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Tennessee, with its rich landscapes and vibrant culture, sets the stage for some of the most memorable cinematic experiences. From the smoky allure of mountain towns to the rhythmic streets of Memphis and Nashville, movies set in this state offer a unique blend of heartfelt drama, stirring music, and compelling narratives that resonate with audiences everywhere.
These films not only showcase Tennessee's scenic beauty and diverse locales but also delve into stories that mirror the state’s historical significance and cultural richness. They provide viewers a taste of Southern life through various genres ranging from biographical films to romantic dramas. As you explore this list of top movies set in Tennessee, feel free to vote on your favorites to help determine which titles truly capture the essence of The Volunteer State.
- 1After Tennessee teen Novalee Nation (Natalie Portman) is left literally barefoot and pregnant in a Wal-Mart parking lot by her no-good boyfriend, Willy Jack Pickens (Dylan Bruno), she manages to live within the mammoth megastore until her baby's abrupt arrival makes her a media darling. After this, Good Samaritan nurse Lexie (Ashley Judd) takes in Novalee and her newborn daughter. Before long, Lexie and Novalee form a life-changing bond of friendship and sisterhood.
- Released: 2000
- Directed by: Matt Williams
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- 2Michael Oher (Quinton Aaron), a homeless black teen, has drifted in and out of the school system for years. Then Leigh Anne Tuohy (Sandra Bullock) and her husband, Sean (Tim McGraw), take him in. The Tuohys eventually become Michael's legal guardians, transforming both his life and theirs. Michael's tremendous size and protective instincts make him a formidable force on the gridiron, and with help from his new family and devoted tutor, he realizes his potential as a student and football player.
- Released: 2009
- Directed by: John Lee Hancock
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- 3A young lawyer joins a small but prestigious law firm only to find out that most of their clients are on the wrong side of the law. The company is helping to launder mob money, get clients off charges and even murder partners who threaten to blow their cover, but when the FBI come calling to gather evidence on the lawyer's colleagues, he is caught between a rock and a hard place, juggling his life and his liberty.
- Released: 1993
- Directed by: Sydney Pollack
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- 4In The Client, an 11-year-old Mark Sway (Brad Renfro) becomes the sole witness to a mob lawyer's suicide - a death that reveals the whereabouts of a murdered senator's body. Mark finds himself under the protection of Reggie Love (Susan Sarandon), a dedicated attorney with a soft spot for lost causes. As they navigate through treacherous legal waters, the duo must outwit both Barry Muldano (Anthony LaPaglia), a dangerous mafia hitman, and Roy Foltrigg (Tommy Lee Jones), an ambitious federal prosecutor. This riveting legal thriller, based on John Grisham's best-selling novel, won Susan Sarandon an Oscar nomination for Best Actress. The film weaves together elements of crime, drama, and suspense in a tightly knit narrative that keeps viewers on edge from start to finish.
- Released: 1994
- Directed by: Joel Schumacher
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- 5Raised in rural Kentucky poverty and married at the age of 13, Loretta Lynn (Sissy Spacek) begins writing and singing her own country songs in her early 20s. With the tireless help of her husband Oliver "Mooney" Lynn (Tommy Lee Jones), Loretta rises from local honky-tonks and small-time record deals to national tours and hit singles, befriending her idol Patsy Cline (Beverly D'Angelo) and becoming a country music icon despite the toll stardom takes on her family and her marriage.
- Released: 1980
- Directed by: Michael Apted
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- 6A chronicle of the rise and brief career of rock 'n' roll star Buddy Holly (Gary Busey), who aspires to play music the way he wants it to sound. Holly and his band, the Crickets, are first invited to record in Nashville, where they encounter creative differences with the producing staff. Later they play a major booking at the Apollo Theater, scheduled there under the mistaken assumption that they're a black band. Holly's career eventually goes solo -- until the tragic day the music dies.
- Released: 1978
- Directed by: Steve Rash
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- 7Obsessively punctual FedEx executive Chuck Noland (Tom Hanks) is en route to an assignment in Malaysia when his plane crashes over the Pacific Ocean during a storm. The sole survivor of the flight, Chuck washes ashore on a deserted island. When his efforts to sail away and contact help fail, Chuck learns how to survive on the island, where he remains for years, accompanied by only his handmade volleyball friend, Wilson. Will Chuck ever return to civilization and reunite with his loved ones?
