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The 18 Best Morgan Freeman Movies of All Time

by YPB Team

Whether playing God, wise mentors, or gritty detectives, Morgan Freeman has filled every role with quiet gravitas and depth. Which performance earned his greatest standing ovation?

  1. The Shawshank Redemption — ranked #11
    The Shawshank Redemption
    Freeman plays Ellis 'Red' Redding, a longtime prisoner whose friendship with a wrongly convicted banker anchors what many call the greatest film ever made.
    1000pts
  2. Driving Miss Daisy — ranked #22
    Driving Miss Daisy
    Freeman plays the dignified chauffeur Hoke Colburn, whose quiet decades-long friendship with his employer crosses racial divides.
    666pts
  3. Street Smart — ranked #33
    Street Smart
    Freeman earned his first Oscar nomination playing the menacing and manipulative pimp Fast Black in this gritty crime thriller.
    642pts
  4. Million Dollar Baby — ranked #44
    Million Dollar Baby
    Freeman won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor as the wise boxing gym manager Eddie 'Scrap-Iron' Dupris.
    577pts
  5. The Bucket List — ranked #55
    The Bucket List
    Freeman and Jack Nicholson play two cancer patients who escape the hospital to check off their ultimate life wish-list together.
    576pts
  6. Se7en — ranked #66
    Se7en
    Freeman stars as a seasoned homicide detective tracking a serial killer whose crimes follow the seven deadly sins.
    576pts
  7. Unforgiven — ranked #77
    Unforgiven
    Freeman plays Ned Logan, Clint Eastwood's reformed gunslinger partner in this Oscar-winning revisionist Western.
    500pts
  8. Outbreak — ranked #88
    Outbreak
    Freeman stars as an Army general facing impossible choices during a deadly viral outbreak threatening to wipe out an entire town.
    500pts
  9. Lean on Me — ranked #99
    Lean on Me
    Freeman delivers a powerhouse performance as real-life principal Joe Clark, who transforms a failing New Jersey school with tough love.
    500pts
  10. Lucy — ranked #1010
    Lucy
    Freeman plays a neuroscientist whose research becomes central as a woman acquires superhuman cognitive abilities in this sci-fi thriller.
    409pts
  11. Glory — ranked #1111
    Glory
    Freeman plays Sergeant Major John Rawlins in this acclaimed Civil War drama about the first African-American Union Army regiment.
    409pts
  12. Wanted — ranked #1212
    Wanted
    Freeman plays the cool, enigmatic leader of a secret ancient fraternity of assassins in this stylized action blockbuster.
    409pts
  13. Kiss the Girls — ranked #1313
    Kiss the Girls
    Freeman plays forensic psychologist Alex Cross hunting a serial kidnapper in the film that launched his popular thriller franchise.
    409pts
  14. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves — ranked #1414
    Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
    Freeman plays the loyal Moorish warrior Azeem, Robin Hood's trusted companion and the film's moral compass.
    300pts
  15. Bruce Almighty — ranked #1515
    Bruce Almighty
    Freeman plays a perfectly cast God who hands over divine powers to a frustrated TV reporter played by Jim Carrey.
    300pts
  16. Now You See Me — ranked #1616
    Now You See Me
    Freeman plays a sharp-tongued magic debunker on the trail of illusionist bank robbers in this slick heist thriller.
    300pts
  17. Invictus — ranked #1717
    Invictus
    Freeman portrays Nelson Mandela using the 1995 Rugby World Cup to unite a post-apartheid South Africa.
    300pts
  18. The Dark Knight — ranked #1818
    The Dark Knight
    Freeman plays Lucius Fox, Wayne Enterprises' brilliant tech guru who equips Batman with the tools to fight Gotham's most dangerous villains.
    0pts

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