King of the Hill (1993)

Based on the Depression-era bildungsroman memoir of writer A. E. Hotchner, the film follows the story of a boy struggling to survive on his own in a hotel in St. Louis after his mother is committed to a sanatorium with tuberculosis. His father, a German immigrant and traveling salesman working for the Hamilton Watch Company, is off on long trips from which the boy cannot be certain he will return.

Released

1993-08-20

Genres

Drama, History

Runtime

103 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Steven Soderbergh, Steven Soderbergh

TMDB rating

6.8/10 from 173 votes