Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "sharecropper"

1. The Cincinnati Kid (1965)

TV-14 | 102 min | Drama

An up-and-coming poker player tries to prove himself in a high-stakes match against a long-time master of the game.

Directors: Norman Jewison, Sam Peckinpah | Stars: Steve McQueen, Ann-Margret, Edward G. Robinson, Karl Malden

Votes: 18,243 | Gross: $15.26M

2. The Highwaymen (2019)

R | 132 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

The untold true story of the legendary detectives who brought down Bonnie and Clyde.

Director: John Lee Hancock | Stars: Kevin Costner, Woody Harrelson, Kathy Bates, John Carroll Lynch

Votes: 103,561

3. The Jerk (1979)

R | 94 min | Comedy

A simpleminded, sheltered country boy suddenly decides to leave his family home to experience life in the big city, where his naivete is both his best friend and his worst enemy.

Director: Carl Reiner | Stars: Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters, Catlin Adams, Mabel King

Votes: 64,222 | Gross: $73.69M

4. The Great Debaters (2007)

PG-13 | 126 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

A drama based on the true story of Melvin B. Tolson, a professor at Wiley College Texas. In 1935, he inspired students to form the school's first debate team, which went on to challenge Harvard in the national championship.

Director: Denzel Washington | Stars: Denzel Washington, Forest Whitaker, Kimberly Elise, Nate Parker

Votes: 62,866 | Gross: $30.23M

5. Ray (I) (2004)

PG-13 | 152 min | Biography, Drama, Music

The story of the life and career of the legendary rhythm and blues musician Ray Charles, from his humble beginnings in the South, where he went blind at age seven, to his meteoric rise to stardom during the 1950s and 1960s.

Director: Taylor Hackford | Stars: Jamie Foxx, Regina King, Kerry Washington, Clifton Powell

Votes: 157,411 | Gross: $75.33M

6. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)

Passed | 129 min | Drama

An Oklahoma family, driven off their farm by the poverty and hopelessness of the Dust Bowl, joins the westward migration to California, suffering the misfortunes of the homeless in the Great Depression.

Director: John Ford | Stars: Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John Carradine, Charley Grapewin

Votes: 99,962 | Gross: $0.06M

7. Stars in My Crown (1950)

Approved | 89 min | Family, Western

In 1865, the small Southern town of Walsburg has become so dangerous that Parson Josiah Doziah Gray gives his sermons while holding a gun.

Director: Jacques Tourneur | Stars: Joel McCrea, Ellen Drew, Dean Stockwell, Alan Hale

Votes: 2,502

8. Mudbound (2017)

R | 134 min | Drama, War

Two men return home from World War II to work on a farm in rural Mississippi, where they struggle to deal with racism and adjusting to life after war.

Director: Dee Rees | Stars: Jason Mitchell, Carey Mulligan, Jason Clarke, Mary J. Blige

Votes: 54,411

9. Song of the South (1946)

G | 94 min | Animation, Comedy, Family

The kindly story-teller Uncle Remus tells a young boy stories about trickster Br'er Rabbit, who outwits Br'er Fox and slow-witted Br'er Bear.

Directors: Harve Foster, Wilfred Jackson | Stars: Ruth Warrick, Bobby Driscoll, James Baskett, Luana Patten

Votes: 15,232 | Gross: $63.72M

10. Cadillac Records (2008)

R | 109 min | Biography, Drama, Music

Chronicles the rise of Chess Records and its recording artists.

Director: Darnell Martin | Stars: Adrien Brody, Jeffrey Wright, Beyoncé, Columbus Short

Votes: 23,129 | Gross: $8.20M

11. Greener Grass (2019)

Unrated | 95 min | Comedy

Suburban soccer moms find themselves constantly competing against each other in their personal lives as their kids settle their differences on the field.

Directors: Jocelyn DeBoer, Dawn Luebbe | Stars: Jocelyn DeBoer, Dawn Luebbe, Beck Bennett, Neil Casey

Votes: 5,625

12. Wild Reeds (1994)

Not Rated | 110 min | Drama

The fates of two partners are divided.

