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1. Anthracite (2024)
TV-MA | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An old case is wrenched open when a reporter goes missing, leading his web sleuth daughter to a small mountain town haunted by a sect, secrecy and death.
Stars: Hatik, Noémie Schmidt, Camille Lou, Nicolas Godart
Votes: 3,269
2. About Dry Grasses (2023)
Not Rated | 197 min | Drama
A young teacher hopes to be transferred to Istanbul after four years of mandatory service in a remote village, but is accused of inappropriate contact by two students. After losing hope, a colleague offers him new perspectives on life.
Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan | Stars: Deniz Celiloglu, Merve Dizdar, Musab Ekici, Ece Bagci
Votes: 12,302
3. Picture of Beauty (2017)
70 min | Drama, Romance
In an early 20th century village, a painter with an unusual commission finds two pretty girls to model for him. The girls slowly come of age while exploring their sexuality and finding liberation in a repressed society.
Director: Maxim Ford | Stars: Taylor Sands, Danielle Rose, Pawel Hajnos, Magdalena Bochan-Jachimek
Votes: 1,789
4. What Lies Beneath (2000)
PG-13 | 130 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
The wife of a university research scientist believes that her lakeside Vermont home is haunted by a ghost - or that she is losing her mind.
Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Harrison Ford, Michelle Pfeiffer, Katharine Towne, Miranda Otto
Votes: 136,083 | Gross: $155.46M
5. The White Ribbon (2009)
R | 144 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Strange events happen in a small village in the north of Germany during the years before World War I, which seem to be ritual punishment. Who is responsible?
Director: Michael Haneke | Stars: Christian Friedel, Ernst Jacobi, Leonie Benesch, Ulrich Tukur
Votes: 77,827 | Gross: $2.22M
6. Belladonna of Sadness (1973)
Unrated | 86 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy
After being raped by an evil feudal lord and subsequently getting banished from her village, a peasant girl makes a pact with the Devil to gain magical powers and take her revenge.
Director: Eiichi Yamamoto | Stars: Aiko Nagayama, Chinatsu Nakayama, Masaya Takahashi, Masakane Yonekura
Votes: 7,844 | Gross: $0.11M
7. Babette's Feast (1987)
G | 103 min | Drama
During the late 19th century, a strict religious community in a Danish village takes in a French refugee from the Franco-Prussian War as a servant to the late pastor's daughters.
Director: Gabriel Axel | Stars: Stéphane Audran, Bodil Kjer, Birgitte Federspiel, Jarl Kulle
Votes: 22,103 | Gross: $4.40M
8. Glória (2021)
TV-MA | 40 min | Drama, History, Thriller
In the 1960s, at the height of the Cold War, in the small village of Glória do Ribatejo, João Vidal will take on several high-risk espionage missions that could change the course of Portuguese and world history.
Stars: Miguel Nunes, Matt Rippy, Stephanie Vogt, Carolina Amaral
Votes: 5,101
9. Arn: The Knight Templar (2007)
R | 139 min | Action, Drama, Romance
Arn, the son of a high-ranking Swedish nobleman, is educated in a monastery and sent to the Holy Land as a knight templar to do penance for a forbidden love.
Director: Peter Flinth | Stars: Joakim Nätterqvist, Sofia Helin, Stellan Skarsgård, Michael Nyqvist
Votes: 23,197
10. Speed Walking (2014)
108 min | Drama, History
Martin (14) is forced to deal with confused sexuality and the loss of a mother in a provincial setting in the mid-seventies, where the famed Danish liberation of porn has had its influence on the grownups.
Director: Niels Arden Oplev | Stars: Villads Bøye, Anders W. Berthelsen, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Frederik Winther Rasmussen
Votes: 1,829
11. Jour de Fête (1949)
Not Rated | 70 min | Comedy
A village postman with no sense of humour delivers his mail via bicycle on the day the travelling fair comes to town. He is disrupted by a short film about US speed and efficiency and the playful teasing of the village folk.
Director: Jacques Tati | Stars: Jacques Tati, Guy Decomble, Paul Frankeur, Santa Relli
Votes: 9,080
12. No Bears (2022)
106 min | Drama, Romance
Two parallel love stories in which the partners are thwarted by hidden, inevitable obstacles, the force of superstition, and the mechanics of power.
Director: Jafar Panahi | Stars: Jafar Panahi, Vahid Mobasseri, Bakhtiyar Panjeei, Mina Kavani
Votes: 3,857
13. 3 Faces (2018)
100 min | Drama
Three actresses at different stages of their career. One from before the 1979 Islamic Revolution, one popular star of today known throughout the country, and a young girl longing to attend a drama conservatory.
