Movies and TV shows set in south carolina
The list contains the best, new and most relevant movies set in south carolina ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, touching, sentimental, sincere and emotional films and TV shows about / with family relations, society, small town, catastrophe, culture clash, mentor, dialogue, runaway, coming of age and friendship plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Thriller genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
south carolina
TOP 10 movies tagged as south carolina: The New Daughter (2009), The Notebook (2004), Bastard Out of Carolina (1996), Perfect Harmony (1991), Cold Mountain (2003), Shag - More Dancing (1988), The Big Chill (1983), The List (2007), The Legend of Alice Flagg (2016), South of Hell (2015).
Best films
List of movies set in south carolina
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
John James is a writer; his wife has left him. He moves with his two middle-school children to an isolated house off a dirt road in South Carolina. The property has an Indian burial mound, which fascinates his daughter, Louisa, who's entering ...
Style:
scary, tense, exciting, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
evil child, supernatural, indian burial ground, teenage girl, single parent, family in danger, life turned upside down, parents and children, curses spells and rituals, father daughter relationship, supernatural ability, ghost ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south carolina, usa
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583K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
An epic love story centered around an older man who reads aloud to a woman with Alzheimer's. From a faded notebook, the old man's words bring to life the story about a couple who is separated by World War II, and is then passionately ...
Style:
touching, romantic, emotional, sentimental, sweet ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens
Plot:
love story, love and romance, fall in love, love, true love, power of love, youth, love triangle, love of one's life, young lovers, love affair, lovers reunited ...
Time:
1940s, 50s, post world war two, 20th century, 90s
Place:
south carolina, canada, north carolina, usa, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Difficult tale of poor, struggling South Carolinian mother & daughter, who each face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer and farther apart: Anney sees Glen as ...
Style:
realistic, disturbing, serious, emotional, touching ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
sexual abuse, coming of age, rape, domestic violence, family relations, dysfunctional family, parents and children, life is a bitch, pedophile, children, sexual assault, family in crisis ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 90s, 50s
Place:
south carolina, usa, southern usa
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Genre: Drama, Family, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
During the 1950s, a private school in the south undergoes racial tension as it experiences desegregation. Can a love of music help ease the pain?
Style:
serious, realistic, uplifting, touching, emotional ...
Audience:
family outing, teens
Plot:
youth, coming of age, racism, interracial relations, friendship, dedicated educator, music, society, lifestyle, music band, social relations, friends ...
Time:
50s
Place:
south carolina, usa, southern usa
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151K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA, Italy, Romania, UK
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
In this classic story of love and devotion set against the backdrop of the American Civil War, a wounded Confederate soldier named W.P. Inman deserts his unit and travels across the South, aiming to return to his young wife, Ada, who he left behind ...
Style:
romantic, epic, sincere, serious, touching ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
american civil war, survival, love story, civil war, tragic love, war, loss of family member, wartime, getting home, slavery, loss of loved one, military ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s, victorian era, 50s
Place:
south carolina, north carolina, usa, ancient greece, atlantic ocean ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Summer of 1963. Carson is getting married to her boyfriend so her friends Melaina, Pudge and Luanne take her to Myrtle Beach for one last irresponsible weekend.
Style:
feel good, humorous, sexy, sweet, campy ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, date night
Plot:
teenager, dancing, beach, coming of age, friendship, summer, best friend, road trip, runaway, gangsters, geek, sacrifice ...
Time:
60s, 80s, 50s, 20th century, year 1963
Place:
south carolina, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Kevin Kline and Glenn Close star as Harold and Sarah Cooper, a couple whose marital troubles are put on hold while they host an unhappy reunion of former college pals gathered for the funeral of one of their own, a suicide victim named Alex. As the ...
Style:
realistic, talky, sentimental, clever, witty ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
friendship, funeral, group of friends, suicide, midlife crisis, regret, grief, yuppie, reunited friends, husband wife relationship, mourning, death of friend ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 60s, 70s
Place:
south carolina, usa
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A sudden death tied to a list from the past leads to unimaginable evil. Fresh out of law school and full of hope for the future, Renny Jacobson is stunned by his father's sudden death--and then by the terms of the will: the elder Jacobson has ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, disturbing, mind bending, scary ...
Plot:
intrigue, uncover truth, murder, haunted by the past, supernatural ability, supernatural, secret society, suspense, christian, christianity, contract, battles ...
Place:
south carolina, europe, usa
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When young newlyweds Julia and Rivers find themselves trapped in a quaint, Carolina coastal bed and breakfast with fellow stragglers during a dangerous hurricane, they soon begin to suspect they are being haunted by the legendary ghost of Alice ...
