Viola Davis films and TV shows, ranked by your taste

Actor · 44 films and 2 TV shows on Boxlist

Known for Prisoners, Ocean's Eleven and How to Get Away with Murder.

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Starring Viola Davis

Prisoners
2013 · Film
8.0/10 · TMDB
Keller Dover faces a parent's worst nightmare when his 6-year-old daughter, Anna, and her friend go missing. The only lead is an old motorhome that had been parked on their street. The head of the investigation, Detective Loki, arrests the...
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Ocean's Eleven
2001 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDB
Less than 24 hours into his parole, charismatic thief Danny Ocean is already rolling out his next plan: In one night, Danny's hand-picked crew of specialists will attempt to steal more than $150 million from three Las Vegas casinos. But to...
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How to Get Away with Murder
2014 · TV
7.9/10 · TMDB
A sexy, suspense-driven legal thriller about a group of ambitious law students and their brilliant, mysterious criminal defense professor. They become entangled in a murder plot and will shake the entire university and change the course of...
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Traffic
2000 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
An exploration of the United States of America's war on drugs from multiple perspectives. For the new head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the war becomes personal when he discovers his well-educated daughter is abusing...
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The Help
2011 · Film
8.2/10 · TMDB
Aibileen Clark is a middle-aged African-American maid who has spent her life raising white children and has recently lost her only son; Minny Jackson is an African-American maid who has often offended her employers despite her family's...
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Out of Sight
1998 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
Meet Jack Foley, a smooth criminal who bends the law and is determined to make one last heist. Karen Sisco is a federal marshal who chooses all the right moves … and all the wrong guys. Now they're willing to risk it all to find out if...
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The Suicide Squad
2021 · Film
7.8/10 · TMDB
Supervillains Harley Quinn, Bloodsport, Peacemaker and a collection of nutty cons at Belle Reve prison join the super-secret, super-shady Task Force X as they are dropped off at the remote, enemy-infused island of Corto Maltese.
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Air
2023 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDB
Discover the game-changing partnership between a then undiscovered Michael Jordan and Nike's fledgling basketball division which revolutionized the world of sports and culture with the Air Jordan brand.
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Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
2020 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
Tensions rise when the trailblazing Mother of the Blues and her band gather at a Chicago recording studio in 1927. Adapted from August Wilson's play.
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The Woman King
2022 · Film
7.7/10 · TMDB
The story of the Agojie, the all-female unit of warriors who protected the African Kingdom of Dahomey in the 1800s with skills and a fierceness unlike anything the world has ever seen, and General Nanisca as she trains the next generation...
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Far from Heaven
2002 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
In 1950s Connecticut, a housewife faces a marital crisis and mounting racial tensions in the outside world.
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Fences
2016 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
In 1950s Pittsburgh, a frustrated African-American father struggles with the constraints of poverty, racism, and his own inner demons as he tries to raise a family.
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Widows
2018 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
A police shootout leaves four thieves dead during an explosive armed robbery attempt in Chicago. Their widows have nothing in common except a debt left behind by their spouses' criminal activities. Hoping to forge a future on their own...
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Doubt
2008 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
In 1964, a Catholic school nun questions a priest's ambiguous relationship with a troubled young student, suspecting him of abuse. He denies the charges, and much of the film's quick-fire dialogue tackles themes of religion, morality, and...
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Trust
2010 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
A suburban family is torn apart when fourteen-year-old Annie meets her first boyfriend online. After months of communicating via online chat and phone, Annie discovers her friend is not who he originally claimed to be. Shocked into...
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Kung Fu Panda 4
2024 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
Po is gearing up to become the spiritual leader of his Valley of Peace, but also needs someone to take his place as Dragon Warrior. As such, he will train a new kung fu practitioner for the spot and will encounter a villain called the...
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The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
2023 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
64 years before he becomes the tyrannical president of Panem, Coriolanus Snow sees a chance for a change in fortunes when he mentors Lucy Gray Baird, the female tribute from District 12.
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State of Play
2009 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
Handsome, unflappable U.S. Congressman Stephen Collins is the future of his political party: an honorable appointee who serves as the chairman of a committee overseeing defense spending. All eyes are upon the rising star to be his party's...
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Syriana
2005 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
The Middle Eastern oil industry is the backdrop of this tense drama, which weaves together numerous story lines. Bennett Holiday is an American lawyer in charge of facilitating a dubious merger of oil companies, while Bryan Woodman, a...
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Get on Up
2014 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
A chronicle of James Brown's rise from extreme poverty to become one of the most influential musicians in history.
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Disturbia
2007 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
Kale is a 17-year-old placed under house arrest after punching his teacher. He is confined to his house, and decides to use his free time spying on his neighbors. Things start to get weird when guests enter the Turner's house and don't...
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Antwone Fisher
2002 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
A sailor prone to violent outbursts is sent to a naval psychiatrist for help. Refusing at first to open up, the young man eventually breaks down and reveals a horrific childhood. Through the guidance of his doctor, he confronts his painful...
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Jesse Stone: Night Passage
