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1. The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
Widower Sheriff Andy Taylor, and his son Opie, live with Andy's Aunt Bee in Mayberry, North Carolina. With virtually no crimes to solve, most of Andy's time is spent philosophizing and calming down his cousin Deputy Barney Fife.
Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Frances Bavier
Votes: 17,099
2. Natural Born Killers (1994)
R | 119 min | Action, Crime, Romance
Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and psychopathic serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.
Director: Oliver Stone | Stars: Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis, Tom Sizemore, Rodney Dangerfield
Votes: 252,466 | Gross: $50.28M
3. Wolf Creek (2005)
R | 99 min | Horror, Thriller
Three backpackers stranded in the Australian outback are plunged inside a hellish nightmare of insufferable torture by a sadistic psychopathic local.
Director: Greg McLean | Stars: Nathan Phillips, Cassandra Magrath, Kestie Morassi, John Jarratt
Votes: 78,661 | Gross: $16.19M
4. Desperation Road (2023)
R | 112 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A Southern Noir thriller, set in a tough-and-tumble Mississippi town where a woman and her young daughter are caught in the crossfire when whiskey, guns, and the desire for revenge violently intersect.
Director: Nadine Crocker | Stars: Garrett Hedlund, Willa Fitzgerald, Ryan Hurst, Woody McClain
Votes: 3,455
5. The Birth of a Nation (2016)
R | 120 min | Biography, Drama, History
Nat Turner, a literate slave and preacher in the antebellum South, orchestrates an uprising.
Director: Nate Parker | Stars: Nate Parker, Armie Hammer, Penelope Ann Miller, Jackie Earle Haley
Votes: 21,862 | Gross: $15.86M
6. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
Not Rated | 108 min | Drama
Brick is an alcoholic ex-football player who drinks his days away and resists the affections of his wife. A reunion with his terminal father jogs a host of memories and revelations for both father and son.
Director: Richard Brooks | Stars: Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives, Jack Carson
Votes: 53,542 | Gross: $17.57M
7. Big Momma's House (2000)
PG-13 | 99 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
FBI agent Malcolm Turner goes undercover as a large, elderly woman to catch an escaped convict, but complications arise when he bonds with Sherry, the convict's ex-girlfriend and the woman's granddaughter.
Director: Raja Gosnell | Stars: Martin Lawrence, Nia Long, Paul Giamatti, Jascha Washington
Votes: 90,978 | Gross: $117.56M
8. Eaten Alive (1976)
R | 91 min | Horror, Thriller
A psychotic redneck, who owns a dilapidated hotel in rural East Texas, kills various people who upset him or his business, and he feeds their bodies to a large crocodile that he keeps as a pet in the swamp beside his hotel.
Director: Tobe Hooper | Stars: Neville Brand, Mel Ferrer, Carolyn Jones, Marilyn Burns
Votes: 8,762
9. A Soldier's Story (1984)
PG | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An African-American officer investigates a murder in a racially charged situation in World War II.
Director: Norman Jewison | Stars: Howard E. Rollins Jr., Adolph Caesar, Art Evans, David Alan Grier
Votes: 11,446 | Gross: $21.82M
10. The Mutilator (1984)
TV-MA | 86 min | Horror, Thriller
A college student, who accidentally killed his mother as a child, decides to take his friends to his father's fishing cabin during fall break, not knowing that his crazed father is stalking the place.
Directors: Buddy Cooper, John Douglass | Stars: Matt Mitler, Ruth Martinez, Bill Hitchcock, Connie Rogers
Votes: 6,237
11. Crimes of the Heart (1986)
PG-13 | 105 min | Comedy, Drama
Three southern sisters try to come to grips with the meaning of their mother's suicide.
Director: Bruce Beresford | Stars: Diane Keaton, Jessica Lange, Sissy Spacek, Sam Shepard
Votes: 4,455 | Gross: $22.91M
12. Wise Blood (1979)
PG | 106 min | Comedy, Drama
Fresh out of the army, Hazel Motes attempts to open the first Church Without Christ in the small town of Taulkinham.
Director: John Huston | Stars: Brad Dourif, John Huston, Dan Shor, Harry Dean Stanton
Votes: 6,496
13. Bridge to the Sun (1961)
Approved | 113 min | Drama, Romance, War
Based on a true story, this compelling drama relates the difficulties of a young woman married to a Japanese diplomat during World War II, victim of suspicion and animosity from her husband's government.
