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51. Devil Story (1986)
76 min | Horror
A deformed man living with his mother in the countryside roams the woods killing indiscriminately. A couple spend the night nearby, and the wife goes through a nightmarish experience involving a black horse, a mummy, and the deformed man.
Director: Bernard Launois | Stars: Véronique Renaud, Marcel Portier, Catherine Day, Nicole Desailly
Votes: 661
52. Moonshine Highway (1996 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 96 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A moonshine runner tries to make a better life for himself by becoming a stock car racer. Unfortunately, the local sheriff is out to wreak revenge on him for having an affair with his estranged wife.
Director: Andy Armstrong | Stars: Kyle MacLachlan, Randy Quaid, Maria del Mar, Alex Carter
Votes: 300
53. Nightmare at Noon (1988)
R | 96 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Horror
Scientists poison the water supply of a small town, turning the residents into homicidal maniacs who kill each other and anybody who passes through.
Director: Nico Mastorakis | Stars: Wings Hauser, Bo Hopkins, George Kennedy, Kimberly Beck
Votes: 2,220
54. Bootleggers (1974)
PG | 115 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Details the lives of two feuding families of bootleggers, the Pruitts and the Woodalls, in rural 1920s and 1930s Arkansas.
Director: Charles B. Pierce | Stars: Paul Koslo, Dennis Fimple, Slim Pickens, Jaclyn Smith
Votes: 183
55. The Zone (2017–2018)
TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
After a nuclear accident in the north of Spain, a vast exclusion zone was set up to contain the risk of radioactive propagation. A series of murders leads Héctor, the police chief who ... See full summary »
Stars: Eduard Fernández, Álvaro Cervantes, Alexandra Jiménez, Alba Galocha
Votes: 985
56. Doomwatch (1972)
PG | 92 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
The waters surrounding an island become contaminated by chemical dumping, and people who eat fish caught in those waters become deformed and violent.
Director: Peter Sasdy | Stars: Ian Bannen, Judy Geeson, John Paul, Simon Oates
Votes: 1,176
57. Chickens (2011–2013)
Comedy
Comedy sitcom set in a small English village during the first world war. It follows three young men who are not on the front line, but fighting each other.
Stars: Simon Bird, Jonny Sweet, Joe Thomas, Sarah Daykin
Votes: 939
58. Monstroid (1980)
R | 78 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A rural Colombian village is attacked by a horrible sea serpent, aroused by industrial pollution of a nearby lake. Based on a real event that took place in June of 1971.
Directors: Kenneth Hartford, Herbert L. Strock | Stars: James Mitchum, John Carradine, Philip Carey, Anthony Eisley
Votes: 860
59. A Village Affair (1995 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 101 min | Drama, Romance
Alice has married the rich but boring Martin. When they move to a small village Martin starts flirting with Clodagh, but she is more interested in his wife Alice.
Director: Moira Armstrong | Stars: Sophie Ward, Kerry Fox, Nathaniel Parker, Jeremy Northam
Votes: 596
60. Hope Island (1999– )
Drama
Reverend Daniel Cooper has come to Hope Island to reopen the Community Church, hoping the assignment will help him through the grief of a terrible loss. Distrusted by the local inhabitants ... See full summary »
Stars: Cameron Daddo, Suki Kaiser, Duncan Fraser, Haig Sutherland
Votes: 135
61. Strisser på Samsø (1997–1998)
55 min | Crime, Drama
A cop on a small island, going about his everyday life.
Stars: Lars Bom, Andrea Vagn Jensen, Amalie Dollerup, Lotte Arnsbjerg
Votes: 413
62. Bloodlust (1976)
90 min | Horror
A deaf and dumb accountant suffers from a psychic trauma in his childhood. He is collecting puppets and mutilates female bodies in the mortuary. After his secret love died by an accident he starts to kill.
Director: Marijan Vajda | Stars: Werner Pochath, Ellen Umlauf, Birgit Zamulo, Gerhard Ruhnke
Votes: 606
63. Summerfield (1977)
95 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A teacher discovers one of his students has a rare blood disease, and is drawn into a mystery that culminates in a thrilling climax.
