Top Small Town Movies & TV Shows

Cast

Richard Gere

Laura Linney

Will Patton

Debra Messing

The Mothman Prophecies (2002)

6.2 1.3K votes

Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery

Country: United States of America

Duration: 119 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Reporter John Klein is plunged into a world of impossible terror when fate draws him to the sleepy West Virginia town of Point Pleasant, whose residents are being visited by a great winged shape that sows hideous nightmares and fevered visions.

Plot: small town, dreams, based on novel or book, paranoia, motel, hallucination, bridge, omen, ...

Cast

Kiefer Sutherland

Donald Sutherland

Demi Moore

Brian Cox

Forsaken (2015)

6.2 388 votes

Genre: Western

Country: Canada, United States of America

Duration: 90 min.

Audience: R

Story: John Henry returns to his hometown in hopes of repairing his relationship with his estranged father, but a local gang is terrorizing the town. John Henry is the only one who can stop them, however he has abandoned both his gun and reputation as a fearless quick-draw killer.

Plot: small town, gunslinger, saloon, gang, shootout, church, wild west, ex soldier, ...

Time: 19th century

Wayward (2025) TV Show

6.2 174 votes

Genre: Drama, Mystery

Country: Canada, United States of America

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 8

Audience: TV-MA

Story: A small-town cop suspects that the local school for troubled teens — and its dangerously charismatic founder — may not be all it seems.

Plot: small town, commune, group therapy, hallucination, cult, cop, lesbian relationship, escape, ...

Cast

Morgan Spector

Alyssa Sutherland

Gus Birney

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The Mist (2017) TV Show

6.2 837 votes

Genre: Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 10

Audience: TV-MA

Story: A small town family is torn apart by a brutal crime. As they deal with the fallout an eerie mist rolls in, suddenly cutting them off from the rest of the world, and in some cases, each other.

Plot: suicide, small town, maine, creature, mist, supernatural horror, psychological horror, horror

Cast

Nicholas Braun

Mackenzie Davis

Josh Fadem

Vanessa Hudgens

Freaks of Nature (2015)

6.1 618 votes

Genre: Comedy, Horror, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Duration: 92 min.

Audience: R

Story: In the town of Dillford, humans, vampires and zombies were all living in peace - until the alien apocalypse arrived. Now three teenagers-one human, one vampire, and one zombie-have to team up to figure out how to get rid of the visitors.

Plot: small town, vampire, alien, zombie

Cast

Katie Douglas

Carson MacCormac

Kevin Durand

Dylan McEwan

Clown in a Cornfield (2025)

6.1 578 votes

Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Country: United States of America, United Kingdom

Duration: 96 min.

Audience: R

Story: Quinn and her father have just moved to the quiet town of Kettle Springs hoping for a fresh start. Instead, she discovers a fractured community that has fallen on hard times after the treasured Baypen Corn Syrup Factory burned down. As the locals bicker amongst themselves and tensions boil over, a sinister, grinning figure emerges from the cornfields to cleanse the town of its burdens, one bloody victim at a time.

Plot: small town, based on novel or book, beheading, dark comedy, rifle, slasher, weight lifting, severed hand, ...

Runaway Bride (1999)

6.1 2.2K votes

Genre: Comedy, Romance

Country: United States of America

Duration: 116 min.

Audience: PG

Story: Having already left three grooms at the altar, Maggie Carpenter is branded "the runaway bride" by jaded New York journalist Ike Graham. But, after his facts are called into question, Ike races to Maggie's hometown to save his reputation and report on her upcoming fourth trip down the aisle – during which he's convinced she'll run again. Though he's there on a muckraking mission, Ike can't help but fall for this breathtaking heartbreaker.

Style: romantic

Plot: small town, chase, self-discovery, artist, just married, reporter, wedding, relationship, ...

Cast

Jesse Eisenberg

Kristen Stewart

Topher Grace

Connie Britton

American Ultra (2015)

6.1 3.0K votes

Genre: Action, Comedy

Country: Switzerland, United States of America

Duration: 96 min.

Audience: R

Story: Mike is an unmotivated stoner whose small-town life with his live-in girlfriend, Phoebe, is suddenly turned upside down. Unbeknownst to him, Mike is actually a highly trained, lethal sleeper agent. In the blink of an eye, as his secret past comes back to haunt him, Mike is thrust into the middle of a deadly government operation and is forced to summon his inner action-hero in order to survive.

Plot: small town, central intelligence agency (cia), slacker, memory loss, stoner, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, surprising, black ops, ...

Cast

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Johnny Knoxville

Jaimie Alexander

Zach Gilford

The Last Stand (2013)

6.1 3.0K votes

Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 107 min.

Audience: R

Story: Ray Owens is sheriff of the quiet US border town of Sommerton Junction after leaving the LAPD following a bungled operation. Following his escape from the FBI, a notorious drug baron, his gang, and a hostage are heading toward Sommerton Junction where the police are preparing to make a last stand to intercept them before they cross the border. Owens is reluctant to become involved but ultimately joins in with the law enforcement efforts.

Plot: small town, sheriff, prisoner, escape, hostage, fbi, border, convoy, ...

Cast

Bianca Del Rio

Rachel Dratch

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Lola Botha

Grayson Thorne Kilpatrick

Hurricane Bianca (2016)

6.1 277 votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Country: United States of America

Duration: 84 min.

Story: A teacher from New York moves to a small town in Texas, gets fired for being gay, and returns disguised in drag to get revenge on the people who were nasty to him.

