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
 * 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