Top 10 Best Movies of Morgan Freeman

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Morgan Freeman has been so successful for so long that it's easy to forget that he didn't make his big-screen debut until he was 50, in 1987's Street Smart. ... read more...

  1. Unforgiven is a 1992 American Revisionist Western film written by David Webb Peoples and directed, produced, and starring Clint Eastwood in the title role. The film follows William Munny, an aged outlaw and serial killer who goes on one last task to find the men behind the hideous crime with the aid of his old partner Ned Logan and a young guy known as "The Schofield Kid".


    Unforgiven earned nearly $159 million on a $14.4 million budget and received widespread critical acclaim, including praise for the performances, direction, editing, themes, and cinematography. After Cimarron (1931) and Dances with Wolves (1932), this was the third Western to win Best Picture (1990). The Library of Congress chose Unforgiven for preservation in the United States National Film Registry in 2004 because it was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."

    Detailed Information:

    Directed by: Clint Eastwood
    Starring: Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Richard Harris
    Release dates: August 3, 1992 (Mann Bruin Theater)/August 7, 1992 (United States)
    Running time: 131 minutes
    Unforgiven (1992)
    Unforgiven (1992)
    Unforgiven (1992)

  2. Phil Lord and Christopher Miller wrote and directed The Lego Movie, a 2014 computer-animated adventure comedy film based on a story by Lord, Miller, and Dan and Kevin Hageman. Its plot revolves around Emmet, an ordinary LEGO construction worker who is recruited to join a mission to stop an evil tyrant from gluing the LEGO universe into eternal stasis.


    It was a critical and commercial success, grossing $468.1 million worldwide against a budget of $60–65 million, and receiving praise for its animation, performances, plot, and comedy. The film received the BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film, the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Animated Feature, the Saturn Award for Best Animated Film, and the ACE Eddie Award for Best Edited Animated Feature Film, as well as the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Animated Feature Film.

    Detailed Information:

    Directed by: Phil Lord, Christopher Miller
    Starring: Chris Pratt, Will Ferrell, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett
    Release dates" February 1, 2014 (Regency Village Theater)/February 6, 2014 (Denmark)/February 7, 2014 (United States)/April 3, 2014 (Australia)
    Running time :100 minutes
    The Lego Movie (2014)
    The Lego Movie (2014)
    The Lego Movie (2014)
  3. The Dark Knight, a superhero film directed, co-produced, and co-written by Christopher Nolan, was released in 2008. The film is based on the DC Comics character Batman and is the second installment of Nolan's The Dark Knight Trilogy. It is a sequel to 2005's Batman Begins. The Joker (Ledger), an anarchistic mastermind who tries to undermine Batman's power and throw the city into chaos, confronts Bruce Wayne / Batman (Bale), Police Lieutenant James Gordon (Oldman), and District Attorney Harvey Dent (Eckhart).


    The film received critical acclaim and was considered one of the best films of its decade and one of the greatest and most influential films of all time. During its theatrical run, the film also set a number of records. With the exception of WALL-E, The Dark Knight featured on 287 reviewers' top-ten lists in 2008, more than any other film, and more critics (77) ranked The Dark Knight the greatest film released that year.


    Detailed Information:
    Directed by: Christopher Nolan

    Starring: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Heath Ledger, Gary Oldman

    Release dates: July 14, 2008 (New York City)/July 18, 2008 (United States)/July 25, 2008 (United Kingdom)
    Running time: 152 minutes

    The Dark Knight (2008)
    The Dark Knight (2008)
    The Dark Knight (2008)
  4. Ben Affleck's feature-length directorial debut, Gone Baby Gone, is a 2007 American murder thriller film. Based on Dennis Lehane's 1998 novel Gone, Baby, Gone, Affleck co-wrote the script with Aaron Stockard. Casey Affleck and Michelle Monaghan feature as two private detectives on the hunt for a small child who has been kidnapped from her single mother's apartment in Boston's Dorchester district.


    The film was well-received by reviewers and earned $34 million worldwide against a $19 million budget when it was released on October 19, 2007. Many critics praised Ben Affleck's directing debut, and Amy Ryan was nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.

    Detailed Information:

    Directed by: Ben Affleck
    Starring: Casey Affleck, Michelle Monaghan, Morgan Freeman, Ed Harris
    Release date: October 19, 2007
    Running time: 114 minutes
    Gone Baby Gone (2007)
    Gone Baby Gone (2007)
    Gone Baby Gone (2007)
  5. The 54th Massachusetts Infantry Unit, the Union Army's first African-American regiment in the American Civil War, is the subject of a 1989 American historical war drama film, Glory, directed by Edward Zwick. In the film, Robert Gould Shaw leads the first all-black volunteer company in the American Civil War, overcoming discrimination from both the Union Army and the Confederates.


    Glory had a limited release on December 14, 1989, and a wide release on February 16, 1990, grossing $27 million worldwide on an $18 million budget. The film received five Academy Award nominations and won three of them, including Best Supporting Actor for Denzel Washington. The British Academy of Film and Television Arts, the Golden Globe Prizes, the Kansas City Film Critics Circle, the Political Film Society, and the NAACP Image Awards were among the many other awards it received.


