List of the best Jeffrey Wright movies: Hold the Dark(2018), Broken Flowers(2005), All Day and a Night(2020), Cadillac Records(2008), Shaft(2000), Lady in the Water(2006), Source Code(2011), The Goldfinch(2019), The Laundromat(2019), Broken City(2013), The Invasion(2007), Crime and Punishment in Suburbia(2000) ... ...
Mystery & Thriller, Adventure
USA
2018
125 Minutes
Russell Core
Jeffrey Wright Alexander Skarsgård James Badge Dale Riley Keough Julian Black Antelope Jonathan Whitesell Macon Blair Beckam Crawford
After the deaths of three children suspected to be killed by wolves, writer Russell Core is hired by the mother of a missing six-year-old boy to track down and locate her son in the Alaskan wilderness.
Drama, Comedy
France|USA
2005
107 Minutes
Bill Murray Jeffrey Wright Sharon Stone Frances Conroy Jessica Lange Tilda Swinton Julie Delpy Mark Webber Chloë Sevigny Christopher McDonald Alexis Dziena
retiree girlfriend neighbor designer animal trainer real estate agent amusing winsome offbeat house car suburbia retirement nostalgia investigation family mystery discovery quest 2000s
As the extremely withdrawn Don Johnston is dumped by his latest woman, he receives an anonymous letter from a former lover informing him that he has a son who may be looking for him. A freelance sleuth neighbor moves Don to embark on a cross-country search for his old flames in search of answers.
Drama
USA
2020
121 Minutes
Ashton Sanders Jeffrey Wright Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Isaiah John Kelly Jenrette Shakira Ja'nai Paye Regina Taylor Christopher Meyer
A young man who committed a homicide deals with the repercussions of his action.
Biography, Drama
USA
2008
108 Minutes
Muddy Waters
Adrien Brody Beyoncé Knowles Jeffrey Wright Gabrielle Union Columbus Short Cedric Kyles Eamonn Walker Emmanuelle Chriqui Yasiin Bey
manager musician rock star police officer singer chuck berry gutsy engaging wild chicago bar recording studio music prostitution racism race relations drugs violence rise transformation
Chronicles the rise of Chess Records and its recording artists.
Action
Germany|USA
2000
98 Minutes
Peoples Hernandez
Samuel L. Jackson Vanessa Williams Jeffrey Wright Christian Bale Busta Rhymes Dan Hedaya Toni Collette Richard Roundtree Ruben Santiago-Hudson Josef Sommer Lynne Thigpen
john shaft cop drug lord witness rich kid nephew intense thrilling amusing new york city police station courtroom apartment small town city apartment corruption law and order murder racism assassination
New York City police detective John Shaft (nephew of the original 1970s detective) goes on a personal mission to make sure the son of a real estate tycoon is brought to justice after a racially-motivated murder.
Fantasy, Drama
USA
2006
110 Minutes
Mr. Dury
Paul Giamatti Bryce Dallas Howard Jeffrey Wright Bob Balaban Sarita Choudhury Cindy Cheung M. Night Shyamalan Freddy Rodriguez Bill Irwin Mary Beth Hurt Noah Gray-Cabey
handyman mysterious woman author son tenant creature gripping chilling melodramatic apartment building pool apartment saving the world family loss secrets fairy tales supernatural discovery quest
Apartment building superintendent Cleveland Heep rescues what he thinks is a young woman from the pool he maintains. When he discovers that she is actually a character from a bedtime story who is trying to make the journey back to her home, he works with his tenants to protect his new friend from the creatures that are determined to keep her in our world.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA|Canada|France|Germany
2011
89 Minutes
Rutledge
Jake Gyllenhaal Michelle Monaghan Vera Farmiga Jeffrey Wright Brent Skagford Cas Anvar Russell Peters Michael Arden Craig Thomas Gordon Masten Susan Bain
pilot officer scientist woman father bomber frenetic suspenseful train afghanistan chamber mission time travel out-of-body experience computer program death the past pursuit sacrifice metamorphosis
A soldier wakes up in someone else's body and discovers he's part of an experimental government program to find the bomber of a commuter train within 8 minutes.
Drama
USA
2019
149 Minutes
Hobie
Oakes Fegley Ansel Elgort Nicole Kidman Jeffrey Wright Luke Wilson Sarah Paulson Willa Fitzgerald Aneurin Barnard Finn Wolfhard Ashleigh Cummings Aimee Laurence
teen boy deceased mother friend mentor love interest teen girl somber inspiring passionate heartwarming emotional moving metropolitan museum new york city amsterdam suburbia personal tragedy grief survivor's guilt reinvention
A boy in New York is taken in by a wealthy family after his mother is killed in a bombing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In a rush of panic, he steals 'The Goldfinch', a painting that eventually draws him into a world of crime.
