List of the best Debbie Allen movies: A Star for Rose(2013), The Hot Chocolate Nutcracker(2014), The Fantasia Barrino Story: Life Is Not a Fairy Tale(2006), Out of Sync(1995), Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling(1986), Tournament of Dreams(2007), All About You(2001), The Painting(2001), Fame(2009), Ragtime(1981) ... ...
Drama
USA
2013
98 Minutes
Rose
Debbie Allen John Savage Tara Walker Melinda Skilondz Cat Fobi Lisa London Michele Orlando Eric Martin Reid
Small town girl Marcy (Tara Walker) comes to the LA with stars in her eyes, thinking she can make it big on "Search For A Star." Instead, with little money and no friends, she finds herself... See full summary »
Other, Musical
2014
90 Minutes
Director
Biography, Drama
2006
96 Minutes
Director
Loretta Devine Viola Davis Kadeem Hardison Jamia Simone Nash Chico Benymon Cedric Pendelton Jonell Kennedy Thomas Hyde III Paul Amadi
Barrino (Fantasia Barrino), a singer, overcomes hardships and gains fame by winning the third season of "American Idol."
Crime, Drama
1995
105 Minutes
Director
LL Cool J Victoria Dillard Howard Hesseman Ramy Zada Aries Spears Don Yesso Yaphet Kotto
A Los Angeles DJ (LL Cool J) in debt to bookies falls for the girlfriend of a drug dealer he is watching for the police.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1986
97 Minutes
Michelle
Richard Pryor Debbie Allen Carmen McRae Art Evans Fay Hauser Barbara Williams Paula Kelly Diahnne Abbott Scoey Mitchell Billy Eckstine Wings Hauser
comedian young boy mother grandmother father emotional moving illinois city stage los angeles hospital stand-up comedy fame drug addiction self-destruction coma near-death experience wretched excess discovery
After severely burning himself in a drug incident, a comedian has a near death experience in which he reviews his life.
Drama
USA
2007
88 Minutes
Tony Todd Debbie Allen Shakira Bryant Keana Jackson Rae'Ven Larrymore-Kelly Robin Wilson Joyful Drake Houston Summers Jayceon Taylor Kiki Haynes Brian Patrick Clarke
A dramatic feature about an inner city girl's high school basketball team who, with the help of a dedicated coach struggle though personal issues to save their basketball program.
Romance
USA
2001
100 Minutes
Ruth
Renee Elise Goldsberry Terron Brooks Debbie Allen LisaRaye McCoy Lou Myers Vanessa Bell Calloway Bobby Hosea Chris Spencer Tico Wells Rockmond Dunbar Adam Lazarre-White
Two people run from the pain of their broken past. When they discover each other, they find themselves at a crossroad where the only thing that stands between them and a second chance is each other.
Drama
USA
2001
95 Minutes
Bertha Lee Gilmore
Clifton Davis Josh Rose Charles Shaughnessy Stacey Dash Debbie Allen Ben Vereen Josh Ackerman William R. Moses Paul Taylor
A black man is opposed to his sister's falling in love with a white man.
Musical, Drama
USA
2009
107 Minutes
Asher Book Kristy Flores Paul Iacono Paul McGill Naturi Naughton Kay Panabaker Kherington Payne Collins Pennie Walter Perez Anna Maria Perez de Tagle Debbie Allen
high-school student singer dancer actor friend teacher engaging emotional creative high school dance studio costume party subway new york city aspirations performance friendship romance relationships show business
An updated version of the musical Fame (1980), which centered on the students of the New York Academy of Performing Arts. The name of the school in 1980 was Fiorello Laguardia High School.
Drama
USA
1981
155 Minutes
James Cagney Howard E. Rollins Jr. Elizabeth McGovern Brad Dourif Moses Gunn Kenneth McMillan Pat O'Brien Donald O'Connor James Olson Mandy Patinkin Mary Steenburgen
maid jazz musician father mother showgirl fireman charming fascinating crafty new york city white plains, n.y. new rochelle, n.y. murder race relations love historical events adventure revenge love 1900s
A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence, and other nostalgic events in early 1900s New York City.