Keller Dover's verden styrter i grus, da hans lille datter og hendes veninde forsvinder sporløst. Politiet står uden spor, så Keller beslutter sig for at tage sagen i sine egne hænder. Han bortfører den eneste mistænkte for at tvinge sandheden ud af ham, men har han fået fat i den rigtige mand?
Den hårdkogte Phil. fratræder jobbet som agent for regeringen, da han mister sin kone. Sammen med sin 10-årige datter flytter han til en afsidesliggende lille by, for at starte på en frisk, men inden længe gør Phil sig uheldigt bemærket overfor narkohandleren Gator, der har valgt byen som skalkeskjul for sine ulovlige forretninger.
De to søstre, Mei og Satsuki, flytter på landet med deres kærlige, men nogle gange også lettere distræte far. Huset er hjemsøgt af små, levende nullermænd, som dog ikke er mere faretruende, end at de forføjer sig bort, så snart det runger af latter i stuerne. Den yngste pige falder ned i et dybt hul i jorden og vækker et af underskovens fabeldyr til live. Sammen med denne vidunderlige, flyvske og vennesæle ’skovvogter’ – Totoro, hedder den – begiver børnene sig ud på de mest fantastiske flyveture gennem og over skovene, bl.a. i en blød, tolvbenet kattebus, hvor dyrets øjne fungerer som billygter. Imens vokser den lille Totoro sig stadigt større, uden at den af den grund holder op med at ligne en forvokset kanin!
Racerbilen Lynet McQueen er fuld af selvtillid. Han er nemlig på vej til det store Stempel Cup Mesterskab i Californien - og det har han tænkt sig at vinde! Men uheldet er ude allerede på vejen til Californien. Lynet kører nemlig af sporet og ender i en lille søvnig by, hvor han blandt andet møder den lækre porsche Sally, en mystisk årgang 1951 Hudson Hornet og en rusten, men pålidelig kranbil.
To dusørjægere slår sig sammen for at fange Indio, der med sin bande gør klar til at røve banken i El Paso. De to dusørjægere har forskellige grunde til at være efter Indio, men kan de overhovedet stole på hinanden?
Ashitaka bliver bidt af en dæmon og får en grim infektion. Derfor begiver han sig afsted for at finde guden Shishigami, der efter sigende kan helbrede ham. Undervejs oplever han den åbne konflikt mellem skovens gamle guder. Han er også vidne til minelandsbyens udnyttelser af jordens ressourcer. Ashitaka prøver at mægle, men uden større held.
Den højtdekorerede krigshelt John Rambo har ingen venner eller familie, da han vender hjem fra Vietnam. Han arresteres for løsgængeri, men flygter fra fængslet. Politiet påbegynder en storstilet menneskejagt i de omliggende skove uden at vide, at Rambo er ekspert i guerillakrig.
Den højt dekorerede London politibetjent Nicholas Angel er god til sit arbejde. Lidt for god, synes hans overordnede, så de forflytter ham til en lille soveby. Her sker der ikke noget, altså lige ud over havefester og dyrkelse af naboskab. Men Angel lader sig ikke narre. Bag den pæne provinsoverflade er der noget, som ikke er, som det skal være!
Mens FBI Agent Desmond jager en morder af unge piger, under et truende øje fra sheriffen og overnaturlig ondskab, er den lokale skønhed Laura Palmer ved at blive rodet ind i en situation som hun ikke kan komme ud fra.
I en lille ørkenby går livet sin vante gang indtil en række at områdets beboere pludselig begynder at forsvinde på mærkelig vis. Valentine og Earl undersøger sagen og opdager at ørkensandet er hjemsted for gigantiske og meget sultne orme med store, spidse tænder. Sammen med landsbyens øvrige overlevende indleder de en desperat kamp for at undslippe.
Pennsylvania, USA. En dag opdager familien Hess en række af store mystiske cirkler og linier aftegnet i deres kornmark. Det bliver begyndelsen til en stor test for familieoverhovedet Graham, der forsøger at finde en forklaring for mysteriet.
To unge amerikanere, David Kessler og Jack Goodman, har planlagt tre måneders ferie i Europa, men en sen aften på en kold engelskhede hører de et umenneskeligt hyl. Tre uger senere vågner David på et hospital. Hans ven er dræbt og flået i stykker. Den smukke unge sygeplejerske, Alex, tager sig af David, mens han forsøger at finde ud af, hvad der er sket. Men er han parat til sandheden, da hans afdøde ven dukker op for at advare ham?
De tre musketerer samles endnu engang i deres livs efterår. Men denne gange er det ikke kongens ære, Aramis, Porthos og Athos skal forsvare. Det er kongen, der skal bekæmpes! Den største forhindring er musketernes gamle kollega D'Artagnan, der er kongens livvagt.
Dybt inde i Pennsylvanias skove, er en landsby, hvor indbyggerne lever helt isoleret. En idyllisk tilværelse - hvis det ikke var for de fremmede væsener i skoven.
Dorset, England i 1800-tallet. Den unge Bathsheba Everdene er ualmindeligt selvstændig for sin tid og har ikke lyst til at gifte sig med en mand, hun ikke elsker. Efter at hun arver en stor gård, kæmper tre bejlere kæmper om hendes gunst: den beskedne fårefarmer Gabriel Oak, den velhavende William Boldwood samt den hæmningsløse sergent Frank Troy, som blev svigtet ved alteret af tjenestepigen Fanny.
Politimanden Howie modtager et mystisk brev om en forsvunden pige på en afsides skotsk ø. Han tager afsted for at undersøge sagen, men opdager, at alle øens beboere nægter at kende til pigen. Samtidig lader indbyggerne til at være involveret i okkulte ritualer, ledet af den excentriske adelsmand Summerisle. Howie aner snart en sammenhæng mellem den forsvundne pige og ritualerne.
Efter mange års fravær vender adelsmanden Lawrence Talbot hjem til familiens victorianske landsted, da hans bror forsvinder sporløst. I landsbyen mener man, at en forbandelse hviler over de omkringliggende skove, hvor blodtørstige varulve siges at rumstere ved fuldmåne. Talbot begynder selv at tro på myten, efter han en nat bliver overfaldet og mærker de dyriske drifter tage over i sin egen krop.
An eccentric, triple board-certified virtuoso surgeon leaves a top job in Seoul and ends up at a provincial hospital, where he mentors young doctors.
Unencumbered by wives, jobs or any other responsibilities, three senior citizens who've never really grown up explore their world in the Yorkshire Dales. They spend their days speculating about their fellow townsfolk and thinking up adventures not usually favored by the elderly. Last of the Summer Wine premiered as an episode of Comedy Playhouse in 1973. The show ran for 295 episodes until 2010. It is the longest running comedy Britain has produced and the longest running sitcom in the world.
Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines.
Set in the small hamlet of Lark Rise and the wealthier neighbouring market town, Candleford, the series chronicles the daily lives of farm-workers, craftsmen and gentry at the end of the 19th Century. Lark Rise to Candleford is a love letter to a vanished corner of rural England and a heart-warming drama series teeming with wit, wisdom and romance.
An idyllic picture of 1950's rural England as seen through the lives of the Larkins, a farm family living in Kent. The show revolves around Pa Larkin, a man of a kind and mischievous nature with a penchant for getting into scrapes and talking his way out of them with equal equanimity; and his daughters, as they deal with growing up and discovering the joys and sorrows of young love.
Happy Valley is a dark, funny, multi-layered thriller revolving around the personal and professional life of Catherine, a dedicated, experienced, hard-working copper. She is also a bereaved mother who looks after her orphaned grandchild.
In the 1950s at the fictional Lancashire village of Ormston, a father and son, both doctors, navigate the challenges of running a cottage hospital under the newly established National Health Service.
Where the Heart Is is a British television family drama series set in the fictional Yorkshire town of Skelthwaite. It focuses on the professional and personal lives of the district nurses who work in the town.
Hamish Macbeth is a comedy-drama series made by BBC Scotland and first aired in 1995. It is loosely based on a series of mystery novels by M. C. Beaton. The series concerns a local police officer, Constable Hamish Macbeth in the fictitious town of Lochdubh on the west coast of Scotland. The titular character was played by Robert Carlyle. It ran for three series from 1995 to 1997, with the first two series having six episodes and the third having eight.
Reverend Granger is assigned as the Vicar of the rural parish of Dibley, but she is not quite what the villagers expected.
The series exhibited several stories based on folklore and mythology , with characters such as Cuca, Saci Pererê and Iara from Brazilian folklore and then later with several characters from fairytales, fables, literature and greek mythology. The residents of Sítio, Emília, Narizinho, Pedrinho, Dona Benta and Tia Nastacia live several adventures with a lot of the mystery and dangers that haunt the remote town of Arraial do Tucanos.
Sitcom about the love-hate relationship between upper-class Audrey fforbes Hamilton and Richard DeVere, the nouveau rich businessman who buys her manor house when she can no longer afford to keep it.
When Daniel returns to his hometown, Rosehaven, to take over his family's troubled real estate business, he's surprisingly joined by his best (city) friend Emma - who's on the run from a marriage that didn't last the honeymoon. Between Daniel's crippling anxiety and Emma's exuberant irresponsibility will they be able to save the business? It seems unlikely, but it will be fun to watch them try. And might their friendship mean more than they realise?
Sol and Tião are born to different social backgrounds—she to a poor suburban family in Rio, and him to an even poorer family who raised cattle in West São Paulo State. They eventually meet, due to unlikely circumstances, but part again, as she has set as her ultimate priority to reach the United States or bust. While she comes to the U.S. to live as an illegal immigrant, he remains in Brazil and, despite many trials and tribulations, he becomes a successful rodeo cowboy.
Celebrities live in a rural fishing village. They must catch food for and prepare three meals a day.
A successful vascular surgeon is suddenly confronted with a blood phobia, making it impossible for him to exercise his job in the hospital. He moves from the capital to the countryside to work as the GP of a village where he only knows his aunt. His predecessor was well liked, so his new community is less than welcoming. The empathic capabilities of the doctor leaves much to be desired, making it even harder for him to win his place in the close-knit community.
Celebrities are chosen to live for three days a week in a rural setting. They are required to use their own means to find food for and prepare three meals a day.
Kokoro Library lies nestled in an unpopulated mountain far away from town. Three sisters, Iina, Aruto and Kokoro, call the library home and run it from day to day. Kokoro is just beginning her adventures at the library. Will she be become a full-fledged librarian? Will the remote library ever attract readers? Kokoro tries her best to make her dreams come true at Kokoro Library, a place where miracles can happen.
At 20, Donalda is the most beautiful girl in Sainte-Adèle. Young, intelligent, and dynamic, she has always been in love with Alexis, the log driver, a feisty adventurer whose life is a perpetual storm. But Seraphin is also in love with Donalda, and he will do anything to have her.
The lives of cousins Kerry and Kurtan in the rural village of Cotswolds.
