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1. A Face in the Crowd (1957)
Approved | 126 min | Drama, Music
A female radio reporter turns a folk-singing drifter into a powerful media star.
Director: Elia Kazan | Stars: Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal, Anthony Franciosa, Walter Matthau
Votes: 17,183
2. The Dukes of Hazzard (2005)
PG-13 | 104 min | Comedy
Cousins Bo, Luke, and Daisy Duke, and their uncle Jesse, egg on the authorities of Hazzard County, Boss Hogg and Sheriff Coltrane.
Director: Jay Chandrasekhar | Stars: Seann William Scott, Johnny Knoxville, Jessica Simpson, Alice Greczyn
Votes: 81,945 | Gross: $80.27M
3. Leap Year (2010)
PG | 100 min | Comedy, Romance
Anna Brady plans to travel to Dublin, Ireland to propose to her boyfriend Jeremy on February 29, leap day, because, according to Irish tradition, a man who receives a marriage proposal on a leap day must accept it.
Director: Anand Tucker | Stars: Amy Adams, Matthew Goode, Adam Scott, John Lithgow
Votes: 110,788 | Gross: $25.92M
4. Hair (1979)
PG | 121 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
Claude Bukowski leaves the family ranch in Oklahoma for New York where he is rapidly embraced into the hippie group of youngsters led by Berger, yet he's already been drafted. He soon falls in love with Sheila Franklin, a rich girl but still a rebel inside.
Director: Milos Forman | Stars: John Savage, Treat Williams, Beverly D'Angelo, Annie Golden
Votes: 40,949 | Gross: $15.28M
5. Superman: The Animated Series (1996–2000)
TV-PG | 30 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The last son of the planet Krypton protects his adoptive home of Earth as the greatest of the superheroes.
Stars: Tim Daly, Joseph Bologna, Dana Delany, David Kaufman
Votes: 17,718
6. Next of Kin (1989)
R | 108 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Truman, a Chicago cop, sets out to find the killer of his brother. Meanwhile, another of his brothers, Briar (a hillbilly) decides to find the killer himself.
Director: John Irvin | Stars: Patrick Swayze, Liam Neeson, Adam Baldwin, Helen Hunt
Votes: 12,628 | Gross: $15.94M
7. Fire Down Below (1997)
R | 105 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A federal agent uncovers lucrative toxic waste dumps in Appalachia and must deal with the locals who want to keep their 'gold mine' secret.
Director: Félix Enríquez Alcalá | Stars: Steven Seagal, Kris Kristofferson, Marg Helgenberger, Stephen Lang
Votes: 19,112 | Gross: $16.23M
8. Secrets of War (2014)
95 min | Drama, Family, History
During WWII, the friendship of two boys is at risk when a girl tells a very personal secret to only one of them.
Director: Dennis Bots | Stars: Maas Bronkhuyzen, Joes Brauers, Michael Nierse, Tonko Bossen
Votes: 2,097
9. Messenger of Death (1988)
R | 91 min | Action, Crime, Mystery
A Denver reporter investigates the mass murder of a family of Mormons in rural Colorado.
Director: J. Lee Thompson | Stars: Charles Bronson, Trish Van Devere, Laurence Luckinbill, Daniel Benzali
Votes: 3,372 | Gross: $3.07M
10. Take Me Home: The John Denver Story (2000 TV Movie)
TV-G | 90 min | Biography, Drama, Music
John Denver achieved fame, fortune, and acclaim for his iconic country-pop music, but his sunny personality masked private pain and dark secrets that his celebrity could never heal.
Director: Jerry London | Stars: Chad Lowe, Kristin Davis, Gerald McRaney, Brian Markinson
Votes: 667
11. Lacombe, Lucien (1974)
R | 138 min | Drama, War
In 1944, an 18-year-old boy from small-town France collaborates with the Gestapo and subsequently falls in love with a Jewish girl.
Director: Louis Malle | Stars: Pierre Blaise, Aurore Clément, Holger Löwenadler, Therese Giehse
Votes: 7,726
12. The Year My Voice Broke (1987)
PG-13 | 103 min | Drama, Romance
In rural 1960s Australia, a boy watches helplessly as his best friend falls in love with a small-time criminal, setting off a violent chain of events.
Director: John Duigan | Stars: Noah Taylor, Loene Carmen, Ben Mendelsohn, Graeme Blundell
Votes: 2,280 | Gross: $0.21M
13. The Shiralee (1987)
Not Rated | 180 min | Drama, Family
Macauley is a swagman who finds himself in charge of his young daughter, Buster. The pair hike across the harsh outback landscape, in an attempt to repair their relationship and find a home.
