Movies starring Jamie Foxx
Ali, Michael Mann's attempt to chronicle ten pivotal years in the life of former heavyweight boxing champion Muhammed Ali, suffers from the most common ailment of motion picture biographies – trying to do too much in a limited time. While Al...
U.S. Release Date: 2001-12-25
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Mann
Cast: Will Smith, Michael Michele, Nona M. Gaye, ...
It takes something lackluster like The Amazing Spider-Man 2 to remind viewers why movies like Captain America: The Winter Soldier are considered superior. In the superhero genre, it's too easy to become sloppy and fall back on clichés. The fifth S...
U.S. Release Date: 2014-05-02
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE
Director: Marc Webb
Cast: Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Jamie Foxx, ...
Most remakes are unnecessary but Annie is a bigger offender than many. Reeking of redundancy, the film not only proves incapable of overcoming the inevitable sense of déjà vu but, despite a host of cosmetic changes, it fails to answer the questio...
U.S. Release Date: 2014-12-25
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: MUSICAL
Director: Will Gluck
Cast: Jamie Foxx, Quvenzhane Wallis, Rose Byrne, ...
It is well known that superlative film editing can save a mediocre motion picture. Sadly, the opposite can also be true. A case in point is Any Given Sunday, which, despite a potentially engaging story and a number of good performances, is at tim...
U.S. Release Date: 1999-12-22
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Nudity, Sexual Situations)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Oliver Stone
Cast: Al Pacino, Lela Rochon, Lawrence Taylor, ...
Edgar Wright’s Baby Driver seeks to inject a dose of high octane into a heist film while illustrating how it’s possible to make a car chase exciting in an era when few action staples have become more boring and predictable. The film also s...
U.S. Release Date: 2017-06-28
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Action/Thriller
Director: Edgar Wright
Cast: Ansel Elgort, Flea, CJ Jones, ...
Collateral is a classic example of how casting against type can sometimes result in a remarkable success. Here we have Tom Cruise, who has spent the majority of his career playing the good-looking, likeable, action/romantic lead, placed into the r...
U.S. Release Date: 2004-08-06
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Michael Mann
Cast: Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx, Jada Pinkett Smith, ...
One of the great strengths of Quentin Tarantino's films is the way his love of cinema permeates every frame. From subtle, throw-away lines and in-jokes to more obvious nods (such as the "old fashioned" Columbia logo at the beginning or the '70s-sty...
U.S. Release Date: 2012-12-25
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Nudity)
Genre: ACTION/WESTERN
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Cast: Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, ...
Dreamgirls is a wonderful entertainment: a musical that, while not skimping on the music, delivers a multi-layered storyline featuring complex characters. The average Hollywood musical focuses on spectacle and, while there's some of that to be fou...
U.S. Release Date: 2006-12-15
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Situations, Drugs)
Genre: MUSICAL
Director: Bill Condon
Cast: Jamie Foxx, Beyonce Knowles, Eddie Murphy, ...
Reuniting director Todd Phillips with the actor whose name no one can pronounce (the inimitable Zach Galifianakis) would seem to represent an excellent cornerstone for another laugh-till-you-drop comedy. Add Robert Downey Jr., possibly the best Am...
U.S. Release Date: 2010-11-05
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Todd Phillips
Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Zach Galifianakis, Michelle Monaghan, ...
Sometimes, it's all about the cast. That comment isn't meant to disparage the scriptwriting of Michael Markowitz, John Francis Daley, and Jonathan Goldstein, who offer their share of amusing situations and snappy one-liners, or the direction of Se...
U.S. Release Date: 2011-07-08
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Violence, Drugs)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Seth Gordon
Cast: Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, Jason Sudeikis, ...