Small town movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant small town movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspense, touching, realistic, sentimental, humorous and serious films and TV shows about / with small town, love, redemption, mentor, small town life, death, dialogue, storytelling, destiny and teenager plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Romance genres shot in USA, Canada, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as small town: From (2022), Super 8 (2011), Safe Haven (2013), Hart of Dixie (2011), Winter's Bone (2010), New in Town (2009), Mare of Easttown (2021), The Fog (2005), The Judge (2014), Twin Peaks (1990).
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New films
166K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story:
Unravel the mystery of a nightmarish town in middle America that traps all those who enter. As the unwilling residents fight to keep a sense of normalcy and search for a way out, they must also survive the threats of the surrounding forest – ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, enigmatic, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
forest, small town, trapped, supernatural, creature, supernatural horror, struggle for survival, survival horror, secret, fictional city, trap, undercover ...
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379K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
In 1979 Ohio, several youngsters are making a zombie movie with a Super-8 camera. In the midst of filming, the friends witness a horrifying train derailment and are lucky to escape with their lives. They soon discover that the catastrophe was no ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, exciting, entertaining, retro ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, girls' night, teen drama ...
Plot:
childhood, small town, monster, ufo, creature, alien, friendship, coming of age, train crash, young heroes, investigation, youth ...
Time:
70s, 2010s, year 1979, future, year 2011 ...
Place:
ohio, usa
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121K
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A young woman with a mysterious past lands in Southport, North Carolina where her bond with a widower forces her to confront the dark secret that haunts her.
Style:
romantic, touching, teen, sentimental, emotional ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, date night
Plot:
small town, love story, obsession, starting over, love, small town life, love and romance, single father, power of love, domestic violence, fall in love, abusive husband ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
north carolina, usa, boston, south carolina, new jersey ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
New Yorker Zoe Hart has it all figured out - after graduating top of her class from medical school, she'll follow in her father's footsteps and become a cardio-thoracic surgeon. But when her dreams fall apart, Zoe decides to work at a ...
Style:
sentimental, touching, romantic, humorous, light ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
small town, lifestyle change, small town life, lifestyle, female doctor, young woman, social relations, doctor, neighbor, fish out of water, clinic, doctors and patients ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
alabama, usa, hawaii, southern usa
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157K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
17 year-old Ree Dolly sets out to track down her father, who put their house up for his bail bond and then disappeared. If she fails, Ree and her family will be turned out into the Ozark woods. Challenging her outlaw kin's code of silence and ...
Style:
depressing, atmospheric, harsh, dark, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens, adult, teen drama
Plot:
poverty, small town, missing person, female protagonist, family in crisis, bail, rural setting, life is a bitch, down on your luck, coming of age, family crisis, uncle niece relationship ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
missouri, usa, california
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Lucy Hill is an ambitious up-and-coming executive living in Miami. She loves her shoes, she loves her cars and she loves climbing the corporate ladder. When she is offered a temporary assignment – in the middle of nowhere – to restructure a ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, sweet, light, entertaining ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
small town, fish out of water, fall in love, opposites attract, love and romance, moral dilemma, winter, factory worker, creativity, social relations, happy ending, prejudice ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
minnesota, miami, usa, california, new jersey
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A detective in a small Pennsylvania town investigates a local murder while trying to keep her life from falling apart.
Style:
suspense, captivating, deep, twisted, thrilling ...
Plot:
small town, murder investigation, small town life, homicide detective, murder mystery, female detective, murder, female police officer, ex husband ex wife relationship, crime investigation, mother daughter relationship, therapist ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
pennsylvania
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
After seven months have passed without a culprit in her daughter's murder case, Mildred Hayes makes a bold move, painting three signs leading into her town with a controversial message directed at Bill Willoughby, the town's revered chief ...
Style:
black comedy, ambiguous ending, dark comedy, crime drama, psychological ...
Plot:
small town, revenge, rape, small town life, loss of daughter, billboard, police brutality, regret, death of daughter, anger, violence, guilty conscience ...
Time:
2010s, year 2017, 21st century
Place:
missouri, idaho, persia, america, usa
Is relevant?
41K
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Trapped within an eerie mist, the residents of Antonio Bay have become the unwitting victims of a horrifying vengeance. One hundred years earlier, a ship carrying lepers was purposely lured onto the rocky coastline and sank, drowning all aboard. Now ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, slasher, scary, classic horror ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
small town, ghost, fog, vengeance, death, ship, prophecy, supernatural, betrayal, island, justice, haunted by the past ...
Time:
year 2005, 19th century, 2000s, 1870s, 21st century
Place:
california, oregon, usa
Is relevant?
218K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
A successful lawyer returns to his hometown for his mother's funeral only to discover that his estranged father, the town's judge, is suspected of murder.
Style:
touching, sad, serious, sentimental, suspenseful ...
