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List of films set in the Southern United States

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The following is a partial chronological list of movies set in the Southern United States:

Contents

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
  • The Girl Spy Before Vicksburg, 1911
  • A Southern Soldier's Sacrifice, 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
  • The Story of Temple Drake, 1933
  • Dixieland, 1934
  • Lazy River, 1934
  • In Old Kentucky, 1935
  • The Little Colonel, 1935
  • The Littlest Rebel, 1935
  • Mississippi, 1935
  • Show Boat, 1936
  • Under Southern Stars, 1937
  • The Cowboy and the Lady, 1938
  • Jezebel, 1938
  • Gone with the Wind, 1939
  • Way Down South, 1939

    • 1940s

  • Tobacco Road, 1940
  • The Little Foxes, 1941
  • Moon Over Miami, 1941
  • Sergeant York, 1941
  • Swamp Women, 1941
  • Mississippi Gambler, 1942
  • Reap the Wild Wind, 1942
  • Song of the South, 1946
  • The Yearling, 1946
  • The Foxes of Harrow, 1947
  • Key Largo, 1948
  • Louisiana Story, 1948
  • A Southern Yankee, 1948
  • All the King's Men, 1949
  • Intruder in the Dust, 1949
  • Mississippi Hare (short), 1949
  • Pinky, 1949

    • 1950s

  • The Glass Menagerie, 1950
  • The Barefoot Mailman, 1951
  • Drums in the Deep South, 1951
  • Show Boat, 1951
  • A Streetcar Named Desire, 1951
  • Ruby Gentry, 1952
  • Beneath the 12-Mile Reef, 1953
  • The Mississippi Gambler, 1953
  • Seminole, 1953
  • Southern Fried Rabbit (short), 1953
  • The Night of the Hunter, 1955
  • The View from Pompey's Head, 1955
  • Baby Doll, 1956
  • Giant, 1956
  • The Searchers, 1956
  • Old Yeller, 1957
  • Poor White Trash, 1957
  • Tammy and the Bachelor, 1957
  • The Three Faces of Eve, 1957
  • Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, 1958
  • The Defiant Ones, 1958
  • God's Little Acre, 1958
  • The Long, Hot Summer, 1958
  • Wind Across the Everglades, 1958
  • The Horse Soldiers, 1959
  • The Sound and the Fury, 1959
  • Suddenly, Last Summer, 1959

    • 1960s

  • The Alamo, 1960
  • Inherit the Wind, 1960
  • Where the Boys Are, 1960
  • Wild River, 1960
  • Cape Fear, 1962
  • The Intruder, 1962
  • The Miracle Worker, 1962
  • The Streets of Greenwood, 1962
  • Sweet Bird of Youth, 1962
  • To Kill a Mockingbird, 1962
  • Flipper, 1963
  • Goldfinger, 1964
  • Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte, 1964
  • Two Thousand Maniacs, 1964
  • The Cincinnati Kid, 1965
  • Shenandoah, 1965
  • The Black Klansman, 1966
  • Hurry Sundown, 1967
  • In the Heat of the Night, 1967
  • The Flim-Flam Man, 1967
  • Reflections in a Golden Eye, 1967
  • Cool Hand Luke, 1967
  • Finian's Rainbow, 1968
  • The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, 1968
  • Easy Rider, 1969
  • The Reivers, 1969
  • True Grit, 1969

    • 1970s

  • ...tick...tick...tick..., 1970
  • The Beguiled, 1971
  • The Last Picture Show, 1971
  • Deliverance, 1972
  • Sounder, 1972
  • Live and Let Die, 1973
  • Walking Tall, 1973
  • White Lightning, 1973
  • Conrack, 1974
  • The Klansman, 1974
  • The Longest Yard, 1974
  • The Sugarland Express, 1974
  • The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, 1974
  • The Drowning Pool, 1975
  • Hard Times, 1975
  • Moonrunners, 1975
  • Nashville, 1975
  • W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings, 1975
  • Gator, 1976
  • Ode to Billy Joe, 1976
  • The Outlaw Josey Wales, 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, 1979

    • 1980s

  • Coal Miner's Daughter, 1980
  • Body Heat, 1981
  • The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia, 1981
  • Sharky's Machine, 1981
  • Southern Comfort, 1981
  • Vernon, Florida, 1981
  • Cat People, 1982
  • Six Pack, 1982
  • Cross Creek, 1983
  • The Lords of Discipline, 1983
  • The Outsiders, 1983
  • Scarface, 1983
  • Tender Mercies, 1983
  • A Flash of Green, 1984
  • Paris, Texas, 1984
  • Places in the Heart, 1984
  • A Soldier's Story, 1984
  • Cocoon, 1985
  • The Color Purple, 1985
  • Crimes of the Heart, 1986
  • Down by Law, 1986
  • The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, 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
  • Shag, 1989

