Freeman was airlifted to the hospital and ended up having surgery for over four hours to reconnect nerves and repair damage to his left arm and hand. It will take him months to fully recover from the injuries. The good news is that it seems everybody is going to be okay and Freeman will hopefully be back to work making great movies again soon.

I figured this was as good of a time as any to publish my favorite movies starring Freeman. It is strange to remember that Freeman had roles on the 1977 educational PBS show called The Electric Company including "Easy Reader." He really gained notoriety over 20 years later in 1989 when he appeared in three tremendous movies which will all rank on the list below. So with that, I will give you OLD SCHOOL'S TOP 10 MORGAN FREEMAN MOVIES:

Honorable Mention. Bruce Almighty (2003) as "God" & Deep Impact (1998) as "President Tom Beck" - I figure you have to at least give him honorable mention any time you're playing God and the President.

10.(tie) Along Came a Spider (2001) & Kiss the Girls (1997) both as "Dr. Alex Cross"

9. Nurse Betty (2000) as "Charlie"

8. Lucky Number Slevin (2006) as "The Boss" - Very underrated movie definitely worth seeing, but here is a link to my Most Underrated Movies list

7. Lean On Me (1989) as "Principal Joe Clark"

6. Driving Miss Daisy (1989) as "Hoke Colburn" - Freeman received Oscar nomination for Best Actor and the film won the Oscar for Best Picture

5. Gone Baby Gone (2007) as "Jack Doyle"

4. Glory (1989) as "Sgt. Major John Rawlins"

3. Million Dollar Baby (2004) as "Eddie ‘Scrap Iron' Dupris" - Freeman won Oscar for Best Supporting Actor

2. Seven (1995) as "Det. Lt. William Somerset" - also ranks highly on my Top 10 Brad Pitt movies list

1. The Shawshank Redemption (1994) as "Ellis Boyd ‘Red' Redding" - Freeman received Oscar nomination for Best Actor.  This film ranked on my Best Picture Nominated Movies Not To Win the Oscar list

His comforting voice was the narrator in The Shawshank Redemption and he also narrated for March of the Penguins and War of the Worlds. I have still not seen Bucket List yet, so that is why that movie is not on my list. Not sure if it would make my top 10, but I do hope to see it soon. The biggest movie missing from my list is probably Unforgiven which won the 1992 Oscar for Best Picture. I have never been a big fan of that movie or any westerns for that matter unless you include Blazing Saddles.

That is a pretty strong list compiled over the last 20 years, so I am just very grateful as a fan that Freeman survived that car wreck and can hopefully add a few more great films to this list. I am sure he is counting his blessings as well. So that wraps up this quick issue of Kickin' it Old School. Thanks for taking the time to read it. I will be back with more 80's topics real soon. To find all of my past issues, please see the Archives in the upper left hand column which are organized by month. Please consider subscribing or at least coming back often. Peace and much love.

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