- Released: 2000
- Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
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- 8Walking Tall is a 1973 American action semi-biopic film of Sheriff Buford Pusser, a former professional wrestler-turned-lawman in McNairy County, Tennessee. It starred Joe Don Baker as Pusser. The film was directed by Phil Karlson. Based on Pusser's true story, it was a combination of very loosely based fact and Hollywood revisionism. It has since become a well known cult classic with two direct sequels of its own, a TV movie, a brief TV series and a remake.
- Released: 1973
- Directed by: Phil Karlson
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- 9In 1997, new Army recruit Barry Winchell (Troy Garity) is assigned to a base in Tennessee. He quickly befriends the quick-tempered Justin Fisher (Shawn Hatosy), who struggles with drug problems. One night, they venture out to a local bar hosting a drag show. Calpernia Addams (Lee Pace), a transsexual drag queen, fascinates Barry, and they strike up a relationship. As Barry and Calpernia grow closer, Justin becomes bitter and recruits another soldier (Philip Eddolls) to help get revenge.
- Released: 2003
- Directed by: Frank Pierson
- 10Logan Lerman, Brandon T. Jackson, Alexandra DaddarioIn Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, Percy Jackson (Logan Lerman) finds his world turned upside down when he discovers he's no ordinary teenager, but a demigod. Son of Poseidon (Kevin McKidd), Percy embarks on a fantastical journey across modern-day America to prevent a war among the gods. With his friends Annabeth Chase (Alexandra Daddario) and Grover Underwood (Brandon T. Jackson), they must retrieve Zeus's stolen lightning bolt and clear Percy's name. This action-packed adventure film, directed by Chris Columbus, weaves Greek mythology into contemporary times, offering a fresh take on classic tales.
- Released: 2010
- Directed by: Chris Columbus
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- 11The Rainmaker is a 1997 American drama film written and directed by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Matt Damon, based on the 1995 novel of the same name by John Grisham. Danny DeVito, Danny Glover, Claire Danes, Jon Voight, Roy Scheider, Mickey Rourke, Virginia Madsen and Mary Kay Place also star. This was the final film appearance of Academy Award-winning actress Teresa Wright.
- Released: 1997
- Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola
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- 12Landowners in 1817 Tennessee, John (Donald Sutherland) and Lucy Bell (Sissy Spacek) experience strange and terrifying events after fellow parishioners find John guilty of loan-sharking and his victim curses the Bell family. The incidents culminate in the daughter's (Rachel Hurd-Wood) apparent possession by demons.
- Released: 2005
- Directed by: Courtney Solomon
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- 13Like many teenagers, Miley Stewart (Miley Cyrus) juggles family, friends and school, but unlike her peers, she has a secret pop-star persona called Hannah Montana. When Hannah's soaring popularity threatens to take over Miley's life, her dad (Billy Ray Cyrus) steps in to give the teen a reality check. Back home in the Tennessee town of Crowley Corners, Miley embarks on an exciting adventure even Hannah Montana could not imagine.
- Released: 2009
- Directed by: Peter Chelsom
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- 14Nashville, a 1975 American satirical musical comedy-drama film directed by Robert Altman, presents a complex tapestry of interwoven narratives. The movie spotlights the political and musical world of Nashville, Tennessee, portraying the lives of 24 characters over five days. Ronee Blakley shines as Barbara Jean, a country music superstar, while Keith Carradine plays Tom Frank, a philandering folk trio singer. The plot unfolds against the backdrop of a political campaign. Nashville received an Academy Award for Best Original Song and was nominated for four other awards, including Best Director.
- Released: 1975
- Directed by: Robert Altman
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- 15In the 1920s, Tennessee schoolteacher Bertram Cates (Dick York) is put on trial for violating the Butler Act, a state law that prohibits public school teachers from teaching evolution instead of creationism. Drawing intense national attention in the media with writer E. K. Hornbeck (Gene Kelly) reporting, two of the nation's leading lawyers go head to head: Matthew Harrison Brady (Fredric March) for the prosecution, and Henry Drummond (Spencer Tracy) for the defense.
- Released: 1960
- Directed by: Stanley Kramer
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- 16From his rise to fame to his unprecedented superstardom, rock 'n' roll icon Elvis Presley maintains a complicated relationship with his enigmatic manager, Colonel Tom Parker, over the course of 20 years. Central to Presley's journey and happiness is one of the most influential people in his life -- Priscilla.
