List of films set in the Southern United States
The following is a partial chronological list of movies set in the Southern United States:
This film, television or video-related list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it with reliably sourced additions.
1890s
- Down in Dixie, 1898
- Loading a Mississippi Steamboat, 1898
- Way Down South, 1898
1900s
- Arrival of Rex, 1902
- Mardi Gras Parade, 1902
- In Old Kentucky, 1909
1910s
- A Kentucky Pioneer, 1910
- A Southern Soldier's Sacrifice, 1911
- The Girl Spy Before Vicksburg, 1911
- A Gentleman from Mississippi, 1914
- In the Southern Hills, 1914
- The Birth of a Nation, 1915
- Under Southern Skies, 1915
- Children of the Feud, 1916
- Southern Justice, 1917
- Uncle Tom's Cabin, 1918
- Almost a Husband, 1919
- John Petticoats, 1919
1920s
1930s
- Heaven on Earth, 1931
- Dixieland, 1934
- Lazy River, 1934
- Mississippi, 1935
- In Old Kentucky, 1935
- The Little Colonel, 1935
- The Littlest Rebel, 1935
- Show Boat, 1936,
- Under Southern Stars, 1937
- Jezebel, 1938
- Gone with the Wind, 1939
- Way Down South, 1939
1940s
- Moon Over Miami, 1941
- Sergeant York, 1941
- Swamp Women, 1941
- Mississippi Gambler, 1942
- Song of the South, 1946
- A Southern Yankee, 1948
- All the King's Men, 1949, 2006
- Mississippi Hare (short), 1949
- Pinky, 1949
- Intruder in the Dust, 1949
1950s
- The Glass Menagerie, 1950, 1987
- Drums in the Deep South, 1951
- A Streetcar Named Desire, 1951
- Show Boat, 1951
- The Mississippi Gambler, 1953
- Southern Fried Rabbit (short), 1953
- The View from Pompey's Head, 1955
- The Searchers, 1956
- Poor White Trash, 1957
- The Three Faces of Eve, 1957
- Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, 1958
- The Long, Hot Summer, 1958
- The Horse Soldiers, 1959
1960s
- Inherit the Wind, 1960
- Wild River, 1960
- Cape Fear, 1962
- The Intruder, 1962
- The Miracle Worker, 1962
- The Streets of Greenwood, 1962
- To Kill a Mockingbird, 1962
- Two Thousand Maniacs, 1964
- Shenandoah, 1965
- Cool Hand Luke, 1967
- Hurry Sundown, 1967
- In the Heat of the Night, 1967
- Finian's Rainbow, 1968
- Easy Rider, 1969
1970s
- The Sugarland Express, 1974
- ...tick...tick...tick..., 1970
- The Last Picture Show, 1971
- Deliverance, 1972
- Walking Tall, 1973
- White Lightning, 1973
- The Longest Yard, 1974
- The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, 1974
- Hard Times, 1975
- Nashville, 1975
- W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings, 1975
- Gator, 1976
- Ode to Billy Joe, 1976
- Stay Hungry, 1976
- Eaten Alive, 1977
- Smokey and the Bandit, 1977
- Pretty Baby, 1978
- Being There, 1979
- The Great Santini, 1979
- Norma Rae, 1979
- Wise Blood (film), 1979
1980s
- Coal Miner's Daughter, 1980
- Southern Comfort, 1981
- Cat People, 1982
- Six Pack, 1982
- The Outsiders, 198
- Tender Mercies, 1983
- Places in the Heart, 1984
- A Flash of Green, 1984
- A Soldier's Story, 1984
- Cocoon, 1985
- The Color Purple, 1985
- Crimes of the Heart, 1986
- True Stories, 1986
- Angel Heart, 1987
- The Big Easy, 1987
- Matewan, 1987
- Shy People, 1987
- Bull Durham, 1988
- Mississippi Burning, 1988
- School Daze, 1988
- Driving Miss Daisy, 1989
- Fletch Lives, 1989
- Miss Firecracker, 1989
- Mystery Train, 1989
- Steel Magnolias, 1989
1990s
- Texasville, 1990
- Cape Fear, 1991
- JFK, 1991
- Fried Green Tomatoes, 1991
- Mississippi Masala, 1991
- The Man in the Moon, 1991
- My Cousin Vinny, 1992
- The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag, 1992
- Passion Fish, 1992
- One False Move, 1992
- The Firm, 1993
- Hard Target, 1993
- The Pelican Brief, 1993
- Ruby in Paradise, 1993
- The Client, 1994
- Forrest Gump, 1994
- Interview with the Vampire, 1994
- Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh, 1995
- The Grass Harp, 1995
- Albino Alligator, 1996
- A Time To Kill, 1996
- Ghosts of Mississippi, 1996
- Last Man Standing, 1996
- Sling Blade, 1996
- The Apostle, 1997
- Eve's Bayou, 1997
- Kiss the Girls, 1997
- Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, 1997
- Rosewood, 1997
- First Love, Last Rites, 1997
- Ulee's Gold, 1997
- Down in the Delta, 1998
- The Devil's Advocate, 1998
- The Waterboy, 1998
- The Green Mile, 1999
- Cookie's Fortune, 1999
- Varsity Blues, 1999
2000s
- George Washington, 2000
- The Gift, 2000
- The Legend of Bagger Vance, 2000
- Big Momma's House, 2000
- My Dog Skip, 2000
- O Brother, Where Art Thou?, 2000
- Where the Heart Is, 2000
- Children on Their Birthdays
- A Walk to Remember, 2001
- The Accountant, 2001
- Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, 2002
- Drumline, 2002
- Sunshine State, 2002
- Sweet Home Alabama, 2002
- Voodoo Tailz,2002
- Monster's Ball, 2002
- Radio, 2003
- 2 Fast 2 Furious, 2003
- All the Real Girls, 2003
- Big Fish, 2003
- Cold Mountain, 2003
- Monster, 2003
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, 2003
- The Ladykillers, 2004
- A Love Song for Bobby Long, 2004
- Ray, 2004
- Undertow, 2004
- Loggerheads, 2004
- The Notebook, 2004
- Friday Night Lights, 2004
- Walking Tall, 2004
- Beauty Shop, 2005
- 2001 Maniacs, 2005
- Because of Winn-Dixie, 2005
- The Descent, 2005
- Hustle & Flow, 2005
- The Dukes of Hazzard, 2005
- Junebug, 2005
- The Skeleton Key, 2005
- ATL, 2006
- All the King's Men, 2006
- Facing the Giants, 2006
- Glory Road, 2006
- Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, 2006
- Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
- Black Snake Moan, 2007
- Hounddog, 2007
- Waitress, 2007
- Constellation, 2007
- Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay, 2008
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, 2008
- Fireproof, 2008
- Nights in Rodanthe, 2008
- The Secret Life of Bees, 2008
- Tennessee, 2008
- Ballast, 2008
- Crazy Heart, 2009
- Little Chenier, 2009
- The Blind Side, 2009
- The Princess and the Frog, 2009
- Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, 2009
- Dear John, 2010
- Winter's Bone, 2010
2010s
References
- Langman, Larry and David Ebner (2001) Hollywood's Image of the South: A Century of Southern Films. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. ISBN 0313318867