Last Updated on 5 August 2025

The following list is a compilation of the 80 best Morgan Freeman movies.

I found 31 different ranked lists online of “best Morgan Freeman movies” and pulled them all into Excel and merged them all to get this definitive compilation.  See my Methodology page for the research process that was used, including links to all 31 lists that were averaged. Below is a checklist you can print to track which movies you’ve seen, followed by the ranked list with links to IMDb.

Best Morgan Freeman Movies – Viewing ChecklistDownload
  1. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
  2. The Dark Knight (2008)
  3. Million Dollar Baby (2004)
  4. Se7en (1995)
  5. Unforgiven (1992)
  6. Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
  7. Batman Begins (2005)
  8. The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
  9. Glory (1989)
  10. Invictus (2009)
  11. Lean on Me (1989)
  12. Gone Baby Gone (2007)
  13. Street Smart (1987)
  14. The Lego Movie (2014)
  15. The Bucket List (2007)
  16. Amistad (1997)
  17. Bruce Almighty (2003)
  18. Red (2010)
  19. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
  20. Nurse Betty (2000)
  21. Wanted (2008)
  22. Deep Impact (1998)
  23. Now You See Me (2013)
  24. Outbreak (1995)
  25. Lucy (2014)
  26. Lucky Number Slevin (2006)
  27. Oblivion (2013)
  28. The Sum of All Fears (2002)
  29. Olympus Has Fallen (2013)
  30. Dolphin Tale (2011)
  31. High Crimes (2002)
  32. Along Came a Spider (2001)
  33. Kiss the Girls (1997)
  34. Last Vegas (2013)
  35. Unleashed (2005)
  36. Brubaker (1980)
  37. Going in Style (2017)
  38. Evan Almighty (2007)
  39. Ted 2 (2015)
  40. Dolphin Tale 2 (2014)
  41. An Unfinished Life (2005)
  42. London Has Fallen (2016)
  43. Hard Rain (1998)
  44. Clean and Sober (1988)
  45. Now You See Me 2 (2016)
  46. Chain Reaction (1996)
  47. The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018)
  48. Angel Has Fallen (2019)
  49. Johnny Handsome (1989)
  50. Dreamcatcher (2003)
  51. 10 Items or Less (2006)
  52. Ben-Hur (2016)
  53. The Big Bounce (2004)
  54. The Magic of Belle Isle (2012)
  55. 5 Flights Up (2014)
  56. The Pawnbroker (1964)
  57. Feast of Love (2007)
  58. Under Suspicion (2000)
  59. Just Getting Started (2017)
  60. Last Knights (2015)
  61. Levity (2003)
  62. Moll Flanders (1996)
  63. The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)
  64. Transcendence (2014)
  65. The Power of One (1992)
  66. A Good Person (2023)
  67. Teachers (1984)
  68. Eyewitness (1981)
  69. That Was Then… This Is Now (1985)
  70. Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard (2021)
  71. My Dead Friend Zoe (2024)
  72. Edison (Edison Force) (2005)
  73. The Comeback Trail (2020)
  74. Vanquish (2021)
  75. The Code (Thick as Thieves) (2009)
  76. The Maiden Heist (2009)
  77. The Contract (2006)
  78. The Poison Rose (2019)
  79. Momentum (2015)
  80. Harry & Son (1984)

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