- Released: 2022
- Directed by: Baz Luhrmann
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- 17DJay (Terrence Howard) is a pimp living day to day on the tough streets of Memphis, Tennessee. Pushing 40, he's tired of the life he's living and dreams of something greater. When he meets up with an old friend who is now in the recording industry, he's inspired to turn his life around and uses his criminal life as an inspiration to create rap music. When he hears that a rap superstar is coming to town, Djay works a hustle to gain the rapper's attention and hopefully get signed by a label.
- Released: 2005
- Directed by: Craig Brewer
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- 18A 1930s country singer (Clint Eastwood) tries to reach Nashville sober, with his nephew (Kyle Eastwood), to audition at the Grand Ole Opry.
- Released: 1982
- Directed by: Clint Eastwood
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- 19College student Wyatt (Paul Rudd) is convinced that his hometown girlfriend, Kimberly (Christine Taylor), is cheating on him. Disconsolate at a strip club, he nonetheless tries to defend the honor of Ivy (Reese Witherspoon), one of the dancers, who befriends him for his gesture. Ivy convinces Wyatt that he should send Kimberly a vicious breakup letter, which he does, by express mail. When he has second thoughts, he and Ivy hit the road to retrieve the note before it reaches its destination.
- Released: 1996
- Directed by: Jason Bloom
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- 20Tom and Mae Garvey (Mel Gibson, Sissy Spacek) are a Tennessee farming couple battling violent floods to save their land. In addition to natural disasters, the Garveys fight to stop a selfish land developer (Scott Glenn) and a local corporation from foreclosing on their farm. While Mae stays at home to care for their children (Shane Bailey, Becky Jo Lynch) and tend to the crops, Tom finds work as a scab at a steel mill to preserve his family's property.
- Released: 1984
- Directed by: Mark Rydell
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- 21When a tornado hits a nuclear power plant and damages the cooling system, manager Corrine Maguire (Sharon Lawrence) and her staff try to avert a total meltdown. Meanwhile, her son, Campbell (Daniel Costello), has gone missing during the twister. Corrine asks her friend, policeman Jake Hannah (Mark-Paul Gosselaar), to locate Campbell and take him to safety. With the plant needing fuel to power a manual cooling motor, Jake must also drive a tanker to the facility and prevent a complete disaster.
- Released: 2002
- Directed by: Bill Corcoran
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- 22Hoping to become a country music star, Miranda Presley (Samantha Mathis) moves from New York to Nashville, Tenn. She gets a job waiting tables at the renowned Bluebird Cafe, where she meets other would-be singer-songwriters, including James Wright (River Phoenix) and Kyle Davidson (Dermot Mulroney), the two men who will battle for her heart. Linda Lue Linden (Sandra Bullock) offers female friendship as they all struggle to achieve fame -- or at least respectability.
- Released: 1993
- Directed by: Peter Bogdanovich
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- 23When much-feared hermit Felix Bush (Robert Duvall) comes to town with a wad of cash and announces his intention to preside over his own funeral, fast-talking mortician Frank Quinn (Bill Murray) smells a big payday in the air. Frank sends his young apprentice, Buddy, to charm Felix and win Felix's business. As the day of the unusual event approaches, Buddy uncovers a long-held secret involving the hermit, a local widow (Sissy Spacek) and an Illinois preacher.
- Released: 2009
- Directed by: Aaron Schneider
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- 24Trying to get out of her contract with her obnoxious manager, Freddie (Ron Leibman), country singer Jake Farris (Dolly Parton) bets that she can turn the next person she sees into a Nashville-style crooner. Unfortunately, the next person she sees is cocky New York City cabbie Nick (Sylvester Stallone), who can't sing a note. Undaunted, she brings her new protégé to her tiny Tennessee hometown to train him in all things country, while her ex-boyfriend (Tim Thomerson) tries to win her back.
- Released: 1984
- Directed by: Bob Clark
- 25Inspired by the hopeful spirit of the Great Smoky Mountains, Dolly Parton returns to Dollywood to star in a new holiday musical with special guests Jimmy Fallon, Willie Nelson, Billy Ray Cyrus, Jimmie Allen, Zach Williams, Miley Cyrus and many more.