Director: Etienne Périer | Stars: Carroll Baker, James Shigeta, James Yagi, Tetsurô Tanba
Votes: 905
14. That Evening Sun (2009)
PG-13 | 109 min | Drama
An aging Tennessee farmer returns to his homestead and must confront a family betrayal, the reappearance of an old enemy, and the loss of his farm.
Director: Scott Teems | Stars: Hal Holbrook, Barlow Jacobs, Mia Wasikowska, Carrie Preston
Votes: 2,928 | Gross: $0.28M
15. Bucktown (1975)
R | 94 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After being hassled by The Man in a southern town, a cool operator asks some violent friends for help. After all, if you can't trust another brother, who can you trust?
Director: Arthur Marks | Stars: Fred Williamson, Pam Grier, Thalmus Rasulala, Tony King
Votes: 1,616
16. Their Eyes Were Watching God (2005 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 113 min | Drama, Romance
A drama set in the 1920s, where free-spirited Janie Crawford's search for happiness leads her through several different marriages, challenging the morals of her small town. Based on the novel by Zora Neale Hurston.
Director: Darnell Martin | Stars: Halle Berry, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Mel Winkler, Michael Ealy
Votes: 3,036
17. The Cowboy Way: Alabama (2016–2020)
TV-G | 43 min | Reality-TV, Western
In an INSP original series, three modern-day Alabama cowboys live by a code as important to them as it was to those who tamed the west.
Stars: Booger Brown, Cody Harris, Bubba Thompson
Votes: 432
18. Charming the Hearts of Men (2021)
107 min | Drama, History, Romance
A romantic drama set during the politically charged early 60s where a sophisticated woman returns to her Southern home town and discovers her options are limited yet discrimination is plentiful. With the help of a Congressional ally, she inspires historic legislation which allows opportunities and protections never before afforded to women.
Director: S.E. DeRose | Stars: Anna Friel, Kelsey Grammer, Starletta DuPois, Sean Astin
Votes: 2,855
19. The Last American Hero (1973)
PG | 95 min | Drama, Sport
A young hellraiser quits his moonshine business to try to become the best NASCAR racer the south has ever seen.
Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Valerie Perrine, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Ned Beatty
Votes: 2,183
20. Sordid Lives: The Series (2008– )
TV-MA | 22 min | Comedy
A prequel to the film of the same name, focusing on the exploits of an eccentric Texan family.
Stars: Beth Grant, Rue McClanahan, Caroline Rhea, Jason Dottley
Votes: 890
21. Count Three and Pray (1955)
Approved | 102 min | Drama, Western
A pastor with a shady past moves into a rural town just after the Civil War.
Director: George Sherman | Stars: Van Heflin, Joanne Woodward, Philip Carey, Raymond Burr
Votes: 627
22. My Red Neck Neighbor (2023)
89 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
An Asian / Chinese Woman living on a busy hillside road suddenly finds herself being bombarded by "Swamp People" moving in next door.
Director: Trudy Sargent | Stars: Eric Roberts, Courtney Gains, Bai Ling, Cat Ling
23. The Last Confederate: The Story of Robert Adams (2005)
R | 96 min | Action, Biography, Drama
Robert Adams was a valorous southern Captain who used his heart of fire to rally his men to fight. He fell in love with Eveline, a smart, kind and strong willed school teacher from the north. As they met, the Civil War was upon them.
Directors: Julian Adams, A. Blaine Miller | Stars: Julian Adams, Gwendolyn Edwards, Eric Holloway, Amy Redford
Votes: 512
24. Mandinga (1976)
R | 86 min | Adventure, Drama
An Old South plantation owner lusts after his female slaves.
Director: Mario Pinzauti | Stars: Antonio Gismondo, Serafino Profumo, Maria Rosaria Riuzzi, Paola D'Egidio
Votes: 235
25. Return to Macon County (1975)
PG | 90 min | Drama
Two young men in a fast car travel through Georgia in the summer of 1958 en route to enter the National Championship drag races in California. In Macon County they pick up a wild girl who brings trouble and attract the ire of a local cop.
