Hutterite, Amish, Mennonite, Anabaptist films
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1. Breaking the Ice (1938)
Approved | 81 min | Drama
Tommy Martin lives with mother Martha in a conservative religious community but dreams of a singing career. He leaves to join a traveling show where he befriends skating sensation Irene and performs lively tunes to make a living.
Director: Edward F. Cline | Stars: Bobby Breen, Charles Ruggles, Dolores Costello, Irene Dare
Votes: 162
2. Happy as the Grass Was Green (1973)
PG | 105 min | Drama, Romance
A Mennonite boy is beaten to death at an unnamed NY university protesting the Vietnam War. His best friend and another college student, Eric Mills, attends his funeral in the Mennonite country in Pennsylvania.
Director: Charles Davis | Stars: Geraldine Page, Pat Hingle, Graham Beckel, Rachel Thomas
Votes: 70
3. Birch Interval (1976)
PG | 104 min | Drama
An eleven-year-old girl goes through extreme culture shock when she leaves the city and moves in with her Amish cousins.
Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: Eddie Albert, Rip Torn, Ann Wedgeworth, Susan McClung
Votes: 65
4. An Amish Murder (2013 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 85 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A murder investigation in her hometown triggers deep-seated emotions in an Ohio police chief who came from the Amish community.
Director: Stephen Gyllenhaal | Stars: Neve Campbell, Noam Jenkins, Jilon VanOver, Christian Campbell
Votes: 2,265
5. Amish Grace (2010 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 89 min | Biography, Drama
When a gunman killed five Amish children and injured five others in a Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania schoolhouse shooting in October of 2006, the world media attention rapidly turned from the ... See full summary »
Director: Gregg Champion | Stars: Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Tammy Blanchard, Fay Masterson, Madison Mason
Votes: 2,086
6. For Richer or Poorer (1997)
PG-13 | 115 min | Comedy, Romance
An unhappily married Manhattan socialite couple flee from the I.R.S. and end up in Amish country where they pretend to be visiting relatives.
Director: Bryan Spicer | Stars: Tim Allen, Kirstie Alley, Jay O. Sanders, Michael Lerner
Votes: 12,088 | Gross: $31.61M
7. Frisians in Peril (1935)
97 min | Drama
The peaceful life of a village of Frisions by the river Volga is troubled by the arrival of a troop of Red Guards led by the inhuman commissary Tschernoff.Not only content to mistreat the ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Hagen | Stars: Friedrich Kayßler, Helene Fehdmer, Valéry Inkijinoff, Jessie Vihrog
Votes: 28
8. I Propose We Never See Each Other Again After Tonight (2020)
102 min | Comedy
In Winnipeg, a Filipina woman and a Mennonite man meet and fall for one another.
Director: Sean Garrity | Stars: Hera Nalam, Kristian Jordan, Andrea Macasaet, Matthew Paris Irvine
Votes: 190
9. Harvest of Fire (1996 TV Movie)
PG | 99 min | Crime, Drama
A female FBI agent comes to a distrustful Amish community to investigate a multiple building arson incident.
Director: Arthur Allan Seidelman | Stars: Lolita Davidovich, J.A. Preston, Jean Louisa Kelly, Tom Aldredge
Votes: 386
10. The Outsider (2002 TV Movie)
R | 119 min | Drama, Romance, Western
A western love story revolving around the forbidden love between a young widow from a Mennonite-like religious group and a cold-blooded gunslinger whom she takes into her home after he is wounded.
Director: Randa Haines | Stars: Tim Daly, Naomi Watts, Keith Carradine, David Carradine
Votes: 2,421
11. Deadly Reactor (1989)
88 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Western
In a post-apocalypse world inhabited by the Amish, a roving gang led by the corpulent Hog is making life miserable for the peaceful townspeople. Only one lone gunfighter dares to stand in their way. He never draws first - he's the reactor!
