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51. Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story (2006 TV Movie)

88 min | Biography, Drama, Music

Fantasia Barrino overcomes sexual abuse, illiteracy, and other setbacks and becomes the winner of "American Idol" in 2004.

Director: Debbie Allen | Stars: Fantasia Barrino, Loretta Devine, Viola Davis, Kadeem Hardison

Votes: 679

52. The Cheshire Murders (2013 TV Movie)

TV-MA | 118 min | Documentary, Crime

A documentary about a brutal home invasion in Cheshire, Connecticut in 2007.

Directors: Kate Davis, David Heilbroner | Stars: Jennifer Petit, Hayley Petit, William Petit Jr., Michaela Petit

Votes: 3,184

53. The Mutilator (1984)

TV-MA | 86 min | Horror, Thriller

A college student, who accidentally killed his mother as a child, decides to take his friends to his father's fishing cabin during fall break, not knowing that his crazed father is stalking the place.

Directors: Buddy Cooper, John Douglass | Stars: Matt Mitler, Ruth Martinez, Bill Hitchcock, Connie Rogers

Votes: 6,237

54. Mayberry R.F.D. (1968–1971)

30 min | Comedy, Family

The further misadventures of the citizens of Mayberry.

Stars: Ken Berry, George Lindsey, Jack Dodson, Paul Hartman

Votes: 843

55. Alice in the Cities (1974)

Not Rated | 113 min | Drama

A German journalist is saddled with a nine-year-old girl after encountering her mother at a New York airport.

Director: Wim Wenders | Stars: Yella Rottländer, Rüdiger Vogler, Lisa Kreuzer, Edda Köchl

Votes: 13,379

56. Smooch (2011 TV Movie)

TV-G | 102 min | Comedy, Romance

SMOOCH is a modern retelling of the classic Frog Prince tale with a romantic comedy twist. A rakishly handsome "English Royal" comes to America for an arranged marriage, and ends up being ... See full summary »

Director: Ron Oliver | Stars: Kellie Martin, Simon Kassianides, Nick Ullett, Kiernan Shipka

Votes: 944

57. Junebug (2005)

R | 106 min | Comedy, Drama

A dealer in "outsider" art travels from Chicago to North Carolina to meet her new in-laws, challenging the equilibrium of this middle class Southern home.

Director: Phil Morrison | Stars: Embeth Davidtz, Alessandro Nivola, David Kuhn, Alicia Van Couvering

Votes: 23,451 | Gross: $2.68M

58. Return to Mayberry (1986 TV Movie)

TV-G | 95 min | Comedy, Romance

After being away for awhile, Andy Taylor returns home to Mayberry to visit Opie, now an expectant father. While there, he ends up helping Barney Fife mount a campaign for Sheriff.

Director: Bob Sweeney | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Jim Nabors

Votes: 1,180

59. Andre the Giant (2018 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 85 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport

A look at the life and career of professional wrestler André Roussimoff, who gained notoriety in the 1980s as Andre the Giant.

Director: Jason Hehir | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Rob Reiner

Votes: 6,881

60. The Trial (2010)

PG-13 | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

After the horrific death of his wife and two sons, suicide seems to be the only escape for a small town attorney, until he's assigned a capital punishment case that begins to transform his life.

Director: Gary Wheeler | Stars: Larry Bagby, Matthew Modine, Clare Carey, Robert Forster

Votes: 1,699 | Gross: $0.02M

61. Bless the Harts (2019–2021)

TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy

A group of Southerners strive to live the American dream.

Stars: Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Jillian Bell, Ike Barinholtz

Votes: 2,444

62. Hot Summer in Barefoot County (1974)

R | 90 min | Comedy, Action

A city cop is sent out to the country to go undercover and bust up a ring of moonshiners run by a woman and her three hot teenage daughters.

Director: Will Zens | Stars: Sherry Robinson, Don Jones, Tonia Bryan, Charles Elledge

Votes: 220

63. 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: 2,061

64. Tethered (II) (2022)

TV-14 | 88 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

In the film set miles from civilization, a blind teenager and the hunter he befriends are tormented by a mysterious creature lurking in the woods.

