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Forest Whitaker

Actor · 97 credits · 75 in highly-rated films

Best known for Arrival (2016)

Frequent collaborators: Willem Dafoe, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Kiefer Sutherland, Keith David, Matthew Modine

Movies (93 total, ranked by score)

  1. Deacons for Defense

    2005 · ★ 6.2 (9 votes)

    Drama, TV Movie

    61

  2. Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life

    2010 · ★ 7.1 (6 votes)

    Family, Fantasy, Animation

    62

  3. Serving Life

    2011 · ★ 5.3 (3 votes)

    TV Movie, Documentary

    63

  4. Diary of a Hitman

    1991 · ★ 5.4 (44 votes)

    Crime, Drama

    64

  5. Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso

    1994 · ★ 7.4 (9 votes)

    Documentary, TV Movie

    65

  6. Rising from Ashes

    2013 · ★ 6.5 (4 votes)

    Documentary

    66

  7. The Fourth Angel

    2001 · ★ 5.3 (70 votes)

    Action, Thriller, Adventure

    67

  8. Lush Life

    1993 · ★ 7.2 (5 votes)

    Drama, TV Movie, Music

    68

  9. Sewing Hope

    —

    Documentary

    69

  10. Consenting Adults

    1992 · ★ 5.4 (169 votes)

    Thriller, Drama

    70

  11. The Enemy Within

    1994 · ★ 5.8 (42 votes)

    Thriller, Drama, TV Movie

    71

  12. Body Count

    1998 · ★ 5.5 (44 votes)

    Action, Thriller

    72

  13. Even Money

    2007 · ★ 5.5 (76 votes)

    Crime, Drama

    73

  14. Before the Music Dies

    2006 · ★ 7.0 (4 votes)

    Documentary

    74

  15. Making of Phone Booth

    2003 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)

    75

  16. How It Ends

    2018 · ★ 5.3 (2,073 votes)

    Science Fiction, Thriller, Mystery

    76

  17. Odyssey in Rome

    2005

    Documentary

    77

  18. I Am You

    2016 · ★ 3.5 (2 votes)

    Documentary, History

    78

  19. Pawn

    2013 · ★ 5.5 (194 votes)

    Crime, Thriller

    79

  20. The Paperboy

    2000 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)

    Family, Animation

    80

  21. A Rage in Harlem

    1991 · ★ 5.4 (57 votes)

    Crime, Comedy

    81

  22. Two Men in Town

    2014 · ★ 5.5 (89 votes)

    Crime, Drama

    82

  23. A Little Trip to Heaven

    2005 · ★ 5.4 (83 votes)

    Drama, Thriller

    83

  24. The Grand Baby

    1983

    Drama

    84

  25. Our Family Wedding

    2010 · ★ 5.6 (137 votes)

    Comedy

    85

  26. Triumph: The Untold Story of Perry Wallace

    2018 · ★ 4.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    86

  27. The Marsh

    2006 · ★ 5.1 (70 votes)

    Horror, Mystery

    87

  28. Catch.44

    2011 · ★ 5.0 (372 votes)

    Drama, Action, Thriller

    88

  29. Repentance

    2014 · ★ 4.8 (67 votes)

    Horror, Thriller

    89

  30. Battlefield Earth

    2000 · ★ 3.3 (959 votes)

    Science Fiction, Action, Adventure

    90

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 31, 2026.