Here we've displayed a list of the best Peasant films : Les Misérables: The Staged Concert(2019), To Live(1994), Come and See(1985), Mother India(1957), Siberiade(1979), My Fair Lady(1964), Love and Death(1975), Bitter Rice(1949), Lacombe, Lucien(1974), The Last Emperor(1987), Mountain Patrol: Kekexili(2004), Les Misérables(2012) ... ...
Musical
2019
170 Minutes
Jean-Pierre Van Der Spuy Shan Ako Michael Ball Alfie Boe Earl Carpenter Carrie Fletcher Rob Houchen Matt Lucas Katy Secombe
prisoner prison guard peasant waif innkeeper love interest spirited touching bleak france prague street inn poverty injustice historical events prison break class conflict underdog pursuit
Seen by over 120 million people worldwide one of the world's most popular musicals. Now cinema audiences can experience a live broadcast of the musical phenomenon which broke box office records and sold out its entire 16-week season.
Drama
China|Hong Kong
1994
125 Minutes
You Ge Gong Li Niu Ben Tao Guo Jiang Wu Ni Dabong Liu Tianchi Deng Fei
chinese man gambler wife peasant soldier daughter bleak emotional tender china village house field war zone chinese cultural revolution starting over family poverty tragedy gambling
After Fugui and Jiazhen lose their personal fortunes, they raise a family and survive difficult cultural changes during 1940s to 1970s China.
Drama
Soviet Union
1985
142 Minutes
Aleksey Kravchenko Olga Mironova L. Lautsyavichius Vladas Bagdonas Evgeny Tilicheev Aleksandr Berda
son girl peasant nazi mother eerie dreamy disturbing byelorussia forest village war massacre escape dreams survival world war ii growing up metamorphosis transformation
After finding an old rifle, a young boy joins the Soviet resistance movement against ruthless German forces and experiences the horrors of World War II.
Musical, Drama
India
1957
180 Minutes
Nargis Sunil Dutt Rajendra Kumar Mukri Raaj Kumar Kanhaiya Lal Jilloo Maa
wife husband peasant son money lender village elder melodramatic powerful touching moving india farm village field poverty perseverance injury motherhood death marriage
In this melodrama, a poverty-stricken woman raises her sons through many trials and tribulations. But no matter the struggles, always sticks to her own moral code.
Drama
Soviet Union
1979
210 Minutes
Vladimir Samoilov Vitali Solomin Nikita Mikhalkov Natalya Andreychenko Mikhail Kononov Sergei Shakurov Lyudmila Gurchenko Pavel Kadochnikov Yelena Koreneva Ivan Dmitriev Konstantin Grigoryev
peasant military officer revolutionary lover son father brooding dense melodramatic powerful siberia village russian revolution poverty love rivalry political unrest family feud forbidden love rivalry
The story about a very small god-forgotten village in Siberia reflects the history of Russia from the beginning of the century till early 80s. Three generations try to find the land of ... See full summary »
Musical
USA
1964
170 Minutes
Audrey Hepburn Rex Harrison Stanley Holloway Wilfrid Hyde-White Gladys Cooper Jeremy Brett Theodore Bikel Isobel Elsom Mona Washbourne John Alderson John McLiam
professor pretty woman peasant suitor amusing charming winsome london aspirations wager class distinctions high society love discovery quest transformation 1900s
Snobbish phonetics Professor Henry Higgins agrees to a wager that he can make flower girl Eliza Doolittle presentable in high society.
Comedy
USA
1975
85 Minutes
Woody Allen Diane Keaton Georges Adet Frank Adu Edmund Ardisson Féodor Atkine Albert Augier Yves Barsacq Lloyd Battista Jack Berard George Birt
peasant cousin military officer soldier merchant witty amusing russia village countryside battlefield family home love war meaning of life assassination love underdog 19th century
In czarist Russia, a neurotic soldier and his distant cousin formulate a plot to assassinate Napoleon.
Drama
Italy
1949
107 Minutes
Silvana Mangano Vittorio Gassman Doris Dowling Raf Vallone Checco Rissone Nico Pepe Maria Grazia Francia Mariemma Bardi Adriana Sivieri Lia Corelli Dedi Ristori
criminal lover peasant soldier dark sultry emotional gripping italy train rice field the past crime romance on the run wealth labor transformation escape 1940s
Two criminals on the run end up working in a rice field and decide to recruit other workers for their next robbery.
Drama
France|Italy|West Germany
1974
135 Minutes
Pierre Blaise Aurore Clément Holger Löwenadler Therese Giehse Loumi Iacobesco Stéphane Bouy Rene Bouloc Pierre Decazes
peasant police officer pretty woman daughter father brooding france small town nazism betrayal ambition french resistance romance underdog transformation 1940s
In 1944, an 18-year old boy from small-town France, collaborates with the Nazi-regime and subsequently falls in love with a Jewish girl.
Biography, Drama, History
UK|Italy|France
1987
162 Minutes
John Lone Joan Chen Peter O'Toole Ying Ruocheng Victor Wong Dennis Dun Ryuichi Sakamoto Maggie Han Ric Young
emperor servant gardener tutor peasant war criminal engaging hedonistic spectacular powerful china palace prison forbidden city japan political coup revolution royal life exile leadership
The story of the final Emperor of China.
