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1	Fried Green Tomatoes (1991) more movies like this directed by Jon Avnet featuring Kathy Bates, Jessica Tandy, Mary Stuart Masterson, Mary-Louise Parker, Cicely Tyson, Nick Searcy A woman learns the value of friendship as she hears the story of two women and how their friendship shaped their lives in this warm comedy-drama. Evelyn Couch (Kathy Bates) is an emotionally repressed housewife with a habit of drowning her sorrows in candy bars. Her husband Ed (Gailard Sartain) barely acknowledges her existence, and while he ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.07!
2	Because of Winn-Dixie (2005) more movies like this directed by Wayne Wang featuring AnnaSophia Robb, Jeff Daniels, Cicely Tyson, Eva Marie Saint, Dave Matthews It's not finishing school or a traditional upbringing that causes ten-year-old Opal to learn about the world outside of her own backyard, but rather a particularly awkward-looking mutt named Winn-Dixie. Based on a novel by Kate DiCamillo, Winn-Dixie and Opal not only become privy to the eventful, if eccentric, lives of their neighbors (including a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.18!
3	The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1974) more movies like this directed by John Korty featuring Cicely Tyson, Barbara Chaney, Richard Dysart, Katherine Helmond, Michael Murphy Cicely Tyson ages from 19 to 110 in the role of Jane Pittman, a fictional African-American woman whose life began in slavery and ended at the inception of the Civil Rights Movement. Northern journalist Quentin Lerner (Michael Murphy) travels to the racially polarized south of 1962 to interview Ms. Pittman for a potential book. Her life unfolds in ... see all copies from $2.95! new only from $7.85!
4	Hoodlum (1997) more movies like this directed by Bill Duke featuring Laurence Fishburne, Tim Roth, Vanessa Williams, Andy Garcia, Cicely Tyson The white-run Mafia and the black-run numbers game meet head on with explosive impact in this period crime thriller. Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson (Laurence Fishburne) is an African-American ex-con who, after a stay in prison, returns to Harlem at the height of its renaissance before World War II. Looking for work, Bumpy becomes a lieutenant for ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.41!
5	The Women of Brewster Place (1989) more movies like this directed by Donna Deitch featuring Oprah Winfrey, Jackée, Cicely Tyson, Robin Givens Based on the novel by Gloria Naylor, The Women of Brewster Place was produced by and stars Oprah Winfrey. The film concerns a variety of women who live in the housing project located on Brewster Place, and tells about their lives as they struggle in the face of racism, poverty, and troublesome men. Winfrey portrays Mattie Michael who was kicked ... see all copies from $9.42! new only from $9.42!
6	A Lesson Before Dying (1999) more movies like this directed by Joseph Sargent featuring Don Cheadle, Cicely Tyson, Mekhi Phifer, Irma P. Hall, Brent Jennings Don Cheadle, Mekhi Phifer, and Cicely Tyson star in this drama set in the 1940s about a black man sentenced to death for a crime he did not commit and teacher who is to counsel him as he awaits execution. A Lesson Before Dying is based on a novel by Ernest J. Gaines. Mark Deming, All Movie Guide see all copies from $4.28! new only from $11.65!
7	The Road to Galveston (1996) more movies like this directed by Michael Toshiyuki Uno featuring Cicely Tyson, Tess Harper, Piper Laurie, James McDaniel, Penny Johnson In this heartwarming drama, a dying widow "abducts" a trio of women suffering from Alzheimer's disease and embarks upon a journey to the title Texas town in order to fulfill her lifelong fantasy of seeing the ocean. Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide see all copies from $39.99!
8	Bustin' Loose (1981) more movies like this directed by Oz Scott featuring Richard Pryor, Cicely Tyson, Alphonso Alexander, Kia Cooper, Edwin de Leon It's The African Queen meets Richard Pryor in this schmaltzy and salty attempt by Pryor to appeal to the family crowd. Pryor plays Joe Braxton, an inept burglar whose parole officer Donald (Robert Christian) wants to help out. Knowing that Joe is an excellent mechanic, he refers him to Vivian Perry (Cicely Tyson), the director of a school for ... see all copies from $4.69! new only from $7.21!
9	The Rosa Parks Story (2002) more movies like this directed by Julie Dash featuring Angela Bassett, Peter Francis James, Cicely Tyson, Tonea Stewart, Dexter Scott King Angela Bassett plays the title role in this meticulously detailed biography of pioneering civil rights activist Rosa McCauley Parks. Even as a child, Rosa stands separate from her fellow African-Americans; instead of being shipped off to a shabby public school, she is enrolled in a private classroom run by Quakers, who encourage the girl to ... see all copies from $5.63! new only from $7.15!
10	The River Niger (1976) more movies like this directed by Krishna Shah featuring Cicely Tyson, James Earl Jones, Louis Gossett, Jr., Glynn E. Turman, Roger E. Mosley River Niger is a Tony Award-winning play turned to a movie. It features James Earl Jones as a house-painter/poet who struggles to support his cancer-plagued wife (Cicely Tyson). This is a realistic portrayal of the difficulties encountered in the poverty-stricken ghetto. All Movie Guide see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99!
