On one of trapped housewife Evelyn Couch’s Wednesday nursing home visits, she encounters Ninny Threadgoode, a colorful old woman who brightens Evelyn’s outlook by sharing tales from her past. As Ninny recounts the exploits of her free-spirited sister-in-law Idgie, owner of a small Alabama café in the 1920s, and the bond Idgie shared with her friend Ruth, Evelyn gains the confidence to change her own life for the better.

Cast: Kathy Bates, Jessica Tandy, Mary Stuart Masterson, Mary-Louise Parker

Genre: Drama

Runtime: 2 hrs. 10 mins.

Rating: PG