8 Best Thandiwe Newton Movies

By Vlad Zakh · January 7, 2026

Thandiwe Newton has spent three decades moving between blockbuster action and searing independent drama, often in the same year. Reminiscence obsesses a memory detective with a vanished woman, Solo: A Star Wars Story helps a young Han Solo through the underworld, 2012 races a White House aide to save humanity, and RocknRolla tangles a crooked accountant with London gangsters. The Pursuit of Happyness, Crash, Mission: Impossible II and Flirting round out the list.

Reminiscence (2021)

TMDB ★ 5.6

Rebecca Ferguson stars as a woman a memory-detective searches for in a flooded future city.

Directed by Lisa Joy · 1h 56m · Rated PG-13

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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Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)

TMDB ★ 6.9

A smuggler and thief helps a young Han Solo navigate the criminal underworld, with Thandiwe Newton in the cast.

Directed by Ron Howard · 2h 15m · Rated PG-13

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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2012 (2009)

IMDb ★ 5.9 RT 40% Metacritic 49

A string of global catastrophes sends humanity into a last-ditch scramble to survive on giant arks.

Directed by Roland Emmerich · 2h 38m · Rated PG-13

5 wins & 21 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: Hulu, Philo, YouTube TV, Starz Amazon Channel, Starz, 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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RocknRolla (2008)

TMDB ★ 7.1

Thandiwe Newton appears in a story about a crooked accountant whose scheme to steal from London gangsters spirals into escalating chaos.

Directed by Guy Ritchie · 1h 54m · Rated R

Where to watch

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

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The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)

TMDB ★ 8.0

Earns its ending through everything that comes before it.

Directed by Gabriele Muccino · 1h 57m · Rated PG-13

Where to watch

Stream: Angel Studios · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling · 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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Mission: Impossible II (2000)

TMDB ★ 6.1

An elite agent falls for a professional thief recruited to help stop a stolen virus, with Thandiwe Newton as the thief.

Directed by John Woo · 2h 03m · Rated PG-13

Where to watch

Stream: Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel · Rent: JustWatch TV, Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Flirting (1991)

TMDB ★ 6.9

Two teenagers at neighbouring boarding schools fall for each other across class and racial divides in 1960s Australia.

Directed by John Duigan · 1h 39m · Rated R

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Apple TV Store, Amazon Video

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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 Thandiwe Newton Movies

Reminiscence (2021)

Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)

2012 (2009)

RocknRolla (2008)

The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)

Crash (2005)

Mission: Impossible II (2000)

Flirting (1991)

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