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Forest Whitaker Top Ranked Movies (2)

What is the best Forest Whitaker movie?

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is currently the highest-ranked Forest Whitaker movie on Movie Rankings based on aggregate head-to-head results from the community.

How many Forest Whitaker movies are ranked here?

This page currently tracks 2 ranked movies starring Forest Whitaker.

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Forest Whitaker Acting Filmography (127)

Rose's Baby
2027
The King of Kings
2025·Peter (voice)
Havoc
2025·Lawrence Beaumont
Seaweed Stories
2024·Narrator (voice)
Big George Foreman
2023·Doc Broadus
to Crinkle their Wrist, Perfumed Splendour
2023·Ghost Dog (archive footage)
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
2022·Saw Gerrera (archive footage) (uncredited)
Prophets of Change
2022·Narrator
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
2022·Self (archive footage)
Respect
2021·C. L. Franklin
Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
2020·Jeronicus Jangle
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
2020·Self
Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times
2020·Self
Finding Steve McQueen
2019·Howard Lambert
Black Panther
2018·Zuri
#3880W-2L
Burden
2018·Reverend Kennedy
City of Lies
2018·Jack Jackson
The Forgiven
2018·Desmond Tutu
Triumph: The Untold Story of Perry Wallace
2018·Narrator (voice)
How It Ends
2018·Tom
Sorry to Bother You
2018·First Equisapien / Demarius
The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'
2017·Self
Xenolinguistics: Understanding 'Arrival'
2017·Self
Arrival
2016·Colonel Weber
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2016·Saw Gerrera
#2821W-1L
I Am You
2016·Narrator (voice)
Southpaw
2015·Titus 'Tick' Wills
Dope
2015·The Narrator (voice)
Repentance
2014·Angel
Two Men in Town
2014·William Garnett
Taken 3
2014·Inspector Frank Dotzler
Food Chains
2014
The Last Stand
2013·Agent John Bannister
The Butler
2013·Cecil Gaines
Out of the Furnace
2013·Chief Wesley Barnes
Pawn
2013·Will
Zulu
2013·Ali Sokhela
Black Nativity
2013·Reverend Cornell Cobbs
Mysteries of the Unseen World
2013·Narrator
Rising from Ashes
2013·Narrator
Making a Scene | 11 Performances
2013
Freelancers
2012·Dennis Larue
A Dark Truth
2012·Francisco Francis
Catch.44
2011·Ronny
Serving Life
2011·Narrator (voice)
A Man's Story
2011·Self
Repo Men
2010·Jake
Hurricane Season
2010·Al Collins
Our Family Wedding
2010·Brad Boyd
The Experiment
2010·Barris
My Own Love Song
2010·Joey
Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life
2010·Lion
Lullaby for Pi
2010·George
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
2010·(archive footage)
Winged Creatures
2009·Charlie Archenault
Where the Wild Things Are
2009·Ira (voice)
Crips and Bloods: Made in America
2009·Narrator
Powder Blue
2009·Charlie
Street Kings
2008·Captain Jack Wander
Vantage Point
2008·Howard Lewis
The Air I Breathe
2007·Happiness
The Great Debaters
2007·Dr. James Farmer Sr.
Even Money
2007·Clyde Snow
Ripple Effect
2007·Philip
The Last King of Scotland
2006·Idi Amin
The Marsh
2006·Geoffrey Hunt
Everyone's Hero
2006·Lonnie Brewster (voice)
Before the Music Dies
2006·Self - Narrator (voice)
A Little Trip to Heaven
2005·Abe Holt
American Gun
2005·Carter
Mary
2005·Ted Younger
Deacons for Defense
2005·Marcus Clay
Odyssey in Rome
2005
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
2005·Forest Whitaker
The Misbehavers
2004·Self
First Daughter
2004·Narrator (voice)
Shooting 'Panic Room'
2004·Self
Phone Booth
2003·Captain Ramey
Making of Phone Booth
2003·Self
Panic Room
2002·Burnham
Green Dragon
2001·Addie
Feast of All Saints
2001·Daguerreotypist Picard
The Fourth Angel
2001·Agent Jules Bernard
The Follow
2001·The Employer
A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Platoon'
2001·Self
Ghost Dog: The Odyssey: The Journey Into the Life of a Samurai
2001
Battlefield Earth
2000·Ker
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
2000·Self
The Paperboy
2000·Narrator
Four Dogs Playing Poker
2000·Mr. Ellington
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
1999·Ghost Dog
Light It Up
1999·Officer Dante Jackson
Witness Protection
1999·Steven Beck
Body Count
1998·Crane
Phenomenon
1996·Nate Pope
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
1996·Mr. Rucker
Smoke
1995·Cyrus Cole
Species
1995·Dan Smithson, Empath
Mr. Holland's Opus
1995·Bobby Tidd as an adult (uncredited)
Blown Away
1994·Anthony Franklin
Prêt-à-Porter
1994·Cy Bianco
Jason's Lyric
1994·Maddog
The Enemy Within
1994·Col. MacKenzie Casey
Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso
1994·Self
Body Snatchers
1993·Major Collins
Last Light
1993·Fred Whitmore
Lush Life
1993·Buddy Chester
Bank Robber
1993·Officer Battle
The Crying Game
1992·Jody
Article 99
1992·Dr. Sid Handleman
Consenting Adults
1992·David Duttonville
A Rage in Harlem
1991·Jackson
Diary of a Hitman
1991·Dekker
Downtown
1990·Dennis Curren
Criminal Justice
1990·Jessie Williams
Johnny Handsome
1989·Dr. Steven Fisher
Bloodsport
1988·Rawlins
Bird
1988·Charlie 'Bird' Parker
Good Morning, Vietnam
1987·Edward Garlick
Stakeout
1987·Det. Jack Pismo
Hands of a Stranger
1987·Sergeant Delaney
The Color of Money
1986·Amos
Platoon
1986·Big Harold
Vision Quest
1985·Balldozer
The Grand Baby
1983
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
1982·Charles Jefferson
Tag: The Assassination Game
1982·Gowdy's Bodyguard