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)

 

 

 

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