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87
8.0
/106596/
77
/2205/
78
/1764/
4.3
/223739/
93
/87/
90
/1894/
97
/21/

The Night of the Hunter (1955)
In Depression-era West Virginia, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.
poster
Netflix
86
8.1
/780667/
80
/18827/
79
/11771/
4.2
/667050/
95
/376/
90
/6137/
96
/57/
cc age 15+

12 Years a Slave (2013)
In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty as well as unexpected kindnesses Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity. In the twelfth year of his unforgettable odyssey, Solomon’s chance meeting with a Canadian abolitionist will forever alter his life.
poster
Netflix
83
7.4
/57096/
75
/2442/
73
/1282/
3.8
/55876/
97
/202/
85
/314/
85
/44/
cc age 15+

Mudbound (2017)
In the post–World War II South, two families are pitted against a barbaric social hierarchy and an unrelenting landscape as they simultaneously fight the battle at home and the battle abroad.
poster
Criterion Channel
82
7.4
/159742/
73
/5723/
73
/3701/
4.2
/598559/
91
/359/
71
/915/
90
/51/
cc age 15+

Phantom Thread (2017)
In 1950s London, a renowned dressmaker's meticulous lifestyle begins drastically changing as his relationship with his young muse intensifies.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
82
7.8
/801588/
78
/48459/
76
/18475/
4.1
/4011545/
98
/403/
86
/6260/
85
/48/
cc age 15+

Get Out (2017)
Chris and his girlfriend Rose go upstate to visit her parents for the weekend. At first, Chris reads the family's overly accommodating behavior as nervous attempts to deal with their daughter's interracial relationship, but as the weekend progresses, a series of increasingly disturbing discoveries lead him to a truth that he never could have imagined.
poster
MGM Plus
82
7.9
/90122/
77
/1739/
76
/1191/
4.0
/85193/
96
/91/
92
/1187/
76
/15/
cc age 15+

In the Heat of the Night (1967)
African-American Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs is arrested on suspicion of murder by Bill Gillespie, the racist police chief of tiny Sparta, Mississippi. After Tibbs proves not only his own innocence but that of another man, he joins forces with Gillespie to track down the real killer. Their investigation takes them through every social level of the town, with Tibbs making enemies as well as unlikely friends as he hunts for the truth.
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Kanopy
79
7.5
/2375/
73
/112/
68
/65/
3.8
/5962/
100
/62/
70
/21/
86
/14/

Dawson City: Frozen Time (2017)
The true history of a collection of some 500 films dating from 1910s to 1920s, which were lost for over 50 years until being discovered buried in a sub-arctic swimming pool deep in the Yukon Territory, in Dawson City, located about 350 miles south of the Arctic Circle.
poster
Kanopy
79
7.8
/4518/
80
/223/
72
/70/
3.7
/3204/
96
/85/
89
/116/
75
/23/

Muscle Shoals (2013)
In a tiny Alabama town with the curious name of Muscle Shoals, something miraculous sprang from the mud of the Tennessee River. A group of unassuming, yet incredibly talented, locals came together and spawned some of the greatest music of all time: “Mustang Sally,” “I Never Loved a Man,” “Wild Horses,” and many more. During the most incendiary periods of racial hostility, white folks and black folks came together to create music that would last for generations and gave birth to the incomparable “Muscle Shoals sound.”
poster
78
7.1
/11928/
69
/297/
69
/204/
3.7
/11923/
88
/51/
80
/440/
76
/15/

Shotgun Stories (2007)
Shotgun Stories tracks a feud that erupts between two sets of half brothers following the death of their father. Set against the cotton fields and back roads of Southeast Arkansas, these brothers discover the lengths to which each will go to protect their family.
poster
76
7.8
/32358/
75
/552/
74
/232/
3.5
/14431/
74
/19/
89
/52/

Pad Man (2018)
Upon realizing the extent to which women are affected by their menses, a man sets out to create a sanitary pad machine and to provide inexpensive sanitary pads to the women of rural India.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
81
75
7.9
/14013/
74
/163/
75
/185/
3.8
/10000/
100
/16/
87
/174/

The Little Foxes (1941)
In 1900, a clan attempts to strike a deal with a Chicago industrialist to get him to build cotton mills in their Deep South town.
poster
The Roku Channel
75
7.4
/15190/
73
/305/
71
/182/
3.5
/7477/
89
/38/
83
/243/
70
/12/
cc age 13+