- Released: 2022
- Directed by: Joe Lazarov
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- 26Starting where "The Kings of Comedy" left off, this stand-up performance offers a night of comedy from a distinctively female perspective. Recorded live at the Orpheum Theatre in Memphis, Tenn., "The Queens of Comedy" features comedians Mo'Nique, Adele Givens, Sommore and Laura Hayes sharing their uncensored views on life, men and sex. Laura Hayes opens up the show with anecdotes about her crazy family, and Mo'Nique brings down the house with a raunchy closing act.
- Released: 2001
- Directed by: Steve Purcell
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- 27En route to Memphis, Tenn., on a solemn solo road trip, widower Byron Gruman (Johnathon Schaech) picks up a disarming hitchhiker who claims to be the late, great Elvis Presley (Harvey Keitel). As Gruman opens up about the loss of his wife, Beatrice (Gretchen Mol), in a tragic car accident, his bizarre passenger becomes a surprisingly powerful source of wisdom and comfort. The duo even picks up a Marylin Monroe impersonator, Ashley (Bridget Fonda), during the surreal pilgrimage to Graceland.
- Released: 1998
- Directed by: David Winkler
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- 28Davy (Fess Parker) and his partner (Buddy Ebsen) race Mike Fink (Jeff York) down the Mississippi, then fight pirates in disguise.
- Released: 1956
- Directed by: Norman Foster
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- 29The U.S. government wants to build a missile silo inside a Tennessee mountain, but the backwoods hillbillies who own it refuse to lease it to them. Josh (Elvis Presley), a relative of the owners and a G.I. scout, is sent in to try to reason with them, but he soon runs afoul of his identical cousin, Jodie (also Presley), who hates his city-bred lookalike and everything he stands for. Meanwhile, troops begin moving into the area, and are seduced by a host of country beauties.
- Released: 1964
- Directed by: Gene Nelson
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30Inherit the Wind is a 1999 television film adaptation of the play of the same name. The original 1955 play was written as a parable which fictionalized the 1925 Scopes "Monkey" Trial as a means of discussing the 1950s McCarthy trials. George C. Scott played Brady. In the 1996 Broadway revival he played Drummond.- Released: 1999
- Directed by: Daniel Petrie
- 31When Southern belle Susanna Drake (Elizabeth Taylor) visits Indiana, she falls for John Wickliff Shawnessy (Montgomery Clift), an abolitionist with strong ideals. However, John falters while he lets Drake tempt him away from his true love, Nell Gaither (Eva Marie Saint). After Drake deceives John into marriage, the two move to her New Orleans household, where he discovers that mental illness runs in her family. When the Civil War begins, John uses it to escape from the unhappy marriage.
- Released: 1957
- Directed by: Edward Dmytryk
- 32Journey to Shiloh is a 1968 Technicolor epic western film starring James Caan, Michael Sarrazin, Harrison Ford, Brenda Scott, Albert Popwell, Jan-Michael Vincent, Robert Pine and directed by William Hale.
- Released: 1968
- Directed by: William Hale
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- 33Since its founding in 1899, Manassas High School in North Memphis has never had a football team win a playoff game. In 2004, former high-school coach Bill Courtney offers to help turn the Manassas Tigers around. Nurturing his players' physical and emotional strengths, Courtney's efforts pay off in 2009, when the Tigers, led by their star player O.C., seem to have a chance to break their school's 110-year losing streak and finally win a playoff game.
- Released: 2011
- Directed by: Dan Lindsay, T.J. Martin
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- 34In Mississippi at the turn of the 20th century, 11-year-old Lucius McCaslin (Mitch Vogel) embarks on a journey he will remember for years to come. When Lucius' grandfather, Boss (Will Geer), buys an automobile, local handyman Boon (Steve McQueen) chomps at the bit to get behind the wheel. He gets the chance when Boss takes the train on an out-of-town trip. Approaching the impressionable Lucius, Boon is able to talk the youngster into a road trip with him and his friend Ned (Rupert Crosse).
- Released: 1969
- Directed by: Mark Rydell
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- 35Romance, jealousy and suspicion come into play after a rebellious heiress (Bryce Dallas Howard) loses a costly earring while in the company of a man (Chris Evans) she hired to escort her to a party.
