Anna Deavere Smith films and TV shows, ranked by your taste

Actor · 11 films and 1 TV show on Boxlist

Known for Can You Ever Forgive Me?, Dave and Philadelphia.

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Starring Anna Deavere Smith

Philadelphia
1993 · Film
7.8/10 · TMDB
Two competing lawyers join forces to sue a prestigious law firm for AIDS discrimination. As their unlikely friendship develops their courage overcomes the prejudice and corruption of their powerful adversaries.
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Here Today
2021 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB
Veteran comedy writer Charlie Berns, who is slowly but surely losing his grip on reality, befriends a talented young New York street singer Emma Payge. Together, they form an unlikely yet hilarious and touching friendship that kicks the...
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Inventing Anna
2022 · TV
7.0/10 · TMDB
A journalist with a lot to prove investigates the case of Anna Delvey, the Instagram-legendary German heiress who stole the hearts of New York’s social scene – and stole their money as well.
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Ghosted
2023 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
Salt-of-the-earth Cole falls head over heels for enigmatic Sadie — but then makes the shocking discovery that she’s a secret agent. Before they can decide on a second date, Cole and Sadie are swept away on an international adventure to...
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Can You Ever Forgive Me?
2018 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
When a bestselling celebrity biographer is no longer able to get published because she has fallen out of step with current tastes, she turns her art form to deception.
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Rent
2005 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
This rock opera tells the story of one year in the life of a group of bohemians struggling in late 1980s East Village, New York, USA. The film centers around Mark and Roger, two roommates. While a tragedy has made Roger numb to new...
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Flora & Ulysses
2021 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
When Flora rescues a squirrel she names Ulysses, she is amazed to discover he possesses unique superhero powers, which take them on an adventure of humorous complications that ultimately change Flora's life--and her outlook--forever.
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The American President
1995 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
Widowed U.S. president Andrew Shepherd, one of the world's most powerful men, can have anything he wants -- and what he covets most is Sydney Ellen Wade, a Washington lobbyist. But Shepherd's attempts at courting her spark wild rumors and...
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Dave
1993 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
A sweet-natured Temp Agency operator and amateur Presidential look-alike is recruited by the Secret Service to become a temporary stand-in for the President of the United States.
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Rachel Getting Married
2008 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
A young woman who has been in and out from rehab for the past 10 years returns home for the weekend for her sister's wedding.
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The Human Stain
2003 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDB
Coleman Silk is a worldly and admired professor who loses his job after unwittingly making a racial slur. To clear his name, Silk writes a book about the events with his friend and colleague Nathan Zuckerman, who in the process discovers a...
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Cry Wolf
2005 · Film
5.7/10 · TMDB
Eight unsuspecting high school seniors at a posh boarding school, who delight themselves on playing games of lies, come face-to-face with terror and learn that nobody believes a liar - even when they're telling the truth.
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