Denzel Washington Movies-Best to Worst From Glory to Safe House with adjusted Box Office Grosses.
78Training Day(Movie Score 66.64) is Denzel's #1 ranked movie. While Heart Condition(Movie Score 11.82) stands last.
Hub Update: Denzel Washington's latest movie, Safe House stayed in the box office Top Ten for 7 weeks and moved all the way to the 11th position on the charts. Currently it is ranked between #10 Inside Man and #12 Courage Under Fire. 04/01/2012.
Denzel Washington is a two time Academy Award winner actor. He first rose to prominence when he appeared in the television drama St. Elsewhere, playing Dr. Philip Chandler for six years. In the late 1980s he left television and became one of the most popular movie stars. Over his career his movies have open #1 eleven times. He has been nominated fivetimes for the Academy Awards....winning twice(Glory and Training Day). He has been nominated six times for the Golden Globe award....winning twice (Glory, and The Hurricane). Three of his movies have crossed 100 million at the box office. American Gangster is his highest grossing movie. His current movie is called Safe House with Ryan Reynolds
Will Patton and Denzel in 2000's Remember the Titans....Denzel's 2nd biggest box office hit.
Denzel Washington's Top Ten Box Office Hits in 2012 Inflated Dollars.
Movie Year
| 2012 Inflated Box Office (mil)
| Co-Stars
|
|---|---|---|
#1 Pelican Brief (1993)
| 193.20 million
| Julia Roberts
|
#2 Remember the Titans (2000)
| 170.90 million
| Will Patton
|
#3 Crimson Tide (1995)
| 167.00 million
| Gene Hackman
|
#4 American Gangster (2007)
| 150.30 million
| Russell Crowe
|
#5 Philadelphia (1993)
| 148.70 million
| Tom Hanks
|
#6 Safe House (2012)Still in theaters
| 123.90 million
| Ryan Reynolds
|
#7 Training Day (2001)
| 108.10 million
| Ethan Hawke
|
#8 Inside Man (2006)
| 107.30 million
| Clive Owen
|
#9 Courage Under Fire (1996)
| 106.50 million
| Meg Ryan
|
#10 BoneCollector (1999)
| 104.10 million
| Angelina Jolie
|
Denzel Washington in 1992's Malcolm X....Denzel's 2nd best movie according to critics and audiences.
Denzel Washington's Top Ten Movies based on critics and audience voting at IMDB, Rotten Tomatoes.com, Yahoo movies.
Movie Year
| Critics Audience Score
| Co-Stars
|
|---|---|---|
#1 Glory (1989)
| 87%
| Matthew Broderick
|
#2 Malcolm X (1992)
| 84%
| Angela Bassett
|
#3 Crimson Tide (1995)
| 82%
| Gene Hackman
|
#4 Inside Man (2006)
| 82%
| Jodie Foster
|
#5 Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
| 82%
| Kenneth Branagh
|
#6 A Soldiers Story (1984)
| 80%
| Howard E. Rollins Jr.
|
#7 Hurricane (1999)
| 79%
| Directed by Norman Jewison
|
#8 American Gangster (2007)
| 79%
| Russell Crowe
|
#9 Unstoppable (2010)
| 78%
| Chris Pine
|
#10 Great Debaters (2007)
| 78%
| Forest Whitaker
|
Denzel Washington in 1989's Glory....ranked as his 9th best movie according to Movie Score.
Denzel Washington's 40 movies ranked by Movie Score. Movie Score is box office results + critical reception + award recognition. Perfect score would be 100.
