Every Denzel Washington Movie Ranked Worst To Best

Based on Charles Fuller's Pulitzer-winning play, A Soldier's Story follows an officer (Henry Rollins) as he investigates the death of a Black lieutenant (Adolph Caesar) in Jim Crow Louisiana.

Harrowing in its depiction of post-WW2 racism within the US Army, the drama works as both a stunning indictment of injustice and an enthralling murder mystery.

Washington appears sparingly as a cunning private caught up in the investigation, and he gives perhaps the film's finest performance as a man with a devastating secret. Even this early in his career, the actor's greatness shines.