Director: Richard Compton | Stars: Nick Nolte, Don Johnson, Robin Mattson, Robert Viharo
Votes: 883
26. Carterland (2021)
122 min | Documentary, Biography
In the mid 1970's, a visionary leader decades ahead of his time is locked in a struggle for the future of America. His name is Jimmy Carter.
Directors: Jim Pattiz, Will Pattiz | Stars: Jimmy Carter, Walter Mondale, Andrew Young, Jonathan Alter
Votes: 30
27. The Curse of the Screaming Dead (1982)
Unrated | 91 min | Horror
A group of Southern deer hunters stop at a church graveyard in the woods. Their activities arouse the corpses of long-dead Confederate soldiers, who attack them.
Director: Tony Malanowski | Stars: Steve Sandkuhler, Christopher Gummer, Rebecca Bach, Judy Dixon
Votes: 817
28. The River Pirates (1988)
PG | 108 min | Action, Adventure, Family
A timeless story of a boy's adventures growing up in a small Southern town, Yazoo City in the 1940s during World War II, roaming with his friends, playing practical jokes, and getting into trouble.
Director: Tom G. Robertson | Stars: Richard Farnsworth, Ryan Francis, Gennie James, Douglas Emerson
Votes: 182
29. Beulah Land (1980)
281 min | Drama
Miniseries detailing the lives of two Civil War families.
Stars: Lesley Ann Warren, Michael Sarrazin, Eddie Albert, Hope Lange
Votes: 270
30. Pink Hill (2019)
75 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Four friends spend a final summer together tangled in a web of sexual obsession, alienation and magic.
Director: Robert Flanagan | Stars: Kimberlee Gayheart, Kermit Leggett, Michele Lipman, Mott McCampbell
Votes: 58
31. Endless (2016 Music Video)
Not Rated | 46 min | Music
A visual album by American singer Frank Ocean serenades the construction of a spiraling "staircase to heaven" inside a warehouse.
Director: Frank Ocean | Star: Frank Ocean
Votes: 123
32. Dean Slater: Resident Advisor (2013)
Not Rated | 83 min | Comedy
Three college freshmen tackle their first semester under the guidance of their legendary stand-in R.A.
Director: Colin Sander | Stars: Mitchell Jarvis, Nick Renaud, Glenn McCuen, Jimmy Wong
Votes: 240
33. The Dukes (1983)
30 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The Duke boys and Daisy Duke race against Boss Hogg and Sheriff Roscoe around the world.
Stars: Catherine Bach, James Best, Sorrell Booke, Denver Pyle
Votes: 178
34. Hotel Sorrento (1995)
R | 112 min | Drama
Meg (Caroline Goodall), Pippa (Tara Morice), and Hilary (Caroline Gillmer) are sisters who grew up in Sorrento, Australia. Meg, who has lived in England for ten years, has just written a ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Franklin | Stars: Caroline Goodall, Caroline Gillmer, Tara Morice, Joan Plowright
Votes: 344 | Gross: $0.09M
35. The Watermelon Heist (2003)
Not Rated | 88 min | Comedy
To make money fast the Browns come up with a plan to win a contest for "Watermelon Juice Afro Sheen," awarding $10,000 to whoever can find the juiciest, sweetest watermelon in the country.
Director: K.C. Amos | Stars: John Amos, Corey Holcomb, Red Grant, J.B. Smoove
Votes: 127 | Gross: $12.34M
36. Truck Slut (2018)
15 min | Short, Drama
A lonely, gay 13-year-old reflects on his complicated love for his volatile sister, the night she humiliated him, and her disappearance from their small, Southern town.
Director: Ryan Craver | Stars: Jack Champion, Cece Kelly, Alex Haydon, Ariel Rivera
Votes: 14
37. Pickings (2018)
R | 103 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
When a short-tempered mobster and his gang of thugs try to shake down a neighborhood bar, they're soon confronted with the wrath of its owner - a mysterious southern mother with a dangerous past.
