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1. Mad Max (1979)
R | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
In a self-destructing world, a vengeful Australian policeman sets out to stop a violent motorcycle gang.
Director: George Miller | Stars: Mel Gibson, Joanne Samuel, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Steve Bisley
Votes: 222,516 | Gross: $8.75M
2. The Brokenwood Mysteries (2014– )
Not Rated | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Detective Inspector Mike Shepherd arrives on assignment in Brokenwood, a small town where memories - and animosities - run deep.
Stars: Neill Rea, Fern Sutherland, Cristina Serban Ionda, Nic Sampson
Votes: 7,234
3. Homefront (I) (2013)
R | 100 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A former DEA agent moves his family to a quiet town, where he soon tangles with a local meth druglord.
Director: Gary Fleder | Stars: Jason Statham, James Franco, Winona Ryder, Kate Bosworth
Votes: 130,339 | Gross: $20.16M
4. The Wicker Man (1973)
R | 88 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A puritan police sergeant arrives in a Scottish island village in search of a missing girl, who the pagan locals claim never existed.
Director: Robin Hardy | Stars: Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee, Diane Cilento, Britt Ekland
Votes: 92,354 | Gross: $0.06M
5. Red Dawn (1984)
PG-13 | 114 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
It is the dawn of World War III. In the west mountains of America, a group of teenagers band together to defend their town, and their country, from invading Soviet forces.
Director: John Milius | Stars: Patrick Swayze, C. Thomas Howell, Lea Thompson, Charlie Sheen
Votes: 63,118 | Gross: $38.38M
6. October Sky (1999)
PG | 108 min | Biography, Drama, Family
The true story of Homer Hickam, a coal miner's son who was inspired by the first Sputnik launch to take up rocketry against his father's wishes.
Director: Joe Johnston | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Chris Cooper, Laura Dern, Chris Owen
Votes: 98,085 | Gross: $32.48M
7. 3 from Hell (2019)
R | 115 min | Action, Horror
After barely surviving prison, the demented Firefly clan go on the run, unleashing a whole new wave of murder, madness and mayhem.
Director: Rob Zombie | Stars: Sheri Moon Zombie, Bill Moseley, Sid Haig, Jeff Daniel Phillips
Votes: 17,926
8. Baby Boom (1987)
PG | 110 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The life of super-yuppie J.C. is thrown into turmoil when she inherits a baby from a distant relative.
Director: Charles Shyer | Stars: Diane Keaton, Sam Shepard, Harold Ramis, Kristina Kennedy
Votes: 19,167 | Gross: $26.71M
9. American Siege (2021)
R | 91 min | Action, Thriller
An ex-NYPD officer-turned-sheriff of a small rural Georgia town has to contend with a gang of thieves who have taken a wealthy doctor hostage.
Director: Edward Drake | Stars: Bruce Willis, Rob Gough, Anna Hindman, Trevor Gretzky
Votes: 2,440
10. Tank (1984)
PG | 113 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Sergeant Major Zack arrives at a new army base with his wife, son and Sherman tank. One night at a bar he "stops" a pimp/deputy from beating a girl. The corrupt sheriff uses Zack's son for revenge and Zack uses his tank.
Director: Marvin J. Chomsky | Stars: James Garner, Shirley Jones, C. Thomas Howell, Mark Herrier
Votes: 4,682 | Gross: $14.13M
11. The Valley of Light (2006 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 97 min | Drama, Family, Romance
Returning to USA after WWII, Noah goes wandering and angling. He comes to a small town and valley to catch a huge bass. He meets a cute widow and other good people there.
Director: Brent Shields | Stars: Chris Klein, Gretchen Mol, Zach Mills, Jay O. Sanders
Votes: 1,469
12. A Dark Place (2018)
89 min | Mystery, Thriller
When a young boy goes missing in a sleepy backwoods town, a local sanitation truck driver, Donald, plays detective, embarking on a precarious and obsessive investigation.
Director: Simon Fellows | Stars: Andrew Scott, Bronagh Waugh, Denise Gough, Michael Rose
Votes: 5,347
13. We Are Still Here (I) (2015)
Not Rated | 84 min | Horror, Mystery
In the cold, wintery fields of New England, a lonely old house wakes up every thirty years - and demands a sacrifice.
Director: Ted Geoghegan | Stars: Andrew Sensenig, Barbara Crampton, Larry Fessenden, Lisa Marie
Votes: 19,921
14. Train to the End of the World (2024– )
Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A group of girls hop onto an abandoned train to explore the outside world with strange anomalies.
Stars: Chika Anzai, Azumi Waki, Erisa Kuon, Hina Kino
Votes: 37
15. Shiki (2010–2011)
TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Drama, Horror
When many deaths occur in the quiet village of Sotoba, Doctor Toshio Ozaki initially suspects an epidemic but soon becomes convinced that something else is causing them.