Director: Daniel Robinette | Stars: Alexandra Paul, Kareem Ferguson, Jared Laufree, Brody Bett

Votes: 2,293

65. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2017 TV Movie)

TV-MA | 93 min | Biography, Drama, History

An African-American woman becomes an unwitting pioneer for medical breakthroughs when her cells are used to create the first immortal human cell line in the early 1950s.

Director: George C. Wolfe | Stars: Renée Elise Goldsberry, Sylvia Grace Crim, Reed Birney, Karen Wheeling Reynolds

Votes: 4,000

66. Alien Abduction (2014)

Not Rated | 85 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A vacationing family encounters an alien threat in this thriller based on the real-life Brown Mountain Lights phenomenon in North Carolina.

Director: Matty Beckerman | Stars: Katherine Sigismund, Corey Eid, Riley Polanski, Jillian Clare

Votes: 8,875

67. New Best Friend (2002)

R | 91 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A North Carolina sheriff investigates the near-fatal drug overdose of an underachieving college girl, and uncovers many sordid details of her life before and during her descent into drugs and debauchery.

Director: Zoe Clarke-Williams | Stars: Taye Diggs, Dominique Swain, Mia Kirshner, Meredith Monroe

Votes: 3,473 | Gross: $0.03M

68. Goodbye to All That (2014)

Unrated | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

When his wife unexpectedly informs him that she wants a divorce, well-meaning but oblivious husband Otto Wall finds himself thrust back into bachelorhood, where he searches for the real thing amidst a string of one night stands.

Director: Angus MacLachlan | Stars: Paul Schneider, Melanie Lynskey, Anna Camp, Heather Graham

Votes: 2,513 | Gross: $0.01M

69. From Within (2008)

R | 89 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A small Maryland town is gripped by a curse which causes residents to take their own life one after another.

Director: Phedon Papamichael | Stars: Elizabeth Rice, Thomas Dekker, Kelly Blatz, Laura Allen

Votes: 8,004 | Gross: $0.07M

70. Wild Flowers (2017)

7 min | Short, Romance

A love trio fantasy. The line between reality and fantasy grows faint when your desires become too strong. Through art we can explore those innermost longings and be seduced by the magic we so wish for.

Director: Kira Bursky | Stars: Madelyn Cline, Elizabeth Austin, Taylor Cowan

Votes: 56

71. Sweet Carolina (2021 TV Movie)

TV-G | 84 min | Drama, Romance

Marketing executive, Josie, returns home when she becomes the unexpected guardian of her niece and nephew. While there, she reconnects with Cooper, her high school boyfriend.

Director: Peter Benson | Stars: Lacey Chabert, Tyler Hynes, Gregory Harrison, Jesse Moss

Votes: 1,557

72. This Place Rules (2022)

TV-MA | 82 min | Documentary, Crime, History

Follows events and characters surrounding the January 6th, 2021 insurrection of the U.S. Capital Building in the days preceding the attack.

Director: Andrew Callaghan | Stars: Andrew Callaghan, Joker Gang, Gum Gang, Brittany

Votes: 6,562

73. A Breed Apart (1984)

R | 100 min | Action, Drama

A conservationist and a widow meet a mountain climber hired to steal bald-eagle eggs.

Director: Philippe Mora | Stars: Rutger Hauer, Powers Boothe, Kathleen Turner, Donald Pleasence

Votes: 1,912

74. 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: 1,065

75. Komodo (1999)

PG-13 | 90 min | Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi

After witnessing his parents being killed by creatures on an island as a child, a young man is brought back to the island a few years later by his psychiatrist, only to be terrorized by the same creatures.

Director: Michael Lantieri | Stars: Jill Hennessy, Billy Burke, Kevin Zegers, Paul Gleeson

Votes: 3,721

76. Walking Across Egypt (1999)

PG-13 | 100 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

An elderly widow befriends an orphaned juvenile delinquent.

Director: Arthur Allan Seidelman | Stars: Forrest, Ellen Burstyn, Judge Reinhold, Mark Hamill

Votes: 1,328

77. The Bridge (2015 TV Movie)

TV-G | 83 min | Drama, Romance

Two new students at nearby Belmont University, Ryan and Molly, meet the first day of classes and become study partners. The Bridge, a local bookstore, becomes a close part of their lives as their relationship grows.

