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1. Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire (2023)
PG-13 | 133 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
When a peaceful settlement on the edge of a distant moon finds itself threatened by a tyrannical ruling force, a stranger living among its villagers becomes their best hope for survival.
Director: Zack Snyder | Stars: Sofia Boutella, Djimon Hounsou, Ed Skrein, Michiel Huisman
Votes: 115,973
2. Green Acres (1965–1971)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
A New York City attorney and his wife attempt to live as genteel farmers in the bizarre community of Hooterville.
Stars: Eddie Albert, Eva Gabor, Tom Lester, Pat Buttram
Votes: 7,639
3. Lamb (2021)
R | 106 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A childless couple discovers a mysterious newborn on their farm in Iceland.
Director: Valdimar Jóhannsson | Stars: Noomi Rapace, Hilmir Snær Guðnason, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson, Ingvar Sigurdsson
Votes: 38,437
4. Petticoat Junction (1963–1970)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy
The misadventures of the family staff of The Shady Rest Hotel and their neighbors of Hooterville.
Stars: Edgar Buchanan, Linda Henning, Bea Benaderet, Frank Cady
Votes: 3,651
5. Panchayat (2020– )
TV-14 | 536 min | Comedy, Drama
A comedy-drama, which captures the journey of an engineering graduate Abhishek, who for lack of a better job option joins as secretary of a Panchayat office in a remote village of Uttar Pradesh.
Stars: Jitendra Kumar, Raghubir Yadav, Neena Gupta, Chandan Roy
Votes: 84,858
6. Baby Boom (1987)
PG | 110 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The life of super-yuppie J.C. is thrown into turmoil when she inherits a baby from a distant relative.
Director: Charles Shyer | Stars: Diane Keaton, Sam Shepard, Harold Ramis, Kristina Kennedy
Votes: 19,167 | Gross: $26.71M
7. Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin (2021)
R | 98 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Margot, a young woman who was abandoned by her mother as a baby, travels to a secluded Amish community with a documentary film crew seeking answers about her mother and extended family.
Director: William Eubank | Stars: Emily Bader, Roland Buck III, Dan Lippert, Jaye Ayres-Brown
Votes: 16,668
8. Welcome Home (VI) (2020)
126 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A census report leads two female government teachers to an isolated house, in which resides a family with twisted secrets they never imagined to recover.
Director: Pushkar Mahabal | Stars: Kashmira Irani, Swarda Thigale, Shashi Bhushan, Boloram Das
Votes: 4,052
9. Summer Strike (2022)
TV-MA | 50 min | Drama, Romance
Adapted from a webtoon. A drama about voluntary unemployed Lee Yeo-reum and librarian Ahn Dae-beom, who declared a life strike, leaving a complex city and looking for themselves in a strange place.
Stars: Im Si-wan, Kim Seol-hyun, Park Ye-young, Shin Eun-soo
Votes: 1,979
10. One and Two (2015)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Two siblings discover a supernatural escape from a troubled home, but find their bond tested when reality threatens to tear their family apart.
Director: Andrew Droz Palermo | Stars: Kiernan Shipka, Timothée Chalamet, Elizabeth Reaser, Grant Bowler
Votes: 2,378
11. Escape to the Country (2002– )
TV-G | 30 min | Reality-TV
The property show that helps prospective buyers find their dream home.
Stars: Jules Hudson, Alistair Appleton, Melissa Porter, Nick Page
Votes: 912
12. Feria: The Darkest Light (2022)
TV-MA | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
Two sisters see their world turned upside down when they discover a horrifying and otherworldly secret involving their parents.
Stars: Carla Campra, Ana Tomeno, Isak Férriz, Marta Nieto
Votes: 3,024
13. Our Yorkshire Farm (2018–2022)
240 min | Documentary
Observational documentary series following life on a remote sheep farm in Yorkshire for Clive and Amanda Owen and their nine children.
