Cast: Aja Naomi King

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Aja Naomi King. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


Lessons in Chemistry (TV Miniseries)

2023 · Series · 45 min. · United States

Direction Sarah Adina Smith · Bert · Bertie · Tara Miele

Cast Brie Larson · Lewis Pullman · Aja Naomi King · Stephanie Koenig

Plot TV Miniseries (2023). 8 Episodes. In the 1950s, Elizabeth Zott’s dream of being a scientist is challenged by a society that says women belong in the domestic sphere. She accepts...

7.3

1K votes

7.3

1K votes

How to Get Away With Murder (TV Series)

2014 · Series · 42 min. · United States

Direction Peter Nowalk · Bill D'Elia · Mike Listo · Laura Innes

Cast Viola Davis · Billy Brown · Jack Falahee · Aja Naomi King

Plot TV Series (2014-2020). 6 Seasons. 90 Episodes. A sexy, suspense-driven legal thriller about a group of ambitious law students and their brilliant, mysterious criminal defense professor. They become entangled in...

6.8

8K votes

6.8

8K votes

The 24th

2020 · Movie · 101 min. · United States

Direction Kevin Willmott

Cast Trai Byers · Bashir Salahuddin · Aja Naomi King · Mo McRae

Plot It is the story of the all-black Twenty-Fourth United States Infantry Regiment, and the Houston Riot of 1917.

6.4

22 votes

6.4

22 votes

Little Fish

2020 · Movie · 101 min. · United States

Direction Chad Hartigan

Cast Olivia Cooke · Jack O'Connell · Carmen Moore · Raúl Castillo

Plot A couple fights to hold their relationship together as a memory loss virus spreads and threatens to erase the history of their love and courtship.

6.4

735 votes

6.4

735 votes

The Birth of a Nation

2016 · Movie · 119 min. · United States

Direction Nate Parker

Cast Nate Parker · Armie Hammer · Jackie Earle Haley · Gabrielle Union

Plot Set against the antebellum South, this story follows Nat Turner, a literate slave and preacher whose financially strained owner, Samuel Turner, accepts an offer to use Nat’s preaching to subdue...

6.2

2K votes

6.2

2K votes

Sylvie´s Love

2020 · Movie · 104 min. · United States

Direction Eugene Ashe

Cast Tessa Thompson · Nnamdi Asomugha · Wendi McLendon-Covey · Eva Longoria

Plot Years after their summer romance comes to an end, an aspiring television producer and a talented musician cross paths, only to find their feelings for each other never changed. With...

6.2

470 votes

6.2

470 votes

The Upside

2017 · Movie · 126 min. · United States

Direction Neil Burger

Cast Bryan Cranston · Kevin Hart · Nicole Kidman · Julianna Margulies

Plot A comedic look at the relationship between a wealthy paraplegic and an unemployed man with a criminal record who's hired to help him.

5.7

1K votes

5.7

1K votes

Deadbeat (TV Series)

2014 · Series · 21 min. · United States

Direction Troy Miller · Heath Cullens · Evan Nix · Todd Biermann

Cast Tyler Labine · Lucy DeVito · Cat Deeley · Brandon T. Jackson

Plot The series follows Kevin Pacalioglu, a medium for hire, who attempts to solve various ghosts' unresolved problems, so that they can move on to a final resting place, occasionally with...

5.6

333 votes

5.6

333 votes

Emily Owens, M.D. (First Cut) (TV Series)

2012 · Series · 42 min. · United States

Direction Jennie Snyder · Bharat Nalluri · Jamie Babbit · Howard Deutch

Cast Mamie Gummer · Justin Hartley · Aja Naomi King · Kelly McCreary

Plot TV Series (2012-2013). 13 Episodes. A female medical student realizes that working as an intern in a big hospital is very much the same as being in high school.

5.4

71 votes

5.4

71 votes

Four

2012 · Movie · 76 min. · United States

Direction Joshua Sanchez

Cast Wendell Pierce · Aja Naomi King · E.J. Bonilla · Emory Cohen

Plot A steamy July 4th night brings four people together in two tales of seduction and conflicted desire. Joe is a black, middle-aged, married man out on an internet date with...

5.0

26 votes

5.0

26 votes

The Rewrite

2014 · Movie · 106 min. · United States

Direction Marc Lawrence

Cast Hugh Grant · Marisa Tomei · Allison Janney · J.K. Simmons

Plot An Oscar-winning writer in a slump leaves Hollywood to teach screenwriting at a college on the East Coast, where he falls for a single mom taking classes there. Keith Michaels...

5.0

2K votes

5.0

2K votes

Black Box (TV Series)

2014 · Series · min. · United States

Direction Amy Holden Jones · Tricia Brock · Simon Curtis · Bronwen Hughes

Cast Kelly Reilly · Ditch Davey · David Ajala · Ali Wong

Plot Catherine Black, a famed neuroscientist, with a job at the Center for Neurological Research and Treatment, struggles with mental illness and its one of the many secrets she hides from...

5.0

44 votes

5.0

44 votes

A Little White Lie

2023 · Movie · 101 min. · United States

Direction Michael Maren

Cast Michael Shannon · Kate Hudson · Don Johnson · Zach Braff

Plot A handyman living in New York City is mistaken for a famous and famously reclusive writer and brought to a university where he is to deliver a keynote address.

4.6

183 votes

4.6

183 votes

36 Saints

2013 · Movie · 83 min. · United States

Direction Eddy Duran

Cast Franky G. · Jeffrey De Serrano · Donna McKechnie · Jaime Tirelli

Plot "Seven" meets "The Da Vinci Code," when New York Police Headquarters is confronted with the horror of a serial murderer loose on the streets of Manhattan. Oblivious to the danger,...

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A Girl from Mogadishu

2019 · Movie · 113 min. · Ireland

Direction Mary McGuckian

Cast Aja Naomi King · Barkhad Abdi · Martha Canga Antonio · Luke Spencer Roberts

Plot Based on the testimony of Ifrah Ahmed, who - having made the extraordinary journey to escape war-torn Somalia - emerged as one of the world's foremost international activists against Gender...

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The Knife

2024 · Movie · min. · United States

Direction Nnamdi Asomugha

Cast Nnamdi Asomugha · Aja Naomi King · Melissa Leo · Aiden Gabrielle Price

Plot The story of an event that disrupts a family dynamic and begins to dismantle the illusions of their lives.

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Onion News Empire (TV)

2013 · Movie · min. · United States

Direction Todd Strauss-Schulson

Cast Jeffrey Tambor · Christopher Masterson · Aja Naomi King · William Sadler

Plot The journalists at the Onion News Network will do anything to stay at the top of their game. And if they can't find a great story, they'll create one.

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Reversion

2015 · Movie · 84 min. · United States

Direction Jose Nestor Marquez

Cast Aja Naomi King · Colm Feore · Amanda Plummer · Lela Rochon

Plot The daughter of a billionaire tech mogul questions her own memories about her mothers death after being kidnapped by a stranger.

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Boxing Day

2021 · Movie · 109 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Aml Ameen

Cast Aml Ameen · Aja Naomi King · Marianne Jean-Baptiste · Claire Skinner

Plot Inspired by writer, director, and star Aml Ameen's life, "Boxing Day" follows Melvin, a British author living in America, who returns home to London for Christmas to introduce his American...

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Not rated