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* FemalesAreMoreInnocent: While the true villain of each installment alternates genders (male for ''Lust'' and ''Wrath'', female for ''Envy'' and ''Greed''), the victimized protagonists of all four movies are devout Christian women that ultimately avoid temptation and succumbing to sin.

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* FemalesAreMoreInnocent: While the true villain of each installment alternates genders (male for ''Lust'' and ''Wrath'', female for ''Envy'' and ''Greed''), the victimized protagonists of all four movies are devout Christian women that ultimately avoid temptation and succumbing to sin.sin; additionally, ''Envy'' and ''Greed'' involve Gabrielle's father committing infidelity and Godfrey being just as greedy, if not as lethal, as his cousin.

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* '''Lust''': Premiered on April 10th, 2021. Tiffanie Cooper (played by Creator/KeriHilson) is about to have the wedding of her dreams, but when she meets Trey Taylor (played by Durrell ‘Tank’ Babbs), the groom's ex-convict best man, a new passion is sparked.

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* '''Lust''': Premiered on April 10th, 2021. Tiffanie Cooper (played by Creator/KeriHilson) is about to have the wedding of her dreams, but when she meets Trey Taylor (played by [[Creator/DurrellBabbs Durrell ‘Tank’ Babbs), Babbs]]), the groom's ex-convict best man, a new passion is sparked.



* KinslayingIsASpecialKindOfEvil:
** Keisha's plan in ''Envy'' is to endear herself to her half-sibling's family before [[KillAndReplace killing her half-sister and taking her place in it]].
** In the climax of ''Greed'', Miss Viv establishes herself as the main antagonist when she attempts to kill her cousin Godfrey in addition to Zuri and frame Zuri's ex-boyfriend Stefan for it, considering herself "a survivor" that needs to eliminate loose ends before they can pin any crimes on her.



* SiblingYinYang: In ''Envy'', Gabrielle and Keisha grew up in completely different environments, so while Gabrielle has everything she could ever want and is more than happy to accept a sudden new addition to her family, Keisha grew up with nothing and is murderously envious of the sister her father chose over her.

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* SiblingYinYang: In ''Envy'', Gabrielle and Keisha grew up in completely different environments, so while Gabrielle has everything she could ever want and is more than happy to accept a sudden new addition to her family, Keisha grew up with nothing and is murderously envious of the sister half-sister her father chose over her.
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* {{Blackmail}}: In ''Greed'', when Zuri meets with Miss Viv to end her partnership with the Andersons, Miss Viv threatens to ruin Zuri's reputation by informing her clients of the crimes Zuri's been committing during their partnership.


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* ThisIsReality: In ''Greed'', when Zuri regrets her actions and meets with Miss Viv to end their partnership, Miss Viv states that this isn't like the movies and she can't just walk away before threatening Zuri with {{Blackmail}}.
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Miss Viv is Godfrey's cousin, not his mother.


* FieryCoverUp: In the climax of ''Greed'', Zuri decides to try and contact the police about Godfrey's crimes instead of becoming an accomplice. Rather than Godfrey himself dealing with the problem, Godfrey's mother decides that the best way to settle it forever and keep her ''own'' lavish lifestyle intact is to knock them both out in Zuri's home and set the building on fire. Fortunately, Zuri regains consciousness and escapes the house in time, while Zuri's ex-boyfriend stopped by to visit at a convenient time and knocks out the mother before she escapes.

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* FieryCoverUp: In the climax of ''Greed'', Zuri decides to try and contact the police about Godfrey's crimes instead of becoming an accomplice. Rather than Godfrey himself dealing with the problem, Godfrey's mother cousin Miss Viv decides that the best way to settle it forever and keep her ''own'' lavish lifestyle intact is to knock them both out in Zuri's home and set the building on fire. Fortunately, Zuri regains consciousness and escapes the house in time, while Zuri's ex-boyfriend stopped by to visit at a convenient time and knocks out the mother Miss Viv before she escapes.



