Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "stranger-in-town"

1. The Outsider (2020)

TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

When an insidious supernatural force edges its way into a seemingly straightforward investigation into the gruesome murder of a young boy, it leads a seasoned cop and an unorthodox investigator to question everything they believe in.

Stars: Ben Mendelsohn, Bill Camp, Jeremy Bobb, Mare Winningham

Votes: 97,097

2. The Cursed (2021)

R | 111 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery

In rural 19th-century France, a mysterious, possibly supernatural menace threatens a small village. John McBride, a pathologist, comes to town to investigate the danger - and exorcise some of his own demons in the process.

Director: Sean Ellis | Stars: Boyd Holbrook, Kelly Reilly, Alistair Petrie, Roxane Duran

Votes: 16,663

3. For a Few Dollars More (1965)

R | 132 min | Drama, Western

Two bounty hunters with the same intentions team up to track down a gang of outlaws led by a psychotic Mexican bandit, who is plotting an audacious bank robbery.

Director: Sergio Leone | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Gian Maria Volontè, Mara Krupp

Votes: 274,695 | Gross: $15.00M

4. Wild (I) (2014)

R | 115 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

A chronicle of one woman's 1,100-mile solo hike undertaken as a way to recover from a recent personal tragedy.

Director: Jean-Marc Vallée | Stars: Reese Witherspoon, Laura Dern, Gaby Hoffmann, Michiel Huisman

Votes: 138,872 | Gross: $37.88M

5. Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)

Passed | 81 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A one-armed stranger comes to a tiny town possessing a terrible past they want to keep secret, by violent means if necessary.

Director: John Sturges | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Anne Francis, Dean Jagger

Votes: 24,259

6. Barton Fink (1991)

R | 116 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller

A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood.

Directors: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Stars: John Turturro, John Goodman, Judy Davis, Michael Lerner

Votes: 128,975 | Gross: $6.15M

7. Wander (I) (2020)

R | 94 min | Thriller

After getting hired to probe a suspicious death in the small town of Wander, a mentally unstable private investigator becomes convinced the case is linked to the same 'conspiracy cover up' that caused the death of his daughter.

Director: April Mullen | Stars: Aaron Eckhart, Tommy Lee Jones, Katheryn Winnick, Heather Graham

Votes: 9,722

8. Needful Things (1993)

R | 121 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy

A mysterious new shop opens in a small town which always seems to stock the deepest desires of each shopper, with a price far heavier than expected.

Director: Fraser C. Heston | Stars: Max von Sydow, Ed Harris, Bonnie Bedelia, Amanda Plummer

Votes: 27,507 | Gross: $15.19M

9. The Long, Hot Summer (1958)

Not Rated | 115 min | Drama

Accused barn burner and conman Ben Quick arrives in a small Mississippi town and quickly ingratiates himself with its richest family, the Varners.

Director: Martin Ritt | Stars: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Anthony Franciosa, Orson Welles

Votes: 12,411

10. The City of the Dead (1960)

PG-13 | 76 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A young college student arrives in a sleepy Massachusetts town to research witchcraft; during her stay at an eerie inn, she discovers a startling secret about the town and its inhabitants.

Director: John Llewellyn Moxey | Stars: Patricia Jessel, Dennis Lotis, Christopher Lee, Tom Naylor

Votes: 8,521

11. No Name on the Bullet (1959)

Passed | 77 min | Western

When hired killer John Gant rides into Lordsburg, the town's folk become paranoid as each leading citizen has enemies capable of using the services of a professional killer for personal revenge.

Director: Jack Arnold | Stars: Audie Murphy, Charles Drake, Joan Evans, Virginia Grey

Votes: 3,060

12. Impact (1949)

Passed | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A unfaithful wife plots with her lover to kill her husband, but the lover is accidentally killed instead. The husband stays in hiding and lets his wife be charged with conspiracy.

Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Brian Donlevy, Ella Raines, Charles Coburn, Helen Walker

Votes: 4,720

13. Love Finds You in Sugarcreek (2014 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 92 min | Family, Mystery, Romance

Baseball player Micah Matthias and his young son Bobby are big Leeds United fans, lost in America. They end up in the quaint Amish community of Sugarcreek, Ohio under a set of aliases and ... See full summary »

Director: Terry Cunningham | Stars: Tom Everett Scott, Sarah Lancaster, Kelly McGillis, Thomas Kapanowski

Votes: 1,068

14. I Am... Gabriel (2012 Video)

93 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy

The town of Promise, Texas, is dying when a wandering boy shows its residents the way to salvation. They are slow to listen to his message, until the boy reveals his real identity.

