79 Films & TV Shows Set In Arkansas
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Chrystal
ArkansasMany years after a devastating accident that took the life of his only son and permanently injured his wife, Joe finally comes home and tries to redeem himself.
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Paradise Lost 2: Revelations
Arkansas The 1990sRevisiting the 1994 Arkansas murder of three 8-year-old boys and the three teenagers convicted of the crime. A follow up to Paradise Lost, Revelations features new interviews with the convicted men, as well as with the original judge and police investigators.
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The White River Kid
ArkansasTwo con men are traveling through the American South when they are held hostage by a serial killer, who is running from the authorities.
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The Last Breath
ArkansasA Montreal police officer goes to Arkansas to solve the murder of his brother.
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Sling Blade
Arkansas The 1990sA simple man. A difficult choice. — Karl Childers is a mentally disabled man who has been in the custody of the state mental hospital since the age of 12 for killing his mother and her lover. Although thoroughly institutionalized, Karl is deemed fit to be released into the outside world.
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Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills
Arkansas The 1990sWitchcraft or witch hunt? — A horrific triple child murder leads to an indictment and trial of three nonconformist boys based on questionable evidence.
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A Family Thing
Illinois ArkansasWith family, everything is relative. — Earl Pilcher Jr., runs an equipment rental outfit in Arkansas, lives with his wife and kids and parents, and rarely takes off his gimme cap. His mother dies, leaving a letter explaining he's not her natural son, but the son of a Black woman who died in childbirth; plus, he has a half brother Ray, in Chicago, she wants him to visit. Earl makes the trip, initially receiving a cold welcome from Ray and Ray's son, Virgil. His birth mother's sister, Aunt T., an aged and blind matriarch, takes Earl in tow and insists that the family open up to him.
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Gordy
Nebraska Missouri ArkansasThe talking pig who made it big! — A talking pig named Gordy becomes involved in a quest to save his family from the slaughterhouse.
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Gang War: Bangin' in Little Rock
ArkansasRaw and unflinching, this pair of award-winning HBO films looks at the death and destruction caused by gang warfare across the United States. With unlimited access, the filmmakers document the lives and culture of rival Arkansas factions in Gang War: Bangin' in Little Rock. Back in the Hood: Gang War 2 follows Leifel Jackson, a former gang leader and ex-con trying to turn his life around after spending nearly a decade in prison.
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The Beverly Hillbillies
California ArkansasThe day they moved in... Beverly Hills moved out. — Jed Clampett and kin move from Arkansas to Beverly Hills when he becomes a billionaire, after an oil strike. The country folk are very naive with regard to life in the big city, so when Jed starts a search for a new wife there are inevitably plenty of takers and con artists ready to make a fast buck
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The Adventures of Huck Finn
Arkansas Illinois Missouri Kentucky The 1830sFor anyone who has ever dreamed of running away from it all — Mischievous Huck Finn is unnerved when his father, reemerging after years away, kidnaps him in an attempt to take away a $600 inheritance from his late mother. Fearing for his life, Huck fakes his own death and escapes. He soon runs into his friend, Jim, a slave fleeing his master. Together, the pair embarks on a raft journey down the Mississippi River, staying ahead of pursuers who blame the slave for Huck's alleged murder.
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The Firm
Massachusetts Tennessee Arkansas KentuckyPower can be murder to resist. — Mitch McDeere is a young man with a promising future in Law. About to sit his Bar exam, he is approached by 'The Firm' and made an offer he doesn't refuse. Seduced by the money and gifts showered on him, he is totally oblivious to the more sinister side of his company. Then, two Associates are murdered. The FBI contact him, asking him for information and suddenly his life is ruined. He has a choice - work with the FBI, or stay with the Firm. Either way he will lose his life as he knows it. Mitch figures the only way out is to follow his own plan...
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The Ernest Green Story
Arkansas The 1950sBecause of his courage, Central High School will never be the same. — Follows the story of Ernest Green, one of the Little Rock Nine who were the first blacks to integrate into an all white school.
