List of the best Octavia Spencer movies: Ma(2019), Blues for Willadean(2012), Car Dogs(2016), Hidden Figures(2016), Fruitvale Station(2013), Luce(2019), Black or White(2014), The Shack(2017), Roald Dahl's The Witches(2020), Instant Family(2018), Small Town Crime(2017), Wannabe(2005) ... ...
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA|Japan
2019
99 Minutes
Octavia Spencer Diana Silvers Juliette Lewis McKaley Miller Corey Fogelmanis Gianni Paolo Dante Brown Tanyell Waivers Dominic Burgess Heather Marie Pate Tate Taylor
middle-aged woman teen girl teen boy classmate creepy dark intense frightening basement high school restaurant house obsession revenge party torture adventure underdog transformation rivalry
A lonely woman befriends a group of teenagers and decides to let them party at her house. Just when the kids think their luck couldn't get any better, things start happening that make them question the intention of their host.
Drama
2012
100 Minutes
LaSonia Robinson
Octavia Spencer Dale Dickey Beth Grant David Steen Rachel Sorsa Andrea Cohen Pam Trotter Luke Donaldson Kristen McCullough Shalitras Flowers Elizabeth Zimmerman
Comedy, Drama
2016
104 Minutes
Mrs. Barrett
Octavia Spencer Alessandra Torresani Patrick J. Adams Nia Vardalos Dash Mihok Chris Mulkey Josh Hopkins George Lopez
car salesman car dealer customer celebrity confident chilling fiery intense thrilling car dealership office city car car sales business pursuit sacrifice temptation wretched excess 2010s
The son of an overbearing car dealership owner gets the chance to open his own dealership, but it would mean betraying his sales team and himself to get what he wants.
Drama, History
USA
2016
127 Minutes
Taraji P. Henson Octavia Spencer Janelle Monáe Kevin Costner Mahershala Ali Kirsten Dunst Jim Parsons Kimberly Quinn Glen Powell Aldis Hodge Bob A. Jennings
african-american woman engineer mathematician astronaut soldier john glenn confident emotional fascinating classroom office houston command center conference room laboratory space race mathematics civil rights gender bias space
The story of a team of female African-American mathematicians who served a vital role in NASA during the early years of the U.S. space program.
Drama
USA
2013
85 Minutes
Michael B. Jordan Octavia Spencer Melonie Diaz Ahna O'Reilly Kevin Durand Chad Michael Murray Joey Oglesby Laurel Moglen Liisa Cohen Ariana Neal Alex Alessandro Garcia
young man black man girlfriend daughter mother police officer gritty inspiring disheartening sad somber oakland, calif. subway family home city accidental death racial profiling race relations family parent/child relationship
The story of Oscar Grant III, a 22-year-old Bay Area resident, who crosses paths with friends, enemies, family, and strangers on the last day of 2008.
Drama
USA
2019
109 Minutes
Naomi Watts Octavia Spencer Kelvin Harrison Jr. Tim Roth Norbert Leo Butz Andrea Bang Hannah Cabell Christopher Mann Marsha Stephanie Blake Omar Brunson Noah Gaynor
adopted son couple gripping uneasy school united states adoption racial tension racial issues revenge 21st century
A married couple is forced to reckon with their idealized image of their son, adopted from war-torn Eritrea, after an alarming discovery by a devoted high school teacher threatens his status as an all-star student.
Drama
USA
2014
121 Minutes
Kevin Costner Octavia Spencer Jillian Estell Bill Burr Mpho Koaho Anthony Mackie Andre Holland Gillian Jacobs Jennifer Ehle Paula Newsome Indigo
grandfather grandmother granddaughter lawyer friend emotional passionate moving family home courtroom school race relations grandparent/child relationship legal battle custody battle growing up rivalry discovery transformation 2010s
A grieving widower is drawn into a custody battle over his granddaughter, whom he helped raise her entire life.
