Tyler Perry is one of the most celebrated American actors, filmmaker and comedian of all times. He is also one of the highest earning entertainers in the world today. Tyler has a number of movies under his belt including the “Madea” series. Today we are looking at 5 of his favorite movies of all time
- Diary of a Mad Black Woman
A woman learns to love and trust men again in this 2005 comedy drama.
From IMDB: Helen McCarter has everything a woman wants: a nice house and rich husband. However after her husband Charles throws her out of the house after admitting to an affair a distraught Helen turns to her mother, grandmother Madea and cousin Brian who take her in and turn back to God. Helen learns for the first time in her life to stand up on her two feet and is ready to remove herself from her relationship with Charles and move on.
- I Can Do Bad All By Myself
This movie is a 2009 romantic musical comedy-drama also starring Taraji P. Henson, Adam Rodriguez.
From Lionsgate: When Madea catches sixteen-year-old Jennifer and her two younger brothers looting her home, she decides to take matters into her own hands and delivers the young delinquents to the only relative they have: their aunt April. A heavy-drinking nightclub singer who lives off of Randy, her married boyfriend, April wants nothing to do with the kids. But her attitude begins to change when Sandino, a handsome Colombian immigrant looking for work, moves into April’s basement room. Making amends for his own troubled past, Sandino challenges April to open her heart. And April soon realizes she must make the biggest choice of her life: between her old ways with Randy and the new possibilities of family, faith … and even true love.
- Why Did I Get Married
The 2007 comedy-drama film adaptation was also written, produced and directed by Tyler Perry. The film also stars Janet Jackson, Jill Scott, Malik YOba, Sharon Leal, Tasha Smith, Michael Jai White, Richard T. Jones, Denise Boutte and Keesha Sharp.
The big screen adaptation of Perry’s stage play about the trials of marriage, and what happens to one family when a sexy young temptress arrives on the scene.
- Madea Goes To Jail
Another film adaptation of his play, this comedy movie was released in 2009 and distributed by Lionsgate.
You will see mischievous grandma Mabel “Madea” Simmons landing in jail where she meets a variety of mixed-up characters.
- Daddy’s Little Girls
Released in 2007, this is another of Tyler Perry’s romantic comedy-drama film ( a genre he is very good at).
From IMDB: This is a simple, touching story of two people trying to overcome their different backgrounds to find love, a down-on-his-luck man struggling to protect his children from abuse and neglect, and a community looking to purge itself from the criminals terrorizing their neighborhood.
