Peasant movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant peasant movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, period drama, captivating, period piece, serious and dramatic films and TV shows about / with peasant, love, village, society, husband wife relationship, church, female nudity, marriage, death and family relations plots mostly in Drama, History and Romance genres shot in France, Italy, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as peasant: Zuleikha Opens Her Eyes (2020), Tess (1979), The Tree of Wooden Clogs (1978), The Inheritors (1998), The Blood Lady (2018), Bitter Harvest (2017), The Name of the Rose (1986), Golden Door (2006), The Peasants (2023), The Emigrants (1971).
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Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 49 min.
TV show
Story:
The year is 1930. In a small Tartar village, a woman named Zuleikha watches as her husband is murdered by communists. Zuleikha herself is sent into exile, enduring a horrendous train journey to a remote spot on the Angara River in Siberia. ...
Style:
heartbreaking, disturbing, period piece, historical drama, poignant ...
Plot:
peasant, political repression, female protagonist, loss, propaganda, russophobia, political violence, oppression, survival, exile, power, threat ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
siberia, soviet union
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20K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France
Duration: 186 min.
Story:
This multiple-Oscar-winning film by Roman Polanski is an exquisite, richly layered adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the d’Urbervilles. A strong-willed peasant girl (Nastassja Kinski, in a gorgeous breakthrough) is sent by her father to the ...
Style:
period piece, costume drama, scenic, visually appealing, erotic ...
Plot:
love, breast feeding, rape, tragic love, relationships, literary, mansion, beautiful scenery, nobility, loneliness, peasant, autumn ...
Time:
19th century, year 1979, 1800s, turn of the century, victorian era ...
Place:
eastern europe, britain, england, europe, brazil
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Italy
Duration: 186 min.
Story:
The life inside a farm in Italy at the beginning of the century. Many poor country families live there, and the owner pays them by their productivity. One of the families has a very clever child. They decide to send him to school instead of make him ...
Style:
realistic, touching, serious, saga, contemplative ...
Plot:
peasant, farm, hide and seek, friendship, countryside, village, family relations, clergy, life is a bitch, parents and children, family life, parent child relationship ...
Time:
1900s, 19th century, year 1978, 1890s, 20th century ...
Place:
italy, europe, milan italy
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Austria, Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In a small farming valley in Austria in the beginning of the 20th century a tyrannical farmer is found dead, and all the farmhands are relieved to be free of their tyrant. But the farmer was childless, so suddenly they all inherit the farm together. ...
Style:
serious, realistic, gloomy, atmospheric, allegory
Plot:
village life, poverty, master servant relationship, swindle, sex, class differences, sexuality, manor, last will and testament, farm, rape, farm hand ...
Time:
year 1998, 20th century, 1930s, 1890s, 19th century ...
Place:
austria, europe, america, new york
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story:
18th century, The Russian Empire. The series tells the life story of Darya Saltykova, who was called Saltychikha by serfs. The landowner brutally tortured about one and half hundreds peasants, for which "Russian Elizabeth Bathory" was ...
Style:
artsy, sadistic, atmospheric, crying, exciting ...
Plot:
peasant, twists and turns, life sentence, death sentence, torture, sadist, convent, loveless marriage, death of husband, pardon, violence, sadistic killer ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
moscow russia, russia
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Set between the two World Wars and based on true historical events, Bitter Harvest conveys the untold story of the Holodomor, the genocidal famine engineered by the tyrant Joseph Stalin. The film displays a powerful tale of love, honour, rebellion ...
Style:
period piece, costume drama, psychological, tense, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
hunger, genocide, peasant, love, danger, society, brutality, life is a bitch, adaptation, couples, youth, violence ...
Time:
1930s, year 2017, year 1932, year 1933
Place:
ukraine
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: West Germany, Italy, France
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
14th-century Franciscan monk William of Baskerville and his young novice arrive at a conference to find that several monks have been murdered under mysterious circumstances. To solve the crimes, William must rise up against the Church's ...
