Best "small town sheriff" Movies of All Time

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Moonrise Kingdom(2012)

PG-13

| 1h 34min | Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love

3.8/5 (with 2,628 votes)

Set on an island off the coast of New England in the summer of 1965, Moonrise Kingdom tells the story of two twelve-year-olds who fall in love, make a secret pact, and run away together into the wilderness. As various authorities try to hunt them down, a violent storm is brewing off-shore – and the peaceful island community is turned upside down in more ways than anyone can handle.

Directed by Wes Anderson - With Jared Gilman, Kara Hayward, Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Frances McDormand, ...

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Girl(2020)

1h 32min | Thriller

3.1/5 (with 74 votes)

A young woman returns to her small hometown intent on killing her abusive father only to discover someone murdered him the day before. As the girl searches for answers, she uncovers a family legacy more dangerous than she'd imagined.

Directed by Chad Faust - With Bella Thorne

Mystery, Alaska(1999)

| 1h 59min | Drama, Comedy

3.1/5 (with 103 votes)

In Mystery, Alaska, life revolves around the legendary Saturday hockey game at the local pond. But everything changes when the hometown team unexpectedly gets booked in an exhibition match against the New York Rangers. When quirky small-towners, slick promoters and millionaire athletes come together.

Directed by Jay Roach - With Russell Crowe, Burt Reynolds, Colm Meaney, Mary McCormack, Hank Azaria, Lolita Davidovich, ...

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Valdez Is Coming(1971)

PG-13

| 1h 31min | Western

3.2/5 (with 31 votes)

Old Mexican-American sheriff Bob Valdez has always been a haven of sanity in a land of madmen when it came to defending law and order. But the weapon smuggler Frank Tanner is greedy and impulsive. When Tanner provokes a shooting that causes the death of an innocent man and Valdez asks him to financially compensate the widow, Tanner refuses to do so and severely humiliates Valdez, who will do justice and avenge his honor, no matter what it takes.

Directed by Edwin Sherin - With Burt Lancaster, Susan Clark, Jon Cypher, Frank Silvera, Richard Jordan, Héctor Elizondo, ...

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It Came from Outer Space(1953)

| 1h 21min | Horror, Science Fiction

3.2/5 (with 82 votes)

Author & amateur astronomer John Putnam and schoolteacher Ellen Fields witness an enormous meteorite come down near a small town in Arizona, but Putnam becomes a local object of scorn when, after examining the object up close, he announces that it is a spacecraft, and that it is inhabited...

Directed by Jack Arnold - With Richard Carlson, Barbara Rush, Charles Drake, Joe Sawyer, Russell David Johnson, Kathleen Hughes, ...

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One False Move(1992)

| 1h 45min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

3.3/5 (with 58 votes)

Following a series of drug deals and murders, three criminals -- Fantasia, Ray Malcolm and Pluto -- travel from Los Angeles to Houston, finally arriving in a small Arkansas town to go into hiding. Two detectives from the LAPD, who are already on the case, contact the town's sheriff, Dale Dixon, to alert him of the fugitives' presence in the area. Underestimating Dixon, the criminals have no idea what they are about to face.

Directed by Carl Franklin - With Bill Paxton, Cynda Williams, Billy Bob Thornton, Jim Metzler, Michael Beach, John Mahon, ...

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The Hollow Point(2016)

| 1h 34min | Action, Drama, Thriller

3.0/5 (with 75 votes)

Los Reyes County, Arizona. Leland, a retired lawman, works with Wallace, the new sheriff who replaces him, when a vicious hit man, sent by a Mexican drug cartel, threatens their border small town.

Directed by Gonzalo López-Gallego - With Patrick Wilson, Ian McShane, Lynn Collins, John Leguizamo, Jim Belushi

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The Giant Spider Invasion(1975)

| 1h 24min | Horror, Science Fiction

2.0/5 (with 30 votes)

A black hole hits North Wisconsin and opens a door to other dimensions. Giant 15 meter spiders emerge from it, who have an appetite for human flesh! Dr. Jenny Langer and Dr. Vance from NASA try to save the world.

Directed by Bill Rebane - With Barbara Hale, Leslie Parrish, Robert Easton, Alan Hale, Jr., Christiane Schmidtmer

Mean Dreams(2016)

| 1h 48min | Drama, Thriller

3.2/5 (with 53 votes)

When two youngsters meet and fall for each other, they must go on the run from the girl's corrupt father, who is also the sheriff of the town.

