Rural Movies
Kinora's catalogue lists 318 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.
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12 Years a Slave
Ruraldir. Steve McQueen - 2002
28 Days Later
Urban · Ruraldir. Danny Boyle - 2007
30 Days of Night
Wilderness · Ruraldir. David Slade - 1992
A League of Their Own
Urban · Ruraldir. Penny Marshall - 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 - 2002
About Schmidt
Suburban · Ruraldir. Alexander Payne - 2022
All Quiet on the Western Front
Ruraldir. Edward Berger - 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 - 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 - 2007
Atonement
Rural · Urban · Coastal Seadir. Joe Wright - 1966
Au Hasard Balthazar
Ruraldir. Robert Bresson - 1987
Au Revoir les Enfants
Ruraldir. Louis Malle - 1995
Babe
Ruraldir. Chris Noonan - 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 - 1988
Beetlejuice
Ruraldir. Tim Burton - 2003
Big Fish
Ruraldir. Tim Burton - 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 - 1938
Bringing Up Baby
Ruraldir. Howard Hawks - 2005
Brokeback Mountain
Rural · Mountaindir. Ang Lee - 2025
Bugonia
Rural · Urbandir. Yorgos Lanthimos - 2018
Burning
Urban · Ruraldir. Lee Chang-dong - 2017
Call Me by Your Name
Ruraldir. Luca Guadagnino - 2005
Capote
Ruraldir. Bennett Miller - 2016
Captain Fantastic
Wilderness · Ruraldir. Matt Ross - 1986
Castle in the Sky
Underground · Island · Ruraldir. Hayao Miyazaki - 1998
Central Station
Urban · Ruraldir. Walter Salles - 2016
Certain Women
Ruraldir. Kelly Reichardt - 2000
Chicken Run
Ruraldir. Peter Lord - 2000
Chocolat
Ruraldir. Lasse Hallström - 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 - 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 - 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 - 2019
Dark Waters
Urban · Ruraldir. Todd Haynes - 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 - 1995
Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge
Urban · Ruraldir. Aditya Chopra - 2012
Django Unchained
Ruraldir. Quentin Tarantino - 2019
Doctor Sleep
Ruraldir. Mike Flanagan - 2009
Dogtooth
Ruraldir. Yorgos Lanthimos - 1995
Dolores Claiborne
Island · Ruraldir. Taylor Hackford - 1990
Dreams
Rural · Mountain · Wilderness · Coastal Seadir. Akira Kurosawa - 1971
Duel
Desert · Ruraldir. Steven Spielberg - 2022
EO
Rural · Wildernessdir. Jerzy Skolimowski - 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 - 1989
Field of Dreams
Ruraldir. Phil Alden Robinson - 2020
First Cow
Wilderness · Ruraldir. Kelly Reichardt - 2018
First Reformed
Ruraldir. Paul Schrader - 1970
Five Easy Pieces
Rural · Island · Coastal Seadir. Bob Rafelson - 1994
Forrest Gump
Rural · Urban · Coastal Seadir. Robert Zemeckis - 2016
Free State of Jones
Ruraldir. Gary Ross - 1991
Fried Green Tomatoes
Ruraldir. Jon Avnet - 1996
From Dusk Till Dawn
Desert · Ruraldir. Robert Rodriguez - 2008
Frozen River
Rural · Coastal Seadir. Courtney Hunt - 1981
Gallipoli
Desert · Rural · Urbandir. Peter Weir - 1982
Gandhi
Urban · Ruraldir. Richard Attenborough - 2017
Get Out
Suburban · Ruraldir. Jordan Peele - 1989
Glory
Coastal Sea · Ruraldir. Edward Zwick - 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 - 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 - 1993
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
Wilderness · Mountain · Ruraldir. Duwayne Dunham - 1986
Hoosiers
Ruraldir. David Anspaugh - 2007
Hot Fuzz
Ruraldir. Edgar Wright - 2004
Howl's Moving Castle
Ruraldir. Hayao Miyazaki - 2016
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Wilderness · Ruraldir. Taika Waititi - 2013
Ida
Rural · Urbandir. Paweł Pawlikowski - 2001
In the Bedroom
Coastal Sea · Ruraldir. Todd Field - 1967
In the Heat of the Night
Ruraldir. Norman Jewison - 2009
Inglourious Basterds
Urban · Ruraldir. Quentin Tarantino - 2002
