Forest Whitaker

A rogue band of resistance fighters unite for a mission to steal the Death Star plans and bring a new hope to the galaxy.

Dir. Gareth Edwards · With Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Alan Tudyk

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

Charles Dickens tells his young son Walter the greatest story ever told, and what begins as a bedtime tale becomes a life-changing journey. Through vivid imagination, the boy walks alongside Jesus, witnessing His miracles, facing His trials, and understanding His ultimate sacrifice.

Dir. Jang Seong-ho · With Oscar Isaac, Kenneth Branagh, Uma Thurman

Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat.

Dir. Denis Villeneuve · With Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker

As a young and naive recruit in Vietnam, Chris Taylor faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man.

Dir. Oliver Stone · With Charlie Sheen, Willem Dafoe, Tom Berenger

A disk jockey goes to Vietnam to work for the Armed Forces Radio Service. While he becomes popular among the troops, his superiors disapprove of his humor.

Dir. Barry Levinson · With Robin Williams, Forest Whitaker, Tom T. Tran

Fueled by an impoverished childhood, George Foreman channeled his anger into becoming an Olympic Gold medalist and World Heavyweight Champion, followed by a near-death experience that took him from the boxing ring to the pulpit. But when he sees his community struggling spiritually and financially, Foreman returns to the ring and makes history by reclaiming his title, becoming the oldest and most improbable World Heavyweight Boxing Champion ever.

Dir. George Tillman Jr. · With Khris Davis, Forest Whitaker, Sullivan Jones

An American Army Major goes AWOL to Hong Kong for an outlawed martial arts contest called the Kumite.

Dir. Newt Arnold · With Jean-Claude Van Damme, Donald Gibb, Leah Ayres

A slick New York publicist who picks up a ringing receiver in a phone booth is told that if he hangs up, he'll be killed... and the little red light from a laser rifle sight is proof that the caller isn't kidding.

Dir. Joel Schumacher · With Colin Farrell, Kiefer Sutherland, Forest Whitaker

Loosely based on infamous crime boss Bumpy Johnson, who in the early 1960s returned from ten years in prison to find the neighborhood he once ruled in shambles. With the streets controlled by the Italian mob, Bumpy attempts to regain his piece of Harlem.

Dir. Chris Brancato, Paul Eckstein · With Forest Whitaker, Erik LaRay Harvey, Ilfenesh Hadera

Young Scottish doctor, Nicholas Garrigan decides it's time for an adventure after he finishes his formal education, so he decides to try his luck in Uganda, and arrives during the downfall of President Obote. General Idi Amin comes to power and asks Garrigan to become his personal doctor.

Dir. Kevin Macdonald · With Forest Whitaker, James McAvoy, Simon McBurney

Writer Paul Benjamin is nearly hit by a bus when he leaves Auggie Wren's smoke shop. Stranger Rashid Cole saves his life, and soon middle-aged Paul tells homeless Rashid that he wouldn't mind a short-term housemate. Still grieving over his wife's murder, Paul is moved by both Rashid's quest to reconnect with his father and Auggie's discovery that a woman who might be his daughter is about to give birth.

Dir. Wayne Wang · With Harvey Keitel, William Hurt, Stockard Channing

Cecil Gaines was a sharecropper's son who grew up in the 1920s as a domestic servant for the white family who casually destroyed his. Eventually striking out on his own, Cecil becomes a hotel valet of such efficiency and discreteness in the 1950s that he becomes a butler in the White House itself. There, Cecil would serve numerous US Presidents over the decades as a passive witness of history with the American Civil Rights Movement gaining momentum even as his family has troubles of its own. As his wife, Gloria, struggles with alcoholism and his defiant eldest son, Louis, strives for a just world, Cecil must decide whether he should take action in his own way.

Dir. Lee Daniels · With Forest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey, David Oyelowo

A Black hitman who models after the samurai of old finds himself targeted for death by the mob.

Dir. Jim Jarmusch · With Forest Whitaker, John Tormey, Cliff Gorman

The true story of a brilliant but politically radical debate team coach who uses the power of words to transform a group of underdog African-American college students into a historical powerhouse that took on the Harvard elite.

Dir. Denzel Washington · With Denzel Whitaker, Denzel Washington, Nate Parker

Tom Ludlow is a disillusioned L.A. Police Officer, rarely playing by the rules and haunted by the death of his wife. When evidence implicates him in the execution of a fellow officer, he is forced to go up against the cop culture he's been a part of his entire career, ultimately leading him to question the loyalties of everyone around him.

