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Whoopi Goldberg

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Color Purple, TheColor Purple, The (The Colour Purple) (1985)
Dir. Steven Spielberg
Feat. Whoopi Goldberg, Oprah Winfrey, Danny Glover
Striking interpretation of Alice Walker's novel about a black girl's life and hard times in the South, spanning forty years. Whoopi Goldberg's screen…
Jumpin' Jack FlashJumpin' Jack Flash (1986)
Dir. Penny Marshall
Feat. Whoopi Goldberg, Stephen Collins, Carol Kane
Amiable escapade with trouble aplenty for Goldberg after she starts receiving S.O.S messages from a British spy trapped in Soviet Russia. When she…
Fatal BeautyFatal Beauty (1987)
Dir. Tom Holland
Feat. Whoopi Goldberg, Sam Elliott, Ruben Blades
Whoopi Goldberg stars in this action–comedy thriller as a tough narc cop with a wig for every occasion. Clearly modelled after the BEVERLY…
Whoopi Goldberg - Fontaine... Why am I Straight?Whoopi Goldberg - Fontaine... Why am I Straight? (1988)
Feat. Whoopi Goldberg
Comedienne Whoopi Goldberg performs live, concentrating on the Fontaine persona – a streetwise dude – she first brought to light in an…
Clara's HeartClara's Heart (1988)
Dir. Robert Mulligan
Feat. Whoopi Goldberg
Whoopi Goldberg plays housemaid to various insufferable yuppies.
GhostGhost (1990) Recommended
Dir. Jerry Zucker
Feat. Demi Moore, Patrick Swayze, Whoopi Goldberg
Technically brilliant amalgam of fantasy, thriller, comedy and love story is entertainment Hollywood wish they could make more often.
SoapdishSoapdish (1991) Recommended
Dir. Michael Hoffman
Feat. Kevin Kline, Whoopi Goldberg, Sally Field
Kevin Kline, Whoopi Goldberg, Sally Field and Robert Downey Jnr. grace this malicious and frantic farce about life on and behind the set of a daytime…
Long Walk Home, TheLong Walk Home, The (1991)
Dir. Richard Pearce
Feat. Sissy Spacek, Whoopi Goldberg
Set in 1955 Alabama during the civil rights bus boycott, this portrays the impact of change on two families, with Sissy Spacek as an uppercrust…
Sister ActSister Act (1992)
Dir. Emile Ardolino
Feat. Whoopi Goldberg
Whoopi Goldberg cavorts in a convent to evade the nasty boys after witnessing a gangland murder. Good–natured…
Player, ThePlayer, The (1992) Aro Favourite
Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi, Whoopi Goldberg
A glittering Tinseltown satire that manages to be an intricate, clever, surprising and entertaining thriller all at the same time, with a cast of…
Made in AmericaMade in America (1993)
Dir. Richard Benjamin
Feat. Whoopi Goldberg, Ted Danson
Whoopi Goldberg is shocked to discover the 'sperm–donor' father of her daughter is in fact brash, white cowpoke Ted Danson.
Sarafina! (1993)
Dir. Darrell James Roodt
Feat. Whoopi Goldberg
Screen version of the anti–apartheid stage musical posits Whoopi Goldberg as a Soweto school–teacher who liberates an impressionable…
Corrina CorrinaCorrina Corrina (1994)
Dir. Jessie Nelson
Feat. Whoopi Goldberg, Ray Liotta, Tina Majorino
Housekeeper Goldberg endears herself into the household of single parent Liotta and his nine–year–old daughter in a warm–hearted,…
Boys On the SideBoys On the Side (1995)
Dir. Herbert Ross
Feat. Whoopi Goldberg, Mary-Louise Parker, Drew Barrymore
Strangers hit the road together and share more in common than they expect. As disparate women–of–the–nineties the three stars keep…
Star Trek - GenerationsStar Trek - Generations (1995)
Dir. David Carson
Feat. LeVar Burton, Malcolm McDowell, James Doohan
Capt. Picard and crew get their big–screen debut but are forced to call on the spirit of predecessor Capt. Kirk to assist them in a struggle…
Moonlight and ValentinoMoonlight and Valentino (1995)
Dir. David Anspaugh
Feat. Whoopi Goldberg, Kathleen Turner, Gwyneth Paltrow
Whoopi Goldberg, Kathleen Turner and Gwyneth Paltrow gather to console Elizabeth Perkins on the tragic death of her hubby. Enter house–painting…
Celluloid Closet, TheCelluloid Closet, The (1996) Recommended
Dir. Robert Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman
Feat. Stewart Stern, Tony Curtis, Whoopi Goldberg
Fascinating doco revises the history of mainstream cinema from a gay and lesbian perspective, with an eye for discreet and…
Ghosts of MississippiGhosts of Mississippi (1996)
Dir. Rob Reiner
