Fried Green Tomatoes

1991 · Directed by Jon Avnet

Amidst her own personality crisis, southern housewife Evelyn Couch meets Ninny, an outgoing old woman who tells her the story of Idgie Threadgoode and Ruth Jamison, two young women who experienced hardships and love in Whistle Stop, Alabama in the 1920s.

comedy crime drama

Cast: Mary Stuart Masterson, Mary-Louise Parker, Kathy Bates, Chris O'Donnell, Lois Smith, Jessica Tandy, Grace Zabriskie, Timothy Scott, Nick Searcy, Richard Riehle

Rating: 7.679/10 from 1,103 votes