Director: Ken Hannam | Stars: Nick Tate, John Waters, Elizabeth Alexander, Michelle Jarman
Votes: 408
64. Resting Place (1986 TV Movie)
PG | 100 min | Drama
The mysterious death of an army officer comes under investigation by Major Kendall Laird as the young soldier's parents seek an honorable burial place, out of respect for their son. The ... See full summary »
Director: John Korty | Stars: John Lithgow, Richard Bradford, Morgan Freeman, CCH Pounder
Votes: 641
65. Wasted (I) (2016)
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy
Surreal slacker comedy set in a West Country village where the lives of a group of twenty-something friends are changed forever by the appearance of a familiar figure as a spirit guide.
Stars: Danny Kirrane, Dylan Edwards, Gwyneth Keyworth, Rose Reynolds
Votes: 1,216
66. Iona (2015)
85 min | Drama
Iona takes her teenage son to the holy island where she was born so they can hide from a violent crime. As her son seeks forgiveness for what he has done Iona comes to terms with her loss of faith.
Director: Scott Graham | Stars: Ruth Negga, Douglas Henshall, Tom Brooke, Michelle Duncan
Votes: 355
67. American Women (2000)
PG-13 | 90 min | Comedy
Irish lads send an ad to the Miami Herald inviting fit and enticing women, between the ages of 20 and 21, to live in their isolated Donegal village. The whole town knows about the ad, and ... See full summary »
Director: Aileen Ritchie | Stars: Ian Hart, Sean McGinley, Niamh Cusack, Ruth McCabe
Votes: 1,530 | Gross: $0.22M
68. The Day the World Ended (2001 TV Movie)
R | 91 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
When a killer alien creature, who is misunderstood, begins killing specific members of a small town, a school psychologist learns of its link to a young boy's tragic childhood, and his adoptive father's dark secret.
Director: Terence Gross | Stars: Nastassja Kinski, Bobby Edner, Randy Quaid, Harry Groener
Votes: 1,371
69. The Postman's White Nights (2014)
100 min | Drama
The film represents life in a godforsaken Russian village. The only way to reach the mainland is to cross the lake by boat and a postman became the only connection with the outside world. A... See full summary »
Director: Andrey Konchalovskiy | Stars: Aleksey Tryapitsyn, Irina Ermolova, Timur Bondarenko, Viktor Kolobkov
Votes: 2,095
70. It Came from Outer Space II (1996 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 89 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi
Aliens crashland near a small desert town, strewing odd bluish-glowing rocks throughout the area. Townfolk notice something is amiss when temperatures begin to soar, water disappears, power goes down and people seem not to be themselves.
Director: Roger Duchowny | Stars: Brian Kerwin, Elizabeth Peña, Jonathan Carrasco, Adrian Sparks
Votes: 393
71. Den sommeren jeg fylte 15 (1976)
98 min | Drama
Peter is telling his story about a special summer, when he was invited over to summer holiday from bickering parents, to his aunt and uncle in the country. He's been there before, but this summer was quite one to remember.
Director: Knut Andersen | Stars: Steffen Rothschild, Anne-Lise Tangstad, Kaare Kroppan, Grethe Ryen
Votes: 200
72. The Prayer (2018)
107 min | Drama
Thomas is a drug addict. In an effort to put an end to his habit, he joins a community of former addicts who live isolated in the mountains and use prayer as a way to cure themselves.
Director: Cédric Kahn | Stars: Anthony Bajon, Damien Chapelle, Alex Brendemühl, Louise Grinberg
Votes: 1,284
73. The Capture of Bigfoot (1979)
PG | 92 min | Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
A series of killings occur, with no suspects, the locals soon decide that Bigfoot is responsible.
Director: Bill Rebane | Stars: Janus Raudkivi, Randolph Rebane, Stafford Morgan, Katherine Hopkins Nicholas
Votes: 700
74. Rain Shadow (2007)
60 min | Drama
Dr Kate McDonald is married to the small farming community of Paringa, where she's been the vet for 15 years. For most of that time she's been hiding a secret, and as a result, refuses to allow anyone to get close to her.
Stars: Rachel Ward, Victoria Thaine, Grant Piro, Tom O'Sullivan
Votes: 274
75. Hi-Riders (1978)
R | 90 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Story of a group of drag races and the young boy and girl who join them.
Director: Greydon Clark | Stars: Mel Ferrer, Stephen McNally, Darby Hinton, Ralph Meeker
Votes: 227
76. Inferno (I) (2002)
PG | 91 min | Action, Drama
A fire chief (Gunn) is investigating the cause of a string of blazes that threaten to destroy her small town, while at the same time dealing with her teen daughter's rebelliousness.
