Bringemovies
← Browse Movies
The Small Town
TITLE DETAILS

The Small Town

1997-11-28 · 85 min · ★ 6.6

Drama

A story in four parts is told from the perspective of two children, showing life in school, in nature, with family and at home. All of this unfolding along with the seasons. The Small Town depicts life in the village, while also portraying the relationships between members of a small-town family, in a long centerpiece scene around a campfire with family members talking about the past, life and its disappointments. Both brother and sister witness the complexities and darkness of the adult world, as well as the mysteries of nature and wildlife.

Open detail page

Trailers are previews, not full movies.

No authorized playback source configured. Use the legal watch options below.

Production details

Directors
Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Production companies
NBC Film
Countries
Turkey
Status
Released

Top Cast

Mehmet Emin ToprakMehmet Emin ToprakSaffet (as M. Emin Toprak)
Havva SağlamHavva SağlamAsiye
Cihat BütünCihat BütünAli
Fatma CeylanFatma CeylanNine
Mehmet Emin CeylanMehmet Emin CeylanDede (as M. Emin Ceylan)
Sercihan AlioğluSercihan AlioğluBaba
Semra YılmazAnne
Latif AltıntaşLatif AltıntaşÖgretmen
Muzaffer ÖzdemirMuzaffer ÖzdemirDeli Ahmet
Timuçin CaymazTimuçin CaymazDede (voice) (as M. Emin Ceylan)
Gazanfer ÜndüzGazanfer ÜndüzBaba (voice) (as Sercihan Alioğlu)

Title information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.

Where to watch

Availability provided by JustWatch via TMDb. Offers can change. Provider links are listed on TMDb; full playback requires a separately authorized source.

Availability not listed for this country.

Recommendations

About Dry Grasses
★ 7.6
About Dry Grasses2023Drama

A young art teacher hopes to be transferred to Istanbul after completing his mandatory duty in a remote village school in Anatolia. After accusations of inappropriate contact with a student surface, his hopes of escape fade and he descends further into an existential crisis.

A Tale of Three Sisters
★ 7.2
A Tale of Three Sisters2019Drama

A stagnant and gloomy village in the 1980s. Reyhan, Nurhan, and Havva, three sisters were sent to town as 'besleme' (foster child and maid). Since they fail their foster parents for different reasons, they are sent back to their father's house in their poor village. Deprived of their dreams of a better life, they try to hold on to each other.

Fatima
★ 7.2
Fatima2020Drama

In 1917, outside the parish of Fátima, Portugal, a 10-year-old girl and her two younger cousins witness multiple visitations of the Virgin Mary, who tells them that only prayer and suffering will bring an end to World War I. As secularist government officials and Church leaders try to force the children to recant their story, word of the sighting spreads across the country, inspiring religious pilgrims to flock to the site in hopes of witnessing a miracle..

Girl in the Box
★ 6.7
Girl in the Box2016Drama

The true story of 20-year-old Colleen Stan, a hitchhiking woman abducted by a young couple and held captive for seven years, during which time she's tortured and forced to live as a slave to her captors.

Affliction
★ 6.3
Affliction1998Drama

A small town policeman must investigate a suspicious hunting accident. The investigation and other events result in him slowly disintegrating mentally.

The Bookshop
★ 6.5
The Bookshop2017Drama

Set in a small English town in 1959, a woman decides, against polite but ruthless local opposition, to open a bookshop, a decision which becomes a political minefield.

Appaloosa
★ 6.6
Appaloosa2008Drama

Two friends hired to police a small town that is suffering under the rule of a rancher find their job complicated by the arrival of a young widow.

Paper Lives
★ 8.0
Paper Lives2021Drama

In the streets of Istanbul, ailing waste warehouse worker Mehmet takes a small boy under his wing and must soon confront his own traumatic childhood.

Intrusion
★ 6.0
Intrusion2021Drama

When a husband and wife move to a small town, a home invasion leaves the wife traumatized and suspicious that those around her might not be who they seem.