- Released: 2008
- Directed by: Jodie Markell
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- 36Future president Andrew Jackson (Charlton Heston) rises to fame as a military hero and rescues love of his life Rachel Donelson (Susan Hayward) from an abusive marriage. A man from Tennessee -- which was at the time the edge of the American frontier -- Jackson endures as his critics and opponents characterize him as a rogue from the lawless West. But when his rival, Charles Dickinson (Carl Betz), insults Rachel, Jackson challenges him to a duel that results in a national controversy.
- Released: 1953
- Directed by: Henry Levin
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- 37Nashville Girl is a 1976 film from New World Pictures about an aspiring country and western singer. It was also known as New Girl in Town. Roger Corman says the film was very popular in the South and also in Europe, which surprised him.
- Released: 1976
- Directed by: Gus Trikonis
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- 38Eager to further his career, ambitious Tennessee Valley Authority administrator Chuck Glover (Montgomery Clift) journeys to a small town to oversee the clearing of the valley in preparation for the construction of a new dam. His plans meet with opposition in the form of the town's stubborn matriarch, 80-year-old Ella Garth (Jo Van Fleet), who refuses to leave. As Glover attempts to convince Garth, he falls in love with her granddaughter, Carol Garth Baldwin (Lee Remick).
- Released: 1960
- Directed by: Elia Kazan
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- 39A girl must follow a strict set of rules after she is blessed with the gift of song by three angels.
- Released: 2010
- Directed by: Christopher Cain
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- 40Man of God Josiah Gray (Joel McCrea) is determined to bring religion to the people of Walesburg, a dusty southern town still healing from the Civil War. Though initially Josiah must hold his parishioners at gunpoint, in time he wins over the community and marries his organist, Harriet (Ellen Drew). As the years pass, a number of situations arise, including a typhoid outbreak and a hostile mob, in which Josiah must prove that God is the only force that can restore peace in Walesburg.
- Released: 1950
- Directed by: Jacques Tourneur
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The Cursed
Josie Davis, Costas Mandylor, Tom WrightA detective is consumed by visions as he investigates a murder tied to a centuries-old curse plaguing a small town.
- Released: 2010
- Directed by: Joel Bender
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- 42Veteran George Haverstick (Jim Hutton) meets nurse Isabel (Jane Fonda) while in hospital and soon marries her. However, Isabel is disappointed to learn that George drives a hearse and has booked them a dingy motel for their honeymoon, during which he falls asleep drunk. The next day, the couple visits George's friend Ralph (Tony Franciosa), who originally married Dorothea (Lois Nettleton) for money but now loves her. Dorothea wants to leave Ralph, and the Haversticks try to help him.
- Released: 1962
- Directed by: George Roy Hill
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- 43Henry Tawes (Gregory Peck), a middle-aged sheriff in a rural Tennessee town, is usually the first man to criticize others for their bad behavior. Miserable in his marriage, Henry falls in love with teenage seductress Alma (Tuesday Weld), who is the daughter of local criminal and moonshiner Carl McCain (Ralph Meeker). Henry's moral character comes further into question when he is tempted to conceal Carl's crimes in order to prolong his relationship with Alma.
- Released: 1970
- Directed by: John Frankenheimer
- 44Beneath the small-town exterior of Oldfield, Tenn., lies a history of shocking violence and terrifying phenomena, as recounted by local historian Julian White (Vincent Price). In the '80s, an office worker (Clu Gulager) nurses a deadly crush. In the '50s, a witch doctor (Harry Caesar) holds the secret to unending life. In the '30s, fighting breaks out in a traveling carnival. Finally, in the 1860s, Union soldiers discover a group of orphaned children.
- Released: 1987
- Directed by: Jeff Burr
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- 45When teenage Priscilla Beaulieu meets Elvis Presley at a party, the man who is already a meteoric rock 'n' roll superstar becomes someone entirely unexpected in private moments: a thrilling crush, an ally in loneliness, a vulnerable best friend.
- Released: 2023
- Directed by: Sofia Coppola
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- 46Shot over the span of two nights in the summer of 2005 at Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tenn., this Jonathan Demme concert film combines interviews with Neil Young and other band members with the premiere of various songs from the album "Prairie Wind." The concert film also features a special acoustic encore of older Young songs, as a special favor to Demme for the purposes of the film. Songs performed include "Far from Home," "Heart of Gold," "Harvest Moon," and "Comes a Time."
