The Man in the Moon (1991), Cross Creek (1983), State Fair (1945), Oklahoma! (1955), Junior Bonner (1972), The Rising of the Moon (1957), Mountain Rhythm (1939), Guns and Guitars (1936) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Rural Charm movies.
Storyline: Texas Ranger Sergeant Gene Autry (Gene Autry) and his pal, Pecos Bates (Pat Buttram), save from eviction the family of Nancy Carter (Gail Davis), whose father (Harry Tyler) has purchased fake Mexican lottery tickets. Gene suspects that Tracy Wyatt (Tom Keene as Richard Powers) heads the lottery counterfeit gang, but has no proof. The paper for the tickets is furnished by newspaper publisher Frank Bagley (Roy Gordon) who uses his daughter Rita (Mary Castle) as the courier. Fearing that Gene is getting too close in uncovering their racket, the gang sends for a hired gunman, Steve Diamond (Russell Hayden as Russ Hayden) to murder Gene.—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
Plot Keywords: western, comedy, texas, rural life, 1950s, black and white, traditional values ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: It's 1963 in rural Massachusetts, and Nora James has the usual worries of an eleven year-old girl:lipstick, first crushes, staying out of trouble at school...not easy when your teacher is the elderly Sister Concilia. And even harder when your parents are struggling to heal from an almost unbearable loss. Then tragedy strikes another Massachusetts family, the Kennedys, and shatters the fragile bonds holding the James family together, Nora, sent to live with her brittle Aunt Rose, soon learns who she is, what she wants, and what she must do to achieve it. She makes a decision that is both cruel and courageous. Nora's choice unlocks the way to what amounts to the rescue of her family.—Maureen Foley, writer/director of the film
Plot Keywords: family, drama, children, coming of age, adventure, friendship, rural ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: With her family in financial difficulties, Rebecca is sent to live with her two strict, unfeeling aunts, who do not appreciate the young girl's charm and energy. Rebecca must make new friends and must adjust to surroundings that are sometimes difficult. But she still finds time to think of numerous ways to help others in her new hometown.—Snow Leopard
Plot Keywords: silent film, comedy, family, drama, children, classic, american film ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Davis builds his dream house and presents it to Becky with a proposal of marriage. She turns him down. He leaves the house, still with a ribbon running around it and returns to the city, terribly smitten with Becky. He meets Gwen who has an interesting relationship with the truth. He spends the night with her, but leaves while she is sleeping. She takes his description of the house, searches it out, and moves in. The residents of Davis' home town become curious and she invents a marriage, a courtship, and and an entire history. Davis' parents meet Gwen and are immediately taken with her. By the time Davis finds out what has happened, 2 things have happened, the whole town thinks he's married, and Becky tells him that Gwen has made her see him in a whole new light. Gwen and Davis agree that she can pretend to be his wife and get free rent while Davis works on Becky until they can announce a divorce. The trouble is that no one in the town wants them to separate and keep trying to help ...
Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, romantic comedy, misunderstanding, fake marriage, small-town life, deception ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Recently orphaned in America, teenager David Roberts must spend the summer with grumpy maternal grandfather Adam MacAdam, whom he never met, on his sheep-farm on the Isle of Man. Both long for the end of the summer, having nothing in common but their love for dogs, notably Adam's precious champion sheepdog Bob. David strikes a friendship with Maggie, the sassy daughter of friendly neighbour Keith Moore, but Adam hates that family on account of an old canine competition-related tragedy. Other neighbours suspect Bob and the Moore's dog of the recent series of nocturnal sheep-kills.—KGF Vissers
Plot Keywords: family, adventure, dog, loyalty, friendship, countryside, scotland ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Yong Joel Curtis finds an orphaned colt in the woods, whom he names "Red" and raises and trains him. When he learns that his grandmother is going to have to sell her ranch to pay off the debts, he trains Red, with the help of Andy McBride, as a race horse with the intention of selling his beloved animal friend in order to pay off his grandmother's debts.—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
Plot Keywords: western, family, adventure, horse, animal protagonist, children, friendship ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Four friends lose themselves in a carefree South-East Asian holiday. Only three come back. Dave and Alice return home to their young family desperate for answers about Jeremy's mysterious disappearance. When Alice's sister Steph returns not long after, a nasty secret is revealed about the night her boyfriend went missing. But it is only the first of many. Who amongst them knows what happened on that fateful night when they were dancing under a full moon in Cambodia?—Production
Plot Keywords: drama, family, coming of age, inspirational, rural, american, novel adaptation ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: With her husband jailed for Wall Street fraud, Faith leaves her life of luxury behind to return to rural North Carolina and the father and sister she'd left behind. A love between a father and his daughter, it parallels the famous parable, "The Prodigal Son".—AHM
Plot Keywords: drama, family, countryside, music, romance, redemption, faith ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Parker steals cattle from the cattlemen and blames it on the turpentiners. Then he incites the cattlemen to burn down the turpentiners trees. When Gene finds the rustled cattle he tries to kill him. Failing, he kills both Gene's father and Bayliss Baynam and has Gene arrested for Baynum's murder.—Maurice VanAuken <mvanauken@a1access.net>
Plot Keywords: western, musical, country music, 1930s, black and white, classic film, american film ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Cooper is a Chicago journalist with post-concussion memory loss. His mother wants help moving Uncle Rollie, who's facing his own fading memory, into a care home. Cooper's boss tells him to take a few days, so Cooper drives home. Rollie doesn't want to move, and his salvation may be a rare baseball card of a 1908 Chicago Cub. Maybe they can sell it in Chicago for enough for Rollie to live at home with help. Cooper teams up with Charlotte, his recently-divorced high-school flame, and her son; they take Rollie to a memorabilia market. Rollie insists on keeping the card in his pocket, while more than one rascal wants to divest the old man of his treasure. Can the underdogs carry the day?—<jhailey@hotmail.com>
Plot Keywords: comedy, drama, family, american film, independent film, humor, coming of age ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Jane Colwell, an associate professor at an agricultural college, thinks that a trained mule she has been working with needs a rest and takes him to her farm. There she finds a film company shooting on location. After many complications, the mule is featured in the film, and Jane wins the heart of Mike Burton, the film's producer.—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
Plot Keywords: musical, romance, comedy, country music, song and dance, american south, black and white ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Sally Dawson gets Gene to sign a contract to sing on her struggling radio station. Gene is selling horses and unknown to him the sponsor of his program is the tractor company he is competing against. When the ranchers that bought tractors can't make their payments and Maxwell forecloses, the ranchers blame Autry.—Maurice VanAuken <mvanauken@a1access.net>
Plot Keywords: musical, country music, musical film, comedy, romance, nostalgia, american film ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: McAllister (Ole Olsen and Hamilton (Chic Johnson)are a couple of con-men who travel about the country selling worthless stock to small town citizens. They come to Chesterville where they see a potential sucker list in the local war-veteran's home. They sell shares to the vets in a local worthless oil-field. McAllister falls in love with the widowed-owner of their hotel, Louise Heath (Lila Lee)who persuades him to give up his shady dealings. But before he can convince his partner the townspeople catch on to their scheme and decide jail is the place for them.—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
Plot Keywords: comedy, musical, rural life, american film, black and white, 1930s, light comedy ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Gene and Frog head for South Africa where Gene's brother Tex has found diamonds. Arriving they find Tex missing. Heading into the jungle, they are captured by a local tribe. Frog's magic gets Gene's release and Gene finds Tex. But Tex is a prisoner and Gene quickly finds himself a prisoner also.—Maurice VanAuken <mvanauken@a1access.net>
Plot Keywords: western, comedy, musical, song and dance, country music, american west, traditional values ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A traditional music competition rekindles a rivalry between two estranged brothers (Colm Meaney, Bernard Hill) from Ireland.
Plot Keywords: music, ireland, brotherhood, competition, family, rural life, cultural conflict ...
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