Ripples of Life

2021

Chinese

6.8

♡ 3

semi autobiographical

Shujun Wei Director

Kang Luo as

Song Chuan as On-set Producer

Xufeng Huang as Producer

Yixiang Zhai as Production Designer

Follows a big star who brings a film crew to her remote hometown for a shoot, and while the production is afflicted by disagreements between the crew, a bored local restaurant owner finds excitement to be the stand-in for the star.

Just Add Water

2008

English

5.6

♡ 10

29%

Hart Bochner Director

Will Rothhaar as Dirk

Chelsea Field as Jeanne

Danny DeVito as Merl Striker

Justin Long as Spoonie

An offbeat romantic comedy about a decent guy, Ray Tuckby, with a dead-end life in the dead-end town of Trona, CA. After encouragement from a stranger whom he happens upon, Ray begins to dream again. He sheds the parasites in his life, musters the nerve to pursue his childhood love, and finally takes back his community by toppling the local teenage Meth-baron.

Maine

2018

English

5.0

♡ 7

55%

Matthew Brown Director

Laia Costa as Bluebird

Gus Halper as Dragon

Yossie Mulyadi as Hex

Thomas Mann as Lake

Backpacking alone on the Appalachian trail, a married woman meets a younger hiker and the two strangers become inexplicably drawn to one another.

The Farmer's Daughter

1947

English

7.2

♡ 10

100%

H.C. Potter Director

Forrest J. Ackerman as Audience Member at Finley Rally

Don Beddoe as Einar

Jason Robards Sr. as Night Editor

William Bakewell as Windor

After leaving her family's farm to study nursing in the city, a young woman finds herself on an unexpected path towards politics.

Terror House

1942

English

6.2

♡ 6

33%

Leslie Arliss Director

Tucker McGuire as Doris

Wilfrid Lawson as Jim Sturrock

Joyce Howard as Marian Ives

James Mason as Stephen Deremid

Two teachers, man-hungry Doris and restrained Marian, visit the Yorkshire moors a year after friend Evelyn disappeared there. On a stormy night, they take refuge in the isolated cottage of Stephen, one-time pianist shell-shocked in the Spanish Civil War. Doris flees as soon as the flood subsides; but Marian's suspicions about Evelyn's fate, in conflict with her growing love for Stephen, prompt her to stay on among the misty bogs.

Come Next Spring

1956

English

7.1

♡ 3

62%

R.G. Springsteen Director

Richard Eyer as Abraham

James Best as Bill Jackson

Edgar Buchanan as Mr. Canary

Harry Shannon as Mr. Totter

Matt Ballot has returned home after 12 years of hard-drinking in all 48 states. His wife has managed to raise their 14-year-old daughter and 12-year-old son nicely without his help. Matt is considered a disgrace to the town he came from and now he finds himself trying to win the love of his children, his wife, and the respect of the townspeople. Set in Arkansas in the 1920s.

A Fire in the Cold Season

2019

English

4.5

♡ 7

newfoundland and labrador

Justin Oakey Director

Terry Ryan as Coyote

Anouk Cornelissen-May as Mona's Daughter

Glenn Downey as Police Officer

Evan Parsons as Skeet

A whisper among the sprawling forests and mill towns of central Newfoundland. A body found on the side of a river brings together a reclusive fur trapper and a heartsick mother-to-be. Scott is lonely and desperate to give himself meaning. Mona is strong-willed, but frustrated by her fragility. As a reluctant dependence blossoms the pair find themselves wading into violence, answering for the debts of a dead man. Stalked by outlaws, they plan an exit.

Letter from the Mountain

2002

Japanese

7.2

♡ 6

Action

based on novel or book

Takashi Koizumi Director

Hidetaka Yoshioka as Dr. Nakamura

Kanako Higuchi as Michiko Ueda

Manami Konishi as Sayuri

Takahiro Tamura as Shigenaga Koda

Husband and wife Michiko and Takao move from their urban existence in Tokyo to the isolated, rural farming village where Takao grew up.

The Patriarch

2016

English

7.1

♡ 1

86%

Lee Tamahori Director

Van Heflin as Dan Evans

Greg Johnson as Golden Shears Commentator

Fraser Brown as Mr. McKenzie

Nancy Brunning as Ramona Mahana

1960s, East Coast of New Zealand. Two Māori sheep-shearing families, the Mahanas and the Poatas, are longstanding enemies and commercial rivals. 14-year-old Simeon Mahana, the youngest son of the youngest son is in conflict with his traditionalist grandfather, Tamihana. As Simeon unravels the truth behind the longstanding family vendetta he risks not just his own future prospects but the cohesion of the entire tight-knit society.

The Taste of Tea

2004

Japanese

7.6

♡ 27

Katsuhito Ishii Director

Hideaki Anno as Kasugabe

Tomokazu Miura as Nobuo Haruno - father

Ryô Kase as Rokutaro Hamadayama - Cosplayer

Rinko Kikuchi as Waitress At Noodle Shop

A spell of time in the life of a family in rural Tochigi prefecture. Yoshiko is not an ordinary housewife, instead working on an animated film project. Uncle Ayano, a successful music producer, is looking to get his head together after living in Tokyo. Meanwhile, Sachiko is concerned with why she seems to be followed by a giant version of herself. As the lazy days pass by, each member of the family is followed in a series of episodic vignettes.

The Man Next Door

1996

English

5.6

♡ 5

38%

Lamont Johnson Director

Annette O'Toole as Annie Hodges

Richard Gilliland as Moe

Vonetta McGee as Rapists' Rehabilitator

Pamela Reed as Wanda Gilmore

Residents of a small town struggle when a paroled rapist moves into the area.

