List of the best S. Epatha Merkerson movies: The Contradictions of Fair Hope(2012), The Gabby Douglas Story(2014), The Challenger(2015), Girl, Positive(2007), Breaking Through(1996), A Place for Annie(1994), Exiled: A Law & Order Movie(1998), Black Snake Moan(2007), Peeples(2013), Mother and Child(2009), Year by the Sea(2016), The Six Wives of Henry Lefay(2008) ... ...
Documentary
2012
67 Minutes
Director
Rockell Metcalf
One of the last remaining black benevolent societies, known as "The Fair Hope Benevolent Society" in Uniontown, Ala., experiences development, struggles, contributions and a gradual loss of tradition.
Drama, Biography
USA
2014
90 Minutes
Regina King S. Epatha Merkerson Imani Hakim Sydney Mikayla Gabby Douglas Brian Tee David Haydn-Jones Dean Armstrong
gymnast fascinating olympics competition biography olympics rise 2010s
The Great Alone is a feature length independent documentary film that tells the inspiring comeback story of Iditarod Champion Lance Mackey.
Drama, Action
USA
2015
95 Minutes
Jada
Kent Moran Michael Clarke Duncan S. Epatha Merkerson Justin Hartley Frank Watson Robert Ousley Stan Carp Rob Morgan Michael Rivera Robert Pike Daniel Ernie Sabella
Struggling Bronx mechanic Jaden Miller uses boxing to save himself and his mother from being homeless. With a legendary trainer, and a reality show built around him, Miller goes for the title.
Drama
2007
96 Minutes
Ariel Winters
Andrea Bowen Jennie Garth S. Epatha Merkerson Nathan Anderson Erik von Detten Laura Wiggins Evan Gamble Andrew Matthews Corey Flaspoler Rhoda Griffis Caroline McKinley
An HIV-positive high-school student (Andrea Bowen) finds support from a teacher (Jennie Garth) who is secretly living with the disease.
Drama
USA
1996
97 Minutes
Barbara
JoBeth Williams Kellie Martin S. Epatha Merkerson Aaron Kubey Thomas Kopache Billy Jayne Donna Bullock Jennifer Delora Sal Lopez John Apicella Mark Arnott
"Breaking the Silence" is a fresh, new-look documentary film dedicated to everyone around the world who suffers quietly and in the shadows - alone, worn out, and without hope. Essentially, ... See full summary »
Drama
1994
97 Minutes
Alice
Sissy Spacek Mary-Louise Parker S. Epatha Merkerson Joan Plowright David Spielberg Richard Gilbert-Hill Stephen Mills Robin Pearson Rose Lauree Berger Linda Carlson Wendy Robie
drug addict nurse teenager baby physician emotional inspiring hospital household child custody hospital aids absolution drug addiction rescue sacrifice love 1990s
A nurse (Sissy Spacek) cares for her adopted HIV-positive infant and the dying mother (Mary-Louise Parker) who abandoned her.
Crime, Drama
1998
96 Minutes
Lieutenant Anita Van Buren
Chris Noth Benjamin Bratt S. Epatha Merkerson Jerry Orbach Sam Waterston John Fiore Dann Florek Dabney Coleman Ice-T Costas Mandylor Tony Musante
detective lieutenant lawyer commander politician gripping new york city street police station courtroom apartment murder redemption mystery pursuit 1990s
Banished to Staten Island, a homicide detective (Chris Noth) hopes a murder case is his ticket back to his Manhattan precinct.
Drama
USA
2007
118 Minutes
Angela
Samuel L. Jackson Christina Ricci Justin Timberlake S. Epatha Merkerson David Banner Adriane Lenox John Cothran Ruby Wilson Jeff Pope Clare Grant
tramp musician boyfriend reverend mother father campy outlandish inspiring mississippi sexual abuse religion salvation hedonism rescue temptation transformation 2000s
A God-fearing bluesman takes to a wild young woman who, as a victim of childhood sexual abuse, looks everywhere for love, never quite finding it.
Romance
USA
2013
95 Minutes
Daphne Peeples
Craig Robinson Kerry Washington David Alan Grier S. Epatha Merkerson Tyler James Williams Melvin Van Peebles Diahann Carroll Malcolm Barrett Kali Hawk Ana Gasteyer Kimrie Lewis
psychologist girlfriend mother father family member amusing outlandish family estate marriage proposal family gathering family dysfunction psychoanalysis love discovery 2010s
Sparks fly when Wade Walker crashes the Peeples annual reunion in the Hamptons to ask for their precious daughter Grace's hand in marriage.
Drama
USA|Spain
2009
126 Minutes
Ada
Naomi Watts Annette Bening Kerry Washington Jimmy Smits Samuel L. Jackson S. Epatha Merkerson Cherry Jones Elpidia Carrillo Shareeka Epps David Morse Eileen Ryan
mother daughter physical therapist lawyer husband emotional powerful profound law office hospital restaurant household orphanage adoption parenthood marriage pregnancy family regret discovery
A drama centered around three women: A fifty-year-old woman, the daughter she gave up for adoption thirty-five years ago, and a woman looking to adopt a child of her own.
Drama
USA
2016
114 Minutes
Liz
Karen Allen Yannick Bisson Michael Cristofer Celia Imrie Monique Gabriela Curnen S. Epatha Merkerson Jane Hajduk Amy Van Nostrand
wife husband business owner literary agent sexy man fisherman charming heartwarming passionate touching uplifting house coast apartment small town lake starting over small-town life loneliness self-discovery
Hoping to reclaim who she was before marriage and children, an empty nester retreats to Cape Cod where she embarks upon a quest to set herself free.
Comedy
USA
2008
95 Minutes
Effa
Tim Allen Elisha Cuthbert Paz Vega Andie MacDowell Kelli Garner S. Epatha Merkerson Jenna Elfman Jenna Dewan Chris Klein
father wife daughter amusing funeral wedding women accident fall
A grieving daughter tries to arrange her father's funeral, while putting up with all of his ex-wives.
Sci-Fi, Action
USA|France
1991
136 Minutes
Tarissa Dyson
Arnold Schwarzenegger Linda Hamilton Edward Furlong Robert Patrick Earl Boen Joe Morton S. Epatha Merkerson Castulo Guerra Danny Cooksey Jenette Goldstein Xander Berkeley
robot son mother police officer cyborg artificial intelligence gripping incredible rousing thrilling emotional los angeles desert highway on the run big city steel mill running away apocalypse robots
A cyborg, identical to the one who failed to kill Sarah Connor, must now protect her teenage son, John Connor, from a more advanced and powerful cyborg.
Biography, Drama, History
USA|India
2012
149 Minutes
Daniel Day-Lewis Sally Field David Strathairn Joseph Gordon-Levitt James Spader Hal Holbrook Tommy Lee Jones Lee Pace Michael Stuhlbarg David Costabile Jackie Earle Haley
president first lady son vice president military officer activist somber inspiring intense tense white house washington, d.c. battlefield government building big city abraham lincoln slavery historical events american civil war fight for justice
As the American Civil War continues to rage, America's president struggles with continuing carnage on the battlefield as he fights with many inside his own cabinet on the decision to emancipate the slaves.
Drama
USA
2002
89 Minutes
Laurel Holloman Elise Neal Mark Webber Liam Aiken Billy Campbell Gary Cole Alice Drummond Frances Fisher Mason Gamble Beth Grant Tess Harper
Johnny is a successful bank executive who lives quietly in a San Francisco townhouse with his fiancée, Lisa. One day, putting aside any scruple, she seduces Johnny's best friend, Mark. From there, nothing will be the same again.