Movies by David Oyelowo

Becoming King
An emotional portrait of David Oyelowo’s journey to play legendary civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Featuring behind-the-scenes footage and intimate home videos, Becoming King is a story of faith, friendship and a destiny fulfilled.

Complicit
An MI5 officer's attempts to foil a possible terrorist plot are undermined by bureaucracy and moral dilemmas. Will he make the world a safer place or be complicit in making a tense situation even worse?

The After
After losing a family member to a violent crime, a shattered rideshare driver picks up a passenger that forces him to confront his grief.

Queen of Katwe
A young girl overcomes her disadvantaged upbringing in the slums of Uganda to become a Chess master.

A United Kingdom
The inspiring true story of Seretse Khama, the King of Bechuanaland (modern Botswana), and Ruth Williams, the London office worker he married in 1948 in the face of fierce opposition from their families and the British and South African governments. Seretse and Ruth defied family, Apartheid and empire - their love triumphed over every obstacle flung in their path and in so doing they transformed their nation and inspired the world.

Five Nights in Maine
A young African American man, reeling from the tragic loss of his wife, travels to rural Maine to seek answers from his estranged mother-in-law, who is herself confronting guilt and grief over her daughter's death.

August 28: A Day in the Life of a People
Documentary film on events that happened on August 28th in African-American history, shown at the Smithsonian African-American History Museum.

Nightingale
A dangerously unstable man addresses the unseen followers of his video log about his obsession with an old army buddy.

Sweet Nothing in My Ear
Family drama about a deaf and hearing couple who struggle to decide whether or not to give their deaf son a cochlear implant.

Nina
The story of the late jazz musician and classical pianist Nina Simone including her rise to fame and relationship with her manager Clifton Henderson.

Default
A news crew is taken hostage on an airplane set to take off from the Seychelles.

Shoot the Messenger
Shoot the Messenger follows one man's painful journey towards self-discovery. On the way he finds both his own attitudes and the expectations of his community challenged.

Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion
Ezra Bridger encounters the Ghost crew and joins them on a mission to free Wookiees from an Imperial Star Destroyer.