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Best Movies Set in All 50 States

Every state is known for something. Work your way through the list of the Best Movies Set in All 50 States.


Best Movies Set In All 50 States

Alabama

To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
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Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)
Big Fish (2003)
Forrest Gump (1994)


Alaska

Into the Wild (2007)
Grizzly Man (2005)
The Grey (2011)
The Proposal (2009)
Mystery, Alaska (1999)


Arizona

Raising Arizona (1987)
3:10 To Yuma (2007) (2007)
Tombstone (1993)
Cowboys & Aliens (2011)
U-Turn (1997)


Arkansas

True Grit (1969 & 2010)
Sling Blade (1996)
Rosalie Goes Shopping (1989)
The Stand (1994)
Smokey and the Bandit (1977)


California

(500) Days of Summer (2009)
Blue Jasmine (2013)
Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood (2019)
Almost Famous (2000)


Colorado

Cliffhanger (1993)
The Shining (1980)
Vanishing Point (1971)
Jack Frost (1998) (1998)
National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)


Connecticut

The Stepford Wives (2004)
The Conjuring (2013)
The Ref (1994)
Rachel Getting Married (2008)
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Delaware

Fight Club (1999)
The Dish and the Spoon (2011)
And Never Let Her Go (2001)
The Stand (1994)
The Lovely Bones (2009)


Florida

Wild Things (1998)
Big Trouble (2002)
Apollo 13 (1995)
Scarface (1983)
Miami Vice (2006)


Georgia

Forrest Gump (1994)
Pitch Perfect (2012)
Monster's Ball (2001)
Baby Driver (2017)
The Color Purple (1985)


Hawaii

Hawaii (1966)
Soul Surfer (2011)
Jurassic Park (1993)
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)
50 First Dates (2004)


Idaho

3000 Miles to Graceland (2001)
Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
Georgia Rule (2007)
Smoke Signals (1998)
A Home Of Our Own (1993)


Illinois

The Fugitive (1993)
Mean Girls (2004)
Ordinary People (1980)
Home Alone (1990)
Halloween (1978)

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Indiana

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
In & Out (1997)
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A Christmas Story (1983)
Rudy (1993)


Iowa

The Bridges of Madison County (1995)
What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)
The Straight Story (1999)
Michael (1996) (1996)
Sleeping With The Enemy (1991)



Kansas

Superman: The Movie (1978)
Dances with Wolves (1990)
Brightburn (2019)
In Cold Blood (1967)
Resurrection (1980)


Kentucky

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Racing Stripes (2005)
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Secretariat (2010)
The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)


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Louisiana

Steel Magnolias (1989)
The Waterboy (1998)
Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994)
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
Southern Comfort (1981)


Maine

The Mist (2007)
Pet Sematary (1989)(1989)
Carrie (1976) (1976)
Dolores Claiborne (1995)
The Cider House Rules (1999)


Maryland

Diner (1982)
Liberty Heights (1999)
12 Monkeys (1995)
Wedding Crashers (2005)
Traffic (2000)


Massachusetts

The Verdict (1982)
The Departed (2006)
Mystic River (2003)
Boondock Saints (1999)
Little Women (1994)


Michigan

The Evil Dead (4K UHD) (1981)
8 Mile (2002)
The Crow (1994)
Robocop (1987)
Beverly Hills Cop (1984)


Minnesota

Jingle All the Way (1996)
Juno (2007)
Field of Dreams (1989)
Grumpy Old Men (1993)
The Mighty Ducks (1992)


Mississippi

O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
The Help (2011)
The Blind Side (2009)
Django Unchained (2012)


Missouri

Winter's Bone (2010)
The Lookout (2007)
I Shot Jesse James (1949)
Paper Moon (1973)
Million Dollar Baby (2004) (2004)


Montana

The Horse Whisperer (1998)
Legends Of The Fall (1994)
A River Runs Through It (1992)
Jurassic Park (1993)
Badlands (1973)


Nebraska

Boys Don't Cry (1999)
About Schmidt (2002)
Caddyshack (1980)
The Stand (1994)
Tully (2000)


Nevada

Tremors (1990)
The Misfits (1961)
Vanishing Point (1971)
Sister Act (1992)
Paul (2011)


New Hampshire

What About Bob? (1991)
All That Money Can Buy (1941)
Jumanji (1995)
Click (2006)
Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights (2002)


New Jersey

Clerks (1994)
Be Kind Rewind (2007) (2008)
I.Q. (1994)
Garden State (2004)
Being John Malkovich (1999)

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New Mexico

Thor (2011)
Crazy Heart (2009)
In the Valley of Elah (2007)
High Noon (1952)
Off the Map (2003)


New York

Bruce Almighty (2003)
Seabiscuit (2003)
Saturday Night Fever  (1977)
West Side Story (1961)
Scent of a Woman (1992)



North Carolina

I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)
A Walk to Remember (2002) 
Loggerheads (2005)
Cold Mountain (2003)
Kiss the Girls (1997)


North Dakota

Fargo (1996)
Northern Lights (1978)
Logan (4K UHD) (2017)
The Messengers (2007)
Wooly Boys (2001)


Ohio

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The Ides Of March (2011)
The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)
Detroit Rock City  (1999)
The Mighty (1998)


Oklahoma

Oklahoma! (1955)
Thelma & Louise (1991)
Where The Heart Is (2000)
Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021)
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)


Oregon

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Kindergarten Cop (1990)
Coraline (2009)
Mr. Brooks
Stand by Me (1986)


Pennsylvania

Groundhog Day (1993)
The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)
That Thing You Do! (1996)
Flashdance (1983)
Rocky (1976)


Rhode Island

Dumb and Dumber (1994)
Cheaper By The Dozen (1950)
The Witches of Eastwick (1987)
My Sister's Keeper (2009)
Me, Myself & Irene (2000)


South Carolina

The Secret Life Of Bees (2008)
The Notebook (2004)
Glory (1989)
The Big Chill (1983)
The Notebook (2004)


South Dakota

Son-In-Law (1993)
Dances with Wolves (1990)
National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007)
Powwow Highway (1988)
Calamity Jane (1963 TV Movie)


Tennessee

Nashville (1975)
The Client (1994) (1994)
Mystery Train (1989)
The Blind Side (2009)
Walk The Line (2005)


Texas

Lone Star (1996) (1996)
A Perfect World (1993)
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
The Alamo (2004)
The Life of David Gale (2003)


Utah

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
127 Hours (2010)
Vanishing Point (1971)
Outbreak (1995)
Footloose (1984) (1984)


Vermont

Thank You For Smoking (2005)

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Man with a Plan (1996)
The Trouble with Harry (1955)
Spellbound (1945)


Virginia

Donnie Darko (2001)
Arlington Road [Blu-ray] (1999)
Body of Lies (2008)
The Hunt for Red October (1990)
Deep Impact (1998)

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Washington

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)
Dante's Peak (1997)
Harry And The Hendersons (1987)
This Boy's Life(1993)
Sleepless in Seattle (1993)

 


West Virginia

We Are Marshall (2006)
Sweet Dreams (1985)
The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia (2009)
October Sky (1999)
The Dion Brothers (1974)


Wisconsin

Lars and the Real Girl (2007)
Bridesmaids (I) (2011)
Dawn of the Dead (2004)
Wayne's World (1992)
Tommy Boy (1995)


Wyoming

Unforgiven (1992)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Brokeback Mountain (2005)
The Hateful Eight (2015)
Flicka (2006)

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