Viola Davis

All Movies of Viola Davis

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  8.2
  Traffic
  The film tells three seemingly disparate stories that loosely intersect and overlap, unfurling at a frantic, relentless pace. In the first, a well-intentioned Mexican police officer, Javier Rodriguez Rodriguez (Benicio Del Toro), ...
   2000

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  8.0
  Far from Heaven
  It is the autumn of 1957. The Whitakers, the very picture of a suburban family, make their home in Hartford, Connecticut. Their daily existence is characterized by carefully observed family etiquette, social events, and an overall...
  Character: Sybil

   2002

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  8.0
  Grace & Glorie (TV)
  When a lonely ex-New Yorker moves into the home of a rural senior to act as a hospice worker, the two initially couldn't seem to be less alike. However, as time passes, the two find much kinship including a lost child. Slowly the ...
  Character: Rosemary Allbright

   1998

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  7.9
  Peacemaker (TV Series)
  Peacemaker is a ruthless killer who believes in achieving peace at any cost.
  Character:  Amanda Waller 2 episodes, 2022

   2021

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  7.9
  Fences
  An African American father struggles with race relations in the United States while trying to raise his family in the 1950s and coming to terms with the events of his life.
   2016

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  7.9
  How to Get Away With Murder (TV Series)
  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 ...
  Character:  Annalise Keating 90 episodes, 2014-2020

   2014

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  7.9
  Widows
  When a crew of crooks are killed during a robbery, their widowed spouses pick up where they left off. This is the story of four women with nothing in common except a debt left behind by their dead husbands' criminal activities. Se...
  Character: Veronica

   2018

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  7.9
  Out of Sight
  After Jack Foley (George Clooney) escapes from jail with the help of his partner, Buddy Bragg (Ving Rhames), he takes Karen Sisco (Jennifer Lopez), a sexy federal agent, hostage. Immediately sparks fly between the two. Eventually ...
   1998

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  7.9
  Prisoners
  When Keller Dover's daughter and her friend go missing, he takes matters into his own hands as the police pursue multiple leads and the pressure mounts. But just how far will this desperate father go to protect his family?
  Character: Nancy Birch

   2013

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  7.6
  Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
  Tensions and temperatures rise over the course of an afternoon recording session in 1920s Chicago as a band of musicians await trailblazing performer, the legendary "Mother of the Blues," Ma Rainey (Academy Award® winner Viola Da...
  Character: Ma Rainey

   2020

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  7.5
  The Architect
  Architect Leo Waters' marriage is in trouble, his wife Julia unhappy. Their son Martin drops out of college; he's home, adrift and out of sorts with Leo. Daughter Christina has entered her mid-teens with a new body and new feeling...
   2006

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  7.3
  State of Play
  Based on the BBC mini-series of the same title, a team of investigative reporters work alongside a police detective to try and solve the murder of a congressman's mistress. D.C. investigative journalist Cal McCaffrey's (Russell Cr...
  Character: Dr. Judith Franklin

   2009

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  7.2
  United States of Tara (TV Series)
  TV Series (2009-2011). 3 Seasons. 36 Episodes. This is the story of Tara Gregson (Toni Collette), one woman with multiple personalities. Tara has dissociative identity disorder and has four different personalities within herself, ...
  Character:  Lynda P. Frazier 6 episodes, 2010

   2009

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  7.2
  Doubt
  In 1964, within a Bronx parish, the charismatic Father Flynn seeks to modernize the rigid educational standards fiercely defended by the principal, Sister Aloysius Beauvier. Amidst a backdrop of social change marked by the admissi...
  Character: Sra. Miller

   2008

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  7.2
  Jesse Stone: Sea Change (TV)
  Jesse Stone has settled in as the police chief of the small New England town of Paradise Mass. and his ultimate nightmare has come true: Stone finds himself filling his time writing parking tickets and struggling to keep his ever-...
  Character: Molly Crane

   2007

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  7.1
  The Unforgivable
  Ruth Slater, a woman released from prison after serving a sentence for a violent crime and re-enters a society that refuses to forgive her past.
  Character: Liz Ingram

