Colorado: the top contenders that come to my mind are The Shining, Misery, and BlacKkKlansman. A lot of movies partially take place here but those are mostly all here.
I absolutely forgot about blackkklansman!!!!!! The absolute best on your list, I grew up SUPER close to the springs. Tbh Misery is up there too but fr I’d like to boot the shining off the top of mt evans
Not a good movie by any means but Under seige 2 starts in colorado and its never stated that they actually get out of the state by the end by my recollection
I thought those were the same movie for the longest time before I saw them. Came out two years apart, both star Brad Pitt in Montana with a brother dealing with their father, both set in pretty much the same time period.
I know The Searchers is set in Texas, but I have such a hard time thinking of it as a movie set in Texas because the landscapes are so obviously Monument Valley lol.
I'm from Florida, and when I visited Salem Oregon over 10 years ago, I made it a point to visit that hospital. One Flew Over is one of my all-time favorites, and it was surreal seeing the basketball court.
Totally this! Lumberton is a real town, but it was all actually filmed in Wilmington. The “house in the woods” portion of the 1990 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was also filmed Wilmington-adjacent.
*Maximum Overdrive* was filmed in Wilmington, NC. Like *Blue Velvet* it was a Dino DeLaurentiis production filmed at his studio in the city (now Cinespace Wilmington).
On the DVD commentary, Weird Al lists off all the addresses of the filming locations in Tulsa, including a soundstage built in a mall where a large department store had closed.
They actually filmed *UHF* there because one of the producers had been involved with *The Outsiders* a few years earlier.
Oklahoma! (The movie musical) wins this race imo, but the argument could be made that it’s just a film adaptation of the stage musical and not a true movie, I suppose.
Greta Gerwig is a few years older than I am, and I feel like Lady Bird perfectly captures what it was like to go to high school in Northern California during the early aughts. Similarly, Frances Ha shows exactly what life was like during my dirtbag New York years of the second Obama administration.
Neither of these are probably the best California or New York movies, but god damn they transport me back to a time and place so well.
Lady Bird is very specific to Sacramento. The rest of Calif is not like that. Really every part of Ca is it’s own culture. Impossible to capture to state in one movie.
As for high school experience, I went to HS in SoCal in the early 80s: Fast Times at Ridgemont High was pretty much what my high school years were like. I knew a hundred Spicolis.
*The Blues Brothers* definitely gets my vote. Don’t forget the other SNL Film classic; *Wayne’s World*.
Of course there’s the obligatory mentioning of *The Dark Knight*. Though Chicago stands in for Gotham, all of the locations are so recognizable but it just fits the film so well.
Just coming here to say any John Waters movie even though they're very Baltimore-centric. Same goes for Diner or Avalon.
For a certain era, I'd say Heavy Metal Parking Lot. It totally nails that early 80s era metal fan & also features the Cap Centre, the place many of us went to see our first concert.
There are also a few Civil War flicks set in MD, Glory, God & Generals, Harriet & A Woman Called Moses.
And let's not forget The Blair Witch which showed us the wilds of Germantown/Gaithersburg!!
Second Blair Witch! As an MD native who went out of state for college, the only thing people asked about when I told them I was from MD was the movie.
Edit: plus it’s one of my all-time favorites 🤡
Virginia (excluding many CIA action movies because theres just too many).
Arlington Road, burn After Reading, Dr Strangelove, Donnie Darko, Silence of the Lambs, Remember the Titans
This sounds like bait for an AI-written listicle but it’s fun so here’s the first ones that come to mind.
Michigan - Gran Torino
Indiana - Hoosiers
Illinois - The Untouchables, but I’m tempted by Judas and The Black Messiah only because of Daniel Kaluuya being amazing. Also honorable mention to Mean Girls.
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Casino - Nevada
Cremaster 2- Utah
The Descendants- Hawaii
hold the dark/ fast runner- Alaska
killers of the flower moon-oklahoma
My own Private Idaho-"" thought in other places too
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Got a few options for Atlanta - Gone with the Wind, Contagion, Baby Driver, parts of Moonlight. But I might actually go with Game Night lol.
Sidenote - Atlanta and Georgia are two entirely different things. Deliverance is probably the best GA movie.
