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God's Own Country (2017) | Ranked Top 3% · CriticCrunch

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God's Own Country

Movie2017·104 min

God's Own Country

Directed by Francis Lee

A romance drama film directed by Francis Lee.

◈ CrunchScore

Top 3%

of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement

★ TMDB Audience Rating

7.7/10

1K ratings

About God's Own Country

A young farmer in rural Yorkshire numbs his daily frustrations with binge drinking and casual sex, until the arrival of a Romanian migrant worker.

Pacing: Slow-burn (1 of 9)
Tone: Hopeful (7 of 9)
Intensity: Moderate (4 of 9)
Complexity: Approachable (4 of 9)
Humor: Serious (1 of 9)
Scale: Intimate (1 of 9)
Spirit: Heartfelt (7 of 9)
Texture: Gritty, Contemplative
Story Tags: isolation loneliness, identity self discovery, coming of age, small town, wilderness, romantic partners, strangers forced together, outsider misfit, everyman, slow burn reveal, fish out of water, queer romance, forbidden star crossed

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Details

Director: Francis Lee
Language: English

Cast

Josh O'Connor, Alec Secăreanu, Gemma Jones

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How God's Own Country Ranks

All movies

Top 3%

2010s movies

Top 2%

Romance movies

Top 4%

★2010s Romance movies

Top 5%

Top 5% in every cohort we track — a consistent classic.

the vibe

God's Own Country Vibe

What it feels like

slow-burnhopefulmoderateapproachableseriousintimateheartfeltgritty

contemplative

What it's about

slow-burn revealfish out of waterisolation lonelinessidentity self discoverycoming of ageoutsider misfiteverymanromantic partnersstrangers forced togetherqueer romanceforbidden star crossedsmall townwilderness

pacing

slow-burn 1/9slow-burn 1/9

tone

hopeful 7/9hopeful 7/9

intensity

moderate 4/9moderate 4/9

complexity

approachable 4/9clear 4/9

humor

serious 1/9serious 1/9

scale

intimate 1/9intimate 1/9

spirit

heartfelt 7/9heartfelt 7/9

texture

grittygritty