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Viola Davis

Actor

Filmography (All Films)

 
SolarisSolaris (2002) Recommended
Dir. Steven Soderbergh
Feat. George Clooney, Natascha McElhone, Jeremy Davies
Revisiting Tarkovsky’s 1972 sci–fi epic, dir. Soderburgh sustains comparisons with a thoughtful, stately reprise of its mysterious story…
Jesse Stone [Movie Series]Jesse Stone [Movie Series] (2005-2015)
Feat. Tom Selleck, Jane Adams, Saul Rubinek
Based on the detective novels by Robert B. Parker, Tom Selleck plays his eponymous law enforcement officer from Massachusetts in this series of…
Architect, TheArchitect, The (2006)
Dir. Matt Tauber
Feat. Anthony LaPaglia, Isabella Rossellini, Hayden Panettiere
Downbeat tale of the architect of a high rise complex confronted by it's angry tenants who demand it be torn down. Meanwhile, the architects home…
DisturbiaDisturbia (2007)
Dir. D. J. Caruso
Feat. Carrie-Anne Moss, Shia LaBeouf, David Morse
Highly suspenseful retake of Hitchcock’s REAR WINDOW, about a high–school senior who suspects his neighbour is a notorious serial…
Nights in RodantheNights in Rodanthe (2008)
Dir. George C. Wolfe
Feat. Diane Lane, Richard Gere, Viola Davis
Tears–and–tissues adaptation of the Nicholas Sparks novel of two souls at a crossroads in their muddled lives who end up finding solace…
DoubtDoubt (2008) Recommended
Dir. John Patrick Shanley
Feat. Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams
Playwright John Patrick Shanley adapts for the screen his Pulitzer Prize–winner about a nun's suspicion of sexual abuse in a Catholic school,…
Andromeda Strain, The (TV Mini-series)Andromeda Strain, The (TV Mini-series) (2008)
Dir. Mikael Salomon
Feat. Benjamin Bratt, Eric McCormack, Christa Miller
A update of the terrifyingly plausible techno–thriller novel by Michael Crichton, following a team of scientists working in secret to research…
Law Abiding CitizenLaw Abiding Citizen (2009)
Dir. F. Gary Gray
Feat. Jamie Foxx, Gerard Butler, Colm Meaney
Spiteful revenger with Butler wreaking vengeance from behind prison bars on the legal system who let his family's killers walk…
Knight and DayKnight and Day (2010)
Dir. James Mangold
Feat. Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz, Peter Sarsgaard
Brassy secret agent vehicle finds Tom Cruise on the lam from hired killers with Cameron Diaz in tow.
Eat Pray LoveEat Pray Love (2010)
Dir. Ryan Murphy
Feat. Julia Roberts, Javier Bardem, Billy Crudup
Julia Roberts plays the divorced globetrotter of Elizabeth Gilbert's best–selling memoir in this gastro tiki tour of Italy, India, and Bali.…
It's Kind of a Funny StoryIt's Kind of a Funny Story (2010)
Dir. Anna Boden , Ryan Fleck
Feat. Keir Gilchrist, Emma Roberts, Zach Galifianakis
A wayward teen (Gilchrist) checks himself into a mental hospital, forming life–changing relationships with an affable older patient…
TrustTrust (2010)
Dir. David Schwimmer
Feat. Clive Owen, Catherine Keener, Liana Liberato
Pungent social drama with Keener and Owen as parents dealing with the aftermath of their teenage daughter's rape at the hands of an online…
Help, TheHelp, The (2011) Recommended
Dir. Tate Taylor
Feat. Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer
Civil–rights drama based on the best–seller by Kathryn Stockett about an aspiring author who sets out to document the lives of…
Extremely Loud and Incredibly CloseExtremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2011)
Dir. Stephen Daldry
Feat. Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock, Thomas Horn
The grief and curiosity of a nine–year–old autistic boy is explored in this tough, but tender drama set in the aftermath of the September…
Won't Back DownWon't Back Down (2012)
Dir. Daniel Barnz
Feat. Maggie Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis, Oscar Isaac
A well–meaning but preachy social drama of community action, centred on two spirited mothers determined to bring change to an ailing inner city…
Beautiful CreaturesBeautiful Creatures (2013)
Dir. Richard LaGravenese
Feat. Alden Ehrenreich, Alice Englert, Jeremy Irons
A young man is drawn to a mysterious new arrival whose family possess secret supernatural powers in this vivid adaptation of Kami Garcia and Margaret…
PrisonersPrisoners (2013)
Dir. Denis Villeneuve
Feat. Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis
The dir. of INCENDIES crafts another tense, eye–opening thriller in this tale of a family man who turns vigilante after his daughter is…
Ender's GameEnder's Game (2013)
Dir. Gavin Hood
Feat. Asa Butterfield, Harrison Ford, Hailee Steinfeld
In the not–too–distant future, a young prodigy is charged with leading Earth's battle defense against a marauding fleet of alien…
Get On UpGet On Up (2014) Recommended
Dir. Tate Taylor
Feat. Chadwick Boseman, Nelsan Ellis, Dan Aykroyd
Chadwick Boseman is mesmerizing in this formatted yet dynamic chronicle of pioneering music frontman James Brown's rise from extreme poverty to his…
Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby, TheDisappearance of Eleanor Rigby, The (2014) Recommended
Dir. Ned Benson
Feat. James McAvoy, Jessica Chastain, Viola Davis
An ambitious and elegant New York love story from first time director Benson follows a couple as they try to reclaim the life and love they once…
How to Get Away with Murder (TV Series)How to Get Away with Murder (TV Series) (2014)
Feat. Viola Davis
Legal drama centred around a group of ambitious law students and their brilliant criminal defense professor who become involved in a twisted murder…
BlackhatBlackhat (2015)
Dir. Michael Mann
Feat. Chris Hemsworth, Viola Davis, Wei Tang
Michael Mann directs this thriller about a convict and his American and Chinese partners tracking a high–level cybercrime network from Chicago…
Suicide SquadSuicide Squad (2016)
Dir. David Ayer
Feat. Will Smith, Margot Robbie, Jared Leto
Warped action from the DC Comics stable has a team of incarcerated super–villains recruited by a secret government agency to prevent the…
FencesFences (2016) Recommended
Dir. Denzel Washington
Feat. Denzel Washington, Viola Davis
August Wilson faithfully adapts his Pulitzer Prize–winning stageplay for the screen with Denzel Washington directing and starring as a…
WidowsWidows (2018) Recommended
Dir. Steve McQueen
Feat. Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth Debicki
A contemporary heist thriller from director Steve McQueen following four windowed women who attempt to pay back the crime boss that their husbands…
Suicide Squad, TheSuicide Squad, The (2021)
Dir. James Gunn
Feat. Margot Robbie, Idris Elba, John Cena
The standalone sequel to SUICIDE SQUAD is this bold, bright and chaotic superhero movie based on the DC Comics characters. Harley Quinn (Margot…
Woman King, TheWoman King, The (2022)
Dir. Gina Prince-Bythewood
Feat. Viola Davis, John Boyega
Inspired by true events, this is the remarkable, action–packed story about the all–female unit of warriors who protected the African…

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