List of the best Yaya DaCosta movies: Whitney(2015), Honeydripper(2007), Bolden(2019), Racing for Time(2008), Big Words(2013), Stand Off(2011), Mother of George(2013), The Nice Guys(2016), Peel(2019), The Kids Are All Right(2010), In Time(2011), Lee Daniels' The Butler(2013) ... ...
Biography, Drama
2015
90 Minutes
Yaya DaCosta Arlen Escarpeta Yolonda Ross Suzzanne Douglas Mark Rolston Hampton Fluker Saundra McClain Deborah Lacey
Singer Whitney Houston (Yaya DaCosta) skyrockets to fame and has a tumultuous marriage with fellow entertainer Bobby Brown (Arlen Escarpeta).
Drama
USA
2007
123 Minutes
China Doll
Danny Glover LisaGay Hamilton Yaya DaCosta Charles S. Dutton Vondie Curtis-Hall Gary Clark Jr. Stacy Keach Ruben Santiago-Hudson
club owner pianist guitarist singer landlord frenetic amusing alabama club train station field technology music industry debt changing times underdog rise 1950s
1950. Rural Alabama. Cotton harvest. It's a make-or-break weekend for the Honeydripper Lounge and its owner, piano player Tyrone "Pine Top" Purvis. Deep in debt to the liquor man, the ... See full summary »
Music, Biography, Drama, History
USA
2019
102 Minutes
Nora Bolden
Gary Carr Erik LaRay Harvey Yaya DaCosta Reno Wilson Karimah Westbrook Jonell Kennedy Robert Ri'chard Serena Reeder Michael Rooker Ian McShane
A mythical account of the life of Buddy Bolden, the first Cornet King of New Orleans.
Drama
2008
96 Minutes
Vanessa
Charles S. Dutton Elizabeth Peña Yaya DaCosta Zulay Henao Saige Thompson Alessandra Ford Balazs Tiffany Haddish
An officer (Charles S. Dutton) at a teenage correctional facility breaks down racial divisions by organizing a track team.
Drama
USA
2013
94 Minutes
Annie
Dorian Missick Gbenga Akinnagbe Darien Sills-Evans Yaya DaCosta Zachary Booth Amir Arison Lucy Walters Francis Benhamou Jean Grae Suzy Jane Hunt
Members of a once-promising hip-hop group, now in their late 30's, struggle with regret, disappointment, and change on Election Night 2008.
Comedy, Crime, Drama
2011
89 Minutes
Sophie
Brendan Fraser Colm Meaney Martin McCann Yaya DaCosta Michael Legge David O'Hara Conor MacNeill Frankie McCafferty
shopkeeper thief dark tense brutal market refuge gambling gangsters revenge
The botched robbery of a Belfast fish market puts an innocent American shopkeeper (Brendan Fraser) in the crosshairs of Irish police officers.
Drama
Nigeria|USA
2013
107 Minutes
Sade Bakare
Isaach De Bankolé Danai Gurira Anthony Okungbowa Bukky Ajayi Yaya DaCosta Mutiyat Ade-Salu Angélique Kidjo Babs Olusanmokun Hubert Point-Du Jour
Adenike and Ayodele, a Nigerian couple living in Brooklyn, are having trouble conceiving a child - a problem that defies cultural expectations and leads Adenike to make a shocking decision that could either save or destroy her family.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy, Action
USA
2016
116 Minutes
Tally
Russell Crowe Ryan Gosling Angourie Rice Matt Bomer Margaret Qualley Yaya DaCosta Keith David Beau Knapp Lois Smith Murielle Telio Gil Gerard
private detective enforcer missing person daughter assassin lawyer cheeky hilarious cool los angeles bar strip club apartment office car missing persons detective work unlikely allies assassination attempt search
In 1970s Los Angeles, a mismatched pair of private eyes investigate a missing girl and the mysterious death of a porn star.
Drama
UK
2019
102 Minutes
Sarah
Emile Hirsch Jack Kesy Shiloh Fernandez Jacob Vargas Garrett Clayton Amy Brenneman Yaya DaCosta Angelina Joo
young man overbearing parent unstable woman drifter brother roommate amusing emotional family home life haunted by the past search growing up transformation 2010s
A coming-of-age story about a young man whose child-like innocence has a healing quality on all the damaged characters he meets on his journey to rebuild his broken family.
Gay & Lesbian, Comedy, Drama
USA|France
2010
104 Minutes
Tanya
Julianne Moore Annette Bening Mark Ruffalo Mia Wasikowska Josh Hutcherson Kunal Sharma Eddie Hassell Zosia Mamet Yaya DaCosta Joaquín Garrido
lesbian father mother teenager daughter son charming emotional witty california household family lesbianism love affair marriage parenthood discovery love 2010s
Two children conceived by artificial insemination bring their biological father into their non-traditional family life.
Sci-Fi, Action
USA
2011
109 Minutes
Justin Timberlake Amanda Seyfried Cillian Murphy Vincent Kartheiser Olivia Wilde Matt Bomer Johnny Galecki Collins Pennie Toby Hemingway Brendan Miller Yaya DaCosta
poor person wealthy man heiress police officer thief factory worker suspenseful thrilling eerie bleak dystopia bar mansion bridge party casino genetic engineering wrongfully accused class struggle time
In a future where people stop aging at 25, but are engineered to live only one more year, having the means to buy your way out of the situation is a shot at immortal youth. Here, Will Salas finds himself accused of murder and on the run with a hostage - a connection that becomes an important part of the way against the system.
Drama, History
2013
132 Minutes
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).