Southern states
Movies filmed in the Southern states, with location of filming.
States are in this order:
Arkansas
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
Tennessee
North Carolina
South Carolina
Kentucky
Oklahoma
Alabama
Texas
Virginia
West Virginia
Florida
States are in this order:
Arkansas
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
Tennessee
North Carolina
South Carolina
Kentucky
Oklahoma
Alabama
Texas
Virginia
West Virginia
Florida
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- DirectorAndrew DouglasStarsHarry CrewsJohnny DowdDavid Eugene EdwardsSearching for The Wrong-Eyed Jesus is a captivating and compelling road trip through the creative spirit of the the Southern U.S. Director Andrew Douglas's film follows "Alt Country" singer Jim White through a gritty terrain of churches, prisons, truck stops, biker bars and coal mines. This is a journey through a very real contemporary Southern U.S., a world of marginalised white people and their unique and home-made society. Along the way are road-side encounters with modern musical mavericks including The Handsome Family, Johnny Dowd, 16 Horsepower and David Johansen; old time banjo player Lee sexton; rockabilly and mountain Gospel churches - and novelist Harry Crews telling grisly stories down a dirt track.Louisiana, -Ferriday, Vidalia, Ridgecrest.
Mississippi, -Natchez.
Kentucky.
Virginia - DirectorRobert J. FlahertyStarsJoseph BoudreauxLionel Le BlancE. BienvenuThe idyllic life of a young Cajun boy and his pet raccoon is disrupted when the tranquility of the bayou is broken by an oil well drilling near his home.Petit Anse Bayou
- DirectorSpike LeeStarsMaxine McNairWalter CronkiteChris McNairA documentary of the notorious racial terrorist bombing of an African American church during the Civil Rights Movement.Birmingham, Alabama
- DirectorGregg ChampionStarsSidney PoitierCody NewtonWendy CrewsonA man must cope with the loss of his wife and the obsolescence of his job before finding redemption by becoming a role model to an equally lost thirteen-year-old.Gastonia, North Carolina.
- DirectorAlfonso ArauStarsScott GlennArija BareikisRobert Sean LeonardA young boy, his family, and the migrant workers they hire to work their cotton farm struggle against difficult odds to raise and sell the crop. Meanwhile, the boy dreams of living in better conditions. However, with this particularly tough farming season, the boy learns that his challenges guide him in discovering who he really is.Arkansas, -Lepanto, Clarkedale.
- DirectorTom DavenportStarsJonny ElkesMark JasterFloyd KingWilla places the ancient "Snow White" story in a realistic America setting about 1915. The jealous queen is Regina Worthington, an aging beauty whose stage career has soured. Snow White is her beautiful and talented stepchild Willa. The cottage of the seven dwarfs has been changed into a traveling medicine show run by a failed Shakespearean actor named Dr. Alfonzo and his two odd-ball companions: a flamboyant Irish Indian called Chief Tonka and a dancing dwarf named Billy Bug. They sell Chief Tonka's Elixir of Life a highly alcoholic concoction that is supposed to reverse aging.Virginia
1915 - DirectorJ.D. WilkesStarsScott H. BiramSlim CessnaJay MunlyA tour through the endangered and often misrepresented American South. A collection of stories and performances from artists, musicians, and southern residents interweaves to create an accurate depiction of the soulful and strange American Southland.Alabama
Georgia
Kentucky
North Carolina
Tennessee - DirectorKeith BeauchampStarsMamie Till MobleyWheeler ParkerSimeon WrightNever-before-seen testimony is included in this documentary on Emmett Louis Till, who, in 1955, was brutally murdered after he whistled at a white woman.Mississippi, 1955.
- DirectorRoss McElweeStarsRoss McElweeDede McElweeRoss McElwee Jr.Documentary filmmaker Ross McElwee sets out to make a movie about Union General Sherman's March to the Sea towards the end of the American Civil War, but keeps getting sidetracked by his own love life.Most number of filming locations!
Georgia: Atlanta, Guidestones, Dewy Rose, Ossabau Island, Peachtree Creek Battlefield, Stone Mountain, Adrian.
