The Postman (1994), Mononoke-hime (1997), Silent Waters (2003), The Wailing (2016), Winter Sleepers (1997), Yaaba (1989), Tilai (1990), Kirikou and the Men and Women (2012) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Village Life movies.
Storyline: A Mediterranean fisherman's son (Massimo Troisi) slowly gains the confidence of an exiled Chilean poet (Philippe Noiret), who helps him woo a local barmaid (Maria Grazia Cucinotta).
Plot Keywords: postman, barmaid, boss, father, heartwarming, passionate, touching ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: While protecting his village from rampaging boar-god/demon, a confident young warrior, Ashitaka, is stricken by a deadly curse. To save his life, he must journey to the forests of the west. Once there, he's embroiled in a fierce campaign that humans were waging on the forest. The ambitious Lady Eboshi and her loyal clan use their guns against the gods of the forest and a brave young woman, Princess Mononoke, who was raised by a wolf-god. Ashitaka sees the good in both sides and tries to stem the flood of blood. This is met by animosity by both sides as they each see him as supporting the enemy.
Plot Keywords: prince, princess, miner, demon, warrior, god, creative ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Set in 1979 Pakistan, General Zia-ul-Haq has imposed martial law and, within a few months, the country is decreed a Muslim state. Aicha, a well-adjusted woman in her forties, devotes her life to the education of her eighteen-year-old son Salim, in the little village of Charkhi, in the Pakistani Penjab. Salim is a quiet dreamer, but the fast moving political situation fills Aicha with anxiety, since her son is changing out of all recognition.—Sujit R. Varma
Plot Keywords: widow, mother, son, muslim, fundamentalist, radical, dense ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Suspicion leads to hysteria when rural villagers link a series of brutal murders to the arrival of a mysterious stranger (Kunimura Jun).
Plot Keywords: villager, stranger, murderer, serial killer, suspenseful, thrilling, tense ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Beautiful blonde translator Rebecca lives with her boyfriend, ski instructor Marco, in a small mountain villa owned by her friend, nurse Laura. Rene, a cinema projectionist, steals Marco's car while in a daze and gets into a car crash with local farmer Theo, whose daughter, after being in coma for a time, dies. Rene suffers from partial short term memory loss and starts a relationship with Laura. Meanwhile Marco is looking for the man who stole his car and Theo - for the man who killed his daughter...—JRS <jruizs@prodigy.net.mx>
Plot Keywords: ski coach, translator, nurse, farmer, daughter, dark, tense ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A small village in Burkina Faso. The story focuses on Bila, a ten year old boy who befriends an old woman, Sana. Everybody calls her 'Witch' but Bila himself calls her 'Yaaba' (grandmother). When Bila's cousin Nopoko gets sick it is Sana's medicine who saves her.—Mattias Thuresson
Plot Keywords: elderly woman, boy, witch, villager, cousin, medicine man, endearing ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Set in a pre-colonial African past, Tilai is about an illicit love affair and its consequences. Saga returns to his village after an extended absence to discover that his father has taken Nogma, Saga's promised bride, for himself. Still in love with each other, the two begin an affair, although it would be considered incestuous. When the liaison is discovered, Saga's brother, Koudri, pretends to kill Saga for the honor of the family and village. Saga and Nogma flee to another village, but when Nogma's birth mother dies, he returns home. Having brought ruin on the family, Saga is shot by Koudri, who walks off into exile and probable death.—Don Larsson
Plot Keywords: villager, father, son, fiancé, father-in-law, second wife, melodramatic ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Once again, Kirikou's noble Grandfather tell us more of his grandson's untold adventures.
Plot Keywords: boy, sorcerer, man, woman, grandfather, old man, amusing ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Based in Budbuda, Uttar Pradesh, Billu Vilas Pardesi barely makes a living as a barber. His wife, Bindiya, looks after the household, and his children, Gunja and Ronak, are on the verge of being expelled from Gyaan Bharti Vidyalay Higher Secondary School due to non-payment of fees. Then everything changes when Bollywood actor Sahir Khan makes an appearance to film a movie in the town. Rumors spread that Billu is Sahir's close friends, and he becomes a celebrity virtually overnight. His shop gets donations and clientèle, and the school decides to educate his children for free. The trouble begins when townsfolk want to meet with Sahir but Billu is unable to contact him.—rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)
Plot Keywords: barber, wife, child, movie star, businessman, friend, emotional ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Harry Spalding and his wife Valerie inherit a cottage in a small country village after his brother mysteriously dies. The locals are unfriendly and his neighbor Dr. Franklyn (a doctor of theology) suggests they leave. They decide to stay only to find that a mysterious evil plagues the community.—H P Holley
Plot Keywords: coroner, newcomer, doctor, neighbor, creature, innocent woman, frightening ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Quietly competent young Joanna moves with her scatterbrain mother to a country village to take up her first job as District Nurse. She soon overcomes the suspicion of her patients used to someone rather older, while becoming romantically involved with a local farmer - at least until he tries to evict a newly-arrived expectant couple who park their caravan on his land.—Jeremy Perkins {J-26}
Plot Keywords: nurse, farmer, land owner, villager, campy, charming, cheeky ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A dolphin takes the form of a human man in order to seduce the women of a fishing village.
Plot Keywords: man, dolphin, woman, family member, child, creature, creative ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: During an outbreak of a deadly plague, a mystical woman must save her tight-knit Jewish community from foreign invaders, but the entity she conjures to protect them is a far greater evil.
Plot Keywords: young woman, invader, sick person, creature, jewish woman, jewish man, bleak ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Born under the Christmas Star, Noelle believes she has the gift to perform miracles, so when conniving developer McKerrod threatens her peaceful life she and her friends determine to use this gift to thwart his plans and save their village.
Plot Keywords: girl, developer, real estate developer, charming, endearing, heartwarming, mushy ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: The sculptor Jess unsuccessfully tries to retrieve the custody of her teenage daughter Chloe. During the night, Chloe and her boyfriend Danny play a prank challenging an urban legend: and they knock twice on the door of the witch Mary Aminov. Soon Danny is hunted down by a fiend and vanishes. When Chloe is haunted by the evil spirit, she flees to the house of her estranged mother and her husband Ben to stay with her mother. Soon the demon finds her and haunts the house while Ben is traveling. Jess' model Tira sees darkness around Chloe and she researches the Internet about the mystery. Meanwhile Detective Boardman is investigating the disappearance of Danny and suspects Jess is manipulating her troubled daughter.
Plot Keywords: criminal, doctor, villager, patient, friend, con artist, charming ...
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