Movies and TV shows set in kentucky
The list contains the best, new and most relevant movies set in kentucky ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful, suspense, independent film and feel good films and TV shows about / with murder, violence, death, runaway, brutality, nude, mentor, friendship, catastrophe and family plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Romance genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as kentucky: Elizabethtown (2005), Justified (2010), Fire Down Below (1997), Hatfields & McCoys (2012), Coal Miner's Daughter (1980), Rust Creek (2018), Racing Stripes (2005), Next of Kin (1989), Jess + Moss (2011), Daniel Boone (1964).
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List of movies set in kentucky
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Drew Baylor is fired after causing his shoe company to lose hundreds of millions of dollars. To make matters worse, he's also dumped by his girlfriend. On the verge of ending it all, Drew gets a new lease on life when he returns to his ...
Style:
sweet, sentimental, melancholic, road movie, romantic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
small town, love story, suicide attempt, love, bittersweet, stewardess, road trip, destiny, hometown, life philosophy, self discovery, on the road ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
kentucky, oklahoma city, usa, memphis, mississippi ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
A character drama based on the 2001 Elmore Leonard short story "Fire in the Hole." Leonard's tale centers around U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens of Kentucky, a quiet but strong-willed official of the law. The tale covers his high-stakes ...
Style:
captivating, serious, crime drama, realistic, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
justice, gunfight, u.s. marshal, fighting crime, officer, lone wolves, drug lord, small town, shooting, tough law enforcer, ex convict, family feud ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
kentucky, south america, usa
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Martial arts star Steven Seagal stars in this action drama as Jack Taggart, an undercover agent working for the Environmental Protection Agency. When an EPA representative is murdered in a small Appalachian community, Taggart is sent in -- posing as ...
Style:
suspense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, spiritual ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, environment, toxic, small town, betrayal, investigation, environmentalism, one man army, danger, good versus evil, dishonesty, tough law enforcer ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s
Place:
kentucky, usa, appalachia, texas
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Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Ben Crane believes that a severely injured racehorse deserves another chance. He and his daughter Cale adopt the horse (in fact is a mare)and save it of being sacrificed by the owner.
Style:
touching, sentimental, inspirational, feel good, serious ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly, teens, kids, girls' night ...
Plot:
horse, horse race, racehorse, honest, life philosophy, redemption, animal, hopes, horse riding, animal training, children, secrets ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
kentucky, usa
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
TV show
Story:
Anse Hatfield and Randall McCoy, close friends and comrades until near the end of the Civil War, return to their neighboring homes to increasing tensions, misunderstandings and resentments.
Style:
emotional, suspense, suspenseful, depressing, psychological ...
Plot:
civil war, american civil war, old west, vengeance, revenge, gunfight, violence, feud, violence spree, murder, rivalry, death of son ...
Time:
19th century, 1870s, 1890s, 1910s, 1800s ...
Place:
west virginia, kentucky, usa
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Biography of Loretta Lynn, a country and western singer that came from poverty to fame.
Style:
sentimental, inspirational, touching, sweet, realistic ...
Plot:
country music, music, female protagonist, biopic, poverty, rags to riches, musician, dysfunctional marriage, musician's life, teenage pregnancy, price of fame, mining ...
Time:
1950s, 1940s, 70s, 20th century, 60s ...
Place:
kentucky, usa, nashville tennessee, appalachia, washington state
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
When an overachieving college senior makes a wrong turn, her road trip becomes a life-changing fight for survival in rural Kentucky.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, philosophical, tense, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
survival, forest, stranded, illegal drugs, small town sheriff, struggle for survival, woods, gang, criminal, murder, alone, fight ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
kentucky
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Shattered illusions are hard to repair -- especially for a good-hearted zebra named Stripes who's spent his life on a Kentucky farm amidst the sorely mistaken notion that he's a debonair thoroughbred. Once he faces the fact that his stark ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, touching, funny, fast ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, family friendly, pre-teens
Plot:
horse race, zebra, underdog, horse, racehorse, animal life, animal, farm, friendship, rivalry, contests and competitions, rescue ...
Place:
kentucky, usa, san francisco, new jersey
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Truman Gates, a Chicago cop, sets out to find his brother's killer. Meanwhile, another of his brothers, Briar (a hillbilly) decides to find the killer himself.
Style:
exciting, detective, suspense, rough, serious ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, teens
Plot:
revenge, vengeance, violence, brother brother relationship, murder, gangster, death of brother, organized crime, justice, vigilantism, cemetery, mafia ...
Time:
80s, year 1989
Place:
kentucky, chicago, appalachia, usa, san francisco
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Jess, age 18, and Moss, age 12 are second cousins in the dark-fire tobacco fields of rural Western Kentucky. Without immediate families that they can relate to, and lacking friends their own age, they only have each other. Over the course of a ...
