List of the best Lee Daniels movies: Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire(2009), The Paperboy(2012), The United States vs. Billie Holiday(2021), Lee Daniels' The Butler(2013), Agnes and His Brothers(2004) ... ...
Drama
USA
2009
109 Minutes
Director
Gabourey Sidibe Mo'Nique Paula Patton Lenny Kravitz Mariah Carey Sherri Shepherd Xosha Roquemore Chyna Layne
teenager stepfather mother teacher uplifting inspiring intense school new york city ghetto abuse rape pregnancy poverty education transformation 2000s
In New York City's Harlem circa 1987, an overweight, abused, illiterate teen who is pregnant with her second child is invited to enroll in an alternative school in hopes that her life can head in a new direction.
Crime, Drama
USA
2012
107 Minutes
Director
Matthew McConaughey Zac Efron David Oyelowo Macy Gray John Cusack Nicole Kidman Scott Glenn Ned Bellamy Nealla Gordon Adam Sibley Camille Balsamo
reporter brother partner murderer sexy woman tense dark offbeat florida small town prison racial tension murder case journalism romance injustice quest rescue 1960s
A reporter returns to his Florida hometown to investigate a case involving a death row inmate.
Drama, Music, Biography, History
USA
2021
Minutes
Director
Andra Day Trevante Rhodes Garrett Hedlund Natasha Lyonne Da'Vine Joy Randolph Rob Morgan Tone Bell Dana Gourrier Evan Ross
Follows Holiday during her career as she is targeted by the Federal Department of Narcotics with an undercover sting operation led by black Federal Agent Jimmy Fletcher, with whom she had a tumultuous affair.
Drama, History
2013
132 Minutes
Director
Forest Whitaker Oprah Winfrey John Cusack Jane Fonda Cuba Gooding Jr. Terrence Howard Lenny Kravitz James Marsden David Oyelowo Vanessa Redgrave Alan Rickman
butler wife cook harry s. truman richard nixon nancy reagan calm solemn relaxing moving heartwarming powerful white house washington, d.c. family home american south capitol building street politics race relations
A White House butler (Forest Whitaker) has a front-row seat to history through three decades and seven presidential administrations, including those of Eisenhower (Robin Williams), Kennedy (James Marsden) and Nixon (John Cusack).
Drama
Germany
2004
116 Minutes
Henry Preminger
Martin Weiss Moritz Bleibtreu Herbert Knaup Katja Riemann Tom Schilling Susan Anbeh Vadim Glowna Margit Carstensen Lee Daniels Marie Zielcke Oliver Korittke
This drama focuses on three very different siblings, all searching for happiness. Hans-Jörg is a sex addicted librarian, who is interested in young students. Werner is a successful ... See full summary »