Here we've displayed a list of the best Mississippi River films : Steamboat Bill, Jr.(1928), The Cure(1995), Mud(2013), The Adventures of Huck Finn(1993), The Adventures of Tom Sawyer(1938), The Adventures of Mark Twain(1944), Déjà Vu(2006), The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn(1939), Tom Sawyer(1973), The River Rat(1984), The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn(1960), General Spanky(1936) ... ...
Comedy
USA
1928
71 Minutes
Buster Keaton Ernest Torrence Marion Byron Tom Lewis Tom McGuire James T. Mack Joe Keaton
college graduate steamboat captain girlfriend rival first mate haberdasher amusing madcap heartwarming mississippi river boat town haberdashery reunion father/son relationship rivalry boats rivalry transformation love
The effete son of a cantankerous riverboat captain comes to join his father's crew.
Drama
USA
1995
99 Minutes
Joseph Mazzello Brad Renfro Annabella Sciorra Diana Scarwid Bruce Davison Nicky Katt Aeryk Egan Renée Humphrey Delphine French
sick person best friend bigot mother neighbor boy emotional sad moving minnesota mississippi river aids friendship voyage running away hope growing up adventure 1990s
Erik, a loner, finds a friend in Dexter, an eleven-year-old boy with AIDS. They vow to find a cure for AIDS together and save Dexter's life in an eventful summer.
Adventure, Drama
USA
2013
130 Minutes
Matthew McConaughey Tye Sheridan Jacob Lofland Reese Witherspoon Michael Shannon Sarah Paulson Sam Shepard Ray McKinnon Paul Sparks Joe Don Baker Stuart Greer
teenager best friend fugitive bounty hunter girlfriend emotional gutsy thrilling arkansas mississippi river island hideout on the run hiding first crush murder investigation coming of age escape love pursuit
Two young boys encounter a fugitive and form a pact to help him evade the vigilantes that are on his trail and to reunite him with his true love.
Comedy, Kids & Family, Drama
Australia
1993
108 Minutes
Elijah Wood Courtney B. Vance Robbie Coltrane Jason Robards Ron Perlman Dana Ivey Anne Heche James Gammon Paxton Whitehead Tom Aldredge Curtis Armstrong
boy slave father con artist young girl partner engaging suspenseful emotional st. petersburg, miss. mississippi river woods jail raft slavery father/son relationship on the run kidnapping huckleberry finn race relations
Two drag performers and a transgender woman travel across the desert to perform their unique style of cabaret.
Adventure
USA
1938
93 Minutes
Tommy Kelly Jackie Moran Ann Gillis May Robson Walter Brennan Victor Jory Spring Byington Margaret Hamilton
tom sawyer aunt huckleberry finn murderer girl playful amusing st. petersburg, miss. mississippi river cave childhood children vs. adults treasure running away murder growing up adventure 1830s
Tom Sawyer and his pal Huckleberry Finn have great adventures on the Mississippi River, pretending to be pirates, attending their own funeral and witnessing a murder.
Biography
USA
1944
130 Minutes
Fredric March Alexis Smith Donald Crisp Alan Hale C. Aubrey Smith John Carradine Percy Kilbride
publisher wife widow friend writer charming lighthearted hannibal, miss. mississippi river nevada writer's block trapping american civil war celebrities marital problems mark twain growing up rise love 19th century
The dramatized life of immortal humorist Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, from his days as a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi River until his death in 1910 shortly after Halley's Comet returned.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA|UK
2006
128 Minutes
Denzel Washington Val Kilmer Jim Caviezel Paula Patton Adam Goldberg Bruce Greenwood Elle Fanning Matt Craven Patt Noday Mark Phinney Enrique Castillo
fbi agent terrorist love interest police officer murder victim surveillance expert suspenseful tense new orleans ferry shack hospital city mississippi river crime love death terrorism deja vu bomb
After a ferry is bombed in New Orleans, an A.T.F. agent joins a unique investigation using experimental surveillance technology to find the bomber, but soon finds himself becoming obsessed with one of the victims.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1939
88 Minutes
Mickey Rooney Walter Connolly William Frawley Rex Ingram Lynne Carver Jo Ann Sayers Minor Watson Elisabeth Risdon Victor Kilian Clara Blandick
huckleberry finn runaway slave alcoholic friend con artist playful spirited mississippi river the south st. petersburg, miss. friendship running away rafting slavery adolescence growing up adventure escape 1840s
To avoid his abusive father, a rambunctious boy rafts the Mississippi River with a slave, encountering many wild characters.
Kids & Family, Musical
USA
1973
104 Minutes
Johnny Whitaker Celeste Holm Warren Oates Jeff East Jodie Foster Lucille Benson Henry Jones Noah Keen Dub Taylor Richard Eastham Sandy Kenyon
boy huckleberry finn girl aunt judge lighthearted spirited heartwarming small town mississippi mississippi river raft friendship childhood small-town life tom sawyer adventure discovery 1870s
Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn investigate a suspicious graveyard murder and more in this musical version of Mark Twain's novel.