Director: Mike Rohl | Stars: Katie Findlay, Wyatt Nash, Ted McGinley, Faith Ford

Votes: 1,595

78. Tumbleweeds (1999)

PG-13 | 102 min | Comedy, Drama

A woman and her daughter have been constantly moving from town to town for years, but their newest home might be different from all the others.

Director: Gavin O'Connor | Stars: Janet McTeer, Kimberly J. Brown, Jay O. Sanders, Gavin O'Connor

Votes: 3,662 | Gross: $1.28M

79. Traveller (1997)

R | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

A man joins a group of nomadic con artists in rural North Carolina.

Director: Jack N. Green | Stars: Bill Paxton, Mark Wahlberg, Julianna Margulies, James Gammon

Votes: 2,321 | Gross: $0.50M

80. Sleepwalk with Me (2012)

PG-13 | 81 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A burgeoning stand-up comedian struggles with the stress of a stalled career, a stale relationship, and the wild spurts of severe sleepwalking he is desperate to ignore.

Directors: Mike Birbiglia, Seth Barrish | Stars: Mike Birbiglia, Lauren Ambrose, James Rebhorn, Carol Kane

Votes: 12,201 | Gross: $2.26M

81. Winter People (1989)

PG-13 | 110 min | Drama

In 1930s Appalachia, a widowed city clock maker falls in love with an unwed mother and finds himself in the middle of a long-standing feud between two clans.

Director: Ted Kotcheff | Stars: Kurt Russell, Kelly McGillis, Lloyd Bridges, Mitchell Ryan

Votes: 1,667 | Gross: $2.02M

82. Sword & Scale (2024– )

48 min | Crime

In 2013 true crime host Mike Boudet launched the podcast Sword and Scale. The result was "One of the most singular, visceral, podcasts in existence" -Rolling Stone Magazine. Reaching the ... See full summary »

83. Charms for the Easy Life (2002 TV Movie)

111 min | Drama

The story of three women who live in a North Carolina town and defy the traditional roles set forth for them by society.

Director: Joan Micklin Silver | Stars: Gena Rowlands, Mimi Rogers, Susan May Pratt, Geordie Johnson

Votes: 502

84. Billy: The Early Years (2008)

PG | 98 min | Biography, Drama

Everyone knows who he is. Now find out how he got there. The early life of American Evangelist Billy Graham.

Director: Robby Benson | Stars: Armie Hammer, Lindsay Wagner, Martin Landau, Stefanie Butler

Votes: 832 | Gross: $0.32M

85. Ghost Town: The Movie (2007)

R | 115 min | Western

Dean Teaster's GHOST TOWN "The Movie", is a unique "Eastern" Western. It is N.C. native Dean Teaster's tribute to his father Robert Doyle Teaster and "Ghost Town In The Sky" theme park. The... See full summary »

Directors: Jeff Kennedy, Dean Teaster | Stars: Herbert 'Cowboy' Coward, Bill McKinney, DJ Perry, Princess Daazhraii Johnson

Votes: 421 | Gross: $0.03M

86. Woman in Hiding (1950)

Passed | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

After her father is killed in an accident, mill heiress Deborah Chandler marries the plant manager, Selden Clark, but his motives are suspicious.

Director: Michael Gordon | Stars: Ida Lupino, Stephen McNally, Howard Duff, Peggy Dow

Votes: 1,533

87. Carolina Moon (2007 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 90 min | Mystery, Romance, Thriller

A woman who has psychic visions returns to her hometown to exorcise her demons, and finds both danger and love.

Director: Stephen Tolkin | Stars: Claire Forlani, Oliver Hudson, Chad Willett, Jonathan Scarfe

Votes: 2,444

88. Boogeyman 3 (2008)

Unrated | 94 min | Horror, Thriller

When a college student witnesses the alleged suicide of her roommate, it sets into motion a series of horrific events that cause her to fear the supernatural entity. As she tries to ... See full summary »

Director: Gary Jones | Stars: Erin Cahill, Charles Hittinger, Mimi Michaels, Matt Rippy

Votes: 5,332

89. Carnival Magic (1983)

G | 86 min | Drama, Fantasy

A carnival magician with actual magic powers works with a talking chimp. The magician and the chimp soon become the stars of the carnival, drawing in big crowds. However, the wild-animal trainer decides to kidnap Alex and sell him.

