Morgan Freeman
Director, Actor
- Best of the Best of the Electric Company, The (1971-1977)
- Feat. Bill Cosby, Morgan Freeman, Rita Moreno…
- A generous selection of excerpts from the long–running 1970s children's TV show, which mixed up its educationalist intentions (especially…
- Brubaker (1980)
- Dir. Stuart Rosenberg
Feat. Robert Redford, Yaphet Kotto, Jane Alexander…
- Straight–edged prison drama based around the true story of a warden who disguised himself as a convict in order to expose the corruptions of…
- Harry and Son (1984)
- Dir. Paul Newman
Feat. Paul Newman, Robby Benson, Ellen Barkin…
- Earnest drama concerning cantankerous working stiff Newman and his struggling author son. Those allergic to overt symbolism may want to give this one…
- Clean and Sober (1988)
- Dir. Glenn Gordon Caron
Feat. Michael Keaton, Kathy Baker, Morgan Freeman…
- Unflinching, powerful drama with Michael Keaton utterly convincing as a real estate broker who decides to lay low at a drug rehabilitation facility…
- Glory (1989)
- Dir. Edward Zwick
Feat. Denzel Washington, Matthew Broderick, Cary Elwes…
- Time and place is perfectly re–created in this moving account of the plight of Negro soldiers during the American civil war.
- Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
- Dir. Bruce Beresford
Feat. Jessica Tandy, Morgan Freeman, Dan Aykroyd
- Oscar–winning adaptation of Albert Uhry's stage play charting the 25–year relationship between a crotchety Southern woman and her black…
- Lean On Me (1989)
- Dir. John G. Avildsen
Feat. Morgan Freeman, Robert Guillaume
- Principal Morgan Freeman whips the pupils of a troubled high–school into shape in this formulaic but likeable example of the genre.
- Johnny Handsome (1989)
- Dir. Walter Hill
Feat. Mickey Rourke, Ellen Barkin, Elizabeth McGovern…
- Mickey Rourke plays a deformed petty criminal who takes the rap for a major robbery. In prison he is given a new handsome face and proceeds to avenge…
- Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)
- Dir. Brian De Palma
Feat. Tom Hanks, Bruce Willis, Melanie Griffith…
- Hanks, Willis and Griffith stumble through Tom Wolfe's novel about a hot–shot stockbroker who is scandalised through misdemeanor. A famous…
- Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
- Dir. Kevin Reynolds
Feat. Kevin Costner, Morgan Freeman, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio…
- Lavishly mounted mega–hit. An exhilarating romp through the forests of Sherwood.
- Unforgiven (1992)
- Dir. Clint Eastwood
Feat. Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman, Gene Hackman…
- Clint Eastwood delivers the film of his acting and directing career with a smoulderingly dark rendering of a smart script about an aging gunfighter…
- Power of One, The (1992)
- Dir. John G. Avildsen
Feat. Morgan Freeman, Stephen Dorff
- From Bryce Courtney's best–seller, an oppressed English orphan in Africa finds a father figure in prison inmate Morgan Freeman, who teaches him…
- Bopha! (1993)
- Dir. Morgan Freeman
Feat. Danny Glover, Malcolm McDowell, Alfre Woodard
- Danny Glover plays a loyal police sergeant in 1980 South Africa who comes under fire from his militant son. Examines the less visible conflicts that…
- Shawshank Redemption, The (1994)
- Dir. Frank Darabont
Feat. Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, William Sadler…
- Compelling yarn made of an early non–horror Stephen King short story about an innocent prison inmate who spends two decades behind…
- Outbreak (1995)
- Dir. Wolfgang Petersen
Feat. Dustin Hoffman, Rene Russo, Morgan Freeman…
- A deadly disease breaks out in the US of A, and scientist Dustin Hoffman becomes the only man able to save its entire population. The little man…
- Seven (Se7en) (1995)
- Dir. David Fincher
Feat. Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow…
- Director David Fincher imbues the hackneyed serial–killer genre with astonishing directorial flair, while bringing an influential 'underground'…
- Chain Reaction (1996)
- Dir. Andrew Davis
Feat. Keanu Reeves, Morgan Freeman, Rachel Weisz
- The science–slip and fugitive genres converge in this rather silly vehicle for a post–SPEED Keanu Reeves. His innocent,…
- Moll Flanders (1996)
- Dir. Pen Densham
Feat. Robin Wright, Morgan Freeman
- The hardships of the 18th century England prove a lifelong test of character for the eponymous heroine, born into poverty, then graduating to both…
- Kiss the Girls (1997)
- Dir. Gary Fleder
Feat. Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd
- Raincoated detective Morgan Freeman and bottle–brunetted Ashley Judd seek the psychotic 'Casanova', who kidnaps beautiful woman for his…
- Hard Rain (1997)
- Dir. Mikael Salomon
Feat. Morgan Freeman, Christian Slater
- Bank–robber Morgan Freeman targets a Mid–Western town and doggedly continues his heist as rising floodwaters turn the streets into…
- Amistad (1998)
- Dir. Steven Spielberg
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Morgan Freeman, Matthew McConaughey
- Laying bare his socio–historical conscience (a much better prospect post–SCHINDLER'S LIST), Steven Speilberg sets sail with an epic of…
- Deep Impact (1998)
- Dir. Mimi Leder
Feat. Robert Duvall, Tea Leoni, Morgan Freeman…
- Contrasting the gung–ho cartoonery of the other meteor–disaster–pic, ARMAGEDDON, this chooses to show the 'human side' of an…
- Nurse Betty (2000)
- Dir. Neil LaBute
Feat. Renee Zellweger, Morgan Freeman, Chris Rock…
- Part fairy–tale comedy, part edgy thriller, this perhaps qualifies as the perfect date movie.
