Movies Like Topinambur

If you liked Topinambur (1992), a movie directed by Ursula Helfer, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
You Should Have Left (2020)
★ 6.1/10
In an effort to repair their relationship, a couple books a vacation in the countryside for themselves and their daughter. What starts as a perfect retreat begins to fall apart as one loses their grip on reality, and a…
2
Lady Macbeth (2016)
★ 6.6/10
Rural England, 1865. Katherine, suffocated by her loveless marriage to a bitter man and restrained by his father's tyranny, unleashes an irresistible force within her, so powerful that she will stop at nothing to get…
3
Tamara Drewe (2010)
★ 5.9/10
A young newspaper writer returns to her hometown in the English countryside, where her childhood home is being prepped for sale.
4
City Girl (1930)
★ 7.5/10
A waitress from Chicago falls in love with a man from rural Minnesota and marries him, with the intent of living a better life - but life on the farm has its own challenges.
5
Together (2025)
★ 6.9/10
Years into their relationship, Tim and Millie find themselves at a crossroads as they move to the country, abandoning all that is familiar in their lives except each other. With tensions already flaring, a nightmarish…
6
God's Own Country (2017)
★ 7.7/10
A young farmer in rural Yorkshire numbs his daily frustrations with binge drinking and casual sex, until the arrival of a Romanian migrant worker.
7
Jabberwocky (1977)
★ 6/10
After the death of his father, young Dennis Cooper goes to town where he has to pass several adventures. The town and the whole kingdom is threatened by a terrible monster called 'Jabberwocky'. Will Dennis make his…
8
Train Dreams (2025)
★ 7.3/10
A logger leads a life of quiet grace as he experiences love and loss during an era of monumental change in early 20th-century America.
9
Die My Love (2025)
★ 6.1/10
After inheriting a remote Montana house, Jackson moves there from New York with his partner Grace, and the couple soon welcome a child. As Jackson becomes increasingly absent and rural isolation sets in, Grace…
10
The Quiet Man (1952)
★ 7.3/10
An American man returns to the village of his birth in Ireland, where he finds love and conflict.
11
Safe Haven (2013)
★ 7.2/10
A young woman with a mysterious past lands in Southport, North Carolina where her bond with a widower forces her to confront the dark secret that haunts her.
12
Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)
★ 6.5/10
Albany, New York, 1776. After marrying, Gil and Lana travel north to settle on a small farm in the Mohawk River Valley, but soon their growing prosperity and happiness are threatened by the sinister sound of drums that…
13
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
★ 7.8/10
The Fantastic Mr. Fox, bored with his current life, plans a heist against the three local farmers. The farmers, tired of sharing their chickens with the sly fox, seek revenge against him and his family.
14
Straw Dogs (1971)
★ 7.1/10
David Sumner, a mild-mannered academic from the United States, marries Amy, an Englishwoman. In order to escape a hectic stateside lifestyle, David and his wife relocate to the small town in rural Cornwall where Amy…
15
Baby Boom (1987)
★ 6.4/10
J.C. Wiatt is a talented and ambitious New York City career woman who is married to her job and working towards partner at her firm. She has a live-in relationship with Steven, a successful investment broker who, along…
16
Sand Castle (2017)
★ 6.5/10
Set during the occupation of Iraq, a squad of U.S. soldiers try to protect a small village.
17
The Egg and I (1947)
★ 7/10
World War II veteran Bob MacDonald surprises his new wife, Betty, by quitting his city job and moving them to a dilapidated farm in the country. While Betty gamely struggles with managing the crumbling house and…
18
Funny Farm (1988)
★ 6.2/10
Sportswriter Andy Farmer moves with his schoolteacher wife Elizabeth to the country in order to write a novel in relative seclusion. Of course, seclusion is the last thing the Farmers find in the small, eccentric town…
19
Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)
★ 7.6/10
Ricky is a defiant young city kid who finds himself on the run with his cantankerous foster uncle in the wild New Zealand bush. A national manhunt ensues, and the two are forced to put aside their differences and work…
20
Still Mine (2012)
★ 6.9/10
Craig, a fiercely determined New Brunswick farmer, sets out to build a more suitable house for his ailing wife, Irene, despite their children's concerns. As he starts building, he is blindsided by the bureaucratic…