North Carolina: Bentonville, Carrboro, Chapel Hill, Charlotte, Grandfather, Linville, Loch Dornie Lake.
South Carolina: Charleston, Columbia, Hartsville, sheldon, Sullivan's Island, Sumter.
Massachusetts: Cambridge, Boston. - DirectorRichard PearceStarsRobert DuvallJames Earl JonesMichael BeachWhen an old woman dies, she leaves a note for her apparent son (Robert Duvall) which tells him that his biological mother died giving birth to him. She begs him to make peace with his half-brother (James Earl Jones) living in Chicago.Arkansas setting
Filmed in Tennessee, -Covington, Memphis, Shelby County.
and Chicago, Illinois - DirectorBenjamin MeadeStarsDavid PryorBuddy SuttonBill BowenWoke Up This Mornin' in the Arkansas Delta is a film that chronicles a filmmaker from Missouri who travels with a crew from north to south in the Arkansas Delta with a fresh pair of eyes and discovers the humor, hardship, music & art that lies along the Mississippi River, largely ignored by the American People. Racism and the Elaine Massacre of 1919 are examined, a filmmaker is shot at, great food is consumed and multilevel generational poverty is examined in a system designed to keep people from working. A fantastic original soundtrack by Paul Sammons and Michael Sutterfield alongside a serendipitous structure make for an amazing kitchen sink film. You will not see anything like this for a long time.....guaranteed.Arkansas
- DirectorBilly Bob ThorntonStarsBilly Bob ThorntonDwight YoakamJ.T. WalshKarl Childers, a simple man hospitalized since his childhood murder of his mother and her lover, is released to start a new life in a small town.Arkansas, -Benton, Clinton, Conway, Little Rock
- CreatorJohn LeekleyStarsStacy KeachJohn HammondJulia DuffyAmerica just before and during the Civil War, as seen through the eyes of an artist correspondent.Arkansas, -Fort Smith, Eureka Springs, Fayetteville, Van Buren, Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park.
- DirectorElia KazanStarsAndy GriffithPatricia NealAnthony FranciosaA female radio reporter turns a folk-singing drifter into a powerful media star.Arkansas, Piggott, Paragould.
Mepmphis, Tennessee
Iverson Ranch, California - DirectorWill MackenzieStarsPeter ScolariDarren McGavinCatherine Mary StewartIn a private school in the U.S. South, Mr. Sanders, a new choirmaster tries to reduce some of the prejudice and hostility of some of the students in his choir. Paul, a bully who feels he should be lead boy, is the worst offender. Taylor Bradshaw on the other hand is impressed by the music of Landy, a black boy, grandson of Zeke, the school caretaker. Zeke joins in some of the activities of the black community known as River Town. Sanders is also impressed by Landy's abilities and attempts to get him involved with the choir. A tragedy in the community brings the race issue to a head.Georgia, - Berry College, Rome.
South Carolina setting.
1959.
boys choir. Blues. - DirectorBruce BeresfordStarsMorgan FreemanJessica TandyDan AykroydAn old Jewish woman and her African-American chauffeur in the American South have a relationship that grows and improves over the years.Georgia, -Atlanta, Griffin, Douglasville, Castleberry Hill, Druid Hills, Dacatur.
1950s era. - DirectorLesli Linka GlatterStarsChristina RicciDemi MooreRosie O'DonnellFour 12-year-old girls grow up together during an eventful small-town summer in 1970.Georgia, -Effingham County, Statesboro, Savannah.
