Rural Movies
Kinora's catalogue lists 594 films set in rural environments, spanning 1922–2025. Each is tagged by where and when it takes place — filter by real-world setting, era, and environment, or open any film for its full tagged world.
- 2013
12 Years a Slave
Ruraldir. Steve McQueen - 1976
1900
Ruraldir. Bernardo Bertolucci - 2002
28 Days Later
Urban · Ruraldir. Danny Boyle - 1957
3:10 to Yuma
Desert · Ruraldir. Delmer Daves - 2007
30 Days of Night
Wilderness · Ruraldir. David Slade - 1977
A Bridge Too Far
Rural · Urbandir. Richard Attenborough - 1987
A Chinese Ghost Story
Rural · Wildernessdir. Tony Ching Siu-tung - 2000
A Dog's Will
Rural · Desertdir. Guel Arraes - 1957
A Face in the Crowd
Urban · Ruraldir. Elia Kazan - 1992
A League of Their Own
Urban · Ruraldir. Penny Marshall - 1993
A Perfect World
Ruraldir. Clint Eastwood - 1951
A Place in the Sun
Urban · Ruraldir. George Stevens - 2018
A Quiet Place
Rural · Wildernessdir. John Krasinski - 2021
A Quiet Place Part II
Rural · Islanddir. John Krasinski - 1992
A River Runs Through It
Ruraldir. Robert Redford - 1986
A Room with a View
Urban · Ruraldir. James Ivory - 1998
A Simple Plan
Ruraldir. Sam Raimi - 1996
A Time to Kill
Ruraldir. Joel Schumacher - 1995
A Walk in the Clouds
Ruraldir. Alfonso Arau - 1999
A Walk on the Moon
Ruraldir. Tony Goldwyn - 2002
About Schmidt
Suburban · Ruraldir. Alexander Payne - 1951
Ace in the Hole
Desert · Ruraldir. Billy Wilder - 2022
All Quiet on the Western Front
Ruraldir. Edward Berger - 1949
All the King's Men
Rural · Urbandir. Robert Rossen - 1973
Amarcord
Coastal Sea · Ruraldir. Federico Fellini - 2016
American Honey
Rural · Suburbandir. Andrea Arnold - 1986
An American Tail
Urban · Ruraldir. Don Bluth - 1981
An American Werewolf in London
Urban · Rural · Wildernessdir. John Landis - 2023
Anatomy of a Fall
Mountain · Ruraldir. Justine Triet - 1959
Anatomy of a Murder
Ruraldir. Otto Preminger - 1966
Andrei Rublev
Ruraldir. Andrei Tarkovsky - 1995
Antonia's Line
Ruraldir. Marleen Gorris - 1956
Aparajito
Urban · Ruraldir. Satyajit Ray - 1979
Apocalypse Now
Wilderness · Ruraldir. Francis Ford Coppola - 2006
Apocalypto
Wilderness · Rural · Urbandir. Mel Gibson - 1992
Army of Darkness
Rural · Wildernessdir. Sam Raimi - 2016
Arrival
Ruraldir. Denis Villeneuve - 1986
At Close Range
Ruraldir. James Foley - 2007
Atonement
Rural · Urban · Coastal Seadir. Joe Wright - 1966
Au Hasard Balthazar
Ruraldir. Robert Bresson - 1987
Au Revoir les Enfants
Ruraldir. Louis Malle - 1978
Autumn Sonata
Ruraldir. Ingmar Bergman - 2007
Away from Her
Ruraldir. Sarah Polley - 1995
Babe
Ruraldir. Chris Noonan - 1987
Babette's Feast
Coastal Sea · Ruraldir. Gabriel Axel - 1987
Baby Boom
Urban · Ruraldir. Charles Shyer - 1990
Back to the Future Part III
Rural · Desertdir. Robert Zemeckis - 1955
Bad Day at Black Rock
Desert · Ruraldir. John Sturges - 1974
Badlands
Rural · Wildernessdir. Terrence Malick - 1975
Barry Lyndon
Ruraldir. Stanley Kubrick - 2015
Beasts of No Nation
Rural · Wildernessdir. Cary Joji Fukunaga - 2012
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Rural · Coastal Sea · Islanddir. Benh Zeitlin - 1946
Beauty and the Beast
Ruraldir. Jean Cocteau - 1991
Beauty and the Beast
Ruraldir. Gary Trousdale - 1988
Beetlejuice
Ruraldir. Tim Burton - 1986
Betty Blue
Coastal Sea · Urban · Ruraldir. Jean-Jacques Beineix - 2003
Big Fish
Ruraldir. Tim Burton - 1949
Bitter Rice
Ruraldir. Giuseppe De Santis - 1998
Black Cat, White Cat
Ruraldir. Emir Kusturica - 1960
Black Sunday
Ruraldir. Mario Bava - 1974
Blazing Saddles
Desert · Ruraldir. Mel Brooks - 1985
Blood Simple
Ruraldir. Joel Coen - 2014
Blue Ruin
Rural · Suburbandir. Jeremy Saulnier - 1967
Bonnie and Clyde
Ruraldir. Arthur Penn - 1999
Boys Don't Cry
Ruraldir. Kimberly Peirce - 1992
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Urban · Ruraldir. Francis Ford Coppola - 1995
Braveheart
Ruraldir. Mel Gibson - 1979
Breaking Away
Ruraldir. Peter Yates - 1996
Breaking the Waves
Coastal Sea · Ruraldir. Lars von Trier - 1974
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
Rural · Urbandir. Sam Peckinpah - 1938
Bringing Up Baby
Ruraldir. Howard Hawks - 2005
Brokeback Mountain
Rural · Mountaindir. Ang Lee - 2015
