List of the best Anna Deavere Smith movies: Twilight: Los Angeles(2000), Notes From the Field(2018), Life Support(2007), Rachel Getting Married(2008), The Human Stain(2003), Philadelphia(1993), Soup for One(1982), Dave(1993), The Kingdom(2007), Can You Ever Forgive Me?(2018) ... ...
Drama
USA
2000
90 Minutes
Producer
A one woman documentary play based on hundreds of interviews conducted after the riots that followed the 1992 acquittal of the police officers who beat Rodney King. This is a film ... See full summary »
Drama
2018
89 Minutes
Executive Producer
student host interviewee interviewer teacher parent bleak inspiring gripping gritty engaging united states prison school school prison prison life crime journey growing up
Anna Deavere Smith's portrayal of 18 real-life characters dramatizes the accounts of students, parents, teachers and administrators who are caught up in America's school-to-prison pipeline.
Drama, Gay & Lesbian
2007
90 Minutes
Queen Latifah Anna Deavere Smith Wendell Pierce Rachel Nicks Evan Ross Gloria Reuben Tony Rock Darrin Dewitt Henson Tracee Ellis Ross
Comedy, Drama
USA
2008
111 Minutes
Carol
Anne Hathaway Rosemarie DeWitt Bill Irwin Debra Winger Tunde Adebimpe Mather Zickel Anisa George Anna Deavere Smith Jerome Lepage Beau Sia
sister bride father mother groom family member quirky brooding melodramatic new england family home hair salon home interracial romance drug addiction wedding family deception struggle rivalry
A young woman who has been in and out of rehab for the past ten years, returns home for the weekend for her sister's wedding.
Drama
Germany|Ireland|USA
2003
106 Minutes
Mrs. Silk
Anthony Hopkins Nicole Kidman Ed Harris Gary Sinise Wentworth Miller Jacinda Barrett Harry Lennix Clark Gregg Anna Deavere Smith Lizan Mitchell Kerry Washington
professor writer janitor husband wife brooding melodramatic passionate small town new england lake cabin college dark secrets race academia writing may-december romance identity fall
When a disgraced former college dean has a romance with a mysterious younger woman haunted by her dark, twisted past, he is forced to confront a shocking fact about his own life that he has kept secret for fifty years.
Gay & Lesbian, Drama
USA
1993
125 Minutes
Tom Hanks Denzel Washington Jason Robards Antonio Banderas Joanne Woodward Mary Steenburgen Ron Vawter Robert Ridgely Charles Napier Roger Corman John Bedford Lloyd
lawyer gay man wife husband homophobe boyfriend tender emotional profound office library courtroom apartment philadelphia homophobia worker's rights law friendship court battles aids
When a man with HIV is fired by his law firm because of his condition, he hires a homophobic small time lawyer as the only willing advocate for a wrongful dismissal suit.
Romance
USA
1982
87 Minutes
Saul Rubinek Marcia Strassman Gerrit Graham Teddy Pendergrass Richard Libertini Andrea Martin Mordecai Lawner Lewis J. Stadlen Joanna Merlin Christine Baranski Maury Chaykin
single man television producer dream girl friend amusing offbeat new york city television studio restaurant dating sex romance loneliness city life unrequited love quest love 1980s
When Allan meets Maria he is sure he has found the perfect woman for him but she's not interested. He persists, she relents, they begin dating. Allan then starts to second guess what he thought he wanted.
Comedy
1993
110 Minutes
Kevin Kline Sigourney Weaver Frank Langella Ben Kingsley Kevin Dunn Ving Rhames Charles Grodin Faith Prince Laura Linney Bonnie Hunt Parley Baer
president first lady impostor political consultant press officer secret service agent amusing confident playful suspenseful madcap washington, d.c. white house office ballroom bedroom capitol building impersonation propaganda deception
White House aides draft a down-to-earth double (Kevin Kline) to impersonate the president, who has had a stroke.
Mystery & Thriller, Action, Drama
USA|Germany|United Arab Emirates
2007
110 Minutes
Jamie Foxx Chris Cooper Jennifer Garner Jason Bateman Ashraf Barhoum Ali Suliman Jeremy Piven Richard Jenkins Tim McGraw Kyle Chandler Frances Fisher
special agent fbi agent forensic expert technician reporter police officer tense frenetic thrilling intense emotional saudi arabia oil field washington, d.c. war zone foreign relations oil bombing investigation unlikely allies
A team of U.S. government agents are sent to investigate the bombing of an American facility in the Middle East.
Gay & Lesbian, Comedy, Biography, Drama
USA
2018
106 Minutes
Melissa McCarthy Richard E. Grant Dolly Wells Ben Falcone Gregory Korostishevsky Jane Curtin Stephen Spinella Christian Navarro Pun Bandhu Marc Evan Jackson Erik LaRay Harvey
celebrity biographer friend writer storyteller amusing creative emotional new york city office park bookstore street writing creative process unemployment forgery celebrities pop culture transformation
When Lee Israel falls out of step with current tastes, she turns her art form to deception.