Movie·1984·122 min

The River

Name: The River
Genre: Drama
Released: 1984-12-01
Duration: 122 min
Rating: 6.4
Cast: Mel Gibson, Sissy Spacek, Scott Glenn, Billy Green Bush, Shane Bailey

The River is available in the US to rent or buy on Amazon Video and 4 more apps, and is not on a subscription app right now, as of October 6, 2026.

He might be able to hold back the river. But could he hold back the greed of man?

6.4 / 10 · TMDBTomatometer 27%Audience 48%Metacritic 46IMDb 6.3Letterboxd 3.2

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Drama

Tom and Mae Garvey are a Tennessee farming couple battling violent floods to save their land. In addition to natural disasters, the Garveys fight to stop a selfish land developer and a local corporation from foreclosing on their farm. While Mae stays at home to care for their children and tend to the crops, Tom finds work as a scab at a steel mill to preserve his family's property.

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