List of films set in the Southern United States

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

The Girl Spy Before Vicksburg, 1911
A Gentleman from Mississippi, 1914
The Birth of a Nation, 1915
The Coward, 1915
Uncle Tom's Cabin, 1918
Almost a Husband, 1919
John Petticoats, 1919

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
" Chiefs (miniseries)
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

The Howards of Virginia, 1940
Virginia City, 1940
Belle Starr, 1941
The Little Foxes, 1941
Sergeant York, 1941
Swamp Water, 1941
Tobacco Road, 1941
The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe, 1942
Reap the Wild Wind, 1942
Tennessee Johnson, 1942
Son of Dracula, 1943
The Adventures of Mark Twain, 1944
Christmas Holiday, 1944
Go Down, Death!, 1944
The Mummy's Curse, 1944
Wilson, 1944
The Bride Wore Boots, 1945
Leave Her to Heaven, 1945
The Jolson Story, 1946
Song of the South, 1946
The Yearling, 1946
Dead Reckoning, 1947
Another Part of the Forest, 1948
Key Largo, 1948
Louisiana Story, 1948
Moonrise, 1948
A Southern Yankee, 1948
All the King's Men, 1949
The Fighting Kentuckian, 1949
Intruder in the Dust, 1949
Pinky, 1949
South of St. Louis, 1949

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 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
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
Sharky's Machine, 1981
Southern Comfort, 1981
Vernon, Florida, 1981
Porky's, 1981
Cat People, 1982
Six Pack, 1982
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
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
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

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
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
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
Jason's Lyric, 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
Heaven's Prisoners, 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 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
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
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
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
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 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
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
Spring Breakers, 2012
12 Years a Slave, 2013
As I Lay Dying, 2013
Beautiful Creatures, 2013
Safe Haven, 2013
Joe, 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
Baby Driver, 2017
Mudbound, 2017
The Beguiled, 2017
Forever My Girl, 2018
Green Book, 2018
The Beach Bum, 2019
Just Mercy, 2019
Harriet, 2019
Where The Crawdads Sing, 2022

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