Rural area movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant rural area movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, thrilling, psychological, tense, suspenseful and entertaining films and TV shows about / with rural area, countryside, village life, problem, village, rural setting, revenge, small village, family drama and small town plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Thriller genres shot in India, China, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as rural area: Leaving D.C. (2012), Fallen City (2011), The Man in the Iron Mask (1998), Lucania (2019), An Enemy of the People (2005), Rakshadhikari Baiju (Oppu) (2017), Rowdy (2014), Yajamana (2019), Vaagai Sooda Vaa (2011), The Burning Girls (2023).
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List of rural area movies
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
After 20 years of living in Washington, D.C., Mark Klein seeks much-needed solace by moving to the remote wilds of West Virginia. To ease his loneliness, he sends regular video updates to members of his OCD-support group back in the city. But Mark ...
Style:
mockumentary, disturbing, dark, scary, tense ...
Plot:
found footage, woods, mysterious event, house, computer, travel, witch, support group, rural area, photograph, mysterious noise, death ...
Place:
west virginia
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Genre: Action, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Shubei town, southeast China, the present day. Five years after he fled with RMB 800,000 from a bank robbery, Liu Chuan returns incognito to the town. Policeman Wang Laoshi, who was on duty at the time of the robbery and was demoted for letting Liu ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling, suspense, tension ...
Plot:
earthquake, robbery, rural area, natural disaster, problem, lifestyle change, criminal, burglar, changing lives, bank robbery, heroism, escape ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Years have passed since the Three Musketeers, Aramis, Athos and Porthos, have fought together with their friend, D'Artagnan. But with the tyrannical King Louis using his power to wreak havoc in the kingdom while his twin brother, Philippe, ...
Style:
period piece, gothic, atmospheric, costume drama, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
musketeer, swashbuckler, sword fight, conspiracy, throne, twin brother, brother brother relationship, lookalikes, palace, prison, royal family, twins ...
Time:
17th century, middle ages, ancient times, 90s, 19th century ...
Place:
france, paris france, europe, egypt
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
An ancient dying land is brought back to life by the primal force of a young mute girl, who witnesses the fatal clash between two fathers.
Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating, melancholic, bleak ...
Plot:
father daughter relationship, death of mother, rural setting, farmer, family drama, mountain, countryside, able to see the dead, seeing dead people, supernatural ability, murder, supernatural power ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In a modern version of Ibsen's stage play, we meet TV-celebrity Tomas Stockman returning to his native village to produce the world's purest bottled water. The plant will bring new life and hope to the village, but unexpected trouble ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
family conflict, problem, rural area, water, business, businessman, countryside, whistleblower, integrity, ethical dilemma, public health, controversy ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 162 min.
Story:
A kind-hearted government employee in his forties, who spends most of his time with youngsters, selflessly intervenes in the problems of his near and dear ones.
Style:
comedy drama, light hearted, feel good, semi serious, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
village, heartwarming, slice of life, village life, friendship, everyday life, rural area, public service, countryside, life, satire, politician ...
Place:
india
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Anna is a much revered Rowdy who is law onto himself. He opposes the construction of a dam that would displace villagers from 30 villages. His enemies plan to eliminate him by manipulating Anna's elder son. But they have to contend with the ...
Style:
suspenseful, thrilling, captivating, psychological, intense ...
Plot:
village life, problem, small village, rural area, remote village, village, rural setting, countryside, family drama, father son conflict, power struggle, vigilante ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
india
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Genre: Action
Country: India
Duration: 164 min.
Story:
The film revolves around a hardworking man Krishna who lives in Hulidurga and is famous for traditional oil extraction. He is torn apart from being the rightful owner with the entry of business tycoon Devi Shetty. Will Krishna fight against all odds ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, action drama, heroic, inspirational ...
Plot:
village life, fight, countryside, protector, problem, mogul, villager, heroes, rural area, life is a bitch, farmer, male protagonist ...
Place:
india
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Veluthambi, who aspires for a government job, finds himself teaching poor children in a village. When he learns that they are appointed as bonded labourers, he decides to bring about a change.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, inspirational, feel good ...
Plot:
education, hindu, village life, social justice, countryside, rural area, resilience, heartwarming, humanism, empathy, slice of life, father son relationship ...