Style:
tense, bleak, psychotronic, suspenseful, scary ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
ghost, newlywed, honeymoon, urban legend, wedding, chase, paranormal, violence, vengeance, exorcism, fear, couples ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south carolina, usa, southern usa
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A supernatural thriller set in South Carolina, South Of Hell focuses on Maria Abascal (Suvari), a stunning demon-hunter-for-hire whose power stems from within. Like those she hunts, Maria is divided within herself, struggling with her own demon, ...
Style:
scary, serious, twist ending, suspenseful
Plot:
demon hunter, supernatural, supernatural ability, demon, religions or cults, good versus evil, small town, siblings relations, track down, family relations, strong female presence, rivalry ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south carolina, usa, georgia
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Canada
Duration: 265 min.
TV show
Story:
Kidnapped in Africa and subsequently enslaved in South Carolina, Aminata must navigate a revolution in New York, isolation in Nova Scotia and treacherous jungles of Sierra Leone, in an attempt to secure her freedom in the 19th century.
Style:
disturbing, emotional, thought provoking, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
slavery, human spirit, racism, life is a bitch, hopes, injustice, confined, escapades, society, black history, blaxploitation, women ...
Time:
18th century, 19th century, georgian era
Place:
usa, south carolina, africa
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A young, white teacher is assigned to an isolated island off the coast of South Carolina populated mostly by poor black families. He finds that the basically illiterate, neglected children there know so little of the world outside their island.
Style:
serious, realistic, uplifting, thought provoking, sincere ...
Plot:
teacher, racism, school, youth, island, education, black history, psychology, humanist, civil rights, blaxploitation, family relations ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 60s, year 1969
Place:
south carolina, usa, southern usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Set in South Carolina in 1964, this is the tale of Lily Owens a 14 year-old girl who is haunted by the memory of her late mother. To escape her lonely life and troubled relationship with her father, Lily flees with Rosaleen, her caregiver and only ...
Style:
sincere, touching, sentimental, emotional, sweet ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
racism, african american, civil rights, teenage life, friendship, coming of age, children, interracial relations, haunted by the past, family relations, teenager, social differences ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1964
Place:
south carolina, africa, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
After leaving Washington D.C. hospital, plastic surgeon Ben Stone heads for California, where a lucrative practice in Beverly Hills awaits. After a car accident, he's sentenced to perform as the community's general practitioner.
Style:
feel good, touching, humorous, entertaining, sweet ...
Audience:
chick flick, kids, teens, girls' night, date night ...
Plot:
small town, small town life, fish out of water, hospital, medical, doctor, community service, love, fall in love, car accident, country doctor, misfit ...
Time:
90s, future, 80s
Place:
washington d.c., south carolina, california, los angeles, australia ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
After their father abruptly sells the beloved family-owned restaurant that has employed them for years, the charismatic McDermott boys - hot-tempered Brian (Quill), lovelorn Kit (Mulroney) and jokester Duncan (Astin) - find themselves at odds with ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, emotional, touching, humorous ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
restaurant, coming of age, age-gap relationship, teenager, food, family business, small town, infidelity, argument, nude, bittersweet, down on your luck ...
Time:
80s
Place:
south carolina
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
A troubled man talks to his suicidal sister's psychiatrist about their family history and falls in love with her in the process.
Style:
psychological, thought provoking, touching, emotional, sexy ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
dysfunctional family, psychiatrist, psychology, love, rape, sexual abuse, women, love story, psychiatry, suicide attempt, transformation, bittersweet ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, south carolina, usa, southern usa
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280K
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 165 min.
Story:
After proving himself on the field of battle in the French and Indian War, Benjamin Martin wants nothing more to do with such things, preferring the simple life of a farmer. But when his son Gabriel enlists in the army to defend their new nation, ...
Style:
epic, dramatic, rough, uplifting, sincere ...
Audience:
manly, girls' night, kids, boys' night
Plot:
war, american revolution, battles, military, vengeance, freedom, revolution, human spirit, rebellion, heroic mission, wartime, soldier ...
Time:
18th century, georgian era, 1770s, 1780s
Place:
south carolina, southern usa, scotland, england, virginia ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A vivid, dynamic Southern coming-of-age drama, takes place in the transitional space between high school and college, when life seems to be all questions and no answers, and the future is scarily wide open. Set in and around a Charleston, SC Baptist ...
Style:
serious, touching, realistic, sexy, sexual ...
Plot:
coming of age, single parent, family relations, self discovery, introspection, best friends, teenage life, lgbt, society, youth, direction and purpose, coming out ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south carolina, usa, southern usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A TV reporter and cameraman are taken hostage on a tugboat while covering a workers strike. The demands of the hostage-takers are to collect all the nuclear detonators in the Charleston, SC area so they may be detonated at sea. They threaten to ...
Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, captivating, thought provoking ...
