Cicely Tyson films, ranked by your taste

Actor · 11 films on Boxlist

Known for The Help, Fried Green Tomatoes and Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool.

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Starring Cicely Tyson

The Help
2011 · Film
8.2/10 · TMDB
Aibileen Clark is a middle-aged African-American maid who has spent her life raising white children and has recently lost her only son; Minny Jackson is an African-American maid who has often offended her employers despite her family's...
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Fried Green Tomatoes
1991 · Film
7.7/10 · TMDB
Amidst her own personality crisis, southern housewife Evelyn Couch meets Ninny, an outgoing old woman who tells her the story of Idgie Threadgoode and Ruth Jamison, two young women who experienced hardships and love in Whistle Stop...
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Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
2019 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDB
A visionary, innovator, and originator who defied categorization and embodied the word cool—a foray into the life and career of musical and cultural icon Miles Davis.
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Last Flag Flying
2017 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
Thirty years after serving together in the Vietnam War, Larry "Doc" Shepherd, Sal Nealon and the Rev. Richard Mueller reunite for a different type of mission: to bury Doc's son, a young Marine killed in Iraq. Forgoing burial at Arlington...
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Because of Winn-Dixie
2005 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
A girl, abandoned by her mother when she was three, moves to a small town in Florida with her father. There, she adopts an orphaned dog she names Winn-Dixie. The bond between the girl and her special companion brings together the people in...
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Idlewild
2006 · Film
5.6/10 · TMDB
A musical set in the Prohibition-era American South, where a speakeasy performer and club manager Rooster must contend with gangsters who have their eyes on the club while his piano player and partner Percival must choose between his love...
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A Fall from Grace
2020 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
When a law-abiding woman gets indicted for murdering her husband, her lawyer soon realizes that a larger conspiracy may be at work.
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Madea's Family Reunion
2006 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
Based upon Tyler Perry's acclaimed stage production, Madea's Family Reunion continues the adventures of Southern matriarch Madea. She has just been court ordered to be in charge of Nikki, a rebellious runaway, her nieces, Lisa and Vanessa...
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Alex Cross
2012 · Film
5.2/10 · TMDB
After Washington DC detective Alex Cross is told that a family member has been murdered, he vows to track down the killer. He soon discovers that she was not his first victim and that things are not what they seem.
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The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia
2013 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
A young family moves into a historic home in Georgia, only to learn they are not the house's only inhabitants. Soon they find themselves in the presence of a secret rising from underground and threatening to bring down anyone in its path.
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The Concorde... Airport '79
1979 · Film
4.6/10 · TMDB
Aviation disaster-prone Joe Patroni must contend with nuclear missiles, the French Air Force and the threat of the plane splitting in two over the Alps.
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