| 2025 | Mission: Impossible - The final Reckoning | Erika Sloane | ★ 0.0 |
| 2024 | Inside the Dream: Mugler | Self | ★ 8.5 |
| 2024 | Disney Legends Awards Ceremony | Self | ★ 0.0 |
| 2024 | Butterfly in the Sky | Self (archive footage) | ★ 8.0 |
| 2024 | Damsel | Lady Bayford | ★ 7.0 |
| 2024 | OWN Spotlight: Oprah & Angela Bassett | Self | ★ 0.0 |
| 2024 | Orion und das Dunkel | Sweet Dreams (voice) | ★ 6.6 |
| 2023 | The Metropolitan Opera: The Life and Times of Malcolm X | Host | ★ 4.5 |
| 2023 | GEMEINSAM UNBESIEGBAR: Das Making-of von Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | Self | ★ 6.8 |
| 2022 | Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | Ramonda | ★ 7.1 |
| 2022 | Gute Nacht, Oppy | Self - Narrator (voice) | ★ 7.6 |
| 2022 | 20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda | Self | ★ 4.9 |
| 2022 | Wendell & Wild | Sister Helley (voice) | ★ 6.7 |
| 2021 | 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony | Self | ★ 7.0 |
| 2021 | Tina | Self | ★ 7.7 |
| 2021 | Gunpowder Milkshake | Anna May | ★ 6.3 |
| 2021 | Malika the Lion Queen | Self - Narrator (voice) | ★ 5.0 |
| 2020 | Soul | Dorothea (voice) | ★ 8.1 |
| 2020 | Between the World and Me | Self | ★ 7.9 |
| 2020 | Attorneys At Love | Narrator | ★ 0.0 |
| 2019 | Otherhood | Carol Walker | ★ 6.2 |
| 2019 | The Apollo | Self | ★ 6.5 |
| 2019 | Avengers: Endgame | Ramonda | ★ 8.2 |
| 2018 | Die Flut - Okavango unter Wasser | Narrator | ★ 5.7 |
| 2018 | Bumblebee | Shatter (voice) | ★ 6.7 |
| 2018 | Mission: Impossible - Fallout | Erika Sloane | ★ 7.4 |
| 2018 | Black Panther | Ramonda | ★ 7.4 |
| 2017 | August 28: A Day in the Life of a People | Self | ★ 1.0 |
| 2016 | Ein verschneiter Tag | Nana (voice) | ★ 7.0 |
| 2016 | BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration | Self | ★ 9.0 |
| 2016 | National Museum of African American History and Culture Grand Opening Ceremony | Self | ★ 5.5 |
| 2016 | London Has Fallen | Lynne Jacobs | ★ 6.2 |
| 2015 | Chi-Raq | Miss Helen Worthy | ★ 5.8 |
| 2015 | Survivor | Maureen Cranepaul | ★ 5.7 |
| 2015 | Coco, der neugierige Affe 3 - Zurück in den Dschungel | Dr. Kulinda (voice) | ★ 6.9 |
| 2014 | Wie ein weißer Vogel im Schneesturm | Dr. Thaler | ★ 6.2 |
| 2014 | Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee | Self | ★ 1.5 |
| 2014 | We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama | | ★ 0.0 |
| 2013 | Black Nativity | Aretha Cobbs | ★ 5.0 |
| 2013 | Olympus Has Fallen - Die Welt in Gefahr | Lynne Jacobs | ★ 6.4 |
| 2013 | Betty and Coretta | Coretta Scott King | ★ 7.2 |
| 2012 | I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac | Self | ★ 8.1 |
| 2012 | Das gibt Ärger | Collins | ★ 6.2 |
| 2011 | Green Lantern | Dr. Amanda Waller | ★ 5.2 |
| 2011 | Jumping the Broom | Mrs. Watson | ★ 5.9 |
| 2010 | For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots | Self (voice) | ★ 7.0 |
