Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire

(2009) R

Directed by: Lee Daniels

Starring: Gabourey Sidibe, Mo'Nique , Paula Patton

Overview: Based on a novel by Sapphire.

Shadowboxer

(2005) R

Directed by: Lee Daniels

Starring: Helen Mirren, Cuba Gooding Jr., Stephen Dorff

Overview: An assassin (Helen Mirren) with terminal cancer refuses to kill a pregnant woman (Vanessa Ferlito).