40 Best Don Cheadle Movies That You Should Know About

Don Cheadle was one of the most prominent celebrities in Hollywood. He started his career in 1984 and has had a keen interest in acting since the beginning. That’s why he opted for Bachelor in Fine Arts. He is seen in some of the greatest movies of all time, like the Ocean trilogy, the movies of MCU, No Sudden Move, and much more. Don Cheadle is a political activist who helps people from time to time, either through his art or through his organization.

He and George Clooney, Matt Damon, Brad Pitt, David Pressman, and Jerry Weintraub are the founders of the non-government organization, which is situated in the US for human rights violations. Although, in 2019, the website merged with The Sentry to take the work forward. The old website isn’t updated regularly but is there for the records. Without further due, we present you 40 of the Best Don Cheadle Movies.

40. Space Jam: A New Legacy 

A movie that was supposed to do good but went down in every aspect. It made it to the Best Don Cheadle Movies list because of the Beginner’s Guide to Jujutsu Kaisen! Legacy. This movie went through a lot just to be a disappointment to the people. Space Jam: A New Legacy is a mix of live-action and animation where AI avatars have kidnapped LeBron James’s son, and now he has to play basketball against them while having Looney Tune in his team in the virtual multiverse created by Warner Bros.

Yes, we know, the makers thought they were doing something good, but it was too much. After Michael Jordan refused to return to the legacy of Space Jam, this was created, and it was somewhat too much for people. Too many cameos, too much of a plot, and too much of a cast.

The film was trolled mainly for its narrative and storyline. Although this is the first time Looney Tunes have featured in a film after Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003). The movie did badly in terms of numbers. Space Jam: A New Legacy did win a lot of “Worst” Awards, so we don’t know if they should be counted or not. Why do they even have awards for Worst?

• Year: 2021
• Genre: Family, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Sports, Animation
• Director: Malcolm D. Lee
• Live-Action Cast: LeBron James, Don Cheadle, Sonequa Martin-Green, Khris Davis, Ceyair J. Wright, Harper Leigh Alexander, Ernie Johnson, Lil Rel Howery.
• Others: Xosha Roquemore, Wood Harris, Sarah Silverman, Steven Yeun, Slink Johnson.
• Cameo: Sue Bird, Draymond Green, A’ja Wilson, Michael Jordan, Michael B. Jordan, Bill Murray, Travis Scott, Ronda Rousey, Naomi Osaka.
• Archive Footage Appearances: Mike Myers, Seth Green, Robert Wagner, Ingrid Bergman, Josh Helman.
• Voice Cast: Jeff Bergman, Eric Bauza, Zendaya, Bob Bergen, Candi Milo, Gabriel Iglesias, Fred Tatasciore, Paul Julian, Anthony Davis. 
• Where to Watch: Netflix

39. Abby Singer 

Named after Abner E. “Abby” Singer, i.e., a second-to-last shot of the day on a film, Abby Singer is the story of Curtis, who must choose between his love and his dream. This movie had a lot of cameos and received generally good reviews. The movie won 5 awards, including Best Feature Film and Best Independent Film at New Orleans Media Experience 2003.

• Year: 2003
• Genre: Dark Comedy Drama
• Director: Ryan R. Williams
• Cast: Clint Palmer, Ryan Williams, Wendy Buss, Pat Donahue, Robin Ballard, Mark Wunder, Jay O. Sanders, Scott Hanks.
• Cameos: Brad Pitt, Don Cheadle, Jennifer Aniston, Jill Hennessy, Jake Gyllenhaal, Stockard Channing, Jodie Foster, Mark Borchardt, Adam Carolla, Patricia Arquette.
• Where to Watch: Amazon.

38. The Meteor Man

A superhero movie to star an African- American in the lead role in a superhero movie. The Meteor Man may seem like a bad superhero movie right now, but it was a great deal back. It was even nominated for Best Science Fiction Film at Saturn Award but was a box office bomb.

The premise follows like any other superhero movie, where the hero gets power from something and saves the day. Here, as the name suggests, Jefferson Reed got his power when a meteor hit near Washington, DC, and saved the town from street gangs and drug dealers.

• Year: 1993
• Genre: Action Comedy Superhero
• Director: Robert Townsend
• Cast: Robert Townsend, Marla Gibbs, Eddie Griffin, Robert Guillaume, James Earl Jones, Bill Cosby, Another Bad Creation, Don Cheadle, Stephanie E. Williams, Roy Fegan, Frank Gorshin, Luther Vandross, Big Daddy Kane.
• Where to Watch: Amazon.

Also Read: Don Cheadle’s 10 Best Films According To IMDb

37. Hotel for Dogs

Hotel for Dogs is Thor Freudenthal’s directorial debut film and Nickelodeon’s first film not to be produced by Paramount Pictures. Hotel for Dogs is the story of siblings who live in foster care.

They took in stray dogs and created a whole new world for them at a vacant hotel. It all started with their dog, as the dogs were not allowed inside foster care. The film was appraised and was a box office success.

• Year: 2009
• Genre: Comedy Family
• Director: Thor Freudenthal
• Cast: Emma Roberts, Jake T. Austin, Johnny Simmons, Troy Gentile, Kyla Pratt, Don Cheadle, Robinne Lee, Lisa Kudrow, Kevin Dillon, Yvette Nicole Brown, Gregory Sporleder, Eric Edelstein.
• Where to Watch: Netflix

36. With/In Volume 1 (Intersection)

With/In is an anthology film which means that instead of one story that follows through the film, it is a film that consists of several short films that, however, have no connection with each other. With/In was released in two volumes, and Don Cheadle starred in Volume 1’s last story, Intersection. All the stories are directed and written by different people starring different actors. The story, however, revolves around one topic: the post-pandemic world.