- DirectorGary NelsonStarsJohnny CashAndy GriffithEarl HindmanIn 1948, in rural Georgia, Coweta County is watched over by its legendary, indomitable Sheriff Lamar Potts (Johnny Cash). No felony had ever gone unsolved while Sheriff Potts was in charge. In the next county, though, there is a vast estate known as "The Kingdom." It's ruled by one man, John Wallace (Andy Griffith), whose power is absolute and beyond the law. But when Wallace chases one of his underlings to deliver ruthless punishment, he makes a critical mistake. He crosses over into Coweta County... Sheriff Potts' territory. This is the compelling true story of the man who ran the Kingdom, and the man who brought him down.Georgia, -Griffin
1948 - DirectorClint EastwoodStarsJohn CusackKevin SpaceyJack ThompsonA visiting city reporter's assignment suddenly revolves around the murder trial of a local millionaire, whom he befriends.Savannah, Georgia
- DirectorCharles Stone IIIStarsNick CannonZoe SaldanaOrlando JonesA band director recruits a Harlem street drummer to play at a Southern university.Atlanta, Georgia
- 1980–19941h 55mNot Rated7.3 (304)TV EpisodeDirectorGordon ParksStarsAvery BrooksRhetta GreeneMason AdamsThis is based on a true story. Solomon Northrop is a black man in the mid 19th century before slavery was abolished. He's a born freeman who works as a carpenter and is also a part time musician. One day he is approached by some men who want him to play for them. However, that is not their intention; they have kidnapped him and sold him into slavery. Now he has to endure the hardships that he has been spared because of his status as a freeman. And his family who don't know what happened to him is searching for him but where do they go? And Solomon also wishes to let them know where he is so that they could get him but unfortunately no one believes his story or is willing to help him.Georgia, -Savannah
- DirectorAaron SchneiderStarsRobert DuvallBill MurraySissy SpacekA movie spun out of equal parts folk tale, fable and real-life legend about the mysterious, 1930s Tennessee hermit who famously threw his own rollicking funeral party... while he was still alive.Georgia, -Newnan, Dallas, Crawfordville, Covington, Gaither Plantation, Oak Grove Plantation, Powder Springs, Altanta
1930s - DirectorJeff StilsonStarsChris RockMaya AngelouAl SharptonChris Rock explores the wonders of African-American hairstyles.Georgia-Atlanta
Alabama-Birmingham
North Carolina-Greensboro - DirectorTim RogersStarsThomas SneedRebecca KaserBen AscherMilltown Pride is an entertaining evangelistic movie that recalls a bygone era while conveying relevant truths for today.Georgia, -Demorest
South Carolina, -Greenville
Massachusetts, -Lowell - DirectorJonathan LynnStarsJoe PesciMarisa TomeiRalph MacchioTwo New Yorkers accused of murder in rural Alabama while on their way back to college call in the help of one of their cousins, a loudmouth lawyer with no trial experience.Georgia, -Bostwick, Eatoton, Monticello, Alto, Covington, Gainsville
- DirectorBrandon McCormickStarsRandy McDowellDale WilliamsJustin CarterScotch Law, a rookie stuntman blacklisted from Hollywood, has returned home to his roots as a celebrity. Now this whiskey-drinking adrenaline junkie has been elected Sheriff, and he's about to bring law and order to a whole new level. Along with Rusty Banks, his slightly inept but loyal deputy, they will turn Dixie, Alabama into the safest county in the country. However, when an Inspector from Homeland Security drops in to evaluate his methods of law enforcement, Scotch faces someone from his own side of the fence. But when the inspector threatens to shut him down, he'll learn that if you fight the Law in Dixie County, Scotch will winGeorgia, -Canon, Jefferson, Lawrenceville
- DirectorGlenn JordanStarsIrene WorthShirley StolerLane SmithA conscientious but driven Polish refugee disrupts the hierarchy of power on a Georgia farm in the 1940s.Georgia, -Milledgeville, Andalusia-the O'Conner Family Farm.
- DirectorGlenn JordanStarsPatty DukePiper LaurieJeffrey DeMunnSeven year old Buddy experiences the best of country life, friendship, and the joy of giving during the Christmas season. Based on the story by Truman Capote.Georgia, -Senoia
- DirectorSam RaimiStarsCate BlanchettKatie HolmesKeanu ReevesA fortune teller with extrasensory perception is asked to help find a young woman who has mysteriously disappeared.Georgia, -Effingham County, Guyton, Savannah, Springfield,Thunderbolt.