Stars: Tôru Ôkawa, Kôki Uchiyama, Kazuyuki Okitsu, Wataru Takagi
Votes: 3,926
16. My Mother and Other Strangers (2016)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Romance, War
In 1943, the Coyne family and their neighbours struggle to maintain a normal life after a US Army Air Force base is set up in the middle of their rural parish.
Stars: Ciarán Hinds, Michael Nevin, Hattie Morahan, Owen McDonnell
Votes: 1,779
17. A Painted House (2003 TV Movie)
PG | 97 min | Drama, Family
A young boy, his family, and the migrant workers they hire to work their cotton farm struggle against difficult odds to raise and sell the crop. Meanwhile, the boy dreams of living in ... See full summary »
Director: Alfonso Arau | Stars: Scott Glenn, Arija Bareikis, Robert Sean Leonard, Melinda Dillon
Votes: 1,123
18. Humanity (1999)
Not Rated | 141 min | Drama, Mystery
When an 11-year-old girl is brutally raped and murdered in a quiet French village, a police detective who has forgotten how to feel emotions--because of the death of his own family in some kind of accident--investigates the crime, which turns out to ask more questions
Director: Bruno Dumont | Stars: Emmanuel Schotté, Séverine Caneele, Philippe Tullier, Ghislain Ghesquère
Votes: 5,101 | Gross: $0.11M
19. Ravage (2019)
TV-MA | 84 min | Horror, Thriller
Alone in the woods, nature photographer Harper witnesses a violent crime. After being captured by the culprits, she uses her survivalist skills to try and make it out alive.
Director: Teddy Grennan | Stars: Annabelle Dexter-Jones, Robert Longstreet, Bruce Dern, Michael Weaver
Votes: 1,909
20. The Cars That Ate Paris (1974)
PG | 88 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
The small town of Paris, Australia deliberately causes car accidents, then sells/salvages all valuables from the wrecks as a means of economy.
Director: Peter Weir | Stars: Terry Camilleri, John Meillon, Kevin Miles, Rick Scully
Votes: 4,423
21. The Year My Voice Broke (1987)
PG-13 | 103 min | Drama, Romance
In rural 1960s Australia, a boy watches helplessly as his best friend falls in love with a small-time criminal, setting off a violent chain of events.
Director: John Duigan | Stars: Noah Taylor, Loene Carmen, Ben Mendelsohn, Graeme Blundell
Votes: 2,279 | Gross: $0.21M
22. The Raven (1943)
Not Rated | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A French village doctor becomes the target of poison-pen letters sent to village leaders, accusing him of affairs and practicing abortion.
Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot | Stars: Pierre Fresnay, Ginette Leclerc, Micheline Francey, Héléna Manson
Votes: 10,902 | Gross: $0.03M
23. The Boys Club (1996)
R | 91 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
In Ontario, Canada, three fourteen-year-old boys, Kyle, Brad and Eric are forced to perform an ordeal when they find a wounded mysterious fugitive named Luke, who has a gun and claiming to be a cop, has taken a hiding in their clubhouse.
Director: John Fawcett | Stars: Chris Penn, Dominic Zamprogna, Stuart Stone, Devon Sawa
Votes: 1,345
24. The Music Teacher (1988)
PG | 95 min | Drama, Music
Aging opera singer Joachim Dallayrac retires from the stage and retreats to the countryside to school two young singers, Sophie and Jean. Although the rigorous training takes its toll on ... See full summary »
Director: Gérard Corbiau | Stars: José van Dam, Anne Roussel, Philippe Volter, Sylvie Fennec
Votes: 1,040 | Gross: $1.09M
25. Shame (1988)
R | 94 min | Crime, Drama
A barrister visiting a town in Western Australian town battles police corruption and the silence of the locals to help a teenage girl seek justice against a gang of young rapists.
Director: Steve Jodrell | Stars: Deborra-Lee Furness, Tony Barry, Simone Buchanan, Gillian Jones
Votes: 732 | Gross: $0.30M
26. The Unwanted (2014)
95 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
In this Southern Gothic retelling of Sheridan Le Fanu's vampire story 'Carmilla,' a young drifter (Christen Orr) arrives in a rural town seeking the whereabouts of the mother she never knew... See full summary »
Director: Bret Wood | Stars: Hannah Fierman, Christen Orr, William Katt, Lynn Talley
Votes: 641
27. To Save the Children (1994 TV Movie)
Unrated | 92 min | Drama
Teacher Jake Downey has relocated to a small town in Wyoming hoping to escape the urban problems of his last assignment. His myth of rural bliss is shattered when a former police officer ... See full summary »
Director: Steven Hilliard Stern | Stars: Richard Thomas, Wendy Crewson, Jessica Steen, Joanne Vannicola
Votes: 223
28. Crescendo (1970)
PG | 83 min | Horror, Thriller
A young American woman Susan Roberts goes to the south of France to do her thesis research on a recently deceased composer, staying with his eccentric relatives.