Rank
| Movie Year
| Inflated 2012 Box Office (Millions)
| Opened
| Top 5 Weeks
| Top 10 Weeks
| Critics Audience Score
| Movie Score
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st
| Training Day (2001)
| $108.10
| 1
| 4
| 6
| 74%
| 66.64
|
2nd
| Philadelphia (1993)
| $148.70
| 1
| 4
| 10
| 76%
| 64.86
|
3rd
| Crimson Tide (1995)
| $167.00
| 1
| 4
| 7
| 80%
| 64.61
|
4th
| Remember the Titans (2000)
| $170.90
| 1
| 6
| 7
| 74%
| 62.23
|
5th
| Pelican Brief (1993)
| $193.20
| 1
| 5
| 7
| 59%
| 61.45
|
6th
| American Gangster (2007)
| $150.30
| 1
| 3
| 4
| 79%
| 61.40
|
7th
| Malcolm X (1992)
| $92.20
| 3
| 3
| 5
| 84%
| 57.60
|
8th
| Hurricane (1999)
| $79.50
| 3
| 5
| 5
| 79%
| 56.71
|
9th
| Glory (1989)
| $54.10
| 8
| 0
| 5
| 87%
| 55.44
|
10th
| Inside Man (2006)
| $107.30
| 1
| 3
| 5
| 82%
| 52.11
|
11th
| Safe House (2012) Still in theaters
| $123.90
| 2
| 4
| 7
| 63%
| 48.59
|
12th
| Courage Under Fire (1996)
| $106.50
| 3
| 3
| 5
| 76%
| 47.50
|
13th
| Unstoppable (2010)
| $81.10
| 2
| 5
| 6
| 78%
| 46.29
|
14th
| Man on Fire (2004)
| $99.40
| 1
| 5
| 9
| 58%
| 46.04
|
Rank
| Movie / Year
| Inflated 2012 Box Office (Millions)
| Opened
| Top 5 Weeks
| Top 10 Weeks
| Critics Audience Score
| Movie Score
|
15th
| Manchurian Candidate (2004)
| $84.30
| 3
| 2
| 4
| 76%
| 43.08
|
16th
| A Soldiers Story (1984)
| $51.70
| 7
| 1
| 6
| 80%
| 42.15
|
17th
| BoneCollector (1999)
| $104.10
| 1
| 4
| 7
| 46%
| 41.37
|
18th
| Book of Eli (2010)
| $94.60
| 2
| 3
| 4
| 59%
| 39.98
|
19th
| John Q (2002)
| $98.60
| 1
| 4
| 5
| 45%
| 39.23
|
20th
| He Got Game (1998)
| $36.60
| 1
| 3
| 4
| 74%
| 37.54
|
21st
| Deja Vu (2006)
| $77.10
| 3
| 2
| 3
| 63%
| 37.04
|
22nd
| The Preachers Wife (1996)
| $86.70
| 4
| 1
| 4
| 57%
| 36.84
|
23rd
| Cry Freedom (1987)
| $11.90
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 75%
| 35.74
|
24th
| The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009)
| $70.00
| 3
| 2
| 5
| 58%
| 34.95
|
25th
| Out of Time (2003)
| $54.10
| 2
| 2
| 3
| 65%
| 34.40
|
26th
| Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
| $42.90
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 82%
| 34.36
|
27th
| Ricochet (1991)
| $41.30
| 2
| 3
| 4
| 66%
| 33.66
|
Rank
| Movie / Year
| Inflated 2012 Box Office (Millions)
| Opened
| Top 5 Weeks
| Top 10 Weeks
| Critics Audience Score
| Movie Score
|
28th
| Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)
| $29.40
| 3
| 1
| 3
| 77%
| 33.18
|
29th
| The Siege (1998)
| $69.20
| 2
| 2
| 3
| 53%
| 32.93
|
30th
| Great Debaters (2007)
| $35.00
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 78%
| 31.63
|
31st
| Antwone Fisher (2002)
| $28.60
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 76%
| 30.56
|
32nd
| Fallen (1998)
| $42.90
| 3
| 2
| 3
| 55%
| 28.59
|
33rd
| Mo Better Blues (1990)
| $30.20
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 68%
| 28.29
|
34th
| Mississippi Masala (1992)
| $14.30
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 73%
| 27.04
|
35th
| Mighty Quinn (1989)
| $8.70
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 71%
| 25.06
|
36th
| Virtuosity (1995)
| $43.70
| 4
| 1
| 2
| 44%
| 23.81
|
37th
| Carbon Copy (1981)
| $27.00
| 5
| 1
| 1
| 48%
| 21.78
|
38th
| Power (1986)
| $8.00
| 10
| 0
| 1
| 59%
| 21.35
|
39th
| For Queen and Country (1989)
| $0.00
| 40
| 0
| 0
| 51%
| 16.72
|
40th
| Heart Condition (1990)
| $8.00
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 30%
| 11.82
|
Denzel Washington Oscar Speech for Training Day.
The Best of Denzel Washington.
#1 Training Day (Movie Score 66.64)...he won his second Academy Award for this movie about a cop gone bad
#2 Philadelphia (Movie Score 64.86)...he helped Tom Hanks win his Academy Award in this movie about a lawyer with AIDS suing his old company
#3 Crimson Tide (Movie Score 64.61)....he goes toe to toe with Gene Hackman in this submarine movie
#4 Remember the Titans (Movie Score 62.23)....true story about a football coach dealing with race issues
#5 Pelican Brief (Movie Score 61.45)....co-stars with Julia Roberts in this John Grisham legal thriller
* My favorite Denzel Washington comes in at # 9 ...Glory.
Movie Score card for Denzel Washington # 3 movie Crimson Tide.
So what the heck are Movie Scores?
There are all kinds of ways to determine if you want to see or skip a movie. You can depend on your favorite critic.My favorites are Roger Ebert and Leonard Maltin. You might go to Rotten Tomatoes to get the consensus of all the critics. You might watch the viewer ratings at Yahoo Movies and IMDB. You might depend on which movies are doing the best at the box office. You might wait for the end of the year awards. Movie Score takes all of these options and creates a mathematical equation that generates a score from 1 to 100. The higher the score the better the movie. .