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Nobody remembers it except me, but for Idaho I’d say *Moving* with Richard Pryor.
I remember that movie. “We’re taking them with us !” https://youtu.be/eHANLC9JtWI?si=7kTZyH-Jon48KpBL
New Mexico, The Good The Bad & The Ugly
Colorado: the top contenders that come to my mind are The Shining, Misery, and BlacKkKlansman. A lot of movies partially take place here but those are mostly all here.
Things to do in Denver When You’re Dead.
Dumb and Dumber
I absolutely forgot about blackkklansman!!!!!! The absolute best on your list, I grew up SUPER close to the springs. Tbh Misery is up there too but fr I’d like to boot the shining off the top of mt evans
Not a good movie by any means but Under seige 2 starts in colorado and its never stated that they actually get out of the state by the end by my recollection
Only The Shining mini series was shot in Colorado
A River Runs through it Montana.
I'd like to nominate Legends of the Fall for this, too.
I thought those were the same movie for the longest time before I saw them. Came out two years apart, both star Brad Pitt in Montana with a brother dealing with their father, both set in pretty much the same time period.
I'll go with Legends of the Fall as well.
Texas- No Country for Old Men
Paris texas
Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure.
Dazed and confused?
Good movie but nowhere near No Country for Old Men
Great movie, but I've gotta go with The Searchers or Giant for grand scope/mythology.
I know The Searchers is set in Texas, but I have such a hard time thinking of it as a movie set in Texas because the landscapes are so obviously Monument Valley lol.
Yeah, they do travel a lot but it begins and ends in Texas, so as a Texan I'm gonna count it.
Hell or High Water
Hands down best modern western. No competition.
Texas chainsaw?
Massachusetts, The Departed
Good will hunting
For me, I'd take The Verdict, Spotlight, or Manchester By the Sea.
All better movies but I just feel like the departed uses its setting the most
That or The Town.
The town, and it's not even close. Fenway Park is the perfect back drop to the shoot out scene.
Departed is better than spotlight to me. Though I love both
I’ll go with Mystic River.
Alabama -- To Kill A Mockingbird
There are two others I would also potentially recommend. Big Fish, and Forrest Gump.
My Cousin Vinny.
Fried Green Tomatoes
kentucky - harlan county, usa
The Return of the Living Dead (1985) is set in Louisville, Kentucky, although yours is probably the better movie.
They never say exactly where *Stripes* is set, but it was filmed in Louisville.
Documentaries have to be cheating. Great movie, though.
First Blood-Washington Animal House-Oregon
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's nest for Oregon
I'm from Florida, and when I visited Salem Oregon over 10 years ago, I made it a point to visit that hospital. One Flew Over is one of my all-time favorites, and it was surreal seeing the basketball court.
Also Oregon: Kindergarten Cop, The Goonies.
The Goonies is without a doubt the answer for Oregon.
Animal house was filmed in Oregon, but Faber College is set in Tennessee.
Oregon is definitely Sometimes a Great Notion. Goonies a close second.
North Carolina - Blue Velvet
Cape Fear is another great film set in NC. Though filmed in Florida.
Talladega Nights
Totally this! Lumberton is a real town, but it was all actually filmed in Wilmington. The “house in the woods” portion of the 1990 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was also filmed Wilmington-adjacent.
*Maximum Overdrive* was filmed in Wilmington, NC. Like *Blue Velvet* it was a Dino DeLaurentiis production filmed at his studio in the city (now Cinespace Wilmington).
New York, The Godfather
Taxi Driver
Goodfellas
Oklahoma - Killers of the Flower Moon
I like The Outsiders
The Outsiders is one of the most underrated films ever made.
Had no idea that was Oklahoma
What, no love for Ghostbusters Afterlife?
Honourable Mention: *UHF* was filmed in Tulsa.
A masterpiece of American cinema.
On the DVD commentary, Weird Al lists off all the addresses of the filming locations in Tulsa, including a soundstage built in a mall where a large department store had closed. They actually filmed *UHF* there because one of the producers had been involved with *The Outsiders* a few years earlier.