Comedy
USA
2019
96 Minutes
Boncamper
Meryl Streep Gary Oldman Antonio Banderas Jeffrey Wright Robert Patrick David Schwimmer Sharon Stone
A widow investigates an insurance fraud, chasing leads to a pair of Panama City law partners exploiting the world's financial system.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
2013
108 Minutes
Fairbanks
Mark Wahlberg Russell Crowe Catherine Zeta-Jones Jeffrey Wright Barry Pepper Kyle Chandler Natalie Martinez Alona Tal James Ransone Michael Beach Griffin Dunne
ex-cop mayor wife lover colleague private detective cool suspenseful intricate thrilling emotional new york city apartment office city hall big city investigation political intrigue set-up second chance
In a city rife with injustice, ex-cop Billy Taggart seeks redemption and revenge after being double-crossed and then framed by its most powerful figure: Mayor Nicholas Hostetler.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
USA|Australia
2007
99 Minutes
Dr. Stephen Galeano
Nicole Kidman Daniel Craig Jeremy Northam Jeffrey Wright Veronica Cartwright Josef Sommer Celia Weston Roger Rees Eric Benjamin Susan Floyd Stephanie Berry
psychologist colleague doctor ex-husband biologist son gripping tense frightening laboratory space shuttle washington, d.c. mutation alien invasion saving the world virus race against time supernatural quest mystery
As a Washington, D.C. psychiatrist unearths the origin of an alien epidemic, she also discovers her son might be the only way it can be stopped.
Drama
USA
2000
100 Minutes
Chris
Monica Keena Vincent Kartheiser Ellen Barkin Jeffrey Wright James DeBello Michael Ironside Christian Payne Conchata Ferrell Marshall Teague Nicki Aycox Lucinda Jenney
teen girl mother alcoholic stepfather boyfriend classmate chilling dark shocking suburbia household school theater classroom rape vengeance obsession adultery family dysfunction revenge
A darkly romantic story of murder and redemption, set against an eerily familiar American landscape.
Sci-Fi, Romance, Drama, Horror, Fantasy
UK|Germany|Greece|France
2013
122 Minutes
Dr. Watson
Tilda Swinton Tom Hiddleston Anton Yelchin Mia Wasikowska John Hurt Jeffrey Wright Slimane Dazi Carter Logan Yasmine Hamdan Aurélie Thépaut
vampire musician married woman married man author sister bleak emotional melodramatic creative intense dark united states tangiers, morocco detroit house vampires relationships love depression
A depressed musician reunites with his lover. Though their romance, which has already endured several centuries, is disrupted by the arrival of her uncontrollable younger sister.
Drama
USA
2011
100 Minutes
Sen. Thompson
Ryan Gosling George Clooney Philip Seymour Hoffman Paul Giamatti Marisa Tomei Jeffrey Wright Evan Rachel Wood Max Minghella Jennifer Ehle Michael Mantell Gregory Itzin
presidential candidate campaign manager senator intern journalist opponent confident disheartening powerful office washington, d.c. political rally press conference political campaign betrayal ethics rivalry wretched excess 2010s
An idealistic staffer for a new presidential candidate gets a crash course on dirty politics during his stint on the campaign trail.
Drama
USA
2011
129 Minutes
William Black
Tom Hanks Sandra Bullock Thomas Horn Zoe Caldwell Viola Davis Jeffrey Wright Max von Sydow John Goodman Dennis Hearn Stephen McKinley Henderson Hazelle Goodman
young boy father mute person mother widow emotional moving new york city central park apartment bridge 9/11 attacks death of father grief mother/son relationship investigation quest discovery growing up 2000s
A nine-year-old amateur inventor, Francophile, and pacifist searches New York City for the lock that matches a mysterious key left behind by his father, who died in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2004
130 Minutes
Al Melvin
Denzel Washington Meryl Streep Liev Schreiber Jon Voight Kimberly Elise Jeffrey Wright Ted Levine Bruno Ganz Miguel Ferrer Dean Stockwell Jude Ciccolella
sergeant soldier captain politician major mother thrilling creepy kuwait rally desert bedroom brainwashing political campaign doubt corporate greed conspiracy gulf war rise discovery
In the midst of the Gulf War, soldiers are kidnapped and brainwashed for sinister purposes.
Biography, Drama, History
2001
158 Minutes
Howard Bingham
Will Smith Jamie Foxx Jon Voight Mario Van Peebles Ron Silver Jeffrey Wright Mykelti Williamson Jada Pinkett Smith Michael Michele Joe Morton Paul Rodriguez
boxer wife young boy friend lawyer inspiring united states africa boxing ring court household friendship boxing racism politics muhammad ali social change rise rivalry 1970s
Muhammad Ali (Will Smith) battles Sonny Liston, Joe Frazier and George Foreman and raises controversy outside the ring.