Places in the Heart (1984)
In 1935 rural Texas, recently widowed Edna Spaulding struggles to survive with two small children, a farm to run, and very little money in the bank - not to mention a deadly tornado and the unwelcome presence of the Ku Klux Klan. Edna is aided by her beautician sister, Margaret; a blind boarder, Mr. Will; and a would-be thief, Moze, who decides to teach Edna how to plant and harvest cotton.
poster
75
69
7.3
/8852/
67
/140/
70
/135/
3.6
/6968/
83
/23/
80
/176/
83
/11/

Baby Doll (1956)
Archie Lee Meighan is a failing cotton gin owner who is married to Baby Doll, a 19-year old childlike beauty whose father arranged the marriage for financial reasons. As Archie awaits the arrival of Baby Doll's 20th birthday, the day that they are supposed to consummate their marriage, he faces interference from business rival Silva Vacarro, who plots to seduce Baby Doll away from Meighan.
poster
68
7.2
/963/
69
/21/
61
/7/
3.6
/880/
50

Leadbelly (1976)
The life of Blues and folk singer Huddie Leadbetter, nicknamed Leadbelly is recounted. Covering the good times and bad from his 20s to 40s. Much of that time was spent on chain gangs in the south. Even in prison he became well known for the songs he had composed and sung during and before the time he spent there.
poster
fuboTV
67
6.7
/2267/
65
/52/
59
/41/
3.4
/752/
69
/86/
58
/185/
68
/27/

Honeydripper (2007)
In 1950s Alabama, the owner of the Honeydripper juke joint finds his business dropping off and against his better judgment, hires a young electric guitarist in a last ditch effort to draw crowds during harvest time.
poster
66
6.6
/3534/
64
/55/
63
/51/
3.2
/1050/
83
/6/
47
/30/
66
/9/

The Reivers (1969)
In turn-of-the-century Mississippi, an 11-year-old boy comes of age as two mischievous adult friends talk him into sneaking the family car out for a trip to Memphis and a series of adventures.
poster
66
6.6
/22590/
74
/1951/
65
/560/
3.1
/14267/
72
/269/
71
/622/
69
/50/
cc age 17+

The Birth of a Nation (2016)
Nat Turner, a former slave in America, leads a liberation movement in 1831 to free African-Americans in Virginia that results in a violent retaliation from whites.
poster
Kanopy
74
65
6.9
/4198/
67
/96/
67
/90/
3.5
/4326/
100
/10/
75
/42/

T-Men (1947)
Two U.S. Treasury ("T-men") agents go undercover in Detroit, and then Los Angeles, in an attempt to break a U.S. currency counterfeiting ring.
poster
MUBI
65
7.2
/26294/
67
/411/
68
/382/
3.5
/18811/
50
/104/
74
/550/
46
/29/

Manderlay (2005)
In 1933, a young woman and her father discover an Alabama plantation whose inhabitants live as if slavery had never been abolished. Feeling a sense of duty to those behind the heavy gates, she stays to liberate the people and see them through their first harvest. With four of her father's colleagues and a lawyer, she faces the daunting task of resurrecting the place known as Manderlay.
poster
63
6.7
/12995/
68
/252/
62
/149/
3.9
/25191/
53
/107/
74
/623/
56
/39/
cc age 16+

Bamboozled (2000)
Frustrated when network brass reject his sitcom idea, producer Pierre Delacroix pitches the worst idea he can think of in an attempt to get fired: a 21st century minstrel show. The network not only airs it, but it becomes a smash hit.
poster
70
62
7.0
/5447/
66
/112/
68
/119/
3.4
/4775/
79
/19/
71
/52/

The Devil-Doll (1936)
Wrongfully convicted of a robbery and murder, Paul Lavond breaks out of prison with a genius scientist who has devised a way to shrink humans. When the scientist dies during the escape, Lavond heads for his lab, using the shrinking technology to get even with those who framed him and vindicate himself in both the public eye and the eyes of his daughter, Lorraine. When an accident leaves a crazed assistant dead, however, Lavond must again make an escape.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
75
60
7.1
/4246/
73
/76/
65
/63/
3.6
/3548/
92
/13/
80
/22/

The Southerner (1945)
Sam Tucker, a cotton picker, in search of a better future for his family, decides to grow his own cotton crop. In the first year, the Tuckers battle disease, a flood, and a jealous neighbor. Can they make it as farmers?
poster
AMC+ Amazon Channel
63
59
6.4
/5340/
62
/195/
56
/80/
3.3
/2769/
79
/62/
56
/460/
62
/21/

C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America (2005)
Through the eyes of a British "documentary", this film takes a satirically humorous, and sometimes frightening, look at the history of an America where the South won the Civil War.
poster
75
58
7.1
/3562/
78
/46/
66
/34/
3.4
/1272/
89
/9/
79
/46/

