Here we've displayed a list of the best Deep South films : The Defiant Ones(1958), The Fugitive Kind(1960), Harriet(2019), The Lords of Discipline(1983), Crimes of the Heart(1986), Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins(2008), Charms for the Easy Life(2002), A Lesson Before Dying(1999), Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man(2001) ... ...
Drama
USA
1958
97 Minutes
Tony Curtis Sidney Poitier Theodore Bikel Charles McGraw Cara Williams Lon Chaney King Donovan Claude Akins Larry Dobkin Whit Bissell Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer
criminal prisoner sheriff captain landowner brash endearing spirited deep south household friendship racism chain gangs outlaws escape discovery sacrifice 1950s
Two escaped convicts chained together, white and black, must learn to get along in order to elude capture.
Drama
USA
1960
119 Minutes
Marlon Brando Anna Magnani Joanne Woodward Maureen Stapleton Victor Jory R. G. Armstrong Emory Richardson Sally Gracie Lucille Benson John Baragrey Ben Yaffee
drifter sick person alcoholic housewife bleak emotional uneasy deep south general store small town new life adultery love triangle lust xenophobia forbidden love discovery rivalry 20th century
Valentine "Snakeskin" Xavier, a trouble-prone drifter trying to go straight, wanders into a small Mississippi town looking for a simple and honest life but finds himself embroiled with problem-filled women.
Action, Biography, Drama, History
China|USA
2019
125 Minutes
Cynthia Erivo Janelle MonĂ¡e Leslie Odom Jr. Joe Alwyn Clarke Peters Jennifer Nettles Vanessa Bell Calloway Omar J. Dorsey Henry Hunter Hall Tim Guinee Nick Basta
freedom fighter slave slave trader civil rights activist civil rights leader racist cheery confident cool emotional engaging gripping gutsy heartwarming intense inspiring patriotic positive powerful profound
The extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman's escape from slavery and transformation into one of America's greatest heroes, whose courage, ingenuity, and tenacity freed hundreds of slaves and changed the course of history.
Drama
USA
1983
103 Minutes
David Keith Robert Prosky G.D. Spradlin Barbara Babcock Michael Biehn Rick Rossovich John Lavachielli Mitchell Lichtenstein Mark Breland Malcolm Danare Judge Reinhold
cadet military officer racist friend tense emotional deep south military academy military life racism hazing protection friendship underdog pursuit rivalry 1960s
In 1960s America, a black cadet is allowed acceptance into a seemingly prestigious military academy, unleashing a barrage of corruption within the system that another cadet is willing to expose.
Drama
USA
1986
104 Minutes
Diane Keaton Jessica Lange Sissy Spacek Sam Shepard Tess Harper David Carpenter Hurd Hatfield Beeson Carroll Jean Willard Tom Mason Gregory Travis
sister mother grandfather singer sibling heartwarming engaging profound deep south household mississippi family dysfunction crime sister relationship relationships suicide love sacrifice 1980s
Three southern sisters try to come to grips with the meaning of their mother's suicide.
Comedy
USA
2008
114 Minutes
Martin Lawrence James Earl Jones Margaret Avery Joy Bryant Cedric Kyles Nicole Parker Michael Clarke Duncan Mike Epps Mo'Nique Damani Roberts Brooke Lyons
talk show host girlfriend son cousin mother father hilarious lighthearted los angeles deep south house airport anniversary rivalry family transformation adventure 2000s
Dr. RJ Stevens is a talk show host who visits his family in the deep south. While there he reunites with his brother Otis, his sister Betty, his cousin/rival Clyde and his childhood love interest Lucinda Allen.
Drama
2002
111 Minutes
Gena Rowlands Mimi Rogers Susan May Pratt Geordie Johnson Kenneth Mitchell Wayne Robson Kirsten Kieferle Kayla Perlmutter Ron Kennell Stella Sprowell
grandmother mother daughter husband doctor lawyer heartwarming emotional amusing spirited deep south house small town road mother/daughter relationship race relations marriage medicine world war ii female bonding
A homeopathic healer (Gena Rowlands), her daughter (Mimi Rogers) and her granddaughter (Susan May Pratt) defy gender roles during World War II.
Drama
1999
101 Minutes
Don Cheadle Cicely Tyson Mekhi Phifer Irma P. Hall Brent Jennings Lisa Arrindell Anderson Frank Taylor Stuart Culpepper Patty Mack Elijah Kelley Wynton Yates
schoolteacher young man lawyer woman reverend sheriff bleak emotional deep south prison school false accusations prejudice race relations friendship incarceration underdog discovery 1940s
A caring teacher (Don Cheadle) tries to inspire strength and dignity in an innocent black man (Mekhi Phifer) condemned to death in 1940s Louisiana.
Mystery & Thriller
2001
97 Minutes
Angela Lansbury Phylicia Rashad Michael Jace David Ogden Stiers Madison Mason Tim Abell Elizabeth Lackey Mac Davis Beth Grant Tim DeKay Walton Goggins
amateur sleuth slave plantation owner engaging intricate striking plantation deep south slavery murder family history discovery mystery 2000s
Jessica Fletcher (Angela Lansbury) investigates the death of a slave (Michael Jace) who was accused of murdering a plantation owner in the 1860s.