Movies and TV shows set in tennessee

The list contains the best, new and most relevant movies set in tennessee ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, independent film, touching, suspenseful and sentimental films and TV shows about / with small town, murder, death, cigarette smoking, volunteer, bar, husband wife relationship, telephone call, family relations and singer plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Romance genres shot in USA, Germany, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as tennessee: Get Low (2009), Bloodworth (2010), That Evening Sun (2009), From a Whisper to a Scream (1987), Walking Tall (1973), An American Haunting (2005), The Cursed (2010), All the Way Home (1963), Trash Humpers (2009), The Liberation of L.B. Jones (1970).

List of movies set in tennessee

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 7.0
 24K
Get Low (2009)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, Germany, Poland
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A movie spun out of equal parts folk tale, fable and real-life legend about the mysterious, 1930s Tennessee hermit who famously threw his own rollicking funeral party... while he was still alive.
Style: touching, emotional, talky, sentimental, psychological ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: solitude, small town, funeral director, character study, life philosophy, death, uncover truth, gossip and rumors, haunted by the past, unfulfillment, mysterious character, life is a bitch ...
Time: 20th century, year 2009, year 1938, 1930s
Place: tennessee, usa, appalachia
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 6.0
 2K
Bloodworth (2010)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: E.F. Bloodworth has returned to his home - a forgotten corner of Tennessee - after forty years of roaming. The wife he walked out on has withered and faded, his three sons are grown and angry. Warren is a womanizing alcoholic, Boyd is driven by ...
Style: serious, sincere, emotional, realistic, independent film ...
Plot: country music, family problems, haunted by the past, small town, love and romance, fall in love, spouse leaving, estrangement, family relations, country, family curse, violent content ...
Time: 21st century
Place: tennessee, usa
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That Evening Sun (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: An aging Tennessee farmer returns to his homestead and must confront a family betrayal, the reappearance of an old enemy, and the loss of his farm.
Style: serious, tense, sentimental, realistic, rough ...
Plot: farm, betrayal, retirement home, homecoming, parents and children, danger, dishonesty, uninhibited rivalry, family problems, grudge, country, father son relationship ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
Place: tennessee, usa
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From a Whisper to a Scream (1987)
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: The uncle of an executed murderess relates four stories of his hometown, Oldfield, to a reporter. In the first, an elderly man pursues a romance with a younger woman, even to the grave and beyond. In the second, a wounded man on the run from ...
Style: anthology, disturbing, independent film, pastoral, dark fairy tale ...
Audience: adult
Plot: swamp, american civil war, curse, unrequited love, civil war, evil child, killer child, voodoo, serial killer, necrophilia, murder, supernatural horror ...
Time: year 1987, 19th century, year 1933, 1950s, 1930s
Place: tennessee, usa
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 7K
Walking Tall (1973)
Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Buford Pusser's a wrestler, whose wife wants him to settle down, so they go to his home town in Tennessee, where he plans to get into business with his father. But he is shocked to discover all sorts of graft and corruption going on. And when ...
Style: tense, realistic, suspenseful, rough, serious ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: revenge, vigilantism, vigilante, redneck, small town, danger, sheriff, police corruption, corruption, fighting crime, criminal syndicate, law enforcement ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, 60s
Place: tennessee, usa
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An American Haunting (2005)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, Romania, USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Based on the true events of the only case in US History where a spirit caused the death of a man.
Style: scary, suspenseful, tense, psychological, suspense ...
Audience: adult
Plot: ghost, haunted by the past, rape, curses spells and rituals, supernatural, curse, sexual abuse, death, chase, redemption, supernatural horror, witch ...
Time: 19th century, year 2006, year 2005, ancient times, year 2000 ...
Place: tennessee, usa
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 3.8
 2K
The Cursed (2010)
Genre: Horror, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A supernatural thriller set in a cozy Tennessee town where Sheriff Jimmy Muldoon and younger brother, Deputy Lloyd Muldoon, have a firm grasp of law and order until a stranger, Denny White, comes to town and horrible things begin to happen.