Place:
india
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
TV show
Story:
Follows Reverend Jack Brooks and her daughter in Chapel Croft, a place for a fresh start that soon reveals its community's dark history and where ancient superstitions and mistrust of outsiders are quite common.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, tension ...
Plot:
ghost, village, superstition, burned at the stake, witch burning, terror, haunting, secrets, religion, small town, supernatural, outsider ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Jo & Jo is a coming of age comedy-drama that tells the story of how a few youngsters in a village enjoy their life when the world itself shuts down due to covid19 pandemic and how their life fell apart after an unexpected event happened.
Style:
comedy drama, semi serious, satirical, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
coming of age, friendship, youth, village life, quarantine, satire, countryside, social problems, problem, rural area, personal growth, slice of life ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
india
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: India
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Jilebi is the down-to-earth story about a sour-sweet confrontation between a village youngster Sreekuttan and his city-bred nephewsSreekuttan, is a village guy whose life is happily confined to his farm and his pet crops. Far away, in the Dubai city ...
Style:
feel good, semi serious, entertaining, thrilling, satirical ...
Plot:
uncle nephew relationship, relationships, village life, conflict, male female relationship, rural area, family relations, farming, kids and family, satire, family conflict, lifestyle ...
Place:
india
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A care-free youngster sets out to become a cop and comes back to his village to control a riot. He realises that he has to take on people, who are close to him, to manage the situation.
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, thrilling, psychological, tense
Audience:
adult
Plot:
village life, social justice, social problems, life is a bitch, rural area, intrigue, countryside, family problems, fighting crime, criminal, class differences, moral dilemma ...
Place:
india
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Portugal
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story:
Diogo Almada is a successful account manager at a telecommunications company who is struggling with serious stress and anxiety issues due to the constant state of pressure he lives in. His situation becomes worse when he suffers a stroke which puts ...
Style:
funny, humorous, light, captivating, entertaining ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
village life, small village, city, mental health, village, rural area, couple relations, lifestyle change, relationships, changing lives, countryside, villager ...
Place:
portugal
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
A stark portrayal of the hardships faced by farmers, Mulshi Pattern tackles some of the raging issues of our times. The film lays bare the deep flaws of the system which turns the farmer into a criminal and a social outcast.
Style:
realistic, crime drama, thrilling, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot:
revenge, land grab, social injustice, poverty, realism, corrupt system, rural area, problem, fight, money, countryside, money problems ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
india
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Quique is dispatched to a village in deep Spain Teruel to lead its politics of recuperation but soon discovers he was sent there so that his girlfriend and leader of his party could spend more time together.
Style:
satirical, captivating, entertaining
Plot:
village, male female relationship, rural area, problem, relationships, love affair, relationship problems, couple relations, politician, satire, countryside, unfaithful girlfriend ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 20 min.
TV show
Story:
Bandini was an Indian soap opera produced by Ekta Kapoor of Balaji Telefilms. The show aired Monday to Friday evenings. The show is the longest running program of Imagine TV at 520 episodes. It starred Ronit Roy and Aasiya Kazi and was set against ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, emotional, sentimental ...
Plot:
marriage of convenience, forced marriage, marriage, arranged marriage, social issues, class conflict, family drama, village life, older man younger woman relationship, married, rural area, age-gap relationship ...
Place:
india
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Mystery
Country: Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Eleven-year-old Thabo wants to become a private detective like in the movies. If only his home, the small African village of Hlatikulu, was not the most peaceful savannah paradise. But things take a sudden turn when a rhino is murdered in the ...
Style:
detective, captivating, educational, suspense, inspirational ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly
Plot:
rhinoceros, investigation, friendship, poaching, amateur sleuth, conservation, children, rural area, friends, adolescence, teenage protagonist, teenager ...
Time:
2020s
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
After a shattering event that leaves three reckless lazing youngster friends with no hope and mounting debts, the trio must finally pull up their socks and do something worthwhile despite their incompetence.
Style:
captivating, semi serious, satirical, psychological, entertaining ...
Plot:
friendship, journey, family relations, friends, relationships, love story, love affair, countryside, escapades, rural area, male female relationship, satire ...
Place:
india
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A string of murders terrorise the people of Odela village, and every newly wed girl in the village is the murder’s target. A bright young police officer is determined to find the culprit and stop the next murder from happening while anxious ...
Style:
enigmatic, thrilling, suspenseful, exciting, captivating ...
