- Denzel Washington is one of the most beloved movie stars of all time.
- He’s been nominated for nine Oscars, with rumors of a 10th buzzing after “Gladiator II.”
- But not all of his films have been hits with critics.
If you think about the greatest movie stars of the last five decades, there’s no way Denzel Washington doesn’t make that list.
In addition to having two Academy Awards from nine nominations, he’s also been a major box-office draw and the star of at least one successful franchise (“The Equalizer”). He was also named People’s Sexiest Man Alive in 1996, the first man of color to receive the honor.
But even if the 69-year-old is widely considered one of the finest actors of his generation, it doesn’t mean all of his films are stone-cold classics — though, admittedly, even the bad ones are entertaining.
We used Rotten Tomatoes scores to determine the best and worst movies of Washington’s career, according to critics.