Adventure
USA
1984
94 Minutes
Tommy Lee Jones Martha Plimpton Brian Dennehy Nancy Lea Owen Shawn Smith Norman Bennett Tony Frank Angie Bolling Roger Copeland Tommy Burlison Tamara Hartley
ex-convict daughter psychiatrist sheriff young boy innocent man suspenseful emotional spirited mississippi river memphis, tenn. boat cemetery wrongful conviction blackmail robbery father/daughter relationship teamwork boats love
After serving time for a theft he didn't commit, all Billy wants to do is to reconnect with his daughter. However, some loose ends, like the whereabouts of the stolen loot, just won't let him go.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1960
107 Minutes
Tony Randall Eddie Hodges Archie Moore Patty McCormack Neville Brand Mickey Shaughnessy Josephine Hutchinson
huckleberry finn slave runaway alcoholic con artist charming playful st. petersburg, miss. raft mississippi river friendship running away slavery rafting growing up adventure escape 1840s
Mark Twain's 1851 story about two runaway friends, a fostered white boy and an escaped black slave, who sailed on a raft down the Mississippi River in search of freedom and adventure.
Comedy
USA
1936
73 Minutes
George "Spanky" McFarland Phillips Holmes Ralph Morgan Irving Pichel Rosina Lawrence William "Buckwheat' Thomas Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer Hobart Bosworth Robert Middlemass Jimmy Burtis
child soldier gambler runaway slave shoeshine boy amusing playful spirited mississippi river riverboat house american south american civil war children during wartime childhood friends orphans on the run imagination adventure
A small boy is instrumental in a famous Civil War victory.
Musical
USA
1929
147 Minutes
Laura La Plante Joseph Schildkraut Emily Fitzroy Otis Harlan Elise Bartlett Alma Rubens Jack McDonald Jane La Verne Neely Edwards Theodore Lorch Stepin Fetchit
wife captain singer gambler daughter melodramatic passionate steamboat mississippi river chicago singing gambling marriage family feud running away rivalry temptation sacrifice forbidden love 1890s
A mostly silent version of Edna Ferber's original novel, with some songs from the musical as a last-minute addition
Kids & Family, Adventure
Germany
2012
105 Minutes
Leon Seidel Louis Hofmann Jacky Ido August Diehl Henry Hübchen Milan Peschel Andreas Schmidt Michael Gwisdek Kurt Krömer Peter Lohmeyer Rosalie Thomass
boy slave father heartwarming mississippi river raft adventure journey life growing up
Tom Sawyer and his pal Huckleberry Finn have great adventures on the Mississippi River, pretending to be pirates, attending their own funeral and witnessing a murder.
Musical
USA
1966
87 Minutes
Elvis Presley Donna Douglas Harry Morgan Sue Ane Langdon Nancy Kovack Audrey Christie Robert Strauss Anthony Eisley Jerome Cowan
performer girlfriend casino owner musician lover rival amusing madcap spirited riverboat mississippi river new orleans casino jealousy gambling performance mistaken identity luck music love
A riverboat singer with a weakness for gambling wants to find his lucky red head, but his girlfriend Frankie is not amused.
Musical
USA
1974
118 Minutes
Jeff East Paul Winfield Harvey Korman David Wayne Arthur O'Connell Gary Merrill
young boy slave father preacher runaway teacher amusing madcap heartwarming family home raft mississippi river island riverboat missouri running away friendship race relations huckleberry finn father/son relationship
In the 1840s Missouri, young boy Huckleberry Finn, wanting to escape his drunkard violent father, joins black runaway slave Jim on a quest for freedom down the Mississippi River on a raft.
Kids & Family, Musical, Animation
2000
89 Minutes
Hynden Walch Alecia Elliott
cat fox bear dog toad huckleberry finn charming winsome suspenseful amusing missouri mississippi river cave church jail tom sawyer running away friendship treasure coming of age
Tom Sawyer and his pals Huck and Becky come to the aid of an innocent friend accused of a terrible crime.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
2011
90 Minutes
Kristy Swanson D.B. Sweeney Robert Davi Richard Tanne Jeff Chase Jason Rogel Sophie Sinise Wade Boggs
killer animal creature young man smuggler lawman gory thrilling frightening swamp mississippi river small town forest river boat smuggling deal weekend greed murderous rampage
When a smuggling deal goes wrong, a huge shark escapes into a backwoods river. After a local man is found eaten, a woman's pet alligators get the blame, and when she figures out a shark is to blame, she sets out to hunt it down.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
2011
90 Minutes
Gabrielle Anwar Colin Egglesfield Shirley Jones Pancho Demmings Andrew W. Walker Judy Tylor Jennifer Taylor Drew James
violinist musician celebrity serial killer murderer murder victim thrilling suspenseful bleak shocking intense mississippi river town serial murders murder investigation danger fear adventure escape
Violinist Caroline Waverly (Gabrielle Anwar) returns to her hometown to retreat from the world, and has no idea she is a prime target for a serial killer stalking the streets.