Action, Adventure
USA
2022
Minutes
James Gordon
Robert Pattinson Colin Farrell Zoë Kravitz Paul Dano Andy Serkis Jeffrey Wright John Turturro Peter Sarsgaard Jayme Lawson Con O'Neill Alex Ferns
Mystery & Thriller, Action, Adventure
UK|Czech Republic|USA|Germany|Bahamas
2006
144 Minutes
Felix Leiter
Daniel Craig Eva Green Mads Mikkelsen Judi Dench Caterina Murino Simon Abkarian Jeffrey Wright Giancarlo Giannini Ivana Milicevic Isaach De Bankolé Claudio Santamaria
spy banker terrorist femme fatale agent thrilling suspenseful confident casino bahamas south africa italy airport love interest gambling murder torture surveillance bomb pursuit
After earning 00 status and a licence to kill, Secret Agent James Bond sets out on his first mission as 007. Bond must defeat a private banker funding terrorists in a high-stakes game of poker at Casino Royale, Montenegro.
Mystery & Thriller, Action, Adventure
UK|USA
2008
105 Minutes
Felix Leiter
Daniel Craig Olga Kurylenko Mathieu Amalric Judi Dench Giancarlo Giannini Gemma Arterton Jeffrey Wright David Harbour Jesper Christensen Joaquín Cosio Anatole Taubman
james bond businessman boss assistant cia agent beautiful woman suspenseful confident italy austria bolivia london hotel russia water supply kidnapping chase murder blackmail pursuit
James Bond descends into mystery as he tries to stop a mysterious organisation from eliminating a country's most valuable resource.
Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure
USA|Canada|France
2014
123 Minutes
Beetee
Jennifer Lawrence Josh Hutcherson Liam Hemsworth Woody Harrelson Elizabeth Banks Julianne Moore Philip Seymour Hoffman Jeffrey Wright Sam Claflin Jena Malone Stanley Tucci
young woman captive president hunter rebel rival brooding dark intense hospital destroyed city bunker battlefield forest airship dystopia rebellion survival rivalry search
Katniss Everdeen is in District 13 after she shatters the games forever. Under the leadership of President Coin and the advice of her trusted friends, Katniss spreads her wings as she fights to save Peeta and a nation moved by her courage.
Drama, Comedy
2021
108 Minutes
Roebuck Wright
Benicio Del Toro Adrien Brody Tilda Swinton Léa Seydoux Frances McDormand Timothée Chalamet Lyna Khoudri Jeffrey Wright Mathieu Amalric Stephen Park Bill Murray
A love letter to journalists set in an outpost of an American newspaper in a fictional 20th-century French city that brings to life a collection of stories published in "The French Dispatch."
Mystery & Thriller, Action, Adventure
UK|USA
2021
163 Minutes
Felix Leiter
Daniel Craig Rami Malek Ralph Fiennes Naomie Harris Léa Seydoux Rory Kinnear Ben Whishaw Jeffrey Wright Ana de Armas Dali Benssalah David Dencik
james bond femme fatale evil genius scientist gripping thrilling spectacular secret headquarters cia office italy cia abduction saving the world one last job sacrifice rivalry 2020s
James Bond has left active service. His peace is short-lived when Felix Leiter, an old friend from the CIA, turns up asking for help, leading Bond onto the trail of a mysterious villain armed with dangerous new technology.
Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure
USA
2013
146 Minutes
Beetee
Jennifer Lawrence Josh Hutcherson Liam Hemsworth Woody Harrelson Elizabeth Banks Lenny Kravitz Stanley Tucci Donald Sutherland Philip Seymour Hoffman Jeffrey Wright Sam Claflin
heroine president cousin killer rebel gripping confident rousing future arena rebellion survival competition family rivalry adventure escape future
Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark become targets of the Capitol after their victory in the 74th Hunger Games sparks a rebellion in the Districts of Panem.
Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure
USA|Germany|Canada|France
2015
136 Minutes
Jennifer Lawrence Josh Hutcherson Liam Hemsworth Woody Harrelson Donald Sutherland Philip Seymour Hoffman Julianne Moore Willow Shields Sam Claflin Elizabeth Banks Mahershala Ali
young woman friend citizen president enemy rebel brooding dark intense wedding bunker destroyed city airship arena ballroom dystopia rebellion assassination survival danger
Katniss and a team of rebels from District 13 prepare for the final battle that will decide the fate of Panem.
Drama
USA
2000
111 Minutes
Ethan Hawke Kyle MacLachlan Sam Shepard Diane Venora Bill Murray Liev Schreiber Julia Stiles Karl Geary Paula Malcomson Steve Zahn Dechen Thurman
ceo son mother uncle ghost love interest dark tense new york city office apartment murder revenge betrayal madness deception business revenge 2000s
Modern-day New York City adaptation of Shakespeare's immortal story about Hamlet's plight to avenge his father's murder.