Director: Al Adamson | Stars: Don Stewart, Jennifer Houlton, Howard Segal, Regina Carrol

Votes: 844

90. George Washington (2000)

Not Rated | 89 min | Drama

A group of children, in a depressed small town, band together to cover up a tragic mistake one summer.

Director: David Gordon Green | Stars: Candace Evanofski, Donald Holden, Damian Jewan Lee, Curtis Cotton III

Votes: 8,677 | Gross: $0.24M

91. Carbine Williams (1952)

Unrated | 92 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

David Marshall Williams is sent to a prison farm where he works in the tool shop and eventually develops the precursor of the famous M-1 Carbine automatic rifle used in World War II.

Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: James Stewart, Jean Hagen, Wendell Corey, Carl Benton Reid

Votes: 2,101

92. The Grave (1996)

R | 90 min | Crime, Thriller

Two inmates escape from prison after learning of a treasure that is supposedly buried with a dead millionaire.

Director: Jonas Pate | Stars: Craig Sheffer, Gabrielle Anwar, Josh Charles, Donal Logue

Votes: 1,458

93. Sherman's March (1985)

Not Rated | 157 min | Documentary, Biography, Comedy

Documentary filmmaker Ross McElwee sets out to make a movie about Union General Sherman's March to the Sea towards the end of the American Civil War, but keeps getting sidetracked by his own love life.

Director: Ross McElwee | Stars: Ross McElwee, Dede McElwee, Ross McElwee Jr., Patricia Rendleman

Votes: 2,713

94. A Slipping-Down Life (1999)

R | 109 min | Drama, Music, Romance

A shy, young woman, living a sheltered life in a small southern town, embarks on a journey to self-awareness when she falls in love with an eccentric rock star.

Director: Toni Kalem | Stars: Lili Taylor, Guy Pearce, Irma P. Hall, Tom Bower

Votes: 1,172 | Gross: $0.10M

95. Killer Fortune Teller (2024 TV Movie)

TV-14 | Mystery

After a Tarot card reader predicts a chance meeting, Shane starts to believe in fate, seeking further advice for both his love life and his business.

Director: Peter Sullivan | Stars: Sarah Murphree, Jonathan Stoddard, Caina Summer Field, Natalie Daniels

Votes: 114

96. The Ultimate Warrior (1975)

R | 94 min | Action, Sci-Fi

Virus holocaust is not the only plague that threatens our future. New York City, 2012 A.D. In a plague devastated world, one tired man finds a reason to fight.

Director: Robert Clouse | Stars: Yul Brynner, Max von Sydow, Joanna Miles, William Smith

Votes: 2,304

97. Stateside (2004)

R | 97 min | Drama, Music, Romance

The film follows a rebellious teenager on leave from the Marines who falls in love with a female musician. The relationship is threatened when she develops a mental illness...

Director: Reverge Anselmo | Stars: Jonathan Tucker, Rachael Leigh Cook, Agnes Bruckner, Val Kilmer

Votes: 1,997 | Gross: $0.17M

98. Christmas Joy (2018 TV Movie)

TV-G | 84 min | Family, Romance

Joy Holbrook is a market researcher about to get a sweet promotion just in time for the holidays. But she receives an urgent phone call from home and rushes back to help her Aunt recover from surgery, reuniting with her former crush, Ben.

Director: Monika Mitchell | Stars: Danielle Panabaker, Matt Long, Lucia Walters, Beverley Elliott

Votes: 2,079

99. Ruby Gentry (1952)

82 min | Drama, Romance

A sexy but poor young girl marries a rich man she doesn't love, but carries a torch for another man.

Director: King Vidor | Stars: Jennifer Jones, Charlton Heston, Karl Malden, Tom Tully

Votes: 1,774 | Gross: $3.85M

100. The Journey of August King (1995)

PG-13 | 91 min | Drama

A multi-dimensional drama about a North Carolina farmer in April 1815. August King, a widower, is on his way home after selling his produce and purchasing the stock and goods he will need ... See full summary »

Director: John Duigan | Stars: Jason Patric, Thandiwe Newton, Larry Drake, Sam Waterston

Votes: 1,056