Stars: Bryan Brown, Noni Hazlehurst, Rebecca Smart, Lewis Fitz-Gerald
Votes: 464
14. Out of Reach (2004 Video)
R | 86 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A retired covert agent turned survivalist discovers that the foster program he is using to help a young orphan is actually a human trafficking network. He travels overseas to find the girl and shut down the operation.
Director: Po-Chih Leong | Stars: Steven Seagal, Ida Nowakowska, Agnieszka Wagner, Matt Schulze
Votes: 5,226
15. City Girl (1930)
Passed | 90 min | Drama, Romance
A Chicago waitress falls in love with a Minnesota farmer, and decides to face a life in the country.
Director: F.W. Murnau | Stars: Charles Farrell, Mary Duncan, David Torrence, Edith Yorke
Votes: 3,732
16. Shadows of Desire (1994 TV Movie)
96 min | Drama, Thriller
A woman is torn between her love for a gentle man, and her secret passion for his dangerous brother.
Director: Sam Pillsbury | Stars: Nicollette Sheridan, Joe Lando, Adrian Pasdar, Richard Roundtree
Votes: 245
17. The Switchblade Sisterhood (2023)
124 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A young woman discovers second-wave feminism, while meeting with her estranged half-sister, as they encounter the grief, rage, jealousy and injustice that govern their lives.
Director: Davo Hardy | Stars: British Flower, Kieran Hudson, Catherine Tomsen, Seaton Kay-Smith
Votes: 26
18. The Wild and the Innocent (1959)
Approved | 84 min | Western
In Wyoming, mountain trapper Yancey goes to the nearest town to trade his pelts but gets into trouble when he tries to save runaway dance-hall girl Rosalie from her shameful job.
Director: Jack Sher | Stars: Audie Murphy, Joanne Dru, Gilbert Roland, Jim Backus
Votes: 955
19. Lost in Paradise (2011)
103 min | Drama, Romance
Khoi, a naive twenty-year-old, travels to Ho Chi Minh City from the countryside to begin a new life. It's his first time in the big city and he's looking for a place to live. He befriends ... See full summary »
Director: Ngoc Dang Vu | Stars: Manh Hai Luong, Vinh Khoa Ho, Linh Son Nguyen, Phuong-Thanh
Votes: 759
20. Thralls (2005 Video)
R | 95 min | Horror
A young woman gets caught up in the plans of a coven of vampires fighting to free themselves from their master.
Director: Ron Oliver | Stars: Lorenzo Lamas, Leah Cairns, Siri Baruc, Fiona Scott
Votes: 747
21. Hotel Pacific (1975)
94 min | Drama
A teenage country boy starts working in a restaurant of the famous Pacific Hotel in the 1930s. He soon discovers that to get promoted one needs to conform and sacrifice his dignity.
Director: Janusz Majewski | Stars: Marek Kondrat, Roman Wilhelmi, Roman Skamene, Cestmír Randa
Votes: 1,139
22. Honky (1971)
R | 92 min | Drama, Romance
Sheila, an affluent black teenager, begins dating working class white teen Wayne, and asks him for help to sell a kilo of marijuana.
Director: William A. Graham | Stars: Brenda Sykes, John Neilson, Maia Danziger, Lincoln Kilpatrick
Votes: 151
23. Slim (1937)
Passed | 85 min | Drama, Romance
A veteran lineman takes an awe-struck young farmer under his wing, but problems arise when he introduces him to his occasional girlfriend, a pretty nurse.
Director: Ray Enright | Stars: Pat O'Brien, Henry Fonda, Stuart Erwin, Margaret Lindsay
Votes: 436
24. Happy Hour (2006– )
TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy, Romance
Two roommates, one who's been hurt by love and another who's been blinded by love, learn to live with their differing views.
Stars: Lex Medlin, John Sloan, Beth Lacke, Brooke D'Orsay
Votes: 259
25. III (2022)
12 min | Short, Drama
By a hot summer day on the lakeshore, three siblings face death for the first time through their contact with nature.
