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So I’d say by now it’s no secret that I’m kind of in love with my Southern heritage. The food, the music, the traditions… yep, I love it all. Well, except maybe the humidity and heat. And before you say anything about the rednecks…. DUDE, there are rednecks everywhere. I’ve been a lot of places, and while they take different forms, maybe with different accents, and some prefer PBR over Bud Light, whatever. They’re all over. So that plays basically no role in my love for the homeland. :)

That said, I love Southern movies. There’s a lot of debate over what makes a Southern movie, and having taken a Southern Lit class in college, I’ve heard pretty much all the arguments from all the sides. But really, this post isn’t a scholarly one, and I’m not gonna make any promises about my taste level, either. I’m just sayin’, here are some of my all-time favorite Southern movies (and movies and general), and whenever I need a little happiness in my life, I turn to these trusty classics to give me the warm fuzzies. From sisterhoods to summer romances, from torrid affairs to football championships, from folklore to folk music, from blush-and-bashful weddings to burial-vs.-cremation funerals, from fried green tomatoes to Taco Bell empires, these, to me, are a good taste of the South whenever I have a hankerin’.

What kind of movies just do it for YOU?