Tyler Perry is a powerhouse filmmaker known for his heartfelt stories, unforgettable characters, and signature blend of humor and social commentary. Here are seven of his best films.

A lot of ink (most of it negative) has been spilled discussing the cinematic oeuvre of Tyler Perry, whose gospel-infused morality tales leave critics cold but do so well with audiences that they’ve ...

Boo! A Madea Halloween is the tenth installment of the Madea franchise. The comedy horror film revolves around Brian ( Tyler ...

Tyler Perry is one of the most stacked filmmakers of his generation — and one of the most distinct, with his melding of comedy and melodrama. Across a few dozen films, most of which he directed, Perry ...

Tyler Perry’s Madea franchise isn’t exactly the sort of movie series that generates headlines. People don’t discuss them obsessively online like the most recent Marvel movie or consider them in ...

A Madea Halloween, Madea Goes to Jail, Acrimony), Chandra Currelley-Young (Madea's Big Happy Family, Diary of a Mad Black Woman, For Better or Worse), Patrice Lovely (Love Thy Neighbor, Boo 2!

Boo! A Madea Halloween was the number-one movie over this past weekend, baffling Hollywood once again and making the Hotep crowd pissed that a movie starring a black guy in a dress made more money ...

For many, especially black people who see in her a mockery of our own grandmothers, Tyler Perry’s Madea is little more than a mammy — an insult to the matriarchal community figure that Perry claims to ...

In 2005, Tyler Perry debuted a character whose movies have gone on to make more than $500 million. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM "DIARY OF A MAD BLACK WOMAN") MABLEAN EPHRIAM: (As Judge Ephriam) Madea. TYLER ...