Mary J. Blige Movies: Release Order
Mary J. Blige, known as the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul, transitioned from music icon to acclaimed actress with a career spanning over two decades. This watch list includes her theatrical feature film roles where she had substantial screen time, excluding voice work for animated films and made-for-TV movies.
Her early roles often had her playing characters close to her musical persona, but Mudbound (2017) marked a major turning point. Her performance as Florence Jackson earned her dual Academy Award nominations for both Best Supporting Actress and Best Original Song, making her the first person nominated in both categories for the same film in the same year. Since then, Blige has continued taking on diverse dramatic roles, solidifying her reputation as a serious dramatic actress alongside her legendary music career.
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Prison Song
Elijah has been bounced from group home to group home throughout his turbulent young life. What has sustained him is his art. After a promised scholarship is taken away, Elijah ends up in a fight that result in the death of another boy. Now, sentenced to a minimum of fifteen years, the young man must find a way to keep his soul alive behind bars or turn into a hardened bitter criminal.

I Can Do Bad All by Myself
When Madea catches teenage 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 her married boyfriend, April wants nothing to do with the kids.

Rock of Ages
A small town girl and a city boy meet on the Sunset Strip, while pursuing their Hollywood dreams.

Black Nativity
A street-wise teen from Baltimore who has been raised by a single mother travels to New York City to spend the Christmas holiday with his estranged relatives, where he embarks on a surprising and inspirational journey.

Mudbound
In the post–World War II South, two families are pitted against a barbaric social hierarchy and an unrelenting landscape as they simultaneously fight the battle at home and the battle abroad.

Body Cam
As a police officer investigates the gruesome murder of her colleague, she discovers that a mysterious supernatural force is behind it.

The Violent Heart
Fifteen years after the murder of his older sister, taciturn Daniel finds himself falling for Cassie, a vivacious high school senior in this southern gothic-inspired Romeo & Juliet story set in the American heartland.

Pink Skies Ahead
A young woman struggles with an anxiety disorder after dropping out of school.

Respect
The rise of Aretha Franklin’s career from a child singing in her father’s church’s choir to her international superstardom.

Rob Peace
An underprivileged, gifted young black man from Newark reaches Yale University, only for shadows and injustices from his past to threaten his future.
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