Dana Ivey films, ranked by your taste

Actor · 18 films on Boxlist

Known for The Help, Ghost Town and The Color Purple.

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Starring Dana Ivey

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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Ghost Town
2008 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
A spirited romantic comedy, Ghost Town is the story of Bertram Pincus (Ricky Gervais), a cranky Manhattan dentist who develops the unwelcome ability to see dead people. Really annoying dead people. But, when a smooth-talking ghost (Greg...
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The Color Purple
1985 · Film
7.8/10 · TMDB
An epic tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry. After Celie's abusive father marries her off to the equally debasing 'Mister' Albert Johnson...
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Sleepless in Seattle
1993 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
Desperate to find his dad Sam a date, a young boy calls into a radio show and catches the attention of Annie, a journalist who wants to meet Sam atop the Empire State Building.
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Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
1988 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
Two con men try to settle their rivalry by betting on who can be the first to swindle a young American heiress out of $50,000.
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Addams Family Values
1993 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
Siblings Wednesday and Pugsley Addams will stop at nothing to get rid of Pubert, the new baby boy adored by parents Gomez and Morticia. Things go from bad to worse when the new "black widow" nanny, Debbie Jellinsky, launches her plan to...
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The Addams Family
1991 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
When a man claiming to be long-lost Uncle Fester reappears after 25 years lost, the family plans a celebration to wake the dead. But the kids barely have time to warm up the electric chair before Morticia begins to suspect Fester is fraud...
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Ocean's Eight
2018 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
Debbie Ocean, a criminal mastermind, gathers a crew of female thieves to pull off the heist of the century at New York's annual Met Gala.
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Postcards From the Edge
1990 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
Substance-addicted Hollywood actress, Suzanne Vale is on the skids. After a spell at a detox centre her film company insists as a condition of continuing to employ her that she live with her mother, herself once a star and now a champion...
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Two Weeks Notice
2002 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
Dedicated environmental lawyer Lucy Kelson goes to work for billionaire George Wade as part of a deal to preserve a community center. Indecisive and weak-willed George grows dependent on Lucy's guidance on everything from legal matters to...
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The Kid
2000 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
Powerful businessman Russ Duritz is self-absorbed and immersed in his work. But by the magic of the moon, he meets Rusty, a chubby, charming 8-year-old version of himself who can't believe he could turn out so badly -- with no life and no...
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Orange County
2002 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
Shaun Brumder is a local surfer kid from Orange County who dreams of going to Stanford to become a writer and to get away from his dysfunctional family household. Except Shaun runs into one complication after another, starting when his...
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Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
1992 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
Instead of flying to Florida with his folks, Kevin ends up alone in New York, where he gets a hotel room with his dad's credit card—despite problems from a clerk and meddling bellboy. But when Kevin runs into his old nemeses, the Wet...
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Simon Birch
1998 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
Simon Birch and Joe Wenteworth are boys who have a reputation for being oddballs. Joe never knew his father, and his mother, Rebecca, is keeping her lips sealed no matter how much he protests. Simon, meanwhile, is an 11-year-old dwarf...
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Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
2003 · Film
5.6/10 · TMDB
After Elle Woods, the eternally perky, fashionably adventurous, famously blonde Harvard Law grad gets fired by her law firm because of her opposition to animal testing, she takes her fight to Washington. As an aide for Congresswoman...
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Rush Hour 3
2007 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
After a botched assassination attempt, the mismatched duo finds themselves in Paris, struggling to retrieve a precious list of names, as the murderous crime syndicate's henchmen try their best to stop them. Once more, Lee and Carter must...
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The Scarlet Letter
1995 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDB
Set in puritanical Boston in the mid 1600s, the story of seamstress Hester Prynne, who is outcast after she becomes pregnant by a respected reverend. She refuses to divulge the name of the father, is "convicted" of adultery and forced to...
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Did You Hear About the Morgans?
2009 · Film
5.4/10 · TMDB
In New York City, an estranged couple who witness a murder are relocated to small-town Wyoming as part of a witness-protection program.
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