Film

Fried Green Tomatoes

1991 · 2h 10m · Drama · Comedy

The secret of life? The secret's in the sauce.

IMDb

7.7

Rotten Tomatoes

77%

Metacritic

64

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

Kathy Bates

Evelyn Couch

Jessica Tandy

Ninny Threadgoode

Mary-Louise Parker

Ruth Jamison

Mary Stuart Masterson

Idgie Threadgoode

Cicely Tyson

Sipsey

Stan Shaw

Big George

Chris O'Donnell

Buddy Threadgoode

Gailard Sartain

Ed Couch

Timothy Scott

Smokey Lonesome

Gary Basaraba

Grady Kilgore

Lois Smith

Mama Threadgoode

Jo Harvey Allen

Woman's Awareness Teacher

Fannie Flagg

Teacher

Suzi Bass

Nurse

Tom Even

Judge

Afton Smith

Leona Threadgoode

• Jon AvnetDirector · Producer
• Fannie FlaggScreenplay · Novel
• Carol SobieskiScreenplay
• Jordan KernerProducer
• Anne Marie GillenExecutive Producer
• Norman LearExecutive Producer
• Andrew MeyerExecutive Producer
• Tom TaylorExecutive Producer
• Geoffrey SimpsonDirector of Photography
• Thomas NewmanOriginal Music Composer

ViaVision Blu-ray TrailerFathom Events Spot30th Anniversary

Release date

December 27, 1991

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

2h 10m

Rated

PG-13

Budget

$11,000,000

Revenue

$119,418,501

Genres

Drama, Comedy

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