Drama
China|Hong Kong
2004
90 Minutes
Duobuji Zhang Lei Qi Liang Xueying Zhao Ma Zhanlin Gensong Yongcuo Zhao Yisui Sang Dan Awang Luosangdunzhu Gensong Bading Gensong Basong
journalist lawman peasant volunteer poacher disheartening tibet mountain himalayas desert poaching poverty investigation animal rights famine teamwork quest rescue 2000s
A moving true story about volunteers protecting antelope against poachers in the severe mountains of Tibet.
Musical, Drama, History
UK|USA
2012
158 Minutes
Hugh Jackman Russell Crowe Anne Hathaway Amanda Seyfried Eddie Redmayne Helena Bonham Carter Sacha Baron Cohen Samantha Barks Aaron Tveit Daniel Huttlestone Isabelle Allen
prisoner prison guard peasant waif innkeeper love interest spirited touching bleak france prison street inn poverty injustice historical events prison break class conflict underdog pursuit
In 19th-century France, Jean Valjean, who for decades has been hunted by the ruthless policeman Javert after breaking parole, agrees to care for a factory worker's daughter. The decision changes their lives forever.
Drama
China|Hong Kong
1992
100 Minutes
Gong Li Lei Laosheng Liu Peiqi Yang Liuchun Zhu Qanqing Cui Luowen Yang Huiqin Wang Jianfa Lin Zi
peasant pregnant woman villager husband wife bureaucrat moving powerful gutsy spirited china countryside big city city vs. country injustice corruption husband/wife relationship quest underdog sacrifice
A pregnant peasant woman seeks redress from the Chinese bureaucracy after the village chief kicks her husband in the groin in this comedy of justice. As she is frustrated by each level of ... See full summary »
Drama
Hong Kong
1983
111 Minutes
photojournalist villager peasant government official child mistress disheartening bleak powerful jungle saigon, vietnam village hut postwar vietnam politics poverty travel communism journalism discovery
A Japanese photojournalist revisits Vietnam after the Liberation and learns harsh truths about its regime and its "New Economic Zones".
Documentary, War
Denmark|Sweden
2010
100 Minutes
soldier peasant afghan stripper officer militant brutal disturbing intense disheartening denmark afghanistan base camp afghan village war in afghanistan military life horrors of war civilian deaths boredom wretched excess
Danish soldiers are sent to Afghanistan in 2009 for 6 months, to help stabilize the country against the Taliban. They're stationed on Armadillo military base in Helman province. Unlike other war movies, this is the real deal - no actors.
Adventure
USA
1952
111 Minutes
Stewart Granger Eleanor Parker Janet Leigh Mel Ferrer Henry Wilcoxon Nina Foch Richard Anderson Robert Coote Lewis Stone Elisabeth Risdon Howard Freeman
marquis peasant damsel in distress instructor love interest swordsman charming thrilling spirited france theater palace revenge betrayal acting murder royalty love quest rescue
In France during the late 18th Century, a man sets out to avenge the death of his friend at the hands of a master swordsman.
Biography
USA
1952
113 Minutes
Marlon Brando Jean Peters Anthony Quinn Joseph Wiseman Arnold Moss Alan Reed Margo Harold Gordon Lou Gilbert Frank Silvera Florenz Ames
emiliano zapata pancho villa porfirio diaz military officer peasant brother brash confident gripping mexico small town palace family home countryside politics poverty revolution revenge rise underdog
The story of Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata, who led a rebellion against the corrupt, oppressive dictatorship of president Porfirio Díaz in the early 20th century.
Drama
France
1954
170 Minutes
Gérard Philipe Danielle Darrieux Antonella Lualdi Jean Martinelli Jean Mercure
peasant aristocrat priest lover emotional spirited france household church ambition class distinctions social standing infidelity religion adventure discovery rise fall 1820s
A group of travelers, including a monk, stay in a lonely inn in the mountains. The host confesses the monk his habit of serving a soporific soup to the guests, to rob their possessions and ... See full summary »
Biography, Drama
Australia
2009
117 Minutes
Bruce Greenwood Kyle MacLachlan Joan Chen Chi Cao Amanda Schull Wang Shuangbao Camilla Vergotis Zhang Su Guo Chengwu Huang Wenbin Steven Heathcote
dancer peasant boy thrilling ballet star time life government transformation
In Maoist China, a boy is taken from his family and trained to become a dancer, but everything he knows is challenged when he is chosen to attend a ballet summer school in Houston, Texas.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1931
88 Minutes
Maurice Chevalier Claudette Colbert Miriam Hopkins Charles Ruggles George Barbier Hugh O'Connell Robert Strange Lon MacSunday Janet Reade Elizabeth Patterson Harry C. Bradley
soldier princess peasant king girlfriend playful amusing cheeky lighthearted flausenthurm palace europe royalty forced marriage adultery love triangle love 19th century
An amorous lieutenant is forced to marry a socially awkward princess, though he tries to keep his violin-playing girlfriend on the side.
