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Cicely Tyson

Actor · 43 credits · 20 in highly-rated films

Best known for Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)

Frequent collaborators: Tyler Perry, Stan Shaw, Louis Gossett Jr.

Movies (43 total, ranked by score)

  1. The River Niger

    1976 · ★ 6.8 (4 votes)

    Drama

    31

  2. Fat Rose and Squeaky

    2006 · ★ 4.0 (1 votes)

    32

  3. The Trip to Bountiful

    2014 · ★ 6.0 (16 votes)

    Drama, TV Movie

    33

  4. Marriage: Year One

    1971 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Drama, TV Movie

    34

  5. Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All

    1994 · ★ 5.4 (4 votes)

    Drama, War, TV Movie

    35

  6. Benny's Place

    1982 · ★ 10.0 (1 votes)

    Drama, TV Movie

    36

  7. Duplicates

    1992 · ★ 6.3 (5 votes)

    Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction

    37

  8. Relative Stranger

    2009 · ★ 4.4 (9 votes)

    Drama, TV Movie

    38

  9. The Road to Galveston

    1996 · ★ 4.5 (4 votes)

    Drama, TV Movie

    39

  10. Intimate Encounters

    1986 · ★ 3.8 (4 votes)

    Drama, TV Movie

    40

  11. Carib Gold

    1956 · ★ 4.0 (1 votes)

    Drama

    41

  12. To Be Young, Gifted and Black: The World of Lorraine Hansberry in Her Own Words

    1969

    42

  13. A Morning For Jimmy

    1960

    43

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.