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Loved Training Day and Armerican Gangster, hopefully will see Unstoppable in next couple of weeks, also looking forward to the next movie Safe House.
I think Safe House wil be good...to bad it is not coming until 2012.
Yeah just took a look on IMDB, never mind will be plenty other movies to keep us entertained!
Denzel is the man. Nice article. Gotta go with Man on Fire and Unstoppable as my favorites
I just saw Unstoppable, his best movie in years. Thanks for the hub.
I do agree with the majority of the rankings here, but I must say that I'm a big fan of some of the mid-level movies. "Fallen" and "Man on Fire" are two of my favorites of Denzel's.
I just watched the Hurricane and enjoyed it immensely. Denzel Washington is such a wonderful and talented actor.
Matt in Jax.....I like Man on Fire as well, of all the Tony Scott/Denzel movies this is my favorite one, I appreciate you stopping by and checking out my Denzel hub...
Trimar.....I agree he is a very talented actor....Hurricane is indeed one of his better movies....thanks for commenting
I'v seen all of his movies just like Bullock's I'm a big fan here too. Another great hub!
Thanks for the compliment Fluffy77....to me Denzel is getting better with age....I just saw Unstoppable and his performance for some reason reminded me of Cary Grant....every performance is solid, you always seem to believe him as the role he is playing and all the movies are the highest quality.....did you know Denzel Washington played the Cary Grant part in the remake The Bishop's Wife?
I need to see more Denzel. Most of those movies I haven't seen. I really didn't like Trainig Day, thought it was overated,Man on Fire was awesome, Fallen needed a sequel.
Matthew Broadwick really impressed me in Glory. Didn't think Feuriss Bueller could pull it off. Nothing he's done before or since has been as powerful, not nearly.
Other actors for hub material? Lee Marvin, Fred Mcmurruy, Burt Lancastor, Kirk Douglas, Glenn Ford, Ernist Borgnine.
Other actresses, Barbara Standwick, Shirley Maclane, Shirley Temple, Jayne Mansfield, Lee Remick, Karen Black.
Hey ruffridyer...I agree with you about Training Day...it was pretty much a standard bad cop movie, seen one you have seen them all. Glory is awesome, one of my favorite movies. Thanks for the suggestions on hub subjects. I will make sure once after this week settles down(my father's memorial service is Thursday) and I start to do another hub...I will use one of your suggestions for my next hub.....thanks again for all the comments.
I absolutely loved Denzel in John Q among many other movies. In John Q he wasn't backing down from the medical care his son needed and he got what he wanted. I was so proud of him! Denzel and cogerson BOTH get a VOTE UP!!!
Hey Sunshine625...I agree Denzel is awesome in John Q...willing to risk everything to help his son....makes me want to see the movie again...thanks for the votes for Denzel and for me.
John Q is amazing, but my favorite is the underrated Mo Better Blues. Washington playing off of Wesley Snipes is a fascinating; similar to Washington vs Hackman in Crimson Tide.
Hey trusouldj...I agree with you about John Q. I will have to check out Mo Better Blues as you make it sound like an interesting movie to watch. Thanks for checking out my Denzel review.
I liked him in Safe House, but it was pretty similar to some of his other roles. Ryan Reynolds (going against his normal tendencies) was more impressive to me. However, Reynolds character kind of reminded me of Ethan Hawke in Training Day.
Funny though, I was just thinking the other day that I haven't seen you do much recently on Hubpages. Then I sign on and you come up first on my news feed thing lol.
Cogerson....a Re-run here? Glad it came back out from hiding. You published this before I joined HP.
Denzel? The man can't do a damned thing wrong. It would take far too long to try to choose a favorite. Every movie he has done, he has made fabulous. There are actors and then there's DENZEL. The best part is, he's also a hell of a great person, husband & father. Just watched "Out of Time" 2 nights ago....probably for the tenth time. I love Eva Mendez too.
Great hub, Cogerson....looks like everything you do is perfect too!
Denzel Washington is one of my favorite actors. That man can act his way out of a paper bag. He is also a class act and a great humanitarian. Great job Cogerson!
Dave and I saw Safe House today. It was kind of slow at times. Denzel and his swagger were present throughout the movie. Ryan Reynolds was awesome! I give the movie 3 out of 5. It's always a pleasure to see Denzel and Ryan on the big screen.
I thought Unstoppable was a great movie, as well as John Q! Nontheless, I agree Denzel is a fine actor! Good article and information!
Hey Nickalooch. Interesting minireview on Safe House. I imagine Ryan Reynolds is relieved that the movie performed so well at the box office. He had a rough 2011....but at least 2012 is starting off strong. Denzel just keeps producing one hit after another.