Director: Salomé Villeneuve | Stars: Eliott Desjardins Gauthier, Alex Dupras, Anne Florence Lavigne-Desjardins
Votes: 38
26. The Last Winter (1989)
PG | 115 min | Drama
Tells the story of a young man's struggle to keep his world from changing. Placed in the rural setting of the mid 1950s, it revolves around William Jamison and his colorful old Grampa Jack.... See full summary »
Director: Aaron Kim Johnston | Stars: Gerard Parkes, Joshua Murray, David Ferry, Wanda Cannon
Votes: 137
27. Isn't It Romantic (1948)
Approved | 87 min | Comedy, Romance
In rural 19th-century Indiana, the three daughters of a Civil War veteran are courted by three young men--one a sophisticated city slicker who sells phony oil stock, the second a local eccentric and the third a stolid country boy.
Director: Norman Z. McLeod | Stars: Veronica Lake, Mona Freeman, Mary Hatcher, Billy De Wolfe
Votes: 101
28. Rough Diamonds (1995)
90 min | Comedy, Crime, Music
In Queensland's outback, a single mother from Brisbane, who's tired of her old life as a singer, bonds with a handsome truck driver, who can also sing but would rather be a cattle breeder, over their love for country music.
Director: Donald Crombie | Stars: Jason Donovan, Angie Milliken, Peter Phelps, Jocelyn Gabriel
Votes: 70
29. Cowboy (I) (2008)
35 min | Short, Horror, Mystery
Real estate agent Christian travels the countryside scouting for investment prospects. In a forgotten, seemingly abandoned village far off the main roads, he finds more than he is looking ... See full summary »
Director: Till Kleinert | Stars: Oliver Scherz, Pit Bukowski, Isabelle Höpfner
Votes: 529
30. A Romance of Happy Valley (1919)
Not Rated | 76 min | Drama, Romance
John Logan leaves his parents and sweetheart in bucolic Happy Valley to make his fortune in the city. Those he left behind become miserable and beleaguered in his absence, but after several years he returns, a wealthy man.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Lillian Gish, Robert Harron, George Fawcett, Kate Bruce
Votes: 443
31. Elmer, the Great (1933)
Not Rated | 72 min | Comedy, Family, Romance
Country bumpkin Elmer Kane joins the Chicago Cubs as the greatest hitter in baseball. His skill with a bat takes the team to the World Series, but on the way to the championship he has to deal with gamblers and crooked pitchers.
Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Joe E. Brown, Patricia Ellis, Frank McHugh, Claire Dodd
Votes: 602
32. Charley Moon (1956)
92 min | Musical
Life and loves of a country boy who makes it on the London stage, but misses home.
Director: Guy Hamilton | Stars: Max Bygraves, Dennis Price, Michael Medwin, Florence Desmond
Votes: 115
33. Disco Polo (2015)
107 min | Comedy, Music
Fabulous story of two boys from province, who want to become top stars of Polish popular disco genre.
Director: Maciej Bochniak | Stars: Dawid Ogrodnik, Piotr Glowacki, Tomasz Kot, Joanna Kulig
Votes: 1,837
34. Joe Palooka, Champ (1946)
Passed | 70 min | Drama, Sport
Manager Knobby Walsh discovers young hunk Joe Palooka and trains him to fight the champ. Mobsters try to make life tough for Joe and his socialite girlfriend Anne. Cameos by several boxing stars.
Director: Reginald Le Borg | Stars: Leon Errol, Joe Kirkwood Jr., Elyse Knox, Eduardo Ciannelli
Votes: 52
35. Nobody's Fool (1936)
Approved | 75 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A naive country boy goes to New York City, where he gets mixed up with real estate swindlers.
Director: Arthur Greville Collins | Stars: Edward Everett Horton, Glenda Farrell, Cesar Romero, Warren Hymer
Votes: 28
36. Ed's Coed (1929)
74 min | Drama
Ed's father wished for him to attend college, but he's reluctant to leave the family sawmill until he sees his cousin with a pretty co-ed. The sophomores have hazing on their mind when country boy Ed matriculates, but he won't be deterred.
Directors: Carvel Nelson, James Raley | Stars: Helen Allen, Dorothy Burke, Norman Eastman, Verne Elliott
37. The Dancing Hawk (1977)
98 min | Drama
Michal Toporny is a poor country boy whose determination and hard work help him climb the social ladder and become the head of a large factory in the city. But at what cost?
Director: Grzegorz Królikiewicz | Stars: Franciszek Trzeciak, Beata Tyszkiewicz, Beata Tumkiewicz, Czeslaw Przybyla
Votes: 120
38. Uncle Joe (1941)
Approved | 51 min | Comedy, Music
Young girl, sent to the country to avoid the amours of an artist, meets up with her backwards inventor uncle Joe and four country boys, who must all band together to keep the bank from foreclosing on a friend of the family.
