southern usa Archives

7.7

In the Heat of the Night

An African American detective is asked to investigate a murder in a racist southern town.

PG-13

7.7

1967 Crime 109 min Play

7.2

Steel Magnolias

This heart wrenching drama is about a beauty shop in Louisiana owned by Truvy and the tragedies of all of her clients.

PG

7.2

1989 Comedy 119 min Play

6.8

Black Snake Moan

A God-fearing bluesman takes to a wild young woman who, as a victim of childhood sexual abuse, is looking everywhere for love, but never quite finding it.

R

6.8

2006 Drama 116 min Play

7

All the King’s Men

All The King's Men is the story of the rise of politician Willie Stark from a rural county seat to the governor's mansion.

NR

7

1949 Drama 109 min Play

7.3

Harriet

The extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman's escape from slavery and transformation into one of America's greatest heroes. Her courage, ingenuity and tenacity freed hundreds of slaves and changed the course of history.

PG-13

7.3

2019 Drama 125 min Play

8.3

Green Book

Tony Lip, a bouncer in 1962, is hired to drive pianist Don Shirley on a tour through the Deep South in the days when African Americans, forced to find alternate accommodations and services due to segregation laws below the Mason-Dixon Line, relied on a guide called The Negro Motorist Green Book.

PG-13

8.3

2018 Comedy 130 min Play

5.4

Lycan

When six college kids in a sleepy Southern town are assigned a group project to rediscover a moment in history, one of them sets in motion a horrific fate when he proposes they head into the Georgia backwoods to tackle the legend of Emily Burt, the Talbot County werewolf.

NR

5.4

2017 Horror 87 min Play

5.7

Masterminds

A night guard at an armored car company in the Southern U.S. organizes one of the biggest bank heists in American history.

PG-13

5.7

2016 Action 94 min Play

5.6

Bad Country

When Baton Rouge police detective Bud Carter busts contract killer Jesse Weiland, he convinces Jesse to become an informant and rat out the South's most powerful crime ring.

NR

5.6

2014 Action 95 min Play

6.8

Sordid Lives

"Sordid Lives" is about a family in a small Texas town preparing for the funeral of the mother. Among the characters are the grandson trying to find his identity in West Hollywood, the son who has spent the past twenty-three years dressed as Tammy Wynette, the sister and her best friend (who live in delightfully kitschy homes), and the two daughters (one strait-laced and one quite a bit of a loser).

NR

6.8

2000 Comedy 111 min Play

6

Monster Man

Two guys and a female hitchhiker are terrorized by a monstrous looking man driving a giant monster truck.

NR

6

2004 Horror 95 min Play

6.8

Sordid Lives

"Sordid Lives" is about a family in a small Texas town preparing for the funeral of the mother. Among the characters are the grandson trying to find his identity in West Hollywood, the son who has spent the past twenty-three years dressed as Tammy Wynette, the sister and her best friend (who live in delightfully kitschy homes), and the two daughters (one strait-laced and one quite a bit of a loser).

NR

6.8

2000 Comedy 111 min Play

6.6

The Birth of a Nation

Nat Turner, a former slave in America, leads a liberation movement in 1831 to free African-Americans in Virginia that results in a violent retaliation from whites.

R

6.6

2016 Drama 120 min Play

5.2

Child of God

A dispossessed, violent man's life is a disastrous attempt to exist outside the social order. Successively deprived of parents and homes and with few other ties, he descends to the level of a cave dweller and falls deeper into crime and degradation.

R

5.2

2014 Crime 104 min Play

8.5

The Green Mile

A supernatural tale set on death row in a Southern prison, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments. When the cell block's head guard, Paul Edgecomb, recognizes Coffey's miraculous gift, he tries desperately to help stave off the condemned man's execution.

R

8.5

1999 Crime 189 min Play

6

All the Real Girls

In a sleepy little mill town in North Carolina, Paul is the town Romeo. But when his best friend's sister returns home from boarding school, he finds himself falling for her innocent charm. In spite of her lack of experience and the violent protests of her brother, the two find themselves in a sweet, dreamy and all-consuming love.

R

6

2003 Drama 108 min Play

8

Gone with the Wind

The spoiled daughter of a well-to-do plantation owner is forced to use every means at her disposal to claw her way out of poverty, following Maj. Gen. William Sherman's destructive "March to the Sea,” during the American Civil War.

NR

8

1940 Drama 233 min Play

6.8

Waitress

Jenna is a pregnant, unhappily married waitress in the deep south. She meets a newcomer to her town and falls into an unlikely relationship as a last attempt at happiness.

PG-13

6.8

2007 Comedy 108 min Play