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Best Kerry Washington movies

Today we present the best Kerry Washington movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen ... and that you love! Let's go there with the best movies from Kerry Washington:

TOP 25: Little Man

Kerry Washington as: Vanessa
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Release: 2006
After leaving the prison, the dwarf criminal Calvin Sims joins to his moron brother Percy to steal an expensive huge diamond in a jewelry for the mobster Walken. They are chased by the police, and Calvin hides the stone in the purse of the executive Vanessa Edwards, whose husband Darryl Edwards wants to have a baby. Percy convinces Calvin to dress like a baby and be left in front of the Edwards's house to get inside the house and retrieve the diamond. Darryl and Vanessa keep Calvin for the weekend and decide to adopt him, while Walken threatens Darryl to get the stone back.


TOP 24: Lakeview Terrace

Kerry Washington as: Lisa Mattson
Genre: Drama, Crime, Thriller
Release: 2008
A young interracial couple has just moved into their California dream home when they become the target of their next-door neighbor, who disapproves of their relationship. A tightly wound LAPD officer has appointed himself the watchdog of the neighborhood. His nightly foot patrols and overly watchful eyes bring comfort to some, but he becomes increasingly aggressive to the newlyweds. These persistent intrusions into their lives cause the couple to fight back.

TOP 23: The Details

Kerry Washington as: Rebecca Mazzoni
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Release: 2011
When a family of raccoons discover worms living underneath the sod in Jeff and Nealy's backyard, this pest problem begins a darkly comic and wild chain reaction of domestic tension, infidelity and murder.


TOP 22: The Human Stain

Kerry Washington as: Ellie
Genre: Drama, Romance
Release: 2003
Coleman Silk is a worldly and admired professor who loses his job after unwittingly making a racial slur. To clear his name, Silk writes a book about the events with his friend and colleague Nathan Zuckerman, who in the process discovers a dark secret Silk has hidden his whole life. All the while, Silk engages in an affair with Faunia Farley, a younger woman whose tormented past threatens to unravel the layers of deception Silk has constructed.


TOP 21: American Son

Kerry Washington as: Kendra Ellis-Connor
Genre: Drama
Release: 2019
Time passes and tension mounts in a Florida police station as an estranged interracial couple awaits news of their missing teenage son.

TOP 20: The Dead Girl

Kerry Washington as: Rosetta
Genre: Mystery, Drama, Crime, Thriller
Release: 2006
The clues to a young woman's death come together as the lives of seemingly unrelated people begin to intersect.


TOP 19: A Thousand Words

Kerry Washington as: Caroline McCall
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Release: 2012
Jack McCall is a fast-talking literary agent, who can close any deal, any time, any way. He has set his sights on New Age guru Dr. Sinja for his own selfish purposes. But Dr. Sinja is on to him, and Jack’s life comes unglued after a magical Bodhi tree mysteriously appears in his backyard. With every word Jack speaks, a leaf falls from the tree and he realizes that when the last leaf falls, both he and the tree are toast. Words have never failed Jack McCall, but now he’s got to stop talking and conjure up some outrageous ways to communicate or he’s a goner.


TOP 18: Miracle at St. Anna

Kerry Washington as: Zana Wilder
Genre: Drama, War
Release: 2008
Miracle at St. Anna chronicles the story of four American soldiers who are members of the all-black 92nd "Buffalo Soldier" Division stationed in Tuscany, Italy during World War II.

TOP 17: The Prom

Kerry Washington as: Mrs. Greene
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Release: 2020
After the PTA of a conservative high school in Indiana bans same-sex couples from attending the annual prom, a gang of flamboyant Broadway stars try to boost their image by showing up to support two lesbian students.


TOP 16: Strip Search

Genre: Drama, TV Movie
Release: 2004
Strip Search follows several parallel stories examining personal freedoms vs. national security in the aftermath of 9/11; two main subplots involve an American woman detained in China and an Arab man detained in New York City.


TOP 15: Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"

Kerry Washington as: Helen Willis
Genre: Comedy, TV Movie
Release: 2019
Celebrities re-create an original episode each from "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons."

TOP 14: The United States of Leland

Kerry Washington as: Ayesha
Genre: Crime, Drama
Release: 2003
A withdrawn young man, Leland Fitzgerald is imprisoned for the murder of a mentally disabled boy, who also happened to be the brother of his girlfriend, Becky. As the community struggles to deal with the killing, Pearl Madison, a teacher at the prison, decides to write about Leland's case. Meanwhile, others affected by the murder, including Becky and her sister, Julie, must contend with their own problems.


