Movies Named After States
These are movies named after the 50 states in the United States of America.
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- DirectorAndy TennantStarsReese WitherspoonPatrick DempseyJosh LucasA young woman who has reinvented herself as a New York City socialite must return home to Alabama to obtain a divorce from her husband after seven years of separation.Couldn't find any movie of significance to the exact title so I guess this one works for the Heart of Dixie.
- DirectorFraser C. HestonStarsThora BirchVincent KartheiserDirk BenedictWhile searching for their missing father in the mountains of Alaska, two siblings come across a baby polar bear on the run from a pair of poachers.Family movie that I saw a while back. Can't remember much of it now.
- DirectorWesley RugglesStarsJean ArthurWilliam HoldenWarren WilliamIn Tucson of the 1860s, a pioneer woman struggles to succeed in the freight and cattle business while at risk at the hands of corrupt and violent local businessmen and rampaging Indians.
- DirectorLew LandersStarsSlim SummervilleEl BrendelIris AdrianThe national spotlight falls on Pitchfork, Arkansas when a local farmer's sow has 18 piglets. How the townspeople relate to city folk and handle fame is the ingredient for laughs.No movies made with the exact title.
- DirectorDominic SenaStarsBrad PittJuliette LewisKathy LarsonA journalist duo goes on a tour of serial-killer murder sites with two companions, unaware that one of them is a serial killer himself.(K)iller California. Brad Pitt is psycho in this one.
- DirectorJoseph KaneStarsRoy RogersGeorge 'Gabby' HayesPauline MooreTrouble in Colorado is tying up Union troops needed back east during the Civil War and Lieut. Burke is sent to investigate. Macklin and his gang are causing the problems and Capt. Mason joins them. When Burke catches up with them he also finds Mason, his brother.
- DirectorSergio SollimaStarsLee Van CleefTomas MilianWalter BarnesAn unofficial lawman and would-be senator is tasked by a railroad baron with hunting down a knife-wielding Mexican peasant accused of raping and killing a young girl.I'm adding this one popularly known as "The Big Gundown" and also known as "Colorado"
- DirectorPeter CornwellStarsVirginia MadsenMartin DonovanElias KoteasAfter a family is forced to relocate for their son's health, they begin experiencing supernatural behavior in their new home, and uncover a sinister history.No movies with the exact title.
- DirectorDavid HemmingsStarsDavid LascherMark BallouAdam CarlThree teenage boys not only share a strong friendship, but also go through the process of growing-up together.No movies with the exact title.
- DirectorErrol MorrisStarsAlbert BitterlingRoscoe CollinsGeorge HarrisA documentary on the eccentric residents of Vernon, Florida.Not the exact title but close enough.
- DirectorUlu GrosbardStarsJennifer Jason LeighMare WinninghamTed LevineSadie is desperately looking up to her older sister Georgia who is a famous C&W artist. Her desperate need to be accepted by her sister is constantly complicated by her drug and alcohol problems.
- DirectorGeorge Roy HillArthur HillerStarsJulie AndrewsMax von SydowRichard HarrisAn American missionary and his wife travel to the exotic island kingdom of Hawaii, intent on converting the natives. But the clash between the two cultures is too great and instead of understanding there comes tragedy.Based on James Michener's novel.
- DirectorJoseph KaneStarsRoy RogersSmiley BurnetteBob NolanA deputy sets out to prove that a respected judge, who had once been a criminal, is being framed for crimes committed by a crooked saloon owner.Western
- DirectorGus Van SantStarsRiver PhoenixKeanu ReevesJames RussoTwo best friends living on the streets of Portland as hustlers embark on a journey of self discovery and find their relationship stumbling along the way.Had to throw this one in since there are other movies here without the exact title.
- DirectorMichael HessStarsBrendan DonaldsonErinn StrainSet in the stark landscape of the American heartland, 'Illinois' performs a dispassionate post-mortem on a single family through successive generations. Watch how youthful decisions strip away innocence in this crisp, prairie noir directed by Michael J. Hess.Probably not the most interesting state name. However there are movies like "Chicago".