2006 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
In this prequel to 'Stone Cold,' LA cop, Jesse Stone relocates to a small town only to find himself immersed in one mystery after the other.
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Ender's Game
2013 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
Based on the classic novel by Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game is the story of the Earth's most gifted children training to defend their homeplanet in the space wars of the future.
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Jesse Stone: Stone Cold
2005 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
Jesse Stone is a former L.A. homicide detective who left behind the big city and an ex-wife to become the police chief of the quiet New England fishing town of Paradise. Stone's old habits die hard as he continues to indulge his two...
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Solaris
2002 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
A troubled psychologist is sent to investigate the crew of an isolated research station orbiting a bizarre planet.
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It's Kind of a Funny Story
2010 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
A clinically depressed teenager gets a new start after he checks himself into an adult psychiatric ward.
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The First Lady
2022 · TV
6.3/10 · TMDB
A revelatory reframing of American leadership through the lens of the First Ladies. Exploring everything from their journeys to Washington, family life, and world-changing political contributions, the impact of the White House's women is...
Love, Marilyn
2013 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
Using the book 'Fragments', which collects Marilyn Monroe's poems, notes and letters, and with participation from the Arthur Miller and Truman Capote estates who have contributed more material, each of the actresses will embody the legend...
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World Trade Center
2006 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
Two police officers struggle to survive when they become trapped beneath the rubble of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.
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G20
2025 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDB
After the G20 Summit is overtaken by terrorists, President Danielle Sutton must bring all her statecraft and military experience to defend her family and her fellow leaders.
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The Unforgivable
2021 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDB
A woman is released from prison after serving a sentence for a violent crime and re-enters a society that refuses to forgive her past.
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Law Abiding Citizen
2009 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB
A frustrated man decides to take justice into his own hands after a plea bargain sets one of his family's killers free. He targets not only the killer but also the district attorney and others involved in the deal.
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Knight and Day
2010 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
A fugitive couple goes on a glamorous and sometimes deadly adventure where nothing and no one – even themselves – are what they seem. Amid shifting alliances and unexpected betrayals, they race across the globe, with their survival...
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Beautiful Creatures
2013 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDB
Ethan Wate just wants to get to know Lena Duchannes better, but unbeknownst to him, Lena has strange powers. As Lena's 16th birthday approaches she might decide her fate, to be good or evil. A choice which will impact her relationship...
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Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
2011 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
A year after his father's death, Oskar, a troubled young boy, discovers a mysterious key he believes was left for him by his father and embarks on a scavenger hunt to find the matching lock.
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Kate & Leopold
2001 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
When her scientist ex-boyfriend discovers a portal to travel through time -- and brings back a 19th-century nobleman named Leopold to prove it -- a skeptical Kate reluctantly takes responsibility for showing Leopold the 21st century. The...
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Black Adam
2022 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
Nearly 5,000 years after he was bestowed with the almighty powers of the Egyptian gods—and imprisoned just as quickly—Black Adam is freed from his earthly tomb, ready to unleash his unique form of justice on the modern world.
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Suicide Squad
2016 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
From DC Comics comes the Suicide Squad, an antihero team of incarcerated supervillains who act as deniable assets for the United States government, undertaking high-risk black ops missions in exchange for commuted prison sentences.
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Lila & Eve
2015 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDB
Lila, a grief-stricken mother reeling from her son’s murder, attends a support group where she meets Eve, who urges her to take matters into her own hands to track down her son’s killers.
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Eat Pray Love
2010 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
Liz Gilbert had everything a modern woman is supposed to dream of having – a husband, a house and a successful career – yet like so many others, she found herself lost, confused and searching for what she really wanted in life. Newly...
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Blackhat
2015 · Film
5.4/10 · TMDB
A man is released from prison to help American and Chinese authorities pursue a mysterious cyber criminal. The dangerous search leads them from Chicago to Hong Kong.
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Won't Back Down
2012 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
Jamie Fitzpatrick and Nona Alberts are two women from opposites sides of the social and economic track, but they have one thing in common: a mission to fix their community's broken school and ensure a bright future for their children. The...
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Nights in Rodanthe
2008 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
Adrienne is trying to decide whether to stay in her unhappy marriage or not, and her life changes when Paul, a doctor who is travelling to reconcile with his estranged son, checks into an inn where she is staying.
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Madea Goes to Jail
2009 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
After a high-speed car chase, Madea winds up behind bars because her quick temper gets the best of her. Meanwhile, Assistant District Attorney Josh Hardaway lands a case that's too personal to handle: that of a young prostitute and former...
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Get Rich or Die Tryin'
2005 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
A tale of an inner city drug dealer who turns away from crime to pursue his passion, rap music.
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