Director: Mike Norris | Stars: Dean Cain, Gavin Casalegno, Elise Baughman, Carey Scott

Votes: 1,045

15. Joshua (I) (2002)

G | 91 min | Drama

"Joshua" tells the story of a possible second coming of Christ to a small U.S. town.

Director: Jon Purdy | Stars: Tony Goldwyn, F. Murray Abraham, Kurt Fuller, Stacy Edwards

Votes: 2,063 | Gross: $1.37M

16. A Kid (2016)

98 min | Drama

Mathieu has never known his father. His mother has always told him he was the fruit of a one-night-stand. One morning, in his Parisian flat, he receives a call from Quebec telling him his ... See full summary »

Director: Philippe Lioret | Stars: Pierre Deladonchamps, Gabriel Arcand, Catherine De Léan, Marie-Thérèse Fortin

Votes: 1,912

17. 1945 (2017)

91 min | Drama

12 August 1945, 11 AM. Two mysterious strangers dressed in black appear at the railway station of a Hungarian village. Within a few hours, everything changes.

Director: Ferenc Török | Stars: Péter Rudolf, Bence Tasnádi, Tamás Szabó Kimmel, Dóra Sztarenki

Votes: 4,292 | Gross: $1.01M

18. Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway (1976 TV Movie)

100 min | Drama

A 15-year-old girl runs away from home and arrives in Hollywood, but winds up becoming a prostitute to support herself and gets involved with a tough-talking pimp.

Director: Randal Kleiser | Stars: Eve Plumb, Leigh McCloskey, Lynn Carlin, William Schallert

Votes: 399

19. The Reason (I) (2020)

Not Rated | 82 min | Drama, Family

When a mysterious man appears in a small town, unexplained miracles start to occur, changing the lives of everyone he meets. There's a mother whose five-year-old boy has leukemia, two ... See full summary »

Director: Randall Stevens | Stars: Louis Gossett Jr., Tatyana Ali, Beverly Todd, Kelly Carlson

Votes: 268

20. Shame (1988)

R | 94 min | Crime, Drama

A barrister visiting a town in Western Australian town battles police corruption and the silence of the locals to help a teenage girl seek justice against a gang of young rapists.

Director: Steve Jodrell | Stars: Deborra-Lee Furness, Tony Barry, Simone Buchanan, Gillian Jones

Votes: 731 | Gross: $0.30M

21. Terror in a Texas Town (1958)

Not Rated | 80 min | Western

A Swedish whaler is out for revenge when he finds out that a greedy oil man murdered his father for their land.

Director: Joseph H. Lewis | Stars: Sterling Hayden, Sebastian Cabot, Carol Kelly, Eugene Mazzola

Votes: 2,412

22. Gospel of Deceit (2006 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 88 min | Thriller

A preacher's wife falls for a young man, and then she finds out nothing was how it seemed.

Director: Timothy Bond | Stars: Alexandra Paul, J.C. MacKenzie, Corey Sevier, Zoie Palmer

Votes: 346

23. Headless Horseman (2007)

R | 87 min | Horror

Seven college kids take a shortcut on their way to a party and unfortunately end up in Wormwood, where the spirit of the Headless Horseman hunts them one by one.

Director: Anthony C. Ferrante | Stars: Billy Aaron Brown, Rebecca Mozo, Richard Moll, Arianne Fraser

Votes: 1,209

24. What Would Jesus Do? (2010)

PG | 94 min | Drama

A group of Americans--a singer, a newspaper editor, a pastor, and a real-estate mogul--vow to walk in the steps of Jesus. Every day, every decision, becomes a turning point in their lives as they ask themselves "What Would Jesus Do?"

Director: Thomas Makowski | Stars: John Schneider, Maxine Bahns, Adam Gregory, Mark Arnold

Votes: 877

25. The Cursed (I) (2010)

88 min | Horror, Romance, Thriller

A supernatural thriller set in a cozy Tennessee town where Sheriff Jimmy Muldoon and younger brother, Deputy Lloyd Muldoon, have a firm grasp of law and order until a stranger, Denny White,... See full summary »

Director: Joel Bender | Stars: Louis Mandylor, Brad Thornton, Costas Mandylor, Francesca Cecil

Votes: 2,114

26. Missionary Man (2007)

R | 93 min | Thriller

A mysterious stranger rolls into town on a unique motorcycle. All he carries is the bible and a desire for justice. Past vengeance collides as Ryder rights an injustice from his past and liberates the small town from a malicious oppressor.