The Road Dance
★ 6.7
The Road Dance2022Drama

A young girl lives in the Outer Hebrides in a small village in the years just before WWI. Isolated and hard by the shore, her life takes a dramatic change when a terrible tragedy befalls her.

My Neighbor Adolf
★ 6.6
My Neighbor Adolf2022Drama

South America, 1960. A lonely and grumpy Holocaust survivor convinces himself that his new neighbor is none other than Adolf Hitler. Not being taken seriously, he starts an independent investigation to prove his claim, but when the evidence still appears to be inconclusive, Polsky is forced to engage in a relationship with the enemy in order to obtain irrefutable proof.

The Young One
★ 7.0
The Young One1960Drama

A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions.

Hurry Sundown
★ 6.4
Hurry Sundown1967Drama

A ruthless Southern opportunist tries to buy his cousin's land, and when thwarted, brings several tragedies to the lives of his loved ones.

Holy Lands
★ 6.1
Holy Lands2019Drama

When lapsed Jew and former cardiologist Harry suddenly decides to spend his retirement as a pig farmer in Nazareth, Israel, the move deeply shocks his family and his new neighbours. Back in New York, Harry’s ex-wife Monica is trying to manage the lives of their adult children, Annabelle and David, as well as her own.

Sand Castle
★ 6.5
Sand Castle2017Drama

Set during the occupation of Iraq, a squad of U.S. soldiers try to protect a small village.

The Safety of Objects
★ 6.5
The Safety of Objects2002Drama

In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son, Paul, and neglects her daughter and husband. Lawyer Jim Train is devoted to his career, not his family. Helen Christianson wants to find a new spark in life, while Annette Jennings tries to rebuild hers.

Come Sunday
★ 5.8
Come Sunday2018Drama

Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell.

The Long, Hot Summer
★ 7.0
The Long, Hot Summer1958Drama

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

The Kindness of Strangers
★ 6.4
The Kindness of Strangers2019Drama

Clara and her two sons escape from her abusive husband with little more than their car and plan to start over in New York. After the car towed away, the family meets Alice, who gets them into an emergency shelter. While stealing food at a Russian restaurant called ‘Winter Palace’, Clara meets Marc, who has been given the chance to help the old eatery regain its former glory. The ‘Winter Palace’ soon becomes a place of unexpected encounters between people who are all undergoing some sort of crisis and whom fate has now brought together.

Light It Up
★ 6.6
Light It Up1999Drama

On a winter day in a southside Queens high school, events collide and six students are suddenly in an armed standoff with the NYPD. At the school, classrooms freeze, teachers come and go, resources are scant.

Similar titles

October Sky
★ 7.7
October Sky1999Drama

The true story of Homer Hickam, a coal miner's son who was inspired by the first Sputnik launch to take up rocketry against his father's wishes.

Electroma
★ 6.7
Electroma2006Drama

Two robots embark on a quest to become human.

The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
★ 6.5
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry2022Drama

This comical love story follows the story of A.J. Fikry, whose life is not at all what he expected it to be. His wife has died, his bookstore is experiencing the worst sales in its history and now his prized possession, a rare edition of Poe poems, has been stolen. He’s given up on people and even the books in his store offer another reminder that the world is changing too rapidly. But when a mysterious package arrives at the store, it gives Fikry the chance to make his life over and see things anew.

At Close Range
★ 6.8
At Close Range1986Drama

Brad Whitewood Jr. lives in rural Pennsylvania and has few prospects. Against his mother's wishes, he seeks out his estranged father, the head of a gang of thieves in a nearby town. Though his new girlfriend supports his criminal ambitions, Brad Jr. soon learns that his father is a dangerous man.

Rad
★ 6.5
Rad1986Drama

A BMX racer, who lives in a small town with his mother and sister, is faced with a tough decision, qualify for Helltrack or take his SATs in order to attend college.

The Off-Road Girl
★ 6.7
The Off-Road Girl1973Drama

A successful advertising journalist, embarks on a journey to Egypt where he encounters Maryam, a striking Eritrean woman whose beauty is matched only by her enigmatic presence. What begins as a chance meeting gradually evolves into a layered emotional connection that challenges Giorgio’s worldview and highlights cultural and racial divides.

