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Best Michael B. Jordan Movies and TV Shows Ranked

Michael B. Jordan poses backstage with the Oscar® for Actor in a Leading Role during the 98th Oscars® at Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 15, 2026. Credit/Provider: Etienne Laurent / The Academy
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Michael B. Jordan is one of the most popular and talented actors working today, and now he is an Oscar winner!

The actor first gained attention on TV for his roles in popular series like ‘The Wire‘ and ‘Friday Night Lights‘ before making a name for himself on the big screen in movies like ‘Chronicle‘ and ‘That Awkward Moment‘.

But it his collaborations with director Ryan Coogler such as ‘Fruitvale Station‘, ‘Creed‘, ‘Black Panther‘ and ‘Sinners‘, which have really resinated with audiences.
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Jordan would go on to star in ‘Creed II‘ before stepping into the director’s chair himself for ‘Creed III‘, which were both executive produced by Coogler, and even made a cameo in Coogler’s ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever‘.

In honor or Jordan’s recent Best Actor Oscar win for ‘Sinners’, Moviefone is counting down the 20 best movies and TV shows of Michael B. Jordan’s impressive and groundbreaking career.

Let’s begin!

Related Article: Director Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan Discuss Making ‘Sinners’

20. ‘Fantastic Four‘ (2015)

(L to R) Miles Teller, Kate Mara, Michael B. Jordan and Jamie Bell in 2015’s ‘Fantastic Four.’ Photo: 20th Century Fox.

Four young outsiders (Miles Teller, Kate Mara, Jamie Bell and Jordan) teleport to a dangerous universe, which alters their physical form in shocking ways. Their lives irrevocably upended, the team must learn to harness their daunting new abilities and work together to save Earth from a former friend (Toby Kebbell) turned enemy.
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19. ‘Kin‘ (2018)

A young boy finds a powerful otherworldly weapon, which he uses to save his older adoptive brother from a crew of thugs. Before long, the two of them are also pursued by federal agents and mysterious mercenaries aiming to reclaim their asset.
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18. ‘Hardball‘ (2001)

An aimless young man (Keanu Reeves) who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago as a condition of getting a loan from a friend.
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17. ‘A Journal for Jordan‘ (2021)

Based on the true story of First Sergeant Charles Monroe King (Jordan), a soldier deployed to Iraq begins to keep a journal of love and advice for his infant son. Back at home, senior New York Times editor Dana Canedy (Chanté Adams) revisits the story of her unlikely, life-altering relationship with King and his enduring devotion to her and their child.
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16. ‘Parenthood‘ (2010-2015)

The trials and tribulations of the very large, colorful and imperfect Braverman family.
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15. ‘That Awkward Moment‘ (2014)

(L to R) Miles Teller, Michael B. Jordan and Zac Efron in ‘That Awkward Moment’. Photo: Focus Features.

Best pals Jason (Zac Efron) and Daniel (Miles Teller) indulge in casual flings and revel in their carefree, unattached lives. After learning that the marriage of their friend Mikey (Jordan) is over, they gladly welcome him back into their circle. The three young men make a pact to have fun and avoid commitment. However, when all three find themselves involved in serious relationships, they must keep their romances secret from one another.
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14. ‘Red Tails‘ (2012)

The story of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first African-American pilots to fly in a combat squadron during World War II.
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13. ‘Just Mercy‘ (2020)

The powerful true story of Harvard-educated lawyer Bryan Stevenson (Jordan), who goes to Alabama to defend the disenfranchised and wrongly condemned — including Walter McMillian (Jamie Foxx), a man sentenced to death despite evidence proving his innocence. Bryan fights tirelessly for Walter with the system stacked against them.
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12. ‘Fahrenheit 451‘ (2018)

In an oppressive future, a ‘fireman’ (Jordan) whose duty is to destroy all books begins to question his task.
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11. ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever‘ (2022)

Queen Ramonda (Angela Bassett), Shuri (Letitia Wright), M’Baku (Winston Duke), Okoye (Danai Gurira) and the Dora Milaje fight to protect their nation from intervening world powers in the wake of King T’Challa’s (Chadwick Boseman) death. As the Wakandans strive to embrace their next chapter, the heroes must band together with the help of War Dog Nakia (Lupita Nyong’o) and Everett Ross (Martin Freeman) and forge a new path for the kingdom of Wakanda.
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10. ‘Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse‘ (2021)

Michael B. Jordan as John Kelly in Prime Video’s ‘Without Remorse.’ Photo: Amazon.