Director: André Téchiné | Stars: Élodie Bouchez, Gaël Morel, Stéphane Rideau, Frédéric Gorny

Votes: 6,645 | Gross: $0.92M

13. Roots: The Next Generations (1979)

120 min | Biography, Drama, History

The dramatization of Alex Haley's family line from post Civil War America to the writer's search for his roots.

Stars: Debbi Morgan, Dorian Harewood, Paul Koslo, Stan Shaw

Votes: 2,786

14. Sounder (1972)

G | 105 min | Drama, Family

The oldest son of a loving and strong family of black sharecroppers comes of age in the Depression-era South after his father is imprisoned for stealing food.

Director: Martin Ritt | Stars: Cicely Tyson, Paul Winfield, Kevin Hooks, Carmen Mathews

Votes: 4,827 | Gross: $3.10M

15. Murder in Coweta County (1983 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Western

In 1948, in rural Georgia, Coweta County is watched over by its legendary, indomitable Sheriff Lamar Potts (Johnny Cash). No felony had ever gone unsolved while Sheriff Potts was in charge.... See full summary »

Director: Gary Nelson | Stars: Johnny Cash, Andy Griffith, Earl Hindman, Ed Van Nuys

Votes: 767

16. Where the Lilies Bloom (1974)

G | 98 min | Drama, Family, Romance

A family of Appalachian children live together in the backwoods so that they can stay together after the death of their widower father.

Director: William A. Graham | Stars: Julie Gholson, Jan Smithers, Matthew Burril, Helen Harmon

Votes: 1,058

17. The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1974 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 110 min | Drama, History

Story of a black woman in the South who was born into slavery in the 1850s and lives to become a part of the civil rights movement in the 1960s.

Director: John Korty | Stars: Cicely Tyson, Eric Brown, Richard Dysart, Joel Fluellen

Votes: 2,499

18. Tobacco Road (1941)

Approved | 84 min | Comedy, Drama

Hillbilly family farm life in 1941 rural Georgia.

Director: John Ford | Stars: Charley Grapewin, Gene Tierney, Marjorie Rambeau, William Tracy

Votes: 2,571

19. The Southerner (1945)

Approved | 92 min | Drama

The life of the poor Tucker family who worked as cotton pluggers and decided to get their own ground, but nature was against them.

Director: Jean Renoir | Stars: Zachary Scott, Betty Field, J. Carrol Naish, Beulah Bondi

Votes: 3,874

20. A Lion Is in the Streets (1953)

Approved | 88 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

A charismatic peddler from the bayous finds his true calling in politics. Is he a demagogue in the making?

Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: James Cagney, Barbara Hale, Anne Francis, Warner Anderson

Votes: 1,028

21. Down in the Delta (1998)

PG-13 | 112 min | Drama

In a desperate attempt to change her life, Loretta -- a troubled single mother from a tough Chicago neighborhood -- is sent to spend a summer at her family's ancestral home in rural Mississippi.

Director: Maya Angelou | Stars: Alfre Woodard, Al Freeman Jr., Mary Alice, Esther Rolle

Votes: 1,899 | Gross: $5.66M

22. Scattered Dreams (1993 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 95 min | Drama

A loving couple is trying to make a living in 1951 Florida when they are arrested for a crime they didn't commit.

Director: Neema Barnette | Stars: Tyne Daly, Gerald McRaney, Sonny Shroyer, Andrew Prine

Votes: 304

23. Between Heaven and Hell (1956)

Approved | 94 min | Drama, War

The spoiled rich son of a wealthy Southerner is changed by his experiences in the Pacific during World War II.

Director: Richard Fleischer | Stars: Robert Wagner, Terry Moore, Broderick Crawford, Buddy Ebsen

Votes: 1,534

24. Hallelujah (1929)

Passed | 109 min | Drama, Musical

A sharecropper decides to become a preacher after falling for a vamp from the city.

Director: King Vidor | Stars: Daniel L. Haynes, Nina Mae McKinney, William Fountaine, Harry Gray

Votes: 2,000

25. Within Our Gates (1920)

Not Rated | 79 min | Drama, Romance

Abandoned by her fiancé, an educated black woman with a shocking past dedicates herself to helping a near bankrupt school for impoverished black youths.