* RichSuitorPoorSuitor: In ''Greed'', Zuri has an ex-boyfriend named Stefan, and spends most of the film attracted to the wealthy Godfrey. In the climax, after Godfrey turns out to be a criminal and Stefan stops Godfrey's mother from getting away with arson and murder, she hooks back up with Stefan.

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* RichSuitorPoorSuitor: In ''Greed'', Zuri has an ex-boyfriend named Stefan, and spends most of the film attracted to the wealthy Godfrey. In the climax, after Godfrey turns out to be a criminal and Stefan stops Godfrey's mother cousin from getting away with arson and murder, she hooks back up with Stefan.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: In the denouement of ''Wrath'', Xavier's reaction to Chastity visiting him in prison after he tried to kidnap her and keep her all to herself to is asking if she's come to renew their relationship.

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* ItsAllAboutMe: In the denouement of ''Wrath'', Xavier's reaction to Chastity visiting him in prison after he tried to kidnap her and keep her all to herself to himself is asking if she's come to renew their relationship.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: In the denouement of ''Wrath'', Xavier's reaction to Chastity visiting him in prison after he tried to kidnap her and keep her all to herself to is asking if she's come to renew their relationship.
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* FemalesAreMoreInnocent: While the true villain of each installment alternates genders (male for ''Lust'' and ''Wrath'', female for ''Envy'' and ''Greed''), the victimized protagonists of all four movies are devout Christian women that ultimately avoid temptation and succumbing to sin.

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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: In ''Greed'', Zuri learns that Godfrey's wealth was primarily gained through acts like tampering with documents, and she is nearly tempted to become his accomplice.

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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: In ''Greed'', Zuri learns that Godfrey's wealth was primarily gained through acts like tampering with documents, embezzlement, and murder, and she is nearly tempted to become his accomplice.



* FieryCoverUp: In the climax of ''Greed'', Zuri decides to try and contact the police about Godfrey's crimes instead of becoming an accomplice. Rather than Godfrey himself dealing with the problem, Godfrey's mother decides that the best way to settle it forever and keep her ''own'' lavish lifestyle intact is to knock them both out in Zuri's home and set the building on fire.
* {{Forgiveness}}: A reoccurring theme throughout all four movies; the protagonists are all Christians, and once the film's issues are resolved, the victim confronts the villain in prison to forgive them before they succumb to the same dark urges.

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* FieryCoverUp: In the climax of ''Greed'', Zuri decides to try and contact the police about Godfrey's crimes instead of becoming an accomplice. Rather than Godfrey himself dealing with the problem, Godfrey's mother decides that the best way to settle it forever and keep her ''own'' lavish lifestyle intact is to knock them both out in Zuri's home and set the building on fire.
fire. Fortunately, Zuri regains consciousness and escapes the house in time, while Zuri's ex-boyfriend stopped by to visit at a convenient time and knocks out the mother before she escapes.
* {{Forgiveness}}: A reoccurring theme throughout all four movies; the protagonists are all Christians, and once the film's issues are resolved, most of them end with the victim confronts meeting the villain in prison to forgive them before they succumb for succumbing to the same dark urges.temptation.


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* RichSuitorPoorSuitor: In ''Greed'', Zuri has an ex-boyfriend named Stefan, and spends most of the film attracted to the wealthy Godfrey. In the climax, after Godfrey turns out to be a criminal and Stefan stops Godfrey's mother from getting away with arson and murder, she hooks back up with Stefan.
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* FieryCoverUp: In the climax of ''Greed'', Zuri decides to try and contact the police about Godfrey's crimes instead of becoming an accomplice. Rather than Godfrey himself dealing with the problem, Godfrey's mother decides that the best way to settle ir forever and keep her ''own'' lavish lifestyle intact is to knock them both out in Zuri's home and set the building on fire.

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* FieryCoverUp: In the climax of ''Greed'', Zuri decides to try and contact the police about Godfrey's crimes instead of becoming an accomplice. Rather than Godfrey himself dealing with the problem, Godfrey's mother decides that the best way to settle ir it forever and keep her ''own'' lavish lifestyle intact is to knock them both out in Zuri's home and set the building on fire.