Style:
atmospheric, realistic, contemplative, stylized, captivating ...
Plot:
coming of age, youth, farm, self discovery, teenage life, friendship, love and romance, society, smoking, childhood, teenager, male female relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
kentucky, usa
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Genre: Adventure, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Daniel Boone is an American action-adventure television series starring Fess Parker as Daniel Boone that aired from September 24, 1964 to September 10, 1970 on NBC for 165 episodes, and was made by 20th Century Fox Television. Ed Ames co-starred as ...
Style:
realistic, serious, vintage
Audience:
kids, boys' night
Plot:
american revolution, redheaded woman, fort, usa history, team, american south, wild west, cherokee, tribe, tough heroes, family relations, heroes ...
Time:
18th century, 19th century, 1770s
Place:
kentucky, usa
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
When their abusive parents are killed in a car crash, twin sisters Rosie and Violet vow to run away to Kentucky in search of a better life. While on the road, the girls meet up with Pete, a drifter working as a grounds keeper on a derelict army ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, independent film, sexual, realistic ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, sister sister relationship, sex toy, teenage girl, male nudity, orphan, dysfunctional family, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, adultery, sex with a minor, statutory rape ...
Time:
90s
Place:
kentucky, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A Kentucky woman whose mine-worker husband is nearly killed in a cave-in, and whose father is slowly dying of black lung disease, joins the picket lines for a long, violent strike.
Style:
disturbing, realistic, rough, independent film, captivating ...
Plot:
strike, poverty, labor strike, fighting the system, rebellion, against the odds, price of justice, ambition, legal, society, human nature, life is a bitch ...
Time:
70s, year 1973, year 1974
Place:
kentucky, appalachia, usa, new york
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Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
The Lashman is an independent film written & directed by Cameron McCasland
Style:
slasher, mumblecore, psychotronic, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
high school student, revenge, murder, survival horror, teenager, paranormal phenomena, vacation, monster, paranormal, pursuit, psychopath, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
kentucky
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
An action/thriller set in 1977 about four friends who reunite for a bachelor party to hunt for buried Prohibition money on Kentucky's Bluegrass Bourbon Trail, only to become ripped apart by greed, corruption, and murder.
Style:
suspense, tense, enigmatic, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
buried treasure, bachelor party, wilderness, autumn, party, drunkenness, haunted by the past, friends, buddies, friendship, drinking alcohol, gang ...
Time:
70s
Place:
kentucky
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
This shocking video presents the actual home video footage shot by Kentucky killers Dwayne Foote and Darla-Jean Stanton as they embark on a deadly rampage. Watch in awe as the heartless lovers stumble into a situation that triggers one of the most ...
Style:
rough, realistic, serious, suspenseful, exciting ...
Plot:
found footage, murder, murderous pair, lovers on the run, love affair, couples, dishonesty, chases and races, cons and scams, heist, robbery, lovers ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
kentucky
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Jackson and Helen are in love and about to have their first child when they move in with Jackson's mother, Martha, in order to take care of the family estate. But all is not well in this household. Martha is jealous of her son's affection ...
Style:
scary, emotional, serious, suspense, realistic ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, mentally unstable, illicit affair, domineering mother, female nudity, oedipus complex, borderline personality disorder, parents and children, family problems, pregnant wife, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, manipulation ...
Time:
20th century, year 1998, 90s
Place:
kentucky, new york, usa
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The the backwoods of Kentucky, a demented family begin the process of cleaning up their "bloodline." Their family is led by Billy Bob Hackford, who in his madness abducts unsuspecting young women. As a sadistic sport, the family forces the ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, disturbing, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot:
inbreeding, pregnant from rape, fight to the death, held captive, sadistic psychopath, incest, kidnapping, captive, captivity, kidnapper, redneck, sadistic killer ...
Place:
kentucky, southern usa
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
In this bloody long-standing feud, two families seek vengeance against each other as they unmercifully attempt to destroy each other's loved ones.
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, intense, brutal ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
civil war, family in danger, vengeance, rivalry, uninhibited rivalry, feud, revenge, violence, family feud, grudge, vendetta, american civil war ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
kentucky, appalachia, usa, west virginia
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Larry Flynt is the hedonistically obnoxious, but indomitable, publisher of Hustler magazine. The film recounts his struggle to make an honest living publishing his girlie magazine and how it changes into a battle to protect the freedom of speech for ...
Style:
sexual, controversial, erotic, factual, non fiction ...
Audience:
girls' night, adult
Plot:
courtroom drama, lawyer, free love, courtroom, court, love, biopic, fighting the system, rebellion, drug addiction, sex, porn ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1996, year 1983, year 1979 ...