Style:
intellectual, psychological, gloomy, suspenseful, clever ...
Plot:
clergy, medieval, investigation, monastery, monk, whodunit, uncover truth, murder mystery, murder, ancient, religion, riddles and clues ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, 14th century, ancient times, year 1986
Place:
europe, france, south of france, italy, canada
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
The story is set at the beginning of the 20th century in Sicily. Salvatore, a very poor farmer, and a widower, decides to emigrate to the US with all his family, including his old mother. Before they embark, they meet Lucy. She is supposed to be a ...
Style:
emotional, touching, serious, sincere, captivating ...
Plot:
immigrant, progress, social relations, starting over, society, italian immigrant, tradition, superstition, family history, parent child relationship, hopes, emigrant ...
Time:
victorian era, year 2006, 20th century, 1920s, turn of the century ...
Place:
sicily, italy, new york, europe, palermo italy ...
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Genre: Animation, Drama, History
Country: Poland, Serbia, Lithuania
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Peasant girl Jagna is forced to marry the much older, wealthy farmer Boryna, despite her love for his son Antek. With time, Jagna becomes the object of envy and disdain with the villagers and she must fight to preserve her independence.
Style:
adult animation, captivating, entertaining, atmospheric, historical drama ...
Plot:
woman, patriarchy, marriage of convenience, marriage, village, relationships, rich man, rural setting, rich and poor, husband wife relationship, villager, rich ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
poland
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Sweden
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
In the middle of the 19th century, Kristina and Karl-Oskar live in a small rural village in Smaaland (southern Sweden). They get married and try to make a living on a small spot of land. However, the small size of their land, the infertile soil, and ...
Style:
epic, romantic, inspirational, atmospheric, gloomy ...
Plot:
immigrant, journey, immigration, religious persecution, food, sea voyage, farm hand, starvation, nordic, refugee, boat, death ...
Time:
19th century, 1840s, 1850s, year 1971
Place:
minnesota, america, europe, eastern europe
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Genre: Adventure, History
Country: Russia
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story:
These are the dark times around 1720 in Russia. Tsar Peter the Great dies and his highly esteemed partner and friend Prince Menshikov rules the country from now on. But there are also those who oppose the prince. Messenger Ivan, an army officer, ...
Style:
captivating, tense, stylized, suspense, realistic
Plot:
russian history, russian empire, state affairs, intrigue, investigation, royal court, amateur sleuth, whodunit, love, imperial russia, palace intrigue, fight ...
Time:
18th century, 1800s
Place:
st. petersburg russia, russia
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Georgia, Germany, France, Czech Republic, Kazakhstan
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The Inguri River forms a natural border dividing Georgia from Abkhazia. One of the spring floods has created a little island in the middle of the river, as if made for the cultivation of corn. At least, this is the belief of an old peasant, whose ...
Style:
serious, tense, realistic, sincere, atmospheric ...
Plot:
island, teenage girl, military, skinny dipping, fishing, building a house, flood, stranger, harvest, hiding, wounded soldier, boat ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
georgia, soviet union
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Denmark, Sweden, Czech Republic, Germany
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
A young queen falls in love with her physician, and they start a revolution that changes their nation forever.
Style:
period piece, stylized, costume drama, sexy, historical drama ...
Audience:
date night, teens, pre-teens, adult
Plot:
royal family, love affair, adultery, love triangle, political intrigue, infidelity, queen, royalty, royal court, coup d'etat, aristocracy, marriage ...
Time:
18th century, ancient times, year 2012, victorian era, georgian era ...
Place:
denmark, europe, england, copenhagen, scandinavia ...
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4K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Angel, an exterminator recently released from a mental hospital, comes to rid a small Spanish town of tiny grubs in the soil. The local wine-making industry has found these pests responsible for giving their product an "earthy" taste that ...
