Best Movies Set in Mississippi

Every state is known for something. As you work your way through the list, don’t miss the best movies set in Mississippi.

Mississippi is a southern U.S. state with the Mississippi River to its west, the state of Alabama to its east, and the Gulf of Mexico to the south. Its Mississippi Delta region is considered the birthplace of blues music, honored at the Delta Blues Museum in Clarksdale.

Also in the region is the Vicksburg National Military Park, preserving the site of a critical Civil War battle.

Best Movies Set in Mississippi

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Year: 2001

A mysterious lawman tracks three escaped convicts (George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson) searching for buried treasure in 1930s Mississippi.

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Year: 1958

As the family of a wealthy Southern patriarch informs his children that he is dying of cancer, lies and secrets surface that threaten to rip the family apart.

The Help

Year: 2011

In 1960s Mississippi, Southern society girl Skeeter turns her small town on its ear when she interviews the black women who have spent their lives taking care of prominent white families.

The Blind Side

Year: 2009

Oscar-winners Sandra Bullock and Kathy Bates, and country singing star Tim McGraw headline this deeply moving adaptation of the Michael Lewis bestselling book.

Django Unchained

Year: 2012

A freed slave (Jamie Foxx) sets out to rescue his wife from the hands of a brutal Mississippi plantation owner (Leonardo DiCaprio) with the help of a German bounty hunter (Christoph Waltz) in this Quentin Tarantino film.

Now that you’ve completed the list of best books set in this state, why not check out some others? Here are the Best Movies Set in All 50 States.

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Further Reading About the State:

• Life on the Mississippi
• Mississippi Mud: Southern Justice and the Dixie Mafia
• Deep Blues: A Musical and Cultural History of the Mississippi Delta
• Meet My Mississippi
• A Place Like Mississippi: A Journey Through a Real and Imagined Literary Landscape