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

Deliverance (1972), Tucker and Dale vs Evil (2010), Near Dark (1987), Taking Woodstock (2009), Held Up (2000), The Beverly Hillbillies (1993), Kissin' Cousins (1964), The Hills Have Eyes Part II (1985) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Hillbilly movies.

#1. Deliverance (1972)

Storyline: The Cahulawassee River valley in Northern Georgia is one of the last natural pristine areas of the state, which will soon change with the imminent building of a dam on the river, which in turn will flood much of the surrounding land. As such, four Atlanta city dwellers, alpha male Lewis Medlock, Ed Gentry, Bobby Trippe, and Drew Ballinger, decide to take a multi-day canoe trip on the river, with only Lewis and Ed having experience in outdoor life. They know going in that the area is isolated. Their relatively peaceful trip takes a turn for the worse halfway through with river rapids and unwelcoming locals. The four battle need to their way out of the valley and are asked to do things they never thought possible within themselves.

Plot Keywords: salesman, hillbilly, best friend, police officer, madman, city slicker, creepy ...

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#2. Tucker and Dale vs Evil (2010)

Storyline: Two lovable hillbillies are headed to their "fixer-upper" vacation cabin to drink some beer, do some fishin', and have a good time. But when they run into a group of preppy college kids who assume from their looks that they must be in-bred, chainsaw-wielding killers, Tucker & Dale's vacation takes a bloody and hilarious turn for the worse.

Plot Keywords: college students, hillbilly, amusing, spirited, quirky, playful, offbeat ...

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#3. Near Dark (1987)

Storyline: A mid-western farm boy reluctantly becomes a member of the undead when a girl he meets turns out to be part of a band of southern vampires who roam the highways in stolen cars. Part of his initiation includes a bloody assault on a hick bar.

Plot Keywords: boy, vampire, hillbilly, girl, cowboy, campy, dark ...

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#5. Held Up (2000)

Storyline: While they're on vacation in the Southwest, Rae finds out her man Michael spent their house money on a classic car, so she dumps him, hitching a ride to Vegas for a flight home. A kid promptly steals Michael's car, leaving him at the Zip & Sip, a convenience store. Three bumbling robbers promptly stage a hold up. Two take off with the cash stranding the third, with a mysterious crate, just as the cops arrive. The robber takes the store hostage. As incompetent cops bring in a SWAT team and try a by-the-book rescue, Michael has to keep the robber calm, find out what's in the crate, aid the negotiations, and get back to Rae. The Stockholm Syndrome asserts its effect.—<jhailey@hotmail.com>

Plot Keywords: businessman, fiancée, cop, criminal, sheriff, hillbilly, madcap ...

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#6. The Beverly Hillbillies (1993)

Storyline: 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.

Plot Keywords: hillbilly, grandmother, niece, nephew, banker, assistant, campy ...

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#7. Kissin' Cousins (1964)

Storyline: The U.S. government wants to build a missile silo inside a Tennessee mountain, but the backwoods hillbillies who own it refuse to lease it to them. Josh (Elvis Presley), a relative of the owners and a G.I. scout, is sent in to try to reason with them, but he soon runs afoul of his identical cousin, Jodie (also Presley), who hates his city-bred lookalike and everything he stands for. Meanwhile, troops begin moving into the area, and are seduced by a host of country beauties.

Plot Keywords: scout, hillbilly, moonshiner, pretty woman, army officer, cousin, airy ...

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#8. The Hills Have Eyes Part II (1985)

Storyline: A group of bikers, which includes some of the survivors from the original film, embark on a journey by bus to a biker race near the desert of the infamous incidents. However, because of a mistake they are late and decide to take a shortcut through the desert. Halfway through the desert the bus breaks down. While trying to repair the bus, some of the group wander off, and wind up in the traps of the survivors of the mutant family of the first. Then the mutants go after the rest...—Parca Mortem <icy_shadow@rocketmail.com>

Plot Keywords: biker, survivor, victim, cannibal, hillbilly, disturbing, creepy ...

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#9. Runaway Daughters (1994)

Storyline: After Mary (Holly Fields) tells her boyfriend she's pregnant, he immediately enrolls in the Army and skips town, leaving her to fend for herself. With her friends Angie (Julie Bowen) and Laura (Jenny Lewis) along for the ride, Mary steals a car, fakes a kidnapping and heads down to San Diego to chase after her errant beau. It's a bumpy ride, however, as the girls are being chased by corrupt cops and homicidal hillbillies, not to mention their own flabbergasted parents.

Plot Keywords: pregnant teen, friend, boyfriend, mother, father, hillbilly, campy ...

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