Brooklyn
Urban · Ruraldir. John Crowley - 1980
Brubaker
Ruraldir. Stuart Rosenberg - 2025
Bugonia
Rural · Urbandir. Yorgos Lanthimos - 2018
Burning
Urban · Ruraldir. Lee Chang-dong - 1969
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Rural · Wildernessdir. George Roy Hill - 2017
Call Me by Your Name
Ruraldir. Luca Guadagnino - 1962
Cape Fear
Ruraldir. J. Lee Thompson - 2005
Capote
Ruraldir. Bennett Miller - 2016
Captain Fantastic
Wilderness · Ruraldir. Matt Ross - 1986
Castle in the Sky
Underground · Island · Ruraldir. Hayao Miyazaki - 1989
Casualties of War
Wilderness · Ruraldir. Brian De Palma - 1958
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Ruraldir. Richard Brooks - 1998
Central Station
Urban · Ruraldir. Walter Salles - 2016
Certain Women
Ruraldir. Kelly Reichardt - 1973
Charley Varrick
Rural · Desertdir. Don Siegel - 2000
Chicken Run
Ruraldir. Peter Lord - 1984
Children of the Corn
Ruraldir. Fritz Kiersch - 2000
Chocolat
Ruraldir. Lasse Hallström - 1945
Christmas in Connecticut
Ruraldir. Peter Godfrey - 1950
Cinderella
Ruraldir. Clyde Geronimi - 1988
Cinema Paradiso
Rural · Urbandir. Giuseppe Tornatore - 2024
Civil War
Urban · Ruraldir. Alex Garland - 2022
Close
Ruraldir. Lukas Dhont - 1977
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Rural · Wildernessdir. Steven Spielberg - 1966
Closely Watched Trains
Ruraldir. Jiří Menzel - 1985
Clue
Ruraldir. Jonathan Lynn - 1980
Coal Miner's Daughter
Ruraldir. Michael Apted - 2003
Cold Mountain
Rural · Mountaindir. Anthony Minghella - 2018
Cold War
Urban · Ruraldir. Paweł Pawlikowski - 1985
Come and See
Rural · Wildernessdir. Elem Klimov - 1967
Cool Hand Luke
Ruraldir. Stuart Rosenberg - 2009
Coraline
Ruraldir. Henry Selick - 2019
Corpus Christi
Ruraldir. Jan Komasa - 2009
Crazy Heart
Ruraldir. Scott Cooper - 1982
Creepshow
Rural · Suburbandir. George A. Romero - 1972
Cries and Whispers
Ruraldir. Ingmar Bergman - 2015
Crimson Peak
Rural · Urbandir. Guillermo del Toro - 1987
Cry Freedom
Urban · Ruraldir. Richard Attenborough - 1990
Cyrano de Bergerac
Urban · Ruraldir. Jean-Paul Rappeneau - 2000
Dancer in the Dark
Rural · Suburbandir. Lars von Trier - 1990
Dances with Wolves
Wilderness · Ruraldir. Kevin Costner - 2016
Dangal
Ruraldir. Nitesh Tiwari - 1988
Dangerous Liaisons
Urban · Ruraldir. Stephen Frears - 1997
Dante's Peak
Mountain · Ruraldir. Roger Donaldson - 2019
Dark Waters
Urban · Ruraldir. Todd Haynes - 1943
Day of Wrath
Ruraldir. Carl Theodor Dreyer - 1978
Days of Heaven
Ruraldir. Terrence Malick - 1989
Dead Poets Society
Ruraldir. Peter Weir - 1972
Deliverance
Wilderness · Ruraldir. John Boorman - 2008
Departures
Ruraldir. Yojiro Takita - 1951
Diary of a Country Priest
Ruraldir. Robert Bresson - 1995
Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge
Urban · Ruraldir. Aditya Chopra - 1987
Dirty Dancing
Rural · Mountaindir. Emile Ardolino - 1961
Divorce Italian Style
Ruraldir. Pietro Germi - 1966
Django
Ruraldir. Sergio Corbucci - 2012
Django Unchained
Ruraldir. Quentin Tarantino - 2019
Doctor Sleep
Ruraldir. Mike Flanagan - 1965
Doctor Zhivago
Urban · Ruraldir. David Lean - 2009
Dogtooth
Ruraldir. Yorgos Lanthimos - 1995
Dolores Claiborne
Island · Ruraldir. Taylor Hackford - 1972
Don't Torture a Duckling
Ruraldir. Lucio Fulci - 1990
Dreams
Rural · Mountain · Wilderness · Coastal Seadir. Akira Kurosawa - 1971
Duck, You Sucker
Rural · Desertdir. Sergio Leone - 1971
Duel
Desert · Ruraldir. Steven Spielberg - 1955
East of Eden
Ruraldir. Elia Kazan - 1969
Easy Rider
Ruraldir. Dennis Hopper - 1966
El Dorado
Ruraldir. Howard Hawks - 2005
Elizabethtown
Ruraldir. Cameron Crowe - 2022
EO
Rural · Wildernessdir. Jerzy Skolimowski - 1998
EverAfter
Ruraldir. Andy Tennant - 1981
Excalibur
Rural · Wildernessdir. John Boorman - 1999
eXistenZ
Ruraldir. David Cronenberg - 2009
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Rural · Undergrounddir. Wes Anderson - 1996
Fargo
Rural · Urbandir. Joel Coen - 1971
Fiddler on the Roof
Ruraldir. Norman Jewison - 1989
Field of Dreams
Ruraldir. Phil Alden Robinson - 1993
Fire in the Sky
Rural · Wildernessdir. Rob Lieberman - 1982
First Blood
Wilderness · Mountain · Ruraldir. Ted Kotcheff - 2020
First Cow
Wilderness · Ruraldir. Kelly Reichardt - 2018
