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Michael B. Jordan poses backstage with the Oscar® for Actor in a Leading Role during the 98th Oscars® at Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 15, 2026. Credit/Provider: Etienne Laurent / The Academy
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Michael B. Jordan is one of the most popular and talented actors working today, and now he is an Oscar winner!
The actor first gained attention on TV for his roles in popular series like ‘The Wire’ and ‘Friday Night Lights’ before making a name for himself on the big screen in movies like ‘Chronicle’ and ‘That Awkward Moment’.
But it his collaborations with director Ryan Coogler such as ‘Fruitvale Station’, ‘Creed’, ‘Black Panther’ and ‘Sinners’, which have really resinated with audiences.
Release Date: Apr 18, 2025
Run Time: 2 hr 18 min
Budget: $90,000,000
Jordan would go on to star in ‘Creed II’ before stepping into the director’s chair himself for ‘Creed III’, which were both executive produced by Coogler, and even made a cameo in Coogler’s ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’.
In honor or Jordan’s recent Best Actor Oscar win for ‘Sinners’, Moviefone is counting down the 20 best movies and TV shows of Michael B. Jordan’s impressive and groundbreaking career.
Let’s begin!
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(L to R) Miles Teller, Kate Mara, Michael B. Jordan and Jamie Bell in 2015’s ‘Fantastic Four.’ Photo: 20th Century Fox.
Four young outsiders (Miles Teller, Kate Mara, Jamie Bell and Jordan) teleport to a dangerous universe, which alters their physical form in shocking ways. Their lives irrevocably upended, the team must learn to harness their daunting new abilities and work together to save Earth from a former friend (Toby Kebbell) turned enemy.
Release Date: Aug 7, 2015
Run Time: 1 hr 40 min
Budget: $120,000,000
19. ‘Kin’ (2018)
A young boy finds a powerful otherworldly weapon, which he uses to save his older adoptive brother from a crew of thugs. Before long, the two of them are also pursued by federal agents and mysterious mercenaries aiming to reclaim their asset.
“All he needed was a way out.”
Release Date: Aug 31, 2018
Run Time: 1 hr 42 min
Budget: $30,000,000
An aimless young man (Keanu Reeves) who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago as a condition of getting a loan from a friend.
“The most important thing in life is showing up”
Release Date: Sep 14, 2001
Run Time: 1 hr 46 min
Budget: $32,000,000
Based on the true story of First Sergeant Charles Monroe King (Jordan), a soldier deployed to Iraq begins to keep a journal of love and advice for his infant son. Back at home, senior New York Times editor Dana Canedy (Chanté Adams) revisits the story of her unlikely, life-altering relationship with King and his enduring devotion to her and their child.
Release Date: Dec 25, 2021
Run Time: 2 hr 11 min
Budget: $25,000,000
The trials and tribulations of the very large, colorful and imperfect Braverman family.
“Life divides. Family unites.”
(L to R) Miles Teller, Michael B. Jordan and Zac Efron in ‘That Awkward Moment’. Photo: Focus Features.
Best pals Jason (Zac Efron) and Daniel (Miles Teller) indulge in casual flings and revel in their carefree, unattached lives. After learning that the marriage of their friend Mikey (Jordan) is over, they gladly welcome him back into their circle. The three young men make a pact to have fun and avoid commitment. However, when all three find themselves involved in serious relationships, they must keep their romances secret from one another.
“When you realize getting some means wanting more.”
Release Date: Jan 31, 2014
Run Time: 1 hr 34 min
Budget: $8,000,000
The story of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first African-American pilots to fly in a combat squadron during World War II.
“High-Octane Action and Daring Dogfights!”
Release Date: Jan 20, 2012
Run Time: 2 hr 5 min
Budget: $58,000,000
The powerful true story of Harvard-educated lawyer Bryan Stevenson (Jordan), who goes to Alabama to defend the disenfranchised and wrongly condemned — including Walter McMillian (Jamie Foxx), a man sentenced to death despite evidence proving his innocence. Bryan fights tirelessly for Walter with the system stacked against them.
“Every generation has its hero. Meet ours.”
Release Date: Jan 10, 2020
Run Time: 2 hr 17 min
Budget: $25,000,000
In an oppressive future, a ‘fireman’ (Jordan) whose duty is to destroy all books begins to question his task.
