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Southern Comfort

1981Movie1 h 46 minR

71
GoodGoodWatch score
71
GoodGoodWatch score

Summary

A squad of National Guards on an isolated weekend exercise in the Louisiana swamp must fight for their lives when they anger local Cajuns by stealing their canoes. Without live ammunition and in a strange country, their experience begins to mirror the Vietnam experience.

Good for

  • Date night
  • Friends night
  • Thought-provoking

Skip it if

  • Graphic violence bothers you

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Directed by
Walter Hill
Produced by
David Giler
Music by
Ry Cooder

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Facts

September 24, 1981 · 1 h 46 min · R

Released
September 24, 1981
Runtime
1 h 46 min
Age rating
R
Content
Violence, Strong Language
Genres
Thriller, War
Original language
English
Also spoken
French
Made in
United States
Available in
33 countries

Tropes

Killed Offscreen, Driven to Suicide, Language Fluency Reveal +9

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3 questions, like "Where can I stream Southern Comfort?"

Questions about Southern Comfort

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Where can I stream Southern Comfort?

In the United States, Southern Comfort streams on Prime, fuboTV, and Howdy, and it is free with ads on The Roku, Kanopy, Hoopla, Pluto TV, Amazon Prime Video Free with Ads, Fawesome, Xumo Play, Tubi TV, and Amazon MX Player. You can rent or buy it from Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, and Fandango At Home. It also streams in 12 other countries.

Is Southern Comfort worth watching?

71
GoodGoodWatch score

Mostly, it's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 71 (IMDb 7.1, Letterboxd 3.7 out of 5, Rotten Tomatoes 81%, and Metacritic 63).

What tropes does Southern Comfort use?

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TV Tropes lists 58 tropes for it, including Killed Offscreen, Driven to Suicide, and Language Fluency Reveal.