- DirectorDon BonerStarsColin AlexanderJeff AngelDavid Grant BriggsFour people from four different cities join up on a trip to visit the birthplace of their favorite rebel film star. In the process, they learn more than they expected. They learn about themselves, each other, and what it means to be alive.Not noteworthy exact titles
- DirectorMatt FarnsworthStarsMatt FarnsworthDiane FosterJohn SavageA cautionary tale of love, crime, fantasy and addiction that follows two young Iowan lovers who decide to go into the "batch" business - cooking their own methamphetamine - only to watch it burn a searing hole in their lives.
- DirectorDavid StevensStarsMatt DillonAndrew McCarthyLeslie HopeA young man returning home to attend a wedding hooks up with a drifter who turns out to be a violent bank robber. Before he knows it, the man finds himself involved in the robber's plans.
- DirectorDavid ButlerStarsLoretta YoungRichard GreeneWalter BrennanRomeo and Juliet story set amidst horse racing in Kentucky. The family feud of lovers Jack and Sally goes back to the Civil War and is kept alive by her Uncle Peter.Old movie
- DirectorPhilippe de BrocaEtienne PérierStarsMargot KidderIan CharlesonAndréa FerréolVirginia Tregan returns to her home in the U. S. Deep South from a sojourn in Paris only to discover that her family plantation and its holdings have been lost. She determines to recoup her family's fortune.
- DirectorJosiah EmeryStarsP. Michael BourgoinEric CloseLaurel HollomanA young man has to confront his troubled relationship with his estranged father to be able to move forward with his life and fiancee.Nothing else was available.
- DirectorHenry KingStarsWalter BrennanFay BainterBrenda JoyceA woman tormented by the hunting death of her husband forbids her son to have anything to do with horses. But when he falls for the daughter of his father's trainer, he defies his mother by entering the Maryland Hunt.
- DirectorTroy DuffyStarsWillem DafoeSean Patrick FlaneryNorman ReedusTwo Irish Catholic brothers become vigilantes and wipe out Boston's criminal underworld in the name of God.Nothing for Massachusetts at all. Boondock Saints was set in Boston.
- StarsCatherine LazoKipp TribbleJason C. MorganRivalries are renewed and love is rekindled when a group of old friends return to the U.P. for their high school reunion.No exact titles.
- DirectorSteven BaigelmanStarsKeanu ReevesVincent D'OnofrioCameron DiazAn ex-convict and his bumbling crook brother fight for the same woman.
- DirectorA. Edward SutherlandWesley RugglesStarsBing CrosbyW.C. FieldsJoan BennettCrosby plays a Philadelpia Quaker engaged to a Southern belle. He becomes a social outcast when he refuses to fight a duel. Fields then hires him to perform on his riverboat, promoting him as "Colonel Steel...the notorious Colonel Steel...the singing killer." The plot then follows a predictable course, but there are plenty of scenes featuring W.C. Fields.Bing Crosby in this.
- DirectorShaun PetersonStarsIan McConnelConnor RatliffChristina PuzzoLiving In Missouri is a comedy of manners which tells the story of RYAN, AMY, and TODD, whose humdrum Midwestern lives are starting to come apart at the seams. Personal betrayals abound when childhood friendships, broken-down marriages, and long-repressed desires come into conflict over the course of one tumultuous Missouri autumn. Ryan and Todd have been best friends since the 7th grade, and time has not been kind to either of them. Ryan is now married to Amy, with two young children and a 9-to-5 job he hates. The sexually frustrated Todd still lives in the basement of his parents' house, works in a video store, and secretly envies Ryan's married life. Meanwhile, Amy is stuck in the middle, balancing career and family with almost no help from Ryan, whose selfish behavior is quickly destroying what's left of their marriage. When Amy secretly turns to Todd for a shoulder to cry on, the two of them begin meeting regularly to discuss her marital woes. Todd misinterprets Amy's attention for love, and believes that they are actually "having an affair," which leads to a series of painful misunderstandings, ending in disaster. Living In Missouri is a challenging, darkly comic film, shot on location in Missouri and Kansas. Boasting a colorful cast of supporting characters, the film veers from dark humor to intense drama, at each turn authentically capturing the bizarre spirit of the Suburban Midwest.