“Knowledge is a dangerous thing”
Release Date: Jun 18, 2018
Run Time: 1 hr 40 min
Queen Ramonda (Angela Bassett), Shuri (Letitia Wright), M’Baku (Winston Duke), Okoye (Danai Gurira) and the Dora Milaje fight to protect their nation from intervening world powers in the wake of King T’Challa’s (Chadwick Boseman) death. As the Wakandans strive to embrace their next chapter, the heroes must band together with the help of War Dog Nakia (Lupita Nyong’o) and Everett Ross (Martin Freeman) and forge a new path for the kingdom of Wakanda.
Release Date: Nov 11, 2022
Run Time: 2 hr 42 min
Budget: $250,000,000
Michael B. Jordan as John Kelly in Prime Video’s ‘Without Remorse.’ Photo: Amazon.
When a squad of Russian soldiers kills his family in retaliation for his role in a top-secret op, Sr. Chief John Kelly (Jordan) pursues the assassins at all costs. Joining forces with a fellow SEAL (Jodie Turner-Smith) and a shadowy CIA agent (Jamie Bell), Kelly’s mission unwittingly exposes a covert plot that threatens to engulf the U.S. and Russia in an all-out war. Torn between personal honor and loyalty to his country, Kelly must fight his enemies without remorse if he hopes to avert disaster and reveal the powerful figures behind the conspiracy.
“From the author of Rainbow Six.”
Release Date: Apr 30, 2021
Run Time: 1 hr 50 min
Three high school students (Dane DeHaan, Alex Russell and Jordan) make an incredible discovery, leading to their developing uncanny powers beyond their understanding. As they learn to control their abilities and use them to their advantage, their lives start to spin out of control, and their darker sides begin to take over.
“What are you capable of?”
Release Date: Feb 2, 2012
Run Time: 1 hr 24 min
Budget: $15,000,000
Between personal obligations and training for his next big fight against an opponent with ties to his family’s past, Adonis Creed (Jordan) is up against the challenge of his life.
“There’s more to lose than a title.”
Release Date: Nov 21, 2018
Run Time: 2 hr 10 min
Budget: $50,000,000
The trials and triumphs of life in the small town of Dillon, Texas, where high school football is everything.
“Clear eyes. Full hearts. Can’t lose!”
After dominating the boxing world, Adonis Creed (Jordan) has thrived in his career and family life. When a childhood friend and former boxing prodigy, Damian Anderson (Jonathan Majors), resurfaces after serving a long sentence in prison, he is eager to prove that he deserves his shot in the ring. The face-off between former friends is more than just a fight. To settle the score, Adonis must put his future on the line to battle Damian — a fighter with nothing to lose.
“You can’t run from your past.”
Release Date: Mar 3, 2023
Run Time: 1 hr 56 min
Budget: $75,000,000
(L to R) Michael B. Jordan and Kevin Durand in ‘Fruitvale Station.’ Photo: The Weinstein Company.
Oakland, California. Young Afro-American Oscar Grant (Jordan) crosses paths with family members, friends, enemies and strangers before facing his fate on the platform at Fruitvale Station, in the early morning hours of New Year’s Day 2009.
“Every step brings you closer to the edge.”
Release Date: Jul 26, 2013
Run Time: 1 hr 22 min
Budget: $900,000
4. ‘The Wire’ (2002-2008)
Told from the points of view of both the Baltimore homicide and narcotics detectives and their targets, the series captures a universe in which the national war on drugs has become a permanent, self-sustaining bureaucracy, and distinctions between good and evil are routinely obliterated.
King T’Challa (Chadwick Boseman) returns home to the reclusive, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda to serve as his country’s new leader. However, T’Challa soon finds that he is challenged for the throne by factions within his own country as well as without. Using powers reserved to Wakandan kings, T’Challa assumes the Black Panther mantle to join with ex-girlfriend Nakia (Lupita Nyong’o), the queen-mother (Angela Bassett), his princess-kid sister (Letitia Wright), members of the Dora Milaje (the Wakandan ‘special forces’) and an American secret agent (Martin Freeman), to prevent Wakanda from being dragged into a world war.
Release Date: Feb 16, 2018
Run Time: 2 hr 15 min
Budget: $200,000,000
2. ‘Creed’ (2015)
The former World Heavyweight Champion Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) serves as a trainer and mentor to Adonis Johnson (Jordan), the son of his late friend and former rival Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers).
“Your legacy is more than a name.”
Release Date: Nov 25, 2015
Run Time: 2 hr 13 min
Budget: $37,000,000
Michael B. Jordan as Smoke and Stack in Warner Bros. Pictures’ ‘Sinners,’ a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo Credit: Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures. Copyright: © 2025 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers (Jordan) return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.
Release Date: Apr 18, 2025
Run Time: 2 hr 18 min
Budget: $90,000,000