Drama
USA|Canada|Hong Kong
2017
132 Minutes
Sam Worthington Octavia Spencer Avraham Aviv Alush Radha Mitchell Alice Braga Graham Greene Tim McGraw Sumire Amélie Eve Megan Charpentier Gage Munroe
father daughter stranger engaging emotional inspiring touching woods shack oregon mourning loss crisis of faith murder discovery fall love transformation 21st century
A grieving man receives a mysterious, personal invitation to meet with God at a place called "The Shack."
Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
2020
105 Minutes
Grandma
Anne Hathaway Octavia Spencer Stanley Tucci Jahzir Kadeem Bruno Codie-Lei Eastick Charles Edwards Morgana Robinson Eugenia Caruso Simon Manyonda Jonathan Livingstone
orphan young boy grandmother mouse witch creative dreamy incredible witty alabama hotel witchcraft transformation cure adventure escape transformation rescue 1960s
An orphan and his grandmother travel to a seaside resort at precisely the same time that the world's Grand High Witch has gathered her fellow cronies from around the globe -- under cover -- to carry out her nefarious plans.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2018
119 Minutes
Karen
Mark Wahlberg Rose Byrne Octavia Spencer Isabela Moner Tig Notaro Gustavo Quiroz Julianna Gamiz Margo Martindale Julie Hagerty Michael O'Keefe Tom Segura
wife husband adopted daughter brother sister airy amusing hilarious emotional melodramatic heartwarming united states orphanage school adoption orphanage new experiences trust lie sibling relationship
A couple find themselves in over their heads when they foster three children.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
2017
91 Minutes
Executive Producer
Eshom Nelms John Hawkes Anthony Anderson Octavia Spencer Robert Forster Clifton Gonzalez Gonzalez Michael Vartan James Lafferty Daniel Sunjata Caity Lotz Jeremy Ratchford
An alcoholic ex cop finds a woman on the roadside, left for dead. He offers to find the killer pro bono as P.I. Her granddad hires him. Things get nasty.
Comedy
USA
2005
83 Minutes
Lady Chanet Janney Jones
Craig Robert Young Adam Huss Octavia Spencer Anna Becker Tate Taylor Elizabeth Warner Susan Duerden Greg Rikaart Eddie Mills Brian Nahas Carole Ita White
A hasbeen boyband member crosses the pond from the UK to become the next big... Wannabe!
Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure
2015
118 Minutes
Johanna
Shailene Woodley Theo James Octavia Spencer Jai Courtney Ray Stevenson Zoë Kravitz Miles Teller Ansel Elgort Maggie Q Naomi Watts Kate Winslet
teen girl enemy friend family member soldier partner brooding dark intense bleak thrilling destroyed city camp battlefield chicago street apartment dystopia survival friendship
Fugitives Tris (Shailene Woodley) and Four (Theo James) search for allies and answers among the ruins of Chicago while arduously trying to evade Jeanine (Kate Winslet), leader of the Erudites.
Drama
USA
2011
146 Minutes
Minny
Viola Davis Emma Stone Bryce Dallas Howard Octavia Spencer Jessica Chastain Allison Janney Sissy Spacek Ahna O'Reilly Anna Camp Cicely Tyson Chris Lowell
society girl maid journalist editor rival mother heartwarming inspiring gripping mississippi mansion plantation household newsroom segregation journalism race friendship class distinctions relationships
An aspiring author during the civil rights movement of the 1960s decides to write a book detailing the African American maids' point of view on the white families for which they work, and the hardships they go through on a daily basis.
Drama
USA
2017
101 Minutes
Roberta
Chris Evans Mckenna Grace Lindsay Duncan Octavia Spencer Jenny Slate Michael Kendall Kaplan John M. Jackson Glenn Plummer John Finn Elizabeth Marvel Candace B. Harris
single man niece child prodigy landlady mother teacher fascinating emotional intense florida school house courtroom office college single parents mathematics greed growing up determination
Frank, a single man raising his child prodigy niece Mary, is drawn into a custody battle with his mother.