Stars: Ralf Little, Clive Owen, Amanda Owen, Reuben Owen
Votes: 310
14. Yana-Wara (2023)
104 min | Drama, Mystery
The communal justice system accuses Don Evaristo, 80 years old, for the murder of his granddaughter Yana-Wara, 13 years old. During the hearing, everyone learns the tragic story of this ... See full summary »
Directors: Tito Catacora, Óscar Catacora | Stars: Luz Diana Mamami, Cecilio Quispe, José D. Calisaya, Juan Choquehuanca
Votes: 59
15. Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)
Approved | 104 min | Drama, Romance, War
Newlyweds Gil and Lana Martin try to establish a farm in the Mohawk Valley but are menaced by Indians and Tories as the Revolutionary War begins.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Claudette Colbert, Henry Fonda, Edna May Oliver, Eddie Collins
Votes: 6,791 | Gross: $1.00M
16. 1000Stars (2021)
65 min | Drama, Romance
Tian needs a sudden heart transplant, and fate hands him the heart of Torfun; a volunteer teacher. He takes over her role as teacher and meets Chief forest officer Phupa, and their relationship begins to bloom.
Stars: Pirapat Watthanasetsiri, Sahaphap Wongratch, Marinda Halpin, Achi Jinapanyo
Votes: 3,158
17. The Life of Jesus (1997)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Romance
A social movie about current life in the north of France. Freddy and his friends are all unemployed. They pass away time by wandering around on their motorcycles and by directing their ... See full summary »
Director: Bruno Dumont | Stars: David Douche, Marjorie Cottreel, Kader Chaatouf, Sébastien Delbaere
Votes: 3,510
18. Sunset Song (2015)
R | 135 min | Drama
The daughter of a Scottish farmer comes of age in the early 1900s.
Director: Terence Davies | Stars: Ken Blackburn, Mark Bonnar, Stuart Bowman, Emily-Jane Boyle
Votes: 4,057 | Gross: $0.16M
19. Gorgeous (2022)
TV-MA | 151 min | Drama
A family migrates to the city after a tragic loss. When they reunite in their hometown 30 years later, buried emotions and painful secrets resurface.
Director: Berkun Oya | Stars: Ayça Bingöl, Fatih Artman, Funda Eryigit, Incinur Dasdemir
Votes: 5,888
20. Au nom de la terre (2019)
103 min | Biography, Drama
Pierre is 25 when he returns from Wyoming to his fiancée and take over the family farm. Twenty years later, the farm expanded and so did the family.
Director: Édouard Bergeon | Stars: Guillaume Canet, Veerle Baetens, Anthony Bajon, Rufus
Votes: 1,441
21. No One's with the Calves (2021)
116 min | Drama
Cows and nothing but fields. 24-year-old Christin lives on the farm of her long-term boyfriend Jan in Mecklenburg. Their relationship is loveless. Time seems to stand still - until 46-year-old engineer Klaus turns up.
Director: Sabrina Sarabi | Stars: Saskia Rosendahl, Rick Okon, Godehard Giese, Andreas Döhler
Votes: 335
22. The Echo (2023)
102 min | Documentary
In the remote Mexican village of El Eco, life is rich in privation, work and children. Here, granddaughters movingly take care of grandmothers until they die.
Director: Tatiana Huezo | Stars: Montserrat Hernandez, María de los Ángeles Pacheco Tapia, Luz María Vázquez González, Sarahí Rojas Hernández
Votes: 240
23. Lie to Me the Truth (2021)
87 min | Drama, Thriller
A couple in love spends time away from civilization, but the sudden arrivals of the younger sister and then the girl's ex-boyfriend violate the country idyll.
Director: Olga Akatieva | Stars: Evgeniy Romantsov, Darya Melnikova, Elizaveta Kononova, Pavel Priluchnyy
Votes: 420
24. The Horsemen (1971)
PG | 109 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Drama depicting rural life in contemporary Afghanistan and the Afghani people's love for an ancient traditional sport similar to horseback polo.
Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Omar Sharif, Leigh Taylor-Young, Jack Palance, Peter Jeffrey
Votes: 1,327 | Gross: $0.07M
25. Huckleberry Finn (1974)
G | 118 min | Adventure, Family, Musical
In 1840s Missouri, young Huckleberry Finn, wanting to escape his violent drunkard father, joins Black runaway slave Jim on a quest for freedom down the Mississippi River on a raft.
