List of films set in the Southern United States

Last updated August 08, 2025

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

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

1920s

The Copperhead , 1920
Huckleberry Finn , 1920
Tol'able David , 1921
Our Hospitality , 1923
The White Rose , 1923
America , 1924
The General , 1926
Court Martial , 1928
Hallelujah , 1929
Show Boat , 1929
Chiefs (miniseries)

1930s

Abraham Lincoln , 1930
Tol'able David , 1930
Huckleberry Finn , 1931
Secret Service , 1931
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang , 1932
The Cabin in the Cotton , 1932
The Wet Parade , 1932
The Story of Temple Drake , 1933
Bed of Roses , 1933
Belle of the Nineties , 1934
It Happened One Night , 1934
Judge Priest , 1934
Operator 13 , 1934
The World Moves On , 1934
The Little Colonel , 1935
The Littlest Rebel , 1935
Naughty Marietta , 1935
So Red the Rose , 1935
Steamboat Round the Bend , 1935
General Spanky , 1936
The Green Pastures , 1936
Hearts in Bondage , 1936
The Prisoner of Shark Island , 1936
Show Boat , 1936
They Won't Forget , 1937
The Buccaneer , 1938
The Cowboy and the Lady , 1938
Jezebel , 1938
Kentucky , 1938
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn , 1939
The Cat and the Canary , 1939
Gone with the Wind , 1939
Man of Conquest , 1939
Zenobia , 1939

1940s

1950s

The Glass Menagerie , 1950
Panic in the Streets , 1950
Adventures of Captain Fabian , 1951
Drums in the Deep South , 1951
I'd Climb the Highest Mountain , 1951
Show Boat , 1951
A Streetcar Named Desire , 1951
Lure of the Wilderness , 1952
The Member of the Wedding , 1952
Ruby Gentry , 1952
Stars and Stripes Forever , 1952
The Story of Will Rogers , 1952
Bright Road , 1953
Captain John Smith and Pocahontas , 1953
The Mississippi Gambler , 1953
The President's Lady , 1953
Seminole , 1953
The Sun Shines Bright , 1953
Carmen Jones , 1954
The Night of the Hunter , 1955
The Phenix City Story , 1955
Prince of Players , 1955
Queen Bee , 1955
Baby Doll , 1956
Giant , 1956
The Great Locomotive Chase , 1956
The Kettles in the Ozarks , 1956
The Searchers , 1956
April Love , 1957
Band of Angels , 1957
Drango , 1957
A Face in the Crowd , 1957
Old Yeller , 1957
Tammy and the Bachelor , 1957
The Three Faces of Eve , 1957
The Buccaneer , 1958
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof , 1958
The Defiant Ones , 1958
God's Little Acre , 1958
King Creole , 1958
The Long, Hot Summer , 1958
No Time for Sergeants , 1958
Thunder Road , 1958
Wind Across the Everglades , 1958
The Alligator People , 1959
Attack of the Giant Leeches , 1959
A Hole in the Head , 1959
The Horse Soldiers , 1959
John Paul Jones , 1959
Porgy and Bess , 1959
The Sound and the Fury , 1959
Suddenly, Last Summer , 1959

1960s

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn , 1960
"Chiefs (miniseries)
The Alamo , 1960
The Fugitive Kind , 1960
Inherit the Wind , 1960
The Jailbreakers , 1960
Where the Boys Are , 1960
Wild River , 1960
Angel Baby , 1961
Claudelle Inglish , 1961
The Dead One , 1961
Sanctuary , 1961
Summer and Smoke , 1961
Tammy Tell Me True , 1961
Wild in the Country , 1961
Airborne , 1962
Cape Fear , 1962
Follow That Dream , 1962
The Intruder , 1962
The Miracle Worker , 1962
Period of Adjustment , 1962
The Streets of Greenwood, 1962
Sweet Bird of Youth , 1962
To Kill a Mockingbird , 1962
Walk on the Wild Side , 1962
Flipper , 1963
Gone Are the Days! , 1963
Soldier in the Rain , 1963
Blood Feast , 1963
Toys in the Attic , 1963
Black Like Me , 1964
Flipper's New Adventure , 1964
Goldfinger , 1964
Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte , 1964
Kissin' Cousins , 1964
Two Thousand Maniacs! , 1964
The Cincinnati Kid , 1965
Shenandoah , 1965
The Black Klansman , 1966
Birds Do It , 1966
The Chase , 1966
Frankie and Johnny , 1966
This Property Is Condemned , 1966
Clambake , 1967
The Gruesome Twosome , 1967
Cool Hand Luke , 1967
The Flim-Flam Man , 1967
Hotel , 1967
Bonnie and Clyde , 1967
Hurry Sundown , 1967
In the Heat of the Night , 1967
Reflections in a Golden Eye , 1967
Finian's Rainbow , 1968
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter , 1968
The Devil's 8 , 1969
The Wild Bunch , 1969
Easy Rider , 1969
The Reivers , 1969
True Grit , 1969