Due to the trauma of witnessing her…
- Along Came a Spider (2000)
- Dir. Lee Tamahori
Feat. Morgan Freeman, Michael Wincott, Monica Potter
- Morgan Freeman returns as the grizzled manhunter from KISS THE GIRLS, here investigating the mysterious kidnapping of a senator’s daughter.…
- High Crimes (2001)
- Dir. Carl Franklin
Feat. Ashley Judd, Morgan Freeman, Jim Caviezel…
- Ashley Judd is a little confused when ex–Army hubby Jim Caviezel is arrested for massacres in Latin America under a different name.
Soon she…
- Sum of All Fears, The (2002)
- Dir. Phillip Alden Anderson
Feat. Ben Affleck, Morgan Freeman, Philip Baker Hall
- A nightmarish post–9/11 thriller from Tom Clancy, with Ben Affleck taking the place of Harrison Ford as CIA–man Jack Ryan, here hunting…
- DreamCatcher (2002)
- Dir. Lawrence Kasdan
Feat. Morgan Freeman, Jason Lee, Tom Sizemore…
- Four childhood friends, who share psychic powers and an annual appointment to go male–bonding in the Maine backwoods, are inadvertantly drawn…
- Levity (2003)
- Dir. Ed Solomon
Feat. Billy Bob Thornton, Morgan Freeman, Holly Hunter…
- A bleak study of the post–prison world of paroled killer Billy Bob Thornten, who is haunted by the spectre of his teenage victim as he attempts…
- Bruce Almighty (2003)
- Dir. Tom Shadyac
Feat. Jim Carrey, Jennifer Aniston, Morgan Freeman
- The second coming of Jim Carrey for the director of LIAR LIAR is a similar ‘high concept’ comedy with the same ratio of side–splitting and…
- Big Bounce, The (2003)
- Dir. George Armitage
Feat. Owen Wilson, Morgan Freeman, Charlie Sheen…
- Adapted from a cheerily hardboiled novel by Elmore Leonard, this sees petty–crim Wilson washing up in Hawaii, when a tempting swindle lands in…
- Ray: Genius - A Night for Ray Charles (2004)
- Dir. Bruce Gowers
Feat. Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx, Morgan Freeman…
- An extended concert tribute to soulman Ray Charles, combining new and vintage entertainers and memories from the likes of Quincy Jones, B.B. King and…
- Million Dollar Baby (2004)
- Dir. Clint Eastwood
Feat. Hilary Swank, Morgan Freeman, Clint Eastwood…
- Clint Eastwood's straight–ahead drama about a feisty young woman who trains under his grizzled, reluctant coach to become a boxing champion…
- Batman Begins (2005)
- Dir. Christopher Nolan
Feat. Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman…
- Angular and grim prequel explores the origins of brooding superhero Batman, here played by Christian Bale, from the childhood trauma of millionaire…
- Unleashed (Danny the Dog) (2005)
- Dir. Louis Leterrier
Feat. Jet Li, Morgan Freeman, Bob Hoskins
- Aggressive action drama concerns an animalistic hitman (Li) who has been secretly raised by a Glaswegian mobster (Hoskins) as a dog trained to attack…
- An Unfinished Life (2005)
- Dir. Lasse Hallstrom
Feat. Robert Redford, Jennifer Lopez, Morgan Freeman…
- Surprisingly robust and appealing drama set in bleak outland Wyoming, with Redford playing an embittered rancher, whose estranged…
- Wrong Man, The (Lucky Number Slevin) (2006)
- Dir. Paul McGuigan
Feat. Josh Hartnett, Bruce Willis, Lucy Liu…
- A crazily convoluted thriller with a powerhouse cast, this is heavy on slick violence and self–aware pop–gun dialogue, with levels of…
- Contract, The (2006)
- Dir. Bruce Beresford
Feat. John Cusack, Morgan Freeman
- An elusive contract killer is apprehended by a camping father and son, giving way to a remote wilderness thriller of cat and mouse.