Director: David Heavener | Stars: Stuart Whitman, David Heavener, Darwyn Swalve, Alyson Davis
Votes: 140
12. 49th Parallel (1941)
Not Rated | 123 min | Drama, Thriller, War
A World War II U-boat crew are stranded in northern Canada. To avoid internment, they must make their way to the border and get into the still-neutral U.S.
Director: Michael Powell | Stars: Leslie Howard, Laurence Olivier, Richard George, Eric Portman
Votes: 7,671
13. The Confession (2013 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 89 min | Drama
Based on the novel by New York Times best-selling author Beverly Lewis, "The Confession" is the continuing story of Katie Lapp, a young Amish woman who goes on a journey in search of her ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Landon Jr. | Stars: Katie Leclerc, Sherry Stringfield, Adrian Paul, Steve Boles
Votes: 822
14. The Shunning (2011 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 88 min | Drama
Beautiful Katie Lapp has always felt something missing in her simple Amish existence -- until a mysterious "Englisher" comes to Lancaster County looking for the baby girl she gave up for adoption 19 years ago.
Director: Michael Landon Jr. | Stars: Sherry Stringfield, Sarah Maine, Willie Stratford, Danielle Panabaker
Votes: 2,061
15. Catch-22 (1970)
R | 122 min | Comedy, Drama, War
A man is trying desperately to be certified insane during World War II, so he can stop flying missions.
Director: Mike Nichols | Stars: Alan Arkin, Martin Balsam, Richard Benjamin, Art Garfunkel
Votes: 26,511 | Gross: $24.91M
16. Holyman Undercover (2010)
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy
An Amish man comes to Hollywood to be a missionary, and gets cast as Satan on a nighttime soap opera.
Director: David A.R. White | Stars: David A.R. White, Fred Willard, Andrea Logan, Jennifer Lyons
Votes: 302
17. Holy Matrimony (1994)
PG-13 | 93 min | Comedy, Crime
A young Hutterite boy must marry his late brother's wife who comes from outside the community.
Director: Leonard Nimoy | Stars: Patricia Arquette, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Tate Donovan
Votes: 1,654 | Gross: $0.71M
18. Jesus' Son (1999)
R | 107 min | Drama
A young man, often high on drugs and alcohol, careens through life and makes his way toward recovery and redemption.
Director: Alison Maclean | Stars: Billy Crudup, Robert Michael Kelly, Torben Brooks, Dierdre Lewis
Votes: 7,485 | Gross: $1.28M
19. Kingpin (1996)
PG-13 | 114 min | Comedy, Sport
A star bowler whose career was prematurely "cut off" hopes to ride a new prodigy to success and riches.
Directors: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly | Stars: Woody Harrelson, Randy Quaid, Bill Murray, Vanessa Angel
Votes: 91,092 | Gross: $24.94M
20. Love Finds You in Sugarcreek (2014 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 92 min | Family, Mystery, Romance
Baseball player Micah Matthias and his young son Bobby are big Leeds United fans, lost in America. They end up in the quaint Amish community of Sugarcreek, Ohio under a set of aliases and ... See full summary »
Director: Terry Cunningham | Stars: Tom Everett Scott, Sarah Lancaster, Kelly McGillis, Thomas Kapanowski
Votes: 1,069
21. Love Finds You in Charm (2015 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 92 min | Drama
A young Amish woman, who isn't satisfied with her path at home, visits a cousin for the summer. Over the summer, she is exposed to another world, finds friendship and more. Soon she must choose and come to terms with the life she wants.
Director: Terry Cunningham | Stars: Trevor Donovan, Danielle C. Ryan, Drew Fuller, Tiffany Dupont
Votes: 1,348
22. The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968)
PG-13 | 99 min | Comedy
A naive young Amish woman runs away from her home in Pennsylvania to New York City, where she hopes to act in religious stage plays but ends up performing in Burlesque theatre.