Director: Jafar Panahi | Stars: Behnaz Jafari, Jafar Panahi, Marziyeh Rezaei, Maedeh Erteghaei
Votes: 4,829 | Gross: $0.07M
14. Zombie 3 (1988)
R | 84 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
When a terrorist's body, infected with a stolen chemical, is cremated by the US military, a virus is unintentionally released into the atmosphere over a small island.
Directors: Lucio Fulci, Claudio Fragasso, Bruno Mattei | Stars: Deran Sarafian, Beatrice Ring, Ottaviano Dell'Acqua, Massimo Vanni
Votes: 5,519
15. Stromboli (1950)
Approved | 81 min | Drama
Karin, a young woman from the Baltic countries, marries fisherman Antonio to escape from a prison camp. But she cannot get used to the tough life in Antonio's volcano-threatened village, Stromboli.
Director: Roberto Rossellini | Stars: Ingrid Bergman, Mario Vitale, Renzo Cesana, Mario Sponzo
Votes: 8,006
16. Frühling (2011– )
Drama
Katja Baumann is a nurse working in a hospital in Munich. One day as she leaves the hospital she meets Tim Lechner, a young boy who tells her his mother is in the hospital and a rural ... See full summary »
Stars: Simone Thomalla, Johannes Herrschmann, Kristo Ferkic, Marco Girnth
Votes: 120
17. Maya (1989)
100 min | Horror
An ancient evil awakens in a small Mexican village and many people fall victim to its curse. It is up to a mystical doctor to try and stop this evil power before it is too late.
Director: Marcello Avallone | Stars: Peter Phelps, Mariella Valentini, Cyrus Elias, Mariangélica Ayala
Votes: 434
18. The Witches (1966)
Not Rated | 90 min | Horror
Following a horrifying experience with the occult in Africa, a schoolteacher moves to a small English village, only to discover that black magic resides there as well.
Director: Cyril Frankel | Stars: Joan Fontaine, Kay Walsh, Alec McCowen, Ann Bell
Votes: 3,262
19. Sir Billi (2012)
Not Rated | 76 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A retired veterinarian living in a remote Scottish village encounters a goat who thinks he's a dog, an Admiral who's afraid of the water, and a beaver who was raised by rabbits.
Director: Sascha Hartmann | Stars: Ford Kiernan, Greg Hemphill, Alana Gray, Valentina Hartmann
Votes: 803
20. My Name Is Sara (2019)
111 min | Biography, Drama, War
Sara is a a 13 year-old Polish Jew who finds refuge and is taken in by a farmer and his wife. She soon discovers the dark secrets of her employers' marriage, compounding the greatest secret she must strive to protect, her true identity.
Director: Steven Oritt | Stars: Zuzanna Surowy, Konrad Cichon, Pawel Królikowski, Piotr Nerlewski
Votes: 843
21. Cargo 200 (2007)
89 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A young woman is taken hostage by a police officer gone mad.
Director: Aleksey Balabanov | Stars: Agniya Kuznetsova, Aleksey Poluyan, Leonid Gromov, Aleksey Serebryakov
Votes: 11,461
22. Un mondo a parte (2024)
113 min | Drama
Michele decide to leave the capital and moves to a remote dying village in the national park of Abruzzo, Lazio e Molise. The small village of Rupe is a idillic place, both in winter and ... See full summary »
Director: Riccardo Milani | Stars: Antonio Albanese, Virginia Raffaele
Votes: 312
23. Non Non Biyori (2013–2021)
TV-PG | 24 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
When Hotaru Ichijo transfers schools from the hustle and bustle of Tokyo to a quaint and quiet village in the countryside, she's in for a big adjustment. With her new quirky classmates, Hotaru adapts to her new life with daily adventures.
Stars: Kotori Koiwai, Rie Murakawa, Ayane Sakura, Kana Asumi
Votes: 1,230
24. Adiós, Sabata (1970)
PG-13 | 104 min | Action, Drama, War
Sabata helps a band of Mexican revolutionaries steal a wagon-load of gold from the occupying Austrian forces of Emperor Maximilian I.
Director: Gianfranco Parolini | Stars: Yul Brynner, Dean Reed, Ignazio Spalla, Gérard Herter
Votes: 2,322 | Gross: $0.55M
25. Puika (1977)
97 min | Family
World for the boy is revealed gradually - in all its diversity, beauty and sustainability.
Director: Aivars Freimanis | Stars: Indars Lacis, Zigrida Lorence, Peteris Martinsons, Mara Rence
Votes: 90
26. Japan (2002)
R | 122 min | Drama
A painter from the big city goes to a remote canyon to commit suicide. To reach some calmness, he stays at the farmstead of Ascen, an old, religious woman. Although but a few words are spoken, love grows.