Style:
erotic, art house, hispanic, contemplative, realistic ...
Plot:
peasant, love, wine, love triangle, farm, voice over narration, unfaithfulness, passion, hunting, infidelity, surrealism, outer space ...
Time:
90s
Place:
iberian peninsula, spain, europe
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 160 min.
Story:
Miracle at St. Anna chronicles the story of four American soldiers who are members of the all-black 92nd "Buffalo Soldier" Division stationed in Tuscany, Italy during World War II.
Style:
sincere, intense, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
behind enemy lines, nazi, african american, world war two, soldier, fascism, racial segregation, peasant, italian history, world war, war crime, battles ...
Time:
1940s, 80s, year 1944, year 1983, year 2008 ...
Place:
rome italy, italy, europe, germany, bahamas ...
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Italy, Switzerland, France, Germany
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
The tale of a meeting between Lazzaro, a young peasant so good that he is often mistaken for simple-minded, and Tancredi, a young nobleman cursed by his imagination. Life in their isolated pastoral village Inviolata is dominated by the terrible ...
Style:
touching, thought provoking, inspirational, breathtaking, sincere ...
Plot:
poverty, wolf, missing person, debt, lgbt teen, peasant, rich and poor, blood, friendship, fake kidnapping, abandoned house, ransom demand ...
Time:
2010s, 90s
Place:
italy
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Netherlands, Belgium, UK, France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
After World War II, Antonia and her daughter, Danielle, go back to their Dutch hometown, where Antonia's late mother has bestowed a small farm upon her. There, Antonia settles down and joins a tightly-knit but unusual community. Those around ...
Style:
touching, intellectual, melancholic, sentimental, independent film ...
Plot:
strong female character, lgbtq, village, lesbian, philosophy, strong female lead, friendship, magic realism, women, village life, unwed mother, nude model ...
Time:
post world war two
Place:
germany, holland
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 653 min.
TV show
Story:
In a bucolic Polish hamlet, the tense relationship between a father and son reaches a boiling point when the men lose their hearts to the same woman and vie for her affections. Based on Wladyslaw Reymont's Nobel Prize-winning book and helmed by ...
Style:
family saga, historical drama, atmospheric, poignant, pastoral ...
Plot:
literary, realism, village life, social realism, domestic drama, harvest, peasant, church, country, easter, jealousy, poverty ...
Time:
turn of the century, 19th century
Place:
poland
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25K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: France, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Set in the south of the United States just after the Civil War, Laurel Sommersby is just managing to work the farm without her husband Jack, believed killed in the Civil War. By all accounts, Jack Sommersby was not a pleasant man, thus when he ...
Style:
romantic, sentimental, touching, psychological, period piece ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
husband wife relationship, mistaken identity, village life, civil war veteran, ku klux klan, post civil war, american civil war, civil war, courtroom drama, death sentence, war veteran, suspicion of murder ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s, 50s, turn of the century, year 1993 ...
Place:
tennessee, southern usa, usa, france, new jersey
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29K
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Italy, France, West Germany
Duration: 317 min.
Story:
Set in Bertolucci's ancestral region of Emilia, the film chronicles the lives of two men during the political turmoils that took place in Italy in the first half on the 20th century.
Style:
epic, controversial, compassionate, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
fascism, politics, world war two, italian history, friendship, revolution, class struggle, communism, peasant, socialist, sex, brutality ...
Time:
1900s, 1940s, 1920s, 1930s, 1910s ...
Place:
italy, paris france, france, europe
Is relevant?
9K
Genre: Comedy, History
Country: Poland
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
A zany nobleman contends with family feuds and clashes with peasants in his quest to become the most famous person in Poland.
Style:
semi serious, captivating, entertaining, dark comedy, light hearted ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
satire, peasant, noble, class conflict, kingdom, nobility, social satire, family feud, class struggle, ambition, farce, pride ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
poland
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Serbia
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Selo gori, a baba se češlja is a television series in Serbia. First aired in 2007, the show quickly gained national fame with episodes in its third season averaging approximately 2.9 million viewers. The show was aired on RTS1.