Place:
kentucky, ohio, georgia, usa, los angeles ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Sheba, a Chicago private detective returns back home to Louisville, Kentucky, to help her father fight mobsters.
Style:
detective, grindhouse, neo noir, independent film, fast ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blaxploitation, undercover, female protagonist, woman with a gun, private detective, machine gun, revenge, martial arts, tough girl, organized crime, african american, exploitation ...
Time:
year 1975, 70s, 20th century
Place:
kentucky, chicago, louisville kentucky, illinois, usa
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Genre: Romance, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Carter (O'Bryan) wonders if he's ever going to find a woman who wants to be more than "just friends." His conniving best friend Pat and beautiful step-sister Erin (Vanessa Marcil) both know what's causing the problem: ...
Style:
independent film, semi serious, realistic, sentimental, touching ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
friendship, best friend, bittersweet, wooing, looking for sex, sexual relations, infidelity, looking for love, singleness, cons and scams, couples, friends ...
Time:
90s
Place:
kentucky, usa, louisville kentucky
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
As youths in Azusa, Vinnie, Carter, and Rosie pull off a racing scam, substituting winners for plodders and winning big bucks on long odds. When an official uncovers the scam, they set him up for blackmail. Jump ahead twenty years, Carter and Rosie ...
Style:
neo noir, erotic, psychological, independent film, contemplative ...
Plot:
horse, heist, con men, love triangle, crime gone awry, betrayal, corruption, pumpkin, romantic triangle, friendship, criminal's revenge, dishonesty ...
Time:
year 1999, 90s
Place:
kentucky, usa, california
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
When a high school football star is suddenly stricken with irreversible total blindness, he must decide whether to live a safe handicapped life or bravely return to the life he once knew and the sport he still loves.
Style:
sentimental, serious, realistic, christian film, motivational ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
blindness, american football, high school football, high school, sport team, student athlete, friendship, self pity, athlete's life, disability, american football player, football ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
kentucky, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
BOY MEETS GIRL is a funny, tender, sex positive romantic comedy that explores what it means to be a real man or woman, and how important it is to live a courageous life not letting fear stand in the way of going after your dreams.
Style:
romantic, touching, melancholic, sweet, semi serious ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
transsexual, lgbt, gender, lgbtq, transgender, transsexuality, lesbian, relationships, small town, love affair, loneliness, social relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
kentucky, indiana, idaho, usa, new jersey ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A Cincinnati college student breaks off his engagement to his wealthy fiancée after he falls in love with a backwoods Kentucky girl he meets at a party. She says she's 20, but he finds out she's 16 and married to an abusive husband.
Style:
independent film, realistic, semi serious, captivating
Plot:
older man younger woman relationship, infidelity, college, age difference, passion, male female relationship, older man younger woman romance, teenager, young love, older man young girl relationship, betrayal, youth ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
kentucky, columbus ohio, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Two teenage outsiders are demoralized daily at school, until an idea for vengeance offers them a terrifying release.
Style:
unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, thought provoking, psychological ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
bullying, friendship, school shooting, police, boy, friendship between boys, tragedy, best friend, revenge, school, teenage boy, junior high school ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
kentucky, usa
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A small farm town in Kentucky bands together to convince Dingus, the village idiot, that he will be competing in the Summer Olympic Games and that the event will be held in their town of Anvil County (Population: 43).
Style:
feel good, absurd
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
wrestling, village idiot, small town, bet, satire, political corruption, heartwarming, fish out of water, village, town, olympics, idiot ...
Place:
kentucky
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
For an initiation stunt, five college women are locked in a Kentucky hospital built in 1910 where 63,000 people died from a disease known as the "white plague". Deep under the hospital is the "Death Tunnel" which once were used ...
Style:
psychological, serious, suspenseful, scary, slasher ...
Plot:
tunnel, ghost, haunted house, uncover truth, mysterious character, haunted by the past, initiation, survival, afterlife, college, school, abandoned hospital ...
Time:
20th century, 1910s, year 1932
Place:
kentucky, usa, louisville kentucky
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Samantha Hughes, a teenaged Kentucky girl, never knew her father, who died in Vietnam before her birth. Samantha lives with her uncle Emmett, who also served in Vietnam. Emmett hangs around with Tom, Earl, and Pete, three other Vietnam vets who, ...
Style:
emotional, touching, realistic, sex comedy, contemplative ...
Plot:
vietnam veteran, obsession, friendship, woman in short shorts, destruction, vietnam war, soldier, youth, self discovery, coming of age, hopes, human nature ...
Time:
year 1989, 80s
Place:
kentucky, vietnam, usa, washington d.c., southern usa ...
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