Romance, Fantasy
USA|Canada|Mexico
2017
123 Minutes
Zelda Fuller
Sally Hawkins Michael Shannon Richard Jenkins Octavia Spencer Michael Stuhlbarg Doug Jones David Hewlett Nick Searcy Stewart Arnott Nigel Bennett Lauren Lee Smith
mute person creature marine biologist friend cleaning lady government agent moving dreamy emotional endearing heartwarming creative baltimore laboratory apartment bonding friendship creatures muteness rule breaking
At a top secret research facility in the 1960s, a lonely janitor forms a unique relationship with an amphibious creature that is being held in captivity.
Comedy
USA
2008
99 Minutes
Mary
Missi Pyle Melissa McCarthy Josh Hopkins Octavia Spencer Jack Noseworthy Larry Sullivan
Lucy has always used food to escape life's problems, but when this self-titled "fat friend" lures her group of old college buddies to the Montana wilderness, she reveals a new self - skinny, beautiful and still flawed.
Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure
2016
121 Minutes
Johanna
Shailene Woodley Theo James Naomi Watts Octavia Spencer Jeff Daniels Zoë Kravitz Ansel Elgort Miles Teller Keiynan Lonsdale Daniel Dae Kim Maggie Q
teen girl enemy family member friend rebel freedom fighter brooding dark intense dystopia chicago camp destroyed city street apartment dystopia survival friendship family fighting
As a ruthless battle threatens humanity, Tris (Shailene Woodley) and Four (Theo James) journey beyond the wall that encloses Chicago to find a peaceful solution for their embroiled city.
Sci-Fi, Action
South Korea|Czech Republic
2013
125 Minutes
Tanya
Chris Evans Song Kang-ho Tilda Swinton Jamie Bell Octavia Spencer John Hurt Ed Harris Ewen Bremner Ah-sung Ko Alison Pill Vlad Ivanov
survivor man train revolutionary soldier leader brooding brash intense train classroom barracks office train station train tracks apocalypse train travel survival control determination
In a future where a failed climate-change experiment has killed all life except for the lucky few who boarded the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe, a new class system emerges.
Drama
USA
2007
99 Minutes
Streetwalker
Ryan Reynolds Hope Davis Melissa McCarthy Elle Fanning David Denman Octavia Spencer Lorene Scafaria
screenwriter programmer actor dark suspenseful woods forest tv station reality television transformation
A troubled actor, a television show runner, and an acclaimed videogame designer find their lives intertwining in mysterious and unsettling ways.
Comedy
USA
2009
85 Minutes
Rochelle
Ahna O'Reilly Beth Grant Zack Silva Julianna McCarthy Michael Chieffo Octavia Spencer Larry Weissman Malcolm Ridley Adrian Kali Turner Byron Lane Mary Chieffo
A social outcast with a facial birthmark finds his world flipped upside down after he posts videos of his quirky life onto the Internet and becomes an unwilling cyber-celebrity.
Drama
USA
2012
101 Minutes
Nurse Keller
Eshom Nelms Jane Kaczmarek C. Thomas Howell James Lafferty Aaron Hill Dale Dickey Michelle Lang Octavia Spencer Jack Kehler Leon Russom Jeremy Ratchford
Our story takes place in the fertile, San Joaquin Valley. Fueled by gin and sheer determination, Elizabeth James (Ms. Liz) operates her third generation dairy farm outside the region's ... See full summary »
Comedy
2009
88 Minutes
Angel Angelique
Tim Bagley Mindy Sterling Joel McCrary Wendi McLendon-Covey Catherine Reitman Laura Silverman Octavia Spencer Jennifer Elise Cox Edi Patterson Damon Pfaff Rich Pierrelouis
A preacher's attempt to connect with his rebellious teenage son leads to the formation of the country's worst Christian pop band.