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* FieryCoverUp: In the climax of ''Greed'', Zuri decides to try and contact the police about Godfrey's crimes instead of becoming an accomplice. Rather than Godfrey himself dealing with the problem, Godfrey's mother decides that the best way to settle ir forever and keep her ''own'' lavish lifestyle intact is to knock them both out in Zuri's home and set the building on fire.



** {{Greed}}: Zuri in ''Greed'', naturally, already has a wonderful life, but upon seeing the opulence of Godfrey's world, is tempted to commit a few crimes in order to become even wealthier.

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** {{Greed}}: Zuri in In ''Greed'', naturally, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin naturally]], Zuri already has a wonderful life, but upon seeing the opulence of Godfrey's world, is tempted to commit a few crimes in order to become even wealthier.



** {{Lust}}: In ''Lust'', naturally, the attraction between Tiffanie and Trey is based solely on physical appearance rather than interest in each other's personalities.

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** {{Lust}}: In ''Lust'', naturally, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin naturally]], the attraction between Tiffanie and Trey is based solely on physical appearance rather than interest in each other's personalities.
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* MonochromeCasting: The first two movies has an all-Black main cast. The sole white man in ''Wrath'' is Xavier, who also becomes the film's villain.

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* MonochromeCasting: The first two Three of the four movies has have an all-Black main cast. The sole white man in ''Wrath'' is Xavier, who also becomes the film's villain.
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* '''Wrath''': Premiered on April 16th, 2022. Single lawyer Chastity Jeffries (played by Creator/MichelleWilliams) finds an ideal partner in both business and romance in Xavier Collins (played by Creator/AntonioCupo). When his affection turns into a violent obsession, Chastity may have to resort to violence herself in order to escape him.

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* '''Wrath''': Premiered on April 16th, 2022. Single lawyer Chastity Jeffries (played by Creator/MichelleWilliams) Creator/TenitraMichelleWilliams) finds an ideal partner in both business and romance in Xavier Collins (played by Creator/AntonioCupo). When his affection turns into a violent obsession, Chastity may have to resort to violence herself in order to escape him.

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* '''Lust''': Premiered on April 10th, 2021. Tiffanie Cooper (played by Creator/KeriHilson) is about to have the wedding of her dreams, but when she meets the groom's ex-convict best man, he sparks a new passion within her.

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* '''Lust''': Premiered on April 10th, 2021. Tiffanie Cooper (played by Creator/KeriHilson) is about to have the wedding of her dreams, but when she meets Trey Taylor (played by Durrell ‘Tank’ Babbs), the groom's ex-convict best man, he sparks a new passion within her.is sparked.



* '''Wrath''': Premiered on April 16th, 2022. Single lawyer Chastity Jeffries finds an ideal partner, but his affection turns into obsession.
* '''Greed''': Premiered on April 23rd, 2022. When interior decorator Zuri Maxwell meets a handsome entrepreneur, she compromises her morals in order to be a part of his wealthy world.

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* '''Wrath''': Premiered on April 16th, 2022. Single lawyer Chastity Jeffries (played by Creator/MichelleWilliams) finds an ideal partner, but partner in both business and romance in Xavier Collins (played by Creator/AntonioCupo). When his affection turns into obsession.
a violent obsession, Chastity may have to resort to violence herself in order to escape him.
* '''Greed''': Premiered on April 23rd, 2022. When interior decorator Zuri Maxwell (played by Creator/MoniqueColeman) meets a handsome entrepreneur, entrepreneur Godfrey Anderson (played by Creator/EricBenet), she compromises her morals in order to be a part of his wealthy world.



* AsTheGoodBookSays: Each movie ends with a relevant bible quote on the sin in question.

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* AsTheGoodBookSays: Each protagonist is a devout Christian, and each movie ends with a relevant bible quote on the sin in question.question.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: In ''Greed'', Zuri learns that Godfrey's wealth was primarily gained through acts like tampering with documents, and she is nearly tempted to become his accomplice.
* ADeadlyAffair: The relationship between Tiffanie and Trey in ''Lust'' turns violent when Tiffanie realizes her mistake and chooses her groom over Trey, and Trey tries to shoot the groom dead to get Tiffanie back.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: Each installment is named after a sin, and the contents of each installment heavily focus on that sin.