Volume 1 consists 4 stories: 

1. Mother!!
2. Cocoa and Gigi
3. Leap
4. Intersection

Although volume 2 consists 9 stories:

1. Nuts
2. Neighborhood Watch
3. One Night Stand
4. Touching
5. In the Air
6. Her Own
7. Twenty Questions
8. Shell Game
9. I’m Listening

• Year: 2021
• Genre: Anthology Drama
• Director: Bart Freundich
• Cast: Julianne Moore, Don Cheadle, Talia Balsam, Taj Swaminathan-Sipp.
• Where to Watch: HBO Max

35. Mission to Mars 

Mission to Mars received mixed reviews. After a mission goes wrong because of a disaster rescue mission led by Jim McConnell is launched to find out and evacuate any survivors on Mars.

• Year: 2000
• Genre: Sci-fi Adventure.
• Director: Brian De Palma
• Cast: Gary Sinise, Tim Robbins, Don Cheadle, Connie Nielsen, Jerry O’Connell, Kim Delaney, Peter Outerbridge, Kavan Smith, Jill Teed, Elise Neal, Robert Bailey Jr., Taylor Jones, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Bill Timoney.
• Where to Watch: Disney+

34. Kevin Hart: What Now? 

Kevin Hart: What Now is based upon Kevin Hart’s stand-up tour of 2015 of the same name. His tour was the first-ever stand-up show to be performed in a fully packed football stadium. The movie is majorly about the stand-up show but also follows a spy subplot.

• Year: 2016
• Genre:  Stand-up Comedy Concert
• Directors: Leslie Small, Tim Story
• Cast: Kevin Hart, Halle Berry, Don Cheadle, David Meunier, Ed Helms, Peter Mensah, Joey Wells.
• Where to Watch: Netflix

33. The Dog Problem 

The Dog Problem is the movie for every dog lover out there. A Psychiatrist tells his patient, Solo Harrington, to get a dog. Solo’s life has been going down the road, and he could get away with it by selling the dog, but that dog is the reason he found his love, and you know, dogs are adorable, so, Will he do it?

• Year: 2006
• Genre: Romance Comedy
• Director: Scott Caan
• Cast: Giovanni Ribisi, Lynn Collins, Scott Caan, Kevin Corrigan, Mena Suvari, Don Cheadle, Tito Ortiz, Joanna Krupa, Brian Goodman, Steve Jones.
• Where to Watch: Amazon.

32. After the Sunset 

After the Sunset was a box office failure and received many negative comments, the movie is about two retired thieves, but FBI Agent Stan Lloyd is not convinced about them and keeps an eye on them as he thinks that they have another robbery planned.

• Year: 2004
• Genre: Crime Comedy
• Director: Brett Ratner
• Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Salma Hayek, Woody Harrelson, Don Cheadle, Naomi Harris, Rex Linn, Mykelti Williamson, Troy Garity, Obba Babatunde, Michael Bowen, Russell Hornsby.
• Cameos: Gary Payton, Karl Malone, Phil Jackson, Jeff Garlin, Dyan Cannon, Edward Norton, Shaquille O’Neal.
• Where to Watch: Netflix

31. Miles Ahead 

Miles Ahead’s name was taken from Miles Davis’s 1957 album Miles Ahead. Inspired by the life of Miles Davis, the Jazz musician,  this movie is the directorial debut of Don Cheadle. The movie was applauded for Cheadle’s direction and narration of the film in the free approach.

The story sums up the life of Miles David, his music, his composition, his drug addiction, and his relationship. Everything was shown accurately. The free-form approach of the film made it even more interesting. It also featured some of its original recordings of Davis.

• Year: 2015
• Genre: Biographical Musical Drama
• Director: Don Cheadle
• Cast: Don Cheadle, Michael Stuhlbarg, Emayatzy Corinealdi, Ewan McGregor, Lakeith Stanfield, Austin Lyon, Jeffrey Grover, Joshua Jessen, Theron Brown, JT Thigpen, David Kettlehake, Mark Angel II.
• Live Concert Band: Gary Clark Jr., Herbie Hancock, Esperanza Spalding, Robert Glasper, Wayne Shorter, Antonio Sanchez, Keyon Harrold.
• Where to Watch: Hulu

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30. No Sudden Move 

No Sudden Move is a period drama crime film. The story was set in 1954 Detroit, where three gangsters are hired to hold hostage of the Matt Wertz family, who is the accountant at GM, and retrieve a document from him. Wertz goes to the office but finds that the documents are not there. To protect his family, he brings fake documents.

Meanwhile, the gangsters are fighting with each other. Goynes finds out that they are just pawns in some big game. So, they leave the house, tell the Wertz family to lie to the cops, and go to find their recruiter, only to find out that they have a huge amount of Bounty on their heads.