- Released: 2006
- Directed by: Jonathan Demme
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- 47Country Justice is a 1997 American made for TV crime drama film.
- Released: 1997
- Directed by: Graeme Campbell
- 48Alleged is a 2010 film directed by Tom Hines.
- Released: 2010
- Directed by: Tom Hines
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- 49A Tennessee sod tycoon (Johnny Knoxville) tries to save his business while learning how to be a father to his estranged teenage daughter.
- Released: 2005
- Directed by: Katrina Holden Bronson
- 50Wolfgang Leighton (Julian Sands) is on a peaceable fishing trip in the Tennessee wilderness when he encounters the seductive Sally Lomas (Denise Crosby), and his world is turned upside down. He's stalked by a mysterious group, but, when he turns to law enforcement for help, they arrest him instead. Wolfgang's nightmare gets worse when he is charged with Sally's murder and locked in a cell with hardened criminals. Losing hope, he turns to the only ally he seems to have -- a young hitchhiker.
- Released: 1989
- Directed by: Nicolas Gessner
- 51Shelbyville's biggest claim to fame is that movie star Sondra Locke was born there. So it's no surprise that her rumored return in 1978, for the opening of her new movie, is waking up the sleepy Tennessee town. Locke's homecoming provides some much-needed distraction for teenager Clancy Whitfield (Jason Ritter), whose family is falling apart, and his friends Melora (Hilarie Burton) and Ray (Derek Carter). Together they decide to form a singing group to impress Locke and find their own fame.
- Released: 2005
- Directed by: Cameron Watson
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- In the 1970s, Memphis-based band Big Star achieved critical acclaim but not mainstream success. Despite a lack of popularity, the band's music influenced such diverse artists as R.E.M., Wilco, Jeff Buckley and Elliot Smith.
- Released: 2012
- Directed by: Drew DeNicola
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- 53This film, based on true events, explores the story of a woman who runs an orphanage that harbors a dark secret. Georgia Tann (Mary Tyler Moore) is a beloved member of the Memphis community. A personable middle-aged woman, she is renowned for her work with homeless children. However, social worker Annie Beales (Lea Thompson) suspects that something is amiss at Tann's orphanage. She begins to investigate, and soon makes a shocking discovery about the true nature of Tann's work with children.
- Released: 1993
- Directed by: Eric Laneuville
- This Academy Award-nominated documentary presents key events in the life of civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. Beginning with the 1955 bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama, the production follows King through major steps in his struggle to promote racial equality. Including footage of King's stirring speeches, the documentary is a fitting tribute to his legacy, and features clips narrated by numerous celebrities such as Harry Belafonte, Paul Newman and James Earl Jones.
- Released: 1970
- Directed by: Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Sidney Lumet
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An Evergreen Christmas
Charleene Closshey, Robert Loggia, Tyler RitterAfter her father's unexpected death, a singer (Charleene Closshey) becomes torn between pursuing her career and saving her family's Christmas-tree business in small-town Tennessee.- Released: 2014
- Directed by: Jeremy Culver
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Ring of Fire
Jewel, Frances Conroy, John DoeJune Carter (Jewel) rises to fame as a country singer, while falling in love with the legendary Johnny Cash (Matt Ross).- Released: 2013
- Directed by: Allison Anders
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- 57On his family's plantation, Sam Francis Gifford (Robert Wagner) is a pretentious man who's unsympathetic to the less fortunate. But when World War II strikes, Gifford finds his inherited wealth does nothing to improve his rank in his National Guard unit. As the horrors of war and camaraderie with his fellow soldiers affect him, Gifford's attitude begins to shift toward egalitarianism. Still, Gifford's new outlook causes him to clash with the unstable Capt. "Waco" Grimes (Broderick Crawford).
- Released: 1956
- Directed by: Richard Fleischer
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Framed
Joe Don Baker, Conny Van Dyke, Gabriel DellAn innocent man (Joe Don Baker) comes out of prison ready to get even with the people who sent him there.- Released: 1974
- Directed by: Phil Karlson
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- 59Searching for an effective way to teach their students about the scale of the Holocaust, school officials in Tennessee devise a unique class project involving paper clips. The middle school students in a rural, heavily Christian community begin collecting the paper clips to represent the Jews who perished in concentration camps in World War II. After millions of the paper clips are collected, the last step is to place them inside a German rail car, a poignant echo of the Final Solution.