    • 1990s

  • Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III, 1990
  • The Long Walk Home, 1990
  • Wild at Heart, 1990
  • Texasville, 1990
  • Cape Fear, 1991
  • Daughters of the Dust, 1991
  • Fried Green Tomatoes, 1991
  • JFK, 1991
  • The Man in the Moon, 1991
  • Mississippi Masala, 1991
  • The Prince of Tides, 1991
  • Slacker, 1991
  • The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag, 1992
  • Malcolm X, 1992
  • My Cousin Vinny, 1992
  • One False Move, 1992
  • Passion Fish, 1992
  • The Adventures of Huck Finn, 1993
  • The Firm, 1993
  • Hard Target, 1993
  • The Pelican Brief, 1993
  • Ruby in Paradise, 1993
  • The Thing called Love, 1993
  • Undercover Blues, 1993
  • The Client, 1994
  • Forrest Gump, 1994
  • Interview with the Vampire, 1994
  • River of Grass, 1994
  • The War, 1994
  • Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh, 1995
  • The Grass Harp, 1995
  • Just Cause, 1995
  • Something to Talk About, 1995
  • Albino Alligator, 1996
  • The Delta, 1996
  • Ghosts of Mississippi, 1996
  • Last Man Standing, 1996
  • Sling Blade, 1996
  • A Time To Kill, 1996
  • The Apostle, 1997
  • Eve's Bayou, 1997
  • First Love, Last Rites, 1997
  • Kiss the Girls, 1997
  • Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, 1997
  • The Rainmaker, 1997
  • Rosewood, 1997
  • Ulee's Gold, 1997
  • The Devil's Advocate, 1998
  • Down in the Delta, 1998
  • The Waterboy, 1998
  • Cookie's Fortune, 1999
  • Crazy in Alabama, 1999
  • The Green Mile, 1999
  • The Hunley, 1999
  • Life, 1999
  • Varsity Blues, 1999

    • 2000s

  • Big Momma's House, 2000
  • George Washington, 2000
  • The Gift, 2000
  • The Legend of Bagger Vance, 2000
  • My Dog Skip, 2000
  • O Brother, Where Art Thou?, 2000
  • The Patriot, 2000
  • Where the Heart Is, 2000
  • The Accountant, 2001
  • A Walk to Remember, 2001
  • Children on Their Birthdays, 2002
  • Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, 2002
  • Drumline, 2002
  • Monster's Ball, 2002
  • Sunshine State, 2002
  • Sweet Home Alabama, 2002
  • Voodoo Tailz, 2002
  • 2 Fast 2 Furious, 2003
  • All the Real Girls, 2003
  • Big Fish, 2003
  • Cold Mountain, 2003
  • Monster, 2003
  • Radio, 2003
  • The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, 2003
  • The Alamo, 2004
  • Friday Night Lights, 2004
  • The Ladykillers, 2004
  • A Love Song for Bobby Long, 2004
  • The Notebook, 2004
  • Ray, 2004
  • Undertow, 2004
  • Walking Tall, 2004
  • 2001 Maniacs, 2005
  • Beauty Shop, 2005
  • Because of Winn-Dixie, 2005
  • The Descent, 2005
  • The Dukes of Hazzard, 2005
  • Elizabethtown, 2005
  • Forty Shades of Blue, 2005
  • Hustle & Flow, 2005
  • Junebug, 2005
  • Loggerheads, 2005
  • The Skeleton Key, 2005
  • All the King's Men, 2006
  • ATL, 2006
  • Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, 2006
  • Déjà Vu, 2006
  • Facing the Giants, 2006
  • Glory Road, 2006
  • The Hawk Is Dying, 2006
  • Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, 2006
  • Black Snake Moan, 2007
  • Constellation, 2007
  • The Great Debaters, 2007
  • Hounddog, 2007
  • Shotgun Stories, 2007
  • No Country for Old Men, 2007
  • There Will Be Blood, 2007
  • Waitress, 2007
  • War Eagle, Arkansas, 2007
  • Ballast, 2008
  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, 2008
  • Fireproof, 2008
  • Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay, 2008
  • Nights in Rodanthe, 2008
  • The Secret Life of Bees, 2008
  • Tennessee, 2008
  • 12 Rounds, 2009
  • Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, 2009
  • The Blind Side, 2009
  • Brüno, 2009
  • Crazy Heart, 2009
  • In the Electric Mist, 2009
  • Little Chenier, 2009
  • Mississippi Damned, 2009
  • The Princess and the Frog, 2009

    • 2010s

  • Country Strong, 2010
  • Dear John, 2010
  • Dirty Girl, 2010
  • The Last Song, 2010
  • Main Street, 2010
  • Winter's Bone, 2010
  • The Conspirator, 2011
  • Drive Angry, 2011
  • Footloose, 2011
  • The Help, 2011
  • Joyful Noise, 2011
  • Straw Dogs, 2011
  • The Tree of Life, 2011
  • Beasts of the Southern Wild, 2012
  • Come Morning, 2012
  • Django Unchained, 2012
  • Lawless, 2012
  • The Lucky One, 2012
  • Mighty Fine (2012)
  • Mud, 2012
  • The Paperboy, 2012
  • 12 Years a Slave, 2013
  • As I Lay Dying, 2013
  • Beautiful Creatures, 2013
  • Safe Haven, 2013
  • The Best of Me, 2014
  • The Longest Ride, 2015
  • Masterminds, 2016
  • Moonlight, 2016

    • References

    List of films set in the Southern United States Wikipedia
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