• Year: 2021
• Genre: Historical Crime Thriller
• Director: Steven Soderbergh
• Cast: Don Cheadle, Benicio del Toro, David Harbour, Ray Liotta, Jon Hamm, Amy Seimetz, Brendan Fraser, Kieran Culkin, Noah Jupe, Craig muMs Grant, Julia Fox, Frankie Shaw, Bill Dike.
• Cameo: Matt Damon.
• Where to Watch: Prime Video, HBO MAX

29. Swordfish 

Swordfish is a crime thriller movie where Stanley Jobson is hired by a conman John Travolta to hack into the government system to extract illegal money. The movie did fairly good well at the box office and received NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture and BET Award for Best Actress.

• Year: 2001
• Genre: Action Thriller
• Director: Dominic Sena
• Cast: Hugh Jackman, John Travolta, Halle Berry, Don Cheadle, Sam Shepard, Vinnie Jones, Drea de Matteo, Rudolf Martin, Zach Grenier, Camryn Grimes, Angelo Pagan, Kirk B. R. Woller, Carmen Argenziano, Tim DeKay, Laura Lane.
• Where to Watch: HBO Max.

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28. White Noise 

Adopted from the book of the same name by Don DeLillo, White Noise is Noah Baumbach’s first directorial, where the story is not his original. The movie is seen through the perspective of Jack Gladney and his family. There are many things that have not been changed in the movie for entertainment purposes, yet the main plot of the story stays the same.

The movie is set in 1980 when an Airborne Toxic Event took place, and the people around the area had to evacuate. The film has already been nominated for a lot of awards whose decisions are pending. But, it did win the Green Drop Award at Venice Film Festival 2022.

Although White Noise was released in August 2022 in Venice, it was released in November 2022 in the United States and will be available to stream online on Netflix from December 30, 2022, onwards,

• Year: 2022
• Genre: Horror, Drama
• Director: Noah Baumbach
• Cast: Adam Driver, Greta Gerwig, Raffey Cassidy, Andre Benjamin, Josie Turner-Smith, Don Cheadle, Lars Eidinger, Sam Nivola, May Nivola.
• Where to Watch: Netflix (December 30, 2022)

27. Ocean’s Twelve 

Ocean’s Twelve is the sequel to Ocean’s Eleven (2001) and was followed by Ocean’s Thirteen in 2007. The movie was a hit at the box office and the tenth highest-grossing film of 2004. The ensemble cast returned for the movie. The movie received positive comments.

The movie follows the events after the heist of Las Vegas. Casino Owner Terry Benedict is blackmailing Ocean and team to return $198 million in two weeks. So, as the con man, Ocean plans up another three heists across Europe.

• Year: 2004
• Genre: Comedy Crime
• Director: Steven Soderbergh
• Cast: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Bernie Mac, Elliott Gould, Casey Affleck, Scott Caan, Eddie Jemison, Don Cheadle, Qin Shaobo, Carl Reiner, Julia Roberts.
• Additional Cast: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Andy Garcia, Vincent Cassel, Albert Finney, Eddie Izzard, Bruce Willis, Jeroen Krabbe, Cherry Jones, Robbie Coltrane, Topher Grace, Candice Azzara, Jerry Weintraub, Jared Harris.
• Where to Watch: Netflix.

26. Brooklyn’s Finest 

Brooklyn’s Finest is a story of three cops. All three of them are struggling with their professional and personal life. Carlo needs money as his wife is pregnant with twins who already have four children but lives in a small, so he opts for unfair practices and starts to cutpurse drug money they find at the raid.

Tango, an undercover cop, is given a final chance to redeem himself by turning in his friend, who has recently been released from federal prison. Edward Dugan is about to get retirement after serving 22 years in the system, and he is given the job of looking over the recruits and teaching them the rules of the system, although things somehow always go haywire for him.

The movie was critically acclaimed, and Don Cheadle was nominated as Best Actor at the BET Awards. 6 other nominations were also written in favor of Brooklyn’s Finest at the Black Reel Awards although the movie won only 1 out of them, which was Best Supporting Actor (Wesley Snipes).

• Year: 2009
• Genre: Crime Drama
• Director: Antoine Fuqua
• Cast: Richard Gere, Don Cheadle, Ethan Hawke, Wesley Snipes, Vincent D’Onofrio, Brian F. O’Byrne, Will Patton, Michael Kenneth Williams, Lili Taylor, Shannon Kane, Ellen Barkin, Thomas Jefferson Byrd, Wass Stevens.
• Where to Watch: Hulu

Also Read: 15 Best Crime Movies Of All Time

25. Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead 

Hugely compared with Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction, Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead name comes from the 1991 album Mr. Bad Example by Warren Zevon, and the name of the character Jimmy the Saint comes from the song Lost in the Flood of the 1973 album Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. by Bruce Springsteen.

The premises follows Jimmy the Saint, who has left the underworld for good but is now dragged into it again for one last time. But things go haywire. He messed up big time and killed a woman who belonged to a powerful group, and now, an assassin is behind Jimmy and the group.

The movie received a lot of negative comments and was compared to Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction. It was said that you should just watch a Tarantino movie instead of buying the album. It was also a box office bomb.

• Year: 1995
• Genre: Crime Thriller
• Director: Gary Fleder
• Cast: Andy Garcia, Christopher Lloyd, William Forsythe, Bill Nunn, Treat Williams, Jack Warden, Steve Buscemi, Don Cheadle, Willie Garson, Buddy Guy, Glenn Plummer.
• Where to Watch: Prime Video, Vudu, Apple TV.

