Appalachia Movies

  • 2005
    The Descent

    The Descent

    The Descent

    6.9672005HD

    After a tragic accident, six friends reunite for a caving expedition. Their adventure soon goes horribly wrong when a collapse traps them deep...

    The Descent
  • 2015
    A Walk in the Woods

    A Walk in the Woods

    A Walk in the Woods

    6.12015HD

    After spending two decades in England, Bill Bryson returns to the U.S., where he decides the best way to connect with his homeland is to hike the...

    A Walk in the Woods
  • 2015
    The World Made Straight

    The World Made Straight

    The World Made Straight

    5.72015HD

    In a rural Appalachian community haunted by the legacy of a Civil War massacre, a rebellious young man struggles to escape the violence that would...

    The World Made Straight
  • 2023
    King Coal

    King Coal

    King Coal

    102023HD

    The cultural roots of coal continue to permeate the rituals of daily life in Appalachia even as its economic power wanes. The journey of a coal...

    King Coal
  • 2012
    Lawless

    Lawless

    Lawless

    7.0572012HD

    In 1931, the Bondurant brothers of Franklin County, Virginia, run a multipurpose backwoods establishment that hides their true business —...

    Lawless
  • 2020
    Spell

    Spell

    Spell

    6.42020HD

    A father survives a plane crash in rural Appalachia, but becomes suspicious of the elderly couple who take him in to nurse him back to health with...

    Spell
  • 2019
    Them That Follow

    Them That Follow

    Them That Follow

    52019HD

    A Pentecostal pastor, Lemuel Childs, and his believers handle venomous snakes to prove themselves before God. Lemuel’s daughter, Mara holds a...

    Them That Follow
  • 1999
    American Hollow

    American Hollow

    American Hollow

    6.31999HD

    This documentary follows the lives of the Bowling family as they fight to survive in dirt-poor Appalachia. Matriarch Iree has given birth to 13...

    American Hollow
  • 2005
    Loggerheads

    Loggerheads

    Loggerheads

    62005HD

    A troubled woman seeks out the child she gave up for adoption; a gay motel owner takes in a handsome drifter; and the wife of a preacher frets that a...

    Loggerheads
  • 2009
    White Lightnin'

    White Lightnin'

    White Lightnin'

    6.92009HD

    Deep in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains in West Virginia, where every man owns a gun and a moonshine still, abides living legend Jesco White,...

    White Lightnin'
  • 1974
    The Legend of Hillbilly John

    The Legend of Hillbilly John

    The Legend of Hillbilly John

    51974HD

    A roaming hillbilly, on a quest to defy the Devil, encounters several supernatural characters and does battle with his silver-stringed guitar.

    The Legend of Hillbilly John
  • 1940
    The Children Must Learn

    The Children Must Learn

    The Children Must Learn

    01940HD

    Documentary profiling an Appalachian farming family struggling to scrape out a living. Link­ing education and economic development, The Children...

    The Children Must Learn
  • 2022
    No Such Right: The End of Roe in Appalachia

    No Such Right: The End of Roe in Appalachia

    No Such Right: The End of Roe in Appalachia

    62022HD

    “No Such Right” is a snapshot of a region in crisis. In the aftermath of the stunning Dobbs v Jackson decision, doctors, lawyers,...

    No Such Right: The End of Roe in Appalachia
  • 2007
    The Last Sin Eater

    The Last Sin Eater

    The Last Sin Eater

    5.72007HD

    In seeking her own redemption from the one man of whom she is most afraid, 10-year-old Cadi Forbes discovers a secret sin haunting her community of...

    The Last Sin Eater
  • 2009
    Down in Number 5

    Down in Number 5

    Down in Number 5

    02009HD

    Southern Gothic tale of a coal miner pushed to his limits for the love of his son.

    Down in Number 5
  • 2022
    My Great Great Great Uncle Built Churches

    My Great Great Great Uncle Built Churches

    My Great Great Great Uncle Built Churches

    02022HD

    Bob Childress was the founder and builder of the famous "Rock Churches" of southwest Virginia, all established between 1919 and 1954. In 2022, Buford...

    My Great Great Great Uncle Built Churches
  • 2005
    The Appalachians

    The Appalachians

    The Appalachians

    82005HD

    Follows the 300 year history of the Appalachian people with interviews by scholars, musicians and writers.

    The Appalachians
  • 2018
    The Curse and the Jubilee

    The Curse and the Jubilee

    The Curse and the Jubilee

    02018HD

    An intimate, arresting portrait of the cursed Appalachian mining town of Ivanhoe, Virginia. The film captures the town as it prepares for the annual...

    The Curse and the Jubilee
  • 2018
    Hillbilly

    Hillbilly

    Hillbilly

    72018HD

    A documentary that examines the cultural stereotype of the people of Appalachia and how that has affected America's relationship with its rural...

    Hillbilly
  • 1991
    Appalachian Journey

    Appalachian Journey

    Appalachian Journey

    9.51991HD

    Appalachian Journey is one of five films made from footage that Alan Lomax shot between 1978 and 1985 for the PBS American Patchwork series (1991). ...

    Appalachian Journey