Director: Dusty Nelson | Stars: Jeff Fahey, Janet Gunn, Richard Danielson, Greta Danielle Newgren
Votes: 305
77. Isle of Darkness (1997)
83 min | Horror, Thriller, Mystery
Fed up with her unfaithful boyfriend and big-city life, Julie, a newly-qualified young teacher from Copenhagen, takes a job as a teacher on an idyllic island in southern Norway. Julie finds... See full summary »
Director: Trygve Allister Diesen | Stars: Sofie Gråbøl, Paul-Ottar Haga, Sina Langfeldt, Martin Slaatto
Votes: 516
78. Vulcano (1950)
Approved | 106 min | Drama
While awaiting Production Code seal approval in the USA this Italian-made production went through three American distributors in three years; first Motion Picture Sales Corporation that ... See full summary »
Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Anna Magnani, Rossano Brazzi, Geraldine Brooks, Eduardo Ciannelli
Votes: 336
79. Vedreba (1967)
77 min | Drama
Brave sons of Khevsureti and Kisteti fight against each to protect their homelands. But, they confront faulty domestic traditions to respect enemy's true prowess and find themselves in conflict with own compatriots.
Director: Tengiz Abuladze | Stars: Spartak Bagashvili, Rusudan Kiknadze, Ramaz Chkhikvadze, Otar Megvinetukhutsesi
Votes: 888
80. The Barefoot Mailman (1951)
Approved | 83 min | Adventure, Comedy
A 19th-century con artist flees to the wilds of Florida to elude the law.
Director: Earl McEvoy | Stars: Robert Cummings, Jerome Courtland, Terry Moore, John Russell
Votes: 136
81. Fjällbackamorden: Vänner för livet (2013 TV Movie)
90 min | Crime
Erica mentions in a TV interview, that her next book's about her friend, Peter, who vanished when they were 13. Shortly after, Peter's brother gets murdered. Erica and her cop husband investigate separately.
Director: Richard Holm | Stars: Claudia Galli, Richard Ulfsäter, Eva Fritjofson, Pamela Cortes Bruna
Votes: 810
82. Silence (2011)
110 min | Drama, War
A drama between people under unconventional circumstances. In the Second World War Finland was the only nation who brought casualties killed-in-action back to be buried at home. These ... See full summary »
Director: Sakari Kirjavainen | Stars: Joonas Saartamo, Lauri Tilkanen, Terhi Suorlahti, Joanna Haartti
Votes: 467
83. Summer of Fear (1996 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
The presence of a malicious stranger threatens to destroy the peace and harmony of a vacationing executive's family life.
Director: Mike Robe | Stars: Gregory Harrison, Glynnis O'Connor, Lee Garlington, David Gallagher
Votes: 302
84. Psychic Experiment (2010)
R | 93 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
An idyllic, small, self-sufficient community. On the surface, it seems like the perfect neighborhood. Everything you could possibly need is within walking distance. But the pastoral ... See full summary »
Director: Mel House | Stars: Denton Blane Everett, Adrienne King, Reggie Bannister, Glenn Morshower
Votes: 470
85. The Beasts Are on the Streets (1978 TV Movie)
100 min | Thriller
Panic grips a small community after a tanker truck crashes through a fence at a wild animal park, freeing dozens of dangerous beasts.
Director: Peter R. Hunt | Stars: Carol Lynley, Dale Robinette, Billy Green Bush, Philip Michael Thomas
Votes: 126
86. The Spring Gathering (1999)
178 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
In early-1960s Chios, the sudden death of a forest ranger forces the local agronomist to appoint his successor. But, none of the available field guards accepts the position due to the bad reputation of the village.
Director: Dimos Avdeliodis | Stars: Angeliki Malanti, Angelos Pantelaras, Takis Agoris, Yannis Tsoubariotis
Votes: 529
87. Crazy Paradise (1962)
95 min | Comedy
The small windswept Danish island Trangö is home of the famous Trangö-eggs. Besides being bigger and whiter than all the others, these eggs light a fire under every woman's skirts.
Director: Gabriel Axel | Stars: Dirch Passer, Ove Sprogøe, Hans W. Petersen, Ghita Nørby
Votes: 128
88. Eskimo (1930)
86 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
Jack Norton is a careless gambler, until his father turns his back on him. Dead drunk he winds up on a boat going far up North, where he leaves the boat, only to be saved by Eskimos, where he soon falls in love.