Director: J. Lee Thompson | Stars: Jeff East, Paul Winfield, Harvey Korman, David Wayne
Votes: 705 | Gross: $0.42M
26. Zandy's Bride (1974)
PG | 97 min | Drama, Western
An American settler marries an European mail-order bride and together they learn how to thrive in the harsh wilderness while working on their relationship too.
Director: Jan Troell | Stars: Gene Hackman, Liv Ullmann, Eileen Heckart, Susan Tyrrell
Votes: 1,274 | Gross: $0.14M
27. Canoa: A Shameful Memory (1976)
Not Rated | 115 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
A group of university employees arrive in a small village during a hiking expedition. Once there, the local priest accuses them of being university students who're attempting to spread communism and mobilizes the townspeople to lynch them.
Director: Felipe Cazals | Stars: Enrique Lucero, Salvador Sánchez, Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Roberto Sosa
Votes: 1,871
28. The Festival of Troubadours (2022)
TV-14 | 102 min | Drama
An unexpected reunion between a traveling musician and his son opens old wounds as the two set out on a long journey to a troubadour festival
Director: Özcan Alper | Stars: Kivanç Tatlitug, Settar Tanriögen, Erkan Can, Laçin Ceylan
Votes: 3,093
29. The Levelling (2016)
R | 83 min | Drama
Somerset, October 2014. When Clover Catto (Ellie Kendrick) receives a call telling her that her younger brother Harry (Joe Blakemore) is dead, she must return to her family farm and face ... See full summary »
Director: Hope Dickson Leach | Stars: Ellie Kendrick, David Troughton, Jack Holden, Joe Blakemore
Votes: 2,785 | Gross: $0.00M
30. Escape to the Farm with Kate Humble (2020–2024)
60 min | Documentary
Documentary series following life at the television presenter's farm in Monmouthshire, where she has been growing produce and breeding livestock for the past 10 years.
Star: Kate Humble
Votes: 21
31. The Good Side of Life! (2016)
45 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Looking for his estranged biological mother, a young man and his donkey travel to the big city; at the same time, the rich widow is looking for him, all for the concern of her ambitious niece who craves her wealth.
Stars: Sergio Guizé, Débora Nascimento, Flávia Alessandra, Eliane Giardini
Votes: 231
32. You've Been Trumped (2011)
Not Rated | 79 min | Documentary
In this David and Goliath story for the 21st century, a group of proud Scottish homeowners take on celebrity tycoon Donald Trump as he buys up one of Scotland's last wilderness areas to build a golf resort.
Director: Anthony Baxter | Stars: Michael Forbes, Donald Trump, Anthony Baxter, Kevin Brown
Votes: 2,309 | Gross: $0.03M
33. Galar
25 min | Short, Drama | Post-production
In rural Ireland, a determined father watches helplessly as his home crumbles due to defective blocks. Committed to safeguarding his family's wellbeing, he confronts neglect head-on whilst grappling with an unseen illness.
Director: Niall Duffy | Stars: Mark Loughran, Claire Rafferty, Ashana Cummings, Nigel O'Neill
34. It Happens Every Thursday (1953)
Approved | 80 min | Comedy, Drama
A New York couple takes over a small town newspaper.
Director: Joseph Pevney | Stars: Loretta Young, John Forsythe, Frank McHugh, Edgar Buchanan
Votes: 308
35. Willaq Pirqa, el cine de mi pueblo (2022)
89 min | Comedy, Drama
Sistu and his small community in the Andes discover the magic of cinema. This encounter causes a great stir that transforms Sistu and his entire community.
Director: César Galindo | Stars: Víctor Acurio, Hermelinda Luján, Melissa Álvarez
Votes: 142
36. Outside Satan (2011)
Not Rated | 110 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
In a village on the French Opal Coast, a drifter engages in a perplexing relationship with a young woman who has suffered abuse.
Director: Bruno Dumont | Stars: David Dewaele, Alexandra Lemâtre, Christophe Bon, Juliette Bacquet
Votes: 2,090
37. Christmas Crossfire (2020)
TV-MA | 105 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
A man foils an attempted murder, then flees the crew of would-be killers along with their intended target as a woman he's just met tries to find him.
Director: Detlev Buck | Stars: Kostja Ullmann, Alli Neumann, Sascha Alexander Gersak, Sophia Thomalla
Votes: 1,650
38. Gutland (2017)
107 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A surrealist rural noir about a German thief who flees to a small Luxembourg village only to discover that the locals have secrets of their own.