Though…
- 10 Items Or Less (2006)
- Dir. Brad Silberling
Feat. Morgan Freeman, Paz Vega, Jonah Hill
- Sugary character drama concerning a chance encounter between a mature actor and a jaded checkout chick that seriously impacts on both their lives.…
- Evan Almighty (2007)
- Dir. Tom Shadyac
Feat. Steve Carell, Morgan Freeman, Lauren Graham
- Noah's Ark–themed follow–up to the successful BRUCE ALMIGHTY. A congressman (Carell) is visited by God (Freeman) and told to build an ark…
- Bucket List, The (2007)
- Dir. Rob Reiner
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Morgan Freeman, Sean Hayes
- Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman star in this endearing aging–buddy flick about two terminally ill elderly gentlemen who throw caution to the…
- Gone Baby Gone (2007)
- Dir. Ben Affleck
Feat. Casey Affleck, Michelle Monaghan, Morgan Freeman…
- Surprisingly gutsy and sure–footed urban crime drama from actor Ben Affleck, who stays behind the camera to direct his brother, Casey, as a…
- Big Ideas For A Small Planet (TV Series) (2007)
- Feat. Morgan Freeman, Woody Harrelson, Daryl Hannah…
- Pro–active eco series taking a look at modern green inventions and alternative lifestyle choices that have potential to lesson human impact on…
- Feast of Love (2007)
- Dir. Robert Benton
Feat. Morgan Freeman, Greg Kinnear, Radha Mitchell…
- Sage old bean Morgan Freeman dishes out romantic advice to unlucky–in–love Greg Kinnear and others in this feelgood drama about hopeless…
- Batman: The Dark Knight (2008)
- Dir. Christopher Nolan
Feat. Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart…
- Christopher Nolan’s follow–up to BATMAN BEGINS pitches Christian Bale’s Batman against Heath Ledger’s lunatic Joker, propelling this…
- Wanted (2008)
- Dir. Timur Bekmambetov
Feat. James McAvoy, Angelina Jolie, Morgan Freeman
- A relentless rollercoaster ride on amphetamines, this breakneck graphic novel adaptation from the Russian director of NIGHT WATCH tracks the…
- Maiden Heist (2008)
- Dir. Peter Hewitt
Feat. Christopher Walken, Morgan Freeman, William H. Macy…
- Agreeable caper with three aging security guards conspire to steal the artwork they're supposed to be protecting.
Intended as an affectionate…
- Invictus (2009)
- Dir. Clint Eastwood
Feat. Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon
- Dir. Clint Eastwood tackles the reunification of post–Apartheid South Africa in this stirring biopic, centred on Nelson Mandela and Springboks…
- Code, The (2009)
- Dir. Mimi Leder
Feat. Morgan Freeman, Antonio Banderas, Tom Hardy…
- Routine heist film with Freeman playing a veteran thief who recruits a younger crook to help him pull off one final job in order to repay his debt to…
- RED (R.E.D.) (2010)
- Dir. Robert Schwentke
Feat. Bruce Willis, Mary-Louise Parker, Helen Mirren…
- Entertaining cannon fodder, this is yet another comic book adaptation of assassins on the lam, but one distinguished by its dynamite cast and…
- Dolphin Tale (2011)
- Dir. Charles Martin Smith
Feat. Harry Connick Jnr., Ashley Judd, Nathan Gamble…
- High–spirited aquatic tale of an injured dolphin nursed back to health by a young boy after its tale is caught in crab trap off the coast of…
- Batman: The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
- Dir. Christopher Nolan
Feat. Christian Bale, Gary Oldman, Tom Hardy…
- Christopher Nolan directs with bombast and brilliance this long–awaited finale to the "Dark Knight" trilogy, in which Christian Bale's aging…
- Magic of Belle Isle, The (2012)
- Dir. Rob Reiner
Feat. Morgan Freeman, Virginia Madsen, Madeline Carroll…
- Morgan Freeman plays against type as an alcoholic novelist trying to overcome writer's block by retreating to a remote lakeside community. Despite…
- Olympus Has Fallen (2013)
- Dir. Antoine Fuqua
Feat. Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Dylan McDermott…
- It's Gerard Butler to the rescue when Korean terrorists infiltrate the White House and capture POTUS in this tough talking, fast thinking action…
- Oblivion (2013)
- Dir. Joseph Kosinski
Feat. Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman, Olga Kurylenko…
- Tom Cruise's isolated existence as a drone repairman patrolling a decimated earth is disturbed by the arrival of a mysterious woman via a crash…
- Now You See Me (2013)
- Dir. Louis Leterrier
Feat. Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson…
- A team of magicians who use their illusionist act to pull off daring heists attempt to outwit the authorities in this dazzling crime caper.
