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List of movies set in south carolina

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 144K
Glory (1989)
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, inspirational, suspense, realistic, rough ...
Plot: american civil war, civil war, battles, slavery, freedom, military, racism, prejudice, war, black history, army, human spirit ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s, 20th century, year 1989, victorian era ...
Place: massachusetts, america, south carolina, georgia, africa ...
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 4.0
 4K
Asylum (2008)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The teenager Madison McBride is traumatized by the loss of her deranged father when she was nine years old and the suicide of her beloved brother Brandon one year ago. She decides to join the Richard Miller University, where Brandon committed ...
Style: suspenseful, suspense, atmospheric, scary, slasher ...
Audience: teens
Plot: afterlife, ghost, haunted by the past, doctors and patients, mental institution, danger, youth, social misfits, serial killer, mind game, supernatural, isolation ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s, 1930s
Place: south carolina
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 6.3
 157K
Dear John (2010)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Sergeant John Tyree is home on a 2 week leave from Germany. He meets Savannah after he dives into the ocean to retrieve Savannah's purse that had fallen off the pier. John falls in love with Savannah who is a student on spring break helping ...
Style: romantic, sentimental, sweet, touching, emotional ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, teens, girls' night, adult
Plot: love, love story, true love, love and romance, fall in love, couples, love affair, young love, young lovers, couple relations, relationships, soldier ...
Time: 2010s, september 11 2001, 21st century
Place: north carolina, afghanistan, south carolina, usa
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 6.0
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Walker Payne (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: A small-town father is forced to make difficult, heartbreaking decisions in order to save his two daughters.
Style: realistic, serious, psychological, emotional, gloomy
Plot: dog fighting, parents and children, family relations, life is a bitch, custody, gambling, unemployment, society, redemption, urban ghetto, nursing, rivalry ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, south carolina
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 6.3
 14K
D.A.R.Y.L. (1985)
Genre: Family, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Daryl is a normal 10-year-old boy in many ways. However, unbeknown to his foster parents and friends, Daryl is actually a government-created robot with superhuman reflexes and mental abilities. Even his name has a hidden meaning -- it's ...
Style: colorful, mindfuck, epic, uplifting, serious ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot: childhood, robot, artificial intelligence, computer, child, memory loss, cyborgs, youth, family relations, gate, amnesia, forest ...
Time: year 1985
Place: north carolina, south carolina, washington d.c., virginia
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Sophie and the Rising Sun (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: In a small Southern town in the autumn of 1941, Sophie’s lonely life is transformed when an Asian man arrives under mysterious circumstances. Their love affair becomes the lightning rod for long-buried conflicts that erupt in bigotry and violence ...
Style: historical drama, tragic
Plot: interracial love, world war two, garden, tragic love, gardening, wartime life, happy ending, bomb squad, interracial relations, sex scene, housekeeper, painting ...
Time: 1940s, year 1941
Place: south carolina
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Nightmare in Columbia County (1991)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The recounting of a terrible crime that wracked a family and galvanized police in South Carolina in the 1980's. Southern beauty pageant winner Dawn Smith is targeted by a sadistic stalker whose obsession with her leads him to kidnap her younger ...
Style: tense, mind bending, serious, realistic, rough ...
Plot: serial killer, kidnapping, child abuse, love, murder, beauty pageant, law enforcement, psychopath, small town, riddles and clues, small town life, woman in danger ...
Time: 80s
Place: south carolina
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Gullah, Gullah Island (1994)
Genre: Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 20 min.
TV show
Story: Gullah Gullah Island is an American children's television series starring Ron Daise and Natalie Daise. It was the first show designed for preschoolers to feature a black family.
Style: sitcom, semi serious, feel good, humorous, educational
Audience: kids, toddlers, family outing, preschool
Plot: black, african american, island, family relations, friends, social relations, teaching the ways of the world, youth, african american family, morals, personal development, friend ...
Time: 90s
Place: south carolina, usa
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 7.5
 8K
Army Wives (2007)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Army Wives is an American drama series that follows the lives of four army wives, one army husband, and their families.
Style: realistic, emotional, serious, game show, touching ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: military life, couples, family relations, family life, military, social relations, love and romance, lifestyle, soldier, infidelity, marital problem, desire ...
Time: 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, south carolina
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Beautiful Creatures (2013)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Ethan Wate just wants to get to know Lena Duchannes better, but unbeknownst to him, Lena has strange powers. As Lena's 16th birthday approaches she might decide her fate, to be good or evil. A choice which will impact her relationship forever.
Style: romantic, light, captivating, emotional, teen ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, family friendly, date night, chick flick ...