Director: Oscar Micheaux | Stars: Evelyn Preer, Flo Clements, James D. Ruffin, Jack Chenault

Votes: 3,627

26. Our Daily Bread (1934)

Passed | 80 min | Drama, Romance

A group of down-on-their-luck workers combine their abilities to make a Gallafentian-style commune... and bread!

Director: King Vidor | Stars: Karen Morley, Tom Keene, Barbara Pepper, Addison Richards

Votes: 2,195

27. The Cabin in the Cotton (1932)

TV-G | 78 min | Drama

A tenant farmer's son is caught in the middle of owner-tenant disputes when he falls for the plantation owner's seductive daughter.

Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Richard Barthelmess, Bette Davis, Dorothy Jordan, Hardie Albright

Votes: 1,878

28. Claudelle Inglish (1961)

Approved | 99 min | Drama

In Georgia, the young and attractive daughter of poor farmers is forced by her mother to ditch her young boyfriend in order to marry an old rich neighbor but the girl rebels by becoming the town's harlot.

Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Diane McBain, Arthur Kennedy, Will Hutchins, Constance Ford

Votes: 394

29. Desire in the Dust (1960)

Passed | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Lonnie Wilson, the son of a toothless sharecropper, Zuba Wilson, returns to small southern hometown after spending six years on the chain-gang for killing Colonel Ben Marquand's son in an ... See full summary »

Director: William F. Claxton | Stars: Raymond Burr, Martha Hyer, Joan Bennett, Ken Scott

Votes: 202

30. The Sky Is Gray (1980 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 46 min | Drama

A young boy named James comes of age in 1940s Louisiana and grapples with what it means to be black during a time of racism and poverty. James's mother accompanies her son to town to see ... See full summary »

Director: Stan Lathan | Stars: Olivia Cole, James Bond III, Margaret Avery, Cleavon Little

Votes: 84

31. Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power (2022)

90 min | Documentary

It tells the story of the courageous campaign of citizens and activists who faced violence and oppression in the struggle for the right to vote

Directors: Geeta Gandbhir, Sam Pollard | Stars: Ella Baker, Stokely Carmichael, Courtland Cox, Mukasa Dada

Votes: 158

32. Captain Boycott (1947)

Approved | 92 min | Drama, History

In 1880 Ireland, poor farmers rebel against the abuses of their British landlords.

Director: Frank Launder | Stars: Stewart Granger, Kathleen Ryan, Cecil Parker, Alastair Sim

Votes: 430

33. The Great Depression (1993– )

Documentary, History

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Stars: Joe Morton, Gore Vidal, Ossie Davis, Maya Angelou

Votes: 37

34. Purlie (1982 TV Movie)

142 min | Comedy, Family, Musical

In the early days of the civil rights movement, a Southern plantation owner holds his sharecroppers in virtual slavery. Purlie comes home as a preacher who will shake things up and bring freedom to his people.

Director: Rudi Goldman | Stars: Robert Guillaume, Sherman Hemsley, Rhetta Hughes, Melba Moore

Votes: 119

35. The Mill on the Po (1949)

96 min | Drama, History

Berta Scarceni is betrothed to Orbino Verginesi and the engagement is celebrated on the floating mill of the Scarceni.

Director: Alberto Lattuada | Stars: Carla Del Poggio, Jacques Sernas, Mario Besesti, Giulio Calì

Votes: 261

36. Sounder, Part 2 (1976)

G | 98 min | Drama

Poor black sharecroppers band together to build a school for their children.

Director: William A. Graham | Stars: Harold Sylvester, Ebony Wright, Taj Mahal, Teddy Airhart

Votes: 69

37. The River (1938)

Unrated | 31 min | Documentary, Short, History

This documentary short film looks at the devastating and costly problems, including seasonal flooding and erosion of precious topsoil, associated with the Mississippi River system and promotes more Federal projects to remedy the situation.

