Watch Forest Whitaker Movies and TV Shows in Australia

If you're looking to stream shows or movies starring Forest Whitaker in Australia then here is the definitive list. We show you which streaming providers currently have each of Forest Whitaker's most popular movies and shows available in their catalogue. List updated in October 2025.

List of the Best Movies and Shows Starring Forest Whitaker In Order of Popularity

  1. Godfather of Harlem
  2. Platoon
  3. Arrival
  4. The Last King of Scotland
  5. Good Morning, Vietnam
  6. Phone Booth
  7. Crips and Bloods: Made in America
  8. Street Kings
  9. Burden
  10. Respect
  11. City of Lies
  12. Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
  13. Phenomenon
  14. Repo Men
  15. Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior
  16. Finding Steve McQueen
  17. Powder Blue
  18. Article 99
  19. Taken 3
  20. The Forgiven
  21. Species
  22. The Enemy Within
  23. Bank Robber
  24. Battlefield Earth

Stream the top 24 Movies and Shows starring Forest Whitaker

1. Godfather of Harlem

Seasons: 4

Rated: TV-MA

8.1/10

Loosely based on infamous crime boss Bumpy Johnson, who in the early 1960s returned from ten years in prison to find the neighborhood he once ruled in shambles. With the streets controlled by the Italian mob, Bumpy attempts to regain his piece of Harlem.

2. Platoon

Rated: R

8.1/10

As a young and naive recruit in Vietnam, Chris Taylor faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man.

3. Arrival

Rated: PG-13

7.9/10

Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat.

4. The Last King of Scotland

Rated: MA15+

7.6/10

Young Scottish doctor, Nicholas Garrigan decides it's time for an adventure after he finishes his formal education, so he decides to try his luck in Uganda, and arrives during the downfall of President Obote. General Idi Amin comes to power and asks Garrigan to become his personal doctor.

5. Good Morning, Vietnam

Rated: R

7.3/10

Radio funny man Adrian Cronauer is sent to Vietnam to bring a little comedy back into the lives of the soldiers. After setting up shop, Cronauer delights the G.I.s but shocks his superior officer, Sergeant Major Dickerson, with his irreverent take on the war. While Dickerson attempts to censor Cronauer's broadcasts, Cronauer pursues a relationship with a Vietnamese girl named Trinh, who shows him the horrors of war first-hand.

6. Phone Booth

Rated: R

7.1/10

A slick New York publicist who picks up a ringing receiver in a phone booth is told that if he hangs up, he'll be killed... and the little red light from a laser rifle sight is proof that the caller isn't kidding.

7. Crips and Bloods: Made in America

Rated: M

6.8/10

With a first-person look at the notorious Crips and Bloods, this film examines the conditions that have lead to decades of devastating gang violence among young African Americans growing up in South Los Angeles.

8. Street Kings

Rated: R

6.8/10

Tom Ludlow is a disillusioned L.A. Police Officer, rarely playing by the rules and haunted by the death of his wife. When evidence implicates him in the execution of a fellow officer, he is forced to go up against the cop culture he's been a part of his entire career, ultimately leading him to question the loyalties of everyone around him.

9. Burden

Rated: M

6.7/10

Ku Klux Klansman Mike Burden opens the Redneck Shop and KKK museum in historic Laurens, SC. He subsequently falls in love with a single mother and, under her influence, quits the Klan and is taken in by an African American Reverend.

10. Respect

Rated: PG-13

6.6/10

The rise of Aretha Franklin’s career from a child singing in her father’s church’s choir to her international superstardom.

11. City of Lies

Rated: R

6.5/10

Los Angeles Police Department detective Russell Poole has spent years trying to solve his biggest case -- the murders of The Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur -- but after two decades, the investigation remains open. Jack Jackson, a reporter desperate to save his reputation and career, is determined to find out why. In search of the truth, the two team up and unravel a growing web of institutional corruption and lies.

12. Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey

Rated: PG

6.5/10

An imaginary world comes to life in a holiday tale of an eccentric toymaker, his adventurous granddaughter, and a magical invention that has the power to change their lives forever.

13. Phenomenon

Rated: PG

6.4/10

An ordinary man sees a bright light descend from the sky, and discovers he now has super-intelligence and telekinesis.

14. Repo Men

Rated: R18+

6.3/10

In the future, medical technology has advanced to the point where people can buy artificial organs to extend their lives. But if they default on payments, an organization known as the Union sends agents to repossess the organs. Remy is one of the best agents in the business, but when he becomes the recipient of an artificial heart, he finds himself in the same dire straits as his many victims.

15. Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior

Seasons: 1

Rated:

6.2/10

Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior was a short-lived American police procedural drama that aired on CBS. The show debuted in 2011 as a spin-off from the successful Criminal Minds, which had premiered in 2005. This edition's profiling team also worked for the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Behavioral Analysis Unit in Quantico, Virginia. In an April 2010 episode of Criminal Minds, during the show's fifth season, the original team met the new team and worked with them to find a San Francisco serial killer. This episode served as the new series' backdoor pilot.

16. Finding Steve McQueen

Rated: M

6.2/10

In 1972, a gang of close-knit thieves from Youngstown, Ohio attempt to steal $30 million in illegal contributions. Based on the true story of the biggest bank heist in US history.

17. Powder Blue

Rated: MA15+

6.2/10

On the gritty streets of LA, the destinies of four people desperate for connection and redemption are about to collide.

18. Article 99

Rated: M

6.1/10

Dr. Richard Sturgess leads a team of compassionate doctors at a veteran's hospital. Along with Drs. Morgan, Handleman and Van Dorn, he fights to deliver adequate care to needy veterans in the face of funding cuts and a corrupt administration. To succeed, the staff may have to bend the rules and circumvent the villainous "Article 99," a bureaucratic loophole that prevents veterans from receiving the benefits they deserve.

19. Taken 3

Rated: PG-13

6.0/10

Ex-government operative Bryan Mills finds his life is shattered when he's falsely accused of a murder that hits close to home. As he's pursued by a savvy police inspector, Mills employs his particular set of skills to track the real killer and exact his unique brand of justice.

20. The Forgiven

Rated: MA15+

6/10

After the end of Apartheid, Archbishop Desmond Tutu meets with a brutal murderer seeking redemption.

21. Species

Rated: R

5.9/10

In 1993, the Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence Project receives a transmission detailing an alien DNA structure, along with instructions on how to splice it with human DNA. The result is Sil, a sensual but deadly creature who can change from a beautiful woman to an armour-plated killing machine in the blink of an eye.

22. The Enemy Within

Rated: M

5.7/10

A officer with the Joint Chiefs of Staff uncovers a planned military coup of the U.S. government and has only one week to prevent the takeover.

23. Bank Robber

Rated: MA15+

4.4/10

After robbing a bank, the robber hides out from the police in a seedy hotel where he is forced to bribe various tennants for protection as well as their silence which becomes more difficult as greed takes over and the people demand more exuberant bribes from the bank robber to shelter and hide him.

24. Battlefield Earth

Rated: M

2.5/10

In the year 3000, man is no match for the Psychlos, a greedy, manipulative race of aliens on a quest for ultimate profit. Led by the powerful Terl, the Psychlos are stripping Earth clean of its natural resources, using the broken remnants of humanity as slaves. What is left of the human race has descended into a near primitive state. After being captured, it is up to Tyler to save mankind.