- DirectorJennifer LeitzesStarsKyra SedgwickStanley TucciRobin TunneyWhen a suitcase full of money disappears, the members of the gang quickly turn on each other. Everyone wants the money and when the shooting stops, who will be left standing?
- DirectorAlexander PayneStarsBruce DernWill ForteJune SquibbAn aging, booze-addled father makes the trip from Montana to Nebraska with his estranged son in order to claim a million-dollar Mega Sweepstakes Marketing prize.
- DirectorEdward KillyStarsRobert MitchumAnne JeffreysGuinn 'Big Boy' WilliamsJim 'Nevada' Lacy wins a small fortune at craps, but soon finds himself accused of murdering a gold prospecting ranch owner.
- DirectorTony RichardsonStarsRob LoweJodie FosterPaul McCraneA New Englander and his odd family run a hotel in Vienna, as unexpected events change their lives forever.
- DirectorNick GomezStarsShar-Ron CorleyGabriel CasseusSaul SteinJason and Midget are two young, black teenagers living in Newark,New Jersey, the unofficial car theft capital of the world. Their favourite pastime is that of everybody in their neighbourhood: stealing cars and joyriding. The trouble starts when they steal a police car and the cops launch a violent offensive that involves beating and even shooting suspects.
- DirectorIrving ReisStarsLew AyresMarilyn MaxwellAndy DevineA cavalry captain has great difficulty keeping the peace between his tyrannical colonel and an Indian chief bent on revenge.
- DirectorKabir KhanStarsJohn AbrahamKatrina KaifNeil Nitin MukeshA contemporary story of 3 friends discovering a new world set against the larger than life New York City. But one day the world around them changed.
- DirectorBilly KentStarsParker PoseyPaul RuddDanny DeVitoPriscilla Chase is a woman who has never had an orgasm.
- DirectorFred ZinnemannStarsGordon MacRaeGloria GrahameGene NelsonIn Oklahoma, several farmers, cowboys and a traveling salesman compete for the romantic favors of various local ladies.
- DirectorFord BeebeSaul A. GoodkindStarsJohnny Mack BrownLouise StanleyFuzzy KnightFrontier scout Jeff Scott (Johnny Mack Brown) and his pal, Deadwood Hawkins (Fuzzy Knight), are hired by Washington officials to stop outlaw and Indian raids on pioneer wagon trains crossing the western plains. Strangely, only those trains bound for the rich fur-trapping regions of the Oregon territory are molested. Keeping their identity secret, Jeff and Deadwood overtake a wagon train in time to save its occupants from an Indian-attack massacre. They rescue Margaret Mason (Louise Stanley) and Johnnie Clark (Bill Cody, Jr.), a young boy whose father was killed in the attack. Jeff suspects that the wagonmaster "Bull" Bragg (Jack C. Smith) is a spy for the raiders and has Bragg thrown out of his job. Bragg, after inciting an Indian attack and starting a prairie fire, is thrown into jail. Bragg is working under the orders of Sam Morgan (James Blaine), the manager for a fur company syndicate that hopes to keep the settlers out of Oregon. After many dangers and disasters, the wagon train finally reaches Oregon. When the settlers prepare to stake out land claims, Morgan flashes a fake land grant and demands they pay him a high price for the land.
- DirectorRon NyswanerStarsFred WardKeanu ReevesBonnie BedeliaA teenager in love, who needs money to arrange his future life with his mistress, kidnaps his own father for ransom, but nobody cares.
