01 His Oscar-winning turn as a father-figure drug dealer who becomes the only person to show a struggling boy real kindness.
10 Best Mahershala Ali Movies
By Vlad Zakh · November 24, 2026
Mahershala Ali has built one of the most consistent runs in modern American drama, winning two Oscars in three years for roles that share almost nothing except total control.
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02 His Oscar-winning role as a brilliant pianist touring the segregated Deep South with a driver who barely tolerates him.
03 A brief but memorable early role as a tugboat captain who takes Benjamin under his wing.
04 A dying man secretly arranges to be replaced by his own clone so his family never has to grieve him.
05 A quietly supportive love interest to Taraji P. Henson's NASA mathematician during the space race.
06 A commanding turn as a cyborg bounty hunter torn between ambition and his adopted daughter figure.
07 A supporting role inside a small-town police force entangled in a decades-spanning cycle of crime and consequence.
08 A wrongfully convicted man's best friend spends two decades fighting to prove his innocence and win his release.
09 A supporting turn early in his career, playing a Capitol gamemaker inside a televised fight to the death.
10 A group of hardened killers dropped onto an alien game reserve must band together to survive being hunted.
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