- DirectorJohn HustonStarsBrad DourifJohn HustonDan ShorFresh out of the army, Hazel Motes attempts to open the first Church Without Christ in the small town of Taulkinham.Georgia, -Macon.
1960s era. - DirectorGregg ChampionStarsSidney PoitierDianne WiestMary-Louise ParkerA 91-year-old carpenter has to fight developers who are trying to force him to sell his land.Georgia
- DirectorJoan TewkesburyStarsLouis Gossett Jr.Sara GilbertJohn M. JacksonBased on Sarah Flanigan Carter's autobiographical novel about growing up in World War II-era Georgia, Sudie Harrington, a feisty twelve-year-old, befriends Simpson, a gentle black man accused of impropriety with a child.Georgia, WWII era.
- DirectorJon AvnetStarsKathy BatesJessica TandyMary Stuart MastersonEvelyn, an ordinary housewife, visits a nursing home and befriends the old lady Ninny. Together, they bond over stories from the past about two intrepid women of Whistle Stop Cafe.Georgia, -Decatur, Juliette, Fayetteville, Newnan, Sonoia, Whitesburg, Zebulon, Conyers.
Orlando, Florida.
Looking back, 1920s Alabama. - DirectorPeter SchnallStarsNeil Patrick HarrisFollows a handful of people as they journey through the heartwarming and often challenging process of receiving their service dogs from Canine Assistants in Georgia.Georgia. Leading service dog organization.
- DirectorWalter HillStarsDavid CarradineStacy KeachDennis QuaidThe origins, exploits and the ultimate fate of the Jesse James gang is told in a sympathetic portrayal of the bank robbers made up of brothers who begin their legendary bank raids because of revenge.Georgia, Westville, Parrott.
Also Sierra Nevada Mountains, California - DirectorJoan Micklin SilverStarsShelley DuvallVeronica CartwrightBud CortBernice, a shy young woman, leaves her safe home to go visit her flapper cousin. When her cousin tries to teach Bernice how to be much more modern, Bernice gives her much more than she bargained for.Georgia, -Savannah
- DirectorJ. Lee ThompsonStarsGregory PeckRobert MitchumPolly BergenA lawyer's family is stalked by a man he once helped put in jail.Georgia, -Savannah
- DirectorBenh ZeitlinStarsQuvenzhané WallisDwight HenryLevy EasterlyFaced with both her hot-tempered father's fading health and melting ice-caps that flood her ramshackle bayou community and unleash ancient aurochs, six-year-old Hushpuppy must learn the ways of courage and love.Louisiana,- Terrebonne Parish, Montegut, New Orleans
- DirectorJim McBrideStarsDennis QuaidEllen BarkinNed BeattyA corrupt lieutenant in the homicide division is threatened by the righteous DA while trying to solve a string of mysterious murders.New Orleans, Louisiana
- DirectorRon SheltonStarsPaul NewmanLolita DavidovichJerry HardinA middle-aged Louisiana governor falls in love with a young stripper, which jeopardizes his political career and the radical policies which have made him a controversial figure.Baton Rouge, Louisiana
late 1950s - DirectorJohn KortyStarsCicely TysonEric BrownRichard DysartStory of a black woman in the South who was born into slavery in the 1850s and lives to become a part of the civil rights movement in the 1960s.Louisiana, -Ashland-Belle Helene Plantation, Natchez, Baton Rouge, The Cotton Plantation, Francisville.
1962 - StarsCicely TysonJason BernardClifford DavidA film about the life and career of the African American abolitionist and slave escape leader, Harriet Tubman.Louisiana, -Houmas House, Burnside.
1860s - DirectorJim JarmuschStarsTom WaitsJohn LurieRoberto BenigniTwo men are framed and sent to jail, where they meet a murderer who helps them escape and leave the state.Louisiana
- DirectorUdayan PrasadStarsWilliam HurtMaria BelloKristen StewartA road trip through Louisiana transforms three strangers who were originally brought together by their respective feelings of loneliness.Louisiana, Albita Springs, New Orleans, Chalmette, Morgan City.