Director: Carlos Reygadas | Stars: Alejandro Ferretis, Magdalena Flores, Yolanda Villa, Martín Serrano
Votes: 4,002
27. Els encantats (2023)
108 min | Drama
After her recent separation, Irene seeks to regain her calm in a village in the Catalan Pyrenees, but the familiarity of the place forces her to confront her fears.
Director: Elena Trapé | Stars: Laia Costa, Daniel Pérez Prada, Pep Cruz, Ainara Elejalde
Votes: 328
28. The Forest (V) (2016)
109 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A new teacher arrives at a small village in rural Thailand. He has just left the monkhood and has taken a job at the local school in a quest to discover life outside the monastery. He finds... See full summary »
Director: Paul Spurrier | Stars: Wannasa Wintawong, Tanapol Kamkunkam, Asanee Suwan, Pongsanart Vinsiri
Votes: 326
29. The Piper (2015)
PG-13 | 119 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Shortly after the Korean war, a father and a son are wandering through the country and make a stop in a remote village, where strange and dangerous happenings occur.
Director: Kwang-tae Kim | Stars: Ryu Seung-ryong, Lee Sung-min, Chun Woo-hee, Lee Joon
Votes: 1,920
30. La Vénus à Lulu (1991 TV Movie)
90 min | Comedy
Narcoleptic Finnish naturist as beautiful as Venus is on vacation in Southern France with her husband. She goes for a walk in the field naked and gets lost. A local kid takes her to his village to help her as well as brag to his friends.
Director: Daniel Losset | Stars: Caroline Laurence, Paul Crauchet, Alain Mottet, Maxime Boidron
Votes: 75
31. Eye Witness (1950)
Not Rated | 94 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
In 1949, when his former British war buddy is charged with murder, American lawyer Adam Hayward goes to England to see if he can help.
Director: Robert Montgomery | Stars: Ruth Lee, Robert Montgomery, Hal Osmond, Wylie Watson
Votes: 376
32. Riverside Mukolitta (2021)
120 min | Drama, Family
Takeshi Yamada arrives in a small village in the Hokuriku region. There, he begins to work at a small factory which makes shiokara (salted fish paste). Through the introduction of the CEO ... See full summary »
Director: Naoko Ogigami | Stars: Noriko Eguchi, Tasuku Emoto, Daisuke Kuroda, Ken'ichi Matsuyama
Votes: 330
33. The Bandit (1953)
Approved | 91 min | Action, Drama, History
'Capitão', a bandit, terrorizes poor villages in the Northeast region of Brazil, looting and frequently killing with his armed gang, until he kidnaps and becomes attracted to a beautiful schoolteacher, creating discord in his group.
Director: Lima Barreto | Stars: Alberto Ruschel, Marisa Prado, Milton Ribeiro, Vanja Orico
Votes: 708
34. Dear John (1964)
115 min | Drama, Romance
John is a shipmaster on a very small transportation boat which regularly attends a very small harbour to buy food, actually from Anna's father. She is a waitress and has a young daughter. ... See full summary »
Director: Lars-Magnus Lindgren | Stars: Jarl Kulle, Christina Schollin, Helena Nilsson, Erik Hell
Votes: 393
35. Little Siberia
Drama | Pre-production
The everyday life of the small village of Hurmevaara is shaken when a meteorite falls through the roof of a car one night. According to the town's mayor, the meteorite is very valuable for ... See full summary »
Director: Dome Karukoski | Stars: Martti Suosalo, Malla Malmivaara, Tommi Korpela, Eero Ritala
36. Nadikalil Sundari Yamuna (2023)
129 min | Comedy
Nadhikalil Sundari Yamuna is a realistic and humorous movie portraying love, friendship and family relationships. The story revolves around two individuals having a healthy competition at a small town of Kannur in Kerala.
Directors: Vijesh Panathur, Unni Vellora | Stars: Dhyan Sreenivasan, Aju Varghese, Kalabhavan Shajohn, Navas Vallikkunnu
Votes: 371
37. If Winter Comes (1947)
Approved | 97 min | Drama
Laurie Anderson reflects on her relationship with her beloved terrier Lolabelle.
Director: Victor Saville | Stars: Walter Pidgeon, Deborah Kerr, Angela Lansbury, Binnie Barnes
Votes: 785
38. Murder in the Cevennes (2014 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After the strange and brutal death of her childhood friend, Laura returns to her native village with the idea of transforming her family home into a hotel and must also face the inhabitants' hostility.
