Appalachia Movies
- 2005
The Descent
The Descent6.9642005HD
After a tragic accident, six friends reunite for a caving expedition. Their adventure soon goes horribly wrong when a collapse traps them deep undergr...
- 2012
Lawless
Lawless7.12012HD
In 1931, the Bondurant brothers of Franklin County, Virginia, run a multipurpose backwoods establishment that hides their true business — bootlegging....
- 2015
A Walk in the Woods
A Walk in the Woods6.12015HD
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 Appa...
- 2015
The World Made Straight
The World Made Straight5.72015HD
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 bin...
- 2023
King Coal
King Coal102023HD
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 miner’...
- 2020
Spell
Spell6.42020HD
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 the...
- 2019
Them That Follow
Them That Follow52019HD
A Pentecostal pastor, Lemuel Childs, and his believers handle venomous snakes to prove themselves before God. Lemuel’s daughter, Mara holds a secret t...
- 2005
Loggerheads
Loggerheads62005HD
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...
- 2007
The Last Sin Eater
The Last Sin Eater5.72007HD
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 We...
- 1974
The Legend of Hillbilly John
The Legend of Hillbilly John51974HD
A roaming hillbilly, on a quest to defy the Devil, encounters several supernatural characters and does battle with his silver-stringed guitar.
- 2009
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, "...
- 1999
American Hollow
American Hollow6.31999HD
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 childr...
- 1996
Mountain Born: The Jean Ritchie Story
Mountain Born: The Jean Ritchie Story01996HD
Chronicles the 50-year career of singer/songwriter Jean Ritchie, from Viper, Kentucky to the New York stage. Pete Seeger, Arlo Guthrie, and her family...
- 2023
Picture Proof
Picture Proof02023HD
Examines the intergenerational impact of addiction by chronicling the love, labor, loss, and uncertainty of one woman’s struggle to live a life of sob...
- 2022
No Such Right: The End of Roe in Appalachia
No Such Right: The End of Roe in Appalachia62022HD
“No Such Right” is a snapshot of a region in crisis. In the aftermath of the stunning Dobbs v Jackson decision, doctors, lawyers, activists, and young...
- 1940
The Children Must Learn
The Children Must Learn01940HD
Documentary profiling an Appalachian farming family struggling to scrape out a living. Linking education and economic development, The Children Must...
- 2014
Moving Mountains
Moving Mountains02014HD
A determined housewife goes head-to-head with a $1 billion mining company after its negligent operation ruins her town's water supply.
- 2022
My Great Great Great Uncle Built Churches
My Great Great Great Uncle Built Churches02022HD
Bob Childress was the founder and builder of the famous "Rock Churches" of southwest Virginia, all established between 1919 and 1954. In 2022, Buford...
- 2009
Down in Number 5
Down in Number 502009HD
Southern Gothic tale of a coal miner pushed to his limits for the love of his son.
- 2005
The Appalachians
The Appalachians82005HD
Follows the 300 year history of the Appalachian people with interviews by scholars, musicians and writers.