Kelly Preston

John Travolta's dream project is an adaptation of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard's Sci-Fi novel. Set in the year 3000 tyrant Terl (Travolta) is a... Read more

The Experiment (2010)

6.4/10
Director: Paul Scheuring
Starring: Adrien Brody, Fisher Stevens, Forest Whitaker, Clifton Collins Jr., Cam Gigandet

Adrien Brody and Forest Whitaker star in this mind-shattering psychological thriller inspired by the infamous 1971 Stanford Prison Experiment. Selecte... Read more

Mary (2005)

5.9/10
Director: Abel Ferrara
Starring: Juliette Binoche, Forest Whitaker, Matthew Modine, Heather Graham, Marion Cotill...

Abel Ferrara attempts to illuminate the life of Mary Magdalene and the role of Catholocism in the modern world through three interweaving stories. To... Read more

Vantage Point (2007)

6.6/10
Director: Pete Travis
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox, Forest Whitaker, Sigourney Weaver, William Hurt, Said...

An attempted assassination of the U.S. president in Spain is the catalyst for this intense thriller that depicts the event from a number of different... Read more

Species ( Blu-ray ) (1995)

5.8/10
Director: Roger Donaldson
Starring: Alfred Molina, Ben Kingsley, Forest Whitaker, Marg Helgenberger, Michael Madsen,...

Another take on things from another world. A creature who is made of half alien and half human DNA adopts the guise of a beautiful woman and sets off... Read more

Vantage Point (Blu-ray) (2007)

6.6/10
Director: Pete Travis
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Forest Whitaker, Said Taghmaoui, Sigourney Weaver, William Hurt, M...

An attempted assassination of the U.S. president in Spain is the catalyst for this intense thriller that depicts the event from a number of different... Read more

Roots (2016)

7.9/10
Director: Bruce Beresford, Mario Van Peebles, Phillip Noyce, Thomas Carter
Starring: Forest Whitaker, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Laurence Fishburne, Anika Noni Rose, Mala...

ROOTS is a historical portrait of American slavery recounting the journey of one family's will to survive, endure and ultimately, carry on their legac... Read more

Respect (Blu-ray) (2021)

6.6/10
Starring: Jennifer Hudson, Forest Whitaker, Marlon Wayans, Tituss Burgess, Audra McDonald,...

Following the rise of Aretha Franklin's career from a child singing in her father's church's choir to her international superstardom, RESPECT is the r... Read more

The Last King of Scotland (2006)

7.7/10
Director: Kevin Macdonald
Starring: Forest Whitaker, James McAvoy, Kerry Washington, Gillian Anderson, Simon McBurne...

Forest Whitaker walked away with the Best Actor Oscar for his complex portrayal of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin. Adapted from the novel by Giles Foden, t... Read more

Jason's Lyric (1994)

6.6/10
Director: Doug McHenry
Starring: Allen Payne, Jada Pinkett Smith, Bokeem Woodbine, Eddie Griffin, Suzzanne Dougla...

Two brothers, survivors of family tragedy, take different life paths: one falls for a high-spirited waitress and dreams of success, the other follows... Read more

Where the Wild Things Are ( Blu-ray ) (2009)

6.8/10
Director: Spike Jonze
Starring: Catherine Keener, Catherine O'Hara, Chris Cooper, Forest Whitaker, James Gandolf...

Nine-year-old Max (Max Records) runs away from home and sails across the sea to become king of a wonderous realm of gigantic fuzzy monsters - but bein... Read more

American Gun (2005)

6.2/10
Director: Aric Avelino
Starring: Donald Sutherland, Marcia Gay Harden, Forest Whitaker, Nikki Reed, Linda Cardell...

Three interwoven stories trace the everyday ramifications of living in an armed society. Donald Sutherland plays the owner of a Virginia gunstore who... Read more

Phenomenon (1996)

6.4/10
Director: Jon Turteltaub
Starring: Robert Duvall, Kyra Sedgwick, John Travolta, Forest Whitaker, Jeffrey DeMunn, Ri...