Director: Stanislas Graziani | Stars: Julie De Bona, Andréa Ferréol, Stéphane Rideau, Augustin Legrand
Votes: 98
39. Mumu (2010)
95 min | Comedy, Drama
The story a rescue, the rescue of a bad brat's life in the post-WWII period. In 1947, Roger reaches 11 years old. He's a kid badly loved, mischievous and specializes in silly things to do. ... See full summary »
Director: Joël Séria | Stars: Sylvie Testud, Jean-François Balmer, Bruno Lochet, Michel Galabru
Votes: 243
40. The Cross of Lorraine (1943)
Approved | 90 min | War, Drama
A group of French soldiers during WWII are captured by German troops and sent to a POW camp. There they have to make use of his best resources to stay alive - and sane, while at the same time scheming a way out.
Director: Tay Garnett | Stars: Jean-Pierre Aumont, Gene Kelly, Cedric Hardwicke, Richard Whorf
Votes: 961
41. Para siempre
Drama | Post-production
A secret death witnessed by two boys in a small Oaxacan village forges an unbreakable bond. Twenty years later the childhood friends reunite as very different men, facing their shared past and new trials that test the power of friendship.
Stars: Diego Calva, Trinidad Evia, Mauro Guzmán, Frida Sofía Cruz Salinas
42. Gli ultimi (1963)
87 min | Drama
Checo, son of poor Friulian farmers, is a young boy different from the others because he is more intelligent, sensitive and gifted with imagination. The comrades isolate him and mock him, ... See full summary »
Director: Vito Pandolfi | Stars: Adelfo Galli, Margherita Torino, Lino Turoldo, Riedo Puppo
Votes: 45
43. La ragazza americana (2011 TV Movie)
180 min | Comedy, Romance
An American woman inherits a castle from her deceased Italian grandfather. To her dismay, the locals of the small Italian village seem to despise her. Including a handsome young man.
Director: Vittorio Sindoni | Stars: Vanessa Hessler, Giulio Berruti, Ilaria Occhini, Orso Maria Guerrini
Votes: 74
44. The Man from Beijing (2011 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 180 min | Thriller
A cold day in January 2006. The police make a horrible discovery in the Swedish town of Hudiksvall: In one night, 18 people have been brutally murdered in the small town. The police suspect... See full summary »
Director: Peter Keglevic | Stars: Suzanne von Borsody, Michael Nyqvist, Claudia Michelsen, Amy Cheng
Votes: 620
45. La maison assassinée (1988)
110 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After World War I, a young ex-soldier, Sébastien Monge, returns to his home village. Ignorant of his past, he learns that, 24 years before, his entire family was slain in their home one ... See full summary »
Director: Georges Lautner | Stars: Patrick Bruel, Anne Brochet, Agnès Blanchot, Ingrid Held
Votes: 647
46. The Forest (2018)
97 min | Drama
Sixteen-year old Danila lives with oppressive mother Galina and brutal father Pasha in a small village lost in the middle of a boundless forest. Cut off from society he has a problem ... See full summary »
Director: Roman Zhigalov | Stars: Oleg Shibayev, Natalya Rychkova, Oleg Feoktistov, Mariya Avramkova
Votes: 247
47. Christmas Perfection (2018 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Darcy's been striving for the perfect Christmas since childhood and, thanks to a magical figurine, her dream finally comes true.
Director: David Jackson | Stars: Caitlin Thompson, James Henri-Thomas, Robbie Silverman, Rachel-Mae Brady
Votes: 1,035
48. You've Been Trumped Too (2016)
79 min | Documentary
A chronicle of the confrontation between billionaire Donald Trump and feisty 92-year-old Scottish widow, Molly Forbes.
Director: Anthony Baxter | Stars: Molly Forbes, Donald Trump, Michael Forbes, Anthony Baxter
Votes: 256
49. La niña de luto (1964)
85 min | Comedy, Drama
Rocío, daughter of a humble Andalusian family, is very happy because the end of the mourning that she has to save for the death of her grandmother arrives. At last she will be able to marry... See full summary »
Director: Manuel Summers | Stars: María José Alfonso, Alfredo Landa, Pilar Gómez Ferrer, Vicente Llosa
Votes: 175
50. Diggity's Treasure (2001)
PG | 91 min | Drama
Raymond, just fired again, inherits a church in an English village. Arriving from Georgia to sell the property to Mr. Slee, he meets the cute single Rachel, who runs the B&B, and others. Hidden treasure?
Director: Tom Reeve | Stars: Andrew McCarthy, Louise Lombard, Bill Treacher, Stefan Jürgens
Votes: 245