Fried Green Tomatoes
1991 · directed by Jon Avnet
- Rating
- 74/100
- Hit
- no
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.
Fried Green Tomatoes (1991), directed by Jon Avnet, rates 74/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.
Cast
- Kathy Bates
- Jessica Tandy
- Mary-Louise Parker
- Mary Stuart Masterson
- Cicely Tyson
- Stan Shaw
- Chris O'Donnell
- Gailard Sartain
- Timothy Scott
- Gary Basaraba
Crew
- Geoffrey Simpson — Director of Photography
- Debra Neil-Fisher — Editor
- Thomas Newman — Original Music Composer
- Carol Sobieski — Screenplay
- Fannie Flagg — Screenplay
More from Jon Avnet
- Uprising (2001) — 81/100 · TV film, not counted
- The Last Rodeo (2025) — 67/100
- Three Christs (2017) — 55/100
- The War (1994) — 51/100
- Up Close & Personal (1996) — 50/100
- Red Corner (1997) — 49/100
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