Insomnia
Rural · Coastal Seadir. Christopher Nolan - 2007
Into the Wild
Wilderness · Rural · Desertdir. Sean Penn - 2000
Joint Security Area
Ruraldir. Park Chan-wook - 1980
Kagemusha
Ruraldir. Akira Kurosawa - 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 - 2019
Knives Out
Ruraldir. Rian Johnson - 2016
Kubo and the Two Strings
Rural · Mountaindir. Travis Knight - 2008
Kung Fu Panda
Mountain · Ruraldir. Mark Osborne - 1965
Kwaidan
Rural · Wildernessdir. Masaki Kobayashi - 1954
La Strada
Rural · Coastal Seadir. Federico Fellini - 2001
Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
Ruraldir. Ashutosh Gowariker - 2021
Lamb
Rural · Mountaindir. Valdimar Jóhannsson - 2012
Lawless
Ruraldir. John Hillcoat - 1970
Le Cercle Rouge
Urban · Ruraldir. Jean-Pierre Melville - 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 - 2016
Lion
Urban · Ruraldir. Garth Davis - 2019
Little Women
Rural · Urbandir. Greta Gerwig - 1983
Local Hero
Coastal Sea · Ruraldir. Bill Forsyth - 2017
Logan
Desert · Ruraldir. James Mangold - 2012
Looper
Urban · Ruraldir. Rian Johnson - 2016
Loving
Ruraldir. Jeff Nichols - 1979
Mad Max
Ruraldir. George Miller - 2016
Maudie
Rural · Coastal Seadir. Aisling Walsh - 1971
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
Rural · Mountaindir. Robert Altman - 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 - 2013
Mud
Rural · Islanddir. Jeff Nichols - 1992
My Cousin Vinny
Ruraldir. Jonathan Lynn - 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 - 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 - 2007
No Country for Old Men
Desert · Ruraldir. Joel Coen - 2021
Nomadland
Rural · Wildernessdir. Chloé Zhao - 2022
Nope
Ruraldir. Jordan Peele - 1959
North by Northwest
Urban · Ruraldir. Alfred Hitchcock - 1922
Nosferatu
Mountain · Ruraldir. F. W. Murnau - 2000
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Ruraldir. Joel Coen - 1999
October Sky
Rural · Undergrounddir. Joe Johnston - 1968
Once Upon a Time in the West
Desert · Ruraldir. Sergio Leone - 2003
Ong-Bak
Urban · Ruraldir. Prachya Pinkaew - 2017
Only the Brave
Wilderness · Ruraldir. Joseph Kosinski - 2019
Pain and Glory
Urban · Ruraldir. Pedro Almodóvar - 2006
Pan's Labyrinth
Rural · Undergrounddir. Guillermo del Toro - 1973
Paper Moon
Ruraldir. Peter Bogdanovich - 1955
Pather Panchali
Ruraldir. Satyajit Ray - 2021
Petite Maman
Rural · Wildernessdir. Céline Sciamma - 1975
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Wilderness · Ruraldir. Peter Weir - 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 - 1995
Rob Roy
Rural · Mountaindir. Michael Caton-Jones - 1954
Sansho the Bailiff
Rural · Coastal Seadir. Kenji Mizoguchi - 1998
Saving Private Ryan
Ruraldir. Steven Spielberg - 2014
Selma
Urban · Ruraldir. Ava DuVernay - 1954
Seven Samurai
Rural · Mountaindir. Akira Kurosawa - 1975
Sholay
Ruraldir. Ramesh Sippy - 2004
Sideways
Ruraldir. Alexander Payne - 2002
Signs
Ruraldir. M. Night Shyamalan - 2016
Silence
Rural · Coastal Sea · Islanddir. Martin Scorsese - 1983
Silkwood
Ruraldir. Mike Nichols - 2025
Sinners
Ruraldir. Ryan Coogler - 1999
Sleepy Hollow
Rural · Wildernessdir. Tim Burton - 1996
Sling Blade
Ruraldir. Billy Bob Thornton - 2011
Snowtown
Suburban · Ruraldir. Justin Kurzel - 2020
Sound of Metal
Rural · Urbandir. Darius Marder - 1960
Spartacus
Ruraldir. Stanley Kubrick - 2021
Spencer
Ruraldir. Pablo Larraín - 1986
Stand by Me
Ruraldir. Rob Reiner - 1989
Steel Magnolias
Ruraldir. Herbert Ross - 1927
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Rural · Coastal Seadir. F. W. Murnau - 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 - 2007
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Ruraldir. Andrew Dominik - 2018
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Wilderness · Ruraldir. Joel Coen - 2022