TOP 13: Save the Last Dance

Kerry Washington as: Chenille Reynolds
Genre: Drama, Family, Romance, Music
Release: 2001
After the death of her mother, Sara moves to the South Side of Chicago to live with her father and gets transferred to a majority-black school. Her life takes a turn for the better when befriends Chenille and her brother Derek, who helps her with her dancing skills.


TOP 12: Mr. & Mrs. Smith

Kerry Washington as: Jasmine
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Release: 2005
After five (or six) years of vanilla-wedded bliss, ordinary suburbanites John and Jane Smith are stuck in a huge rut. Unbeknownst to each other, they are both coolly lethal, highly-paid assassins working for rival organisations. When they discover they're each other's next target, their secret lives collide in a spicy, explosive mix of wicked comedy, pent-up passion, nonstop action and high-tech weaponry.


TOP 11: Good Hair

Kerry Washington as: Herself
Genre: Documentary, Comedy
Release: 2009
An exposé of comic proportions that only Chris Rock could pull off, GOOD HAIR visits beauty salons and hairstyling battles, scientific laboratories and Indian temples to explore the way hairstyles impact the activities, pocketbooks, sexual relationships, and self-esteem of the black community.

TOP 10: Mother and Child

Kerry Washington as: Lucy
Genre: Drama, Romance
Release: 2009
The lives of three women have a commonality: adoption. Karen is a physical therapist who regrets that, as a teenager, she gave up her daughter for adoption. Elizabeth was an adopted child and is now a successful lawyer, but her personal life lacks warmth. Lucy and her husband have failed to conceive and now hope to adopt a baby to make their family complete.


TOP 9: For Colored Girls

Kerry Washington as: Kelly / Blue
Genre: Drama
Release: 2010
About existence from the perspective of 20 nameless black females. Each of the women portray one of the characters represented in the collection of twenty poems, revealing different issues that impact women in general and women of color in particular.


TOP 8: Cars 3

Kerry Washington as: Natalie Certain (voice)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Release: 2017
Blindsided by a new generation of blazing-fast racers, the legendary Lightning McQueen is suddenly pushed out of the sport he loves. To get back in the game, he will need the help of an eager young race technician with her own plan to win, inspiration from the late Fabulous Hudson Hornet, and a few unexpected turns. Proving that #95 isn't through yet will test the heart of a champion on Piston Cup Racing’s biggest stage!


TOP 7: Girl Rising

Kerry Washington as: Narrator - Nepal (voice)
Genre: Documentary
Release: 2013
Nine filmmakers each profile a young girl from a different part of the world to weave a global tapestry of youth in the 21st century.


TOP 6: Confirmation

Kerry Washington as: Anita Hill
Genre: Drama, History, TV Movie
Release: 2016
Judge Clarence Thomas' nomination to the United States' Supreme Court is called into question when former colleague, Anita Hill, testifies that he had sexually harassed her.

TOP 5: One World: Together at Home

Kerry Washington as: Self
Genre: Music
Release: 2020
A global broadcast & digital special organized by Global Citizen and the World Health Organization featuring comedians, musicians, and actors to raise funds in support of front line health workers in the global response to COVID-19.


TOP 4: The Last King of Scotland

Kerry Washington as: Kay Amin
Genre: Drama
Release: 2006
Young Scottish doctor, Nicholas Garrigan decides it's time for an adventure after he finishes his formal education, so he decides to try his luck in Uganda, and arrives during the downfall of President Obote. General Idi Amin comes to power and asks Garrigan to become his personal doctor.


TOP 3: Ray

Kerry Washington as: Della Bea Robinson
Genre: Drama, Music
Release: 2004
Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by a fiercely independent mom who insisted he make his own way, He found his calling and his gift behind a piano keyboard. Touring across the Southern musical circuit, the soulful singer gained a reputation and then exploded with worldwide fame when he pioneered coupling gospel and country together.


TOP 2: The School for Good and Evil

Kerry Washington as: Professor Dovey
Genre: Fantasy, Action, Drama
Release: 2022
Best friends Sophie and Agatha navigate an enchanted school for young heroes and villains — and find themselves on opposing sides of the battle between good and evil.


TOP 1: Django Unchained

Kerry Washington as: Broomhilda von Shaft
Genre: Drama, Western
Release: 2012
With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.

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