Director: William Friedkin | Stars: Jason Robards, Britt Ekland, Norman Wisdom, Forrest Tucker
Votes: 1,811
23. Pearl Diver (2004)
PG-13 | 97 min | Drama
One night changed them forever. Twenty years later, a night will change them again. Pearl Diver is the story of two sisters, haunted by the twenty-year old murder of their mother and what ... See full summary »
Director: Sidney King | Stars: Emily Stoltzfus, Jeremy Glickstein, Joey Honsa, Amy Jean Johnson
Votes: 213
24. Plain Truth (2004 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 90 min | Drama, Crime, Mystery
An unmarried 18 year-old Amish girl is charged with the murder of her infant child.
Director: Paul Shapiro | Stars: Mariska Hargitay, Alison Pill, Jan Niklas, Kate Trotter
Votes: 966
25. The Radicals (1989)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama, History
The dramatic story of the Anabaptist movement and two of its first leaders, Michael and Margaretha Sattler.
Director: Raul V. Carrera | Stars: Norbert Weisser, Mark Lenard, Leigh Lombardi, Christopher Neame
Votes: 107
26. The Reckoning (2015 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 86 min | Drama
The conclusion of the Beverly Lewis Heritage of Lancaster County trilogy.
Director: Mark Jean | Stars: Katie Leclerc, Rohan Campbell, Chad Connell, Chantal Perron
Votes: 444
27. Saving Sarah Cain (2007)
PG | 103 min | Drama
A thirty-something columnist becomes legal guardian of her Amish sister's five children and ends up 'using' the kids' lives as stories for her column, causing them to feel betrayed, since they had believed she was truly concerned for them.
Director: Michael Landon Jr. | Stars: Abigail Mason, Lisa Pepper, Elliott Gould, Yolanda Stange
Votes: 1,508
28. Sex Drive (2008)
R | 109 min | Comedy, Romance
A high-school senior drives cross-country with his best friends to hook up with a babe he met online.
Director: Sean Anders | Stars: Josh Zuckerman, Clark Duke, Amanda Crew, James Marsden
Votes: 91,746 | Gross: $8.40M
29. Silent Light (2007)
Not Rated | 136 min | Drama, Romance
In a Mennonite community in Mexico, a father's faith is tested when he falls in love with a new woman.
Director: Carlos Reygadas | Stars: Cornelio Wall, Miriam Toews, Maria Pankratz, Peter Wall
Votes: 6,839 | Gross: $0.05M
30. Kaw (2006)
R | 85 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A small town is attack by ravens and doesn't know why the ravens are working together.
Director: Sheldon Wilson | Stars: Sean Patrick Flanery, Stephen McHattie, Kristin Booth, Rod Taylor
Votes: 2,653
31. Small Town Murder Songs (2010)
R | 75 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A modern, gothic tale of crime and redemption about an aging police officer from a small Ontario Mennonite town who hides a violent past until a local murder upsets the calm of his newly reformed life.
Director: Ed Gass-Donnelly | Stars: Jill Hennessy, Amy Rutherford, Peter Stormare, Vladimir Bondarenko
Votes: 3,039 | Gross: $0.03M
32. A Stoning in Fulham County (1988 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Religious beliefs clash with the law when an Amish infant is killed in a rural community.
Director: Larry Elikann | Stars: Ken Olin, Jill Eikenberry, Maureen Mueller, Gregg Henry
Votes: 460
33. They Call Me Renegade (1987)
PG | 92 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Renegade Luke has been living an easy life so far, travelling through the southwest with his horse Joe, making money by running small-time scams. All this comes to an end when he encounters... See full summary »
Director: Enzo Barboni | Stars: Terence Hill, Robert Vaughn, Ross Hill, Norman Bowler
Votes: 3,169
34. An Uncommon Grace (2017 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
After a tour of duty, an army nurse returns to her grandmother's farm in Amish country, where she finds unexpected romance and is pulled into a murder mystery.
Director: David Mackay | Stars: Jes Macallan, Sean Faris, Kelly McGillis, Hil Horvath
Votes: 1,416
35. Warlock (1989)
R | 103 min | Action, Fantasy, Horror
A warlock flees from the 17th to the 20th century, with a witch-hunter in hot pursuit.
