Every Denzel Washington Movie Ranked Worst To Best

"Oscar-winner turns into an action star" is basically a genre unto itself at this point, but unlike many other actors Washington actually made his transition work.

Directed by another of the actor's key collaborators, Antoine Fuqua, The Equalizer casts Washington as Robert McCall, an intelligence officer whose quiet retirement is disrupted by a young sex worker (Chloe Grace Moretz) in need of protection.

Deeply flawed and brutal, Washington is more imposing here than he's perhaps ever been, boosting the action hit to greatness with his steely-eyed vigilantism.