Best Mahershala Ali movies
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TOP 16:
Supremacy
Mahershala Ali as: Deputy Rivers
Genre: Crime, Drama
Release: 2014
The story centers on paroled white supremacist who has just killed a cop, and takes a black family hostage. Within hours of being released from 14 years of solitary confinement in maximum-security Pelican Bay State Prison, Garrett Tully is on the run again. When he finds a house off a dirt road and takes a family hostage, he thinks the Aryan Brotherhood has his back–and his kidnap victims are black. The family’s patriarch, Mr. Walker, is a jaded ex-con who hates cops so much he disavowed his own son for becoming one. Seeing a familiar desperation in Tully, Walker refuses to call the authorities for help, causing familial tensions to escalate, and soon grave missteps are made.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Karan Soni movies?
Genre: Crime, Drama
Release: 2014
The story centers on paroled white supremacist who has just killed a cop, and takes a black family hostage. Within hours of being released from 14 years of solitary confinement in maximum-security Pelican Bay State Prison, Garrett Tully is on the run again. When he finds a house off a dirt road and takes a family hostage, he thinks the Aryan Brotherhood has his back–and his kidnap victims are black. The family’s patriarch, Mr. Walker, is a jaded ex-con who hates cops so much he disavowed his own son for becoming one. Seeing a familiar desperation in Tully, Walker refuses to call the authorities for help, causing familial tensions to escalate, and soon grave missteps are made.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Karan Soni movies?
TOP 15:
Roxanne, Roxanne
Mahershala Ali as: Cross
Genre: Drama
Release: 2017
The most feared battle emcee in early-'80s NYC was a fierce teenager from the Queensbridge projects with the weight of the world on her shoulders. At age 14, hustling the streets to provide for her family, Roxanne Shanté was well on her way to becoming a hip-hop legend.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Nia Long movies?
Genre: Drama
Release: 2017
The most feared battle emcee in early-'80s NYC was a fierce teenager from the Queensbridge projects with the weight of the world on her shoulders. At age 14, hustling the streets to provide for her family, Roxanne Shanté was well on her way to becoming a hip-hop legend.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Nia Long movies?
TOP 14:
Crossing Over
Mahershala Ali as: Detective Strickland
Genre: Crime, Drama
Release: 2009
Immigrants from around the world enter Los Angeles every day, with hopeful visions of a better life, but little notion of what that life may cost. Their desperate scenarios test the humanity of immigration enforcement officers. In Crossing Over, writer-director Wayne Kramer explores the allure of the American dream, and the reality that immigrants find – and create -- in 21st century L.A.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Jack Conley movies?
Genre: Crime, Drama
Release: 2009
Immigrants from around the world enter Los Angeles every day, with hopeful visions of a better life, but little notion of what that life may cost. Their desperate scenarios test the humanity of immigration enforcement officers. In Crossing Over, writer-director Wayne Kramer explores the allure of the American dream, and the reality that immigrants find – and create -- in 21st century L.A.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Jack Conley movies?
TOP 13:
Predators
Mahershala Ali as: Mombasa
Genre: Science Fiction, Action, Thriller
Release: 2010
A group of cold-blooded killers find themselves trapped on an alien planet to be hunted by extraterrestrial Predators.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Topher Grace movies?
Genre: Science Fiction, Action, Thriller
Release: 2010
A group of cold-blooded killers find themselves trapped on an alien planet to be hunted by extraterrestrial Predators.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Topher Grace movies?
TOP 12:
Kicks
Mahershala Ali as: Marlon
Genre: Drama, Crime, Action
Release: 2016
When his hard-earned kicks get snatched by a local hood, fifteen-year old Brandon and his two best friends go on an ill-advised mission across the Bay Area to retrieve the stolen sneakers.
Genre: Drama, Crime, Action
Release: 2016
When his hard-earned kicks get snatched by a local hood, fifteen-year old Brandon and his two best friends go on an ill-advised mission across the Bay Area to retrieve the stolen sneakers.
