Vulture rankings

On Friday, Will Leitch and Tim Grierson over at Vulture Devouring Culture published a guide on where to watch Denzel’s films: Want to Watch Some Denzel? Here’s a Streaming Guide to All 44 of His Movies.

Scenes from some of the films are embedded in the article. So, of course, I had to rewatch the ending of Man On Fire. And, of course, I started crying as soon as Pita screamed, “CREASY!” I can’t help it.

Here are Leitch and Grierson’s rankings. I was a little surprised to see The Magnificent Seven ranked so far down on the list. I’d like to hear your thoughts about that and the rest of their rankings.

Rank	Film
1	Malcolm X (1992)
2	Training Day (2001)
3	He Got Game (1998)
4	Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)
5	Crimson Tide (1995)
6	Mo’ Better Blues (1990)
7	Mississippi Masala (1992)
8	Flight (2012)
9	Glory (1989)
10	Inside Man (2006)
11	The Mighty Quinn (1989)
12	The Hurricane (1999)
13	Man on Fire (2004)
14	Cry Freedom (1987)
15	A Soldier’s Story (1984)
16	American Gangster (2007)
17	Unstoppable (2010)
18	The Equalizer (2014)
19	Antwone Fisher (2002)
20	The Siege (1998)
21	Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
22	Remember the Titans (2000)
23	Out of Time (2003)
24	Courage Under Fire (1996)
25	The Pelican Brief (1993)
26	Power (1986)
27	The Great Debaters (2007)
28	Philadelphia (1993)
29	Safe House (2012)
30	For Queen and Country (1989)
31	Ricochet (1991)
32	The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
33	Fallen (1998)
34	The Book of Eli (2010)
35	The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009)
36	The Magnificent Seven (2016)
37	The Preacher’s Wife (1996)
38	The Bone Collector (1999)
39	2 Guns (2013)
40	Deja Vu (2006)
41	Virtuosity (1995)
42	John Q. (2002)
43	Carbon Copy (1981)
44	Heart Condition (1990)

The Ratings

For those unfamiliar with the Denzealot rating system, here is the key to the ratings, in ascending order from “Been Took” (not so good) to “This Is What He Does”—the highest and rarest of ratings, which represents Denzel’s very best work.

1 star = Been Took
2 stars = Led Astray
3 stars = Hoodwinked
4 stars = Run Amok
5 stars = Bamboozled
6 stars = This Is What He Does

The second five polls

The first five movie polls are closed, and the second five are up. They’ll be open until 7:00 a.m. on Tuesday, July 26.

Remember, all polls are published in the order they were reviewed by Kevin and Kamau on the podcast. See the schedule for details.

For those unfamiliar with the Denzealot rating system, following is a key of the ratings, in ascending order from  “Been Took” (not so good) to “This Is What He Does”—the highest and rarest of ratings, which represents Denzel’s very best work.

1 star = Been Took
2 stars = Led Astray
3 stars = Hoodwinked
4 stars = Run Amok
5 stars = Bamboozled
6 stars = This Is What He Does

Thanks to everyone for participating!

The first five polls

The first five polls are live! They’ll be open for one week starting today, July 12.

All polls will be published in the order they were reviewed by Kevin and Kamau on the podcast. See the schedule for details.

Coming soon

Starting Tuesday, July 12, I’ll begin posting polls of each Denzel Washington film. Each poll will be live for one week, so watch this space beginning July 12, and add your ratings!

In the meantime, I’ll post a few miscellaneous polls here and there to test the features and formatting. Here’s the first.