Who's been in better movies - Morgan Freeman or Sam Jackson?

[Agent Mulder's Hair]

Both these lists leave off a lot of movies, I only included what I considered to be the highlights

Who do you think has been in the better movies overall?



Sam Jackson -


Coming To America
Goodfellas
Juice
Patriot Games
Menace II Society
Jurassic Park
True Romance
Pulp Fiction
Kiss of Death
Die Hard With A Vengeance
The Great White Hype
A Time To Kill
The Long Kiss Goodnight
Jackie Brown
Sphere
Star Wars Phantom Menace
Deep Blue Sea
Unbreakable
Star Wars Attack of the Clones
xXx
Basic
SWAT
Kill Bill vol 2
The Incredibles
Coach Carter
xXx: State of the Union
Star Wars Revenge of the Sith
Black Snake Moan
1408
Jumper
The Spirit
Django Unchained
Robocop
Kingsmen Secret Service
The Hateful Eight
Kong Skull Island
The Hitman's Bodyguard
(All the MCU movies)



Morgan Freeman -

Glory
Driving Miss Daisy
Lean On Me
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Unforgiven
The Shawshank Redemption
Outbreak
Se7en
Amistad
Kiss The Girls
Deep Impact
Along Came A Spider
The Sum Of All Fears
Bruce Almighty
Million Dollar Baby
Batman Begins
Lucky Number Slevin
Evan Almighty
Gone, Baby, Gone
The Bucket List
Wanted
The Dark Knight
RED
The Dark Knight Rises
Olympus Has Fallen
Oblivion
Now You See Me
Last Vegas
The Lego Movie
Transcendence
Lucy
Ted 2
London Has Fallen
Now You See Me 2

 

[Twerknasty]

Morgan Freeman because he has been the president and God.

 

[Te Huna Matata]

I prefer Morgan but I love both.

 

[minute bull]

Samuel L. Jackson ainec, it might be more competitive to see which was better in his respective roles.

 

[Uptown Swinger]

Morgan was in the best movie of both lists = Shawshank
Morgan has had bigger roles in the better movies.
For example - Jackson was in Coming to America, Good Fellas, Menace to Society, and Do the Right Thing but had very small roles.

I am a bigger fan of Jackson.

 

[Medical Marijuana Man]

Sam has the best role in Pulp Fiction but Morgan is better overall

Sam is cool but I prefer Morgan

 

[Fedorgasm]

Seven
Shaw shank
Batman trilogy
And unforgiven

Those clinch it for Freeman

Some of those you listed for Jackson I don't even remember him being in. Who was he in true romance?

 

[Zer]

Who was he in true romance?

The black guy bro. Don't you remember?

 

[Jack Reacheround]

That’s a really weird question since they have never, to my knowledge, had any similar types of roles. I have to say Freeman for his portrayal of Alex Cross. I love those movies.

 

[Johnson]

That’s a really weird question since they have never, to my knowledge, had any similar types of roles. I have to say Freeman for his portrayal of Alex Cross. I love those movies.

Kingsman for Jackson and Wanted from Freeman are pretty similiar characters.

 

[Agent Mulder's Hair]

That’s a really weird question since they have never, to my knowledge, had any similar types of roles. I have to say Freeman for his portrayal of Alex Cross. I love those movies.

i don't understand what similar roles has to do with which movies are better

 

[Hollywood Jack]

Morgan Freeman has bigger roles in better movies. Jackson's role in Goodfellas could have been played by any no name actor and it wouldn't have effected the movie at all. That's not a knock on Jackson, that's just what it is.

 

[minute bull]

Some of those you listed for Jackson I don't even remember him being in. Who was he in true romance?

Morgan was in the best movie of both lists = Shawshank

SHAWSHANK is not better than JURASSIC PARK, COMING TO AMERICA, nor JACKIE BROWN.

 

[Agent Mulder's Hair]

SHAWSHANK is not better than JURASSIC PARK, COMING TO AMERICA, nor JACKIE BROWN.

Idk man Shawshank is pretty good. Maybe not better than Jurassic Park but definitely better than Coming to America and Jackie Brown

 

[minute bull]

Idk man Shawshank is pretty good. Maybe not better than Jurassic Park but definitely better than Coming to America and Jackie Brown

That's fair (BUT YOU'RE WRONG). SHAWKSHANK is overlong. When Brooks starts narrating I'm like Jesus Fucking Christ. When Scorsese does it in CASINO where suddenly it's Random Goombah talking through the fourth wall, it's kind of funny. But Brooks, his delivery fucking slows an already slow-ass film down to a dead halt. It would have made a great cable miniseries. You know, for a novella source.

I do love Clancy Brown in it. Coincidentally to the Brad Pitt thread, Gil Bellows plays a character that was originally intended for Pitt, so I used to rewatch SHAWSHANK with that in mind.

 

[Madmick]

Freeman by a landslide.

 

[Plutoburn]

Apples vs Oranges

One is powered by gravitas

while another is fueled by bad-assery.

 

[MikeMcMann]

I pick Freeman.

Shawshank is the best movie on either list.

If Freeman is in a movie he is generally the key character of one of.

Jackson takes a ton of minor roles in bigger movies just to get a credit in. He has stated prior that he wants to be the all time box office king and therefore will accept shoehorn roles into any big movie he thinks may gross big numbers.

 

[Jack Reacheround]

i don't understand what similar roles has to do with which movies are better

I thought it said “who has been better in movies?” Like, who played their roles better.

 

[TankAbbott4Eva]

I'd say Sam Jackson purely for his performance in Shawshank, though Morgan was pretty good as that badass in Pulp Fiction.