Loretta Devine

Loretta Devine

Birthday:Aug 21, 1949
Place of birth:Houston, Texas, USA

Filmography

2026
Three Colors: Pan-African

Three Colors: Pan-African

Drama Thriller Comedy
0.0

20262h 3min

Director: Elijah Davis

An anthology feature film exploring contemporary Black existence through the Pan-African flag: A collegiate football star scrambles to save his career after a devastating injury fractures his sense of self-worth; a Ghanaian single mother loses her job and faces deportation as an unlikely group of heroes rally around her; the lead of a struggling Black sitcom questions the cost of success as the network forces the show into racist caricature to boost ratings.

2021
The Starling

The Starling

Drama Relationship Drama
6.4

20211h 42min

Canada, United States

Director: Theodore Melfi

A woman adjusting to life after a loss contends with a feisty bird that's taken over her garden — and a husband who's struggling to find a way forward.


Queen Bees

Queen Bees

Romance Comedy Drama
6.4

20211h 41min

Director: Michael Lembeck

Helen is an independent widow who moves into the Pine Grove Senior Community and discovers it’s just like high school – full of cliques and flirtatious suitors. What she initially avoids leads her to exactly what she has been missing: new friendships and a chance at love again with newcomer Dan.

2017
Naked

Naked

Comedy Awkward Comedy
5.4

20171h 36min

United States

Director: Michael Tiddes

Following a wild night out with his best man, Rob Anderson wakes up to find himself naked in an elevator on the morning of his wedding day and is forced to relive the morning over and over again.

2014
You're Not You

You're Not You

Drama Tragic Drama
7.3

20141h 44min

United States

Director: George C. Wolfe

A drama centered on a classical pianist who has been diagnosed with ALS and the brash college student who becomes her caregiver.

2013
Khumba

Khumba

Animation Adventure Family Family Animation Animal Companion Family
5.6

20131h 25min

South Africa

Director: Anthony Silverston

A half-striped zebra is blamed for the drought and leaves his herd in search of his missing stripes. He is joined on his quest by an overprotective wildebeest and a flamboyant ostrich; they defeat the tyrannical leopard and save his herd.

2001
I Am Sam

I Am Sam

Drama Family Drama
7.6

20012h 12min

United States

Director: Jessie Nelson

Sam, a neurodivergent man, has a daughter with a homeless woman who abandons them when they leave the hospital, leaving Sam to raise Lucy on his own. But as Lucy grows up, Sam's limitations as a parent start to become a problem and the authorities take her away. Sam convinces high-priced lawyer Rita to take his case pro bono and in turn teaches her the value of love and family.

1997
Hoodlum

Hoodlum

Crime Drama
6.3

19972h 10min

United States

Director: Bill Duke

In 1934, the second most lucrative business in New York City was running 'the numbers'. When Madam Queen—the powerful woman who runs the scam in Harlem—is arrested, Ellsworth 'Bumpy' Johnson takes over the business and must resist an invasion from a merciless mobster.

1995
Waiting to Exhale

Waiting to Exhale

Comedy Drama Romance
6.0

19952h 7min

United States

Director: Forest Whitaker

Cheated on, mistreated and stepped on, the women are holding their breath, waiting for the elusive "good man" to break a string of less-than-stellar lovers. Friends and confidants Vannah, Bernie, Glo and Robin talk it all out, determined to find a better way to breathe.

1992
Class Act

Class Act

Comedy Drama
6.1

19921h 38min

United States

Director: Randall Miller

Duncan is a genius straight A student, Blade is juvenile delinquent. But because of a mix up with their school records, everyone thinks each is the other one. Now, Duncan kind of likes the attention from being thought of as a real bad dude, if only the school bully would stop trying to rough him up. And Blade definitely likes being thought of as important instead of as trouble.