Movies like Beasts
If Beasts's mix of farm and farmer stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Beasts's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Chicken Run
2000 · Directed by Nick Park · 84 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: farm, farmer
The creators of Wallace & Gromit bring you an exciting and original story about a group of chickens determined to fly the coop–even if they can’t fly! It’s hardly poultry in motion when Rocky attempts to teach Ginger…
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In Cold Blood
1967 · Directed by Richard Brooks · 134 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: farmer
After a botched robbery results in the brutal murder of a rural family, two drifters elude police, in the end coming to terms with their own mortality and the repercussions of their vile atrocity.
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The Beasts
2022 · Directed by Rodrigo Sorogoyen · 138 min7.5
Why you'll like itAlso a French drama · From the same decade (2020s)
Antoine and Olga, a French couple, have been living in a small village in Galicia for a long time. They practice eco-responsible agriculture and restore abandoned houses to facilitate repopulation.
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Diary of a Country Priest
1951 · Directed by Robert Bresson · 115 min7.5
Why you'll like itAlso a French drama
An inexperienced, sickly priest shows up in the rural French community of Ambricourt, where he joins the community's clergy. But the locals don't take kindly to the priest, and his ascetic ways and unsociable demeanor…
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In the Name of the Land
2019 · Directed by Édouard Bergeon · 103 min7.2
Why you'll like itAlso a French drama
Pierre is 25 when he returns from Wyoming to his fiancée and take over the family farm. Twenty years later, the farm expanded and so did the family. It's the time of happy days, at least at the beginning.
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Of Mice and Men
1992 · Directed by Gary Sinise · 111 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: farm
Two drifters, one a gentle but slow giant, try to make money working the fields during the Depression so they can fulfill their dreams.
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Bloody Milk
2017 · Directed by Hubert Charuel · 90 min6.9
Why you'll like itAlso a French drama
Pierre, in his thirties, is a breeder of dairy cattle. His life revolves around his farm, his veterinarian sister and his parents whose livestock he took over.