- Last Vegas (2013)
- Dir. Jon Turteltaub
Feat. Michael Douglas, Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman…
- Four Hollywood old boys get together for this baby boomer romp through the casinos and nightclubs of gaudy Las Vegas.
A geriatric bromance that…
- Lego Movie, The (2014)
- Dir. Chris Miller, Phil Lord
Feat. Chris Pratt, Will Ferrell, Elizabeth Banks…
- This quick–witted, pop–culture laden adventure set in the Lego universe centres on an ordinary minifigure destined to save his fellow…
- Transcendence (2014)
- Dir. Wally Pfister
Feat. Johnny Depp, Rebecca Hall, Paul Bettany…
- Johnny Depp plays an innovator in the field of artificial intelligence whose consciousness is absorbed into a computer mainframe. The directorial…
- Dolphin Tale 2 (2014)
- Dir. Charles Martin Smith
Feat. Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd, Harry Connick Jnr.…
- Stirring sequel to the Florida–set tale of an injured dolphin, here placed in further jeopardy when her surrogate mother passes away.
- Lucy (2014)
- Dir. Luc Besson
Feat. Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman, Min-sik Choi
- A woman's full mental capacity is unlocked when she inadvertently digests a powerful synthetic drug in this outrageous action film from dir. Luc…
- Last Knights (2015)
- Dir. Kazuaki Kiriya
Feat. Clive Owen, Morgan Freeman, Aksel Hennie…
- Clive Owen gets medieval as a fallen swordsman who leads a small army against a sadistic ruler to avenge his dishonored master.
- Ted 2 (2015)
- Dir. Seth MacFarlane
Feat. Mark Wahlberg, Seth MacFarlane, Amanda Seyfried…
- More gross–out shenanigans from the mind of Seth MacFarlane. This time out the titular teddy bear wants to adopt a child, only the law stands…
- 5 Flights Up (Five Flights Up) (2015)
- Dir. Richard Loncraine
Feat. Diane Keaton, Morgan Freeman, Cynthia Nixon…
- Morgan Freeman and Diane Keaton headline this amiable drama as a long–married couple endure a hectic weekend as they ponder the sale of the…
- London Has Fallen (2016)
- Dir. Babak Najafi
Feat. Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman…
- Riotously stupid sequel to OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN has Gerard Butler's special agent running frantically around trying to prevent the death of various…
- Now You See Me 2 (2016)
- Dir. Jon M. Chu
Feat. Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson…
- Undemanding sequel with The Four Horseman forcibly reunited by a tech genius in order to pull off their most daring heist yet.
- Story of God, The (TV Series) (2016)
- Feat. Morgan Freeman
- Ambitious cross–cultural survey of what God means to people and how religion has shaped world history , narrated and produced by Morgan…
- Ben-Hur (2016)
- Dir. Timur Bekmambetov
Feat. Jack Huston, Toby Kebbell, Rodrigo Santoro…
- Leaden re–imagining of the classic tale with Jack Huston as young prince sold into slavery, and his quest for redemption.
- Going in Style (2017)
- Dir. Zach Braff
Feat. Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, Alan Arkin…
- Octogenarian buddy–movie has Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine and Alan Arkin team up to pull a heist when their pensions become a casualty of…
- Story of Us with Morgan Freeman, The (TV Series) (2017)
- Feat. Morgan Freeman
- 6–episode National Geographic TV Series presented by Morgan Freeman, which explores themes central to humanity such as love, belief and power,…
- Nutcracker and the Four Realms, The (2018)
- Dir. Lasse Hallstrom, Joe Johnston
Feat. Keira Knightley, Mackenzie Foy, Eugenio Derbez…
- Lavish but hollow Disney retelling of E.T.A. Hoffmann's short story "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" and Marius Petipa's "The Nutcracker" about a…
- Angel Has Fallen (2019)
- Dir. Ric Roman Waugh
Feat. Gerard Butler, Morgan Freeman, Jada Pinkett Smith…
- Third installment in the "Fallen" franchise which follows an assassination attempt on the U.S. President (Morgan Freeman), and attempts by Secret…
- Comeback Trail, The (2020)
- Dir. George Gallo
Feat. Robert De Niro, Tommy Lee Jones, Morgan Freeman…
- Crime comedy based on an 80's film of the same name, with Robert De Niro playing a greedy grindhouse film producer who casts an aging, washed up…