Georgia Rule
★ 6.0
Georgia Rule2007Drama

Rebellious, uncontrollable teenager, Rachel is hauled off by her dysfunctional mother to spend the summer with her estranged grandmother, Georgia. Her journey will lead all three women to revelations of buried family secrets and an understanding that - regardless what happens - the ties that bind can never be broken.

Kes
★ 7.4
Kes1970Drama

Bullied at school and ignored and abused at home by his indifferent mother and older brother, Billy Casper, a 15-year-old working-class Yorkshire boy, tames and trains his pet kestrel falcon whom he names Kes. Helped and encouraged by his English teacher and his fellow students, Billy finally finds a positive purpose to his unhappy existence.

A Town Without Christmas
★ 5.9
A Town Without Christmas2001Drama

In the small town of Seacliff, Wash., a child's letter to Santa Claus captures the nation's attention. When the little boy, Chris, writes that he wishes to leave this world so he will no longer be a burden to his divorcing parents, a race begins to find him before he harms himself.

Hora Petrolera
Not rated
Hora Petrolera2022Drama

Alberto, a collective taxi driver, observes through the lives that pass through his car, the beauty hidden in the decadence of the oil city where he works.

All the Real Girls
★ 5.9
All the Real Girls2003Drama

In a sleepy little mill town in North Carolina, Paul is the town Romeo. But when his best friend's sister returns home from boarding school, he finds himself falling for her innocent charm. In spite of her lack of experience and the violent protests of her brother, the two find themselves in a sweet, dreamy and all-consuming love.

Fawn
★ 6.7
Fawn2019Drama

An evil supernatural presence terrorizes the locals of a small town.

Poster unavailable
Not rated
In Starland2026Drama

In small-town America, a solitary man drifts through life - until a group of fearless young artists crash into his world. A coming-of-middle-age story about identity, belonging, and the strange beauty of connection.

Walker
★ 6.5
Walker1987Drama

William Walker and his mercenary corps enter Nicaragua in the middle of the 19th century in order to install a new government by a coup d'etat.

Summer in Heat
Not rated
Summer in HeatDrama

Four teenage cousins from Europe arrive in their parents’ hometown by the Black Sea, where a family wedding and the weight of traditions stir up tensions and secret desires when they all fall for the same young man.

M'Liss
★ 6.0
M'Liss1936Drama

The third film version of the Bret Harte tale, starring Anne Shirley as a miner's daughter in a small town who falls for a handsome young schoolteacher.

My Wonderful Life
★ 4.9
My Wonderful Life2021Drama

A caring daughter, a laid-back mother, a popular teacher, a wife you are thick as thieves with – Joanna – is outstanding in each of these roles. But in none of them does she feel like herself. That is why she leads a double life. She has a secret she shares with no-one.

Elsewhere
★ 5.8
Elsewhere2009Drama

A teen girl disappears after trying to meet men online in order to escape her small town. Apparently, only her best friend worries enough to investigate the mystery.

Corpus Christi
★ 7.6
Corpus Christi2019Drama

A pious 20-year-old juvenile delinquent is sent to work at a sawmill in a small town; on arrival, he dresses up as a priest and accidentally takes over the local parish. The arrival of this young, charismatic preacher is an opportunity for the local community to begin the healing process after a tragedy that happened a year prior.

Born River Bye
Not rated
Born River Bye2017Drama

A disillusioned songwriter and a restless receptionist confront their regrets over an Autumn weekend in Macon, Georgia.

Your favorites

Recently viewed

Watch

Choose an authorized server.

Full video from an operator-configured authorized source. Official trailers use a separate player. If a server fails, retry or select another authorized server.

Legal watch options

Official trailer

Trailer preview only. Press Play to start.

Privacy choices

Favorites stay in your browser. Movie images load from TMDb. YouTube trailers contact YouTube only after you allow external media and choose a trailer. Advertising consent, if ads are enabled, is managed separately by the operator’s certified CMP.

Privacy policy

After allowing external media, choose the trailer button to load its player.