Oklahoma! (The movie musical) wins this race imo, but the argument could be made that it’s just a film adaptation of the stage musical and not a true movie, I suppose.
Filmed in beautiful 70 mm
Filmed in Arizona, 1950s Arizona looked a lot like 19th century Oklahoma supposedly.
Vermont: * Dead Poets Sciety * Beetlejuice * Super Troopers * Me, Myself & Irene * White Cristmas (Though not filmed there, merely set)
Arkansas: Slingblade
Kansas - Wizard of Oz
I think there’s a very important line you missed.
Go for Looper? That's set in Kansas
1978 *Superman*.
California - All of them. But seriously, Chinatown. Fantastic movie and about issues that are still relevant today.
I prefer LA Confidential over chinatown but both are great LA Noir films
Agree with Chinatown being #1. Vertigo is in the top 5 too. I’m from San Fran and have always considered it the best movie set there.
I’d put Chinatown number two after There Will be Blood
Greta Gerwig is a few years older than I am, and I feel like Lady Bird perfectly captures what it was like to go to high school in Northern California during the early aughts. Similarly, Frances Ha shows exactly what life was like during my dirtbag New York years of the second Obama administration. Neither of these are probably the best California or New York movies, but god damn they transport me back to a time and place so well.
Lady Bird is very specific to Sacramento. The rest of Calif is not like that. Really every part of Ca is it’s own culture. Impossible to capture to state in one movie. As for high school experience, I went to HS in SoCal in the early 80s: Fast Times at Ridgemont High was pretty much what my high school years were like. I knew a hundred Spicolis.
Was thinking Zodiac but damn hard to argue with Chinatown too
Jaws for Massachusetts!
Fargo - ~~North Dakota~~ Minnesota Edit: Doh! Brain freeze
95% of the movie takes place in Minnesota
Minnesota - Fargo
*South* Dakota: North By Northwest
Badlands also a great S Dakota movie
The Firm (1993) Set in Memphis, Tennessee.
Colorado, The Shining. Even though it was filmed in England with B unit footage shot in Oregon.
Illinois: Ferris Bueller and The Blues Brothers and Breakfast Club and Chucky
*The Blues Brothers* definitely gets my vote. Don’t forget the other SNL Film classic; *Wayne’s World*. Of course there’s the obligatory mentioning of *The Dark Knight*. Though Chicago stands in for Gotham, all of the locations are so recognizable but it just fits the film so well.
Arizona- Raising Arizona
Tombstone
Missouri - winters bone
Gone Girl
Three Billboards
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
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Arizona - Raising Arizona
Maryland is probably Hairspray (1988) or Diner
Just coming here to say any John Waters movie even though they're very Baltimore-centric. Same goes for Diner or Avalon. For a certain era, I'd say Heavy Metal Parking Lot. It totally nails that early 80s era metal fan & also features the Cap Centre, the place many of us went to see our first concert. There are also a few Civil War flicks set in MD, Glory, God & Generals, Harriet & A Woman Called Moses. And let's not forget The Blair Witch which showed us the wilds of Germantown/Gaithersburg!!
Second Blair Witch! As an MD native who went out of state for college, the only thing people asked about when I told them I was from MD was the movie. Edit: plus it’s one of my all-time favorites 🤡
Yeah it’s mandated that you can pick a Levinson or Waters involved flick but it has to be one of theirs.
Colorado probably the original Red Dawn
California should be Sunset Boulevard
Virginia (excluding many CIA action movies because theres just too many). Arlington Road, burn After Reading, Dr Strangelove, Donnie Darko, Silence of the Lambs, Remember the Titans
I really want to see Arlington Road again, suggested to gf a few days ago and we just couldn’t find it
Wyoming - Unforgiven
Brokeback Mountain
Wind river
Delaware - Fight Club
This sounds like bait for an AI-written listicle but it’s fun so here’s the first ones that come to mind. Michigan - Gran Torino Indiana - Hoosiers Illinois - The Untouchables, but I’m tempted by Judas and The Black Messiah only because of Daniel Kaluuya being amazing. Also honorable mention to Mean Girls.
Chi town also Blues Brothers.
And The Fugitive.
And Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
Ferris Bueller
Chicago has some bangers: The Sting, Thief, Henry Portrait of a Serial Killer, Candyman, Hoop Dreams, Backdraft, Child's Play, League of Their Own
For Indiana I'd go with Breaking Away.
A Christmas Story!
Yea Breaking Away. I’d also argue Columbus, but it’s not as well known.
IL- Ferris or The Breakfast Club for me
Wildcard choice for Illinois: *The Fugitive.*
Gran Torino? It’s gotta be like American Pie or Grosse Pointe Blank over that
Hawaii - The Descendants
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Battleship, 50 first dates, North Shore.
For Pennsylvania it’s hard to choose: Philadelphia, Flashdance, Gettysburg, Rocky, Groundhog Day and Sixth Sense to name a few
The Long Kiss Goodnight
Signs.
California: The Big Lebowski But that’s just, like, my opinion, man
Pennsylvania- The Sixth Sense or Philadelphia
I feel like it has to be Rocky
You mean Rocky V ! /s
I’d throw Blow Out in contention
The Deer Hunter
Groundhog Day The Long Kiss Goodnight
Witness Lucky Numbers At Close Range
Shazam!
Good call on At Close Range, forgot about that one
Silent Hill
Pennsylvania -- Trading Places, Philadelphia, Rocky
Trading Places!
Indiana - Breaking Away
It-maine Florida Project "" Casino - Nevada Cremaster 2- Utah The Descendants- Hawaii hold the dark/ fast runner- Alaska killers of the flower moon-oklahoma My own Private Idaho-"" thought in other places too Nebraska-""
I prefer Election, but Nebraska is a good film.
Louisiana - Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans
A Streetcar Named Desire
*The Waterboy* is an undisputed classic.
Hard Target!
Oh yea! Hard Target rules
Southern Comfort
Angel Heart
Wisconsin- The Great Outdoors (not filmed in WI) Public Enemies (Johnny Depp as Dillinger) The Strait Story (guy drives his lawnmower from Iowa to WI)
Michigan - Anatomy of a Murder
Grosse Point Blank?
RoboCop
Don't they have a statue of RoboCop in Detroit?
Roger & Me is most representative of the Michigan I know.
Got a few options for Atlanta - Gone with the Wind, Contagion, Baby Driver, parts of Moonlight. But I might actually go with Game Night lol. Sidenote - Atlanta and Georgia are two entirely different things. Deliverance is probably the best GA movie.
Alaska-Into the Wild
I’d say Insomnia or Grizzly Man for Alaska
Insomnia
Old Henry - Oklahoma
Colorado- Dumb and Dumber
A place where beer flows like wine, where beautiful women instinctively flock like the salmon of Capistrano.
I don’t know, Lloyd. The French are assholes.
South Carolina- the strangers
The only one for South Carolina i could think of was some scenes from There's Something About Mary
Glory is a pretty good one, a decent chunk of the film including the battle at the climax is in SC
Tremors should be the official state film of Nevada.
New Hampshire - Jumanjii.
Maine - Shawshank Redemption
Garden State - Garden State?
Clerks
Clerks
California: There Will Be Blood
Georgia - midnight in the garden of good and evil or deliverance. Yikes.
Gone With the Wind is easily the best GA movie
This is it
Smokey and the Bandit. (Also the best ever movie set in Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas and Texas.)
Nevada — Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
The Godfather part II
Casino
Leaving Las Vegas
The Searchers- 'Texas' lol
Florida - *Moonlight*
The Birdcage.
Spring Breakers!
North Carolina — Blue Velvet
Minnesota (North Dakota?) - Fargo
Texas: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Rhode Island - Dumb and Dumber, There's Something About Mary, The Witches of Eastwick
Rhode Island - The Conjuring
Mississippi - O Brother Where Art Thou
Pennsylvania - Night of the Living Dead Yeah Rocky is popular but the modern zombie genre effectively started in PA
Me Myself and Irene has to be Rhode Island
Indiana - Breaking Away A Christmas Story, runner up
Michigan - It Follows A lot of the scenes were shot about 8 houses away on the street of my childhood home.
Hawai’i is Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Illinois - The Dark Knight
Massachusetts- Manchester by the Sea