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- 'The Night of the Hunter' (1955) Charles Laughton's sole directorial credit, the 1955 Southern Gothic film noir thriller The Night of the Hunter, is widely considered a bonafide classic.
- 'A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) Vivien Leigh won her second Oscar for playing iconic Southern Belle Blanche DuBois in the 1951 Southern Gothic drama A Streetcar Named Desire.
- 'Winter's Bone (2010) Jennifer Lawrence received her first Oscar nomination for the 2010 mystery drama Winter's Bone. The film follows Ree Dolly, a seventeen-year-old caring for her mentally unbalanced mother and two younger children in the rural Ozarks of Missouri.
- 'Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964) Robert Aldrich followed the massive success of Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? with another psycho-biddy project.
Jan 16, 2014 · 10 great southern gothic films. Flaring tempers, warped relationships, derelict plantations – in the American south, the gothic tradition is twisted into intoxicating new forms. These are 10 must-see southern gothic movies.
Approved | 104 min | Drama, Romance. 7.4. Rate. In 1850s Louisiana, a free-spirited Southern belle loses her fiancé due to her stubborn vanity and pride, and vows to win him back. Director: William Wyler | Stars: Bette Davis, Henry Fonda, George Brent, Margaret Lindsay.
- The Gift. What It's About: Set in a small Georgia town, psychic medium Annie Wilson (Cate Blanchett) is tasked with discovering what happened to a local missing young woman.
- A Streetcar Named Desire. Pictures. What It's About: Blanche DuBois (Vivien Leigh), a schoolteacher on a mysterious sabbatical, arrives at her sister Stella (Kim Hunter) and brother-in-law Stanley's (Marlon Brando) home in New Orleans for a brief stay.
- Winter’s Bone. What It's About: Ree (Jennifer Lawrence), a feisty young woman living in the Ozark Mountains, fights to keep her family's home as she searches for her missing, drug-dealing father.
- Interview With The Vampire. What It's About: Vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac (Brad Pitt) recounts the story of how he transitioned from being a wealthy plantation owner in 1791 Lousiana to a blood-feasting immortal in modern-day San Francisco.
- Frailty (2001) Like several films on this list, Frailty problematizes the inherent violence of religious fundamentalism only to have viewers question their assumptions about good, evil, and divine intercession.
- Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997) “You mustn’t be taken in by the moonlight and magnolias. There’s more to Savannah than that. Things can get very murky,” says Jim Williams in John Berendt’s bestseller, adapted into a film starring Kevin Spacey, John Cusack and Jude Law.
- Cape Fear (1991) Martin Scorsese directs this remake of the 1962 film. The original film stars Gregory Peck as the lawyer and Robert Mitchum as the revenge-seeking ex-con; both Peck and Mitchum play minor roles in the remake.
- Winter’s Bone (2010) Winter’s Bone dispenses with beautiful gothic shadows and romantic dialogue and instead offers viewers an unpleasant and more realistic glimpse into the poor backwoods lives of some poor Ozark inhabitants.
Jul 15, 2018 · We looked at 183 of the top Southern Gothic films, aggregating and ranking them so we could answer that very question! The top 30 films, all appearing on 3 or more “Best Southern Gothic” movie lists, are ranked below by how many times they appear.
Ethan Wate longs to escape his small southern town. He meets a mysterious new girl, Lena Duchannes. Together, they uncover dark secrets about their respective families, their history, and their town.