First Reformed
Ruraldir. Paul Schrader - 1970
Five Easy Pieces
Rural · Island · Coastal Seadir. Bob Rafelson - 1996
Fly Away Home
Ruraldir. Carroll Ballard - 1965
For a Few Dollars More
Desert · Ruraldir. Sergio Leone - 1952
Forbidden Games
Ruraldir. René Clément - 1994
Forrest Gump
Rural · Urban · Coastal Seadir. Robert Zemeckis - 2016
Free State of Jones
Ruraldir. Gary Ross - 2004
Friday Night Lights
Ruraldir. Peter Berg - 1991
Fried Green Tomatoes
Ruraldir. Jon Avnet - 1996
From Dusk Till Dawn
Desert · Ruraldir. Robert Rodriguez - 2008
Frozen River
Rural · Coastal Seadir. Courtney Hunt - 1988
Funny Farm
Ruraldir. George Roy Hill - 1997
Funny Games
Ruraldir. Michael Haneke - 1981
Gallipoli
Desert · Rural · Urbandir. Peter Weir - 1982
Gandhi
Urban · Ruraldir. Richard Attenborough - 2017
Get Out
Suburban · Ruraldir. Jordan Peele - 1993
Gettysburg
Ruraldir. Ronald F. Maxwell - 1956
Giant
Ruraldir. George Stevens - 1989
Glory
Coastal Sea · Ruraldir. Edward Zwick - 1964
Goldfinger
Rural · Urbandir. Guy Hamilton - 1937
Grand Illusion
Rural · Mountaindir. Jean Renoir - 1993
Groundhog Day
Ruraldir. Harold Ramis - 1993
Grumpy Old Men
Ruraldir. Donald Petrie - 2022
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Rural · Coastal Seadir. Mark Gustafson - 1950
Gun Crazy
Ruraldir. Joseph H. Lewis - 1957
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Rural · Desertdir. John Sturges - 1968
Hang 'em High
Ruraldir. Ted Post - 1980
Heaven's Gate
Ruraldir. Michael Cimino - 2016
Hell or High Water
Ruraldir. David Mackenzie - 2002
Hero
Rural · Urbandir. Zhang Yimou - 1952
High Noon
Ruraldir. Fred Zinnemann - 1973
High Plains Drifter
Desert · Ruraldir. Clint Eastwood - 1942
Holiday Inn
Ruraldir. Mark Sandrich - 1993
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
Wilderness · Mountain · Ruraldir. Duwayne Dunham - 1986
Hoosiers
Ruraldir. David Anspaugh - 2007
Hot Fuzz
Ruraldir. Edgar Wright - 1977
House
Ruraldir. Nobuhiko Obayashi - 1941
How Green Was My Valley
Ruraldir. John Ford - 1962
How the West Was Won
Wilderness · Rural · Mountaindir. John Ford - 2004
Howl's Moving Castle
Ruraldir. Hayao Miyazaki - 1963
Hud
Ruraldir. Martin Ritt - 2016
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Wilderness · Ruraldir. Taika Waititi - 1964
I Am Cuba
Urban · Rural · Mountaindir. Mikhail Kalatozov - 1943
I Walked with a Zombie
Island · Ruraldir. Jacques Tourneur - 2013
Ida
Rural · Urbandir. Paweł Pawlikowski - 1967
In Cold Blood
Ruraldir. Richard Brooks - 2001
In the Bedroom
Coastal Sea · Ruraldir. Todd Field - 1967
In the Heat of the Night
Ruraldir. Norman Jewison - 1984
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Wilderness · Underground · Ruraldir. Steven Spielberg - 2009
Inglourious Basterds
Urban · Ruraldir. Quentin Tarantino - 1960
Inherit the Wind
Ruraldir. Stanley Kramer - 2002
Insomnia
Rural · Coastal Seadir. Christopher Nolan - 2007
Into the Wild
Wilderness · Rural · Desertdir. Sean Penn - 1956
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Ruraldir. Don Siegel - 1963
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Desert · Ruraldir. Stanley Kramer - 1946
It's a Wonderful Life
Ruraldir. Frank Capra - 1986
Jean de Florette
Rural · Mountaindir. Claude Berri - 1954
Johnny Guitar
Ruraldir. Nicholas Ray - 2000
Joint Security Area
Ruraldir. Park Chan-wook - 1980
Kagemusha
Ruraldir. Akira Kurosawa - 1970
Kelly's Heroes
Ruraldir. Brian G. Hutton - 1970
Kes
Ruraldir. Ken Loach - 1967
Kidnapping, Caucasian Style
Mountain · Ruraldir. Leonid Gaidai - 1999
Kikujiro
Urban · Ruraldir. Takeshi Kitano - 2003
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Urban · Ruraldir. Quentin Tarantino - 2004
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Ruraldir. Quentin Tarantino - 2023
Killers of the Flower Moon
Ruraldir. Martin Scorsese - 1996
Kingpin
Rural · Urbandir. Bobby Farrelly - 1998
Kirikou and the Sorceress
Ruraldir. Michel Ocelot - 2019
Knives Out
Ruraldir. Rian Johnson - 1997
Knockin' on Heaven's Door
Rural · Coastal Seadir. Thomas Jahn - 2016
Kubo and the Two Strings
Rural · Mountaindir. Travis Knight - 2008
Kung Fu Panda
Mountain · Ruraldir. Mark Osborne - 1965
Kwaidan
Rural · Wildernessdir. Masaki Kobayashi - 1995
