My
first reaction to this question was: what a totally random question.
You might as well as ask for best films for a leading actress by eye
colour. Then I thought about a map I remember seeing previously that
compared America
Then
it didn't seem such a daft question. If you would've asked for best
films in Europe based on country, I wouldn't have flinched.
So
a precondition to this list is that I have actually watched the
movies in question. So, there are no iconic movies I haven't seen yet
like "Thelma and Louise" and if I had, maybe this list would be
different. For example if I could remember seeing "The Night of the
Hunter" starring Robert Mitchum when I was much younger, I might have
been able to include it for the state of West Virginia
My
criterion for choice
- The film used the location so well that it couldn't have been filmed anywhere else. Sadly this was rarer than I thought. I was sad to see how few films had caught the flavour of their setting.
- That it was well made. I chose films that I thought were good in preference to films that I enjoyed. So "Boys Don't Cry" and "True Grit" are included even though they're not my personal favourites
- That I enjoyed it. You may not agree. But that's fine. It's my list.
State
|
And
The Winner Is
|
Honourable
Mentions
|
Alabama
|
Big
Fish
|
To
Kill a Monkingbird
|
Alaska
|
Insomnia
|
|
Arizona
|
Raising
Arizona
|
Fire
In The Sky
Cowboys
& Aliens
|
Arkansas
|
True
Grit
|
|
California
|
The
Rock
|
American
Gigolo
The
Artist
City
of Angels
Escape
From Alcatraz
|
Colorado
|
Harvey
|
The
Shining
Drive
Angry
|
Connecticut
|
Bringing
Up Baby
|
|
Delaware
|
Fight
Club
|
|
Florida
|
The
Cocoanuts
|
Day
of the Dead
Key
Largo
True
Lies
|
Georgia
|
Catch
Me If You Can
|
Drumline
|
Hawaii
|
Black
Widow
|
|
Idaho
|
Bronco
Billy
|
|
Illinois
|
Blues
Brothers
|
The
Fugitive
Risky
Business
|
Indiana
|
Hard
Rain
|
|
Iowa
|
The
Crazies
|
|
Kansas
|
Wizard
of Oz
|
|
Kentucky
|
The
Insider
|
|
Louisiana
|
The
Green Mile
|
Angel
Heart
Cat
People
|
Maine
|
The
Shawshank Redemption
|
|
Maryland
|
12
Monkeys
|
Eraser
Enemy
of the State
Pecker
|
Massachusetts
|
Coma
|
Good
Will Hunting
|
Michigan
|
Gran
Torino
|
Grosse
Point Blank
|
Minnesota
|
Jingle
All The Way
|
Grumpy
Old Men
|
Mississippi
|
In
The Heat of The Night
|
Mississippi
Burning
O
Brother Where Art Thou?
|
Missouri
|
The
Outlaw Josey Wales
|
|
Montana
|
Little
Big Man
|
Thunderbolt
and Lightfoot
|
Nebraska
|
Boys
Don't Cry
|
|
Nevada
|
Diamonds
Are Forever
|
Shanghai
Noon
Roswell
|
New
Hampshire
|
Jumanji
|
|
New
Jersey
|
Being
John Malkovich
|
Cat's
Eye
Marnie
Toxic
Avenger
|
New
Mexico
|
Ace
In The Hole
|
|
New
York
|
Fisher
King
|
Warriors
|
North
Carolina
|
The
Butchers Wife
|
|
North
Dakota
|
Fargo
|
|
Ohio
|
Howard
the Duck
|
The
Cincinatti Kid
|
Oklahoma
|
Grapes
of Wrath
|
Hang
'Em High
|
Oregon
|
One
Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest
|
The
Hunted
|
Pennsylvania
|
Witness
|
Night
of the Living Dead
Groundhog
Day
Innocent
Blood
|
Rhode
Island
|
Witches
of Eastwick
|
At
The Circus
|
South
Carolina
|
The
Patriot
|
|
South
Dakota
|
North
by NorthWest
|
Badlands
Paleface
|
Tennessee
|
The
Client
|
The
Notorious Bettie Page
|
Texas
|
Second
Hand Lions
|
Holes
A
Perfect World
True
Stories
|
Utah
|
Broken
Arrow
|
|
Vermont
|
The
Trouble With Harry
|
|
Virginia
|
Shenandoah
|
Mission:
Impossible
The
Man With One Red Shoe
|
Washington
|
Twin
Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
|
First
Blood
BigFoot
and the Hendersons
Harry
in Your Pocket
|
West
Virginia
|
||
Wisconsin
|
Dogma
|
The
Straight Story
|
Wyoming
|
Close
Encounters of the Third Kind
|
Heaven's
Gate
|