Dir. David Ayer · With Keanu Reeves, Forest Whitaker, Chris Evans

Two brothers live in the economically-depressed Rust Belt, when a cruel twist of fate lands one in prison. His brother is then lured into one of the most violent crime rings in the Northeast.

Dir. Scott Cooper · With Christian Bale, Zoe Saldaña, Woody Harrelson

When Environmental Protection Agency inspector Steve Malone travels to a remote military base in order to check for toxic materials, he brings his family along for the ride. After arriving at the base, his teenage daughter Marti befriends Jean Platt, daughter of the base's commander, General Platt. When people at the base begin acting strangely, Marti becomes convinced that they are slowly being replaced by plant-like aliens.

Dir. Abel Ferrara · With Terry Kinney, Meg Tilly, Gabrielle Anwar

Two detectives observe an escaped convict's ex-girlfriend, but complications set in when one of them falls for her.

Dir. John Badham · With Richard Dreyfuss, Emilio Estevez, Madeleine Stowe

20 men are chosen to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a psychological study that ultimately spirals out of control.

Dir. Paul T. Scheuring · With Adrien Brody, Cam Gigandet, Forest Whitaker

Irish Republican Army member Fergus forms an unexpected bond with Jody, a kidnapped British soldier in his custody, despite the warnings of fellow IRA members Jude and Maguire. Jody makes Fergus promise he'll visit his girlfriend, Dil, in London, and when Fergus flees to the city, he seeks her out. Hounded by his former IRA colleagues, he finds himself increasingly drawn to the enigmatic, and surprising, Dil.

Dir. Neil Jordan · With Stephen Rea, Miranda Richardson, Jaye Davidson

Trapped in their New York brownstone's panic room, a hidden chamber built as a sanctuary in the event of break-ins, newly divorced Meg Altman and her young daughter Sarah play a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with three intruders - Burnham, Raoul and Junior - during a brutal home invasion. But the room itself is the focal point because what the intruders really want is inside it.

Dir. David Fincher · With Jodie Foster, Kristen Stewart, Forest Whitaker

When a drug heist swerves lethally out of control, a jaded cop fights his way through a corrupt city's criminal underworld to save a politician's son.

Dir. Gareth Evans · With Tom Hardy, Jessie Mei Li, Timothy Olyphant

Saxophone player Charlie ‘Bird’ Parker comes to New York in 1940 and is quickly noticed for his remarkable way of playing. He becomes a drug addict but his loving wife Chan tries to help him.

Dir. Clint Eastwood · With Forest Whitaker, Diane Venora, Michael Zelniker

Former pool hustler "Fast Eddie" Felson decides he wants to return to the game by taking a pupil. He meets talented but green Vincent Lauria and proposes a partnership. As they tour pool halls, Eddie teaches Vincent the tricks of scamming, but he eventually grows frustrated with Vincent's showboat antics, leading to an argument and a falling-out. Eddie takes up playing again and soon crosses paths with Vincent as an opponent.

Dir. Martin Scorsese · With Paul Newman, Tom Cruise, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio

In the future, medical technology has advanced to the point where people can buy artificial organs to extend their lives. But if they default on payments, an organization known as the Union sends agents to repossess the organs. Remy is one of the best agents in the business, but when he becomes the recipient of an artificial heart, he finds himself in the same dire straits as his many victims.

Dir. Miguel Sapochnik · With Jude Law, Forest Whitaker, Alice Braga

Max imagines running away from his mom and sailing to a far-off land where large talking beasts—Ira, Carol, Douglas, the Bull, Judith and Alexander—crown him as their king, play rumpus, build forts and discover secret hideaways.

Dir. Spike Jonze · With Max Records, Catherine Keener, James Gandolfini

Ex-government operative Bryan Mills finds his life is shattered when he's falsely accused of a murder that hits close to home. As he's pursued by a savvy police inspector, Mills employs his particular set of skills to track the real killer and exact his unique brand of justice.

Dir. Olivier Megaton · With Liam Neeson, Forest Whitaker, Maggie Grace

The rise of Aretha Franklin’s career from a child singing in her father’s church’s choir to her international superstardom.

Dir. Liesl Tommy · With Jennifer Hudson, Forest Whitaker, Marlon Wayans

An imaginary world comes to life in a holiday tale of an eccentric toymaker, his adventurous granddaughter, and a magical invention that has the power to change their lives forever.

Dir. David E. Talbert · With Forest Whitaker, Keegan-Michael Key, Hugh Bonneville