- DirectorMartin RittStarsCicely TysonPaul WinfieldKevin HooksThe oldest son of a loving and strong family of black sharecroppers comes of age in the Depression-era South after his father is imprisoned for stealing food.Louisiana, -Clinton, East Feliciana Parish, St. Helena Parish.
1933 - DirectorGlen PitreStarsArmand AssanteGail YoungsMichael SchoefflingA Cajun man attempts to save his town.Louisiana -Cecilia, Henderson, LaFayette.
- DirectorKasi LemmonsStarsSamuel L. JacksonJurnee SmollettMeagan GoodWhat did little Eve see--and how will it haunt her? Husband, father and womanizer Louis Batiste is the head of an affluent family, but it's the women who rule this gothic world of secrets, lies and mystic forces.Louisiana -Covington, Madisonville, Napoleonville.
1960s era. - DirectorBertrand TavernierStarsTommy Lee JonesJohn GoodmanPeter SarsgaardA detective in post-Katrina New Orleans has a series of surreal encounters with a troop of ghostly Confederate soldiers while investigating serial killings of local prostitutes, a 1965 lynching, and corrupt local businessmen.Louisiana,- Albania Plantation, Catahoula, New Iberia, St. Martinville, Charenton, New Orleans, Jeanerette.
- DirectorDon SiegelStarsClint EastwoodGeraldine PageElizabeth HartmanWhile recuperating in a Confederate girls' boarding school, a Union soldier cons his way into each of the lonely women's hearts, causing them to turn on each other, and eventually, on him.Louisiana, -Baton Rouge, Geismer, Ashland-Belle Helene Plantation.
Civil War era. - DirectorGary RossStarsMatthew McConaugheyGugu Mbatha-RawMahershala AliA disillusioned Confederate army deserter returns to Mississippi and leads a militia of fellow deserters and women in an uprising against the corrupt local Confederate government.Mississippi, location and setting in Jones County.
Filmed in Louisiana, -Evergreen Plantation, Edgard, Bush, St. Bernard Parish, New Orleans, Braithwaite, Greensburg, Clinton, Creedmoor Plantation, Buckner Mansion. - DirectorMartin RittStarsPaul NewmanJoanne WoodwardAnthony FranciosaAccused barn burner and conman Ben Quick arrives in a small Mississippi town and quickly ingratiates himself with its richest family, the Varners.Mississippi setting.
Filmed in Louisiana, -Oak Alley Plantation, Vacherie, Clinton, Baton Rouge, Ramsey Plantation, New Roads, East Feliciana Plantation - DirectorHerbert RossStarsShirley MacLaineOlympia DukakisSally FieldA young beautician, newly arrived in a small Louisiana town, finds work at the local salon, where a small group of women share a close bond of friendship, and welcome her into the fold.Natchitoches, Louisiana
- StarsAnn-MargretPatricia ClarksonTim DalyA plantation owner's son falls in love with a slave named Easter and together they have a Biracial daughter named Queen. As Queen grows up, she faces the struggle of trying to fit into the troubled world around her. She tries passing for white, but it leads to sorrow in post-Civil War America. Everywhere she goes, she faces obstacles and hardships while searching for happiness and a place to belong.South Carolina, -Boone Hall Plantation, Mount Pleasant, Charleston
- DirectorJohn SaylesStarsMary McDonnellAlfre WoodardAngela BassettAfter an accident leaves her a paraplegic, a former soap opera star struggles to recover both emotionally and mentally, until she meets her newest nurse, who has struggles of her own.Louisiana, -Lake Arthur, Elton, Gueydam, Jennings, Lake Charles.
- DirectorYves SimoneauStarsSam ShepardFrank WhaleyMark AdamA look at the life of the thoroughbred filly that dominated horse racing in the early 1970s.Louisiana, 1970s
- DirectorWilliam WylerStarsBette DavisHerbert MarshallTeresa WrightThe ruthless, moneyed Hubbard clan lives in, and poisons, their part of the Deep South at the turn of the twentieth century.Belle Helene Plantation, Baton Rouge, Louisiana,
Around 1900. - DirectorRobert MulliganStarsSam WaterstonTess HarperGail StricklandA coming of age story set in the south of the U.S. when Elvis was King.1957 Louisiana, -Robeline, Kisatchie, Natchitoches.