La Cérémonie
Ruraldir. Claude Chabrol - 1954
La Strada
Rural · Coastal Seadir. Federico Fellini - 1973
Lady Snowblood
Urban · Ruraldir. Toshiya Fujita - 2001
Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
Ruraldir. Ashutosh Gowariker - 2021
Lamb
Rural · Mountaindir. Valdimar Jóhannsson - 1995
Land and Freedom
Rural · Urbandir. Ken Loach - 2012
Lawless
Ruraldir. John Hillcoat - 1970
Le Cercle Rouge
Urban · Ruraldir. Jean-Pierre Melville - 1943
Le Corbeau
Ruraldir. Henri-Georges Clouzot - 1945
Leave Her to Heaven
Ruraldir. John M. Stahl - 2018
Leave No Trace
Wilderness · Ruraldir. Debra Granik - 1994
Legends of the Fall
Rural · Wilderness · Mountaindir. Edward Zwick - 2014
Leviathan
Coastal Sea · Ruraldir. Andrey Zvyagintsev - 1992
Like Water for Chocolate
Ruraldir. Alfonso Arau - 2016
Lion
Urban · Ruraldir. Garth Davis - 1970
Little Big Man
Wilderness · Ruraldir. Arthur Penn - 2019
Little Women
Rural · Urbandir. Greta Gerwig - 1949
Little Women
Ruraldir. Mervyn LeRoy - 1983
Local Hero
Coastal Sea · Ruraldir. Bill Forsyth - 2017
Logan
Desert · Ruraldir. James Mangold - 1996
Lone Star
Ruraldir. John Sayles - 2012
Looper
Urban · Ruraldir. Rian Johnson - 1975
Love and Death
Rural · Urbandir. Woody Allen - 2016
Loving
Ruraldir. Jeff Nichols - 1956
Lust for Life
Rural · Urbandir. Vincente Minnelli - 1970
M*A*S*H
Ruraldir. Robert Altman - 1979
Mad Max
Ruraldir. George Miller - 2000
Malena
Ruraldir. Giuseppe Tornatore - 1986
Manon of the Spring
Rural · Mountaindir. Claude Berri - 2016
Maudie
Rural · Coastal Seadir. Aisling Walsh - 1971
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
Rural · Mountaindir. Robert Altman - 2000
Me, Myself & Irene
Ruraldir. Peter Farrelly - 1979
Meatballs
Ruraldir. Ivan Reitman - 2011
Melancholia
Ruraldir. Lars von Trier - 2003
Memories of Murder
Ruraldir. Bong Joon Ho - 2019
Midsommar
Ruraldir. Ari Aster - 2021
Minari
Ruraldir. Lee Isaac Chung - 1975
Mirror
Ruraldir. Andrei Tarkovsky - 1990
Misery
Ruraldir. Rob Reiner - 1988
Mississippi Burning
Ruraldir. Alan Parker - 2001
Monster's Ball
Rural · Suburbandir. Marc Forster - 1975
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Ruraldir. Terry Gilliam - 1967
Mouchette
Ruraldir. Robert Bresson - 1942
Mrs. Miniver
Ruraldir. William Wyler - 2013
Mud
Rural · Islanddir. Jeff Nichols - 1998
Mulan
Rural · Mountain · Urbandir. Tony Bancroft - 2015
Mustang
Ruraldir. Deniz Gamze Ergüven - 1981
My Bloody Valentine
Rural · Undergrounddir. George Mihalka - 1992
My Cousin Vinny
Ruraldir. Jonathan Lynn - 1946
My Darling Clementine
Desert · Ruraldir. John Ford - 1990
My Father's Glory
Ruraldir. Yves Robert - 1985
My Life as a Dog
Ruraldir. Lasse Hallström - 1990
My Mother's Castle
Rural · Urbandir. Yves Robert - 1973
My Name Is Nobody
Ruraldir. Tonino Valerii - 1988
My Neighbor Totoro
Ruraldir. Hayao Miyazaki - 1991
My Own Private Idaho
Urban · Ruraldir. Gus Van Sant - 2005
Mysterious Skin
Rural · Urbandir. Gregg Araki - 2004
Napoleon Dynamite
Ruraldir. Jared Hess - 1983
National Lampoon's Vacation
Desert · Ruraldir. Harold Ramis - 1984
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
Wilderness · Ruraldir. Hayao Miyazaki - 1987
Near Dark
Ruraldir. Kathryn Bigelow - 2013
Nebraska
Ruraldir. Alexander Payne - 1968
Night of the Living Dead
Ruraldir. George A. Romero - 2021
Nightmare Alley
Ruraldir. Guillermo del Toro - 1947
Nightmare Alley
Urban · Ruraldir. Edmund Goulding - 2007
No Country for Old Men
Desert · Ruraldir. Joel Coen - 1994
Nobody's Fool
Ruraldir. Robert Benton - 2021
Nomadland
Rural · Wildernessdir. Chloé Zhao - 2022
Nope
Ruraldir. Jordan Peele - 1979
Norma Rae
Ruraldir. Martin Ritt - 1959
North by Northwest
Urban · Ruraldir. Alfred Hitchcock - 1922
Nosferatu
Mountain · Ruraldir. F. W. Murnau - 1983
Nostalgia
Ruraldir. Andrei Tarkovsky - 2000
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Ruraldir. Joel Coen - 1943
Obsession
Rural · Urbandir. Luchino Visconti - 1999
October Sky
Rural · Undergrounddir. Joe Johnston - 1992
Of Mice and Men
Ruraldir. Gary Sinise - 1957
Old Yeller
Rural · Wildernessdir. Robert Stevenson - 1981
On Golden Pond
Ruraldir. Mark Rydell - 2011
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
Ruraldir. Nuri Bilge Ceylan - 1968
