Detroit (2017)

This Christmas (2007)

Summary: A Christmastime drama centered around the Whitfield family's first holiday together in four years.

Release Date: November 21, 2007

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director: Preston A. Whitmore II

Writer: Preston A. Whitmore II

Runtime: 1 h 57 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Facilitator Films, Rainforest Films, Screen Gems

Distributor: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Mill Creek Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 13,000,000

Domestic: $ 49,121,934

International: $ 656,618

Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple (2006)

Summary: Featuring never-before-seen footage, this documentary delivers a startling new look at the Peoples Temple, headed by preacher Jim Jones who, in 1978, led more than 900 members to Guyana, where he orchestrated a mass suicide via ta...

Release Date: April 26, 2006

Genres: Documentary, History

Director: Stanley Nelson

Writers: Marcia Smith

, Noland Walker

Runtime: 1 h 26 min

Production: Firelight Media Inc.

Distributor: Seventh Art Releasing, PBS American Experience, PBS Distribution

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 148,292

Dirty Laundry (2006)

Summary: A modern-day prodigal son story with a twist. It follows Patrick, a magazine writer, who seems to have the "perfect life," until one day, there is a knock at the door. On the other side stands a secret that brings him face to face...

Release Date: July 15, 2006

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director: Maurice Jamal

Writer: Maurice Jamal

Runtime: 1 h 40 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: MoJAM Entertainment, iN-Hale Entertainment, Brandino Catering

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 20,138

Bran Nue Dae (2009)

Summary: An Aboriginal student on the west coast of Australia in the late '60s runs away from a Catholic boarding school with his cruel headmaster in hot pursuit, meeting eccentric characters along the journey back to his hometown.

Release Date: January 14, 2010

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Musical

Director: Rachel Perkins

Writers: Jimmy Chi

, Kuckles

, Patrick Duttoo Bin Amat

Runtime: 1 h 25 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Robyn Kershaw Productions, Mayfan, Film Victoria, Melbourne International Film Festival, Omnilab Media, Screen Australia

Distributor: Cinemarket, Freestyle Releasing

Country: Australia

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 6,500,000

Domestic: $ 113,568

International: $ 6,698,962

Madea's Witness Protection (2012)

Summary: A Wall Street investment banker who has been set up as the linchpin of his company's mob-backed Ponzi scheme is relocated with his family to Aunt Madea's southern home.

Release Date: June 29, 2012

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Crime

Director: Tyler Perry

Writer: Tyler Perry

Runtime: 1 h 54 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: The Tyler Perry Company

Country: United States

Language: English

Franchise: Madea

Movie budget: $ 20,000,000

Domestic: $ 65,653,242

International: $ 1,246,000

Sunshine State (2002)

Summary: A woman and her new husband returns to her hometown roots in coastal northern Florida, and must deal with family, business, and encroaching real estate development.

Release Date: July 12, 2002

Genres: Drama, Romance

Director: John Sayles

Writer: John Sayles

Runtime: 2 h 21 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Anarchist's Convention Films, Green/Renzi

Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 5,600,000

Domestic: $ 3,065,921

International: $ 303,733

Hustle & Flow (2005)

Summary: With help from his friends, a Memphis pimp in a mid-life crisis attempts to become a successful hip-hop emcee.

Release Date: July 22, 2005

Genres: Drama, Crime, Music

Director: Craig Brewer

Writer: Craig Brewer

Runtime: 1 h 56 min

MPAA: R

Production: Crunk Pictures, Homegrown Pictures, MTV Films

Distributor: Paramount Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 2,800,000

Domestic: $ 22,202,809

International: $ 1,360,918

Black Snake Moan (2006)

Summary: A God-fearing bluesman takes to a wild young woman who, as a victim of childhood sexual abuse, looks everywhere for love, never quite finding it.

Release Date: March 02, 2007

Genres: Drama, Music

Director: Craig Brewer

Writer: Craig Brewer

Runtime: 1 h 56 min

MPAA: R

Production: Paramount Classics, New Deal Productions, Southern Cross the Dog Productions

Distributor: Paramount Home Entertainment, Paramount+

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 15,000,000

Domestic: $ 9,396,870

International: $ 1,510,615

First Reformed (2017)

Summary: A minister of a small congregation in upstate New York grapples with mounting despair brought on by tragedy, worldly concerns and a tormented past.