- DirectorRaoul WalshStarsClark GableYvonne De CarloSidney PoitierAmantha Starr grows up as a privileged Southern belle in the ante-bellum South, but after her father dies broke, her world is destroyed when she discovers that her mother was Black.Ashland-Belle Helene Plantation, Geismen, Louisiana
- DirectorLouis MalleStarsBrooke ShieldsKeith CarradineSusan SarandonA preteen girl lives as a prostitute in New Orleans in 1917.Columns Hotel, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
1917 era - DirectorAlan ParkerStarsMickey RourkeRobert De NiroLisa BonetA private investigator is hired by a man who calls himself Louis Cyphre to track down a singer named Johnny Favorite. But the investigation takes an unexpected and somber turn.Louisiana, -New Orleans, Thibodaux, Laurel Valley, Napoleonvillle,
long list of filming locations, including New York, New Jersey - DirectorJohn FordStarsJohn WayneWilliam HoldenConstance TowersIn 1863, a Union outfit is sent behind Confederate lines in Mississippi to destroy enemy railroads but a captive southern belle and the unit's doctor cause frictions within ranks.Louisiana,- Oakland Plantation, Natchitoches, Alexandria.
Mississippi,- Homochitto River, Washington, Natchez.
1863, spring - DirectorElia KazanStarsKarl MaldenCarroll BakerEli WallachAn immature, naive teenage bride holds her anxious husband at bay while flirting with an amorous Sicilian farmer.Mississippi, Benoit.
Stockton, California - DirectorRobert AltmanStarsGlenn CloseJulianne MooreLiv TylerConflict arises in the small town of Holly Springs when an old woman's death causes a variety of reactions among family and friends.Mississippi, Holly Springs.
- 1980–19944hNot Rated7.0 (239)TV EpisodeDirectorPeter H. HuntStarsPatrick DayJim DaleFrederic ForrestHuckleberry Finn, a rambuctious boy adventurer chafing under the bonds of civilization, escapes his humdrum world and his selfish, plotting father by sailing a raft down the Mississippi River. In HD.Mississippi River.
Maysville, Kentucky - DirectorGeorge SidneyStarsKathryn GraysonAva GardnerHoward KeelThe daughter of a riverboat captain falls in love with a charming gambler, but their fairy tale romance is threatened after his luck turns sour.Mississippi, Dunleith Plantation,
Natchez
Lansdowne Plantation - DirectorJohn FiegeQuestions of race, workers' rights and exploitation form the crux of this intriguing documentary about Latin American immigrants living in rural Mississippi, where poultry plants promise jobs but little else. Shot on Super 8mm film, which gives it a lustrous, saturated color, Mississippi Chicken reveals the textures, moods and struggles of the New South.
- DirectorClarence BrownStarsDavid BrianClaude Jarman Jr.Juano HernandezIn 1940s Mississippi, two teenage boys and an elderly woman combine forces to prevent a miscarriage of justice and clear a black man of a murder charge.Mississippi, -Oxford
1940s, rural - DirectorPaul SaltzmanStarsHighschool Seniors of CharlestonMorgan FreemanA high school in a small-town in Mississippi prepares for its first integrated senior prom.
- DirectorTate TaylorStarsViola DavisEmma StoneOctavia SpencerAn aspiring author during the civil rights movement of the 1960s decides to write a book detailing the African American maids' point of view on the white families for which they work, and the hardships they go through on a daily basis.Mississippi, - Clarksdale, Jackson, Greenwood.