Once Upon a Time in the West
Desert · Ruraldir. Sergio Leone - 1961
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
Urban · Ruraldir. Clyde Geronimi - 2000
One Hundred Steps
Ruraldir. Marco Tullio Giordana - 2003
Ong-Bak
Urban · Ruraldir. Prachya Pinkaew - 2017
Only the Brave
Wilderness · Ruraldir. Joseph Kosinski - 1991
Only Yesterday
Rural · Urbandir. Isao Takahata - 1955
Ordet
Ruraldir. Carl Theodor Dreyer - 1985
Out of Africa
Rural · Wildernessdir. Sydney Pollack - 2013
Out of the Furnace
Rural · Mountaindir. Scott Cooper - 1947
Out of the Past
Rural · Mountain · Urbandir. Jacques Tourneur - 2019
Pain and Glory
Urban · Ruraldir. Pedro Almodóvar - 1946
Paisan
Urban · Rural · Coastal Seadir. Roberto Rossellini - 1985
Pale Rider
Mountain · Ruraldir. Clint Eastwood - 2006
Pan's Labyrinth
Rural · Undergrounddir. Guillermo del Toro - 1973
Paper Moon
Ruraldir. Peter Bogdanovich - 1973
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
Desert · Ruraldir. Sam Peckinpah - 1955
Pather Panchali
Ruraldir. Satyajit Ray - 1970
Patton
Desert · Ruraldir. Franklin J. Schaffner - 1987
Pelle the Conqueror
Rural · Islanddir. Bille August - 2000
Peppermint Candy
Urban · Ruraldir. Lee Chang-dong - 1989
Pet Sematary
Rural · Wildernessdir. Mary Lambert - 2021
Petite Maman
Rural · Wildernessdir. Céline Sciamma - 1975
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Wilderness · Ruraldir. Peter Weir - 1940
Pinocchio
Rural · Coastal Sea · Islanddir. Hamilton Luske - 1984
Places in the Heart
Ruraldir. Robert Benton - 1987
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Urban · Ruraldir. John Hughes - 1960
Pollyanna
Ruraldir. David Swift - 2009
Pontypool
Rural · Undergrounddir. Bruce McDonald - 2014
Pride
Rural · Urbandir. Matthew Warchus - 2005
Pride & Prejudice
Ruraldir. Joe Wright - 1997
Princess Mononoke
Rural · Wilderness · Mountaindir. Hayao Miyazaki - 1960
Psycho
Ruraldir. Alfred Hitchcock - 2009
Public Enemies
Urban · Ruraldir. Michael Mann - 1988
Rain Man
Urban · Ruraldir. Barry Levinson - 2015
Rams
Rural · Mountaindir. Grímur Hákonarson - 1985
Ran
Mountain · Ruraldir. Akira Kurosawa - 1940
Rebecca
Coastal Sea · Ruraldir. Alfred Hitchcock - 1965
Red Beard
Ruraldir. Akira Kurosawa - 1948
Red River
Rural · Wildernessdir. Howard Hawks - 1993
Red Rock West
Ruraldir. John Dahl - 1988
Red Sorghum
Ruraldir. Zhang Yimou - 1959
Rio Bravo
Ruraldir. Howard Hawks - 1950
Rio Grande
Ruraldir. John Ford - 1995
Rob Roy
Rural · Mountaindir. Michael Caton-Jones - 1999
Runaway Bride
Ruraldir. Garry Marshall - 1986
Salvador
Urban · Ruraldir. Oliver Stone - 1967
Samurai Rebellion
Ruraldir. Masaki Kobayashi - 1962
Sanjuro
Ruraldir. Akira Kurosawa - 1954
Sansho the Bailiff
Rural · Coastal Seadir. Kenji Mizoguchi - 1994
Satantango
Ruraldir. Béla Tarr - 1998
Saving Private Ryan
Ruraldir. Steven Spielberg - 1973
Scarecrow
Urban · Ruraldir. Jerry Schatzberg - 2014
Selma
Urban · Ruraldir. Ava DuVernay - 1995
Sense and Sensibility
Rural · Urbandir. Ang Lee - 1941
Sergeant York
Ruraldir. Howard Hawks - 1954
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Mountain · Ruraldir. Stanley Donen - 1954
Seven Samurai
Rural · Mountaindir. Akira Kurosawa - 1953
Shane
Ruraldir. George Stevens - 1975
Sholay
Ruraldir. Ramesh Sippy - 1998
Show Me Love
Ruraldir. Lukas Moodysson - 2004
Sideways
Ruraldir. Alexander Payne - 2002
Signs
Ruraldir. M. Night Shyamalan - 2016
Silence
Rural · Coastal Sea · Islanddir. Martin Scorsese - 1983
Silkwood
Ruraldir. Mike Nichols - 1985
Silverado
Desert · Ruraldir. Lawrence Kasdan - 2025
Sinners
Ruraldir. Ryan Coogler - 1955
Sissi
Rural · Mountain · Urbandir. Ernst Marischka - 1999
Sleepy Hollow
Rural · Wildernessdir. Tim Burton - 1972
Sleuth
Ruraldir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz - 1996
Sling Blade
Ruraldir. Billy Bob Thornton - 1955
Smiles of a Summer Night
Rural · Urbandir. Ingmar Bergman - 1977
Smokey and the Bandit
Ruraldir. Hal Needham - 2011
Snowtown
Suburban · Ruraldir. Justin Kurzel - 2020
Sound of Metal
Rural · Urbandir. Darius Marder - 1960
Spartacus
Ruraldir. Stanley Kubrick - 2021
Spencer
Ruraldir. Pablo Larraín - 1961
Splendor in the Grass
Ruraldir. Elia Kazan - 1953
Stalag 17
Ruraldir. Billy Wilder - 1986