My pace at hubpages has really slowed down....but I still check in every once in awhile and produce a new hub about once a week to every 10 days. Compared to the 4 or 5 hubs a week and spending hours a day here.
But I will be starting a new 2012 Best Films hub soon....and will start including your excellent movie reviews again. Thanks for stopping by.
Hey fpherj48...thanks for visiting one of my oldest hubs. I think this was my 4th or 5th hub ever. It has had a few updates but this is the first time Denzel had a new movie open since I wrote the hub...so I figured it was time to share it.
I am glad you like his performances. He has been making one hit after another for so many years. I also enjoy Out of Time.....and I am looking forward to seeing Safe House...thanks for stopping by.
Hey Alecia...I agree with your comment 100%....thanks for checking out my updated Denzel hub, it is greatly appreciated.
Hey Sunshine....3 out 5 sounds a little disappointing. But I am glad that you say that Reynolds was awesome in the movie. I have always enjoyed his movies, and felt a little sad when all of his movies in 2011 performed so badly...this should help his career get back on track....when in doubt ...make a movie with Denzel. Thanks for the visit.
Hey montecristo...I love Unstoppable...I just bought in on Blu-Ray and re-watched again....very enjoyable movie the second time around as well. I also enjoyed John Q., thanks for the comment and the compliment.
I really like Denzel in The Devil In A Blue Dress, Malcom X, Remember the Titans, and Glory. Great and amazing actor! Interesting hub and voted up!
It's good to see you back though. I have the busiest schedule this semester, yet I am trying to write a review/Hub every day. Last week I did a review a day. Felt good lol
Hey Rabbit75...thanks for the compliment and the votes up. I agree with the 4 Denzel movies you mention...they are all worthy of repeat viewings. Thanks for stopping by.
Hey Nickalooch....wow very impressive that you have been able to write a hub a day....congrats...I will be going over there to check out some of your latest hubs.
How did I miss this one? Great actor but like Nic Cage he has appeared in a lot of disposable films in the last few years.
Training Day number one on the moviescore? Good film, great role, won him an Oscar. Man on Fire was good too.
I've seen 22 of the 39 films you've listed. I never saw Philadelphia or Remember the Titans. I did see Ricochet and Virtuosity, I have them on dvd too. :)
I've seen 8 from the box office top 10 and 8 from the critics 10.
Of recent films Unstoppable was okay and The Book of Eli was enjoyable. I thought The Taking of Pelham 123 was unnecessary the original was much better.
Voted Up, Useful and Interesting.
Hey Steve...this was one of my very first hubs I ever did....and I ignored it for months until I realized he had a new movie being released,Safe House.
I have seen 23 of his 39. I thought Unstoppable was pretty good....I need to watch The Book of Eli again...so I can watch in a different light...Safe House looks good....and I have ignored Pelham....as I really enjoy the Walter Matthau version. Thanks for the votes up.
I see I haven't commented on this hub yet. Tsk, tsk, Flora!
Top ten box office:
Philadelphia...that is it.
Top ten critics:
Surprised Philadelphia isn't on the list considering Tom Hanks got an Oscar and there were other nominations.
Those I have seen:
I have seen Much Ado About Nothing and Hurricane.
Overall:
I have seen only four films thus far. The other film was Devil in a Blue Dress.
I refuse to watch the remake of The Manchurian Candidate.
But, on my to-see list in alphabetical order:
Crimson Tide
Malcom X - will be difficult to watch, but I feel I need to see this movie
Training Day.
Any other suggestions based upon my favourite genres?
My favourite is Devil in a Blue Dress. And Shakespeare is always fun. The others I admire greatly, but they are difficult to watch.
Hey Flora...thanks for commenting on my 11th oldest remaining hub....it only has 1,089 views so far and 502 of them have come since SafeHouse opened up....so it looks like many people are checking the hub out for the first time.
Philadelphia did not get stellar reviews....it got good reviews but not as strong as you would have thought....kinda like Meryl Streep in Iron Lady....the performance of Hanks was considered much better than the movie.
As for some Denzel Washington movies you might like....besides Crimson Tide and Training Days I would think Deja Vu and Inside Man are both pretty good detective style movies....and Glory is one of my favorites of all-time...but it is a western/Civil War movie with lots of gore...I have to admit I have not seen Malcolm X myself....but have heard his performance is outstanding in the movie. Thanks for stopping by and for your comments.
his the number 1
AMERICAN GANGSTER IT IS MY FAVORITE I LIKE IT HI IS REAL ACTOR AND GRATE PERSON I HAVE SEE ALL HIS MOVES LOVE FROM ALBANIA
BERN1960 Level 2 Commenter 15 months ago
I like #7 The Pelican Brief with Julia Roberts