Romance, Drama
USA
2016
100 Minutes
Linda Workman
Boyd Holbrook Elisabeth Moss Sung Kang Waleed Zuaiter James Moses Black Vivian Fleming-Alvarez Jean Claude Leuyer Octavia Spencer
ex-convict wife husband murder suspect victim officer emotional engaging gripping moving passionate raw kennel prison house country road city murder vulnerability love
A woman goes into Japan's Suicide Forest to find her twin sister, and confronts supernatural terror.
Drama
Italy|USA
2015
116 Minutes
Dr. Corman
Russell Crowe Amanda Seyfried Kylie Rogers Aaron Paul Diane Kruger Bruce Greenwood Jane Fonda Quvenzhané Wallis Octavia Spencer Janet McTeer
writer father widow daughter family moving emotional gripping family home hospital united states study loss writing grief parent/child relationship illness love love growing up
A Pulitzer-winning writer grapples with being a widower and father after a mental breakdown, while, 27 years later, his grown daughter struggles to forge connections of her own.
Biography, Drama
UK|USA
2014
138 Minutes
Aunt Honey
Chadwick Boseman Nelsan Ellis Dan Aykroyd Viola Davis Lennie James Fred Melamed Craig Robinson Jill Scott Octavia Spencer Josh Hopkins Brandon Smith
james brown singer entertainer musician audience mother brash confident creative jail house stage recording studio car hotel music singing entertainment abandonment prison
A chronicle of James Brown's rise from extreme poverty to become one of the most influential musicians in history.
Drama
USA
2012
81 Minutes
Jenny
Mary Elizabeth Winstead Aaron Paul Nick Offerman Megan Mullally Kyle Gallner Mackenzie Davis Bree Turner Mary Kay Place Octavia Spencer Patti Allison Richmond Arquette
wife husband alcoholic co-worker friend emotional raw powerful los angeles household school alcoholism marital problems lifestyle changes work-life balance fall transformation 2010s
A married couple whose bond is built on a mutual love of alcohol gets their relationship put to the test when the wife decides to get sober.
Comedy, Other
USA
2016
92 Minutes
Billy Bob Thornton Kathy Bates Tony Cox Christina Hendricks Brett Kelly Ryan Hansen Jenny Zigrino Jeff Skowron Cristina Rosato Mike Starr Octavia Spencer
robber sidekick friend mother director child cheeky hilarious cool mall bar hotel car street restaurant drinking anger theft hijinx friendship
Fueled by cheap whiskey, greed and hatred, Willie teams up once again with his angry little sidekick, Marcus, to knock off a Chicago charity on Christmas Eve.
Comedy
USA
2010
114 Minutes
Steve Carell Paul Rudd Bruce Greenwood Ron Livingston Jemaine Clement Jeff Dunham Stephanie Szostak Lucy Davenport Lucy Punch David Walliams Zach Galifianakis
businessperson friend boss nerd playful hilarious apartment street office dining friendship loneliness abuse infatuation transformation discovery 2010s
When he finds out that his work superiors host a dinner celebrating the idiocy of their guests, a rising executive questions it when he's invited, just as he befriends a man who would be the perfect guest.
Drama
2002
96 Minutes
Ving Rhames Gloria Reuben Ruben Santiago-Hudson Adilah Barnes Robert Bailey Jr. Patty Duke Ellis E. Williams Elizabeth Anne Smith Dex Elliott Sanders Hayden Tank Henry Sanders
father daughter grandchild law clerk judge heartwarming tender texas ranch los angeles father/daughter relationship adoption reconciliation pregnancy family dysfunction transformation pursuit love 2000s
A woman (Gloria Reuben) discovers that the child she gave up for adoption years ago was taken in by her estranged father (Ving Rhames).
Comedy
2001
100 Minutes
Balthazar Getty Katharine Towne Jamie Kennedy Danny Comden Natasha Gregson Wagner Cheri Oteri Tori Spelling Johnathon Schaech Robert Wagner Christina Pickles Carmen Electra
After a string of bad luck, a charismatic womanizer (Balthazar Getty) tries to woo his best friend (Katharine Towne).