Here we've displayed a list of the best Rural Life films : Shame(1968), Salesman(1969), What's Eating Gilbert Grape(1993), Travelers and Magicians(2003), Where the Lilies Bloom(1974), Songcatcher(2001), The True Meaning of Pictures: Shelby Lee Adams' Appalachia(2003), The Little Kidnappers(1954), La Pointe Courte(1956), The Mudge Boy(2003), Oklahoma!(1955), The Shepherd of the Hills(1941) ... ...
8.0/10
Drama
Sweden
1968
103 Minutes
Liv Ullmann Max von Sydow Gunnar Björnstrand Sigge Fürst Birgitta Valberg Hans Alfredson Ingvar Kjellson
husband wife colonel musician brooding emotional profound island farm farmhouse town war romance marital problems disillusionment rural life love escape temptation 1960s
In the midst of a civil war, former violinists Jan and Eva Rosenberg, who have a tempestuous marriage, run a farm on a rural island. In spite of their best efforts to escape their homeland, the war impinges on every aspect of their lives.
7.8/10
Documentary
USA
1969
90 Minutes
David Maysles Melbourne I. Feltman Margaret McCarron Kennie Turner
salesman employee husband housewife rival old man bleak somber dark united states small town car rural life traveling salesman working class work pursuit rivalry 1960s
Four dogged door-to-door Bible salesmen travel from Boston to Florida on a seemingly futile quest to sell luxury editions of the Good Book to working-class Catholics.
7.8/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1993
118 Minutes
Johnny Depp Juliette Lewis Mary Steenburgen Leonardo DiCaprio Darlene Cates Laura Harrington Mary Kate Schellhardt Kevin Tighe John C. Reilly Crispin Glover Penelope Branning
young man brother sister mother housewife love interest moving emotional iowa small town countryside household family dysfunction siblings affair rural life mental impairment new love discovery transformation
A young man in a small Midwestern town struggles to care for his mentally-disabled younger brother and morbidly obese mother while attempting to pursue his own happiness.
7.4/10
Drama
Australia|Bhutan|UK
2003
107 Minutes
Lhakpa Dorji Sonam Kinga Sonam Lhamo Deki Yangzom Gomchen Penjore Dasho Adab Sangye Ap Dochu Jigme Drukpa Namgay Dorjee Tsewang Dandup Dorji Budha
government official buddhist monk young man widower daughter dreamy fascinating moving bhutan village mountain road traveling hitchhiker rural life hallucinations dreams storytelling quest
The two men embark on parallel, if separate, journeys. Their yearning is a common one--for a better and different life. Dondup, delayed by the timeless pace of his village, is forced to ... See full summary »
7.2/10
Drama
USA
1974
96 Minutes
Julie Gholson Jan Smithers Matthew Burrill Helen Harmon Sudie Bond Rance Howard Tom Spratley Alice Beardsley Bob Cole Harry Dean Stanton
orphan child sister brother farmer teacher touching melodramatic playful north carolina backwoods family home death children vs. adults coming of age siblings rural life daunting task growing up adventure
A family of Appalachian children live together in the backwoods so that they can stay together after the death of their widower father.
7.2/10
Drama
USA
2001
112 Minutes
Janet McTeer Aidan Quinn Pat Carroll Jane Adams Gregory Russell Cook Iris DeMent Stephanie Roth Haberle David Patrick Kelly E. Katherine Kerr Taj Mahal Emmy Rossum
professor sister orphan veteran reverend engaging emotional appalachia school small town rural life lesbianism music preservation discovery forbidden love transformation 1900s
After being denied a promotion at the university where she teaches, Doctor Lily Penleric, a brilliant musicologist, impulsively visits her sister, who runs a struggling rural school in ... See full summary »
7.1/10
Documentary
Canada
2003
70 Minutes
photographer poor person emotional engaging striking appalachia kentucky poverty photography art controversy family rural life discovery 2000s
The meaning of art itself comes into question in this documentary about Shelby Lee Adams' controversial photos of families in Appalachia.
