Most Famous Movie Set In Every State
Movies are often times a reflection of who we are and where we live. They capture life, plain and simple.
Life happens where we are -- the place we live.
The folks at Business Insider thought it would be fun to highlight every state by putting out a list of the best movies set in every state in the United States.
They chose the films based on a variety of criteria, including lifetime gross of the movie, critical acclaim and the staff's own opinions.
Here is their list:
Alabama: "Forrest Gump" (1994)
Alaska: "Into the Wild" (2007)
Arizona: "Raising Arizona" (1987)
Arkansas: "Sling Blade" (1996)
California: "Clueless" (1995)
Colorado: "The Shining" (1980)
Connecticut: "The Stepford Wives" (1975)
Delaware: "Fight Club" (1999)
Florida: "Scarface" (1983)
Georgia: "Gone With the Wind" (1939)
Hawaii: "Pearl Harbor" (2001)
Idaho: "Napoleon Dynamite" (2004)
Illinois: "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" (1986)
Indiana: "A Christmas Story" (1983)
Iowa: "Field of Dreams" (1989)
Kansas: "The Wizard of Oz" (1939)
Kentucky: "Coal Miner's Daughter" (1980)
Louisiana: "The Green Mile" (1999)
Maine: "The Shawshank Redemption" (1994)
Maryland: "Hairspray" (2007)
Massachusetts: "Good Will Hunting" (1997)
Michigan: "American Pie" (1999)
Minnesota: "The Mighty Ducks" (1992)
Mississippi: "In the Heat of the Night" (1967)
Missouri: "Meet Me in St. Louis" (1944)
Montana: "Legends of the Fall" (1994)
Nebraska: "Caddyshack" (1980)
Nevada: "The Hangover" (2009)
New Hampshire: "Jumanji" (1995)
New Jersey: "Clerks" (1994)
New Mexico: "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" (1966)
New York: "Taxi Driver" (1976)
North Carolina: "Cape Fear" (1991)
North Dakota: "Fargo" (1996)
Ohio: "Heathers" (1988)
Oklahoma: "Twister" (1996)
Oregon: "The Goonies" (1985)
Pennsylvania: "Rocky" (1976)
Rhode Island: "The Witches of Eastwick" (1987)
South Carolina: "The Notebook" (2004)
South Dakota: "Dances With Wolves" (1990)
Tennessee: "Walk the Line" (2005)
Texas: "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" (1974
Utah: "127 Hours" (2010)
Vermont: "White Christmas" (1954)
Virginia: "Remember the Titans" (2000)
Washington: "Sleepless in Seattle" (1993)
Washington, D.C.: "A Few Good Men" (1992)
West Virginia: "October Sky" (1999)
Wisconsin: "Dawn of the Dead" (2004)
Wyoming: "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" (1977)