Movies like Madea's Class Reunion - The Play (2003)
The best movies like Madea's Class Reunion - The Play (2003) are Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Reunion - The Play (2002), Madea Goes to Jail - The Play (2006) and Tyler Perry's Diary of a Mad Black Woman - The Play (2001). If Madea's Class Reunion - The Play hooked you with its comedy and drama, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
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- Highest ratedMadea Goes to Jail (2009)6.5/10 from 219 votes
- NewestTyler Perry's Madea's Farewell - The Play (2020)Released 2020
Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Reunion - The Play (2002)
The fireworks begin when Madea’s family gathers for her granddaughter’s wedding. As usual, Madea rules the roost, as she and her neighbor, the wacky Mr. Brown, deliver nonstop laughs. Live, love, rejoice...it’s Madea’s Family Reunion!
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMadea Goes to Jail - The Play (2006)
Madea returns in another hilarious story in which she gets sent to the big house. But regardless of the circumstances, she gives her trademark advice and wisdom to her friends and family as they learn the importance of letting go, moving on, and forgiveness.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisTyler Perry's Diary of a Mad Black Woman - The Play (2001)
Before it was a movie, it was a theatrical phenomenon! When Helen learns that her husband is leaving her for her best friend, the women in her family are ready with advice. Her devout mother preaches strength and forgiveness, while her parolee grandmother shows up with a gun! Acclaimed African-American playwright Tyler Perry dares to mix sacred and secular humor with riotous results. Experience his most famous morality tale, now a major motion picture, in its original stage format...complete with live musical numbers!
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Soul Food (1997)
Traditional Sunday dinners at Mama Joe's turn sour when sisters Teri, Bird and Maxine start bringing their problems to the dinner table in this ensemble comedy. When tragedy strikes, it's up to grandson Ahmad to pull the family together and put the soul back into the family's weekly gatherings.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMadea's Family Reunion (2006)
Southern matriarch Madea has a lot on her plate. Her nieces, Vanessa and Lisa, have relationship troubles - Vanessa moves into Madea's house with her 2 young children and Lisa is engaged to a controlling man that her mother set her up with. In addition, Madea has just been court-ordered to become the guardian of Nikki, a rebellious runaway teenager. Madea must keep the peace and her family together while simultaneously planning her clan's reunion.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTyler Perry's Madea's Farewell - The Play (2020)
In Tyler Perry's final performance as Madea, the beloved matriarch will grace the stage to help her family navigate their greatest challenge yet: each other. Madea’s great-grandson graduates from law school and the entire family gathering to celebrate the occasion. However, chaos ensues as some unexpected folks show up and Madea morphs into a life coach. It's sure to be a turbulent time but one filled with fun, laughter and perhaps even some tears.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Madea Goes to Jail (2009)
After a high-speed car chase, Madea winds up behind bars because her quick temper gets the best of her. Meanwhile, Assistant District Attorney Josh Hardaway lands a case that's too personal to handle: that of a young prostitute and former drug addict named Candace, also a childhood friend. When Candace winds up in jail, Madea takes the young woman under her protective wing.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All By Myself - The Play (2002)
When Madea gets sick, her family comes to her aid. What they don't realize is that they're the ones who need her help. As always, Madea's cockeyed outlook on life saves the day and guarantees side-splitting laughs along the way.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Tyler Perry's Madea Gets A Job - The Play (2012)
Tyler Perry's new musical stage play starring the infamous Mabel Simmons or "Madea" as her fans know her. When a judge orders Madea to do 20 hours of community service at a local retirement home the residents and staff are not ready for Madea's brand of "the truth", but all is well that ends well when Madea helps the residence of Easy Rest Retirement Home realize the importance of family, love and forgiveness.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Tyler Perry's Madea on the Run - The Play (2017)
In trouble with the local authorities, Mabel Simmons, notoriously known as Madea, is on the run from the law. With no place to turn, she moves in with her friend Bam who is recovering from surgery. Unbeknownst to Bam however, Madea is only using the "concerned friend" gag as a way to hide out from the police.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisI Can Do Bad All By Myself (2009)
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.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMadea's Big Happy Family (2011)
When Shirley, Madea's niece, receives distressing news about her health, the only thing she wants is her family gathered around her. However, Shirley's three adult children are too preoccupied with their own troubled lives to pay attention to their mother. It is up to Madea, with the help of rowdy Aunt Bam, to bring the clan together and help Shirley deal with her crisis.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTyler Perry's Aunt Bam's Place - The Play (2012)
One weekend, Aunt Bam's nephew-in-law Stewart is granted a court-ordered visitation with his children. Although his new, much-younger wife Mona is a bundle of nerves, Stewart seizes the opportunity to reconnect with his children, whom he loves dearly. Then their mother, his ex-wife Gloria, shows up drunk. It will take Madea's partner-in-crime, Bam, to tame this situation and set a few things straight.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2005)
Charles, an attorney, and Helen, his devoted wife, seem to have everything – money, a beautiful mansion – the American Dream. However, as Helen prepares to celebrate their 18th wedding anniversary, her life takes an unexpected twist when she comes home to find her clothes packed up in a U-Haul van parked in the driveway. Charles is divorcing her and kicks her out. Helen moves in with her grandmother Madea, an old woman who doesn't take any lip from anyone. Madea helps Helen through these tough times by showing her what is really important in life. Helen is forced to rediscover love, life, and religion in her pursuit for happiness.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family - The Play (2010)
Shirley has important news for her family, but she has five grown children with different lifestyles and finds it difficult to get them and the kids all together. So in steps Madea, the Matriarch General, to put the family's life in perspective with a hilarious twist on financial difficulties, drugs and, most important, family secrets. The next generation has a lot to learn. In her own way, Madea expresses how deliverance won't change you to be someone else, but will allow you to be who you really are.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Why Did I Get Married? (2007)
Eight married college friends plus one other non-friend (all of whom have achieved middle to upper class economic status) go to Colorado for their annual week-long reunion, but the mood shifts when one couple's infidelity comes to light. As secrets are revealed, each couple begins to question their own relationship.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTyler Perry's Madea's Neighbors from Hell - The Play (2014)
Madea's neighborhood takes a turn for the worse when a foster mother moves in with her unruly kids. Suspicious activity leads Madea to take justice into her own hands. With Aunt Bam by her side, Madea uses her unique wit and wisdom for unforgettable results.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Nora's Hair Salon (2004)
Welcome to Nora's Hair Salon. Leave your troubles outside and get set for neighborhood drama, juicy gossip, and the occasional knock-down, drag-out fight. Nora runs the place and takes care of her family. Whatever the problem, Nora can make it all right in this feel-good film about life, love and lookin' fine!
