21 Movies Starring Will Smith

Made in America

Made in America

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1993-05-28

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, France

Runtime:

111 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

4.9 (11349 Reviews)

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

Marcia Brandwynne (story)

Nadine Schiff (story)

Holly Goldberg Sloan (story)

Holly Goldberg Sloan (screenplay)

Fullplot:

A young black woman discovers that her father was a sperm donor, and if that weren't bad enough, he's white.

Six Degrees of Separation

Six Degrees of Separation

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1993-12-08

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

112 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (15568 Reviews)

Director:

Fred Schepisi

Cast:

Writer:

John Guare (play)

John Guare (screenplay)

Fullplot:

New Yorkers Ouisa and Flan Kittredge are upper class private art dealers, pretentious but compassionate. Their prized possession is a double sided Kandinsky, one side that represents control, the other side chaos. They relay a story to their friends and acquaintances that over time becomes legendary. It is their encounter with a young black man who they had never met or heard of but who comes stumbling upon their front door one evening as they are courting an important investor, Geoffrey Miller, who could make them wealthy beyond what they could have dreamed. That black man is Paul Poitier, who has just arrived in the city, was just mugged outside their building and is sporting a minor knife wound to the abdomen. He is a friend of the Kittredge's children, who are attending Harvard, but more importantly is the son of actor/director Sidney Poitier. Tomorrow, Paul is meeting up with his father who is in town directing a movie of "Cats". Beyond the attraction of talking Paul into getting them roles in the movie, Ouisa, Flan and Geoffrey all end up being captivated by the charm, charisma, pedigree and eloquence of Paul, who the Kittredges, after tending to his wounds, invite to stay the night. Their encounter with Paul ends up being an all too familiar story, which they will soon learn, and leads the Kittredges on a search for Paul after he leaves their abode the next morning. In that search, Ouisa, in particular, begins to view critically their life and just how much compassion they really have.

Bad Boys

Bad Boys

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1995-04-07

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

118 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (156967 Reviews)

Director:

Michael Bay

Cast:

Writer:

George Gallo (story)

Michael Barrie (screenplay)

Jim Mulholland (screenplay)

Doug Richardson (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Marcus Burnett is a hen-pecked family man. Mike Lowry is a foot-loose and fancy free ladies' man. Both are Miami policemen, and both have 72 hours to reclaim a consignment of drugs stolen from under their station's nose. To complicate matters, in order to get the assistance of the sole witness to a murder, they have to pretend to be each other.

Independence Day

Independence Day

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1996-07-03

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

145 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (390063 Reviews)

Director:

Roland Emmerich

Cast:

Writer:

Dean Devlin

Roland Emmerich

Fullplot:

On July 2nd, communications systems worldwide are sent into chaos by a strange atmospheric interference. It is soon learned by the military that a number of enormous objects are on a collision course with Earth. At first thought to be meteors, they are later revealed to be gigantic spacecraft, piloted by a mysterious alien species. After attempts to communicate with the aliens go nowhere, David Levinson, an ex-scientist turned cable technician, discovers that the aliens are going to attack major points around the globe in less than a day. On July 3rd, the aliens all but obliterate New York, Los Angeles and Washington, as well as Paris, London, Houston and Moscow. The survivors set out in convoys towards Area 51, a strange government testing ground where it is rumored the military has a captured alien spacecraft of their own. The survivors devise a plan to fight back against the enslaving aliens, and July 4th becomes the day humanity will fight for its freedom. July 4th is their Independence Day...

Men in Black

Men in Black

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1997-07-02

Languages:

English, Spanish

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

98 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (363455 Reviews)

Genres:

ComedySci-Fi

Cast:

Writer:

Lowell Cunningham (comic)

Ed Solomon (screen story)

Ed Solomon (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Based off of the comic book. Unbeknownst to other people, there is a private agency code named MiB. This agency is some kind of extra terrestrial surveillance corporation. Then, one of the agency's finest men only going by the name "K", is recruiting for a new addition to the agency. He has chosen James Edwards of the N.Y.P.D. Then, one day, a flying saucer crashes into Earth. This was an alien a part of the "Bug" race. He takes the body of a farmer and heads to New York. He is searching for a super energy source called "The Galaxy". Now, Agents J and K must stop the bug before it can escape with the galaxy.