Plot: supernatural, love, magic, witch, youth, supernatural romance, supernatural ability, love and romance, teenage love, forbidden love, small town, teenage life ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: south carolina, southern usa, usa
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The Lords of Discipline (1983)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Will arrives for his last year at Military Academy, in the Deep South USA, in the 1960's. A black student, Pearce, has been accepted, for the first time and Will is asked to keep an eye out for the inevitable racism. The racists come in the ...
Style: cult classic, realistic, serious, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot: racism, loyalty, racial slur, conspiracy, military, friendship, military training, bullying, brat pack, military school, cadet, male nudity ...
Time: year 1983, 60s, 20th century
Place: south carolina, usa, southern usa
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An Occasional Hell (1996)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A former policeman-turned college professor of forensics, is asked by a widow to solve the murder of her unfaithful husband and the disappearance of his mistress who may have been linked to some drug dealers.
Style: erotic, realistic, psychological, serious, mind bending ...
Plot: voyeur, murder, widow, investigation, infidelity, disappearance, deep south, college, haunted by the past, femme fatale, car chase, humiliation ...
Time: 90s
Place: south carolina
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The Beach House (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Cara Rudland thought she’d left her Southern roots and troubled family far behind, but returns to the scenic Lowcountry of her childhood summers after losing her job in Chicago. There, she reconnects with her mother Lovie, who has been caring for ...
Style: touching, disturbing, thought provoking, sincere
Audience: chick flick
Plot: small town, brother sister relationship, family reunited, life philosophy, turtle, parents and children, love, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, female protagonist, estrangement, sibling relationship, fall in love ...
Place: south carolina, charleston south carolina
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 26K
Get on Up (2014)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story: A chronicle of James Brown's rise from extreme poverty to become one of the most influential musicians in history.
Style: emotional, talky, heartbreaking, captivating, realistic ...
Plot: music, biopic, musician's life, friendship, showbiz, black, musician, creativity, ambition, rising to stardom, desire for fame, artists and showbiz ...
Time: 1950s, 50s, 70s, year 2014, 80s ...
Place: usa, south carolina, georgia
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Sweet Magnolias (2020)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
TV show
Story: Lifelong friends Maddie, Helen and Dana Sue lift each other as they juggle relationships, family and careers in the small, Southern town of Serenity.
Style: atmospheric, captivating, light, sincere, semi serious ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick
Plot: girlfriend girlfriend relationship, life, women, small town life, lovers, friendship, love, life changing experience, girlfriend, female friendship, faith, business ...
Place: south carolina
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 4.7
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Killers Three (1968)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: America's DJ Dick Clark and Robert Walker Jr. star as two country boys who decide to rob a pile of cash from a bootlegger, assisted by the man's restless wife (Diane Varsi). But the heist doesn't go as planned and takes a tragic turn. ...
Style: grindhouse, independent film, serious, realistic, rough ...
Plot: bootlegging, redneck, wanted, heist, married couple, special agent, world war two, starting over, violence spree, dishonesty, law enforcement, agent ...
Time: 1930s
Place: north carolina, south carolina, california, southern usa
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 1K
Bunnyman (2011)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Bunnyman is the story of a group of friends on their way back from a spontaneous weekend trip to Las Vegas, and while driving through the remote regions of southern California they suddenly find themselves in a sickening game of cat and mouse with a ...
Style: slasher, scary, rough, serious, tense ...
Plot: gory, psychopath, survival, on the road, danger, escapades, isolation, confined, captivity, profanity, rabbit, bad girl ...
Time: 21st century
Place: south carolina, usa
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Reckless (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A gorgeous Yankee litigator and a charming southern attorney must hide their intense mutual attraction as a police sex scandal threatens to tear the city of Charleston, S.C. apart.  
Style: realistic, tense, serious, sexy, captivating ...
Plot: hotshot lawyer, courtroom, opposites attract, lawyer, lawyers and clients, courtroom drama, legal, love and romance, friendship, dishonesty, friends, high priced lawyer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, south carolina, charleston south carolina
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Queen Sized (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: An overweight girl, Maggie Baker, is elected Homecoming queen by the mean girls in the high school.
Style: feel good, uplifting, touching, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick
Plot: high school, rivalry, society, against the odds, best friend, follow your dream, ambition, lifestyle, hopes, family relations, underdog, prom ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, south carolina
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Christmas in Conway (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Duncan Mayor decides the perfect Christmas present for his beloved wife, Suzy, is a ride on a real Ferris wheel, set up in their very own back yard. As a young man, it was the perfect place for a wedding proposal. Now, years later, in order to ...
Style: touching, sweet, entertaining, captivating, disturbing ...
Audience: date night
Plot: christmas, terminal illness, couple relations, supportive spouse, christmas present, obsession, couples, social relations, love and romance, fall in love, therapy, dream ...