Audience:
family friendly, chick flick
Plot:
courtroom, lawyer, small town, trial, jury, legal, courtroom drama, murder trial, homecoming, court, judge, hotshot lawyer ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
indiana, boston, peru, massachusetts, usa ...
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243K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
The body of Laura Palmer is washed up on a beach near the small Washington state town of Twin Peaks. FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper is called in to investigate her strange demise only to uncover a web of mystery that ultimately leads him deep into ...
Style:
atmospheric, psychological, neo noir, mind bending, surreal ...
Audience:
chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
serial killer, surrealism, small town, nightmare, murder, investigation, mysterious villain, hallucination, supernatural, mysterious death, small town life, mysterious place ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1990, 90s, year 1989
Place:
washington state, hawaii, washington d.c., usa, canada
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Drew Baylor is fired after causing his shoe company to lose hundreds of millions of dollars. To make matters worse, he's also dumped by his girlfriend. On the verge of ending it all, Drew gets a new lease on life when he returns to his ...
Style:
sweet, sentimental, melancholic, road movie, romantic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
small town, love story, suicide attempt, love, bittersweet, stewardess, road trip, destiny, hometown, life philosophy, self discovery, on the road ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
kentucky, oklahoma city, usa, memphis, mississippi ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Spain, Germany, France
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Set in an small English town in 1959, the story of a woman who decides, against polite but ruthless local opposition, to open a bookshop, a decision which becomes a political minefield.
Style:
period piece, costume drama, captivating, tense, thought provoking ...
Plot:
small town, bookstore, literature, narrow mindedness, widow, independent woman, platonic relationship, death, storekeeper, society, writers, women ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, year 1959
Place:
germany
Is relevant?
57K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
When Bobby's car breaks down in the desert while on the run from some of the bookies who have already taken two of his fingers, he becomes trapped in the nearby small town where the people are stranger than anyone he's encountered. After ...
Style:
neo noir, sexy, dark comedy, road movie, disturbing ...
Plot:
small town, femme fatale, desert, rough sex, outdoor sex, on the run, wilderness, incest, murder, drifter, betrayal, sex crime ...
Time:
year 1997, 20th century, 90s
Place:
arizona, persia, usa, phoenix arizona, las vegas
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Teenagers living in small-town Oregon take a boat trip for a birthday celebration. When they get an idea to play a mean trick on the town bully, it suddenly goes too far. Soon they're forced to deal with the unexpected consequences of their ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, suspenseful, independent film, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, kids, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, prank, kids in trouble, friendship, vengeance, small town, childhood, bully, teenager, brother brother relationship, revenge, bullying ...
Time:
year 2004, 21st century
Place:
oregon
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A pair of former high school sweethearts reunite after many years when they return to visit their small hometown.
Style:
touching, romantic, sentimental, sexy, sad ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
love, love and romance, unfulfilled love, true love, high school sweetheart, small town, love affair, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend reunion, lovers reunited, young love, road not taken, teenage love ...
Time:
year 2014, year 1992, 21st century
Place:
usa, new jersey, new orleans, canada
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
After seeing an ad for a midwife, a recently divorced big-city nurse moves to the redwood forests of California, where she meets an intriguing man.
Style:
erotic, sensual, captivating, sincere, exciting ...
Plot:
small town, new life, friendship, flirting, small town life, escape attempt, comeback, medical, hopes, new job, destiny, nurse ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
california
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Amidst her own personality crisis, southern housewife Evelyn Couch meets Ninny, an outgoing old woman who tells her the story of Idgie Threadgoode and Ruth Jamison, two young women who experienced hardships and love in Whistle Stop, Alabama in the ...
Style:
feel good, sentimental, captivating, touching, sad ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, kids, teen drama
Plot:
small town, friendship, lesbian, feminism, self discovery, feminist, small town life, lgbtq, cannibalism, midlife crisis, female bonding, female protagonist ...
Time:
1920s, 1930s, 90s, year 1991, 20th century ...
Place:
alabama, southern usa, usa, georgia, louisiana ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
After a rough divoce, Frances, a 35 year old book editor from San Francisco takes a tour of Tuscany at the urgings of her friends. On a whim she buys Bramasole, a run down villa in the Tuscan countryside and begins to piece her life together ...
Style:
feel good, romantic, sentimental, touching, scenic ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
small town, writers, divorce, love, passion, life, tourist, starting over, male female relationship, middle aged woman, friendship, vineyard ...
Time:
year 2003, 21st century
Place:
italy, europe, tuscany, san francisco, california ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story:
In the small bordertown of Villefranche, lost in the heart of a large forest, crime rate is six times higher than elsewhere in the area. Each new crime Major Laurène Weiss solves with the help of her unusual team makes her sink deeper and deeper ...
Style:
dark, scenic, atmospheric, suspense, detective ...
Plot:
small town, murder, forest, missing child, nature, isolation, police, supernatural, danger, investigation, police officer, crime investigation ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Picks up 25 years after the inhabitants of a quaint northwestern town are stunned when their homecoming queen is murdered.
