All the book-based movies and TV shows featuring Cicely Tyson, ranked

Evelyn Couch, a timid, unhappy housewife in her 40s, meets elderly Ninny Threadgoode in an Anderson, Alabama, nursing home where Evelyn’s husband Ed’s Aunt Vesta who has dementia is also staying. Over several encounters with Evelyn, Ninny tells her the story of the now abandoned town of Whistle Stop, and the people who lived there.

After a long incarceration, aging ex-con Socrates Fortlow is trying hard to make a new life and to accept the regrets of his past. Meanwhile, he meets a young boy named Darryl, who witnessed a boy murdered by a friend of his. He also has to deal with his best friend’s deteriorating health and finding work.

In a small Florida town, a solitary young girl finds companionship with an orphaned dog she discovered at a local supermarket and named Winn-Dixie. Through their unbreakable bond, the girl is able to reconcile her strained relationship with her father and bring the community closer together.

In Providence, Rhode Island, the elderly and miserly Ebenita Scrooge has spent years climbing to the top and shutting everyone out of her life, especially on Christmas. Maude warns Ebenita that she has been condemned to wander the Earthly plain for her shrewd selfishness and greed during her life, and that she has led Ebenita onto the same path.

When Detroit detective Alex Cross is informed that a relative has been murdered, he makes a promise to track down the perpetrator. As he investigates, he realizes that the victim was not the killer’s first and that the circumstances are not as straightforward as they initially appeared.