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Antoine Fuqua has 17 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2020s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Michael.
Recurring themes

Son of a Gun
2014
Action · Crime

Ad Vitam
2025
Thriller · Drama

Last Bullet
2025
Action · Crime

Dead Man Down
2013
Thriller · Action

Rust Creek
2019
Thriller · Drama

A Score to Settle
2019
Action · Crime

Little Dixie
2023
Action · Crime

Darkland
2017
Thriller · Action

The Equalizer
2014 · Movie · Director
Top 2%Max · Included

Training Day
2001 · Movie · Director
Top 2%Tubi · Free w/ ads

The Equalizer 3
2023 · Movie · Director
Top 5%Max · Included

Emancipation
2022 · Movie · Director
Top 6%Apple TV+ · Included

The Equalizer 2
2018 · Movie · Director
Top 18%Max · Included

Shooter
2007 · Movie · Director
Top 26%Paramount+ · Included
The story of Michael Jackson, one of the most influential artists the world has ever known, and his life beyond the music. His journey from the discovery of his extraordinary talent as the lead of the Jackson Five, to the visionary artist whose creative ambition fueled a relentless pursuit to become the biggest entertainer in the world, highlighting both his life off-stage and some of the most iconic performances from his early solo career.
Dir. Antoine Fuqua · With Jaafar Jackson, Colman Domingo, Nia Long

McCall believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. But when he meets Teri, a young girl under the control of ultra-violent Russian gangsters, he can’t stand idly by – he has to help her. Armed with hidden skills that allow him to serve vengeance against anyone who would brutalize the helpless, McCall comes out of his self-imposed retirement and finds his desire for justice reawakened. If someone has a problem, if the odds are stacked against them, if they have nowhere else to turn, McCall will help. He is The Equalizer.
Dir. Antoine Fuqua · With Denzel Washington, Marton Csokas, Chloë Grace Moretz

On his first day on the job as a narcotics officer, a rookie cop works with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears.
Dir. Antoine Fuqua · With Denzel Washington, Ethan Hawke, Scott Glenn
Billy "The Great" Hope, the reigning junior middleweight boxing champion, has an impressive career, a loving wife and daughter, and a lavish lifestyle. However, when tragedy strikes, Billy hits rock bottom, losing his family, his house and his manager. He soon finds an unlikely savior in Tick Willis, a former fighter who trains the city's toughest amateur boxers. With his future on the line, Hope fights to reclaim the trust of those he loves the most.
Dir. Antoine Fuqua · With Jake Gyllenhaal, Rachel McAdams, Forest Whitaker

Robert McCall finds himself at home in Southern Italy but he discovers his friends are under the control of local crime bosses. As events turn deadly, McCall knows what he has to do: become his friends' protector by taking on the mafia.
Dir. Antoine Fuqua · With Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning, Eugenio Mastrandrea

Inspired by the gripping true story of a man who would do anything for his family—and for freedom. When Peter, an enslaved man, risks his life to escape and return to his family, he embarks on a perilous journey of love and endurance.
Dir. Antoine Fuqua · With Will Smith, Ben Foster, Charmaine Bingwa

Robert McCall, who serves an unflinching justice for the exploited and oppressed, embarks on a relentless, globe-trotting quest for vengeance when his former partner is murdered.
Dir. Antoine Fuqua · With Denzel Washington, Pedro Pascal, Ashton Sanders

A top Marine sniper, Bob Lee Swagger, leaves the military after a mission goes horribly awry and disappears, living in seclusion. He is coaxed back into service after a high-profile government official convinces him to help thwart a plot to kill the President of the United States. Ultimately double-crossed and framed for the attempt, Swagger becomes the target of a nationwide manhunt. He goes on the run to track the real killer and find out who exactly set him up, and why, eventually seeking revenge against some of the most powerful and corrupt leaders in the free world.
Dir. Antoine Fuqua · With Mark Wahlberg, Michael Peña, Danny Glover

Evan McCauley has skills he never learned and memories of places he has never visited. Self-medicated and on the brink of a mental breakdown, a secret group that call themselves “Infinites” come to his rescue, revealing that his memories are real.
Dir. Antoine Fuqua · With Mark Wahlberg, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sophie Cookson

Navy SEAL Lieutenant A.K. Waters and his elite squadron of tactical specialists are forced to choose between their duty and their humanity, between following orders by ignoring the conflict that surrounds them, or finding the courage to follow their conscience and protect a group of innocent refugees. When the democratic government of Nigeria collapses and the country is taken over by a ruthless military dictator, Waters, a fiercely loyal and hardened veteran is dispatched on a routine mission to retrieve a Doctors Without Borders physician.
Dir. Antoine Fuqua · With Bruce Willis, Monica Bellucci, Cole Hauser

When the White House (Secret Service Code: "Olympus") is captured by a terrorist mastermind and the President is kidnapped, disgraced former Presidential guard Mike Banning finds himself trapped within the building. As the national security team scrambles to respond, they are forced to rely on Banning's inside knowledge to help retake the White House, save the President and avert an even bigger disaster.
Dir. Antoine Fuqua · With Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Finley Jacobsen

Looking to mine for gold, greedy industrialist Bartholomew Bogue seizes control of the Old West town of Rose Creek. With their lives in jeopardy, Emma Cullen and other desperate residents turn to bounty hunter Sam Chisolm for help. Chisolm recruits an eclectic group of gunslingers to take on Bogue and his ruthless henchmen. With a deadly showdown on the horizon, the seven mercenaries soon find themselves fighting for more than just money once the bullets start to fly.
Dir. Antoine Fuqua · With Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke

Hired assassin John Lee is asked by Chinatown crime boss Terence Wei to murder the young son of policeman Stan Zedkov. Lee has the boy in his sights, but his conscience gets the better of him, and he spares the child's life. Afraid that Wei will take revenge on his family in China, Lee seeks out expert forger Meg Coburn to obtain the passport he needs to get out of the country, but a band of replacement killers is soon on his trail.
Dir. Antoine Fuqua · With Chow Yun-Fat, Mira Sorvino, Michael Rooker

The story of the Arthurian legend, based on the 'Sarmatian hypothesis' which contends that the legend has a historical nucleus in the Sarmatian heavy cavalry troops stationed in Britain, and that the Roman-British military commander, Lucius Artorius Castus is the historical person behind the legend.
Dir. Antoine Fuqua · With Clive Owen, Ioan Gruffudd, Keira Knightley

Enforcing the law within the notoriously rough Brownsville section of the city and especially within the Van Dyke housing projects is the NYPD's sixty-fifth precinct. Three police officers struggle with the sometimes fine line between right and wrong.
Dir. Antoine Fuqua · With Richard Gere, Don Cheadle, Ethan Hawke
Landing in jail for a petty theft crime, Alvin finds himself sharing a cell with John Jaster, the incarcerated half of the pair of high-tech thieves responsible for the missing gold. His partner, Bristol, is still at large. Alvin wants only to get out of prison and start fresh with his girlfriend, Lisa, and when the Feds, led by U.S. Treasury investigator Clenteen, set him loose on a sketchy deal, he thinks his luck has changed. Alvin has his freedom and the Feds have found their bait.
Dir. Antoine Fuqua · With Jamie Foxx, David Morse, Robert Pastorelli

A demoted police officer assigned to a call dispatch desk is conflicted when he receives an emergency phone call from a kidnapped woman.
Dir. Antoine Fuqua · With Jake Gyllenhaal, Ethan Hawke, Riley Keough