TOP 11:
Free State of Jones
Mahershala Ali as: Moses Washington
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Release: 2016
In 1863, Mississippi farmer Newt Knight serves as a medic for the Confederate Army. Opposed to slavery, Knight would rather help the wounded than fight the Union. After his nephew dies in battle, Newt returns home to Jones County to safeguard his family but is soon branded an outlaw deserter. Forced to flee, he finds refuge with a group of runaway slaves hiding out in the swamps. Forging an alliance with the slaves and other farmers, Knight leads a rebellion that would forever change history.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Gugu Mbatha-Raw movies?
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Release: 2016
In 1863, Mississippi farmer Newt Knight serves as a medic for the Confederate Army. Opposed to slavery, Knight would rather help the wounded than fight the Union. After his nephew dies in battle, Newt returns home to Jones County to safeguard his family but is soon branded an outlaw deserter. Forced to flee, he finds refuge with a group of runaway slaves hiding out in the swamps. Forging an alliance with the slaves and other farmers, Knight leads a rebellion that would forever change history.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Gugu Mbatha-Raw movies?
TOP 10:
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
Mahershala Ali as: Boggs
Genre: Science Fiction, Adventure, Thriller
Release: 2014
Katniss Everdeen reluctantly becomes the symbol of a mass rebellion against the autocratic Capitol.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Sam Claflin movies?
Genre: Science Fiction, Adventure, Thriller
Release: 2014
Katniss Everdeen reluctantly becomes the symbol of a mass rebellion against the autocratic Capitol.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Sam Claflin movies?
TOP 9:
The Place Beyond the Pines
Mahershala Ali as: Kofi Kancam
Genre: Drama, Crime
Release: 2013
A motorcycle stunt rider considers committing a crime in order to provide for his wife and child, an act that puts him on a collision course with a cop-turned-politician.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Ben Mendelsohn movies?
Genre: Drama, Crime
Release: 2013
A motorcycle stunt rider considers committing a crime in order to provide for his wife and child, an act that puts him on a collision course with a cop-turned-politician.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Ben Mendelsohn movies?
TOP 8:
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
Mahershala Ali as: Boggs
Genre: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
Release: 2015
With the nation of Panem in a full scale war, Katniss confronts President Snow in the final showdown. Teamed with a group of her closest friends – including Gale, Finnick, and Peeta – Katniss goes off on a mission with the unit from District 13 as they risk their lives to stage an assassination attempt on President Snow who has become increasingly obsessed with destroying her. The mortal traps, enemies, and moral choices that await Katniss will challenge her more than any arena she faced in The Hunger Games.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Omid Abtahi movies?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
Release: 2015
With the nation of Panem in a full scale war, Katniss confronts President Snow in the final showdown. Teamed with a group of her closest friends – including Gale, Finnick, and Peeta – Katniss goes off on a mission with the unit from District 13 as they risk their lives to stage an assassination attempt on President Snow who has become increasingly obsessed with destroying her. The mortal traps, enemies, and moral choices that await Katniss will challenge her more than any arena she faced in The Hunger Games.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Omid Abtahi movies?
TOP 7:
Eternals
Mahershala Ali as: Eric Brooks / Blade (voice) (uncredited)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Science Fiction
Release: 2021
The Eternals are a team of ancient aliens who have been living on Earth in secret for thousands of years. When an unexpected tragedy forces them out of the shadows, they are forced to reunite against mankind’s most ancient enemy, the Deviants.
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Science Fiction
Release: 2021
The Eternals are a team of ancient aliens who have been living on Earth in secret for thousands of years. When an unexpected tragedy forces them out of the shadows, they are forced to reunite against mankind’s most ancient enemy, the Deviants.
TOP 6:
Alita: Battle Angel
Mahershala Ali as: Vector
Genre: Action, Science Fiction, Adventure
Release: 2019
When Alita awakens with no memory of who she is in a future world she does not recognize, she is taken in by Ido, a compassionate doctor who realizes that somewhere in this abandoned cyborg shell is the heart and soul of a young woman with an extraordinary past.