* KillAndReplace: In ''Envy'', Keisha's envy drives her to do this with Gabrielle, cozying up to her husband and telling Gabrielle's daughter it's alright to call her "mommy" before attempting to bump off Gabrielle herself.
* MonochromeCasting: The first two movies has an all-Black main cast. The sole white man in ''Wrath'' is Xavier, who also becomes the film's villain.



** GreenEyesOfEnvy: ''Envy'' centers on Keisha's envy of Gabrielle.
* TitleTheAdaptation: The original books by Murray were one-word titles named after the relevant sin, with the film adaptations adding "A Seven Deadly Sins Story" to the end of each.

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** GreenEyesOfEnvy: DomesticAbuse: Xavier in ''Wrath'' turns out to be an abuser, getting angry at Chastity and punching holes in walls when a handsome male friend of hers just stops by to say hello.
** {{Greed}}: Zuri in ''Greed'', naturally, already has a wonderful life, but upon seeing the opulence of Godfrey's world, is tempted to commit a few crimes in order to become even wealthier.
** GreenEyedMonster:
''Envy'' centers on Keisha's envy of Gabrielle.
Gabrielle, to the point of trying to take everything Gabrielle has, including Gabrielle's family.
** {{Lust}}: In ''Lust'', naturally, the attraction between Tiffanie and Trey is based solely on physical appearance rather than interest in each other's personalities.
* SiblingYinYang: In ''Envy'', Gabrielle and Keisha grew up in completely different environments, so while Gabrielle has everything she could ever want and is more than happy to accept a sudden new addition to her family, Keisha grew up with nothing and is murderously envious of the sister her father chose over her.
* TitleTheAdaptation: The original books by Murray were one-word titles named after the relevant sin, with the film adaptations adding "A Seven Deadly Sins Story" to the end of each.each.
* {{Yandere}}: In the climax of ''Wrath'', Xavier becomes so obsessed with Chastity and worried about losing her when her family starts investigating his violent history that he attempts to kidnap and restrain her.
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''A Seven Deadly Sins Story'', also known as the ''Seven Deadly Sins Anthology'', is a series of Creator/{{Lifetime}} movies based on a book series by Victoria Christopher Murray. The series was executive produced by Bishop T.D. Jakes. Currently, both the book series and the movie series has four entries:

* '''Lust''': Premiered on April 10th, 2021. Tiffanie Cooper (played by Creator/KeriHilson) is about to have the wedding of her dreams, but when she meets the groom's ex-convict best man, he sparks a new passion within her.
* '''Envy''': Premiered on April 17th, 2021. Gabrielle Flores (played by Creator/RoseRollins) has a successful PR job and a loving family...up until her father reveals that he once had an affair and Gabrielle has a secret half-sister named Keisha (played by Creator/{{Serayah}}, AKA Serayah Ranee [=McNeill=]). Unlike Gabrielle, Keisha grew up with nothing, and she wants to take everything Gabrielle has for herself.
* '''Wrath''': Premiered on April 16th, 2022. Single lawyer Chastity Jeffries finds an ideal partner, but his affection turns into obsession.
* '''Greed''': Premiered on April 23rd, 2022. When interior decorator Zuri Maxwell meets a handsome entrepreneur, she compromises her morals in order to be a part of his wealthy world.
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* AsTheGoodBookSays: Each movie ends with a relevant bible quote on the sin in question.
* {{Forgiveness}}: A reoccurring theme throughout all four movies; the protagonists are all Christians, and once the film's issues are resolved, the victim confronts the villain in prison to forgive them before they succumb to the same dark urges.
* SevenDeadlySins: As evidenced by the series' title, each entry in it focuses on a specific sin.
** GreenEyesOfEnvy: ''Envy'' centers on Keisha's envy of Gabrielle.
* TitleTheAdaptation: The original books by Murray were one-word titles named after the relevant sin, with the film adaptations adding "A Seven Deadly Sins Story" to the end of each.

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