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Michael B. Jordanhas been appearing in blockbuster and extremely acclaimed film since 2001 . It takes a exceptional kind of natural endowment to have the strong-arm ability to top a sports dealership and the quiet self-contemplation to play in serious dramas , but Jordan pulls it off . Jordan used early striking film role to launch himself as one of the preeminent franchise stars in Hollywood . His succeeder has been partly thanks to his partnership with another new whizz , Ryan Coogler , who has directed Jordan in several films , including the 2025 horror filmSinners .
Jordan ’s most critically acclaim movieshave see him play booster and antagonist , equally telling on both sides of the fencing . His parts , even when they ’re more miniscule , have always been exciting and surprising to watch over . He manages to be both off - putting in his ego - confidence and sympathetic at the same time . It ’s a common topic in Jordan ’s moving picture to rootle for his characters , even if he is working against the agonist . Jordan has a meaning number of critically acclaimed flick and even the lesser I are still worth a watch .
15Fantastic Four (2015)
Johnny Storm/Human Torch
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Fantasitc Fourwas a attribute that Fox struggled to develop , with three movies of varying levels of success , but all mostly derided by critics and fans alike . It was the 2015 translation that at long last caused Fox to give up on Marvel ’s First Family and allow the rights to revert to Marvel and Disney . However , there are thing aboutFantastic Fourto care , and one of those isMichael B. Jordan as Johnny Storm , The Human Torch . While some fans hat the race switch , Jordan brought the charisma that Johnny show in the comics .
2015 ’s controversial Fantastic Four moving-picture show ends with the nominal team derive together and destroying Doctor Doom almost immediately after his debut .
The first half ofFantastic Fourwas a much better pic than many citizenry remember . The family moral force of the four and the principal - in to the big second half provided unanimous drama , some enceinte action , and pretty upright acting by everyone involved . It was n’t until the team went into another dimension to struggle a mutate Doctor Doom that the film lose its ground and fell apart . However , Fantastic Fourwas at least a good superhero movie for half its running time andJordan was a highlight .
14Red Tails (2012)
Maurice Wilson
Red Tailswas a 2012 war movie about a group of Black United States Army Air Force servicemen during World War II . The motion-picture show is based on veridical individuals , but all the public figure were exchange and the characters are mostly fabricated refreshment of the men who served at this time . The casting was telling , with Terrence Howard , Cuba Gooding Jr. , and David Oyelowo in the lead roles . Michael B. Jordan had a small role in the moving-picture show as Flight Officer Maurice " Bumps " Wilson .
Produced by George Lucas ( but mastermind by Anthony Hemingway),Red Tailswon Outstanding Motion Picture at the NAACP Image Awards .
Wilson was one of the airman who took on missions during World War II for the United States . Produced by George Lucas ( but directed by Anthony Hemingway),Red Tailswon Outstanding Motion Picture at the NAACP Image Awards . It was a special role for Jordan , who said , " As a black male person in Hollywood , you only get so many scripts where you get to portray and glorify our story ” ( viaDaily Beast ) .
13Hardball (2001)
Jamal
Starring Keanu Reeves , Hardballfollows a down - on - his - luck risk taker who has to coach an privileged - urban center baseball game squad in rules of order to traverse his debts . Although he has more of a supporting role , Jordan ’s debut inHardballstill stood out as it give the world a glimpse of his playacting skills . Similar to his character onThe Wire , Jordan’sJamal is an innocent tyke who gets unwillingly hang back into a life of crimeafter he is kicked off the squad .
While the celluloid is interchangeable to other sports dramatic event of the early 2000s , this one resonate deeply as it was full of grievous moment ( such as G - Baby ’s death).Critics collapse the picture show mixed reviews when it came out , mostly praising the touching minute that occur throughout the running clip , but also quetch that it is mostly just like any other sportswoman movie that came out around the same clip .
12Fahrenheit 451 (2018)
Guy Montag
Fahrenheit 451seemed like a perfect movie for Michael B. Jordan to take the lead in . Released in 2018 , it is base on the groundbreaking ceremony novel by Ray Bradbury abouta dystopian society where the regime burns books , which are hold illegal in that companionship . During that clock time in American story , this was something hoi polloi feared could happen in the future , and the fear is back once again today .
However , there was a job with the movie . It was hold too simplistic of a retelling .
The film tells the account in its uncomplicated form , with all books other than " simplified " version of the Bible ( with problematic scripture remove ) and a few other basic classic ( Moby DIck ) are view as illegal because they cause people to study thing and have independent thinking . Jordan play one of the firemen who combust the books , but he starts to change his notion when he meet a adult female who forces him to challenge his orders . While it received lackluster reviews , it did pick up five Primetime Emmy nominating speech .
11A Journal For Jordan (2021)
Charles King
InA Journal for Jordan , Michael B. Jordan works with Denzel Washington for the first clock time in his vocation . The cinema follows the true story of 1st Sergeant Charles Monroe King ( Jordan),who write a journal for his new-sprung son before being killed in action in Iraq . It ’s a heavy plot of ground filled with some move sequence thanks to Jordan ’s convinced enactment . The pic is occasionally over - sentimentalized , but thecast and theatrical role ofA Journal for Jordanare naturalistic enough to still make some of the emotional scene move .