1970s

I Walk the Line , 1970
Last of the Mobile Hot Shots , 1970
The Liberation of L.B. Jones , 1970
The Moonshine War , 1970
Brewster McCloud , 1970
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came , 1970
...tick...tick...tick... , 1970
WUSA , 1970
The Beguiled , 1971
Fantasia Among the Squares , 1971
The Last Picture Show , 1971
Swamp Girl , 1971
The Tender Warrior , 1971
Goodbye Uncle Tom , 1971
Boxcar Bertha , 1972
The Getaway , 1972
Deliverance , 1972
Fear Is the Key , 1972
Frogs , 1972
The Legend of Boggy Creek , 1972
No Drums, No Bugles , 1972
Sounder , 1972
Tomorrow , 1972
Welcome Home Soldier Boys , 1972
The Last American Hero , 1973
Steel Arena , 1973
Live and Let Die , 1973
Walking Tall , 1973
White Lightning , 1973
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman , 1974
Axe , 1974
Buster and Billie , 1974
Conrack , 1974
'Gator Bait , 1974
The Klansman , 1974
The Longest Yard , 1974
Macon County Line , 1974
The Sugarland Express , 1974
Thieves Like Us , 1974
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre , 1974
Where the Lilies Bloom , 1974
Where the Red Fern Grows , 1974
The Drowning Pool , 1975
Hard Times , 1975
Moonrunners , 1975
Nashville , 1975
Night Moves , 1975
Return to Macon County , 1975
Walking Tall Part 2 , 1975
W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings , 1975
Fighting Mad , 1976
Gator , 1976
Ode to Billy Joe , 1976
The Outlaw Josey Wales , 1976
The Savage Bees , 1976
Harlan County, USA , 1976
The Town That Dreaded Sundown , 1976
Squirm , 1976
Stay Hungry , 1976
Eaten Alive , 1977
Rolling Thunder , 1977
Crime Busters , 1977
The Rescuers , 1977
Return to Boggy Creek , 1977
Scalpel , 1977
September 30, 1955 , 1977
Smokey and the Bandit , 1977
Walking Tall: Final Chapter , 1977
Casey's Shadow , 1978
The Great Bank Hoax , 1978
Odds and Evens , 1978
Pretty Baby , 1978
Summer of My German Soldier , 1978
Gal YoungUn , 1979
The Great Santini , 1979
Norma Rae , 1979
The Sheriff and the Satellite Kid , 1979
Wise Blood , 1979

1980s

Brubaker , 1980
Urban Cowboy , 1980
Smokey and the Bandit II , 1980
Coal Miner's Daughter , 1980
Body Heat , 1981
Honky Tonk Freeway , 1981
The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia , 1981
Raggedy Man , 1981
Sharky's Machine , 1981
Southern Comfort , 1981
Vernon, Florida , 1981
Porky's , 1981
Cat People , 1982
Six Pack , 1982
The Big Chill , 1983
Cross Creek , 1983
Go for It , 1983
The Lords of Discipline , 1983
The Outsiders , 1983
Scarface , 1983
Stroker Ace , 1983
Tender Mercies , 1983
Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 , 1983
Rumble Fish , 1983
Porky's II: The Next Day , 1983
A Flash of Green , 1984
Paris, Texas , 1984
Places in the Heart , 1984
A Soldier's Story , 1984
Tank , 1984
Cocoon , 1985
Porky's Revenge , 1985
Private Resort , 1985
Miami Supercops , 1985
The Color Purple , 1985
Belizaire the Cajun , 1986
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
Miami Connection , 1987
Bull Durham , 1988
Biloxi Blues , 1988
Mississippi Burning , 1988
School Daze , 1988
Track 29 , 1988
Chattahoochee , 1989
Driving Miss Daisy , 1989
Fletch Lives , 1989
Miss Firecracker , 1989
Mystery Train , 1989
Steel Magnolias , 1989
Shag , 1989
Heart of Dixie , 1989
Tennessee Waltz , 1989