- DirectorChristian de RezendesStarsRobert AzevedoJeremy BanksCraig BerubeMorgan Stipe is not a film maker. He is a self centered dreamer from small town Rhode Island, obsessed with becoming a Hollywood player, regardless of the cost. Driven by ego, Morgan launches a new production company "A Flash of Yellow Pictures," relying entirely upon the efforts and connections of others. His childhood friend, Quinley Blais, a successful Rhode Island videographer, is dragged into Morgan's twisted universe, grudgingly subsidizing Morgan's dream by providing the technical know how and by hosting the gala cocktail party celebrating the rollout of the fledgling production company. All the while, Morgan's dutiful girlfriend, Mel Cafferty, tries to salvage their relationship in spite of Morgan's relentless pursuit of fame. Morgan's real ace in the hole is a dirty little secret - known only to himself and an old friend who has already hit the big time: the now famous falling star and local hero, Jacob Mattison. With this long standing debt of silence to Morgan hanging over his head, the deeply troubled Jake is forced to be the centerpiece of the party and the catalyst for Morgan's ambitions, at the same time that he must face up to his estranged family and deal with his own demons. But will Morgan's own past will rise to face him as he trades away his soul for fame and fortune ? So as the dozens of colorful characters arrive at the party to reach for the brass ring of fame on the silver screen, friendships are strained, love is tested and dreams are made and broken by ambition, greed and desperation as each one struggles to get free of the past and, finally, get out of Rhode Island.
- DirectorAnjelica HustonStarsJennifer Jason LeighRon EldardGlenne HeadlyA mother and daughter find their lives adversely affected when a new man enters the picture. Will their family ever be what they expect?Set in South Carolina.
- DirectorAaron WoodleyStarsAdam RothenbergEthan PeckMariah CareyThe story of three people who strive to realize their dreams. Brothers Carter and Ellis set out on a road trip to their childhood home in a desperate search for their estranged father, who may hold the key to their future.
- DirectorGeorge MarshallStarsWilliam HoldenGlenn FordClaire TrevorTwo young men head west in search of fortune and adventure.
- DirectorJohn EnglishStarsRoy RogersTriggerGeorge 'Gabby' HayesWhen ranch foreman Roy learns the new ranch owner Dorothy Bryant and her friends are arriving, he directs them to Gabby's rundown ranch. He figures they will be discouraged and return East. But the plan backfires when Dorothy, thinking her ranch worthless, sells the real ranch at a fraction of it's value.
- DirectorSue BettmannJay CravenNora JacobsonA collaborative and ground-breaking 6-part series about the culture and history of the iconoclastic state of Vermont. Several dozen award-winning Vermont filmmakers came together to make a multi-part series about the state that first abolished slavery and gave rights to gay and lesbians to form Civil Unions. Filmmaker Nora Jacobson initiated the project and edited together the multiple stories contributed by the other filmmakers, who include Jay Craven, Alan Dater and Lisa Merton, Bill Stetson, Dorothy Tod, Deb Ellis, Art Bell, and many others.
- DirectorDustin Lance BlackStarsJennifer ConnellyEd HarrisHarrison GilbertsonA sheriff sees his state senate bid slide out onto the ice when his daughter begins to date the son of a charming but psychologically disturbed woman with whom the sheriff has engaged in a two-decade-long affair.Well, Virginia is also a girls name too.
- DirectorStuart GilmoreStarsJoel McCreaBrian DonlevySonny TuftsIn Medicine Bow, a newly arrived eastern schoolteacher is courted by two cowpokes but their courtship is interrupted by violent incidents involving local cattle rustlers.
- DirectorFrank CapraStarsJames StewartJean ArthurClaude RainsA naive youth leader is appointed to fill a vacancy in the U.S. Senate. His idealistic plans promptly collide with corruption at home and subterfuge from his hero in Washington, but he tries to forge ahead despite attacks on his character.It's not Washington (the state) sorry. Couldn't find a movie that had Washington in the title that wasn't about D.C.
- DirectorNora EphronStarsTom HanksMeg RyanRoss MalingerA recently widowed man's son calls a radio talk-show in an attempt to find his father a partner.Doesn't have Washington in the title but represents for Washington state.
- DirectorJames MarshStarsIan HolmJeffrey GoldenJo VukelichA series of grisly events that took place in the state of Wisconsin between 1890 and 1900 is dramatized as reported in the Black River Falls newspaper.
- DirectorRichard ThorpeStarsWallace BeeryLeo CarrilloAnn RutherfordAfter the Civil War, an ex-Confederate soldier is murdered by cattle-rustlers when he returns home to Wyoming, but a fugitive train-robber steps in to avenge his death and aid his family in their fight against a local land-grabber.
- DirectorJoseph KaneStarsBill ElliottVera RalstonJohn CarrollSmall ranchers battle against a land baron trying to take their spreads.