Highest-Rated Movies about 'Backwoods', Sort by Popularity

Where the Lilies Bloom (1974), The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia (2009), Cross Creek (1983), Live and Let Die (1973), I Walk the Line (1970), Susan Slept Here (1954), Freaked (1993), House of 1000 Corpses (2003) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Backwoods movies.

#2. The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia (2009)

Storyline: Shoot-outs, robberies, gas-huffing , drug dealing, pill popping, murders, and tap dancing - what do these all have in common? These are just a few of the parts of being a member of the Wild and Wonderful White Family. The legendary family is as known for their wild, excessive criminal ways as they are for their famous mountain dancing members, including Jesco White, the star of the cult classic documentary "Dancing Outlaw." Exploring both the comic and tragic sides of life on the other side of the law, this stylish, fast-paced family portrait exposes the powerful forces of corruption, poverty, and West Virginia's environmentally and culturally devastating coal mining culture that helped shape the White family, a dying breed of outlaws preserving a dying form of dance.—Anonymous

Plot Keywords: mountain man, criminal, redneck, mother, brother, sister, bleak ...

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#4. Live and Let Die (1973)

Storyline: Several British agents have been murdered and James Bond is sent to New Orleans, to investigate these mysterious deaths. Mr. Big comes to his knowledge, who is self-producing heroin. Along his journeys he meets Tee Hee who has a claw for a hand, Baron Samedi the voodoo master and Solitaire a tarot card reader. Bond must travel to New Orleans, and deep into the Bayou.

Plot Keywords: secret agent, dictator, drug lord, henchman, assassin, thrilling, intense ...

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#5. I Walk the Line (1970)

Storyline: Henry Tawes is the sheriff in a small town in Tennessee. A man of strong moral fiber, he is always quick to judge others and follows the law zealously. Then he meets Alma McCain, a beautiful young girl who turns his world upside down. Unable to ignore his feelings, he starts an affair with her. But in a small town nothing is secret for long.—Mattias Pettersson <seaman@sbbs.se>

Plot Keywords: sheriff, criminal, femme fatale, wife, brooding, sultry, intense ...

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#6. Susan Slept Here (1954)

Storyline: Mark Christopher is a 35-year old, award-winning comedy scriptwriter who is struggling to be taken seriously as a drama writer. On Christmas Eve, two police officers bring 17-year old Susan (picked up for vagrancy and brawling) to Mark's apartment. If she spends a few days with him, Mark could use Susan as inspiration to write a script about juvenile-delinquents and Susan could avoid spending Christmas behind bars.—L. Hamre

Plot Keywords: writer, juvenile delinquent, best friend, secretary, girlfriend, attorney, cheeky ...

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#7. Freaked (1993)

Storyline: A company that produces a toxic chemical tries to improve its image via a popular spokesperson, Ricky Coogan. Ricky travels to South America to get a first-hand look at the chemical's effects and finds himself at a mutant freak farm. Elijah, who runs the farm, is only too happy to have new subjects on which to try his freak machine. The very chemical that Ricky is supposed to promote is the one responsible for creating the great variety of freaks.—Christine Sai-Halasz <sai@mit.edu>

Plot Keywords: celebrity, comedian, environmentalist, spokesman, scientist, mutant, amusing ...

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#8. House of 1000 Corpses (2003)

Storyline: On the eve of Halloween, on October 1977, four friends--Bill, Jerry, Mary, and Denise--embark on an exciting cross-country road trip to write a guidebook about offbeat roadside attractions in America's less-travelled roads. Before long, the young explorers chance upon Captain Spaulding's Museum of Monsters and Madmen, only to become infatuated with the local legend of a deranged serial-killer doctor, and cross paths with the mysterious hitchhiker, Baby. However, when the unsuspecting group meets Baby's eccentric family after having a flat tyre, an endless night of terror, torture, and murder ensues. Has anyone ever got out alive from the House of Thousand Corpses?

Plot Keywords: maniac, musician, gory, suspenseful, backwoods, refuge, search ...

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#10. The Backwoods (2006)

Storyline: Ledoyen and Considine play a young married couple at the end of the 1970s, who come to visit a friend (Oldman) who now lives in the Basque region because he has married a woman from there (Sánchez-Gijón). Their tranquil summer turns to horror when they discover a girl with horribly mutilated hands in the forest. They try to help her by taking her away from the home in which she is locked, but the local villagers, who have to protect the girl, start a pursuit in the forest they know much better than the visitors.—Press Release

Plot Keywords: lucy, little girl, boyfriend, suspenseful, backwoods, abandoned house, couples ...

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#12. In Fear (2013)

Storyline: Tom and Lucy are both happy young adults eager to set out on their first weekend getaway as a couple. They set off for a planned stay at a remote hotel but quickly find themselves getting lost in a maze of backwoods roads. However they soon discover that they are at the mercies of an unknown tormentor that is eager to take advantage of their vulnerability and distance from civilization.—Anonymous

Plot Keywords: couple, creepy, dark, suspenseful, ireland, backwoods, country road ...

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#14. Body at Brighton Rock (2019)

Storyline: Wendy, a part-time summer employee at a mountainous state park, takes on a rough trail assignment at the end of the season, trying to prove to her friends that she's capable enough to do the job. When she takes a wrong turn and ends up deep in the backcountry, she stumbles upon what might be a potential crime scene. Stuck with no communication after losing her radio and with orders to guard the site, Wendy must fight the urge to run and do the harder job of staying put - spending the night deep in the wilderness, facing down her worst fears and proving to everyone - including herself - that she's made of stronger stuff than they think she is.

Plot Keywords: employee, friend, brutal, gripping, intense, suspenseful, uneasy ...

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#15. Cry in the Wild: The Taking of Peggy Ann (1991)

Storyline: Bicycle Pete is a lonely and deranged backwoodsman living rough near the Pennsylvania town of Shade Gap. Out of a perverse idea of love, he kidnaps young Peggy Ann Bradnick ]and takes her deep into the wilderness. Despite her fear Peggy Ann develops sympathy for the man who has abducted her, and recognizes his humanity even as she seeks an escape. Meanwhile, numerous law enforcement agencies fan out across the state searching for the missing girl.

Plot Keywords: kidnapper, abductee, fbi agent, police officer, father, mother, emotional ...

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