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List of small town life movies
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After moving to a small rural town, uptight Joel Bixby, is invited by an agreeable new acquaintance to join a group of townsmen who meet in a ramshackle room at the edge of town. Normally a loner, Joel finds himself enamored by boisterous fast-food ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, touching, independent film ...
Plot:
friendship, small town, social relations, buddies, small town life, social misfits, friends, misfit, loneliness, male bonding, healing, midlife crisis ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, pennsylvania
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The dogs of Doverville are in trouble again... but Emma O'Conner is back to save them in a song-filled, seasonal extravaganza. Mean-spirited mogul Finneas James plots to shut down the local puppy orphanage, unless Emma can come up with the ...
Style:
feel good, sentimental, humorous, sincere, independent film
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
christmas, young heroes, rescue, animal life, pets, danger, small town life, farm, youth, social relations, small town, dog ...
Time:
20th century, 1930s
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A hard-working cupcake maker is inadvertently elected mayor of a small town burdened with debt. Uneducated, she relies on her street smarts to clean up the town.
Style:
humorous, sincere, captivating, entertaining, independent film ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
rise to the top, campaign, small town life, society, family life, family relations, small town, uneducated, parents and children, ambition, food, milf ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Darcy's Wild Life is an American-Canadian television series, filmed during 2004-2006, and broadcast on Discovery Kids and the Family Channel. The show revolves around Darcy Fields, the daughter of an eccentric actress who decides to move away ...
Style:
semi serious, feel good, humorous, realistic, funny ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens
Plot:
fish out of water, teenage life, village life, small town life, family relations, youth, animal life, veterinarian, farm, small town, lifestyle, countryside ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Set in 2045, Vic, an ex-ultimate fighter, is the owner of the only airstrip, hotel and bar in the high Arctic frontier town of Borealis. He does his best to keep the peace amongst a vast array of clashing characters in this lawless international ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, exciting, rough, bleak
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
survival, dystopian future, danger, society, escapades, small town life, murder, life is a bitch, environmentalism, small town, winter, snow ...
Time:
future, near future, 2040s, 21st century
Place:
canada
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Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
In 2009, the small town of Cohasset, Massachusetts was rocked with tragedy. A 17-year-old high school senior named Collin Mason murdered three classmates. All the murders were videotaped and uploaded to the Internet via bit torrent sites and for ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, rough, mockumentary, tense ...
Plot:
serial killer, high school, murder, high school student, found footage, small town, small town life, computers and web, investigation, violence, teenager, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
massachusetts, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
Broken Roads is a contrasted portrait of life, dealing with loss, a journey of rediscovery & the hills climbed which forever change us.
Style:
emotional, realistic, serious, touching, melancholic ...
Plot:
small town, estrangement, teenage life, small town life, youth, family tragedy, loss, coming of age, grandmother grandson relationship, grief, accident, car crash ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
colorado
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
After her mother's death, New York City fashion designer Lisa Rayborn (Natasha Henstridge) returns to her hometown and family farm. Due to a weak economy, her brother Jim (Harry Hamlin) has converted the family business from a cattle farm into ...
Style:
sentimental, sincere, psychological, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
dog, family relations, farm, small town life, pets, animal life, small town, ambition, competition, holiday, teenager, adoption ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A 14 year old boy named Gunther moves to a small town with his parents and little brother. He meets up with a group of overly charitable paper boys who want him to sub for their friend while he's out of town. Gunther agrees so he can get enough ...
Style:
realistic, feel good, touching, rough, tense ...
Audience:
teens, kids, teen drama
Plot:
paperboy, bully, small town life, youth, friends, small town, adolescent boy, gang, adolescent girl, teenager, baseball, teenage boy ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
new york
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Turkey
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In his award-winning debut feature film, director Ahmet Ulucay portrays the innocence of childhood and the lure of the cinema for two teens in a small Turkish village. Working for a watermelon seller by day, Remet spends his evenings trying to ...
Style:
atmospheric, humorous, semi serious, sincere, sentimental ...
Plot:
friendship, small town life, family relations, love and romance, society, teenage life, village, small town, fall in love, youth, coming of age, boy ...
Place:
turkey
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Ken Sherry, a radio personality from Brisbane, moves to the small country town of Sun Ray to take over the local radio station as a retreat from city life and his past.He moves next door to love-starved sisters Vicki-Ann and Dimity Hurley. They are ...
