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

• The White Rose, 1923
• Coming Through, 1925
• Men of Steel, 1926
• The General, 1927
• Court Martial, 1928
• Evangeline, 1929
• Show Boat, 1929

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
• Brüno, 2009
• Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, 2009
• Dear John, 2010
• Winter's Bone, 2010

2010s

• Country Strong, 2010
• Dirty Girl, 2010
• Drive Angry, 2001
• The Help, 2011
• The Conspirator, 2011
• The Tree of Life, 2011
• Straw Dogs, 2011
• Fooloose, 2011
• Joyful Noise, 2011

References

• Langman, Larry and David Ebner (2001) Hollywood's Image of the South: A Century of Southern Films. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. ISBN 0313318867