Style: suspenseful, realistic, psychotronic, independent film, surprise ending
Plot: curses spells and rituals, serial killer, small town, social relations, murder, little girl, supernatural power, chase, anxiety, missing child, slave girl, curse ...
Time: 21st century
Place: tennessee
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All the Way Home (1963)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: In the early 1900's Tennessee, a loving family undergoes the shock of the father's sudden, accidental death. The widow and her young son must endure the heartache of life following the tragedy, but slowly rise up from the ashes to face the ...
Style: retro, realistic, serious, gloomy, sentimental ...
Plot: grief, death of husband, family relations, small town, car accident, family problems, life turned upside down, small town life, death in the family, parents and children, family in crisis, hopes ...
Time: 1910s, year 1963, 1900s
Place: tennessee, usa, southern usa
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Trash Humpers (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Horror
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story: Follows the lives of a small group of sociopathic elderly people in Nashville, Tennessee.
Style: independent film, minimal cast, not serious, cynical, realistic ...
Plot: vandalism, anti social, found footage, prank, obsession, elderly, destruction of property, surrealism, old age, dirty old man, aging, human relationship ...
Place: nashville tennessee, tennessee, usa
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The Liberation of L.B. Jones (1970)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A gloomy vision of the possibility of decent relations between whites and blacks anywhere, including the South. Undertaker L.B. Jones, the richest black man in his county of Tennessee, is divorcing his wife for infidelity with a white policeman. ...
Style: social, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot: racism, racial issues, interracial romance, rape, racial tension, blaxploitation, lawyer, sexual abuse, sex crime, white supremacy, interracial, civil rights ...
Time: 60s
Place: tennessee, southern usa, america, usa
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 6.9
 147K
The Firm (1993)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 154 min.
Story: Mitch McDeere is a young man with a promising future in Law. About to sit his Bar exam, he is approached by 'The Firm' and made an offer he doesn't refuse. Seduced by the money and gifts showered on him, he is totally oblivious to the ...
Style: suspense, tense, surprise ending, clever, psychological ...
Plot: lawyer, corruption, law firm, murder, conspiracy, surveillance, investigation, legal, chase, seduction, blackmail, courtroom ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: memphis, boston, tennessee, usa, harvard university ...
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An Evergreen Christmas (2014)
Genre: Family, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Leaving her seemingly glamorous Hollywood life on hold, Evie Lee is forced to return to her small hometown of Balsam Falls, Tennessee and her family's once-thriving Christmas tree farm to attend her father’s unexpected funeral. As the eldest ...
Style: uplifting, touching, sentimental, realistic, humorous ...
Plot: christmas, homecoming, death of father, family relations, family business, estate, siblings relations, farm, life turned upside down, small town, female singer, love and romance ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: tennessee, usa, los angeles
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 5.8
 880
Tennessee (2008)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The story of three people who strive to realize their dreams. Brothers Carter and Ellis set out on a road trip to their childhood home in a desperate search for their estranged father, who may hold the key to their future.
Style: sentimental, captivating, humorous, emotional, realistic ...
Plot: road trip, terminal illness, follow your dream, redemption, homecoming, brother brother relationship, love, family relations, self discovery, friendship, homeless, poverty ...
Time: 21st century
Place: tennessee, usa
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 4.4
 566
At Risk (2010)
Genre: Crime, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: "At Risk" introduces Win Garano (Sunjata), the rising star of the Massachusetts State Police, when D.A. Monique "Money" Lamont (MacDowell) sends him to Tennessee to investigate a cold case that took place more than 20 years ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense
Plot: police investigation, law enforcement, election campaign, murder, partner, fighting crime, uncover truth, legal, legal investigation, who done it, district attorney, forensic ...
Time: 21st century
Place: tennessee, massachusetts, boston, usa
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Redemption Road (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A Tennessee-set drama focused on an individual's spiritual redemption.
Style: semi serious, atmospheric, contemplative, captivating, psychological ...
