A decades-spanning tale of love and resilience and of one woman's journey to independence. Celie faces many hardships in her life, but ultimately finds extraordinary strength and hope in the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood.
Unfortunately the movie The Color Purple is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Production | Oprah Winfrey | Producer |
| Production | Quincy Jones | Producer |
| Writing | Alice Walker | Novel |
| Writing | Marsha Norman | Musical |
| Production | Scott Sanders | Producer |
| Directing | Blitz Bazawule | Director |
| Writing | Marcus Gardley | Screenplay |
| Production | Alice Walker | Executive Producer |
| Production | Rebecca Walker | Executive Producer |
| Production | Kristie Macosko Krieger | Executive Producer |
| Production | Carla Gardini | Executive Producer |
| Production | Mara Jacobs | Executive Producer |
| Crew | Tangela Large | Dialect Coach |
| Camera | Dan Laustsen | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Jon Poll | Editor |
| Sound | Kris Bowers | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Tiffany Little Canfield | Casting |
| Production | Destiny Lilly | Casting |
| Production | Bernard Telsey | Casting |
| Art | Paul D. Austerberry | Production Design |
| Art | Andi Crumbley | Art Direction |
| Art | Larry Dias | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Francine Jamison-Tanchuck | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lawrence Davis | Hair Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | Carol Rasheed | Makeup Department Head |
| Directing | Mark Anthony Little | First Assistant Director |
| Art | Rory Bruen | Supervising Art Director |
| Art | Rebecca Runyon | Assistant Art Director |
| Art | Hang Dara Zhao | Assistant Art Director |
| Sound | Richard Bullock Jr. | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Chris Campagna | Foley Editor |
| Sound | Brendan Croxon | Foley Supervisor |
| Sound | Paul Massey | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Ken McGill | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Steven Morrow | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Paul Pirola | Foley Mixer |
| Sound | Karina Rezhevska | Foley Recordist |
| Sound | Julian Slater | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Julian Slater | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Ryan Squires | Foley Editor |
| Sound | Nataliia Syeryakova | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Renée Tondelli | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Andrea Bowman | Key Hair Stylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | A. Renea Dyson | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jennifer E Ivey | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kelli Jones | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Para Malden | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Milene Melendez | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Danielle Peebles | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lanetra Butler | Set Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Korii Young | Set Costumer |
| Crew | Bridgette Michelle Bentley | Stunt Double |
| Crew | Shellita Boxie | Stunt Double |
| Crew | Max Calder | Stunts |
| Crew | Mark Hicks | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Floyd Anthony Johns Jr. | Stunts |
| Crew | Chantel Rawls | Stunt Double |
| Crew | Van Underwood Stokes | Stunts |
| Crew | Billy Matt Thompson | Stunts |
| Art | Kenneth Bryant | Set Dresser |
| Art | Pam Foco | Set Designer |
| Art | Britain Illingworth-Cramer | Set Designer |
| Art | Amani King | Set Dresser |
| Art | Blade Ladish | Set Dresser |
| Art | Maxfield Ladish | Set Dresser |
| Art | Spencer Tortorici | Set Dresser |
| Crew | Charles Cooley | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Crew | Nicole Dillard | Special Effects Technician |
| Crew | Lee R. LaCaille | Special Effects Technician |
| Crew | Wayne Rowe | Special Effects Technician |
| Crew | Gazal Tabrizipour | Special Effects Technician |
| Visual Effects | Marlon Victor Bondoc | VFX Artist |
| Visual Effects | Gabriella Camirand | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Visual Effects | Adam Endrodi | VFX Artist |
| Visual Effects | Max Hicks | VFX Artist |
| Visual Effects | Terry Klopfenstein | VFX Artist |
| Visual Effects | Sofia Portantino | Visual Effects Producer |
| Visual Effects | Cathy Shaw | VFX Artist |
| Visual Effects | Doug Spilatro | VFX Artist |
| Visual Effects | Ariel Velasco-Shaw | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Camera | David Aragon | Grip |
| Camera | Brandon Blakely | Grip |
| Camera | Ben Felker | Grip |
| Camera | Mark Tomlinson | Grip |
| Crew | Fatima Robinson | Choreographer |
| Production | Adam Fell | Executive Producer |
| Production | Courtenay Valenti | Executive Producer |
| Production | Sheila Walcott | Executive Producer |
| Production | Michael Beugg | Executive Producer |
| Production | Steven Spielberg | Producer |
| Sound | Jordan Carroll | Music Supervisor |
| Sound | Morgan Rhodes | Music Supervisor |
| Crew | Nick Baxter | Executive Music Producer |
| Crew | Stephen Bray | Executive Music Producer |
| Crew | Blitz Bazawule | Executive Music Producer |
| Production | Pete Chiappetta | Executive Producer |
| Production | Anthony Tittanegro | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Stephen Bray | Songs |
| Sound | Allee Willis | Songs |
| Sound | Brenda Russell | Songs |
| Lighting | Anthony G. Nakonechnyj | Gaffer |
| Sound | Quincy Jones | Songs |
| Crew | Keith Kinsey | Video Assist Operator |
| Art | Hannah Hildebrandt | Art Department Coordinator |