24. Darfur Now 

Darfur Now is a documentary through the eyes of six people who are connected by the Genocide of Darfur. The documentary is about the Land Cruiser War in the region of Sudan where the Sudan Liberation Movement and Justice and Equality Movement were fighting against the government as they were cleansing the region by removing non-arab people.

• Year: 2007
• Genre: Documentary
• Director: Ted Braun
• Cast: Don Cheadle, George Clooney, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sam Brownback, John McCain, Xabier Aguirre, Adam Sterling.
• Where to Watch: Prime Video, Apple TV.

23. Hamburger Hill 

Based upon the Battle of Hamburger Hill of 1969 during the Vietnam War, Hamburger Hill (1987) is a fictional movie. The movie signifies all the major course of events that took place when Lt. Frantz and the team tried to take over the hill in 10 days.

It showed the troubles each person was facing. Personal problems and issues were raised because of the anti-war movement. The movie received positive reviews and did well at the box office.

• Year: 1987
• Genre: War Action
• Director: John Irvin
• Cast: Tegan West, Steven Weber, Dylan McDermott, Don James, Courtney B. Vance, Michael Boatman, Harry O’Reilly, Daniel O’Shea, Michael Dolan, Michael A. Nickles, Don Cheadle, Tim Quill, Tommy Swerdlow, Anthony Barrile.
• Where to Watch: Prime Video.

22. Captain Marvel 

Captain Marvel is the first female Superhero movie to cross $1 Billion. It was the 5th highest-grossing film of 2019 and the 23rd of all time. As a part of Phase Three and the 21st film of MCU, Captain Marvel succeeded in amusing the fans. The legacy will be taken forward as The Marvels in 2023.

The story is about Carol Danvers and how she became Captain Marvel. She was exposed to Tesseract energy and is a part of Starforce. After a mission went wrong, she was stuck on Earth, where she helped Nick Fury and uncovered the truth about her too. The movie received positive reviews and was nominated for 31 awards, out of which 3 were won.

• Year: 2019
• Genre: Action Adventure Superhero
• Director: Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck.
• Cast: Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn, Djimon Hounsou, Lee Pace, Lashana Lynch, Gemma Chan, Annette Bening, Clark Gregg, Jude Law.
• Additional Cast: Algenis Perez Soto, Rune Temte, Monica Rambeau, Sharon Blynn, Robert Kazinsky, Vik Sahay, Chuku Modu, Colin Ford, Kenneth Mitchell, Matthew Kimmel, Stephen Del Bagno.
• Cameo: Kelly Sue DeConnick, Stan Lee, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Mark Ruffalo, Don Cheadle.
• Where to Watch: Apple TV.

21. Traitor 

Traitor revolves around a former US soldier Samir Horn who had been dragged into the investigation of FBI Special Agent Roy Clayton. Roy had been appointed to investigate the explosions that had been taking place at civilian places. The movie was criticized for its narrative, but Cheadle’s performance was praised.

• Year: 2008
• Genre: Action Thriller
• Director: Jeffrey Nachmanoff
• Cast: Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce, Said Taghmaoui, Neal McDonough, Jeff Daniels, Archie Panjabi, Mozhan Marno, Lorena Gale, Alyy Khan, Raad Rawi, Adeel Akhtar.
• Where to Watch: Amazon Prime Video.

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20. Ocean’s Thirteen 

With major of the ensemble cast returning and Steven Soderbergh directing the movie, Ocean’s Thirteen was a box-office success and received positive reviews. It’s the last and final installment in the Ocean trilogy. The film is followed up after the events of Ocean’s Eleven (2001) and Ocean’s Twelve (2004).

Well, even con men have rules. They never let one of them go down. After the new casino owner, Willy Bank, betrays one of the gang’s members, Ocean tries to put up another heist on the opening of the casino of Willy. However, it is very much impossible to do so.

A spin-off all-female movie, Ocean’s 8, was released in 2018. Although nothing had been said officially, Matt Damon and Don Cheadle have expressed that Steven Soderbergh might have been working on a concept to continue the Ocean’s franchise.

• Year: 2007
• Genre: Crime Comedy
• Director: Steven Soderbergh
• Cast: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Andy Gracia, Don Cheadle, Bernie Mac, Elliott Gould, Casey Affleck, Scott Caan, Eddie Jemison, Qin SHaobo, Carl Reiner, Eddie Izzard.
• Additional Cast: Al Pacino, Ellen Barkin, Vincent Cassel, Bob Einstein, Olga Sosnovska, David Paymer, Angel Oquendo, Julian Sands, Jerry Weintraub.
• Where to Watch: Netflix, Prime Video.

19. Iron Man 2 

Who needs an introduction to this movie? Third movie of the MCU’s Phase I and a sequel to Iron Man (2008). In Iron Man 2, many actors continued their roles, but Don Cheadle was given the role of James Rhodes (War Machine) instead of Terrence Howard.

The story follows months after the incidents of Iron Man I. Now, the government is trying to make Stark give up on his Iron Man Suit technology to them. Little did they know Stark was dying because of it, and he had to find a way out of it.

All the more, Ivan Vanko (Whiplash) is furious to prove Stark wrong and is using his way to create electric whips and take vengeance on him. Iron Man 2 was a box office hit and was critically acclaimed. Although, when compared to the first part, it was somewhat dull, it did stand alone as a movie.