Winning mixture of drama, romance and fantasy stars John Travolta as an easygoing small-town mechanic who, after a late-night encounter with a mysteri... Read more

Southpaw (2015)

7.4/10
Director: Antoine Fuqua
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Forest Whitaker, Rachel McAdams, Naomie Harris, Curtis '50 Cent...

Billy "The Great" Hope, the reigning junior middleweight boxing champion, has an impressive career, a loving wife and daughter, and a lavish lifestyle... Read more

Taken 3 (2014)

6/10
Director: Olivier Megaton
Starring: Liam Neeson, Forest Whitaker, Famke Janssen, Maggie Grace, Dougray Scott, Sam Sp...

The hunter becomes the hunted when Liam Neeson returns as former CIA operative Bryan Mills, who finds himself framed for the brutal murder of his ex-w... Read more

Southpaw (Blu-ray) (2015)

7.4/10
Director: Antoine Fuqua
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Forest Whitaker, Rachel McAdams, Naomie Harris, Curtis '50 Cent...

Billy "The Great" Hope, the reigning junior middleweight boxing champion, has an impressive career, a loving wife and daughter, and a lavish lifestyle... Read more

Bloodsport (1986)

6.8/10
Director: Newt Arnold
Starring: Leah Ayres, Norman Burton, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Donald Gibb, Forest Whitaker,...

The Muscles from Brussels made his starring debut in this 'based on a true story' kick-boxing classic. Jean-Claude is the military intelligence office... Read more

Powder Blue (2009)

6.2/10
Director: Timothy Linh Bui
Starring: Jessica Biel, Eddie Redmayne, Forest Whitaker, Ray Liotta, Lisa Kudrow, Patrick...

Los Angelenos meet on Christmas Eve through chance, tragedy, and divine intervention. Velvet Larry is the sleazy owner of the strip club where the gla... Read more

Even Money (2006)

5.9/10
Director: Mark Rydell
Starring: Kim Basinger, Nick Cannon, Danny DeVito, Kelsey Grammer, Carla Gugino, Ray Liott...

Oscar winners Kim Basinger and Forest Whitaker join an impressive ensemble cast for the story of nine individuals as their fates become entwined in a... Read more

A Little Trip to Heaven (2005)

6/10
Director: Baltasar Kormakur
Starring: Forest Whitaker, Julia Stiles, Jeremy Renner, Peter Coyote, Anne Reid, Philip Ja...

Icelandic director Baltasar Kormakur's English-language debut is a black humour-tinged noir that stars Forest Whitaker as an insurance investigator lo... Read more

Out of the Furnace (2013)

6.8/10
Director: Scott Cooper
Starring: Christian Bale, Forest Whitaker, Sam Shepard, Tom Bower, Willem Dafoe, Woody Har...

When Rodney Baze mysteriously disappears and law enforcement doesn't follow through fast enough, his older brother, Russell, takes matters into his ow... Read more

North and South: The Trilogy (1985)

8.1/10
Starring: Patrick Swayze, Peter O'Toole, Robert Mitchum, David Carradine, Gene Kelly, Eliz...

All three made-for-TV adaptations of John Jakes' epic US Civil War novels are available in this eight-disc set. In "Book One: North and South" (1985),... Read more

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)

7.8/10
Director: Gareth Edwards
Starring: Ben Mendelsohn, Donnie Yen, Forest Whitaker, Felicity Jones, Riz Ahmed, Diego Lu...

Before Luke Skywalker became a Jedi or met Han Solo, Jyn Erso was a rebel amongst rebels who didn't like to play by anyone's rules. When the Rebellion... Read more

Where the Wild Things Are (2009)

6.8/10
Director: Spike Jonze
Starring: Catherine Keener, Catherine O'Hara, Chris Cooper, Forest Whitaker, James Gandolf...

Nine-year-old Max (Max Records) runs away from home and sails across the sea to become king of a wonderous realm of gigantic fuzzy monsters - but bein... Read more

Platoon ( Blu-ray ) (1986)

8.1/10
Director: Oliver Stone
Starring: Charlie Sheen, Forest Whitaker, John C McGinley, Johnny Depp, Keith David, Kevin...