   2021

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  7.1
  The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him
  James McAvoy, Jessica Chastain and Viola Davis star in this innovative two-part film that relates a love story from two different perspectives. 'The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby' is a two-part love story, seen through the eyes o...
  Character: Professor Lillian Friedman

   2013

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  7.0
  The Help
  Set in Mississippi during the 1960s, Skeeter (Emma Stone) is a southern society girl who returns from college determined to become a writer, but turns her friends' lives -- and a small Mississippi town -- upside down when she deci...
  Character: Aibileen

   2011

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  7.0
  AIR
  Follows the history of shoe salesman Sonny Vaccaro, and how he led Nike in its pursuit of the greatest athlete in the history of sports: Michael Jordan.
   2023

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  7.0
  The Suicide Squad
  Super-Villains Harley Quinn, Bloodsport, Peacemaker and a collection of cons at Belle Reve prison join the super-secret, super-shady Task Force X where they are heavily-armed and dropped off at the remote, enemy-infused island of
  Character: Amanda Waller

   2021

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  7.0
  Custody
  The lives of three women are unexpectedly changed when they cross paths at a New York Family Court.
  Character: Martha Schulman

   2016

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  7.0
  Disturbia
  Kale Brecht is a 17-year-old who is placed under house arrest after punching one of his teachers. He is confined to his house with no available entertainment, and decides to use his free time spying on his neighbors. Things start ...
   2007

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  7.0
  The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her
  James McAvoy, Jessica Chastain and Viola Davis star in this innovative two-part film that relates a love story from two different perspectives. 'The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby' is a two-part love story, seen through the eyes o...
  Character: Professor Lillian Friedman

   2013

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  7.0
  Trust
  A teenage girl is targeted by an online sexual predator.
  Character: Gail Friedman

   2010

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  6.9
  The Woman King
  A historical epic inspired by the true events that happened in The Kingdom of Dahomey, one of the most powerful states of Africa in the 18th and 19th centuries.
  Character: Nanisca

   2022

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  6.9
  Syriana
  Robert Baer (Clooney), a 21-year veteran of the CIA, spent his entire career investigating terrorists around the globe. As the dangers of terrorism increased, Baer watched as the CIA's funding was cut, politics overtook judgment, ...
   2005

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  6.8
  Antwone Fisher
  A young sailor (Derk Luke), prone to violent outbursts, is ordered to see a naval psychiatrist (Denzel Washington) to learn to control his anger. The young man eventually opens up and reveals his horrific childhood. Born in prison...
  Character: Eva May

   2002

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  6.8
  It's Kind of a Funny Story
  A clinically depressed teenager gets a new start after he checks himself into an adult psychiatric ward. After contemplating suicide by jumping off the Brooklyn Bridge, 16-year-old Craig Gilner (Keir Gilchrist) decides to go to th...
  Character: Dr. Eden Minerva

   2010

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  6.7
  The First Lady (TV Series)
  In the East Wing of the White House, many of history's most impactful and world-changing decisions have been hidden from view, made by America's charismatic, complex and dynamic first ladies. Premiere: April 17 on Showtime.
   2022

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  6.7
  The Pentagon Wars (TV)
  Air Force Lt. Col. John Burton was assigned to evaluate the usefulness of the Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle, an Army troop carrier/scout vehicle that, in its final redesign, was effectively a deathtrap for its occupants. Burto...
  Character: Sgt. Fanning

   1998

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  6.6
  Stone Cold (TV)
  In the small town of Paradise, Massachusetts, the experienced Chief of Police Jesse Stone is investigating a murder and a rape case. When a series of murders happen with the same "modus-operandi", Jesse discloses the identity of t...
  Character: Molly Crane

   2005

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  6.6
  Solaris
  A psychologist still reeling from the death of his wife receives a cryptic message from a friend telling him to join him on the space station Solaris which is studying a spatial phenomena. Because of the phenomena, people from the...
  Character: Gordon

