Loretta Devine

Sam, a neurodivergent man, has a daughter with a homeless woman who abandons them when they leave the hospital, leaving Sam to raise Lucy on his own. But as Lucy grows up, Sam's limitations as a parent start to become a problem and the authorities take her away. Sam convinces high-priced lawyer Rita to take his case pro bono and in turn teaches her the value of love and family.

Dir. Jessie Nelson · With Sean Penn, Michelle Pfeiffer, Dianne Wiest

When an accomplished pianist is diagnosed with the devastating and incurable disease ALS, she hires a directionless young woman who becomes her full-time caregiver. Complete opposites, the strangers form a life-changing bond inspiring each other to live life to fullest, while being brought together by the most challenging of circumstances.

Dir. George C. Wolfe · With Hilary Swank, Emmy Rossum, Josh Duhamel

Family Reunion follows a family of six who travel from Seattle, Washington to Columbus, Georgia for the McKellan Family Reunion and decide to stay to be closer to their family.

Dir. Meg DeLoatch · With Tia Mowry, Anthony Alabi, Talia Jackson

When Shirley, Madea's niece, receives distressing news about her health, the only thing she wants is her family gathered around her. However, Shirley's three adult children are too preoccupied with their own troubled lives to pay attention to their mother. It is up to Madea, with the help of rowdy Aunt Bam, to bring the clan together and help Shirley deal with her crisis.

Dir. Tyler Perry · With Tyler Perry, Loretta Devine, Shad Moss

A father survives a plane crash in rural Appalachia, but becomes suspicious of the elderly couple who take him in to nurse him back to health with the ancient remedies.

Dir. Mark Tonderai · With Omari Hardwick, Loretta Devine, John Beasley

This year Christmas with the Whitfields promises to be one they will never forget. All the siblings have come home for the first time in years and they've brought plenty of baggage with them. As the Christmas tree is trimmed and the lights are hung, secrets are revealed and family bonds are tested. As their lives converge, they join together and help each other discover the true meaning of family.

Dir. Preston A. Whitmore II · With Delroy Lindo, Idris Elba, Loretta Devine

A woman adjusting to life after a loss contends with a feisty bird that's taken over her garden — and a husband who's struggling to find a way forward.

Dir. Theodore Melfi · With Melissa McCarthy, Chris O'Dowd, Kevin Kline

Cheated on, mistreated and stepped on, the women are holding their breath, waiting for the elusive "good man" to break a string of less-than-stellar lovers. Friends and confidants Vannah, Bernie, Glo and Robin talk it all out, determined to find a better way to breathe.

Dir. Forest Whitaker · With Whitney Houston, Angela Bassett, Loretta Devine

Duncan is a genius straight A student, Blade is ajuvenile delinquent. But because of a mix up with their school records, everyone thinks each is the other one. Now, Duncan kind of likes the attention from being thought of as a real bad dude, if only the school bully would stop trying to rough him up. And Blade definitely likes being thought of as important instead of as trouble.

Dir. Randall Miller · With Christopher Reid, Christopher Martin, Karyn Parsons

In 1934, the second most lucrative business in New York City was running 'the numbers'. When Madam Queen—the powerful woman who runs the scam in Harlem—is arrested, Ellsworth 'Bumpy' Johnson takes over the business and must resist an invasion from a merciless mobster.

Dir. Bill Duke · With Laurence Fishburne, Tim Roth, Vanessa Williams

A college campus is plagued by a vicious serial killer murdering students in ways that correspond to various urban legends.

Dir. Jamie Blanks · With Alicia Witt, Jared Leto, Rebecca Gayheart

An illiterate cook at a company cafeteria tries for the attention of a newly widowed woman. As they get to know one another, she discovers his inability to read. When he is fired, she takes on trying to teach him to read in her kitchen each night.

Dir. Martin Ritt · With Jane Fonda, Robert De Niro, Swoosie Kurtz

As a new school year begins, Greg is subject to relentless teasing from his brother Rodrick. Will Greg manage to get along with him? Or will a secret ruin everything?

Dir. Luke Cormican · With Brady Noon, Ethan William Childress, Hunter Dillon

Two very different families converge on Martha's Vineyard one weekend for a wedding.

Dir. Salim Akil · With Paula Patton, Laz Alonso, Angela Bassett

An FBI agent works to uncover an all-American family as Soviet sleeper agents, and gets caught up in friendship with their oblivious teenage son.

Dir. Richard Benjamin · With Sidney Poitier, River Phoenix, Richard Jenkins

Brad has committed murder and barricaded himself inside his house. With the help of his friends and neighbours, the cops piece together the strange tale of how this nice young man arrived at such a dark place.

Dir. Werner Herzog · With Michael Shannon, Willem Dafoe, Chloë Sevigny

Kevin Carson is a young man living in the projects who has to survive a three-day weekend after his opportunistic neighbors find out he's holding a winning lottery ticket worth $370 million.

Dir. Erik White · With Shad Moss, Brandon T. Jackson, Naturi Naughton

Durell and LeeJohn are best friends and bumbling petty criminals. When told they have one week to pay a $17,000 debt or Durell will lose his son, they come up with a desperate scheme to rob their neighborhood church. Instead, they end up spending the night in the presence of the Lord and are forced to deal with much more than they bargained for.

Dir. David E. Talbert · With Ice Cube, Katt Williams, Tracy Morgan

Following a wild night out with his best man, Rob Anderson wakes up to find himself naked in an elevator on the morning of his wedding day and is forced to relive the morning over and over again.

Dir. Michael Tiddes · With Marlon Wayans, Regina Hall, Dennis Haysbert

Good-natured Reverend Henry Biggs finds that his marriage to choir mistress Julia is flagging, due to his constant absence caring for the deprived neighborhood they live in. On top of all this, his church is coming under threat from property developer Joe Hamilton. In desperation, Biggs prays to God for help – which arrives in the form of an angel named Dudley.

Dir. Penny Marshall · With Denzel Washington, Whitney Houston, Courtney B. Vance

Riley Parks delicately balances two starkly different lives -- one as a single mom in a conservative town struggling to provide for her family and the other as a savvy and ambitious businesswoman working with a rowdy, sexy and unpredictable group of women.

Dir. Suzanne Martin, Jordan Budde · With Jennifer Love Hewitt, Loretta Devine, Colin Egglesfield

A pampered Beverly Hills chihuahua named Chloe who, while on vacation in Mexico with her owner Viv's niece, Rachel, gets lost and must rely on her friends to help her get back home before she is caught by a dognapper who wants to ransom her.

Dir. Raja Gosnell · With Drew Barrymore, Piper Perabo, Andy Garcia

The making of a horror movie takes on a terrifying reality for students at the most prestigious film school in the country. At Alpine University, someone is determined to win the best film award at any cost - even if it means eliminating the competition. No one is safe and everyone is a suspect.

Dir. John Ottman · With Jennifer Morrison, Matthew Davis, Hart Bochner

A half-striped zebra is blamed for the drought and leaves his herd in search of his missing stripes. He is joined on his quest by an overprotective wildebeest and a flamboyant ostrich; they defeat the tyrannical leopard and save his herd.

Dir. Anthony Silverston · With Jake T. Austin, Liam Neeson, Steve Buscemi