Director: Govinda Van Maele | Stars: Vicky Krieps, Frederick Lau, Marco Lorenzini, Leo Folschette
Votes: 1,408
39. I've Always Loved You (1946)
Approved | 117 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
A beautiful young concert pianist is torn between her attraction to her arrogant but brilliant maestro and her love for a farm boy she left back home.
Director: Frank Borzage | Stars: Philip Dorn, Catherine McLeod, Bill Carter, Maria Ouspenskaya
Votes: 369
40. John Lewis: Good Trouble (2020)
PG | 96 min | Documentary
The film explores Georgia representative's, 60-plus years of social activism and legislative action on civil rights, voting rights, gun control, health care reform, and immigration.
Director: Dawn Porter | Stars: Elijah Cummings, Anthony Johnson, Hillary Clinton, Ayanna Pressley
Votes: 1,054
41. Between the Seasons (2018)
98 min | Drama
Haesu moves to another city and opens a cafe to start her new life. Yejin, a high school girl and frequent customer, starts to work at the cafe and falls for Haesu. Yejin confesses her love to Haesu when she is sure about her feelings.
Director: Kim Jun-sik | Stars: Lee Yeong-jin, Yoon Hye-ri, Jeong Eun-kyeong, Lee Geun-hoo
Votes: 94
42. The Lamb (2014)
87 min | Drama, Family
As Eastern Anatolian village tradition requires, 27-year-old Medine must serve oven-roasted lamb at her 5-year-old son Mert's circumcision feast.
Director: Kutlug Ataman | Stars: Erdal Yildiz, Taner Birsel, Sila Lara Cantürk, Nesrin Cavadzade
Votes: 695
43. Sarah Beeny's New Life in the Country (2020–2023)
60 min | Documentary
Documentary series following property expert Sarah and her family as they relocate from London to Somerset, renovating a semi-derelict former dairy farm into their dream home.
Stars: Sarah Beeny, Graham Swift, Mark Goldthorp, Joe Sims
Votes: 111
44. The Treasure of Lost Canyon (1952)
Approved | 82 min | Adventure, Drama, Western
In California, a boy and his adoptive father find an outlaw's hidden treasure but the news leaks out, sending unscrupulous characters after the gold.
Director: Ted Tetzlaff | Stars: William Powell, Julie Adams, Charles Drake, Rosemary DeCamp
Votes: 240
45. Kuduz / Çocuklar Çiçektir (1983)
77 min | Drama
It depicts rabies horror emerging in a small town during World War II. Hashim, village headman, brings a dog as a gift which turns out to be rabid, biting village children. Entire village mobilizes for the urgent vaccination of children.
Director: Yasar Seriner | Stars: Tarik Akan, Necla Nazir, Hayati Hamzaoglu, Suna Selen
Votes: 266
46. Soa (2017)
22 min | Short, Drama
The story follows a man who lives in an isolated farm with his wife. In the rugged mountainous area they live usual tedious rural life. Autumn is long and in such an environment he prepares atrocious crime.
Director: Dusan Kasalica
Votes: 13
47. Posse Cat (1954)
Approved | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Tom and Jerry are in a cabin in the Wild West. Jerry's rustling food, so Tom's owner won't let him eat until he's gotten rid of Jerry.
Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Stars: Stan Freberg, William Hanna
Votes: 746
48. Mar do Sertão (2022–2023)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Stars: Renato Góes, Caio Blat, José de Abreu, Isadora Cruz
Votes: 76
49. The Farm (2018– )
Comedy
BBC Scotland mockumentary series following the struggles of farmer Jim MacDonald, his temperamental mother and their farmhand Donnie. Originally made for online then TV.
Stars: Jim Smith, Chris Forbes, Annie Louise Ross, Lisa Livingstone
Votes: 16
50. Little Rural Riding Hood (1949)
Approved | 6 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
The last of Tex Avery's variations on Red Hot Riding Hood (1943), in which the country wolf visits his city cousin, who tries to teach him the rudiments of civilised behaviour when watching... See full summary »
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Daws Butler, Colleen Collins, Pinto Colvig, Imogene Lynn
Votes: 1,366