Directed by Nathan Morlando - With Sophie Nélisse, George Buza

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Kops(2003)

1h 30min | Action, Comedy

3.2/5 (with 82 votes)

A small Swedish village, Högboträsk, is so peaceful that crime is nonexistent. The police spend their shifts drinking coffee, eating hot dogs and chasing down runaway cows. This is all well and good for the village's own police, but the police management board wants to discontinue the local police force for lack of crime.

Directed by Josef Fares - With Fares Fares, Torkel Petersson, Göran Ragnerstam, Sissela Kyle, Eva Röse, Christian Fiedler, ...

Kaiserschmarrndrama(2021)

1h 36min | Comedy, Crime

3.6/5 (with 26 votes)

Trouble is brewing in idyllic small-town Bavaria. Not so much because the village’s well-known webcam girl was murdered, a case Franz Eberhofer investigates in his usual laid-back manner, but more because now, of all times, his pushy yet always helpful partner Rudi is stuck in a wheelchair after an accident for which, of course, he blames Franz. The tension rises when Rudi settles in on the farm, expecting round-the-clock care from Franz.

Directed by Ed Herzog - With Sebastian Bezzel, Simon Schwarz

Devil's Partner(1961)

| 1h 13min | Horror

2.2/5 (with 5 votes)

An old man sells his soul to the devil, and turns into a young man. He then uses witchcraft and black magic to win a woman from his rival.

Directed by Charles R. Rondeau - With Edgar Buchanan

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Macon County Line(1974)

| 1h 29min | Drama, Action

3.1/5 (with 14 votes)

A vengeful Southern sheriff is out for blood after his wife is brutally killed by a pair of drifters. Low-budget film set in Georgia in 1953 and at the time of release, purported to be based on a true story.

Directed by Richard Compton - With Alan Vint, Cheryl Waters, Max Baer, Jr., Geoffrey Lewis, Joan Blackman, Leif Garrett, ...

The California Kid(1974)

| 1h 14min | Horror, Action, Thriller, TV Movie

3.2/5 (with 12 votes)

A sadistic small-town sheriff has a habit of deliberately forcing speeders to their deaths on the mountain roads leading into town. The brother of one of the victims rolls into town in his hot rod to investigate his brother's death.

Directed by Richard T. Heffron - With Martin Sheen

Welcome to Christmas(2018)

1h 30min | Romance / Love, Drama, TV Movie

3.0/5 (with 18 votes)

Resort developer Madison Lane is tasked with finding a location for a new ski resort. Her boss tells her to take a trip to Christmas, Colorado, to consider the location. On her way into town, Madison has a minor fender-bender with the town’s welcome sign. Town Sheriff Gage McBride gives Madison a ride into town so she can attend her meeting with the mayor while the car is towed and repaired. Little does Madison know that the town is on a mission to convince Madison that Christmas is the best place for the new ski resort.

… tick… tick… tick…(1970)

PG-13

| 1h 40min | Drama, Action

3.2/5 (with 10 votes)

Racial tensions threaten to explode when a black man is elected sheriff of a small, racially divided town in the Deep South.

Directed by Ralph Nelson - With Jim Brown, George Kennedy, Fredric March, Bernie Casey, Clifton James, Don Stroud, ...

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Revenge for a Rape(1976)

1h 40min | Crime, Drama, Thriller, TV Movie

2.5/5 (with 1 vote)

When three men attack and rape a man's wife while on a camping trip, he takes it upon himself to hunt them down.

Red Canyon(2008)

| 1h 38min | Action, Horror, Thriller

1.8/5 (with 7 votes)

In Red Canyon, Regina and Devon return to their family home in the badlands of Utah to face the memory of a brutal attack - and put it behind them. But in coming home they awaken a killing rage in a town where everyone has ties that bind.

Directed by Giovanni Rodriguez

Bullet Scars(1942)

| 59min | Crime, Drama

3.0/5 (with 3 votes)

Dr. Steven Bishop is taken to the hideout of Frank Dillon and his gang to treat the wounded Joe Madison. Joe's nurse sister Nora Madison is also taken. Dillon tells Bishop that if Joe dies, he will be killed, but Bishop knows he will be either way. Joe dies, but Nora and Steve conceal it from Dillon and send a plea for help in a prescription that Bishop writes in Latin.

Directed by D. Ross Lederman - With Regis Toomey, John Ridgely, Frank Wilcox, Hobart Bosworth, Walter Brooke, Creighton Hale, ...

The Sellout(1952)

| 1h 23min | Crime, Drama

2.9/5 (with 4 votes)

A small-town newspaper editor risks everything to expose a corrupt sheriff.