Plot:
village, whodunit, murder mystery, ritual, crime solving, satanic ritual, countryside, secret, puzzle, rural area, uncover truth, investigation ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
india
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
After the mayor of an idyllic island village discovers a child with mysterious powers awash on their shores, the once peaceful community devolves into civil war, torn over the belief that the child is the next saviour.
Style:
tense, captivating, serious, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
village, countryside, small village, village life, rural area, rural setting, remote island, island, village people, child, supernatural power, political manipulation ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 230 min.
TV show
Story:
MARKING TIME tells the story of Hal, a small town boy who has just left high school. The world is at his feet. He falls in love with Randa, an Afghani refugee, in a year of momentous change - from the optimistic time of the Sydney Olympics up until ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological
Plot:
shakespeare, immigration, interracial romance, interracial relations, in love, countryside, love interest, shakespeare's romeo and juliet, star crossed lovers, village life, fall in love, relationship problems ...
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
1990s, Banpo Town, rural China. A woman’s body is found by the river. Ma Zhe, Chief of the Criminal Police, heads up the murder investigation that leads to an obvious arrest. His superiors hurry to congratulate him, but several clues push Ma Zhe ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, neo noir, suspense
Plot:
criminal, homicide detective, murder investigation, forensics, crime investigation, police investigation, secret, countryside, uncover truth, who done it, investigation, serial killer ...
Time:
year 1995, 90s
Place:
china
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Ireland, USA, China, Switzerland, UK, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
In a remote Irish village, a damaged Finbar is forced to fight for redemption after a lifetime of sins, but what price is he willing to pay? In the land of saints and sinners, some sins can't be buried.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, bleak, tense, thrilling ...
Plot:
terrorist, assassin, countryside, fight, secret, rural setting, small village, penance, village life, villager, sin, remote village ...
Time:
70s, year 1974
Place:
ireland, europe
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
TV show
Story:
Comedian David O'Doherty gets to know celebrities on cycling adventures across the UK in a fun-filled interview show that delivers lots of laughter, proper conversation and stunning scenery.
Style:
humorous, light hearted, satirical, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
celebrity interview, bicycle, comedian, cycling, countryside, interviewer, interview, satire, humour, rural area, travel, intimate ...
Place:
britain
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Genre: Animation
Country: Ireland
TV show
Story:
Garth and Bev little in the beautiful village of Ballybeg surrounded by nature. With a little druid magic from their grandfather Lir, they travel through the 'time spiral' on amazing adventures to find out that behind every great idea.
Style:
light, humorous, feel good, captivating, exciting ...
Audience:
family friendly, preschool
Plot:
children, rural area, villager, small village, druid, countryside, village life, childhood, rural setting, mischievous children, curiosity, creativity ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: China
TV show
Story:
The drama depicts the life and learnings of a countryside man.
Style:
sincere, entertaining, captivating, dramatic, exciting ...
Plot:
relationships, rural area, changing lives, social relations, countryside, village, small village, nature, life, villager, village people, village life ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
TV show
Story:
RAN is an Australian television program, filmed entirely on Masig Island in the tropical Torres Strait north of the Cape York Peninsula, the northernmost part of Australia, and the border with Papua New Guinea.
This is an important series to Torres ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, emotional, tropical ...
Plot:
female protagonist, female doctor, nurse, cross cultural relations, island life, rural area, medicine, physician, job, doctor, life, countryside ...
Place:
australia
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Genre: Horror
Country: Spain
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
In a small village in Leon, Spain, María José prepares to end her life after failing to get over the suicide of her bullied son years before. Everything changes when she receives a visit from Lucía, a strange little girl who could be connected to ...
Style:
bleak, tense, suspenseful, dark, captivating ...
Plot:
female protagonist, small village, grief, problem, rural area, myth, child suicide, saving a life, countryside, rural setting, supernatural, guilt ...
Place:
spain
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
The inhabitants of Bevergem can at least be called special. One day, stand-up comedian Freddy De Vadder also moves in. Why? Nobody knows. And he keeps quiet himself. The inhabitants of Bevergem are charmed by the presence of the eccentric rock ...
Style:
humorous, funny, captivating, entertaining, comedy drama ...
Plot:
village, stand up comedian, small town, rural area, countryside, comedian, village life, rural setting, villager, small village, escape, social satire ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
belgium, flanders
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