Amidst her own personality crisis, a southern housewife meets an outgoing old woman who tells her the story of Idgie Threadgoode and Ruth Jamison, two young women who experienced hardships and love in 1920s Whistle Stop, Alabama.
Casts Kathy Bates, Jessica Tandy, Mary-Louise Parker, Mary Stuart Masterson, Cicely Tyson, Stan Shaw, Chris O'Donnell, Gailard Sartain, Timothy Scott, Gary Basaraba
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
The Beach
Away from Her
Ask the Dust
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Jezebel
The Door in the Floor
The Patriot
Solaris
Payback
L.A. Confidential
The Perfect Storm
The Map That Leads to You
Aimée & Jaguar
Black Beauty
The Rose Garden
Tomboy
Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill
Jakob the Liar
So Well Remembered
Women Talking
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The Beach
IMDB 6.5 | Feb , 2000
Twenty-something Richard travels to Thailand and finds himself in possession of a strange map. Rumours state that it leads to a solitary beach paradise, a tropical bliss - excited and intrigued, he sets out to find it.Away from Her
IMDB 7 | May , 2007
Fiona and Grant have been married for nearly 50 years. They have to face the fact that Fiona’s absent-mindedness is a symptom of Alzheimer’s disease. She must go to a specialized nursing home, where she slowly forgets Grant and turns her affection to Aubrey, another patient in the home.Ask the Dust
IMDB 5.4 | Feb , 2006
Mexican beauty Camilla hopes to rise above her station by marrying a wealthy American. That is complicated by meeting Arturo Bandini, a first-generation Italian hoping to land a writing career and a blue-eyed blonde on his arm.The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
IMDB 7.6 | May , 2007
Jean-Dominique Bauby, editor-in-chief of French fashion bible Elle magazine, has a devastating stroke at age 43. The damage to his brain stem results in locked-in syndrome, with which he is almost completely paralyzed and only able to communicate by blinking an eye. Bauby painstakingly dictates his memoir via the only means of expression left to him.Jezebel
IMDB 7 | Mar , 1938
In 1850s Louisiana, the willfulness of a tempestuous Southern belle threatens to destroy all who care for her.The Door in the Floor
IMDB 6.1 | Jul , 2004
The lives of Ted and Marion Cole are thrown into disarray when their two adolescent sons die in a car wreck. Marion withdraws from Ted and Ruth, the couple's daughter. Ted, a well-known writer, hires as his assistant a student named Eddie, who looks oddly similar to one of the Coles' dead sons. The couple separate, and Marion begins an affair with Eddie, while Ted has a dalliance with his neighbor Evelyn.The Patriot
IMDB 7.2 | Jun , 2000
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, America, against the British, Benjamin reluctantly returns to his old life to protect his son.Solaris
IMDB 5.9 | Nov , 2002
A troubled psychologist is sent to investigate the crew of an isolated research station orbiting a bizarre planet.Payback
IMDB 6.8 | Feb , 1999
With friends like these, who needs enemies? That's the question bad guy Porter is left asking after his wife and partner steal his heist money and leave him for dead -- or so they think. Five months and an endless reservoir of bitterness later, Porter's partners and the crooked cops on his tail learn how bad payback can be.L.A. Confidential
IMDB 7.8 | Sep , 1997
Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slayings of the patrons at an all-night diner.The Perfect Storm
IMDB 6.5 | Jun , 2000
In October 1991, a confluence of weather conditions combined to form a killer storm in the North Atlantic. Caught in the storm was the sword-fishing boat Andrea Gail.The Map That Leads to You
IMDB 6.5 | Aug , 2025
Heather is a young woman traveling Europe with friends before starting her perfectly planned life. A chance meeting with Jack sparks an unexpected romance that leads to deep emotional discovery. As secrets and life choices test their bond, her path changes forever.Aimée & Jaguar
IMDB 6.7 | Feb , 1999
In 1943, while the Allies are bombing Berlin and the Gestapo is purging the capital of Jews, a dangerous love affair blossoms between two women – one a Jewish member of the underground, the other an exemplar of Nazi motherhood.Black Beauty
IMDB 5.4 | Aug , 1946
Based on Anna Sewell's novel. In rural England of the 1880's, widower Squire Wendon is rearing his young daughter Anne. Her father has forbidden her to be present when their mare, "Duchess," gives birth. Anne sneaks out to the stable, however, and is discovered by her father who forbids her ever to ride Duchess again. Despite this punishment, he gives Anne Duchess's colt because it is her birthday, and she names him "Black Beauty."The Rose Garden
IMDB 6.4 | Dec , 1989
In Germany, an old man attacks another old man and is arrested. The attacker refuses to speak. A female lawyer is appointed to him. She discovers that the attacker has numbers tattooed on his arm and the attacked man was a German officer.Tomboy
IMDB 4.8 | Jan , 1985
A budding female race-car driver finally meets her racing idol and unbelievably they fall in love...a love that's quickly put to the test when, having received the chance to show her racing talents, the two find themselves in a race for a multi-million dollar sponsorship contract.Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill
IMDB 7.7 | Sep , 1948
A handsome young master at a boys school incurs the jealousy of an embittered colleague. From the novel by Hugh Walpole.Jakob the Liar
IMDB 6.7 | Sep , 1999
In 1944 Poland, a Jewish shop keeper named Jakob is summoned to ghetto headquarters after being caught out after curfew. While waiting for the German Kommondant, Jakob overhears a German radio broadcast about Russian troop movements. Returned to the ghetto, the shopkeeper shares his information with a friend and then rumors fly that there is a secret radio within the ghetto.So Well Remembered
IMDB 5 | Jul , 1947
A mill-owner's ambitious daughter almost ruins her husband's political career.Women Talking
IMDB 6.8 | Dec , 2022
A group of women in an isolated religious colony struggle to reconcile their faith with a series of sexual assaults committed by the colony's men.