7.1/10
Drama
UK
1954
93 Minutes
Duncan Macrae Jon Whiteley Vincent Winter Adrienne Corri Jean Anderson Theodore Bikel
orphan grandfather doctor grandmother aunt baby endearing engaging heartwarming nova scotia meadow house canada beach kidnapping grandparent/child relationship search family rural life hope
A Scotsman, Jim MacKenzie, living on a primitive homestead in Nova Scotia, is raising his two grandsons, Harry and Davy, following the death of their father in the Boer War. His son's death... See full summary »
7.1/10
Romance
France
1956
76 Minutes
Sylvia Montfort Philippe Noiret
husband wife fisherman child government official teen girl creative offbeat dense somber france fishing village mediterranean coast festival failing marriage rural life city vs. country poverty death of child arranged marriage
Follow the story of a couple who goes to a small French fishing village to try to solve the problems of their deteriorating marriage.
7.1/10
Drama
USA
2003
94 Minutes
Emile Hirsch Thomas Guiry Richard Jenkins Pablo Schreiber Zachary Knighton Ryan Donowho Meredith Handerhan Beckie King John D. Alexander Joshua J. Masters
teen boy father redneck mother chicken homosexual brooding emotional farm funeral bedroom street homosexuality death alienation rural life coming of age bereavement discovery growing up
The film follows the story of Duncan, a fourteen-year-old misfit farm boy trying to fill the void and alleviate the numbness left by his mother's passing. Unable to let her go quite yet, ... See full summary »
7.0/10
Musical
USA
1955
145 Minutes
Gordon MacRae Shirley Jones Rod Steiger Gloria Grahame Gene Nelson Charlotte Greenwood Eddie Albert James Whitmore Barbara Lawrence Jay C. Flippen Roy Barcroft
cowboy aunt farmer peddler young woman friend airy emotional touching oklahoma farm small town dance hall rural life american west romance relationships love discovery 1900s
In Oklahoma, several farmers, cowboys and a traveling salesman compete for the romantic favors of various local ladies.
7.0/10
Adventure
USA
1941
98 Minutes
John Wayne Betty Field Harry Carey James Barton Beulah Bondi Samuel S. Hinds Marjorie Main Ward Bond Marc Lawrence John Qualen Fuzzy Knight
stranger moonshiner daughter son uncle aunt bleak melodramatic fascinating ozark mountains small town forest cabin family helping others rural life superstition suicide father/son relationship revenge
A mysterious but pleasant stranger arrives in the Missouri hills and befriends a young backwoods girl, which doesn't sit well with her moonshiner fiancé who has vowed to find and kill his own father.
6.6/10
Horror
USA
1975
88 Minutes
Peter Fonda Warren Oates Loretta Swit Lara Parker R. G. Armstrong Clay Tanner Carol Blodgett Ricci Ware James N. Harrell Paul A. Partain
biker friend wife sheriff satanist campy eerie frenetic suspenseful texas rural community forest road rv satanism human sacrifice chase motorcycles rural life road trip
Two couples vacationing together in an R.V. from Texas to Colorado are terrorized after they witness a murder during a Satanic ritual.
6.6/10
Drama
Canada
1968
110 Minutes
Sandy Dennis Keir Dullea Anne Heywood Glyn Morris
lesbian girlfriend stranger merchant mariner grandson melodramatic engaging raw canada farm woods bedroom lesbianism rural life infidelity love triangle jealousy betrayal forbidden love discovery
Based on D.H. Lawrence's novella about two young women - sickly, chattering Jill Banford and quiet, strong Ellen March - who are trying, hopelessly, to run a chicken farm in Canada. A ... See full summary »
6.5/10
Western
USA
1942
68 Minutes
Gene Autry Smiley Burnette Fay McKenzie Edith Fellows Pierre Watkins Joe Strauch Jr. William Haade
gene autry sidekick teen girl teacher traveler rancher endearing spirited ranch train american west prairie paddock journey ranching rodeo honesty rural life schemes quest
Gene and Smiley help an all-too-proper girl Connie in her attempt to run a cattle ranch.
