Morgan Freeman Movies Ranked: Here's How to Watch the Actor's Best Films

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Morgan Freeman is one of the most beloved actors in the industry. Known particularly for his distinctively deep voice, Freeman has made a career as a narrator alongside being a world-famous actor. He is a multi-award-winning performer who has an Academy Award, a Golden Globe, and a Screen Actors Guild Award to his name. Below is a short primer on the legendary actor along with a list of Morgan Freeman movies ranked. We also let you know where you can stream every title using services like Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+, Apple TV+ and more!

Morgan Freeman began his onscreen career playing key supporting roles throughout the 1980s culminating in an Academy Award nomination for his performance in Street Smart. In 1989, Freeman had one of the most successful years of his entire career featuring in four major movies starting with Glory alongside Denzel Washington, Driving Miss Daisy with Jessica Tandy, Lean on Me, and Johnny Handsome. By the early 1990s, Morgan Freeman was an established actor and he spent the decade featuring in hit movies such as Amistad, Deep Impact, The Shawshank Redemption, and Se7en.

Throughout the 2000s, Morgan Freeman continued to play key supporting roles such as the character Lucius Fox in the Christopher Nolan Dark Knight Trilogy and as Allan Trumbull in the Has Fallen film franchise. His various documentary credits include The Long Way Home and March of the Penguins.

Where to watch the best Morgan Freeman movies online

Morgan Freeman is one of the most recognized actors in the world. Scroll down to view his 30 best movies ranked and find out where to watch them online!

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  1. The Shawshank Redemption

    #1

    Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named Red -- for his integrity and unquenchable sense of hope.

  2. Se7en

    Se7en

    1995

    #2

    Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the next. The seasoned Det. Sommerset researches each sin in an effort to get inside the killer's mind, while his novice partner, Mills, scoffs at his efforts to unravel the case.

  3. Driving Miss Daisy

    Driving Miss Daisy

    1989

    #3

    The story of an old Jewish widow named Daisy Werthan and her relationship with her black chauffeur, Hoke. From an initial mere work relationship grew in 25 years a strong friendship between the two very different characters, in a time when those types of relationships were shunned.

  4. Million Dollar Baby

    Million Dollar Baby

    2004

    #4

    Despondent over a painful estrangement from his daughter, trainer Frankie Dunn isn't prepared for boxer Maggie Fitzgerald to enter his life. But Maggie's determined to go pro and to convince Dunn and his cohort to help her.

  5. The Dark Knight

    The Dark Knight

    2008

    #5

    Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as the Joker.

  6. Unforgiven

    Unforgiven

    1992

    #6

    William Munny is a retired, once-ruthless killer turned gentle widower and hog farmer. To help support his two motherless children, he accepts one last bounty-hunter mission to find the men who brutalized a prostitute. Joined by his former partner and a cocky greenhorn, he takes on a corrupt sheriff.

  7. Street Smart

    Street Smart

    1987

    #7

    A New York journalist lies when his fake story about a pimp describes a real pimp up for murder.

  8. Invictus

    Invictus

    2009

    #8

    Newly elected President Nelson Mandela knows his nation remains racially and economically divided in the wake of apartheid. Believing he can bring his people together through the universal language of sport, Mandela rallies South Africa's rugby union team as they make their historic run to the 1995 Rugby World Cup Championship match.

  9. Lean On Me

    Lean On Me

    1989

    #9

    When principal Joe Clark takes over decaying Eastside High School, he's faced with students wearing gang colors and graffiti-covered walls. Determined to do anything he must to turn the school around, he expels suspected drug dealers, padlocks doors and demands effort and results from students, staff and parents. Autocratic to a fault, this real-life educator put it all on the line.

  10. Batman Begins

    Batman Begins

    2005

    #10

    Driven by tragedy, billionaire Bruce Wayne dedicates his life to uncovering and defeating the corruption that plagues his home, Gotham City. Unable to work within the system, he instead creates a new identity, a symbol of fear for the criminal underworld - The Batman.

  11. Glory

    Glory

    1989

    #11

    Robert Gould Shaw leads the US Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices of both his own Union army and the Confederates.

  12. The Bucket List

    The Bucket List

    2007

    #12

    Corporate billionaire Edward Cole and working class mechanic Carter Chambers are worlds apart. At a crossroads in their lives, they share a hospital room and discover they have two things in common: a desire to spend the time they have left doing everything they ever wanted to do and an unrealized need to come to terms with who they are. Together they embark on the road trip of a lifetime, becoming friends along the way and learning to live life to the fullest, with insight and humor.

  13. The Dark Knight Rises

    #13

    Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's crimes to protect the late attorney's reputation and is subsequently hunted by the Gotham City Police Department. Eight years later, Batman encounters the mysterious Selina Kyle and the villainous Bane, a new terrorist leader who overwhelms Gotham's finest. The Dark Knight resurfaces to protect a city that has branded him an enemy.

  14. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

    #14

    Nobleman crusader Robin of Locksley breaks out of a Jerusalem prison with the help of Moorish fellow prisoner Azeem and travels back home to England. But upon arrival he discovers his dead father in the ruins of his family estate, killed by the vicious sheriff of Nottingham, Robin and Azeem join forces with outlaws Little John and Will Scarlett to save the kingdom from the sheriff's villainy.

  15. RED

    RED

    2010

    #15

    After surviving an assault from a squad of hit men, retired CIA black ops agent Frank Moses reassembles his old team for an all-out war. Frank reunites with old Joe, crazy Marvin and wily Victoria to uncover a massive conspiracy that threatens their lives. Only their expert training will allow them to survive a near-impossible mission -- breaking into CIA headquarters.

  16. Along Came a Spider

    #16

    After the harrowing death of his partner, forensic psychologist and best-selling author Alex Cross cannot forgive himself and has retreated to the peace of retirement. But when a brilliant criminal kidnaps a senator's young daughter, he is lured back into action as the kidnapper wants to deal with Alex personally. Teamed with Jezzie Flanigan, the Secret Service agent assigned to protect the missing girl, Alex follows a serpentine trail of clues that leads him to a stunning discovery - the kidnapper wants more than just ransom.

  17. Deep Impact

    Deep Impact

    1998

    #17

    A seven-mile-wide space rock is hurtling toward Earth, threatening to obliterate the planet. Now, it's up to the president of the United States to save the world. He appoints a tough-as-nails veteran astronaut to lead a joint American-Russian crew into space to destroy the comet before impact. Meanwhile, an enterprising reporter uses her smarts to uncover the scoop of the century.

  18. Gone Baby Gone

    Gone Baby Gone

    2007

    #18

    When 4 year old Amanda McCready disappears from her home and the police make little headway in solving the case, the girl's aunt, Beatrice McCready hires two private detectives, Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro. The detectives freely admit that they have little experience with this type of case, but the family wants them for two reasons—they're not cops and they know the tough neighborhood in which they all live.

  19. Lucy

    Lucy

    2014

    #19

    A woman, accidentally caught in a dark deal, turns the tables on her captors and transforms into a merciless warrior evolved beyond human logic.

  20. Amistad

    Amistad

    1997

    #20

    In 1839, the slave ship Amistad set sail from Cuba to America. During the long trip, Cinque leads the slaves in an unprecedented uprising. They are then held prisoner in Connecticut, and their release becomes the subject of heated debate. Freed slave Theodore Joadson wants Cinque and the others exonerated and recruits property lawyer Roger Baldwin to help his case. Eventually, John Quincy Adams also becomes an ally.