Don Cheadle – 10 Best Movies

By Vlad Zakh · May 18, 2026

Don Cheadle has spent three decades moving between prestige drama and blockbuster ensembles without ever seeming miscast. Reign Over Me rebuilds a friendship with a college roommate who lost his family on 9/11, Miles Ahead fictionalises Miles Davis’s silent years, Devil in a Blue Dress pulls a war veteran into a politically loaded case, and Avengers: Infinity War brings the MCU together. Hotel Rwanda, Crash, Boogie Nights, Traffic, Ocean’s Eleven and Iron Man 2 round out the list.

Reign Over Me (2007)

TMDB ★ 7.1

Don Cheadle plays a man who rebuilds a friendship with a college roommate who lost his family on 9/11.

Directed by Mike Binder · 2h 04m · 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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Miles Ahead (2015)

TMDB ★ 6.3

A fictionalised Miles Davis story set during his reclusive, silent years.

Directed by Don Cheadle · 1h 40m · Rated R

Where to watch

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

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Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)

TMDB ★ 6.9

A Los Angeles war veteran is pulled into a missing-persons case with real political stakes.

Directed by Carl Franklin · 1h 42m · Rated R

Where to watch

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

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Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

IMDb ★ 8.4 RT 85% Metacritic 68

Earth's mightiest heroes unite to stop a cosmic tyrant from gaining the power to wipe out half of all life.

Directed by Joe Russo & Anthony Russo · 2h 29m · Rated PG-13

Nominated for 1 Oscar48 wins & 80 nominations

Where to watch

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

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Iron Man 2 (2010)

TMDB ★ 7.0

Don Cheadle's character suits up as War Machine for the first time, as Tony Stark's best friend.

Directed by Jon Favreau · 2h 04m · 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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Boogie Nights (1997)

IMDb ★ 7.9 RT 91% Metacritic 87

An ensemble rise-and-fall story that made a porn-industry setting feel almost tender.

Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson · 2h 36m · Rated R

Nominated for 3 Oscars36 wins & 64 nominations

Where to watch

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

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Crash (2005)

IMDb ★ 7.7 RT 73% Metacritic 66

A dozen Los Angeles lives intersect through race, prejudice and one bad day after another.

Directed by Paul Haggis · 1h 52m · Rated R

Won 3 Oscars66 wins & 112 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: Lionsgate+ Amazon Channel, Howdy Amazon Channel · 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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Ocean's Eleven (2001)

IMDb ★ 7.7 RT 83% Metacritic 74

A crew of con artists plans an elaborate simultaneous heist of three Las Vegas casinos.

Directed by Steven Soderbergh · 1h 56m · Rated PG-13

4 wins & 20 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: HBO Max Amazon Channel, YouTube TV, HBO Max, Starz Apple TV channel · 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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Traffic (2000)

IMDb ★ 7.5 RT 93% Metacritic 86

The war on drugs told from three intersecting perspectives, each compromised in its own way.

Directed by Steven Soderbergh · 2h 27m · Rated R

Won 4 Oscars73 wins & 86 nominations

Where to watch

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

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Hotel Rwanda (2004)

IMDb ★ 8.1 RT 91% Metacritic 79

A hotel manager shelters over a thousand refugees during the Rwandan genocide.

Directed by Terry George · 2h 02m · Rated PG-13

Nominated for 3 Oscars16 wins & 49 nominations

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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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.

Don Cheadle – 10 Best Movies

Reign Over Me (2007)

Miles Ahead (2015)

Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)

Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

Iron Man 2 (2010)

Boogie Nights (1997)

Crash (2005)

Ocean's Eleven (2001)

Traffic (2000)

Hotel Rwanda (2004)

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