Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "cotton-gin"

1. Emancipation (2022)

R | 132 min | Action, Thriller

A runaway slave forges through the swamps of Louisiana on a tortuous journey to escape plantation owners that nearly killed him.

Director: Antoine Fuqua | Stars: Will Smith, Ben Foster, Charmaine Bingwa, Gilbert Owuor

Votes: 27,296

2. Places in the Heart (1984)

PG | 111 min | Drama

In central Texas in the 1930s, a widow with two small children tries to save her small 40-acre farm with the help of a blind boarder and an itinerant black handyman.

Director: Robert Benton | Stars: Sally Field, Lindsay Crouse, Ed Harris, Amy Madigan

Votes: 13,659 | Gross: $34.90M

3. Baby Doll (1956)

Approved | 114 min | Comedy, Drama

An immature, naive teenage bride holds her anxious husband at bay while flirting with an amorous Sicilian farmer.

Director: Elia Kazan | Stars: Karl Malden, Carroll Baker, Eli Wallach, Mildred Dunnock

Votes: 8,303

4. The Long Hot Summer (1985)

200 min | Drama, Romance

A loner arrives in a small town only to be condemned for the sins of his father.

Stars: Don Johnson, Jason Robards, Judith Ivey, Cybill Shepherd

Votes: 971

5. A Lion Is in the Streets (1953)

Approved | 88 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

A charismatic peddler from the bayous finds his true calling in politics. Is he a demagogue in the making?

Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: James Cagney, Barbara Hale, Anne Francis, Warner Anderson

Votes: 1,028

6. The Yes Men (2003)

R | 83 min | Documentary, Comedy

Anti-corporate activists travel from conference to conference, impersonating member of the World Trade Organization.

Directors: Dan Ollman, Sarah Price, Chris Smith | Stars: Andreas Bichlbauer, Mike Bonanno, Andy Bichlbaum, Michael Moore

Votes: 6,179 | Gross: $0.20M

7. Nancy Drew: Ghost of Thornton Hall (2013 Video Game)

E | Adventure, Mystery

Teen detective Nancy Drew searches for a missing woman and investigates ghost sightings at an old southern plantation.

Director: Tim Burke | Stars: Lani Minella, Keri Healey, Sharon Yamada-Heidner, Jeff Allen Pierce

Votes: 73

8. Six Man, Texas (2008)

71 min | Documentary

Six Man, Texas is a story of commitment and survival and the true significance of community. Set against the backdrop of shrinking rural economies, Texas' tiniest schools struggle against ... See full summary »

Director: Alan Barber | Stars: Bennie Cotton, Matt Cox, Granger Huntress, Pete Laney

Votes: 16

9. Why Play Leap Frog? (1950)

10 min | Animation, Short

Joe, who works at a doll factory, gets an economics lesson explaining why a doll that has only ten cents worth of materials costs two dollars at the toy shop.

Director: George Gordon | Stars: John Hiestand, Frank Nelson

Votes: 45

10. The Old South (1940)

11 min | Short, History

Chronicle of the importance of cotton to the economy and culture of the American South.

Director: Fred Zinnemann | Stars: George Lynn, Frank Whitbeck

Votes: 162

11. White Bondage (1937)

Approved | 60 min | Drama

In the Depression era American South, impoverished, oppressed sharecroppers band together to fight the corrupt and abusive bosses who rule over the cotton farming community.

Director: Nick Grinde | Stars: Jean Muir, Gordon Oliver, Howard Phillips, Joe King

Votes: 128

12. Mr. Whitney Had a Notion (1949)

Approved | 11 min | Short, Biography, Drama

Eli Whitney is arguably best remembered for inventing the cotton gin. However, those in the know may argue that his most useful contribution to the world is an idea, one he was able to put ... See full summary »

Director: Gerald Mayer | Stars: Lloyd Bridges, John Nesbitt, Erville Alderson, Howard Negley

Votes: 59

13. Modern Marvels (1993– )
Episode: Cotton (2006)

TV-PG | Documentary, History

Modern Marvels: Cotton takes us on a journey from the California cotton fields to the textile mills of North Carolina, the cotton oil mills of Arkansas, and back to the garment factories of... See full summary »

Votes: 12

14. Schoolhouse Rock! (1973–2009)
Episode: Mother Necessity (1976)

TV-Y | 4 min | Animation, Short, Family

A run-through of the needs that inspired some of America's most influential inventions.

Stars: Blossom Dearie, Bob Dorough, Essra Mohawk, Jack Sheldon

Votes: 41

15. Wow, I Never Knew That! (2011– )
Episode: Episode #1.4 (2011)

TV-PG | 23 min | History

In this episode of Wow, I Never Knew That, it was the PURRRFECT idea for making our furry friends more pleasant around the house. You'll learn how KITTY LITTER clawed its way into our homes... See full summary »

Director: David Harris Katz | Star: Jeff Johnson