- Released: 2004
- Directed by: Joe Fab, Elliot Berlin
- 60When David Smallbone's music company collapses, he moves his family from Australia to the United States to search for a brighter future. Struggling to make ends meet, the couple soon realize the talents of their children, who go on to become two of the most successful acts in contemporary Christian music.
- Released: 2024
- Directed by: Joel Smallbone, Richard Ramsey
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- 61In this fact-based film, Emmett Foley (Gary Oldman) returns from Korea a hero, but when he cannot find gainful employment outside of the service, he decides the best way to provide for his wife, Mae (Frances McDormand), is to act crazy enough to get shot by the police, thereby providing her with insurance money. Instead, he's captured and placed in the Chattahoochee prison for the mentally ill, where, with fellow inmate Walker Benson (Dennis Hopper), he begins to fight for better conditions.
- Released: 1989
- Directed by: Mick Jackson
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- 62A psychopathic killer is ravaging Memphis, Tenn., by murdering young women, and Detective Jacob Stillwell (Steven Seagal) is on the case. Known as the resident tough cop due to his aggressive tactics, he gets knocked sideways when his girlfriend becomes one of the murder victims. With his partner, Storm Anderson (Chris Thomas King), in tow, Jacob casts the rules aside and infiltrates the seedy criminal underworld of the city looking to avenge his lover's death and put an end to the killings.
- Released: 2008
- Directed by: Jeff King
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- 63A seedy hotel in Memphis, Tennessee, provides the backdrop for three separate tales, featuring everything from a kitsch-obsessed Japanese couple (Masatoshi Nagase, Yuki Kudo) to a trio of amateur robbers (Joe Strummer, Rick Aviles, Steve Buscemi) who discover the true nature of their relationship during a botched heist. Linking the stories together is the hotel's eccentric and creepy night clerk (Screamin' Jay Hawkins) as well as the spirit of Elvis Presley.
- Released: 1989
- Directed by: Jim Jarmusch
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- 64After her boyfriend of five years breaks up with her, Elizabeth (Norah Jones) consoles herself by consuming creamy confections at a sympathetic cafe owner's (Jude Law) eatery. She sets out on a road trip, supporting herself as a waitress along the way. Elizabeth meets a host of interesting characters on her journey, including an alcoholic policeman (David Strathairn), his unfaithful wife (Rachel Weisz), and a gambler (Natalie Portman).
- Released: 2007
- Directed by: Kar-Wai Wong
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- 65Actors (David Scott, Paul Boensch III, Johnny Harra) portray Elvis Presley at various ages, combined with public and private documentary footage.
- Released: 1981
- Directed by: Malcolm Leo, Andrew Solt
- 66Sexually abused as a young girl, Kate "Ma" Barker (Shelley Winters) grows into a violently powerful woman by the 1930s. She lovingly dominates her grown sons, and grooms them into a pack of tough crooks. The boys include the cruel Herman (Don Stroud), who still shares a bed with Ma; Fred (Robert Walden), an ex-con who fell in love with a fellow prisoner; and Lloyd (Robert De Niro), who gets high on whatever's handy. Together they form a deadly, bizarre family of Depression-era bandits.
- Released: 1970
- Directed by: Roger Corman
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- 67Australian Kenny Smyth (Shane Jacobson) has possibly one of the most thankless and off-putting occupations imaginable: He's a plumber who specializes in delivering and maintaining portable toilets to well-populated events. Mockumentary cameras follow Smyth as he juggles his family life with his excrement-soaked travails and eventually works his way to the highlight of his career -- a visit to the International Pumper and Cleaner Expo in Nashville, Tenn., a gathering for renowned plumbing pros.
- Released: 2006
- Directed by: Clayton Jacobson
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- 68A Walk in the Spring Rain is a romantic drama Eastmancolor film made by Columbia Pictures, directed by Guy Green and produced by Stirling Silliphant, from his own screenplay based on the novel by Rachel Maddux. Location scenes filmed in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It stars Ingrid Bergman and Anthony Quinn, with Fritz Weaver, Katharine Crawford, and Virginia Gregg. The music score was by Elmer Bernstein and the cinematography by Charles Lang. A little known fact is that martial arts superstar Bruce Lee, a personal friend of producer Stirling Silliphant, is credited as the film's fight choreographer.
