Ryan Coogler accepts the Oscar® for Original Screenplay during the 98th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 15, 2026. Credit/Provider: Trae Patton / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.
One of the most celebrated filmmakers of his generation, Ryan Coogler is now an Oscar winner!
The writer, director and producer first gained attention for his work on ‘Fruitvale Station‘, and went on to make such celebrated and successful films as ‘Creed‘, ‘Black Panther‘ and ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever‘.
He has also produced such popular and successful films as ‘Judas and the Black Messiah‘, ‘Creed III‘, ‘Space Jam: A New Legacy‘, and the documentary ‘Stephen Curry: Underrated‘.
Release Date: Apr 18, 2025
Run Time: 2 hr 18 min
Budget: $90,000,000
But it was his blockbuster hit ‘Sinners‘, which received a nomination for Best Picture, that earned him an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
In honor of Coogler’s recent Oscar win, Moviefone is ranking every movie he’s ever made as a writer, director or producer.
Let’s begin!
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(L to R) LeBron James and Tweety in ‘Space Jam: A New Legacy’. Photo: Warner Bros. Pictures.
When LeBron (LeBron James) and his young son Dom (Cedric Joe) are trapped in a digital space by a rogue A.I. (Don Cheadle), LeBron must get them home safe by leading Bugs, Lola Bunny and the whole gang of notoriously undisciplined Looney Tunes to victory over the A.I.’s digitized champions on the court: a powered-up roster of professional basketball stars as you’ve never seen them before. It’s Tunes versus Goons in the highest-stakes challenge of his life, that will redefine LeBron’s bond with his son and shine a light on the power of being yourself. The ready-for-action Tunes destroy convention, supercharge their unique talents and surprise even ‘King’ James by playing the game their own way.
Release Date: Jul 16, 2021
Run Time: 1 hr 55 min
Budget: $150,000,000
Stephen Curry in the documentary ‘Stephen Curry: Underrated’. Photo: A24 and Apple TV+.
The remarkable coming-of-age story of Stephen Curry, one of the most influential, dynamic, and unexpected players in basketball history—and his rise from an undersized college player to a four-time NBA champion.
“From underdog to unstoppable.”
Release Date: Jul 21, 2023
Run Time: 1 hr 50 min
Letitia Wright as Shuri in Marvel Studios’ ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.’ Photo courtesy of Marvel Studios. © 2022 Marvel.
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 stars as Adonis Creed in ‘Creed III,’ A Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures film. Photo credit: Eli Ade. © 2023 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Inc. All Rights Reserved
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
Daniel Kaluuya in ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’. Photo: Warner Bros. Pictures.
Chairman Fred Hampton (Daniel Kaluuya) was 21 years old when he was assassinated by the FBI, who coerced a petty criminal named William O’Neal (LaKeith Stanfield) to help them silence him and the Black Panther Party. But they could not kill Fred Hampton’s legacy and, 50 years later, his words still echo’¦ louder than ever.
“You can kill a revolutionary but you can’t kill the revolution.”
Release Date: Feb 12, 2021
Run Time: 2 hr 5 min
Budget: $26,000,000
(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
3. ‘Creed‘ (2015)
(L to R) Michael B. Jordan and Sylvester Stallone in ‘Creed’. Photo: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures.
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
(L to R) Michael B. Jordan and Chadwick Boseman in ‘Black Panther’. Photo: Marvel Studios.
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
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
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