The story of an old Jewish widow named Daisy Werthan and her relationship with her black chauffeur, Hoke. From an initial mere work relationship...

Amidst her own personality crisis, southern housewife Evelyn Couch meets Ninny, an outgoing old woman who tells her the story of Idgie Threadgoode...

A troubled Southern man talks to his suicidal sister's psychiatrist about their family history and falls in love with her (and New York City) in...

A man who trains fighting cocks vows to remain silent until one of his birds wins a championship.

Norma Rae is a southern textile worker employed in a factory with intolerable working conditions. This concern about the situation gives her the...

Biography of Loretta Lynn, a country and western singer that came from poverty to fame.

A one-man army comes to the rescue of the United States when a spy attempts an invasion.

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...

Tired of being a small-town waitress, Donna departs with the latest carnival show, living with entertainers Frankie and Patch in a tense, emotional...

The recounting of a terrible crime that wracked a family and galvanized police in South Carolina in the 1980's. Southern beauty pageant winner Dawn...

During a train ride, a teenager recalls his upbringing in 1940s small-town Georgia and the events that have led to this point.

When Sam Peek's beloved wife, Cora, dies, a white dog suddenly materializes as his new companion and confidant.

Trouble ensues when a motorcycle gang stops in a small southern town while heading to the races at Daytona.

While working as a cook for the Cosa Nostra, an Asian immigrant who everyone calls Bruce because of his resemblance to Bruce Lee, is duped into...

In 1955 Florida, a Korean vet has a breakdown and is incarcerated in a "maximum security" mental health prison, where patients are abused.

Dimwitted but sweet high school girl of easy virtue and the most popular boy in the school share an improbable romance.

This is the story of Lenell Geter, an engineer who was accused and convicted of armed robbery. Because he had such faith in the system, he thought...

The biography of Jimmy Valvano, American sports reporter and basketball coach, who died of cancer in 1993.

A preacher whose ancestors were Druids battles Satan, who has taken the form of a huge snake.

A fictional drama, covering a 30-year period, about a poverty-stricken teenager forced to give up her illegitimate son at birth, and the climb to...