In the first part, there was a mix of CGI and live action to create the Iron Suit, though, in the second part, CGI was used at most. Iron Man two was the fifth-highest opening weekend film at that time and also the highest opening film of 2010. The movie was nominated for 30 awards and won 5.

• Year: 2010
• Genre: Action Adventure Superhero
• Director: Jon Favreau
• Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Scarlett Johansson, Sam Rockwell, Mickey Rourke, Samuel L. Jackson.
• Additional Cast: Jon Favreau, Clark Gregg, Leslie Bibb, John Slattery, Garry Shandling, Paul Bettany, Yevgeni Lazarev, Kate Mara, Stan Lee.
• Special Appearances: Christiane Amanpour, Bill O’Reilly, Elon Musk, Larry Ellison, Adam Goldstein
• Where to Watch: Apple TV

18. The Assassination of Richard Nixon 

Based on the true events, The Assassination of Richard Nixon is set in 1974 when a furniture salesman tried to hijack a plane from Washington, DC, to fly it over the White House and to drop a gas bomb there to kill then-President Richard Nixon. The film received okay-ish comments.

• Year: 2004
• Genre: Political Drama
• Director: Niles Mueller
• Cast: Sean Penn, Naomi Watts, Don Cheadle, Jack Thompson, Mykelti Williamson, Michael Wincott, Nick Searcy, Brad William Henke, Joe Marinelli.
• Where to Watch: Apple iTunes, Google Play Movies.

17. The United States of Leland 

The United States of Leland is the story of a boy named Leland who brutally murders a teenager and is sent to jail. His teacher tries to understand his situation, thinking why someone would do something like that, and is motivated to write his story whilst Leland’s family is trying to cope with everything.

• Year: 2003
• Genre: Indie Drama 
• Director: Matthew Ryan Hoge
• Cast: Ryan Gosling, Don Cheadle, Chris Klein, Jena Malone, Lena Olin, Kevin Spacey, Sherilyn Fenn, Michelle Williams, Martin Donovan, Ann Magnuson, Michael Welch, Matt Malloy.
• Where to Watch: Vudu, Apple TV, Prime Video.

16. Iron Man 3 

Iron Man 3 is the seventh film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the first film of Phase II, and also a sequel to Iron Man 2. The movie was written and directed by Shawn Black, who was given the command after Jon Favreau denied to return as a director.

Iron Man 3 follows after the events of The Avengers. Tony Stark has PTSD and was trying to cope with it in his workplace, which was very much pissing Potts off. After the bombing of the Chinese Theatre, which put Happy Hogan in a coma made, Stark was furious to find out about it. Little did he know, those people, those Mandarian, were already after him.

Tony escapes and finds shelter in Tennessee, where a child helps him with his suit and investigation. James Rhodes is now re-branded as Iron Patriot and was also trapped. Stark discovered the truth about the bombings, Mandarian, and the scientists and saved Pepper with the help of Rhodes.

The movie was appraised for the screenplay, action sequence, Downey’s performance, and CGI. It became the second-highest-grossing film of 2013 and 5th highest grossing of all time and 6th highest grossing film opening weekend of all time, and also the 16th film to gross $1 Billion+. Iron Man 3 won 15 awards out of 56 nominations.

• Year: 2013
• Genre: Action Adventure Superhero
• Director: Shane Black
• Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce, Rebecca Hall, Stephanie Szostak, James Badge Dale, William Sadler, Miguel Ferrer, Jon Favreau, Ben Kingsley.
• Additional Cast: Pual Bettany, Ty Simpkins, Ashley Hamilton, Adam Pally, Shaun Toub, Stan Lee, Dale Dickey, Wang Xueqi, Jenna Ortega, Mark Ruffalo, Bill Maher, Joan Rivers, Fashion police, George Kotsiopoulos.
• Chinese Cut Additional Cast: Wang Xueqi, Fan Bingbing
• Where to Watch: Apple TV

Also Read: 25 Top Dramas And Movies Of Robert Downey Jr

15. Rosewood 

Inspired by the true events of the 1923 Rosewood massacre, Rosewood is a period drama film where an all-African- American town in Florida is destroyed by white people. Blinded by hatred, they attacked the town, many people were killed, and homes were destroyed.

The movie centers on three people. Mann comes to the town and asks the citizens there to fight for themselves. Sylvester Carrier saves his family and is the eyewitness of what happened in Rosewood, and John Wright, a white man who helps the residents of the town to escape and to fight.

The movie was a box office bomb but was praised by critics.

• Year: 1997
• Genre: History Drama
• Director: John Singleton
• Cast: Ving Rhames, Don Cheadle, Jon Voight, Bruce McGill, Loren Dean, Esther Rolle, Elise Neal, Bridgid Coulter, Robert Patrick, Michael Rooker, Catherine Kellner, Akosua Busia, Paul Benjamin.
• Where to Watch: Prime Video.

14. Flight 

The first live-action film of Robert Zemeckis after Cast Away and What Lie Beneath. The flight was one of the best movies of 2012, making 47 lists of Top 10s. The story is about an airline pilot William Whitaker. He saved the lives of people by crash-landing the plane. He was named a hero. But, the investigation showed that he was flying the plane under the influence of alcohol.

The movie was praised for good direction and narration and the outstanding performance of Denzel Washington. Flight is inspired by the plane crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 in January 2000 in the Pacific Ocean, killing all 88 people on board. The movie was nominated for 34 awards, out of which it won 7. The flight was also a success at the box office.