Plot: blues, friends, self discovery, on the road, musician's life, music, friendship, haunted by the past, journey, blaxploitation, urban, couples ...
Time: 21st century
Place: tennessee, texas, usa, alabama, nashville tennessee
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 7.7
 1K
Christy (1994)
Genre: Drama, Family, History
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Christy is an American historical fiction drama series which aired on CBS from April 1994 to August 1995, for twenty episodes. Christy was based on the novel Christy by Catherine Marshall, the widow of Senate chaplain Peter Marshall. The novel had ...
Style: realistic, serious, touching, period drama
Audience: family outing, family friendly
Plot: child prodigy, abbey, progress, gilded age, age difference, christian, mentor, young love, poor, prodigy, small town, mountain ...
Time: 1910s, 20th century
Place: tennessee, america, usa, north carolina
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Atomic Twister (2002)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: When tornadoes hit a nuclear power plant, critically damaging the plant's cooling system, the results could be catastrophic. Atomic Twister, a countdown to disaster, traces an extraordinary day in the lives of small town citizens who ...
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense
Plot: disaster, tornado, race against time, danger, heroes, natural disaster, nuclear reactor, nuclear power plant, friends, apocalypse, weather, chief of police ...
Time: 21st century
Place: tennessee, usa
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Lolly-Madonna XXX (1973)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Laban Feather brews Tennessee moonshine with his sons Thrush, Zack, Hawk, and Finch. The chief rivals of the Feather Family in producing and selling illegal corn liquor are the Gutshalls, father Pap, and sons Ludie, Seb, and Villum. In addition to ...
Style: grindhouse, allegory, southern gothic
Plot: shootout, revenge, rural setting, hillbilly, family feud, gang rape, father murders son, rape and revenge, sniper, plan gone wrong, father son conflict, held captive ...
Time: 60s, 70s
Place: tennessee
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Black Snake Moan (2006)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A God-fearing bluesman takes to a wild young woman who, as a victim of childhood sexual abuse, is looking everywhere for love, but never quite finding it.
Style: sexy, melancholic, emotional, rough, cult classic ...
Plot: sex scene, captive, nymphomaniac, unfaithful girlfriend, promiscuous woman, sex addict, friendship, drug, going straight, nervous breakdown, trauma, blues ...
Time: 21st century
Place: tennessee, southern usa, usa, mississippi
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Daltry Calhoun (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: In small town Tennessee, a ne'er-do-well man (Knoxville) wrestling for control over his fading golf club is reunited with his estranged daughter, a 14-year-old musical prodigy.
Style: humorous, touching, feel good, realistic, sentimental ...
Plot: parents and children, single parent, workplace situations, family relations, rise to the top, businessman, redneck, long lost daughter, volunteer, bad father, redemption, estrangement ...
Time: year 2005
Place: tennessee, usa, australia
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 7.6
 28K
Nashville (1975)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 160 min.
Story: This movie tells the intersecting stories of various people connected to the music business in Nashville. Barbara Jean is the reigning queen of Nashville but is near collapse. Linnea and Delbert Reese have a shaky marriage and 2 deaf children. Opal ...
Style: political, independent film, cult classic, stylized, anthology ...
Plot: music, multiple storylines, satire, politics, musician, assassination, sexual content, showbiz, election, government, american politics, parallel story ...
Time: year 1975, 70s, 20th century
Place: tennessee, nashville tennessee, usa
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 7.6
 2K
The Sacketts (1979)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 240 min.
TV show
Story: Two part TV adaptation of Louis L'Amour's third novel in the Sackett series. The story follows the three Sackett brothers out west from their Tennessee home. Along the way the oldest, Tell, prospects for gold, while the two younger Orin ...
Style: saga, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: brothers, cave, good versus evil, escapades, criminal heroes, gang, rivalry, lone wolves, vigilantism, homecoming, old west, family feud ...
Time: 19th century, 1860s
Place: tennessee, santa fe new mexico
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 7.5
 31K
Mystery Train (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Three stories are connected by a Memphis hotel and the spirit of Elvis Presley.