11 view cover	Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All (1994) more movies like this directed by Ken Cameron featuring Diane Lane, Donald Sutherland, Cicely Tyson Originally a television mini-series, this drama chronicles the painful and lively reminiscences of a 100 year old woman. Much of the story centers on her tumultuous marriage to a Civil War vet. Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide see all copies from $7.20! new only from $7.20!
12 view cover	Aftershock: Earthquake in New York (1999) more movies like this directed by Mikael Salomon featuring Tom Skerritt, Sharon Lawrence, Charles S. Dutton, Lisa Nicole Carson, Cicely Tyson A major earthquake brings the City That Never Sleeps to a screeching halt in this made-for-TV suspense drama. New York City Mayor Lincoln (Charles S. Dutton) and Fire Chief Ahearn (Tom Skerritt) are contentious political rivals forced to set aside their differences and work together when a catastrophic earthquake rips into the city. Lincoln's ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.89!
13 view cover	Sounder (1972) more movies like this directed by Martin Ritt featuring Cicely Tyson, Paul Winfield, Kevin Hooks, Carmen Mathews, Taj Mahal Martin Ritt's big-screen adaptation of William H. Armstrong's Newberry Award winning novel, Sounder stars Cicely Tyson, Paul Winfield, and Kevin Hooks as a black family struggling through life in depression-era Louisiana. The Morgan family is poor, but close. Young son David (Hooks) enjoys hunting with his father Nathan (Paul Winfield) and his ... see all copies from $4.50!
14 view cover	Riot in the Streets (1997) more movies like this directed by Alex Munoz, David C. Johnson, Galen Yuen, Richard Dilello featuring Luke Perry, Cicely Tyson, Mario Van Peebles This off-beat urban anthology offers four different views of the mayhem and destruction that came from the 1992 Los Angeles riots. The first vignette "Gold Mountain," directed by Galen Yuen, centers on a struggle between a traditional-minded Chinese storekeeper and his increasingly uncontrollable son, who is assimilating rapidly into American ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.55!
15 view cover	Mama Flora's Family (1998) more movies like this directed by Peter Werner featuring Cicely Tyson, Queen Latifah, Blair Underwood, Mario Van Peebles, Erika Alexander This four-hour miniseries is based on author Alex Haley's continuing family saga. Covering the 1920s-1970s, the story centers on Mama Flora, the matriarch of a large black family who is determined to keep her brood together and close to their God during rapidly changing and tempestuous times. Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.00!
16 view cover	Heat Wave (1990) more movies like this directed by Kevin Hooks featuring Blair Underwood, Cicely Tyson, James Earl Jones, Sally Kirkland, Margaret Avery Set during the Watts riots of the mid-'60s, the made-for-cable Heat Wave follows the story of Los Angeles Times reporter Robert Richardson (Blair Underwood), who was the only journalist on staff able to cover the story, since White reporters were unable to gain access to the area and the rioters. Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Movie Guide see all copies from $2.95! new only from $4.68!
17 view cover	Duplicates (1992) more movies like this directed by Sandor Stern featuring Cicely Tyson, Gregory Harrison A woman loses her son and brother in a mysterious accident which yielded no bodies. Understandably distraught, she is hardly prepared to confront her "dead" brother, now hale and hearty. But the man insists that he's never seen her before. Together with her husband, our heroine investigates this puzzler, uncovering an insidious plot to create a ... see all copies from $2.95!
18 view cover	The Marva Collins Story (1981) more movies like this directed by Peter Levin featuring Cicely Tyson, Ed Asner When the story of the real-life Marva Collins was nationally telecast on 60 Minutes in 1979, residents of Chicago had been intimately familiar with the accomplishments of Ms. Collins for at least four years. After 14 years of teaching in Chicago's dead-end public school system, Marva used $5000 of her retirement money to open her own school. In ... see all copies from $10.41! new only from $10.41!
19 view cover	The Price of Heaven (1995) more movies like this directed by Peter Bogdanovich featuring Grant Show, Lori Loughlin, Cicely Tyson, Cari Shayne, George Wendt Filmed on location in South Carolina, The Price of Heaven represents one of the rare forays into the realm of made-for-TV movies by celebrated director Peter Bogdanovich. The story takes place in the early 1950s, as Korean war hero Jerry Shand (Grant Show) returns to his Southern hometown. Aspiring to medical school, Jerry lands a low-paying but ... see all copies from $6.46! new only from $6.46!
20 view cover	A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich (1977) more movies like this directed by Ralph Nelson featuring Cicely Tyson, Paul Winfield, Larry B. Scott, Helen Martin, Glynn E. Turman Adapted from the Alice Childress book, Ralph Nelson's film stars Larry B. Scott as Benjie, a smart but disaffected ghetto teen who becomes a drug addict. Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide see all copies from $5.00! new only from $5.00!

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