Which movies were filmed in Nevada?
The magic of Hollywood is that oftentimes movies aren't filmed anywhere near where they purport to be taking place. California may be home to Hollywood, but so many of your favorite films were set against backdrops far removed from the glitterati of the West Coast.
With huge studios like Warner Bros., MGM, and RKO Pictures churning out film after film during the heyday of the silver screen, California made a name for itself as the cornerstone for all things movies. As the industry has continued to shift, however, that has begun to change.
From the need for more rural settings to a director's desire to get everything as historically accurate as possible, not to mention the attractive tax incentives offered by states outside of California, crews are increasingly enticed to look elsewhere when filming. More and more, shoots take place in the most unexpected places in a quest to entertain, and sometimes, to make film history. Have you ever wondered where the Cullen house in the "Twilight" movies actually is? (The answer is Oregon.) How about the location of where the wasteland astronauts trekked in "Planet of the Apes" from 1968? (Answer: Arizona.)
With that in mind, Stacker compiled a list of movies filmed in Nevada using data from Movie Locations. Additional information about each film was collected from IMDb. Some films may have been omitted due to data dissimilarities and lack of corresponding information found on IMDb.
21 (2008)
- Director: Robert Luketic
- IMDb user rating: 6.8 (262K reviews)
- Runtime: 123 minutes
- Genres: Crime, Drama, and History
- Cast: Jim Sturgess, Kate Bosworth, and Kevin Spacey
The Amazing Colossal Man (1957)
- Director: Bert I. Gordon
- IMDb user rating: 4.6 (2.8K reviews)
- Runtime: 80 minutes
- Genres: Sci-Fi
- Cast: Glenn Langan, Cathy Downs, and William Hudson
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
- Director: Jay Roach
- IMDb user rating: 7.0 (251K reviews)
- Runtime: 89 minutes
- Genres: Adventure and Comedy
- Cast: Mike Myers, Elizabeth Hurley, and Michael York
Casino (1995)
- Director: Martin Scorsese
- IMDb user rating: 8.2 (546K reviews)
- Runtime: 178 minutes
- Genres: Crime and Drama
- Cast: Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, and Joe Pesci
Charley Varrick (1973)
- Director: Don Siegel
- IMDb user rating: 7.5 (13K reviews)
- Runtime: 111 minutes
- Genres: Crime, Drama, and Thriller
- Cast: Walter Matthau, Joe Don Baker, and Felicia Farr
Go (1999)
- Director: Doug Liman
- IMDb user rating: 7.2 (74K reviews)
- Runtime: 102 minutes
- Genres: Comedy and Crime
- Cast: Sarah Polley, Jay Mohr, and Scott Wolf
The Godfather (1972)
- Director: Francis Ford Coppola
- IMDb user rating: 9.2 (2M reviews)
- Runtime: 175 minutes
- Genres: Crime and Drama
- Cast: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, and James Caan
The Godfather Part II (1974)
- Director: Francis Ford Coppola
- IMDb user rating: 9.0 (1.3M reviews)
- Runtime: 202 minutes
- Genres: Crime and Drama
- Cast: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, and Robert Duvall
Godzilla (2014)
- Director: Gareth Edwards
- IMDb user rating: 6.4 (428K reviews)
- Runtime: 123 minutes
- Genres: Action, Adventure, and Sci-Fi
- Cast: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, and Bryan Cranston
The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
- Director: George Stevens
- IMDb user rating: 6.5 (11K reviews)
- Runtime: 260 minutes
- Genres: Biography, Drama, and History
- Cast: Max von Sydow, Dorothy McGuire, and Charlton Heston
The Hangover (2009)
- Director: Todd Phillips
- IMDb user rating: 7.7 (822K reviews)
- Runtime: 100 minutes
- Genres: Comedy
- Cast: Zach Galifianakis, Bradley Cooper, and Justin Bartha
High Plains Drifter (1973)
- Director: Clint Eastwood
- IMDb user rating: 7.4 (62K reviews)
- Runtime: 105 minutes
- Genres: Drama, Mystery, and Western
- Cast: Clint Eastwood, Verna Bloom, and Marianna Hill
Honeymoon in Vegas (1992)
- Director: Andrew Bergman
- IMDb user rating: 5.8 (19K reviews)
- Runtime: 96 minutes
- Genres: Comedy, Romance, and Thriller
- Cast: James Caan, Nicolas Cage, and Sarah Jessica Parker
In Cold Blood (1967)
- Director: Richard Brooks
- IMDb user rating: 7.9 (28K reviews)
- Runtime: 134 minutes
- Genres: Biography, Crime, and Drama
- Cast: Robert Blake, Scott Wilson, and John Forsythe
Indecent Proposal (1993)
- Director: Adrian Lyne
- IMDb user rating: 6.0 (76K reviews)
- Runtime: 117 minutes
- Genres: Drama and Romance
- Cast: Robert Redford, Demi Moore, and Woody Harrelson
