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Mahershala Ali has 14 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2000s through the 2020s. 3 sit in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.
Fruitvale Station
2013
Drama
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
2018 · Movie · Voice
Top 1%Netflix · Included
Green Book
2018 · Movie · Actor
Top 1%Netflix · Included
Hidden Figures
2016 · Movie · Actor
Top 1%Max · Included
Moonlight
2016 · Movie · Actor
Top 13%Hulu · Included
Free State of Jones
2016 · Movie · Actor
Top 22%Prime Video · Included
Swan Song
2021 · Movie · Actor
Top 32%Apple TV+ · Included
Struggling to find his place in the world while juggling school and family, Brooklyn teenager Miles Morales is unexpectedly bitten by a radioactive spider and develops unfathomable powers just like the one and only Spider-Man. While wrestling with the implications of his new abilities, Miles discovers a super collider created by the madman Wilson "Kingpin" Fisk, causing others from across the Spider-Verse to be inadvertently transported to his dimension.
Dir. Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman · With Shameik Moore, Jake Johnson, Hailee Steinfeld
Tony Lip, a bouncer in 1962, is hired to drive pianist Don Shirley on a tour through the Deep South in the days when African Americans, forced to find alternate accommodations and services due to segregation laws below the Mason-Dixon Line, relied on a guide called The Negro Motorist Green Book.
Dir. Peter Farrelly · With Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali, Linda Cardellini
The untold story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson – brilliant African-American women working at NASA and serving as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history – the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit. The visionary trio crossed all gender and race lines to inspire generations to dream big.
Dir. Theodore Melfi · With Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe
When Alita awakens with no memory of who she is in a future world she does not recognize, she is taken in by Ido, a compassionate doctor who realizes that somewhere in this abandoned cyborg shell is the heart and soul of a young woman with an extraordinary past.
Dir. Robert Rodriguez · With Rosa Salazar, Christoph Waltz, Jennifer Connelly
Born under unusual circumstances, Benjamin Button springs into being as an elderly man in a New Orleans nursing home and ages in reverse. Twelve years after his birth, he meets Daisy, a child who flits in and out of his life as she grows up to be a dancer. Though he has all sorts of unusual adventures over the course of his life, it is his relationship with Daisy, and the hope that they will come together at the right time, that drives Benjamin forward.
Dir. David Fincher · With Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Taraji P. Henson
The tender, heartbreaking story of a young man’s struggle to find himself, told across three defining chapters in his life as he experiences the ecstasy, pain, and beauty of falling in love, while grappling with his own sexuality.
Dir. Barry Jenkins · With Trevante Rhodes, André Holland, Janelle Monáe
In 1863, Mississippi farmer Newt Knight serves as a medic for the Confederate Army. Opposed to slavery, Knight would rather help the wounded than fight the Union. After his nephew dies in battle, Newt returns home to Jones County to safeguard his family but is soon branded an outlaw deserter. Forced to flee, he finds refuge with a group of runaway slaves hiding out in the swamps. Forging an alliance with the slaves and other farmers, Knight leads a rebellion that would forever change history.
Dir. Gary Ross · With Matthew McConaughey, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Mahershala Ali
In the near future, Cameron Turner is diagnosed with a terminal illness. Presented with an experimental solution to shield his wife and son from grief, he grapples with altering their fate in this thought-provoking exploration of love, loss, and sacrifice.
Dir. Benjamin Cleary · With Mahershala Ali, Naomie Harris, Awkwafina
A motorcycle stunt rider considers committing a crime in order to provide for his wife and child, an act that puts him on a collision course with a cop-turned-politician.
Dir. Derek Cianfrance · With Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper, Eva Mendes
A group of cold-blooded killers find themselves trapped on an alien planet to be hunted by extraterrestrial Predators.
Dir. Nimród Antal · With Adrien Brody, Topher Grace, Alice Braga
Five years after the events of Jurassic World Dominion, covert operations expert Zora Bennett is contracted to lead a skilled team on a top-secret mission to secure genetic material from the world's three most massive dinosaurs. When Zora's operation intersects with a civilian family whose boating expedition was capsized, they all find themselves stranded on an island where they come face-to-face with a sinister, shocking discovery that's been hidden from the world for decades.
Dir. Gareth Edwards · With Scarlett Johansson, Mahershala Ali, Jonathan Bailey
When his hard-earned kicks get snatched by a local hood, fifteen-year old Brandon and his two best friends go on an ill-advised mission across the Bay Area to retrieve the stolen sneakers.
Dir. Justin Tipping · With Jahking Guillory, Kofi Siriboe, Mahershala Ali
A family's getaway to a luxurious rental home takes an ominous turn when a cyberattack knocks out their devices—and two strangers appear at their door.
Dir. Sam Esmail · With Julia Roberts, Ethan Hawke, Mahershala Ali
The most feared battle emcee in the early 1980s in Queens, New York, was a fierce teenager from the Queensbridge projects. At the age of 14, Roxanne Shanté was well on her way to becoming a hip-hop legend, as she hustled to provide for her family while defending herself from the dangers of the street.
Dir. Michael Larnell · With Chanté Adams, Mahershala Ali, Nia Long