Director: Steve Miner | Stars: Julian Sands, Lori Singer, Richard E. Grant, Mary Woronov
Votes: 18,986 | Gross: $9.09M
36. Witness (1985)
R | 112 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
While protecting an Amish boy - who is the sole witness to a brutal murder - and his mother, a detective is forced to seek refuge within their community when his own life is threatened.
Director: Peter Weir | Stars: Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis, Lukas Haas, Josef Sommer
Votes: 104,704 | Gross: $68.71M
37. All My Puny Sorrows (2021)
R | 103 min | Drama
Based on the 2014 international best-selling novel by Miriam Toews, All My Puny Sorrows is the poignant story of two sisters, one a concert pianist obsessed with ending her life, and the ... See full summary »
Director: Michael McGowan | Stars: Alison Pill, Sarah Gadon, Mare Winningham, Donal Logue
Votes: 773
38. Women Talking (2022)
PG-13 | 104 min | Drama
Do nothing, stay and fight, or leave. In 2010, the women of an isolated religious community grapple with reconciling a brutal reality with their faith.
Director: Sarah Polley | Stars: Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, Frances McDormand
Votes: 42,016
39. An Amish Sin (2022 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 85 min | Drama
An Amish teenager tries to escape the harsh 18th-century-style lifestyle where she grew up to find her own voice and independence.
Director: Michael Nankin | Stars: Dylan Ratzlaff, Kellie Martin, Rukiya Bernard, Troy Mundle
Votes: 288
40. Amish Abduction (2019 TV Movie)
87 min | Thriller
Amish wife and mother Annie's life turns upside down after her husband leaves to live among "normal Americans," however, things turn more dire when he returns, seeking custody of their son by any means necessary.
Director: Ali Liebert | Stars: Sara Canning, Steve Byers, Liam Hughes, Ryan Bruce
Votes: 308
41. Plus One at an Amish Wedding (2022 TV Movie)
86 min | Comedy, Romance
April Monroe is an up-and-coming superstar doctor at a big New York hospital, and things could not be more perfect. She's been falling head-over-heels for charming veterinarian Jesse, and ... See full summary »
Director: Richard L. Ramsey | Stars: Galadriel Stineman, Kevin Joy, Mary McElree, Summer Mastain
Votes: 588
42. Follow Your Heart (2020 TV Movie)
TV-G | 84 min | Romance
Kathy Yoder has left her Amish ways and is a successful travel-guide writer. When she goes home to settle her dad's affairs, she's reminded of her life before she left the Amish community--... See full summary »
Director: Sandra L. Martin | Stars: Galadriel Stineman, Kevin Joy, Jonathan Patrick Moore, Madison Lawlor
Votes: 695
43. Rumspringa (2022)
TV-MA | 101 min | Comedy
A young Amish man travels to Berlin on a rite of passage to connect with his roots, explore other ways of life, fall in love — and face a big decision.
Director: Mira Thiel | Stars: Timur Bartels, Matthias Bundschuh, João Kreth d'Orey, Gizem Emre
Votes: 1,176
44. The Reformer. Zwingli: A Life's Portrait. (2019)
128 min | Biography, Drama, History
Zurich in 1519: The young widow Anna Reinhart lives a barren life between fear of the church and worries about the future of her three children, when the arrival of a man in the city causes... See full summary »
Director: Stefan Haupt | Stars: Maximilian Simonischek, Sarah Sophia Meyer, Anatole Taubman, Stefan Kurt
Votes: 385
45. Expecting Amish (2014 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 88 min | Drama
Expecting Amish on Lifetime tells the story of 18-year-old Hannah Yoder, who is ready to join the Amish Church and marry her boyfriend Samuel. But things change when she goes to Hollywood and gets a glimpse of the world beyond.
Director: Richard Gabai | Stars: AJ Michalka, Jesse McCartney, Alyson Stoner, Cayden Boyd
Votes: 863
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