When a squad of Russian soldiers kills his family in retaliation for his role in a top-secret op, Sr. Chief John Kelly (Jordan) pursues the assassins at all costs. Joining forces with a fellow SEAL (Jodie Turner-Smith) and a shadowy CIA agent (Jamie Bell), Kelly’s mission unwittingly exposes a covert plot that threatens to engulf the U.S. and Russia in an all-out war. Torn between personal honor and loyalty to his country, Kelly must fight his enemies without remorse if he hopes to avert disaster and reveal the powerful figures behind the conspiracy.
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9. ‘Chronicle‘ (2012)

Three high school students (Dane DeHaan, Alex Russell and Jordan) make an incredible discovery, leading to their developing uncanny powers beyond their understanding. As they learn to control their abilities and use them to their advantage, their lives start to spin out of control, and their darker sides begin to take over.
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8. ‘Creed II‘ (2018)

Between personal obligations and training for his next big fight against an opponent with ties to his family’s past, Adonis Creed (Jordan) is up against the challenge of his life.
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7. ‘Friday Night Lights‘ (2006-2011)

The trials and triumphs of life in the small town of Dillon, Texas, where high school football is everything.
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6.’Creed III‘ (2023)

After dominating the boxing world, Adonis Creed (Jordan) has thrived in his career and family life. When a childhood friend and former boxing prodigy, Damian Anderson (Jonathan Majors), resurfaces after serving a long sentence in prison, he is eager to prove that he deserves his shot in the ring. The face-off between former friends is more than just a fight. To settle the score, Adonis must put his future on the line to battle Damian — a fighter with nothing to lose.
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5. ‘Fruitvale Station‘ (2013)

(L to R) Michael B. Jordan and Kevin Durand in ‘Fruitvale Station.’ Photo: The Weinstein Company.

Oakland, California. Young Afro-American Oscar Grant (Jordan) crosses paths with family members, friends, enemies and strangers before facing his fate on the platform at Fruitvale Station, in the early morning hours of New Year’s Day 2009.
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4. ‘The Wire‘ (2002-2008)

Told from the points of view of both the Baltimore homicide and narcotics detectives and their targets, the series captures a universe in which the national war on drugs has become a permanent, self-sustaining bureaucracy, and distinctions between good and evil are routinely obliterated.
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3. ‘Black Panther‘ (2018)

King T’Challa (Chadwick Boseman) returns home to the reclusive, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda to serve as his country’s new leader. However, T’Challa soon finds that he is challenged for the throne by factions within his own country as well as without. Using powers reserved to Wakandan kings, T’Challa assumes the Black Panther mantle to join with ex-girlfriend Nakia (Lupita Nyong’o), the queen-mother (Angela Bassett), his princess-kid sister (Letitia Wright), members of the Dora Milaje (the Wakandan ‘special forces’) and an American secret agent (Martin Freeman), to prevent Wakanda from being dragged into a world war.
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2. ‘Creed‘ (2015)

The former World Heavyweight Champion Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) serves as a trainer and mentor to Adonis Johnson (Jordan), the son of his late friend and former rival Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers).
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1. ‘Sinners‘ (2025)

Michael B. Jordan as Smoke and Stack in Warner Bros. Pictures’ ‘Sinners,’ a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo Credit: Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures. Copyright: © 2025 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers (Jordan) return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.
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March 25, 2026
Best Original Superhero Movies

Owen Wilson as Jack in ‘Secret Headquarters’ from Paramount Pictures.

While Marvel and DC certainly have a stronghold on releasing popular superhero movies, Hollywood has produced its own original superhero films over the years.

For example, the original superhero movie ‘Secret Headquarters‘ premieres on Paramount+ August 12th and stars Owen Wilson and Michael Pena. In honor of ‘Secret Headquarters,’ Moviefone is counting down the ten best original superhero movie of all time.

To qualify for this list, the movie must include superheroes but cannot be based on a previously published book, comic book, or other type of media.

Without further ado, let’s begin!

My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006)

When New York architect Matt Saunders (Luke Wilson) dumps his new girlfriend Jenny Johnson (Uma Thurman) – a smart, sexy and reluctant superhero known as G-Girl – she uses her powers to make his life a living hell!
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Push (2009)

After his father, an assassin, is brutally murdered, Nick Gant (Chris Evans) vows revenge on Division, the covert government agency that dabbles in psychic warfare and experimental drugs. Hiding in Hong Kong’s underworld, Nick assembles a band of rogue psychics dedicated to destroying Division. Together with Cassie (Dakota Fanning), a teenage clairvoyant, Nick goes in search of a missing girl and a stolen suitcase that could be the key to accomplishing their mutual goal.
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Hancock (2008)

Hancock (Will Smith) is a down-and-out superhero who’s forced to employ a PR expert (Jason Bateman) to help repair his image when the public grows weary of all the damage he’s inflicted during his lifesaving heroics. The agent’s idea of imprisoning the antihero to make the world miss him proves successful, but will Hancock stick to his new sense of purpose or slip back into old habits? Also starring Charlize Theron.
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Sky High (2005)