Winner of Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Director, this harrowing drama chronicles Vietnam frontline combat as seen through the eyes of youn... Read more

Ernest and Celestine (2012)

Director: Stephane Aubier, Vincent Patar, Benjamin Renner
Starring: Forest Whitaker, Lauren Bacall, William H Macy, Jeffrey Wright, Paul Giamatti, M...

Normally speaking, bears live above ground and mice live below, and they don't get along at all. Brought together by chance, young Célestine, a plucky... Read more

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story ( Blu-ray ) (2016)

7.8/10
Director: Gareth Edwards
Starring: Ben Mendelsohn, Donnie Yen, Forest Whitaker, Diego Luna, Mads Mikkelsen, Alan Tu...

A scientist who's rejected his ties to the Empire, Galen Erso (Mads Mikkelsen) finds his farming life cut short when Director Orson Krennic (Ben Mende... Read more

Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)

7.2/10
Director: Amy Heckerling
Starring: Anthony Edwards, Eric Stoltz, Forest Whitaker, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judge Reinh...

Students at a school in California try various ploys to loose their virginity in this engaging and funny comedy, helped along by some great performanc... Read more

The Last Stand (2013)

6.4/10
Director: Kim Jee-Woon
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Forest Whitaker, Peter Stormare, Luis Guzman, Eduardo Nor...

He's back. Action legend Arnold Schwarzenegger returns to duty as Ray Owens, sheriff of a sleepy small town and the one person that stands between an... Read more

Sorry to Bother You (2018)

7/10
Director: Boots Riley
Starring: Lakeith Stanfield, David Cross, Tessa Thompson, Lily James, Terry Crews, Danny G...

In an alternate reality of present-day Oakland, California, telemarketer Cassius Green finds himself in a macabre universe after he discovers a magica... Read more

Black Panther (2018)

7.4/10
Director: Ryan Coogler
Starring: Angela Bassett, Forest Whitaker, Andy Serkis, Martin Freeman, Danai Jekesai Guri...

After the death of his father, T'Challa returns home to the African nation of Wakanda to take his rightful place as king. When a powerful enemy sudden... Read more

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)

7.3/10
Director: Ryan Coogler
Starring: Angela Bassett, Forest Whitaker, Andy Serkis, Martin Freeman, Danai Jekesai Guri...

Queen Ramonda, Shuri, M'Baku, Okoye and the Dora Milaje fight to protect the kingdom of Wakanda from intervening world powers in the wake of King T'Ch... Read more

Black Panther (Blu-Ray) (2018)

7.4/10
Director: Ryan Coogler
Starring: Angela Bassett, Forest Whitaker, Andy Serkis, Martin Freeman, Danai Jekesai Guri...

After the death of his father, T'Challa returns home to the African nation of Wakanda to take his rightful place as king. When a powerful enemy sudden... Read more

The Shield: Season 5 (2006)

8.7/10
Director: D J Caruso, Guy Ferland, Stephen Kay, Phillip Atwell, Michael Chiklis, Dean White, Gwyneth Horder-Payton
Starring: Michael Chiklis, Catherine Dent, Walton Goggins, Michael Jace, Kenneth Johnson,...

The tension mounts with Vic and his crew squarely in the sights of Internal Affairs Officer Jon Kavanaugh (Forest Whitaker). Determined to the point o... Read more

The Butler ( Blu-ray ) (2013)

5.9/10
Director: Lee Daniels
Starring: Alan Rickman, Clarence Williams III, Cuba Gooding Jr, Forest Whitaker, Jane Fond...

"The Butler" tells the story of a White House butler who served seven American presidents over three decades. The film traces the dramatic changes tha... Read more

The Butler (2013)

5.9/10
Director: Lee Daniels
Starring: Alan Rickman, Clarence Williams III, Cuba Gooding Jr, Forest Whitaker, Jane Fond...

"The Butler" tells the story of a White House butler who served seven American presidents over three decades. The film traces the dramatic changes tha... Read more

Pret-a-Porter ( Ready-to-Wear ) (1994)

3.9/10
Director: Robert Altman
Starring: Kim Basinger, Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Stephen Re...

Aka 'Ready-to-Wear'. A sprawling Altman's-eye view of the fashion world, set in Paris. While not the masterpiece the director's fans were waiting for,... Read more