Movies filmed in Mississippi

Stephen Brice, a young lawyer in Civil War-era St. Louis, falls in love with Virginia Carvel, the daughter of his benefactor. But she is loyal to the South and Brice is committed to Lincoln's cause. In the course of the war, their convictions separate them, and Virginia becomes engaged to her cousin Clarence Colfax, a Confederate officer. Brice becomes an officer under General Sherman, and eventually finds himself faced with the captured Colfax, facing execution for spying. Brice must decide whether or not to intercede in his rival's behalf.

Severely injured in an attempted getaway, safe cracker Slippy McGee is taken in by Father De Rance and nursed back to health by Mary Virginia after his leg is amputated. Under the influence of the kindness shown him, Slippy reforms and falls in love with Mary Virginia, although she intends to marry Lawrence Mayne. When George Inglesby attempts to blackmail Mary Virginia into marrying him, Slippy uses his skill one last time to obtain some incriminating letters from a safe.

An immature, naive teenage bride holds her anxious husband at bay while flirting with an amorous Sicilian farmer.

Chronicles the rise of Chess Records and its recording artists.

A young man fresh out of law school tries to win a reprieve for his racist grandfather who is on death row.

A young boy who witnessed the suicide of a mafia lawyer hires an attorney to protect him when the District Attorney tries to use him to take down a mob family.

An aspiring author during the civil rights movement of the 1960s decides to write a book detailing the African American maids' point of view on the white families for which they work, and the hardships they go through on a daily basis.

A chronicle of James Brown's rise from extreme poverty to become one of the most influential musicians in history.

A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a 60 Minutes exposé on Big Tobacco.

An eccentric, if not charming Southern professor and his crew pose as a classical ensemble in order to rob a casino, all under the nose of his unsuspecting but sharp old landlady.

Carnelle wants to escape her dreary life, so she enters a local beauty contest, much to everyone's dismay.

Two FBI agents with wildly different styles arrive in Mississippi to investigate the disappearance of three civil rights activists.

A shy boy grows up in 1940s Mississippi with the help of his beloved dog, Skip.

In the deep south during the 1930s, three escaped convicts search for hidden treasure while a relentless lawman pursues them.

An ethnic Indian family is expelled from Idi Amin's Uganda in 1972 and lives in Mississippi 17 years later. The dad sues Uganda to get his property back. The grown daughter falls in love with a Black man.

The story of controversial pornography publisher Larry Flynt, and how he became a defender of free speech.

A foster mother begins experiencing psychic visions after the psychotic biological mother of her foster daughter begins stalking them.

A student falls in love with a Southern belle, but their relationship is complicated by her troubled past and the onset of the Civil War.

Dramatic story of the influential Hunnicutt family set in Texas during the late 1950s.

In 1950s Mississippi, teenager Bobbie Lee Hartley navigates her blossoming hormones as she is courted by Billy Joe McAllister, who is headed for tragedy.

When two men break out of prison, they join up with another and restart their criminal ways, robbing banks across the South.

In 1863, a Union outfit is sent behind Confederate lines in Mississippi to destroy enemy railroads but a captive southern belle and the unit's doctor cause frictions within ranks.

A Mississippi district attorney and the widow of Medgar Evers struggle to finally bring a white supremacist to justice for the 1963 murder of the civil rights leader.

Conflict arises in the small town of Holly Springs when an old woman's death causes a variety of reactions among family and friends.

A lonely farmer takes in a pregnant woman and looks after her. After she gives birth, tragedy strikes.