Style:
talky, satirical, semi serious, humorous, erotic ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
radio dj, loneliness, eccentricity, transformation, disorder, small town life, love triangle, womanizer, small town, sister sister relationship, food, character study ...
Time:
year 1996, 90s
Place:
australia, new zealand
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
An attorney returns to his small home town in Alaska and quickly rocks the boat by getting an injunction against the nativity display tradition and attacking Christmas.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, christmas comedy, disgusting ...
Plot:
christmas, winter, holiday, small town, christmas eve, lawyer, family relations, battles, boss and employee, love and romance, workplace, small town life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
alaska
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: New Zealand, UK
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Paul (Macfadyen), a prize-winning war journalist, returns to his remote New Zealand hometown due to the death of his father, battle-scarred and world-weary. For the discontented sixteen-year-old Celia (Barclay) he opens up a world she has only ...
Style:
suspenseful, emotional, psychological, talky, atmospheric ...
Plot:
journalism, disappearance, small town, father daughter relationship, homecoming, small town life, society, haunted by the past, doubts and hesitations, reporter, photograph, betrayal ...
Time:
year 2004
Place:
new zealand
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
When a sheriff arrests a writer, a family, a couple, and a hitchiker and throws them in a jail cell in the deserted town of Desperation, they must fight for their lives.
Style:
scary, serious, suspenseful, demonic, suspense ...
Plot:
stephen king, small town, sheriff, curses spells and rituals, survival, mine, murder, supernatural, mysterious character, danger, family in danger, gory ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, salt lake city utah, vietnam, nevada
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Green Acres is an American sitcom starring Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor as a couple who move from New York City to a rural country farm. Produced by Filmways as a sister show to Petticoat Junction, the series was first broadcast on CBS, from September ...
Style:
sitcom, realistic, semi serious, humorous, light ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
countryside, fish out of water, small town, farm, village life, workplace, workplace situations, small town life, hotshot lawyer, pets, family life, pig ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 60s
Place:
usa, new york
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When Longfellow Deeds, a small-town pizzeria owner and poet, inherits $40 billion from his deceased uncle, he quickly begins rolling in a different kind of dough. Moving to the big city, Deeds finds himself besieged by opportunists all gunning for ...
Style:
funny, entertaining, humorous, hilarious, light ...
Audience:
teens, date night, chick flick, girls' night, family outing ...
Plot:
inheritance, justice, happy ending, love and romance, rags to riches, lone hero, greed, rise to the top, small town life, fall in love, dishonesty, disorder ...
Time:
year 2002, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, new hampshire, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The small working-class town of Angels Crest is a tight-knit community resting quietly in one of the vast and stunningly beautiful valleys of the Rocky Mountains. Ethan, one of the town's residents, is a young father but not much more than a ...
Style:
realistic, serious, atmospheric, psychological, independent film ...
Plot:
death of child, small town, parents and children, small town life, legal, forces of nature, snow, lesbian, gay, society, loss of son, alcoholism ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A young woman, Tara Maguire (Robin Wright) scandalizes her provincial Irish village in the 1950s by having a baby out of a wedlock, and refusing to name the father. She has a rare beauty and every man in town desires her, especially Sergeant Hegarty ...
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, sentimental, captivating ...
Plot:
love, sin, circus, society, fall in love, small town life, small town, social relations, human nature, pregnancy, beauty, theatrical troupe ...
Time:
50s, year 1992
Place:
ireland, europe
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Algeria, France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Mounir Mekbek lives with his family in a small village in the heart of the Algerian countryside. Very proud and sure of himself, he has only one dream- to finally be appreciated by his fellow villagers. Screwing up his carefully maintained image is ...
Style:
semi serious, touching, realistic, humorous, contemplative ...
Plot:
brother sister relationship, family relations, small town, small town life, love and romance, siblings relations, cons and scams, village, couples, arab, husband wife relationship, lie ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
middle east, north africa, algeria
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, Spain, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
In 14th Century England, this tale of murder and mystery follows a fugitive priest who falls in with a troupe of actors. As they Arrive in a small town, the actors encounter a woman bing sentenced to death for practicing witchcraft and murder. ...
Style:
costume drama, stylized, scenic, psychological, bleak ...
Plot:
medieval, redemption, murder, brutality, justice, male rape, twists and turns, art, investigation, culture clash, amateur detective, priest ...
Time:
14th century, medieval times, middle ages, year 2002
Place:
england, europe, spain
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Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A former high-school football star loses his shot at a college scholarship due to a devastating gridiron injury, but gets a second chance at living his dream.
