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Spoiler Alert! 8 Denzel Washington Unforgettable Movie Moments

Denzel Washington is a classic actor, so how many of his most iconic scenes can you recall?
  1. John Q

    John Q was one of the most touching father-son stories that had ever hit theaters. The willingness for a father (Denzel Washington) to go to great lengths — taking a hospital and its remaining patients hostage to trying to take his own life so his son can take his heart — for a son who needs a new heart are truly priceless. 

    You can tell that he's broken and feels that he's running out of not just options, but time. He's stuck between a rock and a hard place trying to come to terms with something many parents around the world struggle with, the impending death of a child. And right as he plans to take his life, his wife runs in and yells "John, it's a miracle! They found a heart!" 

    This moment is a guaranteed tear jerker. But the most full circle moment of all was seeing his son watch his father be taken away in the police car, because eventually John still had to give up his life for his son. 

  2. Training Day

    Detective Alonzo Harris teaches LAPD officer Jake Hoyt some major lessons on the job. Specifically requesting Jake smoke narcotics in the car, and pulling out his piece when he declines. Jake quickly realizes working with Harris will not be easy once he finds out that the marijuana he smoked is laced. 

     

  3. Flight

    Denzel Washington plays a flight captain who is also a functioning addict. But life seems to take a drastic turn when his flight takes a devastating crash. As he comes to terms with who he is as an addict, his team tries to find every best possible way to keep him away from alcohol and drugs. But as his court hearing approaches, the team quickly comes to find that he is just not ready to be sober. 

  4. American Gangster

    Frank Lucas, played by Denzel Washington, goes from chauffeur to powerful mobster. Frank knows how to play the game and uses strategy to implement strict business practices while taking over the inner city. 

    Frank finds himself face to face with Tango, who owes him money. And to prove a point to anyone who crosses him, he kills Tango right in broad daylight, with everyone around. 

  5. Fences

    Fences is a powerful movie about a working-class African-American family in the 1950s, while also coming to terms with the not-so-great events affecting their lives.

    Troy (Denzel Washington) gives his best attempt to tell Rose (Viola Davis) he's cheated on her because he feels like his life is stagnant. 

  6. He Got Game

    Spike Lee tells the story of Jesus's (Ray Allen) pressures as the nation's best high school basketball player and his very complicated relationship or lack thereof with his father (Denzel Washington), who gave him the fire and passion to play ball. Jesus hasn't connected with his father in a while, because his father is doing time for murdering his wife, Jesus's mom, and Jesus hasn't fully dealt with how it all happened.

    His father was tough and pushed him extremely hard to be the best at basketball, even if it meant roughing him up a bit. As Jesus faces picking a school he'd like to attend to play ball, his father is released on a short leave from prison to try to convince Jesus what school to play for. But Jesus is less than excited to face his father and all the scheming people who are trying to dictate his choices.

     

  7. Man On Fire

    In Mexico City, a former assassin (Denzel Washington) is hired to protect a family who's daughter (Dakota Fanning) is kidnapped by killers. He swears to seek revenge on the group who has committed this unspeakable act against the family.

    The killers have daughter Pita up for ransom, and they won't stop terrorizing the family until someone dies. So his last obstacle he's tasked with is trading his life for the little girl's, and it gives her another chance at life.

  8. Remember the Titans

    In 1971, after football coach Yoast led his team to 15 winning seasons, he gets demoted and replaced by Herman Boone, a tough, opinionated, Black coach. The story highlights how these two men overcome their differences and try to help a group of hostile young football players learn to work together and make history.

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