- DirectorJoel SchumacherStarsMatthew McConaugheySandra BullockSamuel L. JacksonIn Canton, Mississippi, a fearless young lawyer and his assistant defend a black man accused of murdering two white men who raped his ten-year-old daughter, inciting violent retribution and revenge from the Ku Klux Klan.Mississippi, -Canton
- DirectorMax Baer Jr.StarsRobby BensonGlynnis O'ConnorJoan HotchkisIn 1950s Mississippi, teenager Bobbie Lee Hartley navigates her blossoming hormones as she is courted by Billy Joe McAllister, who is headed for tragedy.Mississippi, -Tallahatchie County, Vaiden, Greenwood, Itta Bena, Lefore County.
- DirectorJames WhaleStarsIrene DunneAllan JonesCharles WinningerDespite her mother's objections, the naive young daughter of a show boat captain is thrust into the limelight as the company's new leading lady.Mississippi
- DirectorMaya AngelouStarsAlfre WoodardAl Freeman Jr.Mary AliceIn a desperate attempt to change her life, Loretta -- a troubled single mother from a tough Chicago neighborhood -- is sent to spend a summer at her family's ancestral home in rural Mississippi.Mississippi.
Filmed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada - DirectorTate TaylorStarsChadwick BosemanNelsan EllisDan AykroydA chronicle of James Brown's rise from extreme poverty to become one of the most influential musicians in history.Natchez, Mississippi
- DirectorRobert ParrishBertrand TavernierThe two directors meander through rural Mississippi in search of the spirit of local music and society. Highlights the heritage of William Faulkner, the role of Black churches, and gospel and blues music.Mississippi
- DirectorMira NairStarsDenzel WashingtonSarita ChoudhuryRoshan SethAn ethnic Indian family is expelled from Idi Amin's Uganda in 1972 and lives in Mississippi 17 years later. The dad sues Uganda to get his property back. The grown daughter falls in love with a Black man.Mississippi, Grenada, Biloxi, Greenwood, Ocean Springs.
Kampala, Uganda - DirectorRobert MuggeStarsTrey PhyferBill LuckettA stunning exploration of fading juke joint traditions at the heart of Mississippi blues culture, with Morgan Freeman.Jackson, Mississippi
- DirectorThomas SchlammeStarsHolly HunterMary SteenburgenTim RobbinsCarnelle wants to escape her dreary life, so she enters a local beauty contest, much to everyone's dismay.Mississippi, -Yazoo City
- DirectorJon BrewerStarsMorgan FreemanB.B. KingBill CosbyThe untold true American story of an orphan boy from the heart of the Mississippi Delta who rose to music stardom around the world and inspired a generation of fans against all odds.Mississippi Delta.
B.B. King visits his hometown yearly. - DirectorRichard BrooksStarsElizabeth TaylorPaul NewmanBurl IvesBrick 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.set in Mississippi
Filmed on Long Island - DirectorWalter HillStarsRalph MacchioJoe SenecaJami GertzA wannabe blues-guitar virtuoso finds an old blues player and hopes he can teach him a long-lost song by legendary musician Robert Johnson.Mississippi, -Natchez, Greenville, Port Gibson, Vicksburg
- DirectorJay RussellStarsFrankie MunizKevin BaconDiane LaneA shy boy grows up in 1940s Mississippi with the help of his beloved dog, Skip.Mississippi, -Yazoo City, Canton, Jackson, Mendanhall.
1940s - DirectorJoseph AnthonyStarsRobert DuvallOlga BellinSudie BondA lonely farmer takes in a pregnant woman and looks after her. After she gives birth, tragedy strikes.Mississippi Delta, Oakland, Tupelo.
1910, winter.