6.5/10
Drama
Italy|Switzerland|Germany
2014
110 Minutes
Maria Alexandra Lungu Sam Louwyck Alba Rohrwacher Sabine Timoteo Agnese Graziani Eva Morrow Maris Stella Morrow Monica Bellucci Margarete Tiesel André Hennicke
beekeeper family teen boy witty wild confident creative calm charming rural community italy beekeeping family life family dysfunction talent rural life growing up 21st century
A family of beekeepers living in the Tuscan countryside finds their household disrupted by the simultaneous arrival of a silently troubled teenage boy and a reality TV show intent on showcasing the family.
6.5/10
Drama
USA
1935
91 Minutes
Janet Gaynor Henry Fonda Charles Bickford Slim Summerville Andy Devine Roger Imhof Jane Withers Margaret Hamilton Sig Ruman John Qualen Kitty Kelly
farmer cook bully boat captain dentist love interest amusing spirited new york state fair boat love triangle fighting marriage cowardice money rural life love underdog transformation
Charming love story set on the Erie Canal in the mid-19th Century. A farmer works on the canal to earn money to buy a farm. He meets a cook on a canal boat, but she can't even consider ... See full summary »
6.4/10
Drama
USA
1965
92 Minutes
Hal Hopper Antoinette Cristiani John Furlong Lorna Maitland Rena Horten Princess Livingston Sam Hanna Nick Wolcuff Frank Bolger Lee Ballard F. Rufus Owens
drifter beautiful woman husband preacher prostitute farmer passionate sultry tender outlandish missouri small town farm lake affair jealousy sex mysterious past lynching rural life
It's 1933, in the midst of the Depression and Prohibition. Calif, a stranger with a past walks into Spooner, Missouri on his way from Michigan to California. He hires on with Lute Wade to ... See full summary »
6.3/10
Kids & Family, Drama
Canada
1990
103 Minutes
Gerard Parkes Joshua Murray David Ferry Wanda Cannon Nathaniel Moreau Katharine Isabelle Marsha Moreau
boy cousin grandfather horse mother father moving touching heartwarming manitoba, canada farm imagination rural life moving coming of age family childhood adventure transformation sacrifice
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 »
6.2/10
Horror
USA
2003
95 Minutes
Jessica Biel Jonathan Tucker Erica Leerhsen Mike Vogel Eric Balfour Andrew Bryniarski R. Lee Ermey David Dorfman Laura German Terrence Evans Marietta Marich
killer young man young woman sheriff redneck brutal gory frightening texas house countryside serial murders stranded survival cannibalism rural life escape pursuit 1970s
After picking up a traumatized young hitchhiker, five friends find themselves stalked and hunted by a deformed chainsaw-wielding loon and his family of equally psychopathic killers.
6.2/10
Comedy
USA
2020
101 Minutes
Steve Carell Rose Byrne Chris Cooper Mackenzie Davis Topher Grace Natasha Lyonne Will Sasso C.J. Wilson Brent Sexton Alan Aisenberg Christian Adam
political candidate politician farmer hilarious lighthearted offbeat rural community washington, d.c. political campaign political commentary rural life underdog rivalry 2020s
A Democratic strategist helps a retired veteran run for mayor in a small, conservative Midwest town.
6.2/10
Drama
UK
2001
115 Minutes
Rebecca Palmer Shane Attwooll Demelza Randall Xavier Tchili Dudley Sutton Ina Clough Eve Steele Etta Kotting Peter-Hugo Daly
newcomer sister boyfriend lover farmer single mother gritty brooding bleak emotional countryside farm youth club england family home farming superstition rural life scam siblings
The tragic story of two sisters whose lives are disrupted by two men. Amidst a landscape of rural hardship and a community consumed with superstition, events unfurl which threaten their sibling bond.
