🏷 Best Small Town Movies & TV Shows - Page 6 - Full Archive

205 titles with this tag

Newhart
7.1 60 votes
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: United States of America
Seasons: 8
Episodes: 184
Audience: TV-G
Story:  Dick Loudon and his wife Joanna decide to leave life in New York City and buy a little inn in Vermont. Dick is a how-to book writer, who eventually becomes a local TV celebrity as host of "Vermont Today." George Utley is the handyman at the inn and Leslie Vanderkellen is the maid, with ambitions of being an Olympic Ski champion; she is later replaced by her cousin Stephanie, an heiress who hates her job. Her boyfriend is Dick's yuppie TV producer, Michael Harris. There are many other quirky characters in this fictional little town, including Dick's neighbors Larry, Darryl, and Darryl...three brothers who buy the Minuteman Cafe from Kirk Devane. Besides sharing a name, Darryl and Darryl never speak.
Plot:  small town, writer, inn, sitcom
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The Half of It
Cast
Leah Lewis Leah Lewis
Daniel Diemer Daniel Diemer
Alexxis Lemire Alexxis Lemire
Enrique Murciano Enrique Murciano
7.1 1.6K votes
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: United States of America
Duration: 104 min.
Audience: PG-13
Story:  Shy, straight-A student Ellie is hired by sweet but inarticulate jock Paul, who needs help wooing the most popular girl in school. But their new and unlikely friendship gets tricky when Ellie discovers she has feelings for the same girl.
Plot:  high school, small town, romcom, coming of age, east asian lead, lgbt, lgbt teen, washington state, ...
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Show Me Love
Cast
Alexandra Dahlstru00f6m Alexandra Dahlstru00f6m
Rebecka Liljeberg Rebecka Liljeberg
Erica Carlson Erica Carlson
Stefan Hu00f6rberg Stefan Hu00f6rberg
7.1 596 votes
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 89 min.
Story:  Two teenage girls in small-town Sweden. Elin is beautiful, popular, and bored with life. Agnes is friendless, sad, and secretly in love with Elin.
Plot:  coming out, small town, adolescence, coming of age, lesbian relationship, teen movie, teenage love, lgbt, ...
Place:  sweden
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Take Shelter
7.1 2.0K votes
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: United States of America
Duration: 120 min.
Audience: R
Story:  Plagued by a series of apocalyptic visions, a young husband and father questions whether to shelter his family from a coming storm, or from himself.
Plot:  small town, beach, schizophrenia, nightmare, obsession, deaf, ohio, shelter, ...
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The Long, Hot Summer
Cast
Paul Newman Paul Newman
Joanne Woodward Joanne Woodward
Anthony Franciosa Anthony Franciosa
Orson Welles Orson Welles
7.1 226 votes
Genre: Drama
Country: United States of America
Duration: 115 min.
Audience: NR
Story:  Accused barn burner and conman Ben Quick arrives in a small Mississippi town and quickly ingratiates himself with its richest family, the Varners.
Plot:  small town, based on novel or book, arranged marriage, host family, family relationships, sexual tension, arson, class differences, ...
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Joe Pickett
Cast
Michael Dorman Michael Dorman
Julianna Guill Julianna Guill
Skywalker Hughes Skywalker Hughes
Vivienne Guynn Vivienne Guynn
7.0 95 votes
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: United States of America
Seasons: 2
Episodes: 20
Audience: TV-MA
Story:  A game warden and his family navigate the changing political and socio-economic climate in a small rural town in Wyoming on the verge of economic collapse. Surrounded by rich history and vast wildlife, the township hides decades of schemes and secrets that are yet to be uncovered.
Plot:  sheriff, based on novel or book, small town, gun, horse, game warden, criminal, neo-western, ...
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The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
Cast
Benicio del Toro Benicio del Toro
Adrien Brody Adrien Brody
Tilda Swinton Tilda Swinton
Lu00e9a Seydoux Lu00e9a Seydoux
7.0 3.0K votes
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: United States of America, Germany
Duration: 108 min.
Audience: R
Story:  The staff of an American magazine based in France puts out its last issue, with stories featuring an artist sentenced to life imprisonment, student riots, and a kidnapping resolved by a chef.
Style:  lighthearted, whimsical
Plot:  art collector, journalist, small town, poison, journalism, editor-in-chief, artist, imprisonment, ...
Time:  1970s
Place:  france
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The Dressmaker
7.0 1.8K votes
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia, United Kingdom
Duration: 118 min.
Audience: 12
Story:  In 1950s Australia, beautiful, talented dressmaker Tilly returns to her tiny hometown to right wrongs from her past. As she tries to reconcile with her mother, she starts to fall in love while transforming the fashion of the town.
Plot:  small town, based on novel or book, suppressed past, dark comedy, bullying, exile, dressmaker, revenge, ...
Time:  1950s
Place:  australia
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Normal
Cast
Bob Odenkirk Bob Odenkirk
Henry Winkler Henry Winkler
Lena Headey Lena Headey
Billy MacLellan Billy MacLellan
7.0 308 votes
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: United States of America
Duration: 91 min.
Audience: R
Story:  An unassuming substitute sheriff with a troubled past responds to a bank robbery in a small, sleepy town and unknowingly uncovers something far more explosive.
