MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM (2020)

Directed by: George C. Wolfe Written By: Rueben Santiago-Hudson Based On the play Written By: August Wilson Cinematography: Tobias A. Schliessler Editor: Andrew Mondahein

Cast: Chadwick Boseman, Viola Davis, Colman Domingo, Glynn Turman, Michael Potts, Jonny Clyde, Jeremy Shamos, Taylour Paige, Dusan Brown

During a recording session, tensions rise between Ma Rainey, her ambitious horn player, and the white management determined to control the uncontrollable "Mother of the Blues".

WIDOWS (2018)

Directed By: Steve McQueen 
Written By: Gillian Flynn & Steve McQueen 
Based On “Widows” By: Lynda La Plante 
Cinematography By: Sean Bobbitt 
Editor: Joe Walker 

Cast: Viola Davis, Colin Farrell, Robert Duvall, Brian Tyree Henry, Daniel Kaluuya, Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth Debicki, Cynthia Erivo, Liam Neeson, Lukas Haas, Jon Bernthal, Carrie Coon, Jacki Weaver, Ann Mitchell, Garret Dillahunt, Kevin J O’Connor 

 "Widows" is the story of four women with nothing in common except a debt left behind by their dead husbands' criminal activities. Set in contemporary Chicago, amid a time of turmoil, tensions build when Veronica, Alice, Linda and Belle take their fate into their own hands and conspire to forge a future on their own terms.

DISTURBIA (2007)

Directed By: D.J. Caruso 
Written By: Christopher Landon & Carl Ellsworth 
Story By: Christopher Landon 
Cinematography By: Rogier Stoffers 
Editor: Jim Page 


Cast: Shai LeBouf, Sarah Roemer, Aaron Yoo, David Morse, Carrie-Anne Moss, Viola Davis, Matt Craven, Jose Pablo Cantillo 


After his father is killed in a car accident, things unravel for Kale Brecht and he is placed under house-arrest for punching his Spanish teacher. Having nothing better to do, Kale occupies himself by spying on his neighbors. But one night, he witnesses what appears to be a murder going on in Mr. Turner's house. Kale becomes obsessed with uncovering the truth behind these murders but, after a few unsettling run-ins with Mr. Turner, it becomes a matter of life and death. And the ominous question: Who is watching whom?

FENCES (2016)

Directed By: Denzel Washington 
Written By: August Wilson (Based on his play) 
Cinematography By: Charlotte Bruus Christensen 
Editor: Hughes Winbourne 

Cast: Denzel Washington, Viola Davis, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Jovan Adepo, Russell Hornsby, Mykelti Williamson


*Please note that some trivia and facts have been republished from imdb among other sources In this review

LILA & EVE (2015)

Directed By: Charles Stone III 
Written By: Pat Gilfillan 
Cinematography By: Wyatt Garfield 
Editor: Robert K. Lambert (Re-cut By: Toby Yates) 


Cast: Viola Davis, Jennifer Lopez, Andre Royo, Shea Whigham, Aml Ameen, Chris Chalk, Yolonda Ross

GET RICH OR DIE TRYIN' (2005)

Directed By: Jim Sheridan 
Written By: Terence Winter 
Cinematography By: Declan Quinn 
Editor: Roger Barton & Conrad Buff Jr. 

Cast: Curtis “50 CENT” Jackson, Terrence Howard, Tory Kittles, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Leon, Joy Bryant, Omar Benson Miller, Mykelti Williamson, Bill Duke, Viola Davis, Russell Hornsby, Mpho Koaho,

MADEA GOES TO JAIL (2009)

Written & Directed By: Tyler Perry
Cinematography By: Alexander Gruszynski
Editor: Maysie Hoy

Cast: Tyler Perry, Derek Luke, Keisha Knight Pulliam, David Mann, Pamela J. Mann, Ronreaco Lee, Ion Overman, Vanessa Ferlito, Viola Davis, Sofia Vegara

KNIGHT AND DAY (2010)

Directed By: James Mangold
Written By: Patrick O'Neill
Cinematography by: Phedon Papamichael
Editor: Quincy Z. Gunderson & Michael McCusky

CAST: Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz, Peter Sarasgard, Paul Dano, Viola Davis, Marc Blucas, Dale Dye, Jordi Molla, Maggie Grace, Cecila Weston