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 April 2024.

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

  1. Platoon
  2. Godfather of Harlem
  3. Arrival
  4. Ernest & Celestine
  5. The Last King of Scotland
  6. The Great Debaters
  7. Southpaw
  8. Good Morning, Vietnam
  9. The Butler
  10. The Crying Game
  11. Bird
  12. Phone Booth
  13. Deacons for Defense
  14. Panic Room
  15. Street Kings
  16. Crips and Bloods: Made in America
  17. Burden
  18. Zulu
  19. Lullaby for Pi
  20. Respect
  21. Vantage Point
  22. Hurricane Season
  23. City of Lies
  24. Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
  25. The Experiment
  26. Phenomenon
  27. Repo Men
  28. Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior
  29. Powder Blue
  30. Article 99

Stream the top 30 Movies and Shows starring Forest Whitaker

1. 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.

2. 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.

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. Ernest & Celestine

Rated: PG

7.8/10

Celestine is a little mouse trying to avoid a dental career while Ernest is a big bear craving an artistic outlet. When Celestine meets Ernest, they overcome their natural enmity by forging a life of crime together.

5. The Last King of Scotland

Rated: R

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.

6. The Great Debaters

Rated: PG-13

7.5/10

The true story of a brilliant but politically radical debate team coach who uses the power of words to transform a group of underdog African-American college students into a historical powerhouse that took on the Harvard elite.

7. Southpaw

Rated: R

7.3/10

Billy "The Great" Hope, the reigning junior middleweight boxing champion, has an impressive career, a loving wife and daughter, and a lavish lifestyle. However, when tragedy strikes, Billy hits rock bottom, losing his family, his house and his manager. He soon finds an unlikely savior in Tick Willis, a former fighter who trains the city's toughest amateur boxers. With his future on the line, Hope fights to reclaim the trust of those he loves the most.

8. 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.

9. The Butler

Rated: PG-13

7.2/10

A look at the life of Cecil Gaines who served eight presidents as the White House's head butler from 1952 to 1986, and had a unique front-row seat as political and racial history was made.

10. The Crying Game

Rated: R

7.2/10

Irish Republican Army member Fergus forms an unexpected bond with Jody, a kidnapped British soldier in his custody, despite the warnings of fellow IRA members Jude and Maguire. Jody makes Fergus promise he'll visit his girlfriend, Dil, in London, and when Fergus flees to the city, he seeks her out. Hounded by his former IRA colleagues, he finds himself increasingly drawn to the enigmatic, and surprising, Dil.

11. Bird

Rated: R

7.1/10

Saxophone player Charlie Parker comes to New York in 1940. He is quickly noticed for his remarkable way of playing. He becomes a drug addict but his loving wife Chan tries to help him.

12. 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.

13. Deacons for Defense

Rated: R

7.0/10

Inspired by a true story, this drama is set in 1965, not long after passage of the Civil Rights Act. Despite the Act, the African-American citizens of Bogalusa are still treated like third-class citizens, their fundamental rights as human beings persistently trampled by the white power structure, in general, and the local branch of the KKK. The story follows the formation of local black men, particularly ex-war veterans who after the struggles become too overbearing organizes the group, "Deacons for defense", an all-black defense group dedicated to patrolling the black section of town and protecting its residents from the more violent aspects of "white backlash."

14. Panic Room

Rated: R

6.8/10

Shot over a three-month period, PANIC ROOM documents a small Tokyo apartment before and after the East Japan earthquake and the ensuing nuclear outbreak in 2011. The ordinary apartment, a seemingly uneventful domestic space, suddenly becomes a mirror of both a collapsing physical reality and a shaken personal state, creating an intertwining parallel between the external and the psychological that reflects the panicking times of the great catastrophe.

15. 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.

16. Crips and Bloods: Made in America

Rated: Not Rated

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.

17. 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.

18. Zulu

Rated: MA15+

6.7/10

As a child, Ali Neuman narrowly escaped being murdered by Inkhata, a militant political party at war with Nelson Mandela's African National Congress. Only he and his mother survived the carnage of those years. But as with many survivors, the psychological scars remain.

19. Lullaby for Pi

Rated: Not Rated

6.7/10

A washed-up musician befriends a reclusive artist with an unusual name.

20. 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.

21. Vantage Point

Rated: PG-13

6.6/10

The attempted assassination of the American president is told and re-told from several different perspectives.

22. Hurricane Season

Rated: PG

6.5/10

Based on true events amid the wreckage and chaos dealt by Hurricane Katrina; one basketball coach in Marrero, Louisiana just will not give up. Coach Al Collins, gathers other players from hard-hit schools and builds a team actually worthy enough to go to the state playoffs.

23. 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.

24. 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.

25. The Experiment

Rated: R

6.4/10

20 men are chosen to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a psychological study that ultimately spirals out of control.

26. 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.

27. Repo Men

Rated: R

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.

28. Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior

Seasons: 1

Rated: TV-14

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.

29. Powder Blue

Rated: R

6.2/10

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

30. Article 99

Rated: R

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.