Malcolm X (1992)

7.2	Listal rating
7.6	IMDB rating

Directed by

Spike Lee

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Malcolm X

Dr. Betty Shabazz

Baines

Elijah Muhammad

West Indian Archie

Shorty

Laura

Sophia

Written by (View all)

Alex Haley

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3 years, 8 months ago at Sep 11 1:21

The Mighty Celestial

In my opinion, this is the role that should've won Mr. Washington the Oscar, even more so than Training Day. In this movie, Denzel is Malcolm X. This is one of those rare instances where an actor actually becomes the person whom he is portraying. Denzel Washington tranforms himself into the man who went from being a small-time crook named "Little", to become the larger than life civil rights leade... read more

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James B.

Good movie, Very long, but still really good. Denzel Washington's best role of his entire career. Spike Lee does a great job directing. It is very underrated. And really good. 9.3

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Description: Spike Lee's Oscar-nominated drama illuminates the life of black nationalist Malcolm X (Denzel Washington), following him from his early days in prison to his conversion to Islam, marriage to Betty Shabazz (Angela Bassett) and discovery of Elijah Mohammad's (Al Freeman Jr.) Nation of Islam writings. When Malcolm turns his back on the N ... (more)

Release date : 18 November 1992
UPC: 085391259626

Drama (21), Biography (21), Historical (15), 1992 (14), 1990s (12), Biopic (11), Racism (11), History (11), Islam (10), Murder (10), Race (9), Usa (9), True Story (9), Epic (8), Adaptation (8), Biographical (8), 1990's (7), Black Heritage (6), Gangters (5), Denzel Washington Great Performance (5)

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