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Meet the Browns (2008)
A single mother living in inner city Chicago, Brenda has been struggling for years to make ends meet and keep her three kids off the street. When she's laid off with no warning, she starts losing hope for the first time - until a letter arrives announcing the death of a father she's never met. Desperate for any kind of help, Brenda takes her family to Georgia for the funeral, but nothing could have prepared her for the Browns, her father's fun-loving, crass Southern clan. In a small-town world full of long afternoons and country fairs, Brenda struggles to get to know the family she never knew existed... and finds a brand new romance that just might change her life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Best Man (1999)
After writing a soon-to-be bestselling novel, writer and committed bachelor Harper attempts to hide the fact that his saucy new book is loosely based on the lives and loves of his tight-knit group of friends. Harper is set to be best man at his friend Lance's wedding, and all his friends will be in attendance. When an advance copy of the book makes its way into the hands of his ex-flame, Jordan, Harper attempts to keep it under wraps.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTyler Perry's A Madea Christmas - The Play (2011)
When a family meets for Christmas at their posh Cape Cod estate, family arguments and secrets cause a stir. It takes a real down-to-earth family - like Aunt Bam and the almighty Madea - to save this holiday.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Daddy's Little Girls (2007)
Monty is a mechanic struggling to make ends meet as he raises his three young daughters. When the court awards custody of his daughters to his shady ex-wife, Monty desperately tries to win them back with the help of Julia, a beautiful, Ivy League-educated attorney. Monty and Julia couldn't be less alike, but a flame is ignited... touching off a firestorm of love and conflict.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married - The Play (2006)
From acclaimed and award-winning playwright Tyler Perry comes a sensational new stage play about love, faith and the joys--and trials--of marriage. When a sexy young temptress threatens an already troubled marriage, a close-knit family rallies together to examine their own marriages and to rediscover the precious reason that the one they have is the one they want forever.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Guess Who (2005)
When a young African-American woman brings her fiancé home to meet her parents, she's neglected to mention one tiny detail – he's white.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisJoyful Noise (2012)
G.G. Sparrow faces off with her choir's newly appointed director, Vi Rose Hill, over the group's direction as they head into a national competition.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWaiting to Exhale (1995)
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.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTyler Perry's Meet The Browns - The Play (2005)
A funeral can be a time for laughter (and lessons) when the kooky Brown family gathers to bury Brown's 107-year-old father. It's a foot-stomping sound-stirring send-off and a great reminder--"Ain't nothin' like family, ain't nothin' like love!"
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Tyler Perry's What's Done In The Dark - The Play (2008)
Stage and screen multi-hyphenate Tyler Perry returns to the helm for this lively tale of emergency room bedlam that finds a group of doctors, nurses, and patients desperately struggling to keep their secrets in the dark. Unfortunately for this crew, these things always find a way of coming to light.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
10 Years (2012)
A group of friends reunite ten years after their high-school graduation.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisPeggy Sue Got Married (1986)
At her 25th high school reunion, Peggy Sue faints and awakens in 1960—back in her senior year, before her marriage and all her regrets. Given a second chance to relive her youth, she must decide whether to change the choices that shaped her life or embrace the past that made her who she is.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
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What are the best movies like Madea's Class Reunion - The Play?
The closest matches to Madea's Class Reunion - The Play are Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Reunion - The Play (2002), Madea Goes to Jail - The Play (2006) and Tyler Perry's Diary of a Mad Black Woman - The Play (2001). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Madea's Class Reunion - The Play?
People who watched Madea's Class Reunion - The Play most often go on to Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Reunion - The Play (2002), Madea Goes to Jail - The Play (2006) and Tyler Perry's Diary of a Mad Black Woman - The Play (2001).
What is the highest-rated movie like Madea's Class Reunion - The Play?
Madea Goes to Jail (2009), rated 6.5/10 by 219 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Madea's Class Reunion - The Play?
Tyler Perry's Madea's Farewell - The Play (2020) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Madea's Class Reunion - The Play?
Yes: Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Reunion - The Play (2002), Madea Goes to Jail - The Play (2006) and Tyler Perry's Diary of a Mad Black Woman - The Play (2001).
How are movies similar to Madea's Class Reunion - The Play chosen?
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