   2002

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  6.5
  Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist (S)
  An intimate look at the Oscar-nominated actor’s incomparable artistry, and the acting process which informed his transformative performances.
  Character: Self

   2021

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  6.5
  The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them
  James McAvoy and Jessica Chastain star as an enviable couple seemingly so in love until their marriage is shaken to the core when life throws them a devastating curve. Now this New York couple must try to understand each other as ...
  Character: Professor Friedman

   2014

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  6.5
  Amy & Isabelle (TV)
  In 1971, in the small town of Shirley Falls, in Maine, the odd and lonely secretary Isabelle Goodrow raises her teenager daughter Amy alone. She has only two friends in her job among her gossiper colleagues. When her overprotected...
  Character: Dottie

   2001

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  6.5
  Troop Zero
  In rural 1977 Georgia, a misfit girl dreams of life in outer space. When a national competition offers her a chance at her dream, to be recorded on NASA’s Golden Record, she recruits a makeshift troupe of Birdie Scouts, forging...
  Character: Miss Rayleen

   2019

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  6.5
  Love, Marilyn
  Love, Marilyn takes an intimate look into the never-before-seen letters, diaries and notebooks of Marilyn Monroe. Appearing on screen to perform Marilyn’s words are renowned contemporary actresses, including Marisa Tomei, Uma Th...
  Character: Herself

   2012

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  6.3
  Get on Up
  Chadwick Boseman stars as James Brown. From a childhood spent in poverty to his emergence as the Godfather of Soul, Brown's incredible life story is one of talent, determination, and perseverance.
  Character: Susie Brown

   2014

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  6.3
  The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
  Coriolanus Snow mentors and develops feelings for the female District 12 tribute during the 10th Hunger Games. Release: november 2023
   2023

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  6.1
  The Andromeda Strain (TV)
  From executive producers Ridley Scott (American Gangster, Gladiator) and Tony Scott (Numb3rs) comes The Andromeda Strain, the edge-of-your seat, four-hour miniseries about a team of scientists investigating a deadly disease from a...
  Character:  Dr. Charlene Barton 3 episodes, 2008

   2008

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  6.0
  Touch of Evil (S)
  Some of 2011's stand-out film actors appear in "a video gallery of cinematic villainy" for New York Times Magazine.
  Character: The Vengeful Caretaker

   2011

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  6.0
  Beyond All Boundaries (S)
  A visual, 4-D experience of the battles of World War II featuring stories, archival footage and advanced special effects.
  Character: Hortense Johnson - Arsenal Worker (voice)

   2009

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  6.0
  Get Rich Or Die Tryin'
  An orphaned street kid becomes a powerful drug dealer, then turns away from crime to pursue a promising music career.
   2005

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  6.0
  World Trade Center
  September 11, 2001 was an unusually warm day in New York. Will Jimeno, an officer with the Port Authority Police Department, was tempted to take a personal day to enjoy his hobby of bow hunting, but ultimately decided that he woul...
  Character: Mother in Hospital

   2006

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  5.9
  Won't Back Down
  Two determined mothers­, one a teacher, look to transform their children's failing inner city school. Facing a powerful and entrenched bureaucracy, they risk everything to make a difference in the education and future of their ch
  Character: Nona Alberts

   2012

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  5.9
  Ender's Game
  70 years after a horrific alien war, an unusually gifted child is sent to an advanced military school in space to prepare for a future invasion. Adaptation of the popular novel.
  Character: Major Gwen Anderson

   2013

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  5.8
  Kung Fu Panda 4
  Follow Po on his wide-eyed adventures in ancient China, whose love of kung fu is matched only by an insatiable appetite.
   2024

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  5.7
  Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
  The story is about a nine-year-old boy named Oskar Schell. Two years before the story begins, Oskar loses his father on 9/11. In the story, Oskar discovers a key in a vase that belonged to his father that inspires him to search Ma...
  Character: Abby Black

   2011

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  5.6
  Beautiful Creatures
  Supernatural star-crossed romance, a small town full of secrets, and a dash of Southern gothic intrigue. That’s the recipe for Beautiful Creatures, the latest movie offering for theTwilight set. Richard LaGravenese (P.S. I Love ...
  Character: Amma