• Year: 2012
• Genre: Thriller Drama
• Director: Robert Zemeckis
• Cast: Denzel Washington, Don Cheadle, Kelly Reilly, Bruce Greenwood, John Goodman, Melissa Leo, Tamara Tunie, Nadine Velazquez, Brian Geraghty, Peter Gerety, Garcelle Beauvais.
• Where to Watch: Netflix

13. The Guard 

One of the most acclaimed independent Irish movies, The Guard, was directed and written by John Michael McDonaghandh and is a cop thriller comedy. Brendan Gleeson, a cop, had to cooperate with FBI Agent Wendell Everett to investigate drug trafficking.

The movie was praised for the acting and narration of the story. The movie was nominated for 38 awards, out of which it won 17 awards, including the Irish Film and Television Award 2012 for Best Film, Best Director- Film, Best Script- Film, Best Supporting Actress- Film (Fionnula Flanagan), Best Actor- Film (Brendan Gleeson). Don Cheadle was also nominated for Best Supporting Actor- Film.

• Year: 2011
• Genre: Thriller Comedy
• Director: John Michael McDonagh
• Cast: Brendon Gleeson, Don Cheadle, Mark Strong, Liam Cunningham, Fionnula Flanagan, Micheal Og Lane, David Wilmot, Sarah Greene, Darren Healy, Rory Keenan, Dominique McElligott.
• Where to Watch: Vudu, Prime Video, Apple TV, Netflix.

Also Read: Brendan Gleeson Net Worth In 2021, Career, Award, And Earnings

12. The People Speak 

The People Speak is based on A People’s history of the United States (1980) by Howard Zinn and Voices of a People’s History of e United States (2004) by Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove. The People Speak about the major changes that took place in US history. The documentary is seen through the dairies, notes, letters, and speeches.

• Year: 2008
• Genre: History Documentary
• Directors: Anthony Arnove, Howard Zinn, Chris Moore.
• Cast: Allison Moorer, Benjamin Bratt, Bob Dylan, Don Cheadle, Jasmine Guy, Josh Brolin, Kerry Washington, Matt Damon, Lupe Fiasco, Sean Penn, Sandra Oh, Viggo Mortensen.
• Narrated By: Howard Zinn.
• Where to Watch: Amazon

11. Avengers: Age of Ultron 

Marvel has been creating history. Aren’t they? Age of Ultron was the second most expensive film ever made. It was the fourth highest-grossing film of 2015 and 5th highest-grossing film of all time. It’s the 11th film in the MCU and a sequel to The Avengers (2012). The film was critically acclaimed and praised for every aspect. It also won 6 awards out of 42 nominations.

The story follows the accidental creation of Ultron by Tony Stark and Bruce Banner. They made it for a good purpose, to help save humanity, although Artificial Intelligence took matters into its hand and went its way. When The Avengers came to know about it, Tony asked to make another AI, and Bruce was pretty unconvinced at the start.

With the help of Thor, Tony and Bruce succeeded in creating ‘Vision’ which was made by mixing the brains of Jarvis, Tony, and Bruce to stop Ultron. After Mjolnir was lifted by Vision, a flying city, a dead brother, and love between Tony & Steve (it’s a joke), new members were added to the team of Avengers, and Ultron was defeated.

• Year: 2015
• Genre: Action Adventure Superhero
• Director: Joss Whedon
• Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Don Cheadle, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Bettany, Cobie Smulders, Anthony Mackie, Hayley Atwell, Idris Elba, Linda Cardellini, Stellan Skarsgard, James Spader, Samuel L. Jackson.
• Additional Cast: Thomas Kretschman, Henry Goodman, Claudia Kim, Andrew Serkis, Julie Delpy, Kerry Condon, Josh Brolin, Stan Lee, Tom Hiddleston. 
• Where to Watch: Disney+ Hotstar.

10. Talk to Me 

When given a second chance, life can be reformed, which is what Ralph “Petey” Greene taught us. Talk to Me is a biographical movie on the life of Greene, who was a con man, but after he completed his prison sentence, he reformed his life and became one of the prominent personalities in Washington, DC.

The film features the major events in the life of Greene from 1966 and 1984. Greene was a radio talk show host and often talked about issues like racism and discrimination on it. He also became an activist and helped people to reform their life after they had completed their prison sentences. He got over his drug addiction and also helped in putting down the riots that happened after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968.

Talk to Me was nominated for 14 awards and won 7, including Best Director (Kasi Lemmons), Best Actor (Don Cheadle), and Best Supporting Actor (Chiwetel Ejiofor) at African-American Film Critics.

• Year: 2007
• Genre: Biographical History Drama
• Director: Kasi Lemmons
• Cast: Don Cheadle, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Taraji P. Henson, Cedric the Entertainer, Mike Epps, Martin Sheen, Vondie Curtis Hall, Richard Chevolleau, Alison Sealy-Smith.
• Where to Watch: Prime Video, Apple TV, Vudu.

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9. Reign Over Me 

Reign Over Me is one of the most emotional and terrifying movies done by Don Cheadle. It shows the effects that many people might have had after the attack of 9/11 when the Twin Towers were brought down by Terrorists.

The movie is seen through the eyes of Charlie Feinman, who, even after five years after 9/11, couldn’t get over it as he lost his daughter and wife in it. Five years later of that horrific incident, he met one of his old friends who helped Charlie in moving on, which was not easy at all.