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One False Move
Arkansas New Mexico California TexasAll it takes to bring him down is one bullet... one woman or... One False Move. — Following a series of drug deals and murders, three criminals -- Fantasia, Ray Malcolm and Pluto -- travel from Los Angeles to Houston, finally arriving in a small Arkansas town to go into hiding. Two detectives from the LAPD, who are already on the case, contact the town's sheriff, Dale Dixon, to alert him of the fugitives' presence in the area. Underestimating Dixon, the criminals have no idea what they are about to face.
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Trespass
Illinois ArkansasThey all came to the wrong place at the wrong time. — Two Arkansas firemen, Vince and Don, get hold of a map that leads to a cache of stolen gold in an abandoned factory in East St. Louis. What they don't know is that the factory is in the turf of a local gang, who come by to execute one of their enemies. Vince sees the shooting, the gang spots Vince, and extended mayhem ensues. As Vince and Don try to escape, gang leader King James argues with his subordinate Savon about how to get rid of the trespassers.
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Thelma & Louise
Arkansas Oklahoma New Mexico ArizonaSomebody said get a life… so they did. — Whilst on a short weekend getaway, Louise shoots a man who had tried to rape Thelma. Due to the incriminating circumstances, they make a run for it and thus a cross country chase ensues for the two fugitives. Along the way, both women rediscover the strength of their friendship and surprising aspects of their personalities and self-strengths in the trying times.
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Rosalie Goes Shopping
ArkansasWhen You're $100,000 In Debt, It's Your Problem. When You're $1,000,000 In Debt... It's The Bank's. — Rosalie loves to shop too much to let a little thing like no money stop her. When the local shopkeepers no longer take her bad checks or bad credit cards, she's reduced to stealing from one family member to buy presents for others. It's looking pretty bleak until her daughter pushes her into buying a 'guilt gift' of a PC, complete with modem. Master shopper becomes master hacker, and Rosalie is back on top.
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Pass the Ammo
ArkansasThe comedy you've been praying for. — A corrupt television preacher and his congregation are held hostage by a woman, her lover, and her two cousins in an attempt to avenge the theft of her inheritance. A quirky look at the dishonesty of the televangelist industry.
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End of the Line
ArkansasIn the name of progress ... one magnificent step backward. — When the closure of a railway is announced, employees commandeer a locomotive to get to corporate headquarters and confront the president.
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The Legend Too Monstrous To Die… Surfaces Again — Professor and students camp out to find Bigfoot-type creature.
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Crisis at Central High
Arkansas The 1950sStory of the federally-ordered integration of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957.
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Brubaker
Arkansas The 1960sOne man against a cruel system. — The new warden of a small prison farm in Arkansas tries to clean it up of corruption after initially posing as an inmate.
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Smokey and the Bandit
Arkansas Texas Mississippi Alabama GeorgiaWhat we have here is a total lack of respect for the law! — A race car driver tries to transport an illegal beer shipment from Texas to Atlanta in under 28 hours, picking up a reluctant bride-to-be on the way.
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September 30, 1955
Arkansas The 1950sIt was a date that would change their lives forever. — Rebel. Icon. Legend. James Dean’s untimely death on September 30, 1955, shocked the world and helped define an entire generation. This gripping drama chronicles the reactions of an Arkansas college town to the tragedy and focuses on Jimmy J., a young man who idolized the rising star. Racked with grief, Jimmy holds a vigil that quickly devolves into a drunken spectacle with its own catastrophic consequences. Dennis Quaid also stars in "September 30, 1955": a day that forever changed the lives of many.
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The Town That Dreaded Sundown
Arkansas Texas The 1940sIn 1946 this man killed five people... Today he still lurks the streets of Texarkana, Ark. — A Texas Ranger hunts for a hooded serial killer terrorizing the residents of a small town, set in 1946 Arkansas. Loosely based on a true story.
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