Enemy of the State

Enemy of the State

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1998-11-20

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

132 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (175848 Reviews)

Director:

Tony Scott

Fullplot:

Robert dean is a mild-mannered lawyer who works in Washington D.C. He is on the trail of a kingpin named Pintero. Meanwhile, a politician named Thomas Reynolds is negotiating with Congressman Phillip Hammersley about a new surveillance system with satellites. But, Hammersley declines, that is when Reynolds had Hammersley killed, but this murder was caught on tape, and this person was being chased by Reynolds' team of NSA agents, the guy must ditch the tape, so he plants it on Dean (unbeknownst to Dean). Then, the NSA decides to get into Dean's life. That is when Dean's life began to fall apart all around him, with his wife and job both gone. Dean wants to find out what is going on. Then, he meets a man named "Brill" who tells him that Dean has something that the government wants. That is when Dean and Brill formulate a plan to get Dean's life back and turn the Tables on Reynolds.

Wild Wild West

Wild Wild West

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1999-06-30

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

106 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

4.8 (122655 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Jim Thomas (story)

John Thomas (story)

S.S. Wilson (screenplay)

Brent Maddock (screenplay)

Jeffrey Price (screenplay)

Peter S. Seaman (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Jim West is a guns-a-blazing former Civil War hero. Artemus Gordon is an inventive U.S. Marshal who excels in disguise. When the United States is threatened by psychotic Confederate Arliss Loveless, President Ulysses Grant teams the duo up to bring him to justice. On a hazard-packed train journey from Washington D.C. to Utah, West and Gordon must combine their skills to best Loveless and his diabolical machines.

Men in Black II

Men in Black II

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-07-03

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

88 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.1 (242445 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Lowell Cunningham (comic book "Malibu Comics")

Robert Gordon (story)

Robert Gordon (screenplay)

Barry Fanaro (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Kay and Jay reunite to provide our best, last and only line of defense against a sinister seductress who levels the toughest challenge yet to the MIBs untarnished mission statement: protecting the earth from the scum of the universe. It's been four years since the alien-seeking agents averted an intergalactic disaster of epic proportions. And now it's a race against the clock as Jay must convince Kay-who not only has absolutely no memory of his time spent with the Men In Black, but is also the only living person left with the expertise to save the galaxy-to reunite with the MIB before the earth submits to ultimate destruction.

The Legend of Bagger Vance

The Legend of Bagger Vance

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2000-11-03

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

126 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (42805 Reviews)

Director:

Robert Redford

Cast:

Writer:

Steven Pressfield (novel)

Jeremy Leven (screenplay)

Fullplot:

A disillusioned war veteran, Captain Rannulph Junah, reluctantly agrees to play a game of golf. He finds the game futile until his caddy, Bagger Vance, teaches him the secret of the authentic golf stroke which turns out also to be the secret to mastering any challenge and finding meaning in life.

Bad Boys II

Bad Boys II

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2003-07-18

Languages:

English, Spanish

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

147 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (164957 Reviews)

Director:

Michael Bay

Cast:

Writer:

George Gallo (characters)

Marianne Wibberley (story)

Cormac Wibberley (story)

Ron Shelton (story)

Ron Shelton (screenplay)

Jerry Stahl (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Narcotics cops Mike Lowrey and Marcus Bennett head up a task force investigating the flow of ecstasy into Miami. Their search leads to a dangerous kingpin, whose plan to control the city's drug traffic has touched off an underground war. Meanwhile, things get sexy between Mike and Syd, Marcus's sister.

