Wow, just watched this movie for the very first time. It's freaking awesome!

One of the most radical film ever made in Hollywood. The hate Spike Lee gets is not gratuitous. Imagine the conservative outrage if it came out today!

As piercing and relevant today as it was almost two decades ago, Malcolm X is an unflinching character portrait that shows every bit of what made Malcolm a great man and a revolutionary, never demonizing him but also never flattening him. Denzel does his evolution so seamlessly; the Malcolm at the end of the movie is so different from the one at the beginning, and yet they feel like the same man. That is anchored by his performance; his wry little smile in his final scene is pitch perfect. And when Spike Lee is on, the brother is _on_. His searing, confrontational style was made for this film. You are going to reckon with it, dammit. And reckon with it I did. I've always had Malcolm's autobiography on my to read list, but this film instantly compelled me to finally get it, because it so thoroughly displayed the man's importance, eloquence, passion, and heart. I can think of no higher praise than that.

A shame that even then Afro Americans couldn’t find common ground . Definitely a problem to raise up a faulted human prophet in Elijah.

Outside of Denzel Washington amazing performance of Malcolm X that rightfully got him nominated for Best Actor, Malcolm X did an excellent job on the message of the film and doing its best on explaining the story of the influential figure in American History. The music choice is good and love the usage of Sam Cooke song which is both amazing but haunting as you already know what’s going to happen if know real life history of Malcolm X. The runtime yeah could be bothering for some people and that Malcolm X did not added stuff like Malcolm X history with the Left Wing politics that was omitted and there more, though can’t blame Spike Lee since it was adapted from a different novel. Great film to learn about Malcolm X if you ignore the runtime.