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Best Southern Gothic Film

Posted on 11/30/16 at 4:28 pm
Posted by Jack Ruby
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Posted on 11/30/16 at 4:28 pm
Just watched Hell or High Water and it got me pissed off that there aren't more great southern Gothic movies made. I do think though it's a very hard genre to depict and only those who grew up in it can really get it right (unless your the coens). And there aren't many southern filmmakers.

My top 3:

The Apostle
Sling Blade
No Country For Old men


I like the old ones too like the original Cape Fear, Night Of The Hunter, The Chase, and Days of Heaven

This post was edited on 11/30/16 at 4:43 pm
Posted by TheCaterpillar
Member since Jan 2004
76774 posts
Posted on 11/30/16 at 4:30 pm to
Deliverance?

I've never seen it, can't bring myself to
Posted by REG861
Ocelot, Iowa
Member since Oct 2011
36493 posts
Posted on 11/30/16 at 4:30 pm to
Deliverance
Night of the Hunter
Frailty
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (arguably)
Posted by Ace Midnight
Between sanity and madness
Member since Dec 2006
89796 posts
Posted on 11/30/16 at 4:36 pm to
Do films like Last Picture Show (and its sequel Texas City) and Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil fall into this category?

What about Southern Comfort?

O Brother Where Art Thou? (Another Coen)

Of those choices, I probably lean towards either No Country or Last Picture Show, but I'm not sure how broadly/narrowly this genre should be drawn.
Posted by LuckyTiger
Someone's Alter
Member since Dec 2008
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Posted on 11/30/16 at 4:39 pm to
Steel Magnolias.

Creepy and horrifying.
Posted by MorbidTheClown
Baton Rouge
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Posted on 11/30/16 at 4:40 pm to
Streetcar named desire
Angel Heart
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Posted by Brosef Stalin
Member since Dec 2011
39373 posts
Posted on 11/30/16 at 4:47 pm to
Interview with the Vampire
Posted by Tigris
Mexican Home
Member since Jul 2005
12445 posts
Posted on 11/30/16 at 4:51 pm to
A Streetcar Named Desire
To Kill a Mockingbird
Wise Blood
Southern Comfort
Posted by Shiftyplus1
Regret nothing that made you smile
Member since Oct 2005
13413 posts
Posted on 11/30/16 at 4:52 pm to
quote:

No Country For Old men


I always thought of that as a new western.

I've always liked "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil", and "To Kill a Mockingbird" (that's an easy one)
Posted by Fenwick86
Member since May 2007
3534 posts
Posted on 11/30/16 at 4:58 pm to
Mud and Shotgun Stories are a couple good ones from director Jeff Nichols
Posted by RabidTiger
Member since Nov 2009
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Posted on 11/30/16 at 5:23 pm to
What about The Client?

It's not the best, but I'm really reaching for something that hasn't been named yet.
Posted by SportsGuyNOLA
New Orleans, LA
Member since May 2014
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Posted on 11/30/16 at 5:23 pm to
Killer Joe
Posted by JawjaTigah
Bizarro World
Member since Sep 2003
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Posted on 11/30/16 at 5:47 pm to
Skeleton Key
Angel Heart
Posted by Dubosed
Gulf Breeze
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Posted on 11/30/16 at 6:29 pm to
Blood Simple
Posted by IStandBytheU
Member since Sep 2016
964 posts
Posted on 11/30/16 at 6:34 pm to
Ah. Sling Blade. Good stuff.
Posted by Brosef Stalin
Member since Dec 2011
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Posted on 11/30/16 at 7:08 pm to
thinking a bit outside the box but I'll add JFK and Benjamin Button
Posted by AlaTiger
America
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Posted on 11/30/16 at 9:09 pm to
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Posted by TigerFanInSouthland
Louisiana
Member since Aug 2012
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Posted on 11/30/16 at 11:55 pm to
quote:

Sling Blade


Mmmmmhmmmm
Posted by madmaxvol
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Posted on 12/1/16 at 9:33 am to
Winter's Bone
Posted by Cdawg
TigerFred's Living Room
Member since Sep 2003
59669 posts
Posted on 12/1/16 at 10:24 am to
Just throwing some smaller film titles out there.

Ulee's Gold
Sonny

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