Reign Over Me shows the beautiful bond of friendship and how losing someone you love the most can affect you in the most unexpected ways and how the scars of that haunt you forever. The movie received mixed reviews.

• Year: 2007
• Genre: Family Drama
• Director: Mike Binder
• Cast: Adam Sandler, Don Cheadle, Jada Pinkett Smith, Liv Tyler, Saffron Burrows, Donald Sutherland, Robert Klein, Melinda Dillon, Mike Binder, Jonathan Banks, John de Lancie.
• Where to Watch: Paramount+, Fubo TV, Sony Pictures Entertainment.

8. King Leopold’s Ghost 

Based on the novel of the same name released in 1998 by Adam Hochschild, King Leopold’s Ghost is a documentary that focuses on the period of 1885-1908 in Belgium when King Leopold exploited the rich country in the name of civilization.

• Year: 2006
• Genre: Documentary
• Director: Pippa Scott
• Narrated By: Don Cheadle
• Where to Watch: Google Play.

7. Ocean’s Eleven 

A movie that inspired the Bollywood film Happy New Year (2014). Based on Ocean’s 11 (1960) film, Ocean’s Eleven is a heist film that was the fifth highest-grossing film of 2001. The film was critically acclaimed and was given positive reviews worldwide. The film was followed by two sequels, Ocean’s Twelve (2004) and Ocean’s Thirteen (2007). An all-female spin-off was also made as Ocean’s 8 in 2018.

The story is about a con man and thief, Danny Ocean, who just got out of prison. To win his ex-wife back plans to steal $160 Million from Las Vegas 3 casino owner Terry Benedict, who is supposed to be the lover of his ex-wife. To do so, he recruits ten other members who are experts in their field. Hence, the name Ocean’s Eleven.

• Year: 2001
• Genre: Comedy Heist
• Director: Steven Soderbergh
• Cast: George Clooney, Bernie mac, Brad Pitt, Elliott Gould, Casey Affleck, Scott Caan, Eddie Jemison, Don Cheadle, Qin Shaobo, Carl Reiner, Matt Damon, Andy Gracia, Julia Roberts, Scott L. Schwartz.
• Special Appearances: Holly Marie Combs, Topher Grace, Joshua Jackson, Barry Watson, Shane West, Jerry Weintraub, Siegfried & Roy, Wayne Newton, Henry Silva, Angie Dickinson, Eydie Gorme, Boxer Wladimir Klitschko, Larry Merchant, James Lampley, Steven  Soderbergh.
• Where to Watch: Netflix.

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6. Crash 

The crash was inspired by Haggis’s real-life experience when his car was carjacked in 1991 in Los Angeles. The film focuses on racism and discrimination because of caste and gender in Los Angeles. The movie was critically acclaimed and received a lot of positive comments along with a big amount of money at the box office.

The film made to many Top 10 lists and was nominated for 121 awards and won 54, including Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Film Editing at Academy Awards 2006. The crash was also adapted as a 13-episode Television series which was released in 2008 on Starz network, but all this couldn’t stop the controversy that this movie created.

Crash won Best Picture at the Academy Awards 2006, but Film Comment said it to be the biggest mistake by the Oscars and put it on the list of Worst Winners of Best Picture Oscars. Many other reporters and magazines also said it was the wrong decision.

Kenneth Turna, a critic, also believed at Brokeback Mountain didn’t get the Oscar because some people on the jury were in discomfort because of the gay relationship. Paul Haggis, 2015 in an interview, accepted that Crash wasn’t the Picture of the Year, but it still touched people, and he had encountered many people telling him that this movie had changed their lives.

• Year: 2004
• Genre: Crime Drama
• Director: Paul Haggis
• Cast: Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon, Jennifer Esposito, Brendan Fraser, Terrence Howard, Ludacris, Thandiwe Newton, Michael Pena, Ryan Philippe, Larenz Tate.
• Where to Watch: Prime Video

5. Captain America: Civil War 

Well, the Captain America trilogy concluded with an epic story. Captain America: Civil War was the first film of Phase Three 13th film in the MCU. It is a sequel to previous Captain America films. Russo Brothers were brought in early 2014 for the direction.

The concept of the movie was taken from the comic book “Civil War” in 2016. Where after of events of Avengers: Age of Ultron, the government is furious to take control of the Avengers organization to minimize the damage that occurred. However, not all of them agreed to it, which made the team divide into two parts, one led by Tony Stark and the other by Steve Rogers.

New members were also added, like Spider-Man and Ant-Man and Black Panther, to fight the cause. Captain America: Civil War was the highest-grossing film of 2016, with earnings of $1 Billion+. Out of 44 nominations, they won 5 awards. The movie received positive reviews from critics and the audience.

 

Although the part of Steve Rogers as ended up as a Captain America, the legacy will be taken forward by Sam Wilson. Captain America: New World Order is set to be released in 2024 following the events of the mini-series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021).

• Year: 2016
• Genre: Action Adventure Superhero
• Directors: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo.
• Cast: Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Don Cheadle, Chadwick Boseman, Paul Bettany, Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Rudd, Emily VanCamp, Marisa Tomei, Tom Holland, Frank Grillo, Martin Freeman, William Hurt, Daniel Bruhl.
• Additional Cast: John Slattery, Kerry Condon, John Kani, Hope Davis, Gene Farber, Florence Kasumba, Alfre Woodard, Jim Rash, Stan Lee, Joe Russo, Damion Poitier.
• Where to Watch: Apple TV.