   2013

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  5.6
  Blackhat
  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.
  Character: Carol Barrett

   2015

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  5.5
  Knight & Day
  An action-comedy centered on a fugitive couple (Cruise and Diaz) on a glamorous and sometimes deadly adventure where nothing and no one – even themselves – are what they seem. Amid shifting alliances and unexpected betrayals, ...
  Character: Directora George

   2010

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  5.5
  Kate & Leopold
  The story of two strangers in New York City, separated by a hundred years. When they meet, a century's worth of differences come crashing together. Kate and her actor brother live in N.Y. in the 21st Century. Her ex-boy friend, St...
   2001

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  5.4
  Lila & Eve
  A grieving mother, Lila, whose son Stephon was killed in a drive-by shooting. After she befriends a woman named Eve, whose little girl was killed the same night, they join forces to pay back the drug dealers responsible for Stepho...
  Character: Lila

   2015

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  5.3
  Black Adam
  Nearly 5,000 years after he was bestowed with the almighty powers of the Egyptian gods-and imprisoned just as quickly-Black Adam (Johnson) is freed from his earthly tomb, ready to unleash his unique form of justice on the modern w...
   2022

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  5.3
  Nights in Rodanthe
  Lane stars as Adrienne Willis, a woman with her life in chaos, who retreats to the tiny coastal town of Rodanthe, in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, to tend to a friend's inn for the weekend. Here she hopes to find the tranquil...
  Character: Jean

   2008

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  5.1
  The Shrink Is In
  Samantha (Courtenex Cox), a travel writer suffering from claustrophobia, agoraphobia, and a whole host of other phobias, isn't exactly lucky in her romantic fate. But when her pshycologist suffers a major mental breakdown, she sec...
  Character: Robin

   2001

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  5.0
  G20
  During a G20 summit with U.S. President Danielle Sutton (Davis), she becomes a prime target for a terrorist group. After managing to escape the terrorists, Danielle will have to outsmart them to try to protect her family, world le...
   2025

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  5.0
  Law Abiding Citizen
  Clyde Shelton (Gerard Butler) is an upstanding family man whose wife and daughter are brutally murdered during a home invasion. When the killers are caught, Nick Rice (Jamie Foxx), a hotshot Philadelphia prosecutor, is assigned to...
  Character: Alcalde

   2009

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  4.9
  Eat, Pray, Love
  Liz Gilbert (Julia Roberts) is a modern woman on a quest to marvel at and travel the world while rediscovering and reconnecting with her true inner self in Eat Pray Love. At a crossroads after a divorce, Gilbert takes a year-long ...
  Character: Delia Shiraz

   2010

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  4.9
  Madea Goes to Jail
  After a high-speed freeway chase puts Madea (Perry) in front of the judge, her reprieve is short-lived as anger management issues get the best of her and land her in jail. A gleeful Joe couldn't be happier at Madea's misfortune. B...
  Character: Ellen

   2009

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  4.3
  Suicide Squad
  A secret government agency run by Amanda Waller, named A.R.G.U.S creates a task force comprising super villains, the "Suicide Squad". They are assigned to execute dangerous tasks in exchange for shorter prison sentences.
  Character: Amanda Waller

   2016

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  Number One on the Call Sheet
  Documentary (2025). 2 Episodes. With unprecedented access and candid interviews, “Number One on the Call Sheet” takes us on an intimate journey with some of Hollywood’s most extraordinary leading Black men and women as they ...
   2025

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  Dawn of the Justice League (TV)
  Kevin Smith hosts a look behind the scenes of upcoming movies from the DC Films universe, featuring the trailer for "Suicide Squad."
  Character: Herself - Amanda Waller

   2016

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  Disneyland 60th Anniversary TV Special (TV)
  A celebration of the 60th anniversary of Disneyland's first opening in 1955 hosted by Derek Hough with special guest appearances and musical performances.
  Character: Self

   2016