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1. Gone with the Wind (1939)

Passed | 238 min | Drama, Romance, War

A sheltered and manipulative Southern belle and a roguish profiteer face off in a turbulent romance as the society around them crumbles with the end of slavery and is rebuilt during the Civil War and Reconstruction periods.

Directors: Victor Fleming, George Cukor, Sam Wood | Stars: Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Thomas Mitchell, Barbara O'Neil

Votes: 334,301 | Gross: $198.68M

2. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)

PG-13 | 107 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

In the deep south during the 1930s, three escaped convicts search for hidden treasure while a relentless lawman pursues them.

Directors: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Stars: George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, John Goodman

Votes: 330,880 | Gross: $45.51M

3. Below Her Mouth (2016)

Not Rated | 94 min | Drama, Romance

An unexpected affair quickly escalates into a heart-stopping reality for two women whose passionate connection changes their lives forever.

Director: April Mullen | Stars: Erika Linder, Natalie Krill, Sebastian Pigott, Mayko Nguyen

Votes: 14,304

4. The Devil's Rejects (2005)

R | 107 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

The murderous, backwoods Firefly family take to the road to escape the vengeful Sheriff Wydell, who is not afraid of being as ruthless as his target.

Director: Rob Zombie | Stars: Sid Haig, Sheri Moon Zombie, Bill Moseley, William Forsythe

Votes: 105,786 | Gross: $17.04M

5. In the Electric Mist (2009)

R | 117 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A 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.

Director: Bertrand Tavernier | Stars: Tommy Lee Jones, John Goodman, Peter Sarsgaard, Mary Steenburgen

Votes: 19,870

6. 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: 21,820 | Gross: $15.86M

7. 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: 6,208

8. The Little Mermaid (2018)

PG | 85 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

A young reporter and his niece discover a beautiful and enchanting creature they believe to be the real little mermaid.

Directors: Blake Harris, Chris Bouchard | Stars: William Moseley, Poppy Drayton, Loreto Peralta, Armando Gutierrez

Votes: 9,574 | Gross: $7.15M

9. Nightmare (1981)

R | 97 min | Horror

A mental patient embarks on a murder spree upon escaping from an institution.

Director: Romano Scavolini | Stars: Baird Stafford, Sharon Smith, C.J. Cooke, Mik Cribben

Votes: 4,431

10. Roustabout (1964)

PG | 101 min | Drama, Music, Musical

After a singer loses his job at a coffee shop, he finds employment at a struggling carnival, but his attempted romance with a teenager leads to friction with her father.

Director: John Rich | Stars: Elvis Presley, Barbara Stanwyck, Joan Freeman, Leif Erickson

Votes: 3,314 | Gross: $7.19M

11. The Spy Gone North (2018)

Not Rated | 137 min | Drama, Thriller

In the mid-1990s, a loyal South Korean secret agent is caught in a political vortex plotted by the ruling classes of North and South Korea.

Director: Yoon Jong-bin | Stars: Hwang Jung-min, Lee Sung-min, Cho Jin-woong, Ju Ji-hoon

Votes: 6,195 | Gross: $0.50M

12. Shallow Grave (1987)

R | 90 min | Drama, Horror

When four young college girls stumble upon a murder, they find themselves targeted by a killer who will stop at nothing to silence them.

Director: Richard Styles | Stars: Tony March, Lisa Stahl, Tom Law, Carol Cadby

Votes: 917

13. Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989)

PG-13 | 79 min | Comedy, Music

Siberian rock band Leningrad Cowboys go to the USA in pursuit of fame.

Director: Aki Kaurismäki | Stars: Matti Pellonpää, Kari Väänänen, Sakke Järvenpää, Heikki Keskinen

Votes: 8,449

14. Almost Christmas (2016)

PG-13 | 111 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A dysfunctional family gathers together for their first Christmas since their mom died.

Director: David E. Talbert | Stars: Kimberly Elise, Omar Epps, Danny Glover, Mo'Nique

Votes: 7,870 | Gross: $41.72M

15. The Christmas Contract (2018 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 87 min | Drama, Family, Romance

A recently-single woman dreads the thought of going back to her Louisiana hometown for Christmas when she finds out that her ex-boyfriend will be there with his new girlfriend.

Director: Monika Mitchell | Stars: Hilarie Burton Morgan, Robert Buckley, Danneel Ackles, Antwon Tanner

Votes: 2,901

16. Three for the Road (1987)

PG | 88 min | Drama, Comedy

A crafty political aide and his soft-spoken pal are assigned the job of delivering a senator's out-of-control teenage daughter to an institution.

Director: Bill Norton | Stars: Charlie Sheen, Kerri Green, Alan Ruck, Sally Kellerman

Votes: 1,206 | Gross: $1.54M

17. The Grass Harp (1995)

PG | 107 min | Comedy, Drama

Becoming an orphan in 1935, Collin moves to his dad's cousins Verena and Dolly. Verena is a rich, bossy businesswoman. Dolly, Collin and the maid revolt, moving to a tree house.

