[user104658]

First billed is not the same as protagonist, Freeman is first billed in loads of films that his role, if you watch it, would best be described as "major supporting". In all where he is a definitive lead, there is ALWAYS a second lead.

Your list Livia:



Invictus - OK this one is a given, it's about Nelson Mandela, however he does have a white co-protagonist in Matt Damon.

Seven - First billed but a co-protagonist. And arguably, the film is about Pitt's character.

Bucket List - Jack Nicholson first billed

5 Flights Up - Diane keaton first billed. Surely this one gets bonus points though! A black male lead, a female lead, AND inter-racial coupling? Thats a PC win right there

Olympus Has Fallen - C'mon Livia... this is a Gerard Butler vehicle.

Along Came A Spider - He's first billed -- BUT -- the movie is about the white girl.

Kiss The Girls - More or less the same story as the above, slightly less so, at best he's co-protagonist though it's not "a Morgan Freeman movie".

Sum of all Fears - Affleck flick

The Magic of Belle Isle - This one is a Morgan Freeman film! It... grossed $100,000 total.

Hard Rain - Christian Slater and Minnie Driver's huge head and face. Isn't Freeman the villain in this? Being the villain doesn't count.

Thick as Thieves - I've never actually heard of it... he isn't first billed though and it looks like it was a (drastic) box office flop.

Amistad - Another given as it's a "slave film" - but he shares billing with Anthony Hopkins and Matthew McConaughy.

Outbreak - Unambiguously a Dustin Hoffman film (and if we're looking at black leads, though billed lower than Freeman, Cuba Gooding Jr is the lead supporting actor, Freeman's role was relatively small).