Jordan received praise for his performance and the movie pick up three NAACP Image Award nomination .
An awkward patch structure does not help the untidiness of the movie , however , and it gain a 39 % onRotten Tomatoes . However , most of the ill went toward Washington ’s direction and the oversentimental view of the story , often labor it to melodrama . Despite that , though , Jordan received praise for his operation and the picture picked up three NAACP Image Award nominations , include Outstanding Directing and Outstanding Writing .
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10Without Remorse (2021)
John Kelly
link up the Tom Clancy cinematic universe ( and the Amazon Original Movie space ) , Michael B. Jordan asterisk inWithout Remorse , a 2021 activity - thriller . In it , Jordan plays John Kelly , a Special Ops federal agent for the CIA who has appeared in Clancy novel and films in the past . In this outing , John takes revenge on Russian hitmen who killed his married woman and child . Like many Tom Clancy film , Without self-reproach , keep an eye on a fairly standard plot line for the series and is generic at bad .
However , Jordan draws on his experience fromCreedandBlack Panther , putting to use every ounce of fight noesis he ’s collect in the precede years . This is one of Clancy ’s best novels and is ground in the Jack Ryan universe , as John Kelly appear in previous Ryan moving-picture show and Word ( although usually by a lily-white actor ) . Despite the alteration , this gave Jordan a nice chance to take the tether in an action motion-picture show , and he was praised once again for his performance , even if the overall film was a bit generic .
9Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)
Erik Killmonger
Black Panther : Wakanda Foreverhad a lot of expectations stack upon it when it was announced . After the tragic passing away of the franchise ’s hotshot , Chadwick Boseman , there was no open direction where the sequel could go . Coogler ended up create a film that was able to preface a fresh antihero , Namor , and his kingdom , Talokan , while alsopaying respect to the character T’Challa and Boseman himself .
Black Panther : Wakanda constantly bringing back Erik Killmonger ground him as the best MCU scoundrel - even better than Infinity Saga ’s Thanos .
Jordan reprize his office as Killmonger for a abbreviated cameo when Shuri travels to the Ancestral Plane . He easily slide back into the self-important and righteous scoundrel , and , as he did in the past , Jordan care to make the character ’s angriness seem justified . The film was a touching goodbye to T’Challa ( and Boseman ) and also a passing of the torch to Shuri , who took over for her chum as the new Black Panther . It was authoritative for Killmonger to be there , and his cameo was a high spot .
8Chronicle (2012)
Steve Montgomery
Paranormal Activityreignited the found footage genrein 2007 , but involvement was beginning to decline in popularity around 2012 , the same timeThe Avengerswere signaling the avalanche of coming superhero films . Josh Trank’sChroniclewas resign at the perfect crossroads . Chroniclefollows a trio of gamy schoolers who gain superpowersafter stumbling across a radiate shooting star . Steve Montgomery ( Michael B. Jordan ) is the jock of the group and the one who takes the most joy out of their newfound powers .
Each of the characters views their power other than , and Jordan perfectly depict a teenager who suddenly can pull off all the pranks he ever want to . Josh Trank delivered one of the best original superhero moving picture of the new one C , one not based on a prior property and one that populate in the found - footage kingdom . It was so impressive that Trank pay back a chance to directFantastic Four , which see him bring back Jordan to connect that enfranchisement , although to a much more disappointing return .
7Creed II (2018)
Adonis Creed
The popularity of theRockyfranchise mean there would always be another Creed story after the original . Creed IIeven improvesRocky IV , the film it draws on , and proceed the decisive and commercial success of the Donnie Creed character . InCreed II , Donnie squares off against Viktor Drago ( Florian Munteanu ) , Ivan Drago ’s boy . It ’s a magnanimous liaison than the first picture considering Ivan toss off Donnie ’s Father of the Church in a fight and the picture , gratefully , never loses sight of that central battle within the fighter .
Jordan , as always , is salient in the boxing sequences and gives Donnie the swagger and vulnerability necessary for the fibre . This was also a big rehabilitation moving picture for the character of Ivan Drago , while his appearance allowed Adonis to in conclusion get past the death of his sire , and for Rocky Balboa to finally put that present moment to rest for good . understand Drago back in theRockyuniverse was always a dainty , and Jordan was able to once again rise above the talent wall him .
6Creed III (2022)
The third Michael B. JordanCreedmovie is already one of his most telling , with Jordan ’s return to the use of Adonis Creed inCreed III.Though the first movie in the franchisewithout Rocky Balboa , as Sylvester Stallone declined to return , Creed IIIshows there is a bright future for the enfranchisement , especially with Jordan making an impressive directorial introduction .
Creed III has some prominent actors that have been in the MCU , such as Michael B. Jordan , but the plastic film ’s Marvel ties are a lot deeper than you think .
The moving picture is also advance by a personal conflict at its centre with a anatomy from Adonis ' past ( Jonathan Majors ) look to take everything from him . The character and personal bet make it another splendid entry in the franchise , with the heroic showdown between Jordan and Majors as the highlighting . The motion-picture show had the star power of both Jordan and Majors , and the two men bright diddle off each other to create what might go down as the good ( if not most personal)Creedmovie to date .
