Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)

Overview · Where to watch · Cast & crew · Reviews

A forgotten crime. An impossible case. A final chance... for justice.

A Mississippi district attorney and the widow of Medgar Evers struggle to bring a white supremacist to justice for the 1963 murder of the civil rights leader.

• Released: 1996-12-20
• Genres: Drama, History
• Runtime: 2h 10m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 6.6/10 from 169 votes

Directed by Rob Reiner.

Top cast

• Alec Baldwin as Bobby DeLaughter
• Whoopi Goldberg as Myrlie Evers
• James Woods as Byron De La Beckwith
• Craig T. Nelson as Ed Peters
• Susanna Thompson as Peggy Lloyd
• Lucas Black as Burt DeLaughter
• Joseph Tello as Drew DeLaughter
• Alexa PenaVega as Claire DeLaughter
• William H. Macy as Charlie Crisco
• Lloyd 'Benny' Bennett as Benny Bennett

Full cast & crew

Where to watch Ghosts of Mississippi

• United States: watch free on Kanopy, The Roku Channel, YouTube Free, Plex, Plex Channel, Tubi TV; rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
• United Kingdom: rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, YouTube
• Canada: watch free on Tubi TV; rent on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube
• Australia: rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube

Movies like Ghosts of Mississippi

If you enjoyed Ghosts of Mississippi, these movies have a similar feel:

• Till (2022)
• Just Mercy (2019)
• Sergeant Rutledge (1960)
• Origin (2023)
• American Violet (2008)
• I Want to Live! (1958)
• The Defiant Ones (1958)
• The Enforcer (1951)
• Richard Jewell (2019)
• To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
• Footsteps in the Fog (1955)
• No Way Out (1950)

Can't decide what to watch?

FlickPicker recommends movies from your own taste and the services you subscribe to, and Pick Together lets a whole group vote on tonight's pick. Try the free random movie generator, find movies with AI, or browse trending movies.

Download FlickPicker on the App Store   Explore the iPhone app