Malcolm X (1992)

Malcolm X is a 1992 drama-biography film directed by Spike Lee. It stars Denzel Washington, Angela Bassett, Al Freeman, Jr., Delroy Lindo, Spike Lee, Kate Vernon, and Albert Hall. The film is the real-life of story of criminal-turned-activist Malcolm Little, better known as Malcolm X. Malcolm (Denzel Washington) starts off as a porter whose dad was killed by white supremacists. He gets caught up with a gangster named Archie (Delroy Lindo) and his gang, and they commit crimes and burglaries on a regular basis. Soon enough, Malcolm and his criminal friend Shorty (Spike Lee) get caught and arrested. Malcolm has to spend a decade in jail, where he learns about the brutality on black people in America's past. A wise old man in prison (Albert Hall) teaches him about the ways of Muhammed and Allah in the Muslim religion. Malcolm converts to Muslim, and when he gets out of jail, he begins the spread the word. Eventually he gets a wife (Angela Bassett) and a legion of followers, and he gets very famous. For the rest of the movie, we see him trying to do what is right, and what Allah would want him to do. On February 21, 1965, Malcolm is shot and killed while preaching.