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 after 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.