Director: Alan Gibson | Stars: Stefanie Powers, James Olson, Margaretta Scott, Jane Lapotaire
Votes: 834
29. Metamorphosis (VI) (2019)
98 min | Drama
Adam was raised like a normal boy until he bled his first menstrual period. Adam was born with two genitals, an intersex person who finds himself in a painful transformation that takes him into the ambiguities of fate and desires.
Director: J.E. Tiglao | Stars: Gold Aceron, Iana Bernardez, Dylan Ray Talon, Ricky Davao
Votes: 83
30. Bush Christmas (1947)
Passed | 80 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
In Australia, five children pursue horse thieves through the mountains.
Director: Ralph Smart | Stars: Chips Rafferty, John Fernside, Stan Tolhurst, Pat Penny
Votes: 526
31. Return to Splatter Farm (2020)
Not Rated | 71 min | Horror, Thriller
Thirty years after the infamous 'Death Farm' murders in rural Pennsylvania, serial killing is in season once more.
Directors: Jeff Kirkendall, Mark Polonia | Stars: Danielle Donahue, Nico Bryant, Mel Heflin, Marie DeLorenzo
Votes: 229
32. Final Mission (1984)
R | 101 min | Action, Crime, War
Vince Deacon, a higly decorated Vietnam War veteran, serves as a SWAT team captain for LAPD. When his family gets attacked by thugs and he kills one of them in self defense he's being ... See full summary »
Director: Cirio H. Santiago | Stars: Richard Young, Christine L. Tudor, Jason Ross, John Dresden
Votes: 221
33. Guns of Darkness (1962)
102 min | Drama, Thriller
An English couple and a deposed ruler head for the border during a South American revolution.
Director: Anthony Asquith | Stars: Leslie Caron, David Niven, James Robertson Justice, David Opatoshu
Votes: 420
34. Prancer Returns (2001 Video)
Not Rated | 91 min | Family, Drama, Fantasy
Preteen brothers from a broken marriage live with their mother, Denise, in a rural town. Ryan, the cheeky elder boy, wants to go live with their father, Matt, in Chicago. This confuses shy ... See full summary »
Director: Joshua Butler | Stars: Gavin Fink, John Corbett, Stacy Edwards, Michael O'Keefe
Votes: 675
35. The Man with a Shotgun (1961)
Not Rated | 84 min | Action, Crime
Ryoji, a wanderer, arrives in a remote mountain town, carrying a shotgun and claiming to be a hunter. He quickly becomes embroiled in a web of trouble surrounding the town's mill.
Director: Seijun Suzuki | Stars: Hideaki Nitani, Izumi Ashikawa, Yûji Odaka, Yôko Minamida
Votes: 338
36. Camping Fun (2020)
Not Rated | 13 min | Short, Crime, Horror
Four friends set out to a remote getaway in Texas, unaware that they are being trailed by a sinister cult.
Directors: Thomas Burke, David Eimer | Stars: Hailey Marmolejo, Bonnie Sturdivant, Thomas Burke, David Eimer
Votes: 56
37. Eureka Stockade (1949)
Approved | 103 min | Drama, History, Western
In 1854, Australian gold rush miners struggle for their rights against an oppressive government.
Director: Harry Watt | Stars: Chips Rafferty, Jane Barrett, Jack Lambert, Peter Illing
Votes: 210
38. Albur de amor (1947)
Romance, Drama
Director: Alfonso Patiño Gómez | Stars: Pedro Armendáriz, Ana Bronte, Susana Cora, Gilberto González
39. Saastamoisen poika (1989)
25 min | Comedy
Stars: Matti Viironen, Lena Meriläinen, Tiina Weckström, Kalevi Haapoja
Votes: 12
40. The Blood Harvest (2016)
90 min | Horror
Onus meets the Texas Chainsaw Massacre in a twisted game of kill or be killed.
Director: George Clarke | Stars: Alan Crawford, Rachael Galloway, Griffin Madill, Matthew McCreary
Votes: 150
41. Le cabanon rose (2016)
94 min | Comedy, Crime
A cottage is inhabited by a peasant, who only paints naked women. After his death, another farmer decides to transform the place into a brothel which quickly attracts the notables of the area. But all those come to disappear one by one.
Director: Jean-Pierre Mocky | Stars: Jean-Marie Bigard, Christophe Fluder, Bernard Menez, Henri Guybet
Votes: 55
42. Yagai rankô: Koroshitai hodo aishiteru (2014)
Not Rated | 60 min | Comedy, Romance
Aki returned to her parents' home for the first time in a long time after getting tired of living in Tokyo, which she once admired.
Director: Tetsuya Takehora | Stars: Ayaka Tomoda, Misa Wada, Azusa Sakai, Riri Kôda
43. Chop (II)
Drama, Sci-Fi | Announced
To be accepted by his peers in his poor rural town, a shy high school freshman must take part in a dangerous rite-of-passage: severing and reattaching his forearm.
Director: Jason Miller
44. Matkalla seikkailuun (1945)
95 min | Comedy, Crime
Director: Yrjö Norta | Stars: Aku Korhonen, Sirkka Sipilä, Esko Saha, Assi Raine
Votes: 38