Director: Charles Matthau | Stars: Piper Laurie, Sissy Spacek, Walter Matthau, Edward Furlong

Votes: 19,673 | Gross: $0.49M

18. The Littlest Rebel (1935)

Approved | 73 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

Shirley Temple's father, a rebel officer, sneaks back to his rundown plantation to see his family and is arrested. A Yankee takes pity and sets up an escape. Everyone is captured and the ... See full summary »

Director: David Butler | Stars: Shirley Temple, John Boles, Jack Holt, Karen Morley

Votes: 1,678

19. Pinky (1949)

Approved | 102 min | Drama

A light-skinned black woman falls in love with a white doctor, though he is unaware of her true race.

Directors: Elia Kazan, John Ford | Stars: Jeanne Crain, Ethel Barrymore, Ethel Waters, William Lundigan

Votes: 3,414 | Gross: $4.20M

20. Nothing But a Man (1964)

Not Rated | 95 min | Drama, Romance

A black man and his school-teacher wife face discriminatory challenges in 1960s America.

Director: Michael Roemer | Stars: Ivan Dixon, Abbey Lincoln, Julius Harris, Gloria Foster

Votes: 1,985 | Gross: $0.02M

21. Shelter in Solitude (2023)

93 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A death row prisoner with 10 days left to live forms an unlikely bond with a washed up country singer turned prison guard.

Director: Vibeke Muasya | Stars: Siobhan Fallon Hogan, Robert Patrick, Peter Macon, Dan Castellaneta

Votes: 343

22. Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia (2021 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 102 min | Biography, Drama, Music

The story of the New Orleans-born crooner who began singing at an early age and went on to become one of the most revered gospel figures in U.S. history, melding her music with the civil rights movement.

Director: Kenny Leon | Stars: Danielle Brooks, Olivia Washington, Joaquina Kalukango, Jason Dirden

Votes: 692

23. Netherworld (1992)

R | 85 min | Horror

A young man arrives at his father's mansion in Louisiana to discover that a secretive cult is using winged creatures to raise the dead to do their bidding.

Director: David Schmoeller | Stars: Michael Bendetti, Denise Gentile, Anjanette Comer, Holly Floria

Votes: 1,201

24. To Sleep with Anger (1990)

PG | 102 min | Drama

A charismatic old acquaintance drifts into town, stirring up trouble for a mild-mannered family.

Director: Charles Burnett | Stars: Danny Glover, Paul Butler, DeVaughn Nixon, Mary Alice

Votes: 2,916 | Gross: $1.16M

25. A Waltons Thanksgiving (2022)

TV-PG | 90 min | Drama

The Walton family enthusiastically prepares for the annual Harvest Festival Fair on Walton's Mountain in 1934, but a young boy's arrival dramatically changes their lives.

Director: Joe Lazarov | Stars: Bellamy Young, Richard Thomas, Logan Shroyer, Teddy Sears

Votes: 259

26. I Spit on Your Grave (1959)

110 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

After the lynching death of his black brother in Memphis, a light-skinned African-American, heads to a small Southern town, where he draws the attention of a heiress, and learns that the place is as racist as his hometown.

Director: Michel Gast | Stars: Christian Marquand, Antonella Lualdi, Fernand Ledoux, Renate Ewert

Votes: 300

27. Sweet Pecan Summer (2021 TV Movie)

TV-G | 84 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

Sparks fly between a woman and her ex-boyfriend as they work together, to sell her aunt's pecan farm.

Director: Dustin Rikert | Stars: Christine Ko, Wes Brown, Lauren Tom, Chase Ramsey

Votes: 922

28. Time for You to Come Home for Christmas (2019 TV Movie)

TV-G | 84 min | Drama, Romance

A recent widow travels with her son to her Virginia hometown for Christmas. On the way they meet a man who is heading to the same destination. As they continue to spend time together, the pair grows closer.

Director: Terry Ingram | Stars: Alison Sweeney, Lucas Bryant, Kiefer O'Reilly, Britt Irvin

Votes: 1,343

29. Black Like Me (1964)

Approved | 105 min | Drama

Based on the true story of a white reporter who, at the height of the civil-rights movement, temporarily darkened his skin to experience the realities of a black man's life in the segregated South.

Director: Carl Lerner | Stars: James Whitmore, Sorrell Booke, Roscoe Lee Browne, Al Freeman Jr.

Votes: 766

30. The St. Francisville Experiment (2000)

PG-13 | 79 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Four young people spend a night in a haunted mansion.

Director: Ted Nicolaou | Stars: Madison Charap, Troy Taylor, Ryan Larson, P.J. Palmer

Votes: 1,749

31. A Smoky Mountain Christmas (1986 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 94 min | Fantasy, Music

A country-western singer on a trip through the Tennessee mountains runs into a reclusive backwoodsman and a witch.

Director: Henry Winkler | Stars: Dolly Parton, Lee Majors, Bo Hopkins, Dan Hedaya

Votes: 1,343

32. Liverpool (2008)

Not Rated | 84 min | Drama

A merchant sailor returns to his home in Tierra del Fuego after spending most of his life at sea.

