Madea: watch order
The movies in the series, sorted by release date. Total runtime: 25 h 53 min. Mabel "Madea" Simmons is a character created and portrayed by Tyler Perry. The character is a tough elderly black woman. Madea has appeared in several plays directed by, written by, and starring Tyler Perry, later appearing in films based on those plays.
Movie 1Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2005)
1 h 57 min · ★ 6.5
Charles, an attorney, and Helen, his devoted wife, seem to have everything – money, a beautiful mansion – the American Dream. However, as Helen prepares to celebrate their 18th wedding anniversary, her life takes an…
Movie 2Madea's Family Reunion (2006)
1 h 49 min · ★ 6.4
Southern matriarch Madea has a lot on her plate. Her nieces, Vanessa and Lisa, have relationship troubles - Vanessa moves into Madea's house with her 2 young children and Lisa is engaged to a controlling man that her…
Movie 3Meet the Browns (2008)
1 h 41 min · ★ 6.7
A single mother living in inner city Chicago, Brenda has been struggling for years to make ends meet and keep her three kids off the street. When she's laid off with no warning, she starts losing hope for the first time…
Movie 4Madea Goes to Jail (2009)
1 h 42 min · ★ 6.5
After a high-speed car chase, Madea winds up behind bars because her quick temper gets the best of her. Meanwhile, Assistant District Attorney Josh Hardaway lands a case that's too personal to handle: that of a young…
Movie 5I Can Do Bad All By Myself (2009)
1 h 53 min · ★ 6.3
When Madea catches teenage Jennifer and her two younger brothers looting her home, she decides to take matters into her own hands and delivers the young delinquents to the only relative they have: their aunt April. A…
Movie 6Madea's Big Happy Family (2011)
1 h 46 min · ★ 6.8
When Shirley, Madea's niece, receives distressing news about her health, the only thing she wants is her family gathered around her. However, Shirley's three adult children are too preoccupied with their own troubled…
Movie 7Madea's Witness Protection (2012)
1 h 54 min · ★ 6.1
For years, mild-mannered Wall Street banker George Needleman has meandered through life oblivious to his family's dysfunction and his company's malfeasance, but he's forced to wake up when he learns that he's been…
Movie 8A Madea Christmas (2013)
1 h 39 min · ★ 6.4
Madea dispenses her unique form of holiday spirit on rural town when she's coaxed into helping a friend pay her daughter a surprise visit in the country for Christmas.
Movie 9Tyler Perry's Madea's Tough Love (2015)
1 h 4 min · ★ 6.6
After a hilarious run-in with the law, Madea is sentenced to community service. Determined to do good for the 'hood, Madea enlists Aunt Bam and Uncle Joe to try and save the Moms Mabley Youth Center from being shut…
Movie 10Boo! A Madea Halloween (2016)
1 h 43 min · ★ 5.8
Madea winds up in the middle of mayhem when she spends a hilarious, haunted Halloween fending off killers, paranormal poltergeists, ghosts, ghouls, and zombies while keeping a watchful eye on a group of misbehaving…
Movie 11Boo 2! A Madea Halloween (2017)
1 h 40 min · ★ 5.8
Madea and the gang encounter monsters, goblins and boogeymen at a haunted campground.
Movie 12A Madea Family Funeral (2019)
1 h 49 min · ★ 6.0
A joyous family reunion becomes a hilarious nightmare as Madea and the crew travel to backwoods Georgia, where they find themselves unexpectedly planning a funeral that might unveil unpleasant family secrets.
Movie 13Tyler Perry's A Madea Homecoming (2022)
1 h 45 min · ★ 6.7
Madea's back - hallelujer! And she's not putting up with any nonsense as family drama erupts at her great-grandson's college graduation celebration.
Movie 14Madea's Destination Wedding (2025)
1 h 42 min · ★ 6.2
Madea packs her best floral dresses and a whole lot of chaos when the Simmons family heads to the Bahamas for her grandniece's whirlwind wedding.
Movie 15Joe's College Road Trip (2026)
1 h 49 min · ★ 6.0
To teach his sheltered grandson about the real world, Madea's foul-mouthed brother Joe takes the college-bound teen on a raucous cross-country road trip.
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