Director: Usher Morgan | Stars: Giacomo Rocchini, Michelle Holland, Usher Morgan, Taso Mikroulis
Votes: 1,099 | Gross: $0.07M
38. Elbow Grease (2016)
TV-14 | 114 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Elbow Grease is a sincere look into the humor and craziness that is the everyday life of the Barnes family as they come to terms with each other. Billy and Ellie's marriage may be on the ... See full summary »
Director: Jason Shirley | Stars: R. Keith Harris, Michael Abbott Jr., Whitney Goin, Burt Reynolds
Votes: 134
39. Ghost Fever (1986)
PG | 86 min | Comedy, Horror
Two policeman are sent on a routine assignment to serve an eviction notice. It becomes anything but run-of-the-mill when they become involved in the ghostly happenings.
Director: Lee Madden | Stars: Sherman Hemsley, Luis Avalos, Jennifer Rhodes, Deborah Benson
Votes: 422
40. Come Morning (2012)
80 min | Drama, Thriller
Set in rural Arkansas in 1973, Come Morning is the tragic story of Frank and his 10-year-old grandson and the hunting accident that forever changes their lives.
Director: Derrick Sims | Stars: Michael Ray Davis, Thor Wahlestedt, Elise Rovinsky, Blake Logan
Votes: 425
41. Bad Georgia Road (1977)
R | 86 min | Action, Comedy
New York City woman inherits a moonshine farm in the South.
Director: John C. Broderick | Stars: Gary Lockwood, Carol Lynley, Royal Dano, Tom Kibbe
Votes: 128
42. The Summer of Ben Tyler (1996 TV Movie)
PG | 110 min | Comedy, Drama
A man who acts upon his conscience opens a Pandora's box of racism and intolerance. Temple Rayburn (James Woods) is an attorney who lives and works in a small Southern community in the ... See full summary »
Director: Arthur Allan Seidelman | Stars: James Woods, Elizabeth McGovern, Len Cariou, Julia McIlvaine
Votes: 222
43. Mississippi Madam: The Life of Nellie Jackson (2017)
81 min | Documentary, Biography
In 1902 Nellie Jackson, an African-American woman born into poverty in Possum Corner, Miss., travels north to Natchez and opens "Nellie's," a brothel she ran for more than 60 years with ... See full summary »
Directors: Mark Brockway, Timothy Givens
Votes: 130
44. Water Dawg (2023)
32 min | Short, Fantasy, Horror
Once upon a time on Halloween, 1979 - A new treat is introduced.
Director: Christopher Baiza | Stars: James L. Brewster, Julia Aks, Cesar Garcia, Christian Calloway
45. The Perfect Host: A Southern Gothic Tale (2018)
93 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
While sorting her dead grandmother's affairs, a young woman boards in an eerie, southern mansion and soon discovers the matriarch may desire more than just her company.
Director: Derrick Sims | Stars: Suilma Rodriguez, Janis Duley, Chase Ryan Jeffery, Andersyn Van Kuren
Votes: 199
46. Psycho Street (2011)
98 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
Four Twisted Tales that lead to a Dead End.
Directors: Raine Brown, Arthur Cullipher, Patrick Desmond, Pete Jacelone, Anthony G. Sumner | Stars: Raine Brown, Marv Blauvelt, Alan Rowe Kelly, Tiffany Shepis
Votes: 92
47. The American Crow (2022)
98 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
When an offbeat war veteran embarks on a weekend "shooting soldiers" hunting trip, he discovers that his hosts have their own disorders.
Director: Eric F. Adams | Stars: Eric F. Adams, Joaquin Adams, Liam G. Adams, Emma Graves
48. The Lashman (2014)
84 min | Action, Drama, Horror
Follows a group of five teens heading off to a cabin for a "romantic" weekend. They are hunted down by The Lashman for being unruly teens and disturbing his peace.
Director: Cameron McCasland | Stars: Stacey Dixon, Shawn C. Phillips, David Vaughn, Jeremy Jones
Votes: 41
49. The Dixie Fryer (1960)
Approved | 6 min | Family, Animation, Short
Foghorn Leghorn travels to the deep south to enjoy the sun, but must contend with two yokelish chicken hawks, Pappy and Elvis, who want to roast him for dinner.
Director: Robert McKimson | Stars: Mel Blanc, Daws Butler
Votes: 236
50. The Hanging of Big Todd Wade (2011)
Short, Comedy
After being found guilty of a crime he did not commit, "Big Todd" Wade is sent to the gallows.
Director: Micah Ginn | Stars: Bruce Butler, Montana Byrd, Ken Edwards, Dianne Fergusson
Votes: 8