Style:
sentimental, uplifting, captivating, disturbing, touching ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
back in time, american football, small town, high school, high school sports, girlfriend, suicide attempt, championship, coach, one more chance, social relations, sent to the past ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, iowa, ohio
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Pete, a young orphan, runs away to a Maine fishing town with his best friend a lovable, sometimes invisible dragon named Elliott! When they are taken in by a kind lighthouse keeper, Nora, and her father, Elliott's prank playing lands them in ...
Style:
entertaining, intense, semi serious, feel good, touching ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot:
children, dragon, small town, friendship, lighthouse keeper, orphan, presumed dead, family relations, love story, unlikely friendships, escapades, imaginary ...
Time:
20th century, 1900s, 90s
Place:
maine, usa, new england
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Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India, USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
Orphaned and homeless Ranbir Raj re-locates to a small town and orders a glass of milk in the RK Bar. He befriends a prostitute by the name of Gulabji, who invites him to spend the night with her, and when he refuses, she re-directs him to Lillian ...
Style:
realistic, serious, sentimental, touching, stylized ...
Plot:
couples, unrequited love, couple relations, fall in love, hopes, destiny, prostitute, friendship, love and romance, love affair, tragic love, idealism ...
Place:
india, asia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A story about a mostly normal young man who makes the most out of fitting in when he obviously doesn't.
Style:
semi serious, sincere, realistic, humorous, captivating ...
Plot:
small town, family problems, fish out of water, small town life, hopes, social relations, sport team, working class, teenage life, dysfunctional family, youth, introspection ...
Place:
nebraska, usa
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360
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A small town youth finds fulfillment and romance in a big city's creative writing course, but feels obliged to sacrifice them when his sister's home life deteriorates in his absence.
Style:
sincere, serious, touching, sentimental, multicultural ...
Plot:
interracial romance, white male black female relationship, fall in love, hopes, small town, social differences, interracial relations, self discovery, follow your dream, family problems, couples, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada, british columbia
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
An abused beagle runs away from his owner. On the road, he meets young Marty Preston and follows him home. The boy immediately forms a bond with the dog and names him Shiloh. His stern father won't let him keep the dog because it belongs to ...
Style:
sweet, touching, emotional, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family friendly, family outing, girls' night ...
Plot:
dog, animal rescue, pets, youth, animal, destiny, greed, hopes, friendship, heroes, family relations, disorder ...
Time:
90s
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When his only friend dies, a man born with dwarfism moves to rural New Jersey to live a life of solitude, only to meet a chatty hot dog vendor and a woman dealing with her own personal loss.
Style:
sincere, sentimental, humorous, touching, tragicomedy ...
Audience:
family friendly, chick flick
Plot:
loneliness, friendship, bittersweet, depression, small town, grief, melancholy, loner, train, new in town, loss, solitude ...
Time:
year 2003, 21st century
Place:
nebraska, usa, new jersey, manhattan new york city, canada ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Orphan Mike O'Conner was abused from age three by his own dad, fled to Chicago to start a rock band but got dragged in bad mates' crime and convicted under probation. Mike's sister, Kate, managed to get him released and employed as ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, exciting, tense ...
Plot:
serial killer, family relations, small town life, psychopath, small town, siblings relations, lighthouse, father figure, female nudity, missing brother, brother sister relationship, voyeur ...
Place:
usa, oregon
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In a depressed Texas town, British foreign exchange teacher Anna attempts to inject some life into her hopeless kids by introducing them to soccer. They're terrible at first, but Anna and her football-hero assistant whip them into shape. As ...
Style:
inspirational, melancholic, sentimental, light, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, teens, teen drama
Plot:
soccer, school, youth, childhood, underdog, athlete and trainer, football, friendship, against the odds, high school life, teachers and students, small town life ...
Place:
texas, austin texas, usa
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
After picking up a traumatized young hitchhiker, five friends find themselves stalked and hunted by a deformed chainsaw-wielding killer and his family of equally psychopathic killers.
Style:
slasher, brutal, suspense, suspenseful, teen ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, teen drama
Plot:
serial killer, massacre, chainsaw, torture, human monster, gory, sadistic horror, brutality, cannibalism, backwoods, psychopath, masked killer ...
Time:
year 2003, year 2000, 70s, 20th century, year 1973
Place:
texas, austin texas, latin america, usa, mexico
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