    Detailed Information:

    Directed by: Edward Zwick
    Starring: Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washington, Cary Elwes, Morgan Freeman
    Release dates: December 15, 1989 (Limited)/February 16, 1990 (United States)
    Running time: 122 minutes
    Glory (1989)
    Glory (1989)
    Glory (1989)
  6. The Shawshank Redemption is a 1994 American drama film written and directed by Frank Darabont, based on the Stephen King book Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption, published in 1982. The story follows a former successful banker who becomes a prisoner in the bleak Shawshank jailhouse after being judged guilty of a crime he did not commit. The film depicts the man's unusual approach to dealing with his new, difficult existence, and he befriends a number of fellow prisoners along the way, including a wise long-term inmate named Red.


    The Shawshank Redemption earned positive reviews upon its initial release, notably for its plot and Robbins and Freeman's performances. It went on to win several award nominations, including seven Academy Award nods, as well as a theatrical re-release that brought the film's box-office total to $73.3 million when combined with overseas receipts.


    Detailed Information:

    Directed by: Frank Darabont
    Starring: Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, William Sadler

    Release dates: September 10, 1994 (TIFF)/September 23, 1994 (United States)
    Running time: 142 minutes

    The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
    The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
    The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
  7. Million Dollar Baby is a 2004 American sports drama film directed, co-produced, scored, and starring Clint Eastwood, based on short tales by F.X. Toole, the pen name of fight manager and cutman Jerry Boyd, and based on a screenplay written by Paul Haggis. Margaret "Maggie" Fitzgerald (Swank) is an underdog amateur boxer who is assisted to fulfill her ambition of becoming a professional by an underappreciated boxing trainer (Eastwood).


    Warner Bros. Pictures released Million Dollar Baby in theaters on December 15, 2004. It was well-received by critics and made $216.8 million worldwide. At the 77th Academy Awards, the film received seven nominations and won four: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress (for Swank), and Best Supporting Actor (for Freeman).

    Detailed Information:

    Directed by: Clint Eastwood
    Starring: Clint Eastwood, Hilary Swank, Morgan Freeman
    Release date: December 15, 2004 (United States)
    Running time :132 minutes
    Million Dollar Baby (2004)
    Million Dollar Baby (2004)
    Million Dollar Baby (2004)
  8. Christopher Nolan directed The Dark Knight Rises in 2012 and co-wrote the script with his brother Jonathan Nolan and the plot with David S. Goyer. It is the last episode in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight trilogy and the sequel to The Dark Knight Rises. It is based on the DC Comics character Batman (2008). Eight years after the Joker's reign of terror, Batman is forced to return to Gotham City with the assistance of the mysterious Catwoman to defend the city from the vicious guerilla terrorist Bane.


    The film made more than $1 billion worldwide, making it the second Batman film to reach that milestone. It became the seventh-highest-grossing film of all time and the third-highest-grossing picture of 2012 at the time of its release, in addition to being Nolan's highest-grossing film. It was voted one of the top ten films of 2012 by the American Film Institute and is widely regarded as one of the best films of the decade.

    Detailed Information:

    Directed by: Christopher Nolan
    Starring: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Anne Hathaway
    Release dates: July 16, 2012 (New York City)/July 20, 2012 (United States and United Kingdom)
    Running time: 165 minutes
    The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
    The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
    The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
  9. Christopher Nolan directed Batman Begins, which was scripted by Nolan and David S. Goyer and released in 2005. Batman is a fictional character from DC Comics. The film is a reboot of the Batman film series, telling the origin tale of Bruce Wayne from his parents' deaths through his transformation into Batman and his quest to prevent Ra's al Ghul and the Scarecrow from wreaking havoc on Gotham City.


    On May 31, 2005, Batman Begins launched in Tokyo. It premiered in 3,858 theaters across the United States on June 15, 2005. It opened to over $48 million in North America and went on to make over $371.9 million worldwide, making it the ninth highest-grossing film of 2005. Batman Begins received an Academy Award nomination for Best Cinematography and is widely regarded as one of the most significant films of the 2000s.

    Detailed Information:

    Directed by: Christopher Nolan
    Starring: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Liam Neeson, Katie Holmes
    Release dates: May 31, 2005 (Tokyo)/June 15, 2005 (United States)/June 17, 2005 (United Kingdom)
    Running time :140 minutes
    Batman Begins (2005)
    Batman Begins (2005)
    Batman Begins (2005)
  10. Nurse Betty is a 2000 American black comedy film directed by Neil LaBute. Renée Zellweger plays a small-town Kansas housewife-waitress who has a nervous breakdown after witnessing her husband's torture-murder and begins obsessively pursuing her favorite television soap opera character (Greg Kinnear) while in a state of fugue. Morgan Freeman and Chris Rock star as the hitmen who assassinated her husband and then pursued her to Los Angeles.


    The film had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in 2000. The film won the Best Screenplay Award at the Cannes Film Festival. Zellweger received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for her performance. The movie was also a financial success.


    Detail Information:

    Directed by: Neil LaBute

    Starring: Morgan Freeman, Renée Zellweger, Chris Rock, Greg Kinnear

    Release dates: May 11, 2000 (Cannes), September 8, 2000
    Running time: 105 minutes

    Nurse Betty (2000)
    Nurse Betty (2000)
    Nurse Betty (2000)



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