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- Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016) Trailer for Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016) Ricky Baker is an orphan who's fostered by a couple living on a small farm in the New Zealand wilderness.
- Lamb (2021) Trailer for Lamb (2021) Lamb features an Icelandic couple who own a farm with sheep and chickens. One day, they find an odd half-sheep, half-human creature in their barn...
- Chicken Run (2000) Trailer for Chicken Run (2000) Chicken Run is a true classic of stop-motion animation. In it, a group of chickens grow tired of living on a farm and want to escape so they can seek a better future, one that's full of freedom and possibilities.
- The Real Dirt on Farmer John (2005) Trailer for The Real Dirt on Farmer John (2005) Taggart Siegel's The Real Dirt on Farmer John explores two decades in the life of John Peterson, an Illinois farmer who also performs as an artist.
- 9 Field of Dreams
- 8 Babe
- 7 Country
- 6 Charlotte's Web
- 5 The River
- 4 The Real Dirt on Farmer John
- 3 The Horse Whisperer
- 2 at Any Price
- 1 Places in The Heart
This 1989 film written and directed by Phil Alden Robinson follows the story of a farmer, played by Kevin Costner, who constructs a baseball field on his farm that draws the spirits of famous baseball stars. According to 5 Chicago, the film was shot on a real cornfield owned by Don and Becky Lansing, whose family owned the farm for over a century. ...
Chris Noonan directed the family classic Babe (which, oddly enough, was produced and co-written by George Miller, the man behind the Mad Max movies) and earned the film Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Director, and many others. The story was adapted from Dick King-Smith’s novel The Sheep-Pig, which follows the life of a pig that wishes ...
The 1984 film Country looks at the challenges of a farming family in 1980s America. The two leads are played by couple Jessica Lange and Sam Shepard. Film critics Frederic and Mary Ann Bussat of Spirituality and Practice report that the film recognizes the “outlook for small to mid-size farms as bleak” and communicates how the countryside has becom...
A 2006 film based on the 1952 book by E.B. White (and the '70s family film), Charlotte's Webtells the story of a pig, Wilbur, who is friends with a barn spider, Charlotte. When Charlotte discovers Wilbur might be slaughtered, she writes messages on her webs to attempt to change the humans’ minds. Related Link: These are Movies With Great Performanc...
The River is a 1984 drama that's similar to Country in that it's concerned with the relationship between a family and their farm under the threat of both nature and corporate and political forces. The River follows the narrative of an impoverished Tennessee family attempting to keep their farm afloat; they work hard in the face of a massive flood a...
The 2005 documentary The Real Dirt on Farmer Johnfollows the real life of a unique and eccentric farmer, John Peterson, a big producer at Angelic Organics in Caledonia, Illinois. Over the course of the delightful film, audiences witness John make his farm successful despite a difficult economy and rumors being spread about him. John provides realit...
The 1998 film The Horse Whisperer is directed and starred Robert Redford, with a very young Scarlett Johansson performance. Redford also stars in the movie as an excellent horse trainer with an uncanny ability to read horses. He is asked to work with a young girl whose horse and friends were involved in an accident that resulted in two deaths and h...
This 2012 film is directed and written by the great Ramin Bahrani alongside Hallie Newton. At Any Price follows another farming family, particularly a father and son (played by Dennis Quaid and Zac Efron), who must navigate their own flaws in order to bring their farm to success. Roger Ebert noted in his perfect-score review that At Any Price doesn...
Another 1984 film (the year of the farm, apparently), Places in the Heart is about a widowed young woman facing the Great Depression alone after her husband dies. She is left with her late husband’s farm and is inspired to convert it into a cotton farm with the help of a few friends. The quietly powerful film has a wonderful John Malkovich performa...
6.4 (1.2K) Rate. TV Movie. A young boy, his family, and the migrant workers they hire to work their cotton farm struggle against difficult odds to raise and sell the crop. Meanwhile, the boy dreams of living in better conditions.
Feb 18, 2020 · If you've ever dreamed of the simple life, then these farm movies will quickly become your favorites. From funny farm tales to dramas about families in trouble, don't miss a minute of these stories of ranch life.
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- At Any Price (2012) This movie is focused on the competitive world of farming, with an ambitious father who wants that his rebellious son helps him expand the family farm.
- Places in the Heart (2012) The story of a widow who tries to save the family farm in Texas in the Depression era is very touching. It shows how a woman had to take upon what was considered to be “a man’s job” if she wants to save what is dear to her.
- Country (1984) Another drama based on the struggles that a family must deal with to keep their farm during difficult economic times. What’s interesting about this movie is the particular hardships they have to overcome, mainly the drop in crop prices, the pressure to pay up a Federal Housing Administration loan and natural catastrophes in the area (tornadoes).
- The Real Dirt on Farmer John (2005) This one is not exactly a movie, but a well-made documentary about a farmer from the US Midwest named John Peterson who combined his family traditions with an innovative farming system to expand his family’s farm.
Nov 1, 2013 · Some of the movies that are farm-centric may not be the gigantic and special effects-motivated summer blockbuster like The Dark Knight or Marvel’s: The Avengers, but they’re good...
Feb 7, 2018 · “Farmland” takes an intimate look at the lives of six young American farmers and ranchers, all of whom are under the age of 30 and responsible for running their farming business. Director James Moll travels across the United States to profile those who have not only carried on their family’s profession for generations but are also at the ...
