Sounder
7.5
57 votes·1972
·1h 45m
·MovieDrama
Overview
The oldest son of a loving and strong family of black sharecroppers comes of age in the Depression-era South after his father is imprisoned for stealing food.
Keywords
based on novel or booklouisianagreat depressionfamily relationshipsurbanhardshipsharecropperprison campstealing food1930s
Cast
Cicely Tyson
Rebecca Morgan
Paul Winfield
Nathan Lee Morgan
Kevin Hooks
David Lee Morgan
Taj Mahal
Ike
Janet MacLachlan
Camille Johnson
Carmen Mathews
Mrs. Boatwright
James Best
Sheriff Charlie Young
Eric Hooks
Earl Morgan
Yvonne Jarrell
Josie Mae Morgan
Sylvia Kuumba Williams
Harriet
Teddy Airhart
Mr. Perkins
Richard Durham
Perkins' Foreman
Wendell Brumfield
Deputy #1
Al Bankston
Deputy #2
Myrl Sharkey
Teacher
You Might Also Like
Based on this title
7.8
The Grapes of Wrath
1940·Drama
7.2
Places in the Heart
1984·Drama
6.4
Honkytonk Man
1982·Drama, Music
7.9
The Night of the Hunter
1955·Crime, Drama
7.0
The Color Purple
2023·Drama
7.0
A Home of Our Own
1993·Drama
6.3
Where the Red Fern Grows
2003·Drama, Family
6.9
Bound for Glory
1976·Music, Drama
7.3
Of Mice and Men
1939·Drama
7.9
The Pursuit of Happyness
2006·Drama
Similar Titles
More like Sounder
Affliction
1985·Drama, Family
Matapacos
2022·Animation, Drama
5.9
My So-Called Father
2014·Drama
4.8
Doctor Faustus
1982·Drama
8.0
The Precipice
1984·Drama
8.7
A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story
2022·Drama, Fantasy
7.0
The Blue Elephant
2014·Thriller, Drama
7.8
The Secret Recipe
2025·Drama, Romance
6.8
The Saddest Music in the World
2003·Comedy, Drama
4.3
Left Behind
2000·Drama, Fantasy
6.7
Pork Chop Hill
1959·Drama, History