Style:
psychological, surreal, atmospheric, mind bending, disturbing ...
Plot:
small town, twists and turns, surrealism, small town life, supernatural, law enforcement, mysterious event, interdimensional travel, electricity, identity, evil spirit, another dimension ...
Time:
2010s, year 2017, 80s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
usa, new mexico, washington d.c.
Is relevant?
210K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
A fable of emotional liberation and chocolate. A mother and daughter move to a small French town where they open a chocolate shop. The town, religious and morally strict, is against them as they represent free-thinking and indulgence. When a group ...
Style:
romantic, feel good, sentimental, sweet, fairy tale ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, chick flick
Plot:
small town, chocolate, love story, prejudice, food, women, cooking and food, love and romance, culture clash, single mother, mother daughter relationship, lovers ...
Time:
50s, year 2000, 1950s, y2k, year 2001 ...
Place:
france, europe, america, central america, paris france ...
Is relevant?
24K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In the peaceful town of Snowfield, Colorado something evil has wiped out the community. And now, its up to a group of people to stop it, or at least get out of Snowfield alive.
Style:
tense, scary, suspenseful, suspense, lovecraft ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
supernatural, small town, military, hotel, gory, monster, good versus evil, creature feature, danger, eaten alive, disaster, sheriff ...
Time:
90s
Place:
colorado, los angeles, usa, san francisco, california
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172K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in the charming town of Stars Hollow, Connecticut, the series follows the captivating lives of Lorelai and Rory Gilmore, a mother/daughter pair who have a relationship most people only dream of.
Style:
humorous, feel good, realistic, witty, talky ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, girls' night, kids, teen drama
Plot:
small town, teenager, friends, boyfriend, looking for love, female protagonist, small town life, teenage life, mother daughter relationship, female friendship, parents and children, friendship ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
yale university, connecticut, usa, new england
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
In Mystery, Alaska, life revolves around the legendary Saturday hockey game at the local pond. But everything changes when the hometown team unexpectedly gets booked in an exhibition match against the New York Rangers. When quirky small-towners, ...
Style:
inspirational, touching, entertaining, realistic, humorous ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
small town, ice hockey, underdog, happy ending, hockey, transformation, winter, contests and competitions, hockey player, ambition, ice skater, heartwarming ...
Time:
20th century, year 1999, 90s
Place:
alaska, usa, new york, new jersey, california
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Gilbert has to care for his brother Arnie and his obese mother, which gets in the way when love walks into his life.
Style:
melancholic, depressing, touching, sad, emotional ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
dysfunctional family, disability, small town, mentally challenged, mental illness, self discovery, responsibility, brothers, character study, coming of age, life philosophy, life & death ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1993, 70s, 60s
Place:
iowa, texas, southern usa, usa
Is relevant?
143K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Geeky teenager David and his popular twin sister, Jennifer, get sucked into the black-and-white world of a 1950s TV sitcom called "Pleasantville," and find a world where everything is peachy keen all the time. But when Jennifer's ...
Style:
touching, retro, humorous, teen, clever ...
Audience:
date night, teens, kids, teen fantasy, teen drama
Plot:
small town, coming of age, time travel, alternate reality, adolescence, parallel world, satire, utopia, siblings relations, fantasy world, small town life, american dream ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, 90s, future, year 1998 ...
Place:
america, france, paris france
Is relevant?
734K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A narcissistic TV weatherman, along with his attractive-but-distant producer and mawkish cameraman, is sent to report on Groundhog Day in the small town of Punxsutawney, where he finds himself repeating the same day over and over.
Style:
feel good, romantic, philosophical, humorous, sentimental ...
Audience:
date night, kids, chick flick, teens, family outing ...
Plot:
time loop, existentialism, small town, redemption, time travel, groundhog day, life & death, life philosophy, time warp, fall in love, time, destiny ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1993, future
Place:
pennsylvania, usa, america, persia, pittsburgh
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
Formerly filthy rich video store magnate Johnny Rose, his soap star wife Moira, and their two kids, über-hipster son David and socialite daughter Alexis, suddenly find themselves broke and forced to live in Schitt's Creek, a small depressing ...
Style:
humorous, sitcom, ironic, not serious, light ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, family outing, teens
Plot:
small town, gay, lgbtq, motel, couple relations, gay relationship, riches to rags, real life father and son playing father and son, class differences, siblings living together, businessman, friendship ...
Time:
2010s, future, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
canada, seattle
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Looking to escape her unhappy marriage, villainous femme fatale Bridget Gregory (Linda Fiorentino) convinces her husband, Clay (Bill Pullman), to sell cocaine, then steals the profits and runs out on him. She stops in a small town en route to ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, neo noir, black comedy, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
femme fatale, small town, couples, private detective, manipulation, murder, profanity, greed, sociopath, love triangle, infidelity, betrayal ...
Time:
90s, year 1994
Place:
new york, usa, miami, boston, chicago ...
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