Plot: high school, small town, homophobia, drag queen, education, teacher, revenge, school, ...

Place: texas

Cast

Masaki Suda

Misaki Kinoshita

Yukiko Shinohara

Ken Mitsuishi

Backwater (2013)

6.1 27 votes

Genre: Drama

Country: Japan

Duration: 102 min.

Story: Toma lives in a small riverside town with his brutish father and his father's girlfriend. Witnessing his father's predilections for abuse, Toma becomes anxious that he will have inherited those urges.

Plot: small town, abusive father, redemption, dysfunctional family, sexual violence, domestic violence, self-loathing, abuse, ...

Cast

Ryan Kwanten

Steve Bisley

Tom E. Lewis

Claire van der Boom

Red Hill (2010)

6.1 177 votes

Genre: Action, Thriller, Western

Country: Australia

Duration: 97 min.

Audience: R

Story: Young police officer Shane Cooper's first day on duty, after relocating to the small town of Red Hill, rapidly turns into a nightmare. News of a prison break, involving convicted murderer Jimmy Conway, sends the local law enforcement officers - led by the town's ruling presence, Old Bill - into a panic and leads to a terrifying and bloody confrontation.

Plot: small town, suicide, fire, rape, pregnancy, horse, jukebox, prison escape, ...

Place: australia

Cast

Jeff Bridges

Cybill Shepherd

Annie Potts

Randy Quaid

Texasville (1990)

6.0 59 votes

Genre: Drama, Romance

Country: United States of America

Duration: 123 min.

Audience: R

Story: Summer, 1984: 30 years after Duane captained the high school football team and Jacy was homecoming queen, this Texas town near Wichita Falls prepares for its centennial. Oil prices are down, banks are failing, and Duane's $12 million in debt. His wife Karla drinks too much, his children are always in trouble, and he tom-cats around with the wives of friends. Jacy's back in town, after a mildly successful acting career, life in Italy, and the death of her son. Folks assume Duane and Jacy will resume their high school romance. And Sonny is "tired in his mind," causing worries for his safety. Can these friends find equilibrium in middle age?

Plot: small town, based on novel or book, sequel, high school sweetheart

Time: 1980s

Place: texas

Cast

Jane Fonda

Lindsay Lohan

Felicity Huffman

Dermot Mulroney

Georgia Rule (2007)

6.0 484 votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Country: United States of America

Duration: 113 min.

Audience: R

Story: Rebellious, uncontrollable teenager, Rachel is hauled off by her dysfunctional mother to spend the summer with her estranged grandmother, Georgia. Her journey will lead all three women to revelations of buried family secrets and an understanding that - regardless what happens - the ties that bind can never be broken.

Plot: small town, sexual abuse, parent child relationship, grandparent grandchild relationship, veterinarian, lie, family secrets, dysfunctional family, ...

Place: idaho

Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean

Cast

Cher

Sandy Dennis

Karen Black

Sudie Bond

Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982)

6.0 77 votes

Genre: Drama

Country: United States of America

Duration: 110 min.

Audience: PG

Story: On the 20th anniversary of his death, the members of a James Dean fan club gather at a five-and-dime for a reunion.

Plot: transsexuality, jukebox, based on play or musical, flashback, reunion, transsexual, lgbt, fan club, ...

Time: 1970s

Place: texas

Cast

Kevin Bacon

James Freedson-Jackson

Hays Wellford

Camryn Manheim

Cop Car (2015)

6.0 930 votes

Genre: Crime, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 88 min.

Audience: R

Story: Two kids find themselves in the centre of a deadly game of cat and mouse after taking a sheriff's cruiser for a joy ride.

Plot: small town, colorado, murder, shootout, drugs, stolen cars, body in a trunk, joy ride, ...

Wild Hogs (2007)

6.0 2.5K votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy

Country: United States of America

Duration: 100 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Restless and ready for an adventure, four suburban bikers leave the safety of their subdivision and head out on the open road. But complications ensue when they cross paths with an intimidating band of New Mexico bikers known as the Del Fuegos.

Plot: small town, midlife crisis, road trip, slapstick comedy, politically incorrect, motorcycle, motorcycle gang, lgbt, ...

Cast

Zach Braff

Garry Marshall

Don Knotts

Amy Sedaris

Chicken Little (2005)

5.9 4.2K votes

Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family

Country: United States of America

Duration: 81 min.

Audience: G

Story: When the sky really is falling and sanity has flown the coop, who will rise to save the day? Together with his hysterical band of misfit friends, Chicken Little must hatch a plan to save the planet from alien invasion and prove that the world's biggest hero is a little chicken.

Plot: fish, small town, space marine, superhero, chicken, cartoon, alien, coming of age, ...

Cast

Gregory Peck

Tuesday Weld

Estelle Parsons

Ralph Meeker

I Walk the Line (1970)

5.9 50 votes

Genre: Drama

Country: United States of America

Duration: 97 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Henry Tawes, a middle-aged sheriff in a rural Tennessee town, is usually the first man to criticize others for their bad behavior. Miserable in his marriage, Henry falls in love with teenage seductress Alma, who is the daughter of local criminal and moonshiner Carl McCain. Henry's moral character comes further into question when he is tempted to conceal Carl's crimes in order to prolong his relationship with Alma.

Plot: small town, based on novel or book, forbidden love, love, decadence, southern, distillery, zealous, ...