Directed by Gerald Mayer - With Walter Pidgeon, Cameron Mitchell

Eye of God(1997)

| 1h 24min | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery

2.9/5 (with 6 votes)

A small Oklahoma town is stripped of its innocence when one of its boys turns up mute and bloodied by the lakeside. Unable to tell his story, the local sheriff embarks on a quest to uncover the roots of a gruesome crime. He's led to Ainsley DuPree and her new husband, Jack, a man whose interest in family may very well outweigh his morals.

Directed by Tim Blake Nelson - With Mary Kay Place

The Sheriff(1971)

1h 13min | TV Movie, Drama, Crime

3.5/5 (with 2 votes)

A rape case opens racial divisions in a small town. A black sheriff and his white deputy investigate allegations that a wealthy white businessman raped a black college student.

A Sweet Scent of Death(1999)

1h 30min | Drama, Crime

2.9/5 (with 5 votes)

Ramón is secretly in love with Adela. One morning, he discovers her corpse among the oat fields.

Directed by Gabriel Retes - With Diego Luna, Karra Elejalde, Ana Álvarez, Héctor Alterio, Odiseo Bichir

Little Chenier(2008)

| 2h | Drama

3.4/5 (with 2 votes)

LITTLE CHENIER: A CAJUN STORY is the story of a young man who lives a simple life on a houseboat in the Louisiana bayou with his mentally handicapped brother until one is accused of a crime in the small town.

Directed by Bethany Ashton Wolf - With Johnathon Schaech

3 Days of Normal(2012)

1h 21min | Comedy, Kids & Family, Romance / Love

2.4/5 (with 4 votes)

3 Days of Normal follows the story of straight-laced deputy Bill Morgan who is quite content literally living within the quaint boundaries of Washington, New Hampshire. Bill’s stable and rather uneventful life is thrown for a loop when he finds and arrests a woman, Nikki Gold, passed out in her car from inebriation. Unbeknownst to him, the woman happens to be a popular movie actress longing for some normalcy in her hectic life.

Directed by Ishai Setton - With Mircea Monroe, Richard Riehle, Lin Shaye, Ajay Naidu, Pawel Szajda

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It's A Small World(1935)

| 1h 10min | Romance / Love, Comedy

2.3/5 (with 1 vote)

Socialite, privileged, Jane Dale and lawyer Bill Shevlin meet in an automobile accident at night, on a dirt road, in a storm, near a hick town which fleeces travelers through corrupt law enforcement.

Directed by Irving Cummings - With Spencer Tracy

The Night Brings Charlie(1990)

1h 15min | Horror

2.3/5 (with 4 votes)

Upon the return of Charlie Puckett to the small town of Pakoe, a series of teenage beheadings begin. Intent on finding the culprit, Sherrif Carl Carson soon begins to suspect that Charlie's return may be more than meets the eye.

Directed by Tom Logan

The Thing About Beecher's Gate(2018)

25min | Horror

By order of the sheriff, a freshly transferred deputy must spend the night in a remote shed with only a flashlight, a shotgun, and a promise that he's fulfilling the oldest tradition in Beecher's Gate.

Sheriff(2004)

1h 16min | Documentary

2.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Sheriff Ronald E. Hewett pursues cold-blooded killers, escaped bank robbers, illegal video poker and stolen ceramic bunnies.

The Things With The Glowing Green Eyes(2019)

19min | Horror, Comedy

The usual suspects of a town hall meeting share their unexpectedly common accounts of a civic problem worse than paid parking.

Movies: Best "small town sheriff" Movies

Moonrise Kingdom(2012)

Girl(2020)

Mystery, Alaska(1999)

Valdez Is Coming(1971)

It Came from Outer Space(1953)

One False Move(1992)

The Hollow Point(2016)

The Giant Spider Invasion(1975)

Mean Dreams(2016)

Kops(2003)

Kaiserschmarrndrama(2021)

Devil's Partner(1961)

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Macon County Line(1974)

The California Kid(1974)

Welcome to Christmas(2018)

… tick… tick… tick…(1970)

Revenge for a Rape(1976)

Red Canyon(2008)

Bullet Scars(1942)

The Sellout(1952)

Eye of God(1997)

The Sheriff(1971)

A Sweet Scent of Death(1999)

Little Chenier(2008)

3 Days of Normal(2012)

It's A Small World(1935)

The Night Brings Charlie(1990)

The Thing About Beecher's Gate(2018)

Sheriff(2004)

The Things With The Glowing Green Eyes(2019)

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