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1. Wrong Turn (2021)
R | 109 min | Horror, Thriller
Friends hiking the Appalachian Trail are confronted by 'The Foundation', a community of people who have lived in the mountains for hundreds of years.
Director: Mike P. Nelson | Stars: Charlotte Vega, Adain Bradley, Bill Sage, Emma Dumont
Votes: 36,589
2. Cold Mountain (2003)
R | 154 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
In the waning days of the American Civil War, a wounded soldier embarks on a perilous journey back home to Cold Mountain, North Carolina to reunite with his sweetheart.
Director: Anthony Minghella | Stars: Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Renée Zellweger, Eileen Atkins
Votes: 156,234 | Gross: $95.64M
3. Lawless (2012)
R | 116 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Set in Depression-era Franklin County, Virginia, a trio of bootlegging brothers are threatened by a new special deputy and other authorities angling for a cut of their profits.
Director: John Hillcoat | Stars: Tom Hardy, Shia LaBeouf, Guy Pearce, Jason Clarke
Votes: 253,648 | Gross: $37.40M
4. Out of the Furnace (2013)
R | 116 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When Rodney Baze mysteriously disappears and law enforcement doesn't follow through fast enough, his older brother Russell takes matters into his own hands to find justice.
Director: Scott Cooper | Stars: Christian Bale, Casey Affleck, Zoe Saldana, Woody Harrelson
Votes: 125,206 | Gross: $11.33M
5. October Sky (1999)
PG | 108 min | Biography, Drama, Family
The true story of Homer Hickam, a coal miner's son who was inspired by the first Sputnik launch to take up rocketry against his father's wishes.
Director: Joe Johnston | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Chris Cooper, Laura Dern, Chris Owen
Votes: 98,164 | Gross: $32.48M
6. Hillbilly Elegy (2020)
R | 116 min | Drama
An urgent phone call pulls a Yale Law student back to his Ohio hometown, where he reflects on three generations of family history and his own future.
Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Amy Adams, Glenn Close, Gabriel Basso, Haley Bennett
Votes: 46,539
7. The Silence (II) (2019)
PG-13 | 90 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
When the world is under attack from terrifying creatures who hunt their human prey by sound, 16-year old Ally Andrews (Kiernan Shipka), who lost her hearing at 13, and her family seek refuge in a remote haven.
Director: John R. Leonetti | Stars: Stanley Tucci, Kiernan Shipka, Miranda Otto, Kate Trotter
Votes: 50,893
8. Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)
PG | 124 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The fictionalized life of singer Loretta Lynn, a girl who rose from humble beginnings to become a country music star in the 1960s/70s.
Director: Michael Apted | Stars: Sissy Spacek, Tommy Lee Jones, Levon Helm, Phyllis Boyens
Votes: 20,533 | Gross: $67.18M
9. Next of Kin (1989)
R | 108 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Truman, a Chicago cop, sets out to find the killer of his brother. Meanwhile, another of his brothers, Briar (a hillbilly) decides to find the killer himself.
Director: John Irvin | Stars: Patrick Swayze, Liam Neeson, Adam Baldwin, Helen Hunt
Votes: 12,621 | Gross: $15.94M
10. Devil's Peak (2023)
97 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
Set in North Carolina's Appalachian Mountains, eighteen-year-old Jacob McNeely is torn between appeasing his meth-dealing kingpin father and leaving the mountains forever with the girl he loves.
Director: Ben Young | Stars: Billy Bob Thornton, Robin Wright, Hopper Penn, Katelyn Nacon
Votes: 797
11. Fire Down Below (1997)
R | 105 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A federal agent uncovers lucrative toxic waste dumps in Appalachia and must deal with the locals who want to keep their 'gold mine' secret.
Director: Félix Enríquez Alcalá | Stars: Steven Seagal, Kris Kristofferson, Marg Helgenberger, Stephen Lang
Votes: 19,104 | Gross: $16.23M
12. Them That Follow (2019)
R | 98 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Set deep in the wilds of Appalachia, where believers handle death-dealing snakes to prove themselves before God, a pastor's daughter holds a secret that threatens to tear apart her community.
Directors: Britt Poulton, Dan Madison Savage | Stars: Olivia Colman, Kaitlyn Dever, Alice Englert, Jim Gaffigan
Votes: 3,912 | Gross: $0.16M
13. Sergeant York (1941)
Passed | 134 min | Biography, Drama, History
A Tennessee farmer and marksman is drafted in World War I, and struggles with his pacifist inclinations before becoming one of the most celebrated war heroes.