Directors: Howard M. Railsback, William Strohbach | Stars: Slim Summerville, Zasu Pitts, Gale Storm, William B. Davidson
Votes: 102
39. The Movies (1925)
TV-G | 19 min | Comedy, Short
Although his parents have warned him to stay away from the movies, our hero winds up acting in a costume picture, doubling for comedian Lloyd Hamilton.
Director: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle | Stars: Lloyd Hamilton, Marcella Daly, Arthur Thalasso, Frank Jonasson
Votes: 157
40. The Dancer (1916)
33 min | Short, Drama
Johnny Madden travels to the city and falls in love with Capella. His mother is heartbroken that her son has flown the nest and that the woman he has flown to is a common actress. She had ... See full summary »
Director: Carl M. Leviness | Stars: King Clark, Vivian Rich, George Periolat, Louise Lester
Votes: 16
41. Heads or Tails (1983)
106 min | Drama
A village fella tries to make it big in the city.
Director: Bahrudin 'Bato' Cengic | Stars: Mladen Nelevic, Mira Furlan, Zijah Sokolovic, Vladislava Milosavljevic
Votes: 69
42. 44500 Max (2009)
79 min | Documentary, Comedy, Drama
A documentary on Max Perttula, a sincere country boy, who wants to produce his own luxury perfumes and take the world by storm, starting from his home village.
Director: Jari Kokko | Stars: Jari Kinnunen, Marketta Perttula, Max Perttula, Jaana Printz
Votes: 30
43. Ceux qui dansent sur la tête (2014 TV Movie)
91 min | Drama, Music
Dance drama playing on a dairy farm, starring two 19-year-old friends Syl and Frenzy who live for breakdancing. The friendship comes under pressure during a dance audition in Paris, where ... See full summary »
Director: Magaly Richard-Serrano | Stars: Sylvie Testud, Finnegan Oldfield, Jean-François Stévenin, Freddy Kimps
Votes: 41
44. The Village Sleuth (1920)
50 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A bumbling would-be detective always seems to reach the wrong conclusion, but one day accidentally stumbles across a real crook, guilty of a real crime.
Director: Jerome Storm | Stars: Charles Ray, Winifred Westover, Dick Rush, Donald MacDonald
45. Fast (1995)
100 min | Comedy, Romance
A naive young man climbs the social ladder in a fast food, while his only goal is to find his first love: the girl with yellow hair as fries.
Director: Dante Desarthe | Stars: Frédéric Gélard, Jean-François Stévenin, Karin Viard, Nathalie Schmidt
Votes: 54
46. A Year in the Life of Franek W. (1968)
59 min | Documentary
One year in the life of a young country boy who enters adulthood. Franek Wróbel leaves his home village and seeks a new life for his own, while writing a diary.
Director: Kazimierz Karabasz | Star: Franciszek Wróbel
Votes: 49
47. Przekleta ziemia (1983)
115 min | Drama
When his mother dies, bar pianist Jan looks back at his life from the childhood in the village through musical education to professional career and friendship with an aspiring composer.
Director: Ryszard Czekala | Stars: Jan Jurewicz, Franciszek Mula, Pawel Paradowski, Maria Probosz
48. The Merry Mouse Cafe (1941)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Romance
After the "Squawk Club" closes for the night, the mice come out and put on a show of their own. The Mouse of Ceremonies introduces the vastly-talented Miss Hedy La Mouse, and Hedy stops the... See full summary »
Director: Allen Rose | Stars: Sara Berner, Mel Blanc, Danny Webb
Votes: 12
49. Of Mice and Menace (1954)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Family
The city-slicker mouse, Herman, takes his bumpkin country cousins for a night on the town at a penny arcade. Katnip the cat, Herman's long-time nemesis, is present and spoiling the party so... See full summary »
Directors: Seymour Kneitel, Tom Golden | Stars: Jackson Beck, Jack Mercer, Mae Questel, Sid Raymond
Votes: 23
50. Poetic Gem: Boyhood (1935)
Approved | 8 min | Short
Based on the Edgar A. Guest poem "Boywood," the scenes are in New England with three boys enacting the (then) activities of childhood. They wander through the woods, over the fields, and ... See full summary »
Director: Deane H. Dickason | Stars: Norman Brokenshire, Al Shayne