6.1/10
Drama
USA
1936
110 Minutes
doctor constable nephew trader love interest baby charming emotional heartwarming moosetown, canada small town rural life medical profession birth winter epidemic daunting task quest rise 1930s
A doctor has a rough time obtaining the money for delivering his services in a lumber town until he delivers the Dionne quintuplets.
6.0/10
Drama
USA
1935
80 Minutes
Rochelle Hudson Henry Fonda Slim Summerville Edward Trevor Margaret Hamilton Andy Devine Russell Simpson Spring Byington Astrid Allwyn Sara Haden Al Lydell
young woman squire wife son neighbor cousin melodramatic intense new england town household street river garden rural life father/son relationship illegitimate child judgment jealousy storm
A family living on a farm in Maine takes in a young woman to stay with them, not knowing that the woman is not quite what she seems and has a secret in her past that she hasn't told them about.
6.0/10
Romance
UK
1963
86 Minutes
Juliet Mills Ronald Lewis Joan Sims Noel Purcell Raymond Huntley Jim Dale
nurse farmer land owner villager campy charming cheeky playful village rural community england village life land ownership love rural life health underdog love 1960s
Quietly competent young Joanna moves with her scatterbrain mother to a country village to take up her first job as District Nurse. She soon overcomes the suspicion of her patients used to ... See full summary »
6.0/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1948
95 Minutes
June Haver Lon McCallister Walter Brennan Anne Revere Natalie Wood Robert Karnes Henry Hull Tom Tully
farmer neighbor friend daughter stepbrother stepmother confident fascinating farm field barn rural life family competition animals farming logging rivalry love quest
In 1948 rural America, two stepbrothers compete for the same gal and the younger brother buys two untamed mules for work projects while the older brother tries to sabotage him.
5.7/10
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA
1984
93 Minutes
Peter Horton Linda Hamilton R. G. Armstrong John Franklin Courtney Gains Robby Kiger Anne Marie McEvoy Julie Maddalena
young man girlfriend demon preacher boy girl disturbing eerie nebraska small town cornfield evil child demonic possession rural life murder stranded cult pursuit escape 1980s
A young couple is trapped in a remote town where a dangerous religious cult of children believes that everyone over age 18 must be killed.
5.4/10
Romance
UK|USA
2003
90 Minutes
Colin Firth Heather Graham Minnie Driver Mary Steenburgen Oliver Platt Frank Collison Ken Kramer Mary Black Chad Faust
illustrator ex-fiancée girlfriend mayor landlady nurse amusing heartwarming sultry new england vermont inn bedroom small town outdoors broken heart healing art travel romantic dilemma
A brokenhearted English artist travels to Hope, USA, hoping to get on with his life. He starts by drawing faces there. He befriends the cute Mandy. But then his scheming ex shows up and wants him back.
Drama
2000
160 Minutes
Frances O'Connor Hugh Bonneville Greg Wise Hugh Dancy Eileen Atkins Keith Barron Desmond Barrit Adam Cooper Marian Diamond Claire Hackett Jenny Howe
adulterer doctor lawyer playboy wife engaging hedonistic passionate france provincial town house hotel marriage seduction boredom rural life money betrayal forbidden love temptation
The frustrated wife (Frances O'Connor) of a provincial doctor (Hugh Bonneville) seeks passion in 19th-century France.
Comedy, Drama
1977
101 Minutes
Bud Cort Samantha Eggar Chris Wiggins Gary Reineke John Friesen Michael J. Reynolds
teacher student housewife townsperson farmer amusing endearing quirky canada saskatchewan prairie classroom new job relocation great depression culture shock rural life education transformation forbidden love
In 1930s Canada, a teacher and a neglected housewife develop a close relationship out of mutual loneliness.
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