34 Years Later, This Forgotten Certified Fresh Drama Is an American Streaming Sleeper Hit

Kathy Bates has become a superstar in the last year thanks to her role in Matlock, the hit legal thriller series streaming on Paramount+, but almost 35 years ago, she starred in a period drama that’s returned to streaming charts. Bates stars alongside Jessica Tandy and Mary Stuart Masterson in Fried Green Tomatoes, the 1991 film following Evelyn (Bates), a housewife who befriends an older woman at a nursing home.Fried Green Tomatoes is currently streaming for free on Tubi in America, and it’s one of the most popular movies on the streamer, sitting at #8 at the time of writing. The film earned scores of 76% from critics and 88% from audiences on Rotten Tomatoes, and it grossed an impressive $119 million against an $11 million budget.