Feat. Alec Baldwin, Whoopi Goldberg, James Woods
Thirty years after the fact, D.A. Alec Baldwin re–investigates the murder of a Mississippi civil rights leader. Fact–based…
How Stella Got Her Groove BackHow Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998)
Dir. Kevin Sullivan
Feat. Angela Bassett, Whoopi Goldberg
Career–women again undergo the midlife crisis, with all its romantic miscalculations in another adaptation from the pen of Terry McMillan…
Rugrats - The MovieRugrats - The Movie (1998)
Dir. Norton Virgien, Igor Kovalyov
Feat. Elizabeth Daily, Whoopi Goldberg, David Spade
The babies–eye view of the TV sitcom is given a longer attention span, with Tommy Pickles, Anjelica and friends released from domestic…
Alice in WonderlandAlice in Wonderland (1999) Recommended
Dir. Nick Willing
Feat. Robbie Coltrane, Whoopi Goldberg, Ben Kingsley
The creators of the MERLIN TV–series pull–off another updating, this time Lewis Carroll's childrens' classic. Seamless special effects…
Deep End of the Ocean, TheDeep End of the Ocean, The (1999)
Dir. Ulu Grosbard
Feat. Michelle Pfeiffer, Treat Williams, Whoopi Goldberg
Playing on the fears of parents everywhere, this sober drama presents a nightmare scenario of child–kidnapping in suburban America, with…
Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle, TheAdventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle, The (2000)
Dir. Des McAnuff
Feat. Robert De Niro, Jason Alexander, Rene Russo
Cutting–edge technology combines animation with live action for this wacky cross–country romp adapted from a television show…
Monkey BoneMonkey Bone (2001)
Dir. Henry Selick
Feat. Brendan Fraser, Bridget Fonda, Whoopi Goldberg
Bizarre, original and at times downright nasty, this not–for–kids comedy concerns the life–and–death voyage of cartoonist…
Rat RaceRat Race (2002)
Dir. Jerry Zucker
Feat. John Cleese, Whoopi Goldberg, Rowan Atkinson
A contemporary re–race of IT’S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD, wealthy John Cleese devising a money–scramble for $2 million among…
Good Fences (2003)
Dir. Ernest Dickerson
Feat. Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, Mo'Nique
Instructive race–relations telemovie about the stresses of prejudice on an upwardly mobile black family in the white, affluent suburb of…
Aristocrats, TheAristocrats, The (2005)
Dir. Paul Provenza
Feat. Jason Alexander, Hank Azaria, Billy Connolly
One hundred venerable comedians perform, scrutinise and riff on a particularly dirty joke (touted as the world's most obscene), which has apparently…
Comic Relief - The Greatest and the LatestComic Relief - The Greatest and the Latest (2006)
Feat. Robin Williams, Whoopi Goldberg, Billy Crystal
Stand–up comedy collection of the greatest moments in 'Comic Relief' history, a comedy show featuring top comedians benefiting important causes…
For Colored GirlsFor Colored Girls (For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf) (2010)
Dir. Tyler Perry
Feat. Kimberly Elise, Janet Jackson, Anika Noni Rose
Potent, if melodramatic, adaptation of the acclaimed play that has an extraordinarily diverse cast exploring the lives of nine black women through…
Little Engine That Could, TheLittle Engine That Could, The (2011)
Feat. Whoopi Goldberg
This timeless story comes to life in an all–new feature length animation. When Little Engine must leave Dreamland to deliver toys into the real…
A Little Bit of HeavenA Little Bit of Heaven (2011)
Dir. Nicole Kassell
Feat. Kate Hudson, Gael Garcia Bernal, Rosemarie DeWitt
Colon cancer–sufferer Kate Hudson falls in love with her doctor (Mexican heartthrob Gael Garcia Bernal) in this hopelessly awkward romantic…
Under African SkiesUnder African Skies (Paul Simon's Graceland Journey) (2012) Aro Favourite
Dir. Joe Berlinger
Feat. Paul Simon, Maya Angelou, Harry Belafonte
Twenty–five years after the phenomenal success of 'Graceland', Paul Simon on his return to South Africa to reconnect with the musicians who…
Teenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)
Dir. Jonathan Liebesman
Feat. Megan Fox, Will Arnett, William Fichtner
Inexplicably, another mindless reboot of the ninja turtle franchise, only this time injected with all the crass and bombast of producer Michael Bay's…

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