The Stratton Story (1949)
Star major league pitcher Monty Stratton loses a leg in a hunting accident, but becomes determined to leave the game on his own terms.
poster
Criterion Channel
79
55
8.0
/2786/
71
/21/
82
/38/
4.1
/5133/

The Land (1970)
Set in 1933, the mayor informs the peasants that the share of irrigation of their land will be split equally between them and feudal lord Mahmoud Bey. The peasants send Mohamed Effendi to submit a petition to the government. Mahmoud Bey then proposes a project that would require taking part of the peasants' lands.
poster
55
6.4
/896/
71
/13/
61
/17/
45
/11/
42
/6/

The Stars Fell on Henrietta (1995)
The setting is early America during the oil boom. An elderly, down on his luck 'oil man', Mr. Cox finds himself in the town of Henrietta. Using unconventional methods, he convinces himself and local Don Day that there is oil on Day's land. The financially strapped Day puts everything into finding oil...but at what cost?
poster
65
54
6.5
/3128/
66
/117/
61
/61/
3.4
/5542/
66
/67/

Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970)
Harlem's African-American population is being ripped off by the Rev. Deke O'Malley, who dishonestly claims that small donations will secure parcels of land in Africa. When New York City police officers Gravedigger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson look into O'Malley's scam, they learn that the cash is being smuggled inside a bale of cotton. However, the police, O'Malley, and lots of others find themselves scrambling when the money goes missing.
poster
Kanopy
52
6.0
/44585/
59
/1060/
56
/882/
2.9
/30415/
47
/152/
34
/523/
56
/32/
cc age 17+

On the Road (2012)
Sal Paradise is a young writer whose life is shaken and ultimately redefined by the arrival of Dean Moriarty, a free-spirited, fearless, fast talking Westerner and his girl, Marylou. Traveling cross-country, Sal and Dean venture out on a personal quest for freedom from the conformity and conservatism engulfing them in search of the unknown, themselves, and the pursuit of “it” -- the pure essence of experience.
poster
JustWatch TV
67
50
6.7
/2194/
62
/47/
67
/36/
3.3
/2202/
86
/14/
57
/30/

Hallelujah (1929)
A black laborer turns preacher after accidentally killing a man.
poster
MGM Plus
57
47
6.2
/4536/
65
/80/
56
/56/
2.8
/1718/
56
/9/
50
/38/

Santa Fe Trail (1940)
As a penalty for fighting fellow classmates days before graduating from West Point, J.E.B. Stuart, George Armstrong Custer and four friends are assigned to the 2nd Cavalry, stationed at Fort Leavenworth. While there they aid in the capture and execution of the abolitionist, John Brown following the Battle of Harper's Ferry.
poster
62
45
6.4
/3038/
65
/129/
55
/43/
3.2
/1439/

Comrade Drakulich (2019)
Vampires are among us! But no need to worry: the Hungarian Secret Police are after them, and beyond the usual spy gadgets, they even use garlic to repel the beasts.
poster
72
39
7.6
/1607/
72
/32/
72
/39/
3.5
/1136/

Men in Black (1934)
The stooges are three doctors who graduated medical school by being in it for too many years. They come across such problems as an overly chirpy nurse, a mental patient, and a combination to a safe swallowed by the hospital superintendent in the course of their attempt to get through the day.
poster
75
38
8.0
/1874/
79
/53/
74
/53/
3.6
/573/

The World According to Monsanto (2008)
Monsanto is the world leader in genetically modified organisms (GMOs), as well as one of the most controversial corporations in industrial history. This century-old empire has created some of the most toxic products ever sold, including polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and the herbicide Agent Orange. Based on a painstaking investigation, The World According to Monsanto puts together the pieces of the company’s history, calling on hitherto unpublished documents and numerous first-hand accounts.
poster
Fandango at Home Free
45
38
4.8
/4705/
52
/130/
50
/129/
2.7
/4665/
24
/64/

The Dentist 2 (1998)
Dr. Feinstone escapes from the mental hospital where he has been held ever since his wife's adultery sent him on a deranged killing spree. Hoping to resume a normal life, he makes his way to a quiet Midwestern town and establishes himself in a new practice under an assumed name. Things are starting to look up for Dr. 'Caine' – that is, until the day he catches his new love in the arms of someone else. As before, the impact of romantic betrayal sends him over the edge into madness and murder, with his unfortunate patients once again bearing the brunt of his hostility.
poster
71
36
7.9
/1375/
68
/16/
68
/46/
3.6
/1014/

Old Rockin' Chair Tom (1948)
Mammy Two-Shoes replaces Tom with a younger cat who is a lightning-quick mouser. Tom and Jerry form an alliance in order to get rid of this dangerous newcomer.
poster
61
36
6.5
/2053/
63
/60/
66
/70/
3.3
/2116/
45
/2/