Director: Pare Lorentz | Star: Thomas Chalmers

Votes: 669

38. Native Land (1942)

Not Rated | 80 min | Drama, History

Paul Robeson narrates a mix of dramatizations and archival footage about the bill of rights being under attack during the 1930s by union busting corporations, their spies and contractors. ... See full summary »

Directors: Leo Hurwitz, Paul Strand | Stars: Paul Robeson, Fred Johnson, Mary George, John Rennick

Votes: 380

39. Chikara Tag World Grand Prix 2005, Night 2 (2005 Video)

221 min | Action, Comedy, Sport

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Stars: The Bear, Kevin 'Pondo' Canady, Arik Cannon, Carolina Jim

40. White Bondage (1937)

Approved | 60 min | Drama

In the Depression era American South, impoverished, oppressed sharecroppers band together to fight the corrupt and abusive bosses who rule over the cotton farming community.

Director: Nick Grinde | Stars: Jean Muir, Gordon Oliver, Howard Phillips, Joe King

Votes: 128

41. This Land, Our Voices (2020)

45 min | Documentary

This Land, Our Voices is an anthology film that explores contemporary rural landscapes in America. Each section tells the story of one person's relationship between their land and their legacy.

Directors: Kevin Bay, Julia Thompson

42. From the Bottom (2008)

88 min | Documentary, Biography

Ulysses Lee Gooch's parents were laborers on a large southern farm in the early 1920s, and it was the farmstead owner's family who named him. He later acquired the nickname, "Rip." Early on... See full summary »

Director: Larry F. Levenson | Stars: Ulysses Lee 'Rip' Gooch, Charletta Campbell, Mon-el Ellis

43. The Living Blues (2003 TV Movie)

120 min | Documentary

Discussion of the history and interpretation of the musical style known as the "delta blues". Documentary features blues artists discussing the background and growth of the blues, and its ... See full summary »

Stars: Tony Czech, Luther Dickerson, Morgan Freeman, Jessie Mae Hemphill

Votes: 11

44. America's Got Talent (2006– )
Episode: Auditions 6 (2019)

TV-PG | Documentary, Family, Game-Show

Auditions conclude as variety acts of all types and contestants of all ages audition for the chance to win the $1 million prize; the Golden Buzzer will send one more lucky act directly to the Live Shows in Los Angeles.

Director: Russell Norman | Stars: Terry Crews, Howie Mandel, Gabrielle Union, Julianne Hough

Votes: 60

45. The Great Depression (1993– )
Episode: A Job at Ford's (1993)

52 min | Documentary, History

Just before the advent of the Great Depression, Henry Ford controlled the most important company in the most important industry in the booming American economy. His offer of high wages in ... See full summary »

Director: Jon Else | Stars: Paul Boatin, Sally Booth, Stella Brown, Ford Bryan

Votes: 10

46. World in Action (1963–1998)
Episode: The Mountain People (1970)

Documentary

America's poor whites of the Appalachia region, who fear there maybe violence against them in the future.

47. Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2012– )
Episode: Born to Sing (2024)

TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Singers Ciara and Alanis Morissette examine their family histories.

Stars: Henry Louis Gates Jr., Ciara, CeCe Moore, Alanis Morissette

Votes: 43

48. CBS Reports (1959– )
Episode: Hunger in America (1968)

60 min | Documentary, News

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Stars: David Culhane, Charles Kuralt, A.J. Ploch

49. Roots (2016)
Episode: Part 4 (2016)

TV-14 | 88 min | Drama, War

Chicken George returns to the Lea farm after 20 years; Tom, nurses a grudge against his father; George and Cyrus join the Memphis Colored Battery; Tom returns home after the war to embark on a new life with his family.

Director: Bruce Beresford | Stars: Laurence Fishburne, Herman Netzhammer, Lane Garrison, Tip 'T.I.' Harris

Votes: 375

50. Drug Lords (2018)
Episode: Frank Lucas & The Country Boys: Heroin Kings of New York (2018)

TV-MA | Documentary, Biography, Crime

Frank Lucas does whatever it takes to become and remain the heroin king of New York. Meanwhile, three dedicated cops vow to bring him down.

Stars: Frank Lucas, Dickie Lucas, Benny Abruzzo, Lew Rice

Votes: 120