Style: independent film, anthology, humorous, stylized, atmospheric ...
Plot: hotel, tourist, train, hotel room, ghost, rock and roll, robbery, cafe, recording studio, hotel desk clerk, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, armed robbery ...
Time: year 1989, 80s, 20th century
Place: memphis, tennessee, usa
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The Thing Called Love (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Miranda Presley moves from New York to Nashville to become a songwriter. At an unsuccessful audition she meets James Wright, a promising newcomer. After only a few days they marry but start to quickly regret it.
Style: semi serious, feel good, sentimental, humorous, realistic ...
Audience: date night, chick flick
Plot: friendship, country music, bittersweet, love, couples, musician's life, couple relations, friends, twentysomething life, love and romance, artists and showbiz, hopes ...
Time: 90s, year 1993
Place: new york, tennessee, usa, connecticut, austin texas ...
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Walking Tall Part II (1975)
Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Sheriff Buford Pusser continues his one-man war against moonshiners and a ruthless crime syndicate after the murder of his wife in late 1960's Tennessee.
Style: grindhouse, hood, independent film, realistic, serious ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: vigilante, vigilantism, murder, revenge, gangster, ghetto, redneck, cowboy, volunteer, gang, heroes, small town ...
Time: year 1975, 20th century, 70s
Place: tennessee, usa
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 312K
Death Proof (2007)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story: Austin's hottest DJ, Jungle Julia, sets out into the night to unwind with her two friends Shanna and Arlene. Covertly tracking their moves is Stuntman Mike, a scarred rebel leering from behind the wheel of his muscle car, revving just feet away.
Style: road movie, sexy, grindhouse, suspense, absurd ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, violence, exploitation, dark humor, revenge, car chase, vengeance, killer, stalking, stuntman, violent ...
Time: year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place: tennessee, texas, usa, austin texas
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Bell Witch Haunting (2004)
Genre: Drama, History, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: The Bell Witch Haunting" is a powerful supernatural historic thriller based on terrifying actual events that took place in Robertson County, Tennessee from 1817 to 1821, in which a spirit tormented John Bell and his family, leaving him in a ...
Style: independent film, psychotronic
Plot: found footage, witch, ghost, haunted house, spirit, phantom, haunted, legend, haunting, apparition, paranormal phenomena, vengeful ghost ...
Time: 1800s
Place: tennessee
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From the Rough (2013)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: The coach of a women's swim team parlays her success into an opportunity to build her school's men's golf team.
Style: captivating, uplifting, serious, touching, feel good ...
Audience: family outing, teens, boys' night
Plot: golf, against the odds, human spirit, athlete's life, follow your dream, athlete and trainer, once in a lifetime opportunity, lifestyle, social misfits, hopes, ambition, teacher ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: tennessee, usa
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 7.8
 265K
Walk the Line (2005)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story: A chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cash's life, from his early days on an Arkansas cotton farm to his rise to fame with Sun Records in Memphis, where he recorded alongside Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins.
Style: sentimental, touching, emotional, road movie, captivating ...
Audience: date night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot: music, rock and roll, country music, musician's life, musician, addiction, marriage, biopic, accident, prison, drug, rise and fall ...
Time: 70s, 60s, 50s, 2000s, 1940s ...
Place: tennessee, memphis, usa, arkansas, west germany ...
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The Notorious Bettie Page (2005)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Bettie Page grew up in a conservative religious family in Tennessee and became a photo model sensation in 1950s New York. Bettie's legendary pin-up photos made her the target of a Senate investigation into pornography, and transformed her into ...
Style: erotic, melancholic, black and white, factual, bleak ...
Plot: rape, sexual abuse, photographer, photography, female nudity, bdsm, fetishism, photograph, female protagonist, investigation, model, sexuality ...
Time: 50s, 1950s, 1940s, 20th century, year 2005 ...
Place: usa, tennessee, new york, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city ...
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