Director: Dolph Lundgren | Stars: Dolph Lundgren, Kateri Walker, Chelsea Ricketts, Matthew Tompkins

Votes: 2,634

27. Salem Falls (2011 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 89 min | Crime, Drama

A man with a troubled past tries to settle down in a small town, finds love and then ends up being the target of a witch hunt.

Director: Bradley Walsh | Stars: James Van Der Beek, Sarah Carter, AJ Michalka, Rick Roberts

Votes: 747

28. American Sausage Standoff (2019)

107 min | Comedy, Drama

Two hopeless dreamers join forces in a quest to erect the ultimate German sausage restaurant, much to the irritation of the residents of the small-town of Gutterbee, who want to keep their town wholly American.

Director: Ulrich Thomsen | Stars: Antony Starr, Ewen Bremner, W. Earl Brown, Joshua Harto

Votes: 389

29. Julian Po (1997)

PG-13 | 84 min | Comedy, Drama

Christian Slater stars as a mysterious drifter whose life takes a fateful turn when he stops at a sleepy small town.

Director: Alan Wade | Stars: Christian Slater, Robin Tunney, Michael Parks, Cherry Jones

Votes: 1,638 | Gross: $0.03M

30. The Perfect Gift (2009)

Not Rated | 89 min | Drama

A spoiled schoolgirl, her overworked executive mother, and a disillusioned young minister each receive an uplifting message about friendship, commitment, and the truest meaning of Christmas from a friendly but mysterious drifter.

Director: Jefferson Moore | Stars: Jefferson Moore, Christina Fougnie, Matt Wallace, Tom Luce

Votes: 478

31. The Man with a Shotgun (1961)

Not Rated | 84 min | Action, Crime

Ryoji, a wanderer, arrives in a remote mountain town, carrying a shotgun and claiming to be a hunter. He quickly becomes embroiled in a web of trouble surrounding the town's mill.

Director: Seijun Suzuki | Stars: Hideaki Nitani, Izumi Ashikawa, Yûji Odaka, Yôko Minamida

Votes: 338

32. Doonby (2013)

PG-13 | 104 min | Drama, Mystery

When no-good drifter Sam Doonby enters a small Texas town, his sudden arrival is met with suspicion, jealousy, and intrigue. After his just-as-sudden departure, the town realizes how one person's presence can matter.

Director: Peter Mackenzie | Stars: John Schneider, Jenn Gotzon, Ernie Hudson, Robert Davi

Votes: 538

33. Village of Daughters (1962)

Approved | 86 min | Comedy

Traveling salesman Herbert Harris arrives in an isolated Italian village. The local women avidly pursue him, the sole remaining bachelor since most men have moved away for work.

Director: George Pollock | Stars: Eric Sykes, Scilla Gabel, John Le Mesurier, Grégoire Aslan

Votes: 183

34. Count the Hours! (1953)

Passed | 76 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Lawyer defends migrant worker falsely accused of two murders.

Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Teresa Wright, Macdonald Carey, Dolores Moran, Adele Mara

Votes: 605

35. Secret at Arrow Lake (2009)

84 min | Drama

Mia Williams, raised on the family Bed & Breakfast by Sara, a loving single mom grows up believing her father was lost, M.I.A., in the Gulf War. A tragic accident results in the sudden ... See full summary »

Director: Brad Keller | Stars: Dedee Pfeiffer, Ali Faulkner, Amy Maner, Scott Muller

Votes: 196

36. Martian Through Georgia (1962)

6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Way out in space, on another world whose population is contented, one of its people decides that travel broadens the mind and relieves boredom. So, he flies to Earth in hope of helping the ... See full summary »

Directors: Chuck Jones, Abe Levitow, Maurice Noble | Stars: Mel Blanc, Ed Prentiss, June Foray

Votes: 295

37. By Appointment Only (2007)

20 min | Short, Horror

Jane heads to the country in search of a new life. Her car breaks down in a small town, and in the local diner where she takes refuge is offered a lift to make her appointment to see an old... See full summary »

Director: John Faust | Stars: Matthew Barry Ryan, Belen Greene, Nancy Sinclair, Annya Broderick

Votes: 46

38. Ghost Town Law (1942)

Passed | 62 min | Drama, Western

When two of their Marshal friends are killed, the Rough Riders are sent to investigate. They have to find the killers in a ghost town where the houses and an old mine are interconnected by secret passages and tunnels.