Caretaker for a sawmill in the winter. - DirectorPeter BogdanovichStarsRiver PhoenixSamantha MathisDermot MulroneyNewcomers to the country-music business seek love and stardom.Tennessee, -Nashville
- DirectorNorman JewisonStarsSidney PoitierRod SteigerWarren OatesA black Philadelphia police detective is mistakenly suspected of a local murder while passing through a racially hostile Mississippi town, and after being cleared is reluctantly asked by the police chief to investigate the case.filmed in Illinois and Dyersburg, Tennessee
music by Quincy Jones. - DirectorPhil KarlsonStarsJoe Don BakerElizabeth HartmanLeif GarrettBased on the life of Tennessee sheriff Buford Pusser, who almost single-handily cleaned up his small town of crime and corruption, but at a personal cost of his family life and nearly his own life.Tennessee, -Knoxville, Henderson, Jackson
- DirectorWilliam WylerStarsLee J. CobbAnthony ZerbeRoscoe Lee BrowneA successful African American businessman has a quarrel with a white policeman, suspecting that he is having an affair with his wife. The policeman's colleagues are seeking to avoid publicity.Tennessee
- DirectorBruce PittmanStarsDella ReeseCrystal BernardMadeline ZimaA drama about a young, neglected white girl in the rural South who, with the help of an unlikely couple, finds the solace and nurturing needed to transform her downtrodden life.Tennessee.
Rural.
Filmed in Canada. - DirectorJim JarmuschStarsMasatoshi NagaseYûki KudôScreamin' Jay HawkinsThree stories are connected by a Memphis hotel and the spirit of Elvis Presley.Memphis, Tennessee
- DirectorElia KazanStarsMontgomery CliftLee RemickJo Van FleetA TVA bureaucrat comes to the river to do what none of his predecessors have been able to do - evict a stubborn octogenarian from her island before the rising waters engulf her.Tennessee,- Charleston, Cleveland, Bradley County, Hiawassee River
- CreatorPatricia GreenStarsKellie MartinStewart Finlay-McLennanTyne DalyChristy tells the story of an idealistic nineteen year old who leaves the comforts of her city home to teach school in the impoverished Appalachian community of Cutter Gap, Tennessee in 1912.Townsend, Tennessee
- DirectorNorman FosterStarsFess ParkerBuddy EbsenBasil RuysdaelAmerican frontiersman Davy Crockett fights in the Creek Indian War, is elected to the U.S. Congress and fights for Texas at the Alamo.Tennessee, -Nashville, Knoxville.
Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Kentucky - DirectorGary LaneJohn LavinStarsChad AllenDustin Lance BlackMichael BowenTwin young men from North Carolina riding on the fumes of a dream to meet their idol, Dolly Parton the 'Backwoods Barbie', find more than what they bargained for in an RV named Jolene.Tennessee, Pigeon Forge
- DirectorJoe JohnstonStarsJake GyllenhaalChris CooperLaura DernThe true story of Homer Hickam, a coal miner's son who was inspired by the first Sputnik launch to take up rocketry against his father's wishes.Tennessee,-Petros, Wartburg, Knoxville, Chattanooga, Oliver Springs, Oak Ridge, Harrinan.
- DirectorNeil BerkeleyStarsWayne WhiteMimi PondPaul ReubensA documentary on the life and current times of artist Wayne White.Tennessee
- DirectorJames MangoldStarsJoaquin PhoenixReese WitherspoonGinnifer GoodwinA chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cash's life, from his early days on an Arkansas cotton farm to his rise to fame with Sun Records in Memphis, where he recorded alongside Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins.Tennessee, - Nashville, Memphis, Covington.
Arkansas
Mississippi - DirectorGuy GreenStarsIngrid BergmanAnthony QuinnFritz WeaverThe Merediths move to an isolated farm. Mrs. Meredith and the neighbour Will Cade become friends and anticipate becoming lovers.Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Tennessee, -Gatlinburg, Knoxville - DirectorJacques TourneurStarsJoel McCreaEllen DrewDean StockwellIn 1865, the small Southern town of Walsburg has become so dangerous that Parson Josiah Doziah Gray gives his sermons while holding a gun.Tennessee, small town, post Civil War.
- DirectorAlex SegalStarsJean SimmonsRobert PrestonPat HingleMary Follet, a wife and mother in 1915 Tennessee, copes with the loss of her husband and the necessity of raising their children alone.Knoxville, Tennessee
early 1900s. - DirectorScott TeemsStarsHal HolbrookBarlow JacobsMia WasikowskaAn 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.Tennessee, -Knoxville