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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.
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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- 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...
Aug 27, 2024 · Next Farm Movie — e-angle Hollywood-style movie poster focused on a dairy farm. The scene features a picturesque, expansive dairy farm with lush green …. Next Farm Movie — lywood-style scene set in a sleek, modern boardroom with large windows overlooking the city.
- Happy as Lazzaro (Lazzaro felice), Italy, 2018. A good-hearted peasant helps the son of a rich landowner fake his own kidnapping, all the while transforming the community around him.
- The Broken Circle Breakdown, Belgium, 2012. Two musicians/small farmers try to save their marriage after the loss of their daughter. True, the farming in The Broken Circle Breakdown is usually just a bit of fixing fence or feeding chickens, but if the novelty of rural Belgians singing bluegrass isn’t enough for you, the beauty of the movie will be.
- Of Horses and Men (Hross í oss), Iceland, 2013. The people in an Icelandic valley understand each other through their relationship with horses. This romantic comedy includes several vignettes that cross into each other, all having something to do with horses and those who raise them.
- First Cow, United States, 2019. Two travelers in the 1820s Northwest Territories seek a fortune through selling biscuits made from the stolen milk of a neighbor’s cow.
Aug 19, 2021 · Nowadays, when the gloss-blinded Indian cinema has mostly forgotten farmers, these five iconic movies are still relevant and important: About 60 per cent of India’s population works in the agricultural sector.
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Aug 6, 2021 · Our list of best movies about farming includes a selection of movies and documentaries focused on different aspects of farming and farm life.