Stand by Me
Ruraldir. Rob Reiner - 1984
Starman
Rural · Desertdir. John Carpenter - 1996
Stealing Beauty
Ruraldir. Bernardo Bertolucci - 1989
Steel Magnolias
Ruraldir. Herbert Ross - 1971
Straw Dogs
Ruraldir. Sam Peckinpah - 1977
Stroszek
Urban · Ruraldir. Werner Herzog - 1941
Sullivan's Travels
Urban · Ruraldir. Preston Sturges - 1927
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Rural · Coastal Seadir. F. W. Murnau - 2001
Super Troopers
Ruraldir. Jay Chandrasekhar - 1978
Superman
Urban · Rural · Off Worlddir. Richard Donner - 2002
Sweet Home Alabama
Rural · Coastal Sea · Urbandir. Andy Tennant - 2011
Take Shelter
Rural · Coastal Seadir. Jeff Nichols - 1999
The 13th Warrior
Wilderness · Rural · Undergrounddir. John McTiernan - 2015
The 33
Underground · Ruraldir. Patricia Riggen - 1978
The 36th Chamber of Shaolin
Ruraldir. Lau Kar-leung - 1971
The Andromeda Strain
Underground · Ruraldir. Robert Wise - 1970
The Aristocats
Urban · Ruraldir. Wolfgang Reitherman - 1977
The Ascent
Rural · Wildernessdir. Larisa Shepitko - 2007
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Ruraldir. Andrew Dominik - 2018
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Wilderness · Ruraldir. Joel Coen - 1996
The Bandit
Urban · Ruraldir. Yavuz Turgul - 2022
The Banshees of Inisherin
Island · Ruraldir. Martin McDonagh - 1971
The Beguiled
Ruraldir. Don Siegel - 1983
The Big Chill
Ruraldir. Lawrence Kasdan - 1958
The Big Country
Ruraldir. William Wyler - 1963
The Birds
Coastal Sea · Ruraldir. Alfred Hitchcock - 2023
The Boy and the Heron
Rural · Undergrounddir. Hayao Miyazaki - 1957
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Wilderness · Ruraldir. David Lean - 1995
The Bridges of Madison County
Ruraldir. Clint Eastwood - 1979
The Castle of Cagliostro
Ruraldir. Hayao Miyazaki - 1998
The Celebration
Ruraldir. Thomas Vinterberg - 1966
The Chase
Ruraldir. Arthur Penn - 1999
The Cider House Rules
Ruraldir. Lasse Hallström - 1999
The Color of Paradise
Rural · Mountaindir. Majid Majidi - 1985
The Color Purple
Ruraldir. Steven Spielberg - 2013
The Conjuring
Ruraldir. James Wan - 2023
The Creator
Urban · Rural · Off Worlddir. Gareth Edwards - 1996
The Crucible
Ruraldir. Nicholas Hytner - 1992
The Crying Game
Rural · Urbandir. Neil Jordan - 1995
The Cure
Suburban · Ruraldir. Peter Horton - 1986
The Decline of the American Empire
Rural · Urbandir. Denys Arcand - 1958
The Defiant Ones
Rural · Wildernessdir. Stanley Kramer - 2001
The Devil's Backbone
Ruraldir. Guillermo del Toro - 1967
The Dirty Dozen
Ruraldir. Robert Aldrich - 1996
The English Patient
Desert · Ruraldir. Anthony Minghella - 1983
The Evil Dead
Wilderness · Ruraldir. Sam Raimi - 1981
The Fox and the Hound
Rural · Wildernessdir. Richard Rich - 1926
The General
Ruraldir. Clyde Bruckman - 1972
The Getaway
Urban · Ruraldir. Sam Peckinpah - 2009
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Island · Ruraldir. Niels Arden Oplev - 1974
The Godfather Part II
Urban · Ruraldir. Francis Ford Coppola - 1965
The Gospel According to St. Matthew
Rural · Desertdir. Pier Paolo Pasolini - 1940
The Grapes of Wrath
Ruraldir. John Ford - 1963
The Great Escape
Rural · Undergrounddir. John Sturges - 1968
The Great Silence
Mountain · Ruraldir. Sergio Corbucci - 1959
The Great War
Ruraldir. Mario Monicelli - 2021
The Green Knight
Wilderness · Ruraldir. David Lowery - 1999
The Green Mile
Ruraldir. Frank Darabont - 1950
The Gunfighter
Ruraldir. Henry King - 2016
The Handmaiden
Ruraldir. Park Chan-wook - 2015
The Hateful Eight
Mountain · Ruraldir. Quentin Tarantino - 2023
The Holdovers
Rural · Urbandir. Alexander Payne - 2006
The Holiday
Rural · Urbandir. Nancy Meyers - 1998
The Horse Whisperer
Rural · Mountaindir. Robert Redford - 1959
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Ruraldir. Terence Fisher - 1976
The House with Laughing Windows
Ruraldir. Pupi Avati - 1959
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Ruraldir. Masaki Kobayashi - 2014
The Hundred-Foot Journey
Rural · Urbandir. Lasse Hallström - 2012
The Hunt
Ruraldir. Thomas Vinterberg - 1961
The Innocents
Ruraldir. Jack Clayton - 1999
The Iron Giant
Rural · Coastal Seadir. Brad Bird - 1979
The Jerk
Rural · Urbandir. Carl Reiner - 1984