Release Date: June 08, 2018

Genres: Drama, Thriller, Mystery

Director: Paul Schrader

Writer: Paul Schrader

Runtime: 1 h 53 min

MPAA: R

Production: Killer Films, Omeira Studio Partners, Fibonacci Films

Distributor: A24, Showtime 2

Countries: United States, United Kingdom, Australia

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 3,500,000

Domestic: $ 3,448,256

International: $ 414,242

What They Had (2018)

Summary: Bridget returns home at her brother's urging to deal with her ailing mother and her father's reluctance to let go of their life together.

Release Date: November 29, 2018

Genre: Drama

Director: Elizabeth Chomko

Writer: Elizabeth Chomko

Runtime: 1 h 41 min

MPAA: R

Production: Unified Pictures, Bona Fide Productions, Look to the Sky Films

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 260,136

International: $ 273,443

Look Both Ways (2005)

Summary: During one unusually hot and tragic weekend, four people struggle after hearing some life-changing news. This, in turn, brings them together.

Release Date: August 18, 2005

Genres: Drama, Romance, Mystery

Director: Sarah Watt

Writer: Sarah Watt

Runtime: 1 h 40 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Hibiscus Films

Country: Australia

Language: English

Domestic: $ 105,067

International: $ 2,480,966

My Year Without Sex (2009)

Summary: A tender story from Australia highlights the realistic ups and downs of an Australian family in the year following a parent's emergency medical procedure.

Release Date: May 28, 2009

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Director: Sarah Watt

Writer: Sarah Watt

Runtime: 1 h 36 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Hibiscus Films, My Year

Country: Australia

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 4,000,000

Domestic: $ 3,119

International: $ 802,164

Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2005)

Summary: A couple's seemingly solid marriage begins to crumble when the wife discovers that her husband intends to divorce her.

Release Date: February 25, 2005

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director: Darren Grant

Writer: Tyler Perry

Runtime: 1 h 56 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: BET Pictures, Diary of a Woman Inc., Diary of a Woman Productions Inc., Reuben Cannon Productions, The Tyler Perry Company

Distributor: Lions Gate Films, Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment, Lionsgate Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Franchise: Madea

Movie budget: $ 5,500,000

Domestic: $ 50,633,099

International: $ 19,104

Amadeus (1984)

Summary: The life, success and troubles of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as told by Antonio Salieri, the contemporaneous composer who was deeply jealous of Mozart's talent and claimed to have murdered him.

Release Date: September 19, 1984

Genres: Drama, Biography, History

Director: Milos Forman

Writers: Peter Shaffer

, Zdenek Mahler

Runtime: 2 h 40 min

MPAA: PG

Production: AMLF, The Saul Zaentz Company

Distributor: Viacom, HBO/Cannon Video, Thorn EMI/HBO Video, HBO Video, Home Box Office Home Video (HBO), Weintraub Entertainment Group, Lumière Pictures, Republic Pictures Home Video, Warner Home Video

Countries: United States, France

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 18,000,000

Domestic: $ 51,973,029

International: $ 93,762

The Preacher's Wife (1996)

Summary: An angel comes to Earth to help a preacher save his church and his family.

Release Date: December 13, 1996

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Director: Penny Marshall

Writers: Robert Nathan

, Robert E. Sherwood

, Leonardo Bercovici

Runtime: 2 h 03 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Touchstone Pictures, The Samuel Goldwyn Company, Mundy Lane Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 40,000,000

Domestic: $ 48,102,795

Böse Zellen (2003)

Summary: A young Austrian survives the crash of a commercial airliner. Six years later, she's a clerk, a mother, and happy. Then she dies in a car accident. Over the next year, her daughter goes through various medical blood tests, her hus...

Release Date: November 21, 2003

Genres: Drama, Romance

Director: Barbara Albert

Writer: Barbara Albert

Runtime: 2 h 00 min

Production: Coop99 Filmproduktion, Fama Film AG, zero südwest GmbH

Distributor: Kino International, Kino Video

Countries: Austria, Germany, Switzerland

Language: German

Domestic: $ 1,443

International: $ 78,928