Time: 21st century
Place: south carolina, usa
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Time Indefinite (1993)
Genre: Documentary, Biography
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: After documentarian Ross McElwee gets married, a series of misfortunes follow: his grandmother dies, his wife miscarries, and then his father dies less than a week later. Shaken by the sudden string of deaths, McElwee becomes depressed. After ...
Style: independent film, serious, realistic, touching, offbeat
Plot: biopic, marriage, family problems, family relations, couples, obsession, human nature, couple relations, love and romance, society, family in crisis, filmmaking ...
Time: year 1993, 90s
Place: usa, south carolina, boston
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Slap Shot 3: The Junior League (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Get ready for a rough-and-tumble comedy that knows how to kick some serious puck!
Style: realistic, exciting, feel good, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience: teens
Plot: hockey, ice hockey, sport team, social relations, lifestyle, athlete and trainer, rivalry, underdog, hopes, orphan, against the odds, ambition ...
Time: 21st century
Place: south carolina, usa
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Under Cover (1987)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A cop goes undercover in a South Carolina high school. With the help of a local narcotics officer, he investigates the drug ring responsible for another cop's death.
Style: neo noir, grindhouse, independent film, serious, realistic ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: high school, cannon, police, undercover, police detective, chases and races, rivalry, dishonesty, partners against crime, police investigation, law enforcement, vengeance ...
Time: year 1987, 80s, 20th century
Place: baltimore, south carolina, louisiana, southern usa
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Daughters of the Dust (1991)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Languid look at the Gullah culture of the sea islands off the coast of South Carolina and Georgia where African folk-ways were maintained well into the 20th Century and was one of the last bastion of these mores in America.
Style: independent film, gothic, aesthetic, mysterious, southern gothic ...
Plot: women, feminist, black, women of color, island, feminism, african american, racism, culture clash, black history, pregnancy, memory ...
Time: year 1991, 1900s
Place: indiana, africa, usa, south carolina
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Separate But Equal (1991)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 190 min.
TV show
Story: A dramatization of the American court case that destroyed the legal validity of racial segregation. One of the most pivotal moments in 20th century American history is bracingly dramatized in Separate but Equal. In telling the detailed story of the ...
Style: historical drama, contemplative, captivating, talky, thought provoking ...
Plot: legal, civil rights, courtroom drama, racism, supreme court, african american, lawyer, court, courtroom, law, equality, american politics ...
Time: 50s, 1950s
Place: washington d.c., america, usa, south carolina, new york ...
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Major League: Back to the Minors (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: At the behest of Roger Dorn -- the Minnesota Twins' silver-tongued new owner -- washed-up minor league hurler Gus Cantrell steps up to the plate to take over as skipper of the club's hapless farm team. But little does he know that Dorn has ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, realistic, feel good
Audience: teens, family outing
Plot: baseball, underdog, major league, racing, sport competition, contest, competition, tournament, sport team, rivalry, training, career ...
Time: year 1998, 90s
Place: minnesota, usa, south carolina
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Out at the Wedding (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: After telling her fiancé, Dana, that her entire family is dead, Manhattanite Alex whisks off to her childhood home in South Carolina to serve as bridesmaid at her high-maintenance, estranged sister Jeannie's wedding. As she tries not to steal ...
Style: realistic, humorous, semi serious, captivating, queer cinema
Audience: date night
Plot: lesbian, family relations, fall in love, self discovery, eccentric family, lgbt, couples, society, love and romance, looking for love, singleness, lgbtq ...
Place: new york, usa, south carolina
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Wiseguys vs. Zombies (2003)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Two of New York's most feared hitmen are given the task of transporting three bodies and a new drug to Miami. En route, they encounter trouble in the form of hillbilly zombies, created by the very drug they are to deliver.
Style: independent film
Plot: zombie, drug, friendship, blood, violence, hitman, redneck, gun
Place: south carolina
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Elbow Grease (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Elbow Grease is a sincere look into the humor and craziness that is the everyday life of the Barnes family as they come to terms with each other. Billy and Ellie's marriage may be on the rocks, but they don't know chaos until Billy's ...
Plot: wrestling, boxing, small town, festival, midlife crisis, husband wife relationship, barbershop, eavesdropping, carnival, father son relationship, exterminator, birthday ...
Time: 90s
Place: south carolina
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Petals on the Wind (2014)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
TV show
Story: This sequel to Flowers in the Attic picks up 10 years after Cathy, Chris and Carrie managed to escape Foxworth Hall.
Style: serious, disturbing, realistic, emotional, dark drama ...
Plot: brother sister incest, incest, brother sister sex, family relations, vengeance, life is a bitch, dysfunctional family, family problems, youth, young heroes, siblings relations, mother daughter relationship ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1971
Place: usa, new york, south carolina, california, virginia
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