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1. Return to Mayberry (1986 TV Movie)
TV-G | 95 min | Comedy, Romance
After being away for awhile, Andy Taylor returns home to Mayberry to visit Opie, now an expectant father. While there, he ends up helping Barney Fife mount a campaign for Sheriff.
Director: Bob Sweeney | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Jim Nabors
Votes: 1,178
2. Cherry Falls (1999)
R | 92 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
In the small town of Cherry Falls, a psychotic murderer is killing off the virgins of the local high school.
Director: Geoffrey Wright | Stars: Brittany Murphy, Jay Mohr, Michael Biehn, Jesse Bradford
Votes: 14,794
3. The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966)
G | 90 min | Comedy, Family, Mystery
A timid typesetter hasn't a ghost of a chance of becoming a reporter - until he decides to solve a murder mystery and ends up spending a fright-filled night in a haunted house.
Director: Alan Rafkin | Stars: Don Knotts, Joan Staley, Liam Redmond, Dick Sargent
Votes: 7,580
4. The Milagro Beanfield War (1988)
R | 117 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
The accidental breakdown of an irrigation valve launches a hot confrontation between the mainly Latino farmers in a tiny New Mexico town and the real estate developers and politicians determined to acquire their land for a golf resort.
Director: Robert Redford | Stars: Rubén Blades, Richard Bradford, Sonia Braga, Julie Carmen
Votes: 6,854 | Gross: $13.83M
5. Penny Serenade (1941)
Not Rated | 119 min | Drama, Romance
A couple's big dreams give way to a life full of unexpected sadness and unexpected joy.
Director: George Stevens | Stars: Cary Grant, Irene Dunne, Beulah Bondi, Edgar Buchanan
Votes: 8,087
6. The Hallelujah Trail (1965)
Approved | 165 min | Comedy, Western
On its way to Denver, a cargo of whiskey destined for the miners, is sought after by the Temperance League, the U.S. Cavalry, the local Indians and the miners themselves.
Director: John Sturges | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Lee Remick, Jim Hutton, Pamela Tiffin
Votes: 4,448 | Gross: $8.72M
7. Violets Are Blue... (1986)
PG-13 | 88 min | Drama, Romance
Young love may endure in your heart and one day re-ignite, but reality may soon dowse the flames.
Director: Jack Fisk | Stars: Sissy Spacek, Kevin Kline, Bonnie Bedelia, John Kellogg
Votes: 1,179 | Gross: $4.74M
8. Heaven's Door (2012)
PG | 98 min | Drama, Family, Sci-Fi
After her grandfather dies, a girl discovers a portal into another dimension.
Director: Craig Clyde | Stars: Kaden Billin, Mark Brocksmith, Annalaya Brown, Dean Cain
Votes: 551
9. Trail Street (1947)
Approved | 84 min | Western
Bat Masterson's old friend Billy Burns convinces him to become marshal of Liberal, Kansas and help the residents fight drought and a destructive range war.
Director: Ray Enright | Stars: Randolph Scott, Robert Ryan, Anne Jeffreys, George 'Gabby' Hayes
Votes: 832
10. Skeletons (1997 TV Movie)
R | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A Pulitzer prize journalist has a heart attack and moves with his wife and son, from NYC to a town of 850 in Maine. Things are fine there until he investigates a man arrested for murdering his boyfriend. Vandalism and worse follows.
Director: David DeCoteau | Stars: Ron Silver, Christopher Plummer, Dee Wallace, Kyle Howard
Votes: 558
11. The Underworld Story (1950)
Passed | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
The story of the fight of a small-town newspaper to free an innocent girl of a murder charge, with the publisher of a metropolitan city newspaper heading, by forced circumstances, the opposing forces.
Director: Cy Endfield | Stars: Dan Duryea, Herbert Marshall, Gale Storm, Howard Da Silva
Votes: 1,330
12. The Lawless (1950)
Not Rated | 83 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A newspaper editor in a small agricultural town finds himself going against the people in the town when he gets involved in the plight of the area's fruit pickers, who are mostly Mexican.
Director: Joseph Losey | Stars: Macdonald Carey, Gail Russell, Johnny Sands, Lee Patrick
Votes: 740
13.
The Lloyd Bridges Show (1962–1963)
Episode:
My Child Is Yet a Stranger
(1962)
30 min | Drama
Adam travels to a small Southern town to meet with the pretty newspaper editor. He hears the story of a poor uneducated couple who adopt a daughter who is discovered to be a genius. State ... See full summary »
Director: Jeffrey Hayden | Stars: Lloyd Bridges, Bethel Leslie, Philip Abbott, J. Pat O'Malley
Votes: 8
14.
Rosemary & Thyme (2003–2006)
Episode:
The Memory of Water
(2004)
TV-PG | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
While working on restoring an Elizabethan garden, Rosemary witnesses the owner's cousin commit suicide only to later see him alive and well at an open-air market.
Director: Brian Farnham | Stars: Felicity Kendal, Pam Ferris, Tom Beard, Carolyn Backhouse
Votes: 264
15.
Superman & Lois (2021–2024)
Episode:
What Lies Beneath
(2022)
TV-PG | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Lois and Clark struggle as a couple; Chrissy adjusts to running The Smallville Gazette with Lois; Jonathan faces new challenges on the football team; secrets threaten to destroy Jordan and Sarah's growing relationship.
Director: Gregory Smith | Stars: Tyler Hoechlin, Elizabeth Tulloch, Jordan Elsass, Alex Garfin
Votes: 1,491
16.
John Carpenter's Suburban Screams (2023)
Episode:
A Killer Comes Home
(2023)
TV-MA | 44 min | Horror
The chilling story of an elusive killer who went on a murder spree in his hometown, recounted by the local newspaper editor and publisher who became his targets after covering the story.
Director: Jordan Roberts | Stars: Will O'Donnell, Andrew Buzzeo, Annette Holland, James McVan
Votes: 123
17.
Good Witch (2015–2021)
Episode:
Starting Over... Again
(2015)
TV-PG | 42 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Cassie Nightingale's and her daughter Grace's charm is no match for Middleton's newest neighbors.
Director: Craig Pryce | Stars: Catherine Bell, Bailee Madison, James Denton, Catherine Disher
Votes: 446
18.
Good Witch (2015–2021)
Episode:
Apologies and Remembrances
(2015)
TV-PG | 42 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
As Cassie continues to be at odds with Sam, Grace experiences trouble with Nick Radford when she is blamed for stealing her school's mascot.
Director: Craig Pryce | Stars: Catherine Bell, Bailee Madison, James Denton, Catherine Disher
Votes: 83