Plot:
found footage, post apocalypse, terrorism, disaster, nuclear war, nuclear, nuclear threat, happy ending, nuclear holocaust, anti war, journalism, thirtysomething life ...
Time:
80s
Place:
south carolina, usa
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925
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Two girl friends in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina find their relationship changing as they encounter new arrivals to the town.
Style:
sincere, touching, sentimental, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
coming of age, friendship, couple relations, best friends, self discovery, youth, fall in love, small town life, teenage life, teenage love, human nature, gender ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, south carolina
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A group of diamond thieves on the run kidnap the wife of a recently discharged marine who goes on a chase through the South Carolinian wilderness to retrieve her.
Style:
road movie, exciting, entertaining, light, melancholic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
marines, kidnapping, chase, ex special forces, heroes, gang, spouse in danger, daring rescue, escapades, muscleman, revenge, good versus evil ...
Time:
80s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, rome italy, south carolina, australia, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Frank is a famous New York University professor in 1973 who left his small South Carolina town behind him and remained in little contact with his family, especially given his style of life and his relationship with his ten-year partner, the free ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, sincere, queer cinema
Plot:
gay, male homosexuality, uncle niece relationship, funeral, gay muslim, lgbt, road trip, gay relationship, lgbtq, gay lead character, suicide, life & death ...
Time:
year 1973, 70s
Place:
south carolina, new york, southern usa
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
American Gothic is an American horror series created by Shaun Cassidy and executive produced by Sam Raimi. The show first aired on CBS on September 22, 1995, and was canceled after a single season on July 11, 1996.
Style:
gothic, scary, spooky, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
supernatural, small town, evil, god or devil, magic, religious, family relations, tv show, black magic, supernatural power, blackmail, good versus evil ...
Time:
90s
Place:
south carolina, usa, southern usa
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Genre: Drama, History, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A young street rapper is transported back in time to the pre-Civil War South, where he finds himself in the middle of a slave revolt.
Style:
political
Plot:
time travel, slavery, blaxploitation, civil rights, mansion, runaway, inequality, master, human rights, god, change, rebellion ...
Time:
future, 19th century, 1820s, 20th century
Place:
michigan, south carolina, southern usa, detroit
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Genre: Drama
Country: Algeria, France, Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Passionné par l'histoire de son peuple, Alloune, un vieux guide du musée africain "La Maison des Esclaves" à Gorée, part en pèlerinage pour retrouver les descendants de ses ancêtres aux Etats-Unis. Cet émouvant voyage va le ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, sincere
Plot:
racism, slavery, family relations, immigrants, society, obsessive quest, family tradition, elderly, family history, interracial relations, ancestry, widow ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
africa, south carolina, new york, harlem, usa ...
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A magician in a carnival--who actually can read minds and levitate people and objects--works with a superintelligent chimp named Alex, who can also talk. The magician and the chimp soon become the stars of the carnival, drawing in big crowds. ...
Style:
semi serious, exciting, humorous, cult film
Audience:
pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
magic, circus, magician, chimpanzee, carnival, mind reading, monkey, kidnapping, magic trick, magic show, hick, magician's assistant ...
Time:
80s
Place:
south carolina, southern usa, india, north carolina
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84K
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A small town is taken over by an alien plague, turning residents into zombies and all forms of mutant monsters.
Style:
scary, entertaining, funny, splatter, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
alien, monster, parasite, suspense, zombie, alien invasion, dark humor, zombie attack, mutant, small town, macabre, supernatural ...
Time:
80s, year 2005, 21st century
Place:
south carolina, usa
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42K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
High school football coach, Harold Jones befriends Radio, a mentally-challenged man who becomes a student at T.L. Hanna High School in Anderson, South Carolina. Their friendship extends over several decades, where Radio transforms from a shy, ...
Style:
feel good, inspirational, sentimental, touching, emotional ...
Audience:
family outing, girls' night, teens, chick flick, date night
Plot:
american football, sport, disability, football, underdog, radio, friendship, teacher, prejudice, life philosophy, justice, destiny ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 60s
Place:
south carolina, cuba, san francisco
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138K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Robert Gould Shaw leads the US Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices of both his own Union army and the Confederates.
Style:
epic, intense, inspirational, factual, emotional ...
Plot:
american civil war, civil war, battles, slavery, war, prejudice, racism, military, human spirit, freedom, black history, heroic mission ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1860s
Place:
massachusetts, south carolina, africa, usa, boston ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
After a long time in the army, an Afro-American soldier returns to his hometown, where, years ago, his brother was executed for the rape and murder of two white girls. The commando believes his brother to have been innocent and seeks a proof for ...
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, bleak, suspenseful ...
Plot:
injustice, racism, electric chair, false accusation, interracial relations, murder, racial injustice, siblings relations, small town, death row, wrongfully committed, small town life ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
south carolina, usa, southern usa
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