| 2009 | Notorious B.I.G. | Voletta Wallace | ★ 6.9 |
| 2009 | Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy | Narrator (voice) | ★ 8.0 |
| 2008 | Nichts als die Wahrheit | Bonnie Benjamin | ★ 7.0 |
| 2008 | Of Boys and Men | Rieta Cole | ★ 7.7 |
| 2008 | Meet the Browns | Brenda Brown | ★ 6.7 |
| 2008 | Gospel Hill | Sarah Malcolm | ★ 4.8 |
| 2007 | Triff die Robinsons | Mildred (voice) | ★ 6.9 |
| 2006 | Akeelah ist die Größte | Tanya Anderson | ★ 7.1 |
| 2006 | Die Zeitbombe | Jill Greco | ★ 5.5 |
| 2005 | Mr. & Mrs. Smith | Mr. Smith's Boss (voice) (uncredited) | ★ 6.7 |
| 2004 | Mr. 3000 | Maureen "Mo" Simmons | ★ 5.3 |
| 2004 | The Lazarus Child | Dr. Elizabeth Chase | ★ 5.6 |
| 2003 | Masked and Anonymous | Mistress | ★ 5.1 |
| 2003 | Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives | | ★ 5.9 |
| 2002 | Land des Sonnenscheins – Sunshine State | Desiree Perry | ★ 6.4 |
| 2002 | The Rosa Parks Story | Rosa Louise McCauley Parks | ★ 7.2 |
| 2001 | Ruby's Bucket of Blood | Ruby Delacroix | ★ 6.1 |
| 2001 | The Score | Diane | ★ 6.7 |
| 2000 | Buschmann und Lena | Lena | ★ 6.3 |
| 2000 | Whispers: Ein Elefantenmärchen | Groove (voice) | ★ 5.5 |
| 2000 | Supernova | Dr. Kaela Evers | ★ 4.9 |
| 1999 | Music of the Heart | Janet | ★ 6.7 |
| 1999 | Our Friend, Martin | Miles' Mom (voice) | ★ 7.4 |
| 1998 | Stella's Groove - Männer sind die halbe Miete | Stella Payne | ★ 5.8 |
| 1997 | Contact | Rachel Constantine | ★ 7.4 |
| 1995 | Waiting to Exhale - Warten auf Mr. Right | Bernadine | ★ 6.3 |
| 1995 | Vampire in Brooklyn | Detective Rita Veder | ★ 5.1 |
| 1995 | Strange Days | Lornette 'Mace' Mason | ★ 7.0 |
| 1995 | Panther | Dr. Betty Shabazz | ★ 6.3 |
| 1993 | Tina - What's Love Got to Do with It | Anna Mae Bullock / Tina Turner | ★ 7.1 |
| 1992 | Passion Fish - Ein Meer der Gefühle | Rhonda / Dawn | ★ 6.8 |
| 1992 | Malcolm X | Betty Shabazz | ★ 7.5 |
| 1992 | Bloody Marie - Eine Frau mit Biss | U.S. Attorney Sinclair | ★ 6.1 |
| 1992 | Critters 4 - Das große Fressen geht weiter | Fran | ★ 5.0 |
| 1991 | One Special Victory | Lois | ★ 0.0 |
| 1991 | Locked Up: A Mother’s Rage | Willie | ★ 6.0 |
| 1991 | The Heroes of Desert Storm | Lt. Phoebe Jeter | ★ 2.5 |
| 1991 | Stadt der Hoffnung | Reesha | ★ 6.7 |
| 1991 | Boyz n the Hood - Jungs im Viertel | Reva Styles | ★ 7.6 |
| 1991 | Fire! Trapped on the 37th Floor | Allison | ★ 3.5 |
| 1991 | Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story | Pat | ★ 0.0 |
| 1990 | Kindergarten Cop | Stewardess | ★ 6.1 |
| 1990 | In the Best Interest of the Child | Lori | ★ 1.5 |
| 1990 | Perry Mason und der Tod eines Idols | Carla Peters | ★ 7.3 |
| 1990 | Challenger | Cheryl McNair | ★ 6.2 |
| 1986 | Liberty | Linda Thornton | ★ 0.0 |
| 1986 | F/X - Tödliche Tricks | TV reporter | ★ 6.6 |
| 1985 | Doubletake | Prostitute at Headquarters | ★ 5.2 |
| Wildwood | (voice) | ★ 0.0 |
| Making "The Score" | Herself | ★ 0.0 |