Director: Lisandro Alonso | Stars: Juan Fernández, Nieves Cabrera, Giselle Irrazabal

Votes: 1,200

33. Albert and Claude

Adventure, Comedy, Drama

A psychedelic mushroom-infused journey to the fountain of youth for two "mortal" enemies.

Director: Alex Willemin | Stars: Eric Newcombe, Erik Decicco, Whitney Fair, Christopher Hill

34. The Crickets Dance (2020)

92 min | Crime, Drama, History

Southern attorney Angie Lawrence searches of the rightful owner of a journal recovered from an antebellum home she inherited. The journal is full of mystery and history that just may lead her to the future she has always dreamed of.

Director: Veronica Robledo | Stars: Kristen Renton, William Mark McCullough, Bill Oberst Jr., Sandra Ellis Lafferty

Votes: 344

35. Gideon's Army (2013)

Not Rated | 96 min | Documentary

Follows three young, committed Public Defenders who are dedicated to working for the people society would rather forget. Long hours, low pay and staggering caseloads are so common that even the most committed often give up.

Director: Dawn Porter

Votes: 835

36. Salvo (2013)

Not Rated | 110 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

Salvo is a body guard and hit man for a mafioso. After foiling an attack on his employer, Salvo hunts down the man who organised it and encounters the man's blind sister. She causes Salvo to question himself and his existence.

Directors: Fabio Grassadonia, Antonio Piazza | Stars: Saleh Bakri, Luigi Lo Cascio, Sara Serraiocco, Giuditta Perriera

Votes: 1,386

37. Kirk Franklin's A Gospel Christmas (2021 TV Movie)

TV-G | 87 min | Drama, Musical, Romance

Olivia, a young assistant pastor, deals with the transition to be lead pastor at a new church a month before Christmas, and finds a little romance along the way.

Director: Erica C. Sutherlin | Stars: Demetria McKinney, Chaz Lamar Shepherd, Angela Birchett, Kendra C. Johnson

Votes: 325

38. A Christmas Memory (1997 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Family

Seven 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.

Director: Glenn Jordan | Stars: Patty Duke, Piper Laurie, Jeffrey DeMunn, Anita Gillette

Votes: 824

39. Cold Sassy Tree (1989 TV Movie)

95 min | Drama

An independent woman from the North causes a scandal when she decides to wed a local general store owner just three weeks after he has been widowed.

Director: Joan Tewkesbury | Stars: Faye Dunaway, Richard Widmark, Frances Fisher, Lee Garlington

Votes: 281

40. The Runaway (2000 TV Movie)

PG | 100 min | Drama

In a Dixie small-town, the late Sheriff was quite content to preside over a truly segregated community. There the rich brothers, Harlan and Mason Davis, are lords. His successor, World War ... See full summary »

Director: Arthur Allan Seidelman | Stars: Dean Cain, Pat Hingle, Debbi Morgan, Kathryn Erbe

Votes: 333

41. 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

42. Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus (2003)

82 min | Documentary

Searching 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... See full summary »

Director: Andrew Douglas | Stars: Harry Crews, Johnny Dowd, David Eugene Edwards, The Handsome Family

Votes: 1,180 | Gross: $0.08M

43. 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

44. Baking Christmas (2019 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 84 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

When their mother decides to retire, her three children organize the Christmas Cake Off to choose which one of them will take over the family bakery.

Director: Fred Olen Ray | Stars: Khalilah Joi, Arnell Powell, Leigh-Ann Rose, Aloma Wright

Votes: 191

45. Cellmates (2011)

TV-14 | 85 min | Comedy, Drama

Leroy Lowe, grand dragon of the Texas Ku Klux Klan confronts everything he's been taught to hate when he's sentenced to three years of hard labor on a prison work farm, where Warden ... See full summary »

Director: Jesse Baget | Stars: Tom Sizemore, Stacy Keach, Kevin P. Farley, Héctor Jiménez

Votes: 647

46. Blue Ridge (2014)

90 min | Comedy, Drama

Paranoid and unpredictable, J.T. lives a solitary life of used tires and decaying trailers. Despite his situation, J.T. wins the love of Sara, an innocent young girl left alone in the world after losing the last of her family.

Director: Vince Sweeney | Stars: Sean Gullette, Eric Sweeney, Audra Glyn Smith, Beverly Amsler

Votes: 269

47. 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: 424

48. 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

49. Sophie & the Moonhanger (1996 TV Movie)

94 min | Drama

A Black maid discovers that her seemingly friendly employers are in the KKK.

Director: David Hugh Jones | Stars: David Andrews, Barry Bell, Jason Bernard, Mary Lucy Bivins

Votes: 147

50. Blackstock Boneyard (2021)

80 min | Horror

One hundred years after being wrongly executed, two black brothers return from the grave to avenge their deaths and reclaim their land.

Director: Andre Alfa | Stars: Richie Stephens, Aspen Kennedy, Brittany Lucio, Laura Flannery

Votes: 143