Kentucky Movies, Movies about Kentucky

Here we've displayed a list of the best Kentucky films : Our Hospitality(1923), The Insider(1999), Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson(2008), The True Meaning of Pictures: Shelby Lee Adams' Appalachia(2003), The Little Colonel(1935), The Sun Shines Bright(1954), Gorillas in the Mist(1988), American Animals(2018), The Trail of the Lonesome Pine(1936), Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story(2005), Uncle Tom's Cabin(1927), Band of Angels(1957) ... ...

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Our Hospitality

A man returns to his Appalachian homestead. On the trip, he falls for a young woman. The only problem is her family has vowed to kill every member of his family.

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The Insider

A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a 60 Minutes exposé on Big Tobacco.

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Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson

A portrait of the late gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson.

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The True Meaning of Pictures: Shelby Lee Adams' Appalachia

The meaning of art itself comes into question in this documentary about Shelby Lee Adams' controversial photos of families in Appalachia.

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The Little Colonel

After Southern belle Elizabeth Lloyd runs off to marry Yankee Jack Sherman, her father, a former Confederate colonel during the Civil War, vows to never speak to her again. Several years ... See full summary »

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The Sun Shines Bright

John Ford weaves three "Judge Priest" stories together to form a good- natured exploration of honour and small-town politics in the South around the turn of the century. Judge William ... See full summary »

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Gorillas in the Mist

The story of Dian Fossey, a scientist who came to Africa to study the vanishing mountain gorillas, and later fought to protect them.

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American Animals

Four young men mistake their lives for a movie and attempt one of the most audacious heists in U.S. history.

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The Trail of the Lonesome Pine

A railroad man from the city befriends a mountain girl in a Kentucky family feud.

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Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story

Cale Crane catalyzes the rescue and rehabilitation of Sonador, a race horse with a broken leg.

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Uncle Tom's Cabin

Slavery tears apart a black family in the South before the start of the Civil War.

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Band of Angels

Amantha 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 her mother was black.

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23 Blast

When a high school football star is suddenly stricken with irreversible total blindness, he must decide whether to live a safe handicapped life or bravely return to the life he once knew and the sport he still loves.

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50 to 1

Based on the inspiring true story of Mine That Bird, a misfit group of New Mexico cowboys find themselves on the journey of a lifetime when their crooked-footed racehorse qualifies for the 2009 Kentucky Derby.

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The Fighting Kentuckian

In 1818 Alabama, French settlers are pitted against greedy land-grabber Blake Randolph but Kentucky militiaman John Breen, who's smitten with French gal Fleurette De Marchand, comes to the settlers' aid.

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The Kentuckian

A Kentucky widower bound for 1820's Texas with his young son is thwarted in his efforts by a corrupt constable, a long-standing family feud, and a beautiful indentured servant.

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Judge Priest

Judge Priest, a proud Confederate veteran, uses common sense and considerable humanity to dispense justice in a small town in the Post-Bellum Kentucky.

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Many Rivers to Cross

Robert Taylor and Eleanor Parker star as a Kentucky backwoodsman and the woman who will NOT let anything interfere with her plans to marry him in this humorous romantic adventure through the American Frontier of 1798.

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Youngblood Hawke

Arthur Hawke works as a coal truck driver in Kentucky, he in the process trying to protect his widowed mother Sarah Hawke's property rights against his wealthy and cutthroat paternal uncles... See full summary »

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The Story of Seabiscuit

Horse trainer Shawn O'Hara and his lovely niece, Margaret, come to America to escape the memory of an accident involving Margaret's brother, Danny. Working with thoroughbreds in Kentucky, ... See full summary »

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A Romance of Happy Valley

John Logan leaves his parents and sweetheart in bucolic Happy Valley to make his fortune in the city. Those he left behind become miserable and beleaguered in his absence, but after several... See full summary »

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Savannah Sunrise

Efficiency expert Joy Miles has her free-spirited mother-in-law Loraine's move from Louisville to Savannah planned to the minute until one missed flight turns a straightforward road trip into the hilarious journey of a lifetime.

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Next of Kin

Truman, a Chicago cop, sets out to find the killer of his brother. Meanwhile, another of his brothers, Briar (a hillbilly) decides to find the killer himself.

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Something for the Boys

The oddly-assorted Hart cousins: revue singer Blossom, con man Harry, and machinist Chiquita (who gets radio through her teeth!), inherit southern plantation Magnolia Manor, which alas ... See full summary »

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Harmony Lane

The life and loves of composer Stephen Foster, from his early success through his decline, degradation, and death from alcoholism.

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The Great Dan Patch

Story of the legendary trotting horse Dan Patch.

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Roseanna McCoy

The saga of the Hatfield-and-McCoy feud is romanticized in Samuel Goldwyn's Roseanna McCoy. Newcomer Joan Evans stars as the title character, whose elopement with Johnse Hatfield serves to ... See full summary »

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Racing Stripes

An abandoned zebra grows up believing he is a racehorse, and, with the help of his barnyard friends and a teenage girl, sets out to achieve his dream of racing with thoroughbreds.

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Simpatico

After scams at horse races and making lots of money, 3 young people split. 20 years later, one of them, a drunk, creates chaos with photos from back then.

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Glory

A lovesick girl (Margaret O'Brien) and her grandfather (Walter Brennan) groom their filly for the Kentucky Derby.

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