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The Top 10 Madea Films of All Time

Madea’s Farewell Play Airs On Tuesday, February 16th at 8 pm.

Tune in to Madea’s Farewell Play on Tuesday, February 16th at 8 pm PT/ET followed by the season 2 premiere of Tyler Perry’s The Oval at 10:30 pm PT/ET, only on BET.

Tyler Perry turned Mabel Simmons also known as Madea from a character in local Southern plays into the face of a global multimillion-dollar film franchise. To date, his Madea film franchise has grossed almost 700 million dollars at the box office, astounding all the naysayers and given Perry mogul status in Hollywood. The driven New Orleans native has proven that not only can Madea lay down the law but she can bring out Black folks from all over the world to theatres. As Madea bows into the sunset in Madea’s Farewell Play on Tuesday, February 16th, we at BET.com have ranked the top Madea Films of all time.

  • 10. Boo 2! A Madea Halloween (2017)

    In the sequel to Boo! A Madea Halloween, Madea gets the band back together for one more fight against ghosts, goblins, and everything else in Boo 2! A Madea Halloween. Madea and her crew prove they ain't scared of nothing as they visit a haunted campground.

  • 9. A Madea Christmas (2013)

    Who else can bring the holiday spirit like Madea? In A Madea Christmas, Mabel finds herself in a rural town where she helps a friend pay her daughter a surprise visit to the country for Christmas. Madea teaches everyone the true meaning of Christmas--in her own unique way, of course.

  • 8. Boo! A Madea Halloween (2016)

    Even on Halloween, when the supernatural is scaring everyone, Madea comes through and saves the day. In Boo! A Madea Halloween, Madea handles ghosts, ghouls, and zombies in a haunted house while keeping her teenage great-niece in check. Madea ain't afraid of no ghost!

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  • 7. A Madea Family Funeral (2019)

    A family reunion becomes a hilarious nightmare as Madea and her squad travel to backwoods Georgia, where she transforms into a funeral coordinator in A Madea Family Funeral. When all of the family secrets threaten to derail everything, nobody can keep everybody together quite like Madea.

  • 6. Madea’s Witness Protection (2012)

    When a successful Wall Street investment banker is set up as the fall guy in his company's mob-backed Ponzi scheme, he and his family are placed in a witness protection program. They have no idea that the home they will be staying in is be everyone’s favorite gangster auntie, in Madea’s Witness Protection.

  • 5. Madea’s Big Happy Family (2011)

    Madea’s niece, Shirley (Loretta Divine), is dealing with a health crisis and needs her aunt to help bring her family together as only Madea can in Madea’s Big Happy Family. As tensions in the family reach a boiling point, Madea is set on getting everyone together whether they like it or not in another hilarious Tyler Perry film.

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  • 4. Madea Goes To Jail (2009)

    Madea’s gun-toting, high-speed car chasing days have finally caught up with her in Madea Goes To Jail. While Madea is up to her old antics, an upcoming lawyer decides to defend a childhood friend whose life is spinning out of control.

  • 3. Madea’s Family Reunion (2006)

    In the sequel to Diary of a Mad Black Woman, Madea plans to gather all of her kinfolks together in Madea’s Family Reunion. She has to juggle taking care of some runaway children and helps her nieces make sense of their lives as they struggle with accepting love and breaking away from abusive relationships. You’ll never look at grits the same way again after viewing this hilarious, heart-warming film.

  • 2. I Can Do Bad All By Myself (2009)

    Taraji P. Henson gives an electrifying performance playing April, an alcoholic, self-centered nightclub singer in this film about the power of forgiveness and redemption. In I Can Do Bad All By Myself, Madea catches some children stealing from her house and she drops them off at their aunt’s (Henson) who wants nothing to do with kids. But she makes a decision to leave her past behind and discovers a new future.

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  • 1. Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2005)

    In his first feature film, Tyler Perry put the world on notice that he was coming to change the game. Diary of Mad Black Woman is a romantic comedy-drama that follows a loving wife whose world is turned upside down when her successful husband decides to divorce her. However there's a plot twist: She finds love in an unexpected place from an unlikely man. A certified hit at the box office, Diary grossed more than $50 million dollars proving that Perry was more than ready for the mainstream.

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