Set in a world where superheroes are commonly known and accepted, young Will Stronghold (Michael Angarano), the son of the Commander (Kurt Russell) and Jetstream, (Kelly Preston) tries to find a balance between being a normal teenager and an extraordinary being. Also starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Danielle Panabaker, Bruce Campbell and Lynda Carter.
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Chronicle (2012)

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Three high school students (Dane DeHaan, Alex Russell, and Michael B. Jordan) make an incredible discovery, leading to their developing uncanny powers beyond their understanding. As they learn to control their abilities and use them to their advantage, their lives start to spin out of control, and their darker sides begin to take over.
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Super (2011)

After his wife falls under the influence of a drug dealer, an everyday guy transforms himself into Crimson Bolt (Rainn Wilson), a superhero with the best intentions, though he lacks for heroic skills. Also starring Elliot Page, Liv Tyler, and Kevin Bacon.
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Darkman (1990)

Dr. Peyton Westlake (Liam Neeson) is on the verge of realizing a major breakthrough in synthetic skin when his laboratory is destroyed by gangsters. Having been burned beyond recognition and forever altered by an experimental medical procedure, Westlake becomes known as Darkman, assuming alternate identities in his quest for revenge and a new life with a former love (Frances McDormand).
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Unbreakable (2000)

An ordinary man (Bruce Willis) makes an extraordinary discovery when a train accident leaves his fellow passengers dead — and him unscathed. The answer to this mystery could lie with the mysterious Elijah Price (Samuel L. Jackson), a man who suffers from a disease that renders his bones as fragile as glass.
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RoboCop (1987)

In a violent, near-apocalyptic Detroit, evil corporation Omni Consumer Products wins a contract from the city government to privatize the police force. To test their crime-eradicating cyborgs, the company leads street cop Alex Murphy (Peter Weller) into an armed confrontation with crime lord Boddicker (Kurtwood Smith) so they can use his body to support their untested RoboCop prototype. But when RoboCop learns of the company’s nefarious plans, he turns on his masters. Also starring Karen Allen, Ronny Cox, and Miguel Ferrer.
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The Incredibles (2004)

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Bob Parr (Craig T. Nelson) has given up his superhero days to log in time as an insurance adjuster and raise his three children (Sarah Vowell, Spencer Fox, and Eli Fucile and Maeve Andrews) with his formerly heroic wife (Holly Hunter) in suburbia. But when he receives a mysterious assignment, it’s time to get back into costume.
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August 14, 2022
‘Bright’ Screenwriter Max Landis Accused of Sexual Assault by Several Women in New Article

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A bombshell article in a Daily Beast article details several women’s accounts of the abuse, manipulation and harassment they were allegedly subjected to by “Bright” screenwriter Max Landis.

Landis is the son of “Blues Brothers” and “Twilight Zone: The Movie” director John Landis. Max’s other credits include “Chronicle” and the AMC/BBC series “Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency.”

The most serious accusations detailed in the article (which you can read here) include rape and choking women until they passed out. Besides mistreating his girlfriends, he was also accused of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman in September 2008.

Stories of his bad behavior have circulated for years, with Landis himself admitting to Jezebel in 2013 that he gave an ex-girlfriend a “crippling social anxiety, self-loathing, body dysmorphia, eating disorder.”

Here’s an excerpt from the Daily Beast article:

The woman identified only as Julie said in a statement to the Beast: “Max Landis is a serial rapist, gaslighter, physical and psychological abuser who tormented me for six years, long after our romantic relationship, both directly and behind my back. He continued to violate my boundaries into even after our relationship, and if any of this still feels like a blurred lines scenario, let me assure you that he did hold me down and rape me while I said ‘no’ over and over. Afterwards I punched him in the shoulder and I told him, ‘When someone says no, you’re supposed to stop. What you just did is what they call rape.’ He said he thought we were playing a game, and that I liked it. He didn’t care.”

Tasha Goldthwait, the daughter of comedian Bobcat Goldthwait, said she worked with Landis on his debut film in 2008, “Me Him Her.” She said that she quit the production because of his “physical, sexual and verbal abuse.”

“He would talk about his penis all the time to me, brag about the size of it,” Goldthwait said. “On set he would touch me all the time, he would pick me up and turn me upside down and carry me around set. My shirt would come above my face and I’d be exposed. At one point we were on set with people around and he pushed me down and got on top of me on a bed. I raised my voice and told him to get off of me, and eventually managed to get him off.”

Landis was previously attached to write “Shadow in the Cloud,” but a producer for the film told the Daily Beast that, in light of these allegations, Landis has since been removed from the project.

[Via Daily Beast, The Wrap]

June 18, 2019
The 9 Best Superhero Movies Not Based on a Comic

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Troma

Orion

Universal

Touchstone

Pixar

Buena Vista

Paramount

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Fox

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