Waiting to Exhale (1995)

Starring:

• Whitney Houston
• Angela Bassett
• Loretta Devine
• Lela Rochon
• Gregory Hines
• Dennis Haysbert
• Mykelti Williamson
• Michael Beach
• Leon
• Wendell Pierce
• Donald Faison
• Jeffrey D. Sams
• Jazz Raycole
• Brandon Hammond
• Kenya Moore
• Wesley Snipes

Storyline

Navigating through careers, family, and romance, four friends bond over the shortcomings in their love lives -- namely, the scarcity of good men. Both as the "other woman," Savannah (Whitney Houston) and Robin (Lela Rochon) carry on relationships with married men, each believing their lovers will leave their wives for them. On the flip side, Bernadine (Angela Bassett) ends up alone when her husband divorces her for his mistress. Meanwhile, Gloria (Loretta Devine) finds love with a new neighbor.

Down in the Delta (1998)

Starring:

• Alfre Woodard
• Al Freeman Jr.
• Mary Alice
• Esther Rolle
• Loretta Devine
• Wesley Snipes
• Mpho Koaho
• Kulani Hassen
• Anne-Marie Johnson
• Justin Lord

Storyline
Sinclair family matriarch Rosa Lynn (Mary Alice) raises enough money to help her two grandchildren and drug-addicted adult daughter, Loretta (Alfre Woodard), move to a small Mississippi town in order to escape the dangers of inner-city Chicago. There, Loretta and her kids are taken in by her gruff uncle, Earl (Al Freeman Jr.), who attempts to instill a work ethic and sense of history in his niece. With the help of Earl's tough love, Loretta does her best to put her past demons behind her.