Director: George Schnéevoigt | Stars: Mona Mårtenson, Paul Richter, Ada Kramm, Knut Langgaard
Votes: 35
89. Soria Moria (2000– )
45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Stars: Knut Steen, Henrik Mestad, Ivar Nørve, Marit Østbye
Votes: 28
90. Kimen (1974)
93 min | Drama
On a small green island out in the sea, they live in harmony - until a stranger comes. Like a hurricane this rocks the small society, and a killing lets all hidden forces loose.
Director: Erik Solbakken | Stars: Kjell Stormoen, Svein Sturla Hungnes, Ragnhild Michelsen, Helle Ottesen
Votes: 52
91. Bloody Angels (1998)
R | 100 min | Horror, Thriller
An Oslo detective visits a hick town to investigate some murders rumored by the locals to have been the work of 'angels'. More likely, given the unsavory types he meets, vengeance and vigilantism are the very human motivations behind.
Director: Karin Julsrud | Stars: Reidar Sørensen, Jon Øigarden, Gaute Boris Skjegstad, Trond Høvik
Votes: 513
92. Edge of Isolation (2018)
89 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
Stranded deep in the woods, a young married couple is taken in by an isolationist family, one that lives off the blood and plunder from lost hikers, and they want the couple to stay for the rest of their lives.
Director: Jeff Houkal | Stars: Michael Marcel, Marem Hassler, Alexandra Peters, Monte Markham
Votes: 308
93. Herman U.S.A. (2001)
PG-13 | 89 min | Comedy, Romance
When 78 eligible bachelors from a small Minnesota town advertise for female companionship, women from 37 states and four foreign countries arrive, changing the men's lives forever.
Director: Bill Semans | Stars: Kevin Chamberlin, Michael O'Keefe, Enid Graham, Ann Hamilton
Votes: 156 | Gross: $0.07M
94. Dark Secrets of a Trillion Dollar Island: Garenne (2021)
86 min | Documentary, Crime
Tells the extraordinary story of the child abuse scandal that erupted on the idyllic island of Jersey in 2007. For a long time, the victims' voices had remained unheard, but when widespread... See full summary »
Director: Camilla Hall
Votes: 172
95. Pieniä suuria valheita (2018)
94 min | Comedy, Drama
A priest who left his cheating wife (Mikko Nousiainen) moves with his school-aged son to a small town in Kainuu, where he plans to start a new life. The beginning, however, is not very rosy... See full summary »
Director: Matti Kinnunen | Stars: Mikko Nousiainen, Niila Nousiainen, Santtu Karvonen, Pihla Penttinen
Votes: 242
96. The Town That Was (2007)
TV-G | 71 min | Documentary
Portrait of John Lokitis, the youngest of 11 remaining residents of Centralia, Pennsylvania, a town destroyed by an underground mine fire.
Directors: Chris Perkel, Georgie Roland | Stars: John Lokitis, John Coddington, David DeKok, Todd Domboski
Votes: 285
97. Bastion (2016)
106 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
In an alternative future in which the Cold War never ended, a man called David, flees the city with his pregnant wife, Abigail, in search of freedom.
Directors: Louis Hannan, Dominic Hodge | Stars: Leo Taylor-Jannati, Victoria Slinger, Andrew Swift, Craig Carr
Votes: 17
98. Markens grøde (1921)
75 min | Drama
After the Nobel prize winning Knut Hamsun-novel, with it's criticism of industrialization, urbanizing and loss of values. The farmer Isak makes a farm out of barren soil, together with Inger and their two sons. She kills the third.
Director: Gunnar Sommerfeldt | Stars: Amund Rydland, Karen Poulsen, Ragna Wettergreen, Gunnar Sommerfeldt
Votes: 249
99. Property (1979)
Not Rated | 92 min | Drama
A group of likeable eccentrics whose sense of their own culture sparks them to try to buy up their houses from developers. Contradictions abound. Affectionate comic sense deftly captures the afterglow of a generation.
Director: Penny Allen | Stars: Walt Curtis, Lola Desmond, Cork Hubbert, M.G. Horowitz
Votes: 43
100. Cave In (2003 TV Movie)
PG | 120 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
When a cave in threatens the lives of four miners, including a father and son, it becomes a fight for survival. The superintendent struggles against the ticking clock to save her crew and family from impending doom.
Director: Rex Piano | Stars: Mimi Rogers, Ted Shackelford, Bruce Allpress, Paul Gittins
Votes: 179