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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 · 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Feb 28, 2024 · And, many Southern Gothic movies – like Southern Gothic literature and especially those from the 20th century forward – are also meant to refute and critique the idealist version of the Antebellum South, which was full of suppression and racial tensions.
1. The Beguiled. 2017 1h 33m R. 6.3 (62K) Rate. 77 Metascore. The unexpected arrival of a wounded Union soldier at a girls school in Virginia during the American Civil War leads to jealousy and betrayal. Director Sofia Coppola Stars Nicole Kidman Kirsten Dunst Elle Fanning. 2. True Blood. 2008–2014 81 eps TV-MA. 7.9 (261K) Rate. TV Series.