Drama
China
1984
89 Minutes
Xue Bai Wang Xueqi Tan Tuo Quiang Liu
peasant soldier communist girl solemn powerful striking gripping china countryside village poverty cultural revolution arranged marriage freedom folk music discovery escape 1930s
'Yellow Earth' focuses on the story of a communist soldier who is sent to the countryside to collect folk songs for the Communist Revolution. There he stays with a peasant family and learns... See full summary »
Horror
UK|USA
1964
90 Minutes
Vincent Price Hazel Court Jane Asher David Weston Patrick Magee Nigel Green
prince courtier peasant villager stranger satanist chilling frightful dark creepy eerie disturbing italy village devil worship plagues medieval times edgar allan poe castle evil
A European prince terrorizes the local peasantry while using his castle as a refuge against the "Red Death" plague that stalks the land.
Comedy
Italy|UK|Germany
2001
106 Minutes
Ian Holm Iben Hjejle Tim McInnerny Tom Watson Nigel Terry Hugh Bonneville Murray Melvin Eddie Marsan Clive Russell
emperor peasant widow british soldier merchant amusing playful intricate paris st. helena trading places war napoleon bonaparte romance adventure escape 1820s
During Napoleon's exile on St. Helena, some loyalists hire a look-alike to swap places with the deposed Emperor. While the impostor lives in luxury on the island, the real Napoleon returns to Paris in order to retake the throne.
Romance, Comedy, Action, Adventure
USA
2001
132 Minutes
Heath Ledger Mark Addy Rufus Sewell Paul Bettany Shannyn Sossamon Alan Tudyk Laura Fraser Christopher Cazenove Bérénice Bejo James Purefoy
peasant father writer count knight maiden amusing uplifting cheeky england disguise championship class distinctions heroism romance competition underdog transformation rivalry love
After his master dies, a peasant squire, fueled by his desire for food and glory, creates a new identity for himself as a knight.
Drama
USA
1926
68 Minutes
Ricardo Cortez Greta Garbo Gertrude Olmsted Edward Connelly Lucien Littlefield Martha Mattox Lucy Beaumont Tully Marshall Mack Swain Arthur Edmund Carewe Lillian Leighton
peasant landlord politician mother bleak disheartening emotional spain paris countryside romantic dilemma class conflict flooding rejection opera forbidden love temptation unknown era
A young girl and her father are kicked out of their house by a cruel noblewoman, and the girl's heart is broken when her sweetheart, the noblewoman's son, won't go to Paris with them. After... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1927
66 Minutes
Lon Chaney Ricardo Cortez Barbara Bedford Mack Swain Emily Fitzroy Charles Puffy Kai Schmidt
russian peasant countess bolshevik revolutionary cossack melodramatic gripping tense siberia cottage palace russia friendship political unrest bolshevic revolution class conflict loyalty aristocracy rescue
During the Russian Revolution, a mentally challenged peasant saves then obsesses over a beautiful countess.
Adventure, Drama, History
USA
1927
99 Minutes
John Barrymore Conrad Veidt Marceline Day Lawson Butt Henry Victor Slim Summerville Mack Swain Angelo Rossitto Nigel de Brulier Lucy Beaumont Otto Matieson
duke of burgundy king louis xi poet love interest peasant cheeky witty gutsy france paris royal court loyalty françois villon patriotism royalty french history exile underdog adventure escape
François Villon, in his lifetime the most renowned poet in France, is also a prankster, an occasional criminal, and an ardent patriot.
Horror
USA
1945
72 Minutes
Boris Karloff Ellen Drew Marc Cramer Katherine Emery Helene Thimig Alan Napier Jason Robards Sr. Skelton Knaggs Sherry Hall Ernest Dorian Erick Hanson
general reporter peasant nurse eerie emotional tense island hotel woods house plagues war love paranoia supernatural metamorphosis mystery 1910s
On a Greek island during the 1912 war, several people are trapped by quarantine for the plague. If that isn't enough worry, one of the people, a superstitious old peasant woman, suspects ... See full summary »
Adventure, Fantasy, Action
USA
1996
103 Minutes
Dennis Quaid David Thewlis Pete Postlethwaite Dina Meyer Julie Christie Jason Isaacs Brian Thompson Lee Oakes Wolf Christian Terry O'Neill Peter Hric
knight dragon peasant tyrant queen love interest thrilling melodramatic amusing lighthearted england castle village tomb friendship chivalry idealism adventure king arthur immortality
The last dragon and a disillusioned dragonslaying Knight must cooperate to stop an evil King, who was given partial immortality.
Drama
UK
1962
65 Minutes
Florence Carrez Jean-Claude Fourneau Roger Honorat Marc Jacquier Jean Gillibert Andre Regnier Michel Herubel Philippe Dreux Marcel Darbaud E.R. Pratt Michael Williams
bishop teen girl monk peasant witness brooding solemn profound france courtroom cell public execution joan of arc trial heresy religion faith death sentence sacrifice mystery
Espionage story telling how British and American security agents outwit ruthless and cunning traitors trying to steal secret project plans.