Denzel Washington
1) Fences
Author
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
In 1950s Pittsburgh, a Black garbage collector named Troy Maxson--bitter that baseball's color barrier was only broken after his own heyday in the Negro Leagues--is prone to taking out his frustrations on his loved ones.
Author
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2016.
Language
English
Description
The town of Rose Creek is under the deadly control of Bartholomew Bogue, the townspeople are desperate for protection. They find protection in seven outlaws. These seven mercenaries find themselves fighting for more than money.
9) Crimson tide
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
On a US nuclear missile sub, a young first officer stages a mutiny to prevent his trigger happy captain from launching his missiles before confirming his orders to do so.
10) Glory
Author
Publisher
TriStar Pictures / Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
11) Philadelphia
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
Two competing lawyers join forces to sue a prestigious law firm for AIDS discrimination.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Armed men hijack a New York City subway train, holding the passengers hostage in return for a ransom, and turning an ordinary day's work for dispatcher Walter Garber into a face-off with the mastermind behind the crime.
14) Safe house
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"Tobin Frost, one of the CIA's most dangerous traitors, resurfaces in South Africa after eluding capture for almost a decade. During Frost's interrogation, the safe house where he is being held in is attacked by brutal mercenaries forcing rookie agent Matt Weston to take Frost on the run.
15) Man on fire
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Hard-drinking, burnt-out CIA operative John Creasy (Washington) has given up on life -- until his friend Rayburn ... gets him a job as bodyguard to nine-year-old Pita Ramos... Bit by bit, Creasy begins to reclaim his soul, but when Pita is kidnapped, Creasy's fiery rage is released and he will stop at nothing to save her.
Author
Series
Criterion collection volume 1135
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Denzel Washington has charisma to burn as the jobless ex-GI Easy Rawlins, who sees a chance to make some quick cash when he's recruited to find the missing lover of a wealthy mayoral candidate in late 1940s Los Angeles only to find himself embroiled in murder, political intrigue, and a scandal that crosses the treacherous color lines of a segregated society.
Series
Criterion collection volume 1127
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Years after her Indian family was forced to flee their home in Uganda by the dictatorship of Idi Amin, twenty-something Mina spends her days cleaning rooms in an Indian-run motel in Mississippi. When she falls for the charming Black carpet cleaner Demetrius, their passionate romance challenges the prejudices of both of their families and exposes the rifts between the region's Indian and African American communities.
20) Inside man
Author
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
A police detective, a bank robber, and a high-power broker enter high-stakes negotiations after the criminal's brilliant heist spirals into a hostage situation.