4. Boogie Nights 

Boogie Nights is a period drama film set in 1970-80. Based on the mock-documentary short film The Dirk Diggler story by Paul Thomas Andreson, Boogie Nights is about a young teenager who works as a dishwasher at a nightclub.

One day, that boy, Dirk, was founded by a porn director Jack Horner who made him a star of adult films. Dirk was at the peak of his career when he got addicted to drugs and became an egoist, which also became the reason for his fall. The film mainly focuses on the Golden Age of Porn.

The movie received positive reviews for showing ’70s satire so perfectly. It was also nominated for 59 awards and won 33. Boogie Nights also made it to the list of many Top 10s. The music was also acclaimed.

• Year: 1997
• Genre: Indie Drama
• Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
• Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, Burt Reynolds, Don Cheadle, John C. Reilly, William H. Macy, Heather Graham, Nicole Ari Parker, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Luis Guzman.
• Where to Watch: Hulu

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3. Hotel Rwanda 

On occasions, Hotel Rwanda was compared with Steven Spielberg’s Schindler’s List, but the movie is based on the true events of the Rwandan genocide of 1994. The film is seen through the eyes of the Hotel Manager of Hotel des Mile Collines, Paul Rusesabagina, who gave refuge to thousands of people.

The film focuses on every aspect of those 100 days of the genocide, i.e., political aspects, corruption, and violence. The movie gloomed at the box office and received generally positive reviews, and Don Cheadle was applauded for his performance. 

Hotel Rwanda made it to many Top 10 lists and was nominated for 40 awards and won 14 out of them, including Golden Satellite Awards 2004 for Best Motion Picture Drama, Best Actor- Motion Drama Picture (Don Cheadle), and Best Original Song.

• Year: 2004
• Genre: War Drama
• Director: Terry George
• Cast: Don Cheadle, Sophie Okonedo, Nick Nolte, Joaquin Phoenix, Fana Mokoena, Cara Seymour, David O’Hara, Tony Kgoroge, Desmond Dube, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Leleti Khumalo.
• Where to Watch: Hulu

2. Avengers: Endgame 

A movie that broke their previous records and the 22nd film of The Marvel Cinematic Universe. Again, One of the most expensive films ever made. A part of Phase Three. The highest-grossing film of 2019. The highest-grossing superhero film got to the fastest $2 Billion figure breaking their previous records of Avengers: Infinity war.

The film follows after the Infinity War, where the surviving members of the Avengers team up to bring back the wiped population and defeat Thanos for once and all. Many characters like brought back, and some died.

Avengers: Endgame was earlier named Avengers: Infinity War- Part two but was later changed. The movie received positive reviews worldwide for its action, story, visuals, CGI, and emotional aspects. It was nominated for 114 awards and won 35.

• Year: 2019 
• Genre: Cation Sci-fi Superhero
• Directors: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo.
• Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Don Cheadle, Paul Rudd, Brie Larson, Karen Gillan, Danai Guria, Benedict Wong, Jon Favreau, Bradley Cooper, Gwyneth Paltrow, Josh Brolin, Benedict Cumberbatch, Chadwick Boseman, Tom Holland, Zoe Saldana, Elizabeth Olsen, Anthony Mackie, Sebastian Stan, Tom Hiddleston, Pom Kelentieff.
• Where to Watch: Apple Tv

1. Avengers: Infinity War 

A movie that everyone has watched. Doesn’t matter if you are a fan of the MCU or not. You have seen this movie. A movie that broke all the records and set up new ones. It is one of the most expensive films ever made, but that money was all worth it. Wasn’t it? Avengers: Infinity War earned $2 Billion+ making it the first superhero film to cross that amount. It was the 4th highest-grossing film of all time and highest grossing film of 2018.

The movie follows immediately after the events of Thor: Ragnarök. In this movie, Thanos succeeds in getting the Infinity Gauntlet and is now searching for infinity stones. The Avengers team is joined by new members and The Guardians of the Galaxy. The teams are divided, and all of them are at different places with different missions. In the end, everyone united in one place, and Thanos succeeded in wiping out half of the world.

The film was appreciated in every aspect. The story, the visuals, the acting, the cast, everything. Avengers: Infinity war was nominated for 76 awards and won 22, including People’s Choice Awards 2018 for Movie of 2018, Action movie of 2018, and Female Movie Star 2018 (Scarlett Johansson).

• Year: 2018
• Genre: Action Adventure Superhero
• Directors: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo.
• Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Chris Harmsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Scarlett Johansson, Benedict Cumberbatch, Don Cheadle, Tom Holland, Chadwick Boseman, Paul Bettany, Elizabeth Olsen, Anthony Mackie, Sebastian Stan, Tom Hiddleston, Idris Elba, Peter Dinklage, benedict Wong, Pom Klementieff, Karen Gillan, Dave Bautista, Zoe Saldana, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Gwyneth Paltrow, Benicio del Toro, Josh Brolin, Chris Pratt.
• Additional Cast: Danai Gurira, Letitia Wright, William Hurt, Kerry Condon, Winston Duke, Florence Kasumba, Jacob Batalon, Isabelle Amara, Tiffany Espensen, Ethan Dizon, Samuel L. Jackson, Cobie Smulders.
• Cameo: Stan Lee, Stephen McFeely, Kenneth Branagh, David Cross.
• Where to Watch: Apple TV

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