Ali

Ali

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2001-12-25

Languages:

English, French

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

157 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (73782 Reviews)

Director:

Michael Mann

Cast:

Writer:

Gregory Allen Howard (story)

Stephen J. Rivele (screenplay)

Christopher Wilkinson (screenplay)

Eric Roth (screenplay)

Michael Mann (screenplay)

Fullplot:

In 1964, a brash new pro boxer, fresh from his olympic gold medal victory, explodes on to the scene, Cassius Clay. Bold and outspoken, he cuts an entirely new image for African Americans in sport with his proud public self confidence with his unapologetic belief that he is the greatest boxer of all time. To his credit, he sets out to prove that with his highly agile and forceful style soon making him a formidable boxer who soon claims the heavyweight championship. His personal life is no less noteworthy with his allegiance to the Nation of Islam, his friendship with the controversial Malcolm X and his abandonment of his slave name in favour of Muhammad Ali stirring up controversy. Yet, at the top of his game, both Ali's personal and professional lives face the ultimate test with the military draft rules are changed, making him eligible for military induction during the Vietnam War. Despite the fact that he could easily agree to a sweetheart deal that would have meant an easy tour of duty for himself, Ali refuses to submit on principle to cooperate in an unjust war for a racist nation that treated his people so poorly. The cost of that stand is high as he finds himself unable to legally box in his own country while his case is contested in court. What follows is a battle for a man who would sacrifice so much for what he believes in and a comeback that would cement his legend as one of the great sports figures of all time.

Shark Tale

Shark Tale

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2004-10-01

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

90 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

(121250 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Michael J. Wilson (screenplay)

Rob Letterman (screenplay)

Scott Aukerman (additional dialogue)

Alec Berg (additional dialogue)

Sean Bishop (additional dialogue)

BJ Porter (additional dialogue)

Jeff Schaffer (additional dialogue)

Lona Williams (additional dialogue)

David P. Smith (additional dialogue)

David Soren (additional dialogue)

Fullplot:

The sea underworld is shaken up when the son of the shark mob boss is found dead and a young fish named Oscar is found at the scene. Being a bottom feeder, Oscar takes advantage of the situation and makes himself look like he killed the finned mobster. Oscar soon comes to realize that his claim may have serious consequences.

I, Robot

I, Robot

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2004-07-16

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, Germany

Runtime:

115 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (347589 Reviews)

Director:

Alex Proyas

Cast:

Writer:

Jeff Vintar (screenplay)

Akiva Goldsman (screenplay)

Jeff Vintar (screen story)

Isaac Asimov (suggested by book)

Fullplot:

Set in a future Earth (2035 A.D.) where robots are common assistants and workers for their human owners, this is the story of "robotophobic" Chicago Police Detective Del Spooner's investigation into the murder of Dr. Alfred Lanning, who works at U.S. Robotics, in which a robot, Sonny , appears to be implicated, even though that would mean the robot had violated the Three Laws of Robotics, which is apparently impossible. It seems impossible because.. if robots can break those laws, there's nothing to stop them from taking over the world, as humans have grown to become completely dependent upon their robots. Or maybe... they already have? Aiding Spooner in his investigation is a psychologist, Dr. Susan Calvin, who specializes in the psyches of robots.

Shark Tale

Shark Tale

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2004-10-01

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

90 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

(121771 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Michael J. Wilson (screenplay)

Rob Letterman (screenplay)

Scott Aukerman (additional dialogue)

Alec Berg (additional dialogue)

Sean Bishop (additional dialogue)

BJ Porter (additional dialogue)

Jeff Schaffer (additional dialogue)

Lona Williams (additional dialogue)

David P. Smith (additional dialogue)

David Soren (additional dialogue)

Fullplot:

The sea underworld is shaken up when the son of the shark mob boss is found dead and a young fish named Oscar is found at the scene. Being a bottom feeder, Oscar takes advantage of the situation and makes himself look like he killed the finned mobster. Oscar soon comes to realize that his claim may have serious consequences.

Hitch

Hitch

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2005-02-11

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

118 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (228917 Reviews)

Director:

Andy Tennant

Fullplot:

Alex Hitchens is "The Date Doctor." He helps men to land dates. Sara is a gossip columnist for a New York City tabloid. Both are very guarded around the opposite sex. Despite their natures, Alex and Sara begin a relationship. Complications ensue when Sara's latest scoop happens to be one of Alex's clients.