Director: Howard Hawks | Stars: Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Joan Leslie, George Tobias
Votes: 19,800 | Gross: $16.40M
14. Matewan (1987)
PG-13 | 135 min | Drama, History
A labor union organizer comes to an embattled mining community brutally and violently dominated and harassed by the mining company.
Director: John Sayles | Stars: Chris Cooper, James Earl Jones, Mary McDonnell, Will Oldham
Votes: 8,927 | Gross: $1.68M
15. Get Low (2009)
PG-13 | 103 min | Drama, Mystery
A movie spun out of equal parts folk tale, fable and real-life legend about the mysterious, 1930s Tennessee hermit who famously threw his own rollicking funeral party... while he was still alive.
Director: Aaron Schneider | Stars: Robert Duvall, Bill Murray, Sissy Spacek, Lucas Black
Votes: 24,042 | Gross: $9.18M
16. The World Made Straight (2015)
R | 119 min | Drama
In a rural Appalachian community haunted by the legacy of a Civil War massacre, a rebellious young man struggles to escape the violence that would bind him to the past.
Director: David Burris | Stars: Noah Wyle, Jeremy Irvine, Minka Kelly, Adelaide Clemens
Votes: 2,056
17. Big Stone Gap (2014)
PG-13 | 103 min | Comedy, Family, Mystery
In a small town nestled in the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia, self-proclaimed spinster Ave Maria Mulligan finds her life shaken up and forever changed after learning a long-buried family secret.
Director: Adriana Trigiani | Stars: Ashley Judd, Patrick Wilson, Whoopi Goldberg, John Benjamin Hickey
Votes: 3,325 | Gross: $1.01M
18. Songcatcher (2000)
PG-13 | 109 min | Drama, Music
After being denied a promotion at the university where she teaches, Doctor Lily Penleric, a brilliant musicologist, impulsively visits her sister, who runs a struggling rural school in ... See full summary »
Director: Maggie Greenwald | Stars: Janet McTeer, Michael Harding, Michael Davis, Michael Goodwin
Votes: 3,684 | Gross: $3.05M
19. Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror (2021)
194 min | Documentary, Horror
A thorough overview and dissection of the subgenre of 'folk horror, ' with contributions from many of the major creators and clips from cinema all over the world.
Director: Kier-La Janisse | Stars: Linda Hayden, Ian Ogilvy, Kevin Kölsch, Sean Hogan
Votes: 1,639
20. Where the Lilies Bloom (1974)
G | 98 min | Drama, Family, Romance
A family of Appalachian children live together in the backwoods so that they can stay together after the death of their widower father.
Director: William A. Graham | Stars: Julie Gholson, Jan Smithers, Matthew Burril, Helen Harmon
Votes: 1,060
21. The Evening Hour (2020)
114 min | Drama
Adaptation of Carter Sickels' 2012 novel.
Director: Braden King | Stars: Philip Ettinger, Tess Harper, Archie Lewis, Jessie Noe
Votes: 348
22. Paper Clips (2004)
G | 82 min | Documentary, War
As a part of their study of the Holocaust, the children of the Whitwell, TN Middle School try to collect 6 million paper clips representing the 6 million Jews killed by the Nazis, and grows to include millions of others killed.
Directors: Elliot Berlin, Joe Fab | Stars: Sandra Roberts, Dagmar Schroeder-Hildebrand, Tom Bosley, Casey Condra
Votes: 1,786 | Gross: $1.10M
23. Chest (2022)
95 min | Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi
While filming a documentary series about Appalachian folklore and mythology, a crew of amateur filmmakers uncover the legend of a mysterious box hidden away deep in a wilderness area known ... See full summary »
Director: Aaron Irons | Stars: Dean Shortland, Ted Welch, Jessejames Locorriere, Henry Haggard
Votes: 258
24. Blastfighter (1984)
Unrated | 90 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A former policeman sets out to unleash violent vengeance upon deer poachers when they rape and kill his long lost daughter.
Director: Lamberto Bava | Stars: Michael Sopkiw, Valentina Forte, George Eastman, Stefano Mingardo
Votes: 1,474
25. The Education of Little Tree (1997)
PG | 112 min | Drama
Little Tree is an 8-year-old Cherokee boy who loses his parents during The Great Depression and begins living with his Indian grandparents and learning the Cherokee way of life.