Style:
humorous, captivating, disturbing
Plot:
everyday life, village life, village, peasant, small town life, lifestyle, customs, society, escapades, small village, social relations, community ...
Place:
serbia
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min.
TV show
Story:
The King's Doctor is a 2012 South Korean television series, starring Jo Seung-woo and Lee Yo-won. It aired on Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation from October 1, 2012 to March 25, 2013 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 50 episodes. The drama ...
Style:
suspenseful, medical drama, historical drama, semi serious, romantic ...
Plot:
joseon dynasty, doctor, medical, physician, peasant, queen, king, veterinarian, royal court, medicine, betrayal, friendship ...
Place:
korea
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
Jamie Graham, a privileged English boy, is living in Shanghai when the Japanese invade and force all foreigners into prison camps. Jamie is captured with an American sailor named Basie, who looks out for him while they are in the camp together. Even ...
Style:
epic, sad, period piece, crying, emotional ...
Audience:
family friendly, family outing, teens, teen drama
Plot:
world war two, coming of age, child protagonist, childhood, survival, pow, boy, japanese army, prisoner, young heroes, captivity, starvation ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1945, year 1987
Place:
china, hong kong, japan, asia, indochina ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Photographer Robert Kincaid wanders into the life of housewife Francesca Johnson for four days in the 1960s.
Style:
romantic, atmospheric, touching, sad, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
love story, photographer, adultery, love affair, passion, impossible love, relationships, housewife, couples, photography, extramarital affair, lovers ...
Time:
year 1995, 90s, 20th century, year 1965, post world war two ...
Place:
iowa, usa, midwest
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Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story:
A TV serialization of the classic Chinese novel 'Ordinary World'.
Style:
family saga, captivating, sincere, psychological, reflective ...
Plot:
slice of life, coming of age, literary, countryside, village life, lifestyle change, chinese history, social relations, lifestyle, changing lives, peasant, family life ...
Place:
china
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Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico, Canada, France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Looking for a better destiny for their lives, a group of people arrives to Tijuana, in the Mexico-USA borderline. A widow and her children, a chicano woman without a firm identity, a "gringa" writer fascinated with Mexico and her hermit ...
Style:
existential, melancholic, intercultural
Plot:
border, immigration, border crossing, dream, identity crisis, social realism, hopes, peasant, mexican american border, survival, intimate, bittersweet ...
Place:
tijuana mexico
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In a village in the Ardennes, during the German occupation, finding rations is becoming almost impossible. Clovis, an ordinary labourer, decides to cross the occupied zone to bring back enough potatoes to feed his family. His plan is a success but ...
Style:
historical drama, melancholic, tense, grim, period drama
Plot:
world war two, nazi occupation, starvation, survival, french countryside, desperation, character study, obsession, village life, risk, agriculture, smuggling ...
Time:
1940s
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: Estonia, Poland, Netherlands
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
In a pagan Estonian village where werewolves, the plague, and spirits roam, the villagers’ main problem is how to survive the cold, dark winter. And, to that aim, nothing is taboo. People steal from each other, from their German manor lords, and ...
Style:
bleak, art house, surreal, suspenseful, mind bending ...
Plot:
folklore, paganism, witch, folk horror, love triangle, medieval, unrequited love, deal with the devil, werewolf, snowman, peasant, lovers ...
Time:
middle ages, 19th century
Place:
estonia, venice, italy
Is relevant?
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
Spurred by his grandmother, an angry young man locks horns with a thug who is intending to murder his sweetheart.
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, tense, dramatic, heroic ...
Plot:
grandmother, love, fight, murder, village, weapons, grandmother grandson relationship, worker, fistfight, small village, scuffle, grandparent and grandchild ...
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