Every Denzel Washington Movie Ranked Worst To Best

Scoring him his ninth (!) Oscar nomination, Roman J. Israel Esq finds Washington leading one of the most enrapturing character studies of his career.

Starring as a idealistic, slightly naive, and endearingly vulnerable lawyer caught up in a series of professional hardships, Washington gives a performance unlike any other, stripping away his usual air of confidence to bring Roman's troubles into vivid focus.

The film may struggle to fully match him in parts due to a script unsure of how to tie everything together, but Washington makes every step of Roman's tragic, enraging quest for justice worth sticking around for all the same.