A Canterbury Tale

1944

English

7.3

♡ 8

94%

Michael Powell Director

Michael Howard as Archie

Eric Horton as Bystander at Wheelwright's in Leather Jacket

Raymond Massey as Narrator

Dennis Price as Peter Gibbs

Three modern-day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town while on their way to Canterbury.

Sunshine Follows Rain

1946

Swedish

6.5

♡ 3

parent child relationship

Romance

rural area

Gustaf Edgren Director

Inga Landgré as Barbro

Sten Lindgren as Germund

Hilda Borgström as Kerstin

Mai Zetterling as Marit

The Farmer Germund is planning a wedding between his daughter Marit and Mats, the son of a neighboring farm. Everything seems to be going according to plan until Marit meets the fiddler Jon, an illegitimate son who enchants the youth with his violin.

The Lodgers

2017

English

5.1

♡ 121

56%

Brian O'Malley Director

David Bradley as Bermingham

Carolyn Bracken as Lodger

Deirdre O'Kane as Maura

Eugene Simon as Sean

1920, rural Ireland. Anglo-Irish twins Rachel and Edward share a strange existence in their crumbling family estate. Each night, the property becomes the domain of a sinister presence (The Lodgers) which enforces three rules upon the twins: they must be in bed by midnight; they may not permit an outsider past the threshold; and if one attempts to escape, the life of the other is placed in jeopardy. When troubled war veteran Sean returns to the nearby village, he is immediately drawn to the mysterious Rachel, who in turn begins to break the rules set out by The Lodgers. The consequences pull Rachel into a deadly confrontation with her brother - and with the curse that haunts them.

The Dread

2017

Spanish

7.0

♡ 2

Pablo Aparo Director

Sergio Avedaño as

Cristián Catena as

Susana Dottori as

The villagers of El Dorado, Argentina, shy away from doctors. Then again, they hardly need one. They have almost as many cures for ailments and illnesses as there are residents in the village. 65 year old Jorge can also cure the most dreaded ailment of them all, the much feared espanto.

Inner Demon

2014

English

4.6

♡ 3

33%

Ursula Dabrowsky Director

Kerry Ann Reid as Denise

Andreas Sobik as Karl

Sarah Jeavons as Sam Durelle

Todd Telford as Wayne

A teenage girl is abducted by a serial killer couple and manages to escape and find refuge in an isolated farmhouse, only to discover it is home to greater horrors and a malevolent spirit.

The Girl in the Yellow Jumper

2020

Swahili

5.6

♡ 11

100%

Loukman Ali Director

Morocco Omari as Expert

Michael Wawuyo as Old Man

Maurice Kirya as Patrick Asimwe

Kefas Brand as Rodney

As word spreads that there is a serial killer at large who continues to commit murder, an off-duty police officer must return an elderly witness who lives in a remote part of Uganda back to town. Along the way, the policeman gives a ride to an injured man. On the way to the city, the passenger tells the policeman the events that led him to end up injured in the middle of the road. But as we travel with these mysterious characters in the car, director Loukman Ali shows us that the stories they tell are only fragmentary and partial versions of the events that took place, and that perhaps there are truths buried beneath each of their words.

The Guardians

2017

French

6.7

♡ 24

92%

Xavier Beauvois Director

Nathalie Baye as Hortense Sandrail

Joe Lewis as John

Yann Bean as John - un soldat américain

Laura Smet as Solange

In this ensemble drama set in rural France, the women of the Paridier farm are left to run it by themselves while their men are off fighting in World War I. But things become complicated with the arrival of American troops.

Older Brother, Younger Sister

1953

Japanese

7.2

♡ 5

Action

based on novel or book

Drama

extramarital affair

older brother younger sister

pregnancy

rural area

sibling relationship

Mikio Naruse Director

Masayuki Mori as Inokichi - the Brother

Eiji Funakoshi as Kobata

Machiko Kyô as Mon

Zenji Yamada as Toyogorô

The eldest daughter of a rural family Mon returns home from Tokyo pregnant after an affair with a college student Kobata, which causes a scandal that will threaten the marriage prospects of the younger sister San, in her cash-strapped family. The ill-tempered eldest brother Inokichi decides to take on the role of disciplinarian, with harrowing results.

North by Current

2021

English

6.3

92%

Angelo Madsen Minax Director

Angelo Madsen Minax as

Filmmaker Angelo Madsen Minax returns to his rural Michigan hometown following the death of his infant niece and the subsequent arrest of his brother-in-law as the culprit. Using the audio-visual approaches of essay film, first-person cinema vérité, staged actions, and decades of home movies, Madsen navigates a town steeped in opioid addiction, economic depression, and religious fervor, while using the act of filmmaking to rebuild familial bonds and reimagine justice. Posing empathy as a tool for creating a more just world, North By Current does not seek to investigate a crime, but creates a relentless portrait of an enduring pastoral family, poised to reframe and reimagine narratives about incarceration, addiction, trans embodiment, and ruralness.

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Ripples of Life

Just Add Water

Maine

The Farmer's Daughter

Terror House

Come Next Spring

A Fire in the Cold Season

Letter from the Mountain

The Patriarch

The Taste of Tea

The Man Next Door

A Canterbury Tale

Sunshine Follows Rain

The Lodgers

The Dread

Inner Demon

The Girl in the Yellow Jumper

The Guardians

Older Brother, Younger Sister

North by Current