Goodbye Uncle Tom (1971)
Two documentary filmmakers go back in time to the pre-Civil War American South, to film the slave trade.
poster
Hoopla
69
35
6.9
/2195/
64
/24/
60
/23/
3.5
/877/
78
/9/
75
/4/

The Dress (1996)
The story of a summer dress and those who have to do with it, especially the train conductor (played by van Warmerdam, the director). The dress functions as catalyst for the whimsical events, which turns out to be either tragic or hilarious.
poster
61
33
6.6
/1745/
56
/23/
60
/33/
3.5
/547/
58
/1805/

Between Heaven and Hell (1956)
Sam Gifford remembers : In prewar years he was an arrogant southern cotton plantation owner, married to the daughter of a colonel. At the beginning of the war he was mobilized with his National Guard unit as a sergeant. Came the day when, revolted by the cowardice of his lieutenant, who had fired at his own men, he hit him. Downgraded, he was sent to a disciplinary battalion. Sam now discovers his new detachment, his new commanding officer, just another cowardly brute, Captain Waco Grimes. While in combat, Sam will gradually become closer to the privates, working-class people he used to despise. He will become another man, a better man.
poster
YouTube TV
56
30
6.1
/1133/
62
/13/
51
/15/
3.3
/728/
67
/6/
23
/4/
66
/8/

A Lion Is in the Streets (1953)
A charismatic peddler from the Bayous finds his true calling in politics. Is he a demagogue in the making?
poster
64
27
6.6
/1994/
65
/9/
63
/20/
3.1
/801/
67
/15/

The Cabin in the Cotton (1932)
Sharecropper's son Marvin tries to help his community overcome poverty and ignorance.
poster
The Roku Channel
64
27
6.5
/1262/
63
/23/
70
/21/
3.0
/460/
62
/28/

A Painted House (2003)
A young boy, his family, and the migrant workers they hire to work their cotton farm struggle against difficult odds to raise and sell the crop. Meanwhile, the boy dreams of living in better conditions. However, with this particularly tough farming season, the boy learns that his challenges guide him in discovering who he really is.
poster
Kanopy
66
18
7.2
/491/
62
/9/
58
/20/
3.7
/595/

The Steel Road (1929)
Bold and exhilarating documentary account of the building of the Turkestan-Siberian railway, presented as a heroic triumph of Soviet progress over natural adversity.
poster
55
16
6.2
/745/
60
/5/
58
/12/
3.1
/334/
36
/182/

Kentucky (1938)
Young lovers Jack and Sally are from families that compete to send horses to the 1938 Kentucky Derby, but during the Civil War, her family sided with the South while his sided with the North--and her Uncle Peter will have nothing to do with Jack's family.
poster
Hoopla
53
16
6.4
/712/
55
/15/
57
/24/
3.1
/659/
29
/1/

The River (1938)
This short Depression-era documentary describes the importance of the Mississippi River to the United States and laments the environmental destruction committed in the name of progress, particularly farming and timber practices and their impact on impoverished farmers.
poster
63
13
6.5
/310/
58
/16/
65
/19/
3.3
/262/

The Litterbug (1961)
Donald and his nephews are litterbugs: they drop garbage everywhere they go - even when they are out for a drive in Donald's car - until they are stopped by a policeman who makes them pick up everything they have dropped.
poster
52
12
6.0
/530/
53
/3/
56
/15/
3.2
/518/
30
/6/

The World Moves On (1934)
Two families, cotton merchants in England and America, with branches in France and Prussia swear to stand by each other in a belief that a great business firmly established in four countries will be able to withstand even such another calamity as the Napoleonic Wars from which Europe is slowly recovering. Then many years later, along comes World War One and the years that follow, to test the businesses.
poster
60
10
6.0
/682/
59
/14/
57
/13/
3.3
/209/
59
/4/

London Kills Me (1991)
For want of a nail a shoe was lost, for want of a shoe... a young man's life is almost lost, which is exactly what this film is all about: a man barely twenty who wants desperately to pull out of London's drug world by taking a job as a waiter in a 'normal' restaurant. But to do this he must come up with a "sensible" pair of shoes, an item that his homeless meanderings hasn't provided him.
poster
51
9
4.9
/236/
48
/5/
51
/11/
3.0
/454/

Red Krokodil (2014)
A man, heavily addicted to Krokodil (a powerful synthetic drug with devastating effects), suddenly finds himself alone in a post-nuclear city, which in appearance is very similar to Chernobyl. Reality and hallucinations begin to mix as the physical decay of man proceeds hand in hand with the internal one.


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