Fried Green Tomatoes

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Kathy Bates Evelyn Couch

Jessica Tandy Ninny Threadgoode

Mary-Louise Parker Ruth Jamison

Mary Stuart Masterson Idgie Threadgoode

Cicely Tyson Sipsey