8 Best Daniel Kaluuya Movies

By Vlad Zakh · December 29, 2025

Daniel Kaluuya went from a single, career-defining scream in Get Out to an Oscar four years later, and nearly everything in between has been just as deliberate. Get Out follows a young Black man discovering the horror behind his girlfriend’s family, Judas and the Black Messiah won him the Oscar as Black Panther chairman Fred Hampton, Nope finds something otherworldly above a horse ranch, and Queen & Slim turns a first date into a fugitive road trip. Widows, Black Panther, Sicario and Attack the Block round out the list.

Get Out (2017)

IMDb ★ 7.8 RT 98% Metacritic 85

Jordan Peele's directorial debut turns a weekend meeting the girlfriend's parents into a nightmare.

Directed by Jordan Peele · 1h 44m · Rated R

Won 1 Oscar154 wins & 214 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV, Peacock Premium, YouTube TV, FXNow, Peacock Premium Plus · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Judas and the Black Messiah (2021)

TMDB ★ 7.2

Daniel Kaluuya won an Oscar as Black Panther chairman Fred Hampton, targeted by the FBI and betrayed from within.

Directed by Shaka King · 2h 05m · Rated R

Where to watch

Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Nope (2022)

TMDB ★ 6.8

Siblings running a horse ranch try to capture proof of a mysterious, dangerous phenomenon in the sky.

Directed by Jordan Peele · 2h 10m · Rated R

Where to watch

Stream: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Queen & Slim (2019)

TMDB ★ 6.4

A first date spirals into a fugitive road trip after a fatal encounter with a police officer.

Directed by Melina Matsoukas · 2h 12m · Rated R

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Widows (2018)

IMDb ★ 6.8 RT 91% Metacritic 84

Four widows finish the heist their husbands died attempting.

Directed by Steve McQueen · 2h 09m · Rated R

Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award18 wins & 107 nominations

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Black Panther (2018)

TMDB ★ 7.3

A superhero epic whose villain has a grievance that cuts deeper than most heroes' arcs.

Directed by Ryan Coogler · 2h 15m · Rated PG-13

Where to watch

Stream: Disney Plus, Hulu · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Sicario (2015)

TMDB ★ 7.6

An FBI agent is pulled into a black-ops task force targeting a Mexican drug cartel.

Directed by Denis Villeneuve · 2h 02m · Rated R

Where to watch

Stream: HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Attack the Block (2011)

TMDB ★ 6.6

A teenage gang in a South London tower block defends their home from an alien invasion on the same night they mug a nurse.

Directed by Joe Cornish · 1h 28m · Rated R

Where to watch

Stream: Sony Pictures Core Amazon Channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Streaming availability data from JustWatch, via TMDB. Availability changes often, so check the service before you plan a movie night.

Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix. He started the site because most recommendation pages felt like noise. Here, lists are sorted by who's in the film, where it's from and what mood you're in tonight.

8 Best Daniel Kaluuya Movies

Get Out (2017)

Judas and the Black Messiah (2021)

Nope (2022)

Queen & Slim (2019)

Widows (2018)

Black Panther (2018)

Sicario (2015)

Attack the Block (2011)

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