Plot:  small town, sheriff, bank robbery, small town sheriff, corrupt mayor, secret benefactor, criminal plot, criminal conspiracy, ...
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The Frighteners
7.0 1.8K votes
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: New Zealand, United States of America
Duration: 110 min.
Audience: R
Story:  Once an architect, Frank Bannister now passes himself off as an exorcist of evil spirits. To bolster his facade, he claims his "special" gift is the result of a car accident that killed his wife. But what he does not count on is more people dying in the small town where he lives. As he tries to piece together the supernatural mystery of these killings, he falls in love with the wife of one of the victims and deals with a crazy FBI agent.
Plot:  daughter, small town, mother, sheriff, judge, funeral, widow, fbi, ...
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The Glass Dome
Cast
Leonie Vincent Leonie Vincent
Johan Hedenberg Johan Hedenberg
Johan Rheborg Johan Rheborg
Ia Langhammer Ia Langhammer
7.0 155 votes
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Sweden
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 6
Story:  When her friend's daughter goes missing, criminologist Lejla joins the search — and must confront the haunting trauma of her own childhood abduction.
Style:  intense
Plot:  small town, hostage, disappearance
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I See You
7.0 1.7K votes
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: United States of America, United Kingdom
Duration: 98 min.
Audience: R
Story:  When a 12-year-old boy goes missing at a local park, a detective investigates the case to help the boy's family find answers.
Plot:  small town, husband wife relationship, kidnapping, detective, investigation, twist, forest, dysfunctional family, ...
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The Trouble with Harry
Cast
John Forsythe John Forsythe
Shirley MacLaine Shirley MacLaine
Edmund Gwenn Edmund Gwenn
Mildred Natwick Mildred Natwick
7.0 909 votes
Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Country: United States of America
Duration: 99 min.
Audience: PG
Story:  In a quiet Vermont village, a corpse creates unexpected chaos as several townspeople each believe they may be to blame.
Plot:  small town, based on novel or book, painting, black humor, dead body, whodunit, falling in love, corpse, ...
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Chocolat
Cast
Juliette Binoche Juliette Binoche
Judi Dench Judi Dench
Alfred Molina Alfred Molina
Lena Olin Lena Olin
7.0 3.5K votes
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: United States of America
Duration: 121 min.
Audience: PG-13
Story:  In the winter of 1959, a single mother and her young daughter arrive in a rural French town, where they open an unusual chocolate shop that disrupts the moral fiber of the strictly Catholic townsfolk and mayor.
Plot:  small town, based on novel or book, chocolate, parent child relationship, tradition, chocolaterie, mayor, houseboat, ...
Time:  1950s
Place:  france
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The Naked Kiss
Cast
Constance Towers Constance Towers
Michael Dante Michael Dante
Anthony Eisley Anthony Eisley
Virginia Grey Virginia Grey
7.0 206 votes
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: United States of America
Duration: 93 min.
Story:  A former prostitute works to create a new life for herself in a small town, but a shocking discovery could threaten everything.
Style:  shocking
Plot:  pedophilia, small town, prostitute, police, hospital, disturbed, distressing
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Rebel Ridge
Cast
Aaron Pierre Aaron Pierre
Don Johnson Don Johnson
AnnaSophia Robb AnnaSophia Robb
Emory Cohen Emory Cohen
7.0 1.6K votes
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: United States of America
Duration: 131 min.
Audience: R
Story:  A former Marine confronts corruption in a small town when local law enforcement unjustly seizes the bag of cash he needs to post his cousin's bail.
Plot:  small town, corruption, police chief, louisiana, rogue cop, police corruption, ex-marine, social issues, ...
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Tremors
Cast
Kevin Bacon Kevin Bacon
Fred Ward Fred Ward
Finn Carter Finn Carter
Michael Gross Michael Gross
6.9 3.6K votes
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Science Fiction
Country: United States of America
Duration: 96 min.
Audience: PG-13
Story:  Val McKee and Earl Bassett are in a fight for their lives when they discover that their desolate town has been infested with gigantic, man-eating creatures that live below the ground.
Plot:  small town, nevada, old town, stranded, rural area, creature, tentacle, graboids, ...
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American Rust
6.9 67 votes
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: United States of America
Seasons: 2
Episodes: 19
Audience: TV-MA
Story:  A compelling family drama and a timeless story told through the eyes of complicated and compromised chief of police Del Harris of a Pennsylvania Rust Belt town full of good people making bad choices.
Plot:  based on novel or book, pennsylvania, usa, small town, police chief, murder, rust belt
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Katla
Cast
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Aliette Opheim Aliette Opheim
6.9 407 votes
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction
Country: Iceland
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 8
Audience: TV-MA
Story:  A year after a subglacial volcano erupts, mysterious elements from prehistoric times emerge from the melting ice, bringing unforeseen consequences.
Plot:  small town, volcano, outbreak, volcanic eruption, mysterious
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Wayward Pines
6.9 923 votes
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction
Country: United States of America
Seasons: 2
Episodes: 20
Audience: TV-14
Story:  Imagine the perfect American town... beautiful homes, manicured lawns, children playing safely in the streets. Now imagine never being able to leave. You have no communication with the outside world. You think you're going insane. You must be in Wayward Pines.
Plot:  based on novel or book, small town, trapped, missing person, u.s. secret service agent
Place:  idaho
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