Movies starring Jennifer Hudson

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Cats

For 2019’s Big Holiday Musical Extravaganza, Hollywood has gone all the way back to 1981 to choose the source material. The concept of making a motion picture version of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s immensely successful stage play, Cats, has both...

Run Time: 1:50
U.S. Release Date: 2019-12-20
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Musical
Director: Tom Hooper
Cast: Francesca Hayward, Judi Dench, Ian McKellan, ...
Dreamgirls

Dreamgirls is a wonderful entertainment: a musical that, while not skimping on the music, delivers a multi-layered storyline featuring complex characters. The average Hollywood musical focuses on spectacle and, while there's some of that to be fou...

Run Time: 2:05
U.S. Release Date: 2006-12-15
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Situations, Drugs)
Genre: MUSICAL
Director: Bill Condon
Cast: Jamie Foxx, Beyonce Knowles, Eddie Murphy, ...
Respect

Respect uses vignettes to provide an overview of the early years of Aretha Franklin’s life and career. Along the way, the movie touches on a number of weighty issues including domestic abuse, alcoholism, and Civil Rights activism. The film c...

Run Time: 2:25
U.S. Release Date: 2021-08-13
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama
Director: Liesl Tommy
Cast: Jennifer Hudson, Forest Whitaker, Audra McDonald, ...
Secret Life of Bees, The

When it comes to movies that touch the heart, few have a more delicate yet undeniable impact than Gina Prince-Bythewood's The Secret Life of Bees. Adapted from the novel by Sue Monk Kidd, the production achieves something few literary interpretati...

Run Time: 1:50
U.S. Release Date: 2008-10-17
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Gina Prince-Bythewood
Cast: Dakota Fanning, Queen Latifa, Jennifer Hudson, ...
Sex and the City

In transitioning Sex and the City from the small screen to the big one, filmmaker Michael Patrick King (who was also one of the HBO show runners) chose not to make the movie inclusive. This is for the fans, and only for the fans. Those who lived a...

Run Time: 2:28
U.S. Release Date: 2008-05-30
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Situations, Nudity, Profanity)
Genre: COMEDY/DRAMA
Director: Michael Patrick King
Cast: Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, ...