Hancock

Hancock

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-07-02

Languages:

English, Japanese

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

92 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (306728 Reviews)

Director:

Peter Berg

Cast:

Writer:

Vincent Ngo

Vince Gilligan

Fullplot:

The powerful superhero John Hancock has become a joke because of his alcoholism and clumsiness. He has also become the most hated man in Los Angeles. Though he has saved many lives, he also destroyed a lot of property, costing the city millions every time he goes into action. When he saves the life of PR expert Ray Embrey from an oncoming train, the executive is thankful and believes he can restore Hancock's image as a true superhero. He brings the anti-hero home for dinner and introduces him to his son Aaron, a big fan, and to his wife, Mary. But for some mysterious reason Mary doesn't want Hancock anywhere near her or her family.

The Pursuit of Happyness

The Pursuit of Happyness

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2006-12-15

Languages:

English, Cantonese

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

117 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

7.9 (307587 Reviews)

Fullplot:

Based on a true story about a man named Christopher Gardner. Gardner has invested heavily in a device known as a "Bone Density scanner". He feels like he has made these devices. However, they do not sell as they are marginally better than the current technology at a much higher price. As Gardner tries to figure out how to sell them, his wife leaves him, he loses his house, his bank account, and credit cards. Forced to live out in the streets with his son, Gardner is now desperate to find a steady job; he takes on a job as a stockbroker, but before he can receive pay, he needs to go through 6 months of training, and to sell his devices.

I Am Legend

I Am Legend

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-12-14

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

101 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (477519 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Mark Protosevich (screenplay)

Akiva Goldsman (screenplay)

Richard Matheson (novel)

John William Corrington

Joyce Hooper Corrington

Fullplot:

Robert Neville is a scientist who was unable to stop the spread of the terrible virus that was incurable and man-made. Immune, Neville is now the last human survivor in what is left of New York City and perhaps the world. For three years, Neville has faithfully sent out daily radio messages, desperate to find any other survivors who might be out there. But he is not alone. Mutant victims of the plague -- The Infected -- lurk in the shadows... watching Neville's every move... waiting for him to make a fatal mistake. Perhaps mankind's last, best hope, Neville is driven by only one remaining mission: to find a way to reverse the effects of the virus using his own immune blood. But he knows he is outnumbered... and quickly running out of time.

Seven Pounds

Seven Pounds

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-12-19

Languages:

English, Spanish

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

123 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

7.7 (215673 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

Haunted by a secret, Ben Thomas looks for redemption by radically transforming the lives of seven people he doesn't know. Once his plan is set, nothing will be able to stop him. At least that's what he thinks. But Ben hadn't planned on falling in love with one of these people and she's the one who will end up transforming him.

Men in Black 3

Men in Black 3

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2012-05-25

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

106 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (243311 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Etan Cohen

Lowell Cunningham (based on the Malibu comic by)

Fullplot:

After breaking out of a moon-based maximum security prison, Boris the Animal decides to go back in time and eliminate the person who arrested him - Agent K. When he does so, Agent J realizes that the time line has been changed and he too travels back to July 15, 1969, the day before Agent K is killed. After overcoming some disbelief, J manages to convince K and others of just who he is and why he's there. With the help of a being who can see all time lines, they track Boris down. J also learns a secret, something K had never told him.

After Earth

After Earth

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-05-31

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

100 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

4.9 (146253 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Gary Whitta (screenplay)

M. Night Shyamalan (screenplay)

Will Smith (story)

Fullplot:

One thousand years after cataclysmic events forced humanity's escape from Earth, Nova Prime has become mankind's new home. Legendary General Cypher Raige returns from an extended tour of duty to his estranged family, ready to be a father to his 13-year-old son, Kitai. When an asteroid storm damages Cypher and Kitai's craft, they crash-land on a now unfamiliar and dangerous Earth. As his father lies dying in the cockpit, Kitai must trek across the hostile terrain to recover their rescue beacon. His whole life, Kitai has wanted nothing more than to be a soldier like his father. Today, he gets his chance.

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