Rural Murder Mystery Movies

Kinora's catalogue lists 18 films built around a murder mystery and set in the countryside, spanning 1940–2023. 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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• 2023

  Anatomy of a Fall

  Grenoble — 2010s
  Mountain · Ruraldir. Justine Triet
• 1959

  Anatomy of a Murder

  Michigan — 1950s
  Ruraldir. Otto Preminger
• 2018

  Burning

  Seoul — 2010s
  Urban · Ruraldir. Lee Chang-dong
• 1995

  Dolores Claiborne

  Maine — 1990s · 1970s
  Island · Ruraldir. Taylor Hackford
• 1996

  Fargo

  Minneapolis · North Dakota · Minnesota — 1980s
  Rural · Urbandir. Joel Coen
• 1967

  In the Heat of the Night

  1960s
  Ruraldir. Norman Jewison
• 2002

  Insomnia

  Alaska — 2000s
  Rural · Coastal Seadir. Christopher Nolan
• 2019

  Knives Out

  Massachusetts — 2010s
  Ruraldir. Rian Johnson
• 2003

  Memories of Murder

  South Korea — 1980s · 2000s
  Ruraldir. Bong Joon Ho
• 1988

  Mississippi Burning

  Mississippi — 1960s
  Ruraldir. Alan Parker
• 1975

  Picnic at Hanging Rock

  Victoria — 1900s
  Wilderness · Ruraldir. Peter Weir
• 1940

  Rebecca

  Monte Carlo · Cornwall — 1930s
  Coastal Sea · Ruraldir. Alfred Hitchcock
• 2015

  The Hateful Eight

  Wyoming — 1800s
  Mountain · Ruraldir. Quentin Tarantino
• 1986

  The Name of the Rose

  Italy — Medieval
  Ruraldir. Jean-Jacques Annaud
• 2009

  The Secret in Their Eyes

  Buenos Aires — 1970s · 1980s · 1990s
  Urban · Ruraldir. Juan José Campanella
• 2009

  The White Ribbon

  1910s
  Ruraldir. Michael Haneke
• 1973

  The Wicker Man

  Scotland — 1970s
  Island · Ruraldir. Robin Hardy
• 2017

  Wind River

  Wyoming — 2010s
  Rural · Wilderness · Mountaindir. Taylor Sheridan