Underplayed Gems
The whole movie catalogue

Films and series, searchable by what they are

← Back to the shop

Their Eyes Were Watching God (2005)

Their Eyes Were Watching God poster
Directed by
Darnell Martin
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 53m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 39 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A black woman in early 20th century Florida tells her best friend the story of her life. She recounts her three marriages and her long search for love and independence.

poignantearthylyricalemotionally intenseromanticsouthernresilientreflective

What happens

Their Eyes Were Watching God is a 2005 American television drama film based upon Zora Neale Hurston's 1937 novel of the same name. The film was directed by Darnell Martin, written by Suzan-Lori Parks, Misan Sagay, and Bobby Smith Jr., and produced by Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Productions (Winfrey served as the host for the broadcast). It stars Halle Berry, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, and Michael Ealy, and aired on ABC on March 6, 2005. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? Tell the Catbot what you feel like watching and it picks from the whole catalogue, or browse by genre, country and year.

Lists: Korean thrillers worth the evening · Anime films beyond Studio Ghibli · Slow films for a rainy night · Horror that unsettles instead of startling · Series you can finish in a weekend · Nordic crime worth the subtitles · Good films that end in under 90 minutes · Documentaries that play like thrillers

Loading movies…

What should I watch?