Genre: Action, Science Fiction, Adventure
Release: 2019
When Alita awakens with no memory of who she is in a future world she does not recognize, she is taken in by Ido, a compassionate doctor who realizes that somewhere in this abandoned cyborg shell is the heart and soul of a young woman with an extraordinary past.
TOP 5:
Moonlight
Mahershala Ali as: Juan
Genre: Drama
Release: 2016
The tender, heartbreaking story of a young man’s struggle to find himself, told across three defining chapters in his life as he experiences the ecstasy, pain, and beauty of falling in love, while grappling with his own sexuality.
Genre: Drama
Release: 2016
The tender, heartbreaking story of a young man’s struggle to find himself, told across three defining chapters in his life as he experiences the ecstasy, pain, and beauty of falling in love, while grappling with his own sexuality.
TOP 4:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mahershala Ali as: Tizzy Weathers
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Release: 2008
I was born under unusual circumstances. And so begins. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, adapted from the 1920s story by F. Scott Fitzgerald about a man who is born in his eighties and ages backwards: a man, like any of us, who is unable to stop time. We follow his story, set in New Orleans, from the end of World War I in 1918 into the 21st century, following his journey that is as unusual as any man's life can be. Directed by David Fincher and starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett with Taraji P. Henson, Tilda Swinton, Jason Flemyng, Elias Koteas and Julia Ormond, Benjamin Button, is a grand tale of a not-so-ordinary man and the people and places he discovers along the way, the loves he finds, the joys of life and the sadness of death, and what lasts beyond time.
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Release: 2008
I was born under unusual circumstances. And so begins. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, adapted from the 1920s story by F. Scott Fitzgerald about a man who is born in his eighties and ages backwards: a man, like any of us, who is unable to stop time. We follow his story, set in New Orleans, from the end of World War I in 1918 into the 21st century, following his journey that is as unusual as any man's life can be. Directed by David Fincher and starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett with Taraji P. Henson, Tilda Swinton, Jason Flemyng, Elias Koteas and Julia Ormond, Benjamin Button, is a grand tale of a not-so-ordinary man and the people and places he discovers along the way, the loves he finds, the joys of life and the sadness of death, and what lasts beyond time.
TOP 3:
Hidden Figures
Mahershala Ali as: Jim Johnson
Genre: Drama, History
Release: 2016
The untold story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson – brilliant African-American women working at NASA and serving as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history – the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit. The visionary trio crossed all gender and race lines to inspire generations to dream big.
Genre: Drama, History
Release: 2016
The untold story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson – brilliant African-American women working at NASA and serving as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history – the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit. The visionary trio crossed all gender and race lines to inspire generations to dream big.
TOP 2:
Green Book
Mahershala Ali as: Dr. Don Shirley
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Release: 2018
Tony Lip, a bouncer in 1962, is hired to drive pianist Don Shirley on a tour through the Deep South in the days when African Americans, forced to find alternate accommodations and services due to segregation laws below the Mason-Dixon Line, relied on a guide called The Negro Motorist Green Book.
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Release: 2018
Tony Lip, a bouncer in 1962, is hired to drive pianist Don Shirley on a tour through the Deep South in the days when African Americans, forced to find alternate accommodations and services due to segregation laws below the Mason-Dixon Line, relied on a guide called The Negro Motorist Green Book.
TOP 1:
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Mahershala Ali as: Uncle Aaron / Prowler (voice)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Animation, Science Fiction, Comedy
Release: 2018
Miles Morales is juggling his life between being a high school student and being a spider-man. When Wilson "Kingpin" Fisk uses a super collider, others from across the Spider-Verse are transported to this dimension.
Genre: Action, Adventure, Animation, Science Fiction, Comedy
Release: 2018
Miles Morales is juggling his life between being a high school student and being a spider-man. When Wilson "Kingpin" Fisk uses a super collider, others from across the Spider-Verse are transported to this dimension.
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