All the book-based movies and TV shows featuring Anika Noni Rose, ranked

Maid chronicle a single mother who turns to housekeeping to – barely – make ends meet as she battles against poverty, homelessness, and bureaucracy. Told primarily through her point of view, Maid will be a beautiful, alive, gritty, and inspiring exploration of poverty in America.

Precious Ramotswe, the founder of Botswana’s first detective agency run by a woman, investigates a series of cases. She uses her detective skills to help wives locate missing husbands, a school teacher find her kidnapped son, and a wealthy father locate his 16-year-old daughter who has run away.

Little Fires Everywhere follows the intertwined fates of the picture-perfect Richardson family and an enigmatic mother and daughter who upend their lives. The story explores the weight of secrets, the nature of art and identity, the ferocious pull of motherhood – and the danger in believing that following the rules can avert disaster.’

The series revolves on Mark and his daughter Eleanor, whose transformation into a vampire ten years prior altered their lives in irrevocable ways. Eleanor was locked away at the age of 12, maybe for all time. She is only permitted to leave the house at night, and her father struggles to give her the human blood she requires to survive.

In 1912 New Orleans, a girl named Tiana and her friend Charlotte La Bouff listen to Tiana’s mother read the story of The Frog Prince. Charlotte, a believer in true love, finds the story romantic; Tiana declares she will never kiss a frog. In 1928, Tiana grew into an aspiring young chef who works as a waitress for two local diners, so she can save enough money to start her own restaurant, a dream she shared with her father.

In 1912 New Orleans, a girl named Tiana and her friend Charlotte La Bouff listen to Tiana’s mother read the story of The Frog Prince. Charlotte, a believer in true love, finds the story romantic; Tiana declares she will never kiss a frog. In 1928, Tiana grew into an aspiring young chef who works as a waitress for two local diners, so she can save enough money to start her own restaurant, a dream she shared with her father.

In 1912 New Orleans, a girl named Tiana and her friend Charlotte La Bouff listen to Tiana’s mother read the story of The Frog Prince. Charlotte, a believer in true love, finds the story romantic; Tiana declares she will never kiss a frog. In 1928, Tiana grew into an aspiring young chef who works as a waitress for two local diners, so she can save enough money to start her own restaurant, a dream she shared with her father.

At 82 years old, Mitch Albom’s former rabbi, Albert Lewis, requests that the famous Detroit sportswriter deliver his eulogy when the time comes. Albom visits his hometown in New Jersey, where Rabbi Lewis has led a congregation for approximately 50 years. Despite feeling unworthy, as he is no longer practicing Judaism and has married a Christian, Rabbi Lewis insists that Albom is the one for the task. Over the next 8 years, Albom makes several trips back home and attends Sabbath services, where the determined rabbi continues to lead and inspire his congregation even as his health deteriorates.

In 1962 Detroit, Michigan, young car salesman Curtis Taylor Jr. meets a black girl group known as The Dreamettes, which consists of lead singer Effie White and backup singers Deena Jones and Lorrell Robinson, at an R&B amateur talent show at the Detroit Theatre. Curtis soon starts his own record label, Rainbow Records, out of his Detroit car dealership, and appoints Effie’s brother, C.C., as his head songwriter.

In the colorful town of Cobbleton, the celebrated toy inventor Jeronicus Jangle’s creations are filled with imagination and wonder. However, when his trusted apprentice steals his most valuable invention, it is up to his intelligent and creative granddaughter and a rediscovered invention to repair past harm and bring back the magic.

The movie documents the regular exchanges and daily rituals of the Watsons, a family of African American descent residing in Flint, Michigan. Their lives take a profound turn when they visit Grandma in Alabama during the summer of 1963.

Eighteen-year-old Maddy is being treated for SCID, an immune disorder that prevents her from leaving her home and interacting with others. Her mother, Pauline Whittier, takes care of her with the help of her nurse Carla, who has taken care of Madeline for 15 years. One day, a new family moves next door, and their son, who is Maddy’s age, catches her eye.