Last Updated on 5 August 2025

The following list is a compilation of 50 movies that Angela Bassett was in.

I found 20 different ranked lists online of “best Angela Bassett 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 20 lists that were averaged. Below is a checklist you can print to track which movies you’ve seen, followed by the ranked list.

Best Angela Bassett Movies – Viewing ChecklistDownload
  1. What’s Love Got to Do with It (1993)
  2. Malcolm X (1992)
  3. Avengers: Endgame (2019)
  4. Boyz n the Hood (1991)
  5. Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018)
  6. Black Panther (2018)
  7. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)
  8. Akeelah and the Bee (2006)
  9. Waiting to Exhale (1995)
  10. Strange Days (1995)
  11. How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998)
  12. Sunshine State (2002)
  13. Notorious (2009)
  14. The Score (2001)
  15. Passion Fish (1992)
  16. Contact (1997)
  17. Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (2025)
  18. Music of the Heart (1999)
  19. City of Hope (1991)
  20. Nothing But the Truth (2008)
  21. Bumblebee (2018)
  22. Meet the Robinsons (2007)
  23. The Rosa Parks Story (2002)
  24. Soul (2020)
  25. Chi-Raq (2015)
  26. Green Lantern (2011)
  27. Vampire in Brooklyn (1995)
  28. Meet the Browns (2008)
  29. Kindergarten Cop (1990)
  30. Jumping the Broom (2011)
  31. Olympus Has Fallen (2013)
  32. F/X (1986)
  33. Mr. 3000 (2004)
  34. London Has Fallen (2016)
  35. This Means War (2012)
  36. Gunpowder Milkshake (2021)
  37. Otherhood (2019)
  38. Panther (1995)
  39. Supernova (2000)
  40. White Bird in a Blizzard (2014)
  41. Gospel Hill (2008)
  42. Masked and Anonymous (2003)
  43. Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005)
  44. The Lazarus Child (2004)
  45. Black Nativity (2013)
  46. Innocent Blood (1992)
  47. Survivor (2015)
  48. Critters 4 (1992)
  49. Damsel (2024)
  50. Orion and the Dark (2024)

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