Independence Day (1996)
- Director: Roland Emmerich
- IMDb user rating: 7.0 (594K reviews)
- Runtime: 145 minutes
- Genres: Action, Adventure, and Sci-Fi
- Cast: Will Smith, Bill Pullman, and Jeff Goldblum
Into the Wild (2007)
- Director: Sean Penn
- IMDb user rating: 8.1 (643K reviews)
- Runtime: 148 minutes
- Genres: Adventure, Biography, and Drama
- Cast: Emile Hirsch, Vince Vaughn, and Catherine Keener
The Iron Horse (1924)
- Director: John Ford
- IMDb user rating: 7.2 (2.4K reviews)
- Runtime: 150 minutes
- Genres: Drama, History, and Romance
- Cast: George O'Brien, Madge Bellamy, and Charles Edward Bull
Iron Man (2008)
- Director: Jon Favreau
- IMDb user rating: 7.9 (1.1M reviews)
- Runtime: 126 minutes
- Genres: Action, Adventure, and Sci-Fi
- Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, and Terrence Howard
Jason Bourne (2016)
- Director: Paul Greengrass
- IMDb user rating: 6.6 (237K reviews)
- Runtime: 123 minutes
- Genres: Action and Thriller
- Cast: Matt Damon, Tommy Lee Jones, and Alicia Vikander
Joy Ride (2001)
- Director: John Dahl
- IMDb user rating: 6.6 (74K reviews)
- Runtime: 97 minutes
- Genres: Action, Mystery, and Thriller
- Cast: Steve Zahn, Paul Walker, and Leelee Sobieski
Kill Me Again (1989)
- Director: John Dahl
- IMDb user rating: 6.3 (5.5K reviews)
- Runtime: 94 minutes
- Genres: Action, Crime, and Drama
- Cast: Val Kilmer, Joanne Whalley, and Pat Mulligan
King Ralph (1991)
- Director: David S. Ward
- IMDb user rating: 5.4 (17K reviews)
- Runtime: 97 minutes
- Genres: Comedy and Romance
- Cast: John Goodman, Peter O'Toole, and John Hurt
Kiss Me, Stupid (1964)
- Director: Billy Wilder
- IMDb user rating: 6.9 (8.4K reviews)
- Runtime: 125 minutes
- Genres: Comedy and Romance
- Cast: Dean Martin, Kim Novak, and Ray Walston
Knocked Up (2007)
- Director: Judd Apatow
- IMDb user rating: 6.9 (379K reviews)
- Runtime: 129 minutes
- Genres: Comedy and Romance
- Cast: Seth Rogen, Katherine Heigl, and Paul Rudd
Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
- Director: Mike Figgis
- IMDb user rating: 7.5 (131K reviews)
- Runtime: 111 minutes
- Genres: Drama and Romance
- Cast: Nicolas Cage, Elisabeth Shue, and Julian Sands
Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)
- Director: Richard Donner
- IMDb user rating: 6.6 (169K reviews)
- Runtime: 127 minutes
- Genres: Action, Crime, and Thriller
- Cast: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, and Joe Pesci
Mars Attacks! (1996)
- Director: Tim Burton
- IMDb user rating: 6.4 (237K reviews)
- Runtime: 106 minutes
- Genres: Comedy and Sci-Fi
- Cast: Jack Nicholson, Pierce Brosnan, and Sarah Jessica Parker
Magnolia (1999)
- Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
- IMDb user rating: 8.0 (323K reviews)
- Runtime: 188 minutes
- Genres: Drama
- Cast: Tom Cruise, Jason Robards, and Julianne Moore
Midnight Run (1988)
- Director: Martin Brest
- IMDb user rating: 7.5 (91K reviews)
- Runtime: 126 minutes
- Genres: Action, Comedy, and Crime
- Cast: Robert De Niro, Charles Grodin, and Yaphet Kotto
Misery (1990)
- Director: Rob Reiner
- IMDb user rating: 7.8 (226K reviews)
- Runtime: 107 minutes
- Genres: Drama and Thriller
- Cast: James Caan, Kathy Bates, and Richard Farnsworth
The Misfits (2021)
- Director: Renny Harlin
- IMDb user rating: 4.4 (12K reviews)
- Runtime: 94 minutes
- Genres: Action, Adventure, and Comedy
- Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Tim Roth, and Nick Cannon
Moonraker (1979)
- Director: Lewis Gilbert
- IMDb user rating: 6.2 (106K reviews)
- Runtime: 126 minutes
- Genres: Action, Adventure, and Sci-Fi
- Cast: Roger Moore, Lois Chiles, and Michael Lonsdale
Now You See Me (2013)
- Director: Louis Leterrier
- IMDb user rating: 7.2 (689K reviews)
- Runtime: 115 minutes
- Genres: Crime, Mystery, and Thriller
- Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Common, and Mark Ruffalo
A Place in the Sun (1951)
- Director: George Stevens
- IMDb user rating: 7.7 (24K reviews)
- Runtime: 122 minutes
- Genres: Drama and Romance
- Cast: Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, and Shelley Winters
Rain Man (1988)
- Director: Barry Levinson
- IMDb user rating: 8.0 (534K reviews)
- Runtime: 133 minutes
- Genres: Drama
- Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise, and Valeria Golino
Romancing the Stone (1984)
- Director: Robert Zemeckis
- IMDb user rating: 6.9 (100K reviews)
- Runtime: 106 minutes
- Genres: Action, Adventure, and Comedy
- Cast: Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, and Danny DeVito
Saboteur (1942)
- Director: Alfred Hitchcock