The Killing Fields
Urban · Rural · Wildernessdir. Roland Joffé - 2021
The Last Duel
Rural · Urbandir. Ridley Scott - 1971
The Last Picture Show
Ruraldir. Peter Bogdanovich - 1988
The Last Temptation of Christ
Desert · Urban · Ruraldir. Martin Scorsese - 1963
The Leopard
Urban · Ruraldir. Luchino Visconti - 1941
The Little Foxes
Ruraldir. William Wyler - 1952
The Little World of Don Camillo
Ruraldir. Julien Duvivier - 1980
The Long Riders
Ruraldir. Walter Hill - 1962
The Longest Day
Coastal Sea · Ruraldir. Ken Annakin - 1958
The Magician
Ruraldir. Ingmar Bergman - 1960
The Magnificent Seven
Ruraldir. John Sturges - 1955
The Man from Laramie
Desert · Ruraldir. Anthony Mann - 1991
The Man in the Moon
Ruraldir. Robert Mulligan - 1962
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Ruraldir. John Ford - 1975
The Man Who Would Be King
Mountain · Ruraldir. John Huston - 1955
The Miracle of Marcelino
Ruraldir. Ladislao Vajda - 1986
The Mission
Wilderness · Ruraldir. Roland Joffé - 2004
The Motorcycle Diaries
Mountain · Desert · Ruraldir. Walter Salles - 1979
The Muppet Movie
Rural · Desertdir. James Frawley - 1986
The Name of the Rose
Ruraldir. Jean-Jacques Annaud - 1998
The Newton Boys
Ruraldir. Richard Linklater - 1955
The Night of the Hunter
Ruraldir. Charles Laughton - 2022
The Northman
Island · Rural · Wildernessdir. Robert Eggers - 2004
The Notebook
Rural · Coastal Seadir. Nick Cassavetes - 1975
The Old Gun
Rural · Urbandir. Robert Enrico - 2007
The Orphanage
Coastal Sea · Ruraldir. J. A. Bayona - 2001
The Others
Rural · Islanddir. Alejandro Amenábar - 1976
The Outlaw Josey Wales
Ruraldir. Clint Eastwood - 1943
The Ox-Bow Incident
Rural · Wildernessdir. William A. Wellman - 2004
The Passion of the Christ
Urban · Ruraldir. Mel Gibson - 2000
The Patriot
Ruraldir. Roland Emmerich - 2019
The Peanut Butter Falcon
Rural · Coastal Seadir. Tyler Nilson - 1993
The Piano
Coastal Sea · Wilderness · Ruraldir. Jane Campion - 1946
The Postman Always Rings Twice
Ruraldir. Tay Garnett - 2021
The Power of the Dog
Ruraldir. Jane Campion - 1987
The Princess Bride
Rural · Coastal Sea · Mountaindir. Rob Reiner - 1952
The Quiet Man
Ruraldir. John Ford - 1993
The Remains of the Day
Ruraldir. James Ivory - 2018
The Rider
Ruraldir. Chloé Zhao - 2009
The Road
Wilderness · Rural · Coastal Seadir. John Hillcoat - 1975
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Ruraldir. Jim Sharman - 1939
The Rules of the Game
Rural · Urbandir. Jean Renoir - 1986
The Sacrifice
Coastal Sea · Ruraldir. Andrei Tarkovsky - 2004
The Sea Inside
Rural · Coastal Seadir. Alejandro Amenábar - 1993
The Secret Garden
Ruraldir. Agnieszka Holland - 2009
The Secret in Their Eyes
Urban · Ruraldir. Juan José Campanella - 1982
The Secret of NIMH
Rural · Undergrounddir. Don Bluth - 1957
The Seventh Seal
Ruraldir. Ingmar Bergman - 1946
The Spiral Staircase
Ruraldir. Robert Siodmak - 1973
The Spirit of the Beehive
Ruraldir. Víctor Erice - 2003
The Station Agent
Ruraldir. Tom McCarthy - 1999
The Straight Story
Ruraldir. David Lynch - 1946
The Stranger
Ruraldir. Orson Welles - 1974
The Sugarland Express
Ruraldir. Steven Spielberg - 1997
The Sweet Hereafter
Rural · Mountaindir. Atom Egoyan - 1963
The Sword in the Stone
Ruraldir. Wolfgang Reitherman - 1966
The Sword of Doom
Rural · Urbandir. Kihachi Okamoto - 1974
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Ruraldir. Tobe Hooper - 1964
The Train
Rural · Urbandir. John Frankenheimer - 1955
The Trouble with Harry
Ruraldir. Alfred Hitchcock - 1988
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Urban · Ruraldir. Philip Kaufman - 1988
The Vanishing
Ruraldir. George Sluizer - 1960
The Virgin Spring
Rural · Wildernessdir. Ingmar Bergman - 2016
The Wailing
Rural · Mountaindir. Na Hong-jin - 1953
The War of the Worlds
Rural · Urbandir. Byron Haskin - 2009
The White Ribbon
Ruraldir. Michael Haneke - 2021
The White Tiger
Urban · Ruraldir. Ramin Bahrani - 1973
The Wicker Man
Island · Ruraldir. Robin Hardy - 1969
The Wild Bunch
Desert · Ruraldir. Sam Peckinpah - 1953
The Wild One
Ruraldir. László Benedek - 2013
The Wind Rises
Urban · Ruraldir. Hayao Miyazaki - 2006
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Rural · Mountaindir. Ken Loach - 2016
