Every Denzel Washington Movie Ranked Worst To Best

After years of working on-and-off with his brother Tony, it was only a matter of time before Washington turned up in Ridley Scott picture.

In the epic American Gangster, the actor brings his usual level of authority to the role of mobster Frank Lucas, a ruthless Harlem crime boss with a strict moral philosophy and hunger to make a name for himself.

Working as a gripping character study and a thrilling cat-and-mouse between Lucas and the detective on his tail (Russell Crowe), American Gangster is a career high for everyone involved, and finds Washington at his most pitiless and bitter.