The Banshees of Inisherin
Island · Ruraldir. Martin McDonagh - 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 - 1998
The Celebration
Ruraldir. Thomas Vinterberg - 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 - 2001
The Devil's Backbone
Ruraldir. Guillermo del Toro - 1983
The Evil Dead
Wilderness · Ruraldir. Sam Raimi - 1981
The Fox and the Hound
Rural · Wildernessdir. Richard Rich - 1926
The General
Ruraldir. Clyde Bruckman - 2009
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Island · Ruraldir. Niels Arden Oplev - 1974
The Godfather Part II
Urban · Ruraldir. Francis Ford Coppola - 1940
The Grapes of Wrath
Ruraldir. John Ford - 2021
The Green Knight
Wilderness · Ruraldir. David Lowery - 1999
The Green Mile
Ruraldir. Frank Darabont - 2016
The Handmaiden
Ruraldir. Park Chan-wook - 2015
The Hateful Eight
Mountain · Ruraldir. Quentin Tarantino - 2023
The Holdovers
Rural · Urbandir. Alexander Payne - 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 - 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 - 1986
The Mission
Wilderness · Ruraldir. Roland Joffé - 2004
The Motorcycle Diaries
Mountain · Desert · Ruraldir. Walter Salles - 1986
The Name of the Rose
Ruraldir. Jean-Jacques Annaud - 2022
The Northman
Island · Rural · Wildernessdir. Robert Eggers - 2004
The Notebook
Rural · Coastal Seadir. Nick Cassavetes - 2007
The Orphanage
Coastal Sea · Ruraldir. J. A. Bayona - 2001
The Others
Rural · Islanddir. Alejandro Amenábar - 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 - 2021
The Power of the Dog
Ruraldir. Jane Campion - 1987
The Princess Bride
Rural · Coastal Sea · Mountaindir. Rob Reiner - 2018
The Rider
Ruraldir. Chloé Zhao - 2009
The Road
Wilderness · Rural · Coastal Seadir. John Hillcoat - 1939
The Rules of the Game
Rural · Urbandir. Jean Renoir - 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 - 1999
The Straight Story
Ruraldir. David Lynch - 1997
The Sweet Hereafter
Rural · Mountaindir. Atom Egoyan - 1974
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Ruraldir. Tobe Hooper - 2016
The Wailing
Rural · Mountaindir. Na Hong-jin - 2009
The White Ribbon
Ruraldir. Michael Haneke - 1973
The Wicker Man
Island · Ruraldir. Robin Hardy - 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 - 1939
The Wizard of Oz
Ruraldir. Victor Fleming - 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 - 2017
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Ruraldir. Martin McDonagh - 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 - 2010
Tucker and Dale vs. Evil
Wilderness · Ruraldir. Eli Craig - 2018
Tumbbad
Ruraldir. Rahi Anil Barve - 1983
Twilight Zone: The Movie
Urban · Rural · Wildernessdir. John Landis - 1996
Twister
Ruraldir. Jan de Bont - 1953
Ugetsu
Rural · Coastal Seadir. Kenji Mizoguchi - 1992
Unforgiven
Rural · Wildernessdir. Clint Eastwood - 2012
V/H/S
Urban · Rural · Desertdir. David Bruckner - 1962
Viridiana
Ruraldir. Luis Buñuel - 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 - 1993
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
Ruraldir. Lasse Hallström - 1987
Where Is The Friend's House?
Ruraldir. Abbas Kiarostami - 1957
Wild Strawberries
Ruraldir. Ingmar Bergman - 2017
Wind River
Rural · Wilderness · Mountaindir. Taylor Sheridan - 2010
Winter's Bone
Rural · Mountaindir. Debra Granik - 1985
Witness
Rural · Urbandir. Peter Weir - 2001
Y Tu Mamá También
Coastal Sea · Ruraldir. Alfonso Cuarón - 1961
Yojimbo
Ruraldir. Akira Kurosawa - 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
Frequently asked
How many movies are set in rural environments?
Kinora's catalogue lists 318 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), 28 Days Later (2002), 30 Days of Night (2007), A League of Their Own (1992), and A Quiet Place (2018).
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).