Best Margaret Avery movies by genre
Movies (23 total, ranked by score)
1The Color Purple
1985 · ★ 7.7 (2,021 votes)
Drama, History
2The Nana Project
2023 · ★ 5.0 (1 votes)
Comedy
3Is That Black Enough for You?!?
2022 · ★ 6.0 (37 votes)
Documentary
4Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
2008 · ★ 6.0 (313 votes)
Comedy, Drama, Family
5Scott Joplin
1977 · ★ 6.6 (12 votes)
Music, History
6Lightning in a Bottle
1993 · ★ 4.8 (4 votes)
Drama
7The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
1979 · ★ 5.6 (13 votes)
Comedy
8Riverbend
1989 · ★ 6.5 (8 votes)
Action
9Which Way Is Up?
1977 · ★ 6.1 (36 votes)
Comedy
10Blueberry Hill
1988 · ★ 3.5 (2 votes)
Drama
11Proud Mary
2018 · ★ 5.5 (537 votes)
Thriller, Action, Crime
12Louis Armstrong: Chicago Style
1976
Drama, TV Movie
13Single Women, Married Men
1989
Drama, TV Movie
14Terror at Red Wolf Inn
1972 · ★ 5.7 (17 votes)
Horror, Comedy
15For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
1983
TV Movie, Drama
16Hell Up In Harlem
1973 · ★ 5.5 (50 votes)
Action, Thriller, Crime
17The Sky Is Gray
1980 · ★ 4.0 (1 votes)
Drama, TV Movie
18White Man's Burden
1995 · ★ 5.1 (87 votes)
Drama
19Night Trap
1993 · ★ 4.0 (16 votes)
Thriller, Horror
20Cool Breeze
1972 · ★ 4.8 (14 votes)
Action, Crime
21Second to Die
2002 · ★ 4.2 (11 votes)
Thriller, TV Movie
22The Set Up
1995 · ★ 4.3 (21 votes)
Action, Thriller, Mystery
23Orpheus Star
2020
Drama
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