Director: Richard Friedenberg | Stars: James Cromwell, Joseph Ashton, Tantoo Cardinal, Mika Boorem
Votes: 1,825 | Gross: $0.12M
26. Foxfire (1987 TV Movie)
PG | 100 min | Drama
Annie Nations and her husband Hector loved their life together in the Blue Ridge Mountains, but when Hector dies, Annie has to decide if she can handle the wilderness on her own.
Director: Jud Taylor | Stars: Jessica Tandy, Hume Cronyn, John Denver, Gary Grubbs
Votes: 442
27. Harlan County War (2000 TV Movie)
104 min | Drama
A Kentucky woman whose mine-worker husband is nearly killed in a cave-in, and whose father is slowly dying of black lung disease, joins the picket lines for a long, violent strike.
Director: Tony Bill | Stars: Holly Hunter, Stellan Skarsgård, Ted Levine, Wayne Robson
Votes: 621
28. Hillbilly (II) (2018)
Not Rated | 87 min | Documentary
"hillbilly" is a documentary film that examines the iconic hillbilly image in media and culture. The film explores more than a hundred years of media representation of mountain and rural ... See full summary »
Directors: Sally Rubin, Ashley York | Stars: Michael Apted, Ronny Cox, Sam Gleaves, Crystal Good
Votes: 516
29. Before the Fall (I) (2016)
Unrated | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A re-imagining of Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" set in modern day, rural Virginia with Elizabeth Bennet as a man. Ben Bennet is an affluent but seemingly arrogant attorney who ... See full summary »
Director: Byrum Geisler | Stars: Ethan Sharrett, Chase Conner, Brandi Price, Jason Mac
Votes: 1,376
30. A Smoky Mountain Christmas (1986 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 94 min | Fantasy, Music
A country-western singer on a trip through the Tennessee mountains runs into a reclusive backwoodsman and a witch.
Director: Henry Winkler | Stars: Dolly Parton, Lee Majors, Bo Hopkins, Dan Hedaya
Votes: 1,345
31. Roses Are for the Rich (1987 TV Movie)
182 min | Drama
In a small town in Appalachia, Autumn's young husband is killed in a suspicious mine explosion. She vows vengeance on mine owner Douglas Osborne and dedicates her life to destroying him, ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Miller | Stars: Lisa Hartman, Bruce Dern, Joe Penny, Richard Masur
Votes: 180
32. Spring Night Summer Night (1967)
R | 82 min | Drama
Jessica, the eldest daughter of a coal miner-turned-farmer, has a fling with her half-brother Carl, which complicates things more when she becomes pregnant.
Director: Joseph L. Anderson | Stars: Larue Hall, Ted Heimerdinger, Marjorie Johnson, John Crawford
Votes: 744
33. American Hollow (1999)
90 min | Documentary
This film tells the tale of a close-knit Appalachian family that has changed little in the last 100 years.
Director: Rory Kennedy | Stars: Bascum Bowling, Clint Bowling, Edgar Bowling, Iree Bowling
Votes: 477
34. Hooch (1977)
PG | 96 min | Comedy
In a tiny county in Appalachia, handsome young El Camino-driving Eddie Joe Rodgers excels at brewing "hooch", the traditional moonshine. The Old-Timers begin to stew as Eddie Joe's charm ... See full summary »
Director: Edward Mann | Stars: Gil Gerard, Erika Fox, Melody Rogers, William Hicks
Votes: 48
35. Strange Tales from Appalachia (2017)
Not Rated | 95 min | Action, Horror, Thriller
Appalachian filmmakers join together to produce three horrifying, suspenseful, and strange tales. In "Pretty Girl", a young woman escapes a maniac kidnapper by fleeing into the Appalachian ... See full summary »
Directors: Tim Altonen, Josh Holley | Stars: Cliff D. Andrews, W.F. Bell, Ron Capes III, Sarah Deatherage
Votes: 106
36. Li'l Abner (1971 TV Movie)
60 min | Comedy, Musical
The misadventures of Al Capp's hillbilly characters are given a musical-comedy treatment.
Director: Gordon Wiles | Stars: Ray Young, Nancee Parkinson, Billie Hayes, Billy Bletcher
Votes: 26
37. Kentucky Woman (1983 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama
A woman faces harassment and humiliation when she goes to work as a coal miner to support her small son and ailing dad.
