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May 9, 2024 · 1. Stand by Me. Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman. 124 votes. Stand by Me, a nostalgic coming-of-age tale set amidst the serenity of a small Oregon town, brings to life Stephen King's novella about four adventurous friends on an unforgettable journey.
- 25 Sweet Home Alabama
- 24 It’S A Wonderful Life
- 23 What’s Eating Gilbert Grape
- 22 The Virgin Suicides
- 21 Welcome to The Dollhouse
- 20 Notting Hill
- 19 The Half of It
- 18 Stand by Me
- 17 Gone Girl
- 16 The King of Staten Island
Melanie is a big fashion designer with unusual roots. She has a perfect life and is ready to get engaged to the most eligible bachelor in town, but her seemingly perfect future gets too complicated when an old flame Jake, the man she married in high school, steps back into her life. Sweet Home Alabamais set in the backwater town of Pigeon Creek, Al...
Allowing a glimpse into Bedford Falls, a quintessential American small town, through the eyes of Geoge Bailey, a man desperately wishing he had never been born, It’s A Wonderful Life celebrates the mere act of existing and contributing trivially to society. As an angel shows Bailey what the world, especially his town, would be like had he never bee...
Set against the endless stretches of road that tie together the fictitious town of Endora, Iowa, What’s Eating Gilbert Grapefollows Gilbert, stuck caring for his developmentally disabled brother, Arnie, and overweight mother, Bonnie, in a place where 'nothing ever happens.' His dull and uninspiring routine is upended by a traveling free spirit name...
The Virgin Suicides is set in 1970s suburban Grosse Pointe, Michigan, where five beautiful yet mysterious teenage Lisbon sisters become the talk of their sleepy town after the youngest attempts suicide. Through the eyes of the neighborhood boys who obsess over the girls, we witness the stifling conformityand expectations placed on women right from ...
An exploration of the complexities and pain of growing up as the middle child in a dysfunctional family through the eyes of an awkward middle school girl named Dawn Weiner, Welcome to the Dollhouserevolves around her life as she desperately tries to fit in at school and at home while the ruthless social system of childhood constantly walks over her...
Starring the king and queen of ‘90s romance is this classic movie where a chance encounter between Julia Roberts' Anna Scott, a movie star character, and shopkeeper William Thacker, played by Hugh Grant, opens an enchanting door into the ups and downs of star-crossed love. Set against the charming and quirky backdrop of West London’s Notting Hill, ...
The Half of Itdropped as an incredible coming-of-age queer story on Netflix back in 2020. And while it remains underseen, the movie has a lot of things going for itself. Set in Squahamish, a sleepy town in Washington state, it follows the unlikely friendship between Ellie Chu, a studious Chinese-American teenager, and Paul, a sweet yet dumb jock wh...
Four Oregon boys, Gordie, Chris, Teddy, and Vern, set out on a journey to find the dead body of a missing boy who was hit by a train while plucking blueberries in the wild, having the greatest adventure of their young lives along the way. Stand by Me is a film that beautifully captures the boys’ precise knowledge of their small town, of back roads,...
Directed by David Fincher, Gone Girlis a spectacular psychological thriller based on the 2012 Gillian Flynn novel of the same name. The plot goes something like this – when Amy suddenly disappears on her fifth wedding anniversary, all eyes fall on her seemingly perfect husband, Nick as the prime suspect. The couple living in the picture-perfect tow...
The King of Staten Islandis a comedy-drama that follows Scott, a 24-year-old who is stuck in the past after losing his firefighter father at a young age. He spends his days smoking weed and dreaming of becoming a tattoo artist while living with his mother on Staten Island. When she starts dating a firefighter, Scott’s issues come to a head. Written...
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List of the best movies about small towns selected by visitors to our site: Jennifer's Body, The Cursed, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Me Before You, Safe Haven, Groundhog Day, McFarland, USA, Born To Race, The Christmas Cure, The Perfect Catch.
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A young man in a small Midwestern town struggles to care for his mentally-disabled younger brother and morbidly obese mother while attempting to pursue his own happiness. Director Lasse Hallström Stars Johnny Depp Leonardo DiCaprio Juliette Lewis
Filmmakers know small towns make great movie locations because they feel authentic. Fans who don't live in big cities like L.A. can identify with small town settings and often snap up tickets, turning movies about small-town life into blockbuster hits.
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May 1, 2024 · Movies About Small Towns. Updated May 1, 2024. Pinterest. Many movies have explored Movies About Small Towns. Here are 25 of the best ones. Forrest Gump (1994) ★★★★. 3.5 out of 4 stars. From Robert Zemeckis, starring Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Sally Field. Rated PG-13.
A survey of some of the more interesting documentary and fictional films set in and about American small towns, in tandem with premiere of Rich Hill on PBS.