Director: Howard Bretherton | Stars: Buck Jones, Tim McCoy, Raymond Hatton, Virginia Carpenter

Votes: 131

39. Free Mel Greenberg

Comedy | Announced

On a sleepy summer day, when Californian with car trouble Mel Greenberg strolls into a lunch counter in Lexington, Virginia, local reporter Doug Harwood turns a candid moment into headlines... See full summary »

Director: Scott Miller

40. Carlo et Charles (2022)

17 min | Short, Drama

Charles, old, rich, weighed down by years, meets Carlo, young, poor, in good shape, who has just immigrated to Switzerland, at a small train station.

Director: Nino Ilacqua | Stars: Luca Colucci, Gil Pidoux, Dino Tassotti, Petros Christidis

41. L'Espérance (2004)

120 min | Drama, Mystery

The village of L'Espérance is perched between the mountains and the great river. Its inhabitants include young people - who don't have much of a future - as well as many widows and old men.... See full summary »

Director: Stefan Pleszczynski | Stars: Patrick Labbé, Maxime Dumontier, Isabel Richer, Esther Gaudette

Votes: 66

42. De Verdwaalde Jager (2013)

Short, Adventure, Drama

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Director: Guus Schuijl | Stars: Andre Dongelmans, Reve Terborg, Willem van Dinteren, Henny Renes

43. The Wonderful Adventure (1915)

Passed | 60 min | Drama, Romance

Wilton Demarest, a wealthy New York contractor and business man, falls victim to the wiles of Mazora, a beautiful adventuress. Soon, he becomes addicted to the use of drugs, neglects his ... See full summary »

Director: Frederick A. Thomson | Stars: William Farnum, Dorothy Green, Mary Martin, John Davidson

44. The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode: Those Gossipin' Men (1961)

TV-G | 26 min | Comedy, Family

When a shoe salesman comes to town, riled Aunt Bee uses him to teach Andy a lesson in men being just as big a bunch of gossips as women.

Director: Bob Sweeney | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Frances Bavier

Votes: 442

45. Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005–2008)
Episode: Zuko Alone (2006)

TV-Y7 | 25 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

As Zuko tries to make it by in exile without his uncle, he remembers how his father became Firelord and what happened to his mother.

Director: Lauren MacMullan | Stars: Dante Basco, Grey Griffin, Mako, Gary Anthony Sturgis

Votes: 7,497

46. Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963–1965)
Episode: Portrait of an Unknown Man (1964)

TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A mysterious unfriendly man comes to a remote mountain town to buy supplies and causes the locals to wonder why he is there. He further puzzles them when he sets up a homestead next to a ... See full summary »

Director: Alan Crosland Jr. | Stars: Clint Walker, Mala Powers, Robert Duvall, Jay C. Flippen

Votes: 74

47. The Prisoner (1967–1968)
Episode: Living in Harmony (1967)

TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

In a Wild West setting, a lawman who resigned is trapped in a town called Harmony where the Judge wants him to be the new sheriff - by hook or by crook.

Director: David Tomblin | Stars: Patrick McGoohan, Alexis Kanner, David Bauer, Valerie French

Votes: 806

48. The Mandalorian (2019– )
Episode: Chapter 13: The Jedi (2020)

TV-14 | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

The Mandalorian travels to a world ruled by a ruthless magistrate who has made a powerful enemy.

Director: Dave Filoni | Stars: Pedro Pascal, Michael Biehn, Rosario Dawson, Diana Lee Inosanto

Votes: 34,249

49. The Powerpuff Girls (1998–2004)
Episode: Town and Out/Child Fearing (2000)

TV-Y7 | 21 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

"Town and Out" When the Professor gets a new job, the Girls have to move to a new town. They try to make the best of it, but it's just not the same. In fact, it's awful.

Directors: Craig McCracken, John McIntyre, Randy Myers | Stars: Tom Kenny, Tom Kane, Cathy Cavadini, Tara Strong

Votes: 176

50. The Bullwinkle Show (1959–1963)
Episode: Missouri Mish Mash: Parts 7-8 (1961)

TV-G | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Rocky and Bullwinkle "Missouri Mish Mash" Part 7, Fractured Fairy Tales "Booty and the Beast", Dudley Do-Right of the Mounties "Skagway Dogsled-Pulling Contest", Rocky and Bullwinkle "Missouri Mish Mash" Part 8.

Directors: Gerard Baldwin, Pete Burness, Sal Faillace, William T. Hurtz, Lew Keller, Ted Parmelee, George Singer | Stars: June Foray, Paul Frees, Edward Everett Horton, Hans Conried

Votes: 23