Movies and TvShows featuring "census-taker" theme.

In the small town of Rockwell Falls, the population has remained at 436 for over 100 years. Steve Kady, a census-taker, arrives in the town and starts to uncover the dark secret behind the unchanging population. As he investigates, he becomes entangled in a web of mystery, religious fundamentalism, supernatural horror, and a town with a dark secret.

Welcome Home is a gripping crime drama set in a small Indian village. The story follows a woman who experiences a traumatic incident and seeks revenge against those responsible. As she navigates the dark and gritty world of the village, she uncovers shocking secrets and faces intense challenges along the way. The movie explores themes of justice, rural life, and the power of determination.

After being falsely accused and branded, a man sets out for revenge and justice against those who wronged him. The classic western tale of a lone cowboy seeking redemption unfolds as he faces violence, betrayal, and a town full of secrets.

Blondi, a former teenage mother, and her son Mirko have a unique relationship filled with shared hobbies and adventures. While Mirko seeks to build a future for himself by winning a scholarship, Blondi remains trapped in eternal adolescence. She also supports her sister's desire to escape a routine marriage and deals with her own mother. Blondi becomes an anti-stereotype, showing that responsibility and debauchery can coexist.

Valentin Roxas was raised by his Tatay Lito alone, when his mother left them to work abroad when he was seven. To maintain a sense of normalcy, Lito wrote young Val letters supposedly from his mother promising that she would come back.

In the Mossi culture, one of the rites attending the birth of a child and its induction as a new member of the community involves the burial of the placenta. The space in which the placenta is buried is called 'Zan Boko' - a phrase which connotes the religious, cultural and affective relations that bind the child to the land and that embraces the notions of 'rootedness' and 'belonging'. Kaboré tells the story of Tinga, who resists the encroaching urbanization of his native territory. The specific rhythms and vision of the rural community, including its values, social relationship, and individual & collective destinies, are altered when a city is planted on the edge of an ancient native village.

A young man who steals valuable Oriental objects for a crooked antique dealer is hunted down by the police after his latest Chinatown robbery turns violent.

Anthology film, six little anecdotes about life in the big city.

When a census taker tries to go about his job, he encounters a series of hilarious mishaps and misunderstandings, including being sprayed with water, hitting a policeman, and losing his pants. As chaos ensues, he finds himself in various absurd situations, from playing bridge to running away from a football game.

Jon Bon Jovi plays Jamey Meadows, a man newly released from prison who has found himself homeless on the crazy streets of New York City. Slowly, he must try to build his life up from the gutter. Resisting constant offers from his brother, played by William Forsythe (Dick Tracy, The Rock, Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigalo) to rejoin the insidious world of crime, Meadows takes a menial job as a door to door census worker. Among his many encounters throughout this job, he meets a young Chinese immigrant who is just as unhappy in her life as he is in his. These two slowly hit it off and a relationship gradually begins to develop between them. Can Jamey Meadows learn to live in this new life, or will the temptations of his old ways drag him back to where he started?

When George and Martha let Harvey, an annoying census taker, into their home, they find themselves under a barrage of increasingly abusive questions. Furious at his intrusiveness, and at their wit's end, they kill the census taker and with the help of their friends Pete and Eva, must hide the body from a determined investigator.

While his wife is away, the husband attempts to clean the house which ends up being a disaster. The house is completely destroyed by an overflowing bathtub, fire in the kitchen, feathers from the pillows everywhere, and a dog decides to chase a cat around the house wiping out what the water and fire didn't damage already.

Pat and Danny McGlone are identical twin brothers, rivals and competitors in everything they do, and Pat grows up and becomes a policeman while Danny turns to a life of crime. They now find themselves on the opposite sides of the law, and both are in love with a pretty Irish girl from their neighborhood, Kate Dean. Before long one has to prove that blood is thicker than water.

An unemployed census representative asks questions to others experiencing similar difficulties.

In spite of her best efforts, a Manhattan model falls in love with a country-hick census taker, while trying to help out her sister and the sister's jobless husband.