Director: Walter Doniger | Stars: Cheryl Ladd, Ned Beatty, Philip Levien, Sandy McPeak
Votes: 91
38. Angel's Perch (2013)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama
A young man must return to his small Appalachian hometown to face his grandmother's worsening Alzheimer's disease only to discover that his own painful memories are holding him back in his life.
Director: Charles Haine | Stars: Joyce Van Patten, Ally Walker, Ashley Jones, Ellen Crawford
Votes: 149
39. The Hills Have Thighs (2008)
78 min | Comedy
Local Hillbilly Icon Daniel Boone Owen has gone missing in Appalachia. He was last seen facedown in his favorite watering hole, Scatterbrain's, and the theories behind his disappearance are... See full summary »
Director: James Bubba Cromer | Stars: Hance Oliver, Dona Ayers, Mona Lisa Johnson, James Bubba Cromer
Votes: 68
40. Every Other Animal (2024)
Short, Crime, Horror
Director: Olia Oparina | Stars: Shane West, Christopher May, Kevin Keppy, Gemma Leopold Needle
41. Climate of Change (2010)
TV-G | 86 min | Documentary
A documentary focused on the efforts of everyday people all over the world who are making a difference in the fight against global warming.
Director: Brian Hill | Star: Tilda Swinton
Votes: 63
42. Small Town Strong (2023)
84 min | Documentary
Realizing no one is coming to save them from a growing opioid crisis, the people of Portsmouth Ohio, led by Army veteran Dale King, band together to create real change in their small ... See full summary »
Directors: Chase Millsap, Spencer Millsap
Votes: 18
43. A Good Baby (1999)
Not Rated | 87 min | Drama
A young loner wandering the back roads of North Carolina comes across an abandoned baby. He immediately starts seeking the baby's parents, but starts developing a bond with the child that explores his own isolated roots.
Director: Katherine Dieckmann | Stars: Henry Thomas, David Strathairn, Cara Seymour, Danny Nelson
Votes: 346
44. Don't Let the Devil In (2016)
89 min | Horror, Thriller
After suffering a miscarriage, Newlyweds John and Samantha Harris relocate from New York City to a small Appalachian town where they become wrapped up in a nightmarish tapestry of evil.
Director: Courtney Fathom Sell | Stars: Anthony J. Anastasio, Constance Archer, Mark Ashby, Mark Baker
Votes: 48
45. Hillbilly: The Real Story (2008 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 90 min | Documentary
The history and culture of the legendary inhabitants (the "hillbillies") of Appalachia.
Director: David Huntley | Stars: Billy Ray Cyrus, Popcorn Sutton, Tim Smith, Roddy Moore
Votes: 50
46. The True Meaning of Pictures: Shelby Lee Adams' Appalachia (2002)
75 min | Documentary
The meaning of art itself comes into question in this documentary about Shelby Lee Adams' controversial photos of families in Appalachia.
Director: Jennifer Baichwal | Stars: Shelby Lee Adams, Chad Baker, Donnie Benton, Burley Childers
Votes: 237
47. Mountain Justice (1937)
Passed | 83 min | Drama, Romance
Stalwart Appalachian woman finds romance as she struggles to better herself and her people amid prejudice and familial abuse.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: George Brent, Josephine Hutchinson, Guy Kibbee, Mona Barrie
Votes: 293
48. America's Heart & Soul (2004)
PG | 84 min | Documentary
Filmmaker Louis Schwartzberg hits the road to capture America's people and its natural beauty.
Director: Louie Schwartzberg | Stars: George Woodard, Charles Jimmie Sr., The Vasquez Brothers, Frank Pino
Votes: 720 | Gross: $0.31M
49. Impossible Town (2023)
93 min | Documentary
When her father passes, Dr. Ayne Amjad is thrust to the helm of a decades-long struggle to aid a West Virginia town beset by cancer-causing chemicals.
Directors: David Scott Faris, Meg Griffiths
50. Born in a Ballroom (2019)
70 min | Documentary, Biography
"Born in a Ballroom," explores the relationship between the Hütte Restaurant, its founder, Eleanor Mailloux, and the rural Appalachian village she called home, Helvetia, West Virginia.
The ... See full synopsis »
Directors: Jonathan Lacocque, Clara Lehmann
Votes: 29