1990s

Decoration Day , 1990
Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III , 1990
The Long Walk Home , 1990
Wild at Heart , 1990
Texasville , 1990
Cry-Baby , 1990
Cape Fear , 1991
Daughters of the Dust , 1991
Doc Hollywood , 1991
Fried Green Tomatoes , 1991
JFK , 1991
The Man in the Moon , 1991
Mississippi Masala , 1991
My Girl , 1991
Paradise , 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
Dazed and Confused , 1993
Hard Target , 1993
Morning Glory , 1993
The Pelican Brief , 1993
Rich In Love , 1993
Ruby in Paradise , 1993
Sommersby , 1993
The Thing Called Love , 1993
Undercover Blues , 1993
The Client , 1994
Forrest Gump , 1994
Interview with the Vampire , 1994
Jason's Lyric , 1994
Nell , 1994
River of Grass , 1994
The War , 1994
The Yearling , 1994
Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh , 1995
The Grass Harp , 1995
The Journey of August King , 1995
Just Cause , 1995
Something to Talk About , 1995
Albino Alligator , 1996
The Delta , 1996
Ghosts of Mississippi , 1996
Heaven's Prisoners , 1996
Last Dance , 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
Hope Floats , 1998
Shadrach , 1998
The Truman Show , 1998
The Waterboy , 1998
Wild Things , 1998
Cookie's Fortune , 1999
Crazy in Alabama , 1999
The Green Mile , 1999
The Hunley , 1999
Life , 1999
October Sky , 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
Remember the Titans , 2000
The Patriot , 2000
Where the Heart Is , 2000
The Accountant , 2001
A Walk to Remember , 2001
Children on Their Birthdays , 2002
Daddy and Them , 2001
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood , 2002
Drumline , 2002
Monster's Ball , 2002
The Rosa Parks Story , 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
Out of Time , 2003
Radio , 2003
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre , 2003
The Alamo , 2004
Chrystal , 2004
Friday Night Lights , 2004
The Ladykillers , 2004
A Love Song for Bobby Long , 2004
Miracle Run , 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
The Devil's Rejects , 2005
Hustle & Flow , 2005
Junebug , 2005
Loggerheads , 2005
The Skeleton Key , 2005
All the King's Men , 2006
Death Proof , 2006
ATL , 2006
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan , 2006
Déjà Vu, 2006
Hatchet , 2006
Facing the Giants , 2006
Glory Road , 2006
The Hawk Is Dying , 2006
Miami Vice , 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
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
Alabama Moon , 2009
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans , 2009
The Blind Side , 2009
Brüno , 2009
Crazy Heart , 2009
Trash Humpers , 2009
In the Electric Mist , 2009
Little Chenier , 2009
Mississippi Damned , 2009
The New Daughter , 2009
The Princess and the Frog , 2009

2010s

Country Strong , 2010
Dear John , 2010
Dirty Girl , 2010
The Last Song , 2010
Main Street , 2010
Tucker & Dale vs. Evil , 2010
Winter's Bone , 2010
The Conspirator , 2011
Dolphin Tale , 2011
Drive Angry , 2011
Footloose , 2011
The Help , 2011
Joyful Noise , 2011
Straw Dogs , 2011
The Tree of Life , 2011
Killer Joe , 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
Spring Breakers , 2012
12 Years a Slave , 2013
As I Lay Dying , 2013
Beautiful Creatures , 2013
Safe Haven , 2013
Joe , 2013
Dallas Buyers Club , 2013
The Best of Me , 2014
Selma , 2014
The Longest Ride , 2015
Free State of Jones , 2016
The Choice , 2016
Masterminds , 2016
Midnight Special , 2016
Moonlight , 2016
Sophie and the Rising Sun , 2016
Baby Driver , 2017
Mudbound , 2017
The Beguiled , 2017
Forever My Girl , 2018
Green Book , 2018
The Beach Bum , 2019
Just Mercy , 2019
Harriet , 2019

2020s

References

Langman, Larry and David Ebner (2001) Hollywood's Image of the South: A Century of Southern Films. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. ISBN 0-313-31886-7

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