- Released: 1970
- Directed by: Guy Green
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- 69Filmmaker Amy Berg tells the story of the fight to stop the state of Arkansas from executing an innocent man. Beginning with an examination into the police investigation into the 1993 murders of three boys in West Memphis, Arkansas, Berg brings to light new evidence surrounding the arrest and conviction of Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley. All three were teens at the time and lost 18 years of their lives after being wrongly convicted and imprisoned.
- Released: 2012
- Directed by: Amy Berg
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- 70Reeling from her mother's recent death, Ruby Lee Gissing (Ashley Judd) relocates to Florida to start anew. After finding a job at a souvenir store, Ruby becomes friends with the shop's owner, Mildred Chambers (Dorothy Lyman), and slowly acclimates to her new surroundings. Before long, she's juggling the affections of Mildred's Lothario son, Ricky (Bentley Mitchum), and the good-natured Mike (Todd Field). As she wavers between Ricky and Mike, Ruby also tries to come to terms with her past.
- Released: 1993
- Directed by: Victor Nunez
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Wild West
Naveen Andrews, Sarita Choudhury, Ronny JhuttiA young Pakistani living in London, Zaf (Naveen Andrews) is in love with American roots music, and the guitar-playing singer longs to achieve stardom alongside his fellow musician brothers. Zaf happily relinquishes the microphone when magnetic female singer Rifat (Sarita Choudhury) joins the fold, and the group looks to be on the cusp of a commercial breakthrough. But when American record executives want to turn Rifat into a solo act, the band reaches a crossroads.- Released: 1992
- Directed by: David Attwood
- 72Following Her Heart is a film directed by Lee Grant released on Nov 28, 1994.
- Released: 1994
- Directed by: Lee Grant
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- 73Vowing not to die in a nursing home, Abner Meecham (Hal Holbrook) leaves the facility and returns to his Tennessee farm. There, an unpleasant surprise awaits him: Abner's son has leased the property to ne'er-do-well Lonzo Choat (Ray McKinnon) and his boorish family. Abner suspects that the Choats will not be able to afford the farm, and he moves into a shack to await their departure. Tensions escalate between Abner and Lonzo, each determined not to yield.
- Released: 2009
- Directed by: Scott Teems
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Tennessee Queer
Billie Worley, Jamie Mann, David CaffeyTennessee Queer is a 2012 comedy drama film written by Mark Jones and directed by Earl Goshorn.- Released: 2012
- Directed by: Earl Goshorn
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Child of God
Scott Haze, Tim Blake Nelson, Jim ParrackIn 1960s Tennessee, a violent loner (Scott Haze) loses his last vestige of humanity as he enters a downward spiral of madness, crime and degradation.- Released: 2013
- Directed by: James Franco
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- 76After moving from Moscow to Memphis, Tenn., Laura (Dina Korzun) feels isolated living a new, privileged life with her boyfriend, Alan James (Rip Torn), a famous music producer. As time passes, Laura becomes increasingly lonely, while James carries on numerous affairs. When James's estranged son, Michael (Darren Burrows), visits for the first time in years, Laura's need for companionship and Michael's strained relationship with his father pull them into a tumultuous affair.
- Released: 2005
- Directed by: Ira Sachs
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Septien
Rachel Korine, Robert Longstreet, John MaringouinSeptien is a 2011 comedy drama film written and directed by Michael Tully.- Released: 2011
- Directed by: Michael Tully
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Hillbilly Blitzkrieg
Bud Duncan, Cliff Nazarro, Edgar KennedyPvt. Snuffy Smith and Sgt. Homer Gatling are responsible for guarding a secret rocket that is being stored at a missile site in the backwoods of rural Tennessee. Once there, Snuffy finds out his cousin Barney Google is one of the project's chief investors. Trouble arrives when Snuffy invites his pen pal to visit, and she turns out to be part of a German spy ring trying to get its hands on the special fuel formula.- Released: 1942
- Directed by: Roy Mack
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Lullaby
Melissa Leo, Joey Dedio, Lisa-Marie SchneiderA woman faces turmoil and revelation as her life changes drastically following a family death and an unexpected pregnancy.
- Released: 2008
- Directed by: Darrell Roodt
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- 80When singer-songwriter Wayne meets washed-up country music legend Claude, the two head back to Nashville for a second chance.
- Released: 2024
- Directed by: William Wages
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