The Witch
Rural · Wildernessdir. Robert Eggers - 1987
The Witches of Eastwick
Ruraldir. George Miller - 1939
The Wizard of Oz
Ruraldir. Victor Fleming - 1941
The Wolf Man
Ruraldir. George Waggner - 1959
The World of Apu
Urban · Ruraldir. Satyajit Ray - 2005
The World's Fastest Indian
Rural · Desert · Urbandir. Roger Donaldson - 1991
Thelma & Louise
Rural · Desertdir. Ridley Scott - 2007
There Will Be Blood
Ruraldir. Paul Thomas Anderson - 1970
They Call Me Trinity
Ruraldir. Enzo Barboni - 1949
They Live by Night
Ruraldir. Nicholas Ray - 1993
This Boy's Life
Rural · Mountaindir. Michael Caton-Jones - 2017
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Ruraldir. Martin McDonagh - 1997
Three Men and a Leg
Rural · Coastal Seadir. Aldo Baglio - 1974
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
Ruraldir. Michael Cimino - 1992
Thunderheart
Ruraldir. Michael Apted - 1988
Time of the Gypsies
Rural · Urbandir. Emir Kusturica - 1996
Tin Cup
Ruraldir. Ron Shelton - 1962
To Kill a Mockingbird
Ruraldir. Robert Mulligan - 1994
To Live
Ruraldir. Zhang Yimou - 1993
Tombstone
Desert · Ruraldir. George P. Cosmatos - 1990
Tremors
Desert · Ruraldir. Ron Underwood - 2007
Trick 'r Treat
Suburban · Ruraldir. Michael Dougherty - 1969
True Grit
Wilderness · Ruraldir. Henry Hathaway - 2010
Tucker and Dale vs. Evil
Wilderness · Ruraldir. Eli Craig - 2018
Tumbbad
Ruraldir. Rahi Anil Barve - 1949
Twelve O'Clock High
Ruraldir. Henry King - 1983
Twilight Zone: The Movie
Urban · Rural · Wildernessdir. John Landis - 1992
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
Ruraldir. David Lynch - 1996
Twister
Ruraldir. Jan de Bont - 1960
Two Women
Rural · Mountaindir. Vittorio De Sica - 1953
Ugetsu
Rural · Coastal Seadir. Kenji Mizoguchi - 1992
Unforgiven
Rural · Wildernessdir. Clint Eastwood - 2012
V/H/S
Urban · Rural · Desertdir. David Bruckner - 1985
Vagabond
Ruraldir. Agnès Varda - 1962
Viridiana
Ruraldir. Luis Buñuel - 1952
Viva Zapata!
Ruraldir. Elia Kazan - 2006
Volver
Urban · Ruraldir. Pedro Almodóvar - 1971
Wake in Fright
Desert · Ruraldir. Ted Kotcheff - 1998
Waking Ned
Rural · Coastal Seadir. Kirk Jones - 2005
Walk the Line
Rural · Urbandir. James Mangold - 2011
War Horse
Ruraldir. Steven Spielberg - 1978
Watership Down
Rural · Wilderness · Undergrounddir. Martin Rosen - 2003
Whale Rider
Coastal Sea · Ruraldir. Niki Caro - 1991
What About Bob?
Ruraldir. Frank Oz - 1993
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
Ruraldir. Lasse Hallström - 1987
Where Is The Friend's House?
Ruraldir. Abbas Kiarostami - 2000
Where the Heart Is
Ruraldir. Matt Williams - 1954
White Christmas
Rural · Mountaindir. Michael Curtiz - 1957
Wild Strawberries
Ruraldir. Ingmar Bergman - 1950
Winchester '73
Ruraldir. Anthony Mann - 2017
Wind River
Rural · Wilderness · Mountaindir. Taylor Sheridan - 1963
Winter Light
Ruraldir. Ingmar Bergman - 2014
Winter Sleep
Mountain · Ruraldir. Nuri Bilge Ceylan - 2010
Winter's Bone
Rural · Mountaindir. Debra Granik - 1987
Withnail & I
Urban · Ruraldir. Bruce Robinson - 1985
Witness
Rural · Urbandir. Peter Weir - 1964
Woman in the Dunes
Coastal Sea · Rural · Desertdir. Hiroshi Teshigahara - 1994
Wyatt Earp
Rural · Desertdir. Lawrence Kasdan - 2001
Y Tu Mamá También
Coastal Sea · Ruraldir. Alfonso Cuarón - 1961
Yojimbo
Ruraldir. Akira Kurosawa - 2000
You Can Count on Me
Rural · Mountaindir. Kenneth Lonergan - 1974
Young Frankenstein
Rural · Undergrounddir. Mel Brooks - 2016
Your Name.
Urban · Ruraldir. Makoto Shinkai - 2009
Zombieland
Rural · Urbandir. Ruben Fleischer - 2016
Zootopia
Urban · Ruraldir. Byron Howard - 1964
Zorba the Greek
Rural · Coastal Seadir. Mihalis Kakogiannis - 1964
Zulu
Ruraldir. Cy Endfield
Frequently asked
How many movies are set in rural environments?
Kinora's catalogue lists 594 films set in rural environments, spanning 1922–2025.
What are some movies set in rural environments?
Films set in rural environments in our catalogue include 12 Years a Slave (2013), 1900 (1976), 28 Days Later (2002), 3:10 to Yuma (1957), and 30 Days of Night (2007).
What is the oldest movie set in rural environments?
Nosferatu (1922) is the earliest film set in rural environments in our catalogue; the most recent is Sinners (2025).