State in the United States (East)
by dan_dassow | created - 25 Sep 2013 | updated - 25 Sep 2013 | PublicWhich film with the name of a state in the eastern portion of the United States is your favorite?
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1. Sweet Home Alabama (2002)
PG-13 | 108 min | Comedy, Romance
A 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.
Director: Andy Tennant | Stars: Reese Witherspoon, Patrick Dempsey, Josh Lucas, Candice Bergen
Votes: 123,653 | Gross: $127.22M
2. War Eagle, Arkansas (2007)
PG-13 | 93 min | Drama
A high school baseball star must choose between pursuing a college sports career and staying near family and friends in his struggling rural Ozark mountains community.
Director: Robert Milazzo | Stars: Brian Dennehy, Mary Kay Place, Mare Winningham, James McDaniel
Votes: 300 | Gross: $0.12M
3. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949)
Approved | 106 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
A singing mechanic from 1912 finds himself in Arthurian Britain.
Director: Tay Garnett | Stars: Bing Crosby, Rhonda Fleming, Cedric Hardwicke, William Bendix
Votes: 2,746
4. 12th & Delaware (2010)
TV-14 | 81 min | Documentary, Drama
The abortion battle continues to rage in unexpected ways on one corner in an American city.
Directors: Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady
Votes: 602
5. A Florida Enchantment (1914)
Unrated | 63 min | Comedy
A young woman discovers a seed that can make women act like men and men act like women. She decides to take one, then slips one to her maid and another to her fiancé. The fun begins.
Director: Sidney Drew | Stars: Sidney Drew, Edith Storey, Charles Kent, Mrs. Sidney Drew
Votes: 300
6. Georgia Rule (2007)
R | 113 min | Comedy, Drama
A troubled young woman is sent to live with her grandmother for the summer, while hiding a secret that could potentially tear her family apart.
Director: Garry Marshall | Stars: Jane Fonda, Lindsay Lohan, Felicity Huffman, Dermot Mulroney
Votes: 26,927 | Gross: $18.88M
7. Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940)
Approved | 110 min | Biography, Drama, History
Humble Abraham Lincoln gains the respect of his Illinois neighbors, growing in stature and respect until he is elected President in 1860 and departs for Washington.
Director: John Cromwell | Stars: Raymond Massey, Gene Lockhart, Ruth Gordon, Mary Howard
Votes: 2,061
8. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
PG-13 | 127 min | Action, Adventure
In 1938, after his father goes missing while pursuing the Holy Grail, Indiana Jones finds himself up against the Nazis again to stop them from obtaining its powers.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, Alison Doody, Denholm Elliott
Votes: 811,321 | Gross: $197.17M
9. IOWA (2005)
Not Rated | 104 min | Crime, Drama
A 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.
Director: Matt Farnsworth | Stars: Matt Farnsworth, Diane Foster, John Savage, Rosanna Arquette
Votes: 432
10. The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977)
R | 83 min | Comedy
The daily programming of a fictional local TV channel presented as a series of highly irreverent skits.
Director: John Landis | Stars: Evan C. Kim, Bong Soo Han, Bill Bixby, George Lazenby
Votes: 20,272
11. Louisiana Purchase (1941)
Approved | 98 min | Comedy, Musical
A bumbling senator investigating graft in Louisiana is the target of a scheme involving a Viennese beauty.
Director: Irving Cummings | Stars: Bob Hope, Vera Zorina, Victor Moore, Irène Bordoni
Votes: 533
12. Liberty, Maine (2001)
Romance
A young man has to confront his troubled relationship with his estranged father to be able to move forward with his life and fiancee.
Director: Josiah Emery | Stars: P. Michael Bourgoin, Eric Close, Laurel Holloman, Barney Martin
Votes: 17
13. Maryland (1940)
Approved | 92 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A 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.
Director: Henry King | Stars: Walter Brennan, Fay Bainter, Brenda Joyce, John Payne
Votes: 170
14. Picturesque Massachusetts (1942)
Approved | 9 min | Documentary, Short
Traveltalks short exploring many of the historic and picturesque places in Massachusetts.
Stars: James A. FitzPatrick, Charles Alden, Hazel French
Votes: 87
15. UP, Michigan! (2001)
Comedy, Romance
Rivalries are renewed and love is rekindled when a group of old friends return to the U.P. for their high school reunion.
Stars: Catherine Lazo, Kipp Tribble, Jason C. Morgan, Shannon Leigh Lacey
Votes: 21
16. Feeling Minnesota (1996)
R | 99 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
An ex-convict and his bumbling crook brother fight for the same woman.
Director: Steven Baigelman | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Vincent D'Onofrio, Cameron Diaz, Delroy Lindo
Votes: 11,588 | Gross: $3.10M
17. Mississippi Burning (1988)
R | 128 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Two F.B.I. Agents with wildly different styles arrive in Mississippi to investigate the disappearance of some civil rights activists.
Director: Alan Parker | Stars: Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe, Frances McDormand, Brad Dourif
Votes: 111,146 | Gross: $34.60M
18. The Missouri Breaks (1976)
PG | 126 min | Drama, Western
Tom Logan is a horse thief. Rancher David Braxton has horses, and a daughter, worth stealing. But Braxton has just hired Lee Clayton, an infamous "regulator", to hunt down the horse thieves; one at a time.
Director: Arthur Penn | Stars: Marlon Brando, Jack Nicholson, Randy Quaid, Kathleen Lloyd
Votes: 12,212 | Gross: $14.00M
19. The Hotel New Hampshire (1984)
R | 109 min | Comedy, Drama
A New Englander and his odd family run a hotel in Vienna, as unexpected events change their lives forever.
Director: Tony Richardson | Stars: Rob Lowe, Jodie Foster, Paul McCrane, Beau Bridges
Votes: 9,120 | Gross: $5.10M
20. New Jersey Drive (1995)
R | 98 min | Crime, Drama
Jason 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 ... See full summary »
Director: Nick Gomez | Stars: Shar-Ron Corley, Gabriel Casseus, Saul Stein, Gwen McGee
Votes: 3,454 | Gross: $3.57M
21. Gangs of New York (2002)
R | 167 min | Crime, Drama
In 1862, Amsterdam Vallon returns to the Five Points area of New York City seeking revenge against Bill the Butcher, his father's killer.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Cameron Diaz, Daniel Day-Lewis, Jim Broadbent
Votes: 473,189 | Gross: $77.81M
22. Colorful North Carolina (1942)
Approved | 9 min | Documentary, Short
James A. Fitzpatrick tours North Carolina by first visiting the Cataloochie Ranch near Waynesville, where the ranch hands are shown square-dancing and singing folk songs. It cuts to a visit... See full summary »
Director: James A. FitzPatrick | Star: James A. FitzPatrick
Votes: 43
23. Beautiful Ohio (2006)
Not Rated | 91 min | Comedy, Drama
An entire family comes of age during the early 1970s.
Director: Chad Lowe | Stars: William Hurt, Rita Wilson, Brett Davern, David Call
Votes: 538
24. The Prince of Pennsylvania (1988)
R | 87 min | Comedy, Drama
A teenager in love, who needs money to arrange his future life with his mistress, kidnaps his own father for ransom, but nobody cares.
Director: Ron Nyswaner | Stars: Fred Ward, Keanu Reeves, Bonnie Bedelia, Amy Madigan
Votes: 1,445
25. Getting Out of Rhode Island (2003)
103 min | Drama
Morgan 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 ... See full summary »
Director: Christian de Rezendes | Stars: Robert Azevedo, Jeremy Banks, Craig Berube, Richard Binkowski
Votes: 35
26. Panoramic View of Charleston Exposition (South Carolina) (1902)
3 min | Documentary, Short
In this picture we see the South Carolina Building, the Cotton Palace, the Palace of Commerce and the great Auditorium. It also shows the beautiful and artistic arrangement of the grounds ... See full summary »
Votes: 40
27. Tennessee (2008)
R | 100 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
The 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.
Director: Aaron Woodley | Stars: Adam Rothenberg, Ethan Peck, Mariah Carey, Lance Reddick
Votes: 886 | Gross: $0.02M
28. Vermont Is for Lovers (1992)
88 min | Comedy
Director: John O'Brien | Stars: George Thrush, Marya Cohn, Ann O'Brien, Euclid Farnham
Votes: 32 | Gross: $0.06M
29. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
Not Rated | 131 min | Drama
A bitter, aging couple, with the help of alcohol, use their young houseguests to fuel anguish and emotional pain towards each other over the course of a distressing night.
Director: Mike Nichols | Stars: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, George Segal, Sandy Dennis
Votes: 79,954
30. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Passed | 129 min | Comedy, Drama
A 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.
Director: Frank Capra | Stars: James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Claude Rains, Edward Arnold
Votes: 121,438 | Gross: $9.60M
31. West Virginia Slims (2010)
8 min | Short, Romance
In this out of ordinary love story, an eccentric-romantic youth waits for the French love he has longed for.
Director: Travis Maiuro | Stars: Travis Maiuro, Olivia Stewart
Votes: 46
32. Wisconsin Death Trip (1999)
Not Rated | 76 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A 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.
Director: James Marsh | Stars: Ian Holm, Jeffrey Golden, Jo Vukelich, Marcus Monroe
Votes: 1,609
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