Best small towns to live in for retirees

Explore our selection of movies and TV shows best small towns to live in for retirees

poster Our Town
Our Town
(3.3/5)
90mn - Drama, Romance
Change comes slowly to a small New Hampshire town in the early 20th century. We see birth, life and death in this small community.
poster A Small Town Princess
A Small Town Princess
25mn - Comedy
A small town princess gets hired for the movies.
poster The Terror of Tiny Town
The Terror of Tiny Town
62mn - Western, Comedy, Music
In a wild west community populated entirely by residents with dwarfism, the Larson and Preston familes have been in a generations-long feud, recently strained by the actions of cattle rustler and overall …
poster Roadside Massacre
Roadside Massacre
83mn - Horror
Five college friends take a detour while traveling to their spring break destination. They end up in the remote mountain town of Blueridge, where Karen (Marina Resa) believes her older sister went missing…
poster Green Pastures
Green Pastures
(2.8/5)
5mn -
A horse always finds greener grass in his neighbors yard, but his neighbors are not too happy.
poster Come Next Spring
Come Next Spring
(3.6/5)
92mn - Drama
After twelve years of hard drinking and wandering across America, reformed alcoholic Matt Ballot returns to the Arkansas town he abandoned, hoping to reclaim the family he left behind. But winning back th…
poster Louisa
Louisa
(3.4/5)
90mn - Comedy
Architect Hal Norton and wife Meg invite his widowed mother Louisa to move in with them, only to discover the sweet elderly lady is romantically involved with what seems to be every old coot in town.
poster Forgotten Sweeties
Forgotten Sweeties
(3.6/5)
20mn - Comedy
Thurston's former sweetheart has married a big brute, and they move in down the hall from him.
poster The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again
The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again
(2.8/5)
75mn - Action, Adventure, Comedy
When retired Texas Ranger Nash Crawford learns that his old friend "The Baltimore Kid" is wanted for murder and robbery in Waco, he reunites his legendary band of aging Rangers to clear their friend's nam…
poster The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
(3.1/5)
99mn - Action, Comedy, Western
A simple-minded blacksmith named Charley, well loved by the townsfolk, saves for a year to send off for a mail-order bride.
poster Wickensburg
Wickensburg
92mn - Adventure, Family
A mother and her young son move to a new small town. They soon discover the town harbors a dark secret, and it's a race against time to save the town.
poster The Long, Hot Summer
The Long, Hot Summer
(3.7/5)
115mn - Drama, Romance
Accused barn burner and conman Ben Quick arrives in a small Mississippi town and quickly ingratiates himself with its richest family, the Varners.
poster Little Dead Rotting Hood
Little Dead Rotting Hood
90mn - Fantasy, Horror, Romance
The residents of a small town discover that something more sinister than killer wolves is lurking in the backwoods: first the wolves start turning up dead...then people.
poster Souls on the Road
Souls on the Road
(3.3/5)
91mn - Drama
A small town boy dreams of being a famous fiddler; Meanwhile, two convicts escape from prison and hide in the woods.
poster A Stranger in Town
A Stranger in Town
(3.6/5)
67mn - Crime, Romance
In the small town of Crownport local attorney Bill Adams is trying to break up the ring of corrupt town officials by running for mayor. The cards seemed stacked against him when he gets help from a visiti…
poster The Return of Draw Egan
The Return of Draw Egan
(3.1/5)
52mn - Western, Adventure, Action
A small town marshal’s secret past as an outlaw comes back to haunt him when an old associate shows up and threatens to expose his former dark deeds.
poster The Parson's Widow
The Parson's Widow
(3.6/5)
93mn - Comedy, Drama
A young man is elected by a small village to be its parson. As part of his duties, he is required to marry the widow of the parson before him. This poses two problems--first, the widow is old enough to be…
poster West of Hot Dog
West of Hot Dog
22mn - Comedy, Western
Stan travels to the small town of Hot Dog to collect an inheritance. He learns his late uncle left him everything - but in the event of Stan's death it all goes to his two outlaw cousins.
poster Small Talk
Small Talk
(3.1/5)
25mn - Comedy, Family
The gang are all orphans, hoping to be adopted by nice families where "spinach is not on the menu". Wheezer, the youngest child, gets adopted by a wealthy couple, while his older sister Mary Ann does not.…
poster The Round-Up
The Round-Up
70mn - Western, Comedy, Romance
A lovesick sheriff protects his town, embroiled in a feud between a crafty bandit leader and the family of the prospector he stole from.
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