Heartland (2026)

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Heartland (2026), the Heartland 2026 Netflix original mystery thriller, brings Jessica Chastain back to the world of country music — this time on the darker side of Nashville. Written and directed by Shana Feste, the filmmaker behind Country Strong, the film pairs a missing-person mystery with the glitter and grit of the country music scene, and it premieres worldwide on Netflix on November 13, 2026.

To be clear from the start: this is not the long-running Canadian television series Heartland. That show follows the Fleming family and their ranch in Alberta. This is a brand-new, standalone feature film — a dark mystery thriller set in Nashville — with no connection to the series beyond a shared name. If you came looking for Amy Fleming and Heartland Ranch, this is a different Heartland entirely.

Plot

Chastain stars as Misty Jones, a former country music legend who walked away from the spotlight years ago and has lived in seclusion ever since. Her quiet retirement ends when her niece, Charlie Heart — played by Carter Faith — disappears in Nashville. Charlie is a rising country musician in her own right, and when she goes missing, Misty comes out of hiding to find her.

The search pulls Misty back into the city, and the industry, she left behind. Following Charlie’s trail through recording studios, honky-tonks, and after-hours Nashville, Misty discovers that her niece’s disappearance is tied to the same seedy underbelly of the music business that once swallowed her own career. To bring Charlie home, Misty has to confront the choices that ended her time in the spotlight — and the people who profited from them.

At its core, Heartland is a story about family, fame, and the price of both. Misty’s investigation forces her to reckon with her own past, including the relationships she abandoned and the version of herself she buried when she quit music. The mystery unfolds against a Nashville that is far removed from the postcard version: late-night deals, predatory managers, and the young artists caught in between. Feste, who explored the Nashville music world in Country Strong, returns to that territory here with a darker lens, using the city’s stages and studios as the backdrop for a mystery about ambition and the people it leaves behind.

Cast

• Jessica Chastain as Misty Jones
• John Hawkes as Clark
• Carter Faith as Charlie Heart
• Garrett Hedlund as Roy Combs
• Jennifer Nettles as Winnie Jo Lean
• Ross Lynch as Jace
• Ben Dickey
• Paul Sparks
• Wynn Everett

The ensemble gives Feste a strong cast to work with. Chastain anchors the film as the reclusive Misty, while Carter Faith plays the missing Charlie, the rising star whose disappearance sets the story in motion. John Hawkes co-stars as Clark, Garrett Hedlund as Roy Combs, Jennifer Nettles as Winnie Jo Lean, and Ross Lynch as Jace, with Ben Dickey, Paul Sparks, and Wynn Everett rounding out the cast.

Details

• Director: Shana Feste
• Release date: November 13, 2026 (Netflix, worldwide)
• Runtime: 112 minutes
• Rating: R (language, some violence, brief sexual content)
• Genre: Mystery thriller
• IMDb: Heartland (2026) on IMDb
• Where to watch: Netflix, streaming worldwide from November 13, 2026
• More from this site: Is Heartland on Netflix?

Trailer

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Where to Watch

Heartland is a Netflix original film, streaming worldwide on Netflix from November 13, 2026. The Heartland soundtrack, featuring the title track performed by Jessica Chastain and Jennifer Nettles, arrives November 13.

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