Directed by:
Lee DanielsScreenplay:
Geoffrey FletcherCinematography:
Andrew DunnComposer:
Mario GrigorovCast:
Gabourey Sidibe, Mo'Nique, Paula Patton, Mariah Carey, Lenny Kravitz, Sherri Shepherd, Daniela Lavender, Kimberly Russell, Martin Luther King, Malcolm X (more)VOD (4)
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A gritty, life-affirming tale of an abused African-American teenager's struggle to change her life in 1980s Harlem. 16-year-old Clareece 'Precious' Jones (Gabourey Sidibe) has been abused from an early age by her now absent father, and is pregnant with his second child. With a venomous mother Mary (Mo'Nique) who treats her like a servant and her school life blighted by her illiteracy, Precious struggles to cope with her seemingly hopeless life. But the offer of a place in an alternative school and the nurturing of literacy teacher Ms. Rain (Paula Patton) soon begin to transform the teenager, offering her a path to a brighter future. (Icon Home Entertainment)
(more)Cast
![Gabourey Sidibe](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/847/164847725_88255c.jpg)
Gabourey Sidibe
USA
Best movies:
Come As You Are (2019)
Precious (2009)
Seven Psychopaths (2012)
![Mo'Nique](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/316/164316343_b6e5b1.jpg)
![Paula Patton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/276/276043_80d8b8.jpg)
Paula Patton
USA
Best movies:
Disconnect (2012)
Deja Vu (2006)
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)
![Mariah Carey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/033/165033068_b1d371.jpg)
Mariah Carey
USA
Best movies:
Live 8 (2005) (concert)
Tina Turner: Celebrate Live 1999 (1999) (concert)
Precious (2009)
![Lenny Kravitz](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/517/517875_766723.jpg)
Lenny Kravitz
USA
Best movies:
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
Precious (2009)
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)
![Sherri Shepherd](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274100_5d9ae9.jpg)
Sherri Shepherd
USA
Best movies:
Brian Banks (2018)
Precious (2009)
Madagascar 2 (2008)
Daniela Lavender
Brazil
Best movies:
Precious (2009)
Longitude (2000) (TV movie)
Ali G in da House (2002)
Kimberly Russell
USA
Best movies:
The Game (1997)
Precious (2009)
The Princess and the Frog (2009)
![Martin Luther King](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/950/157950050_035c14.jpg)
Martin Luther King
USA
Best movies:
Dangerous: The Short Films (1993) (video compilation)
JFK (1991)
The Doors (1991) - a.f.
![Malcolm X](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/945/164945262_8e811e.jpg)
Amina Robinson
Best movies:
Precious (2009)
5 to 7 (2014)
Can't Come Out To Play (2013)
Stephanie Andujar
USA
Best movies:
Precious (2009)
A Walk Among the Tombstones (2014)
Pariah (2011)
![Abigail Savage](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/826/160826632_d879a2.jpg)
Abigail Savage
USA
Best movies:
Precious (2009)
Redacted (2007)
The Spine of Night (2021)
Chyna Layne
Best movies:
Cadillac Records (2008)
Precious (2009)
Five (2011) (TV movie)
Angelic Zambrana
Best movies:
Precious (2009)
Liberal Arts (2012)
Sleepwalk with Me (2012)
![Xosha Roquemore](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/462/162462296_74ccd0.jpg)
Xosha Roquemore
USA
Best movies:
Brian Banks (2018)
Precious (2009)
The Butler (2013)
AzMarie Livingston
Best movies:
Precious (2009)
![Mugga](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/775/162775415_cd26d4.jpg)
Mugga
Best movies:
Precious (2009)
First Match (2018)
Paterno (2018) (TV movie)
Roy T. Anderson
Best movies:
Precious (2009)
Class of 1984 (1982)
Silent Hunter (1995)
Barret Helms
Best movies:
Precious (2009)