# The best Viola Davis movies

From Doubt and The Help to Fences, Widows and The Woman King: the Viola Davis films ranked highest by Collider and by IMDb users, as compiled by Screen Rant.

- 48 votes · 13 items
- Jan 28, 2025 · courtney_filmbuff
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## Top 12

1. **Widows (2018)** (7 · ▲7 ▼0) — Steve McQueen: a widow leads her late husband's crew's final heist.
2. **Fences (2016)** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — Denzel Washington's adaptation of August Wilson; her Oscar-winning role as Rose.
3. **The Help (2011)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Aibileen, a maid in 1960s Mississippi who tells her story.
4. **The Woman King (2022)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — General Nanisca and the Agojie warriors of Dahomey.
5. **Doubt (2008)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — One scene opposite Meryl Streep and her first Oscar nomination.
6. **Prisoners (2013)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Denis Villeneuve: the mother of one of the two missing girls.
7. **Suicide Squad (2016)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — The first Amanda Waller, government handler of the villains.
8. **Get On Up (2014)** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — James Brown's biopic, as his mother.
9. **Air (2023)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Ben Affleck: Deloris Jordan, who negotiated her son's deal with Nike.
10. **The Suicide Squad (2021)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — James Gunn: Amanda Waller and her team of expendable villains.
11. **The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them (2014)** (1 · ▲3 ▼2) — A couple's grief, with Jessica Chastain and James McAvoy.
12. **Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020)** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — The 'Mother of the Blues' at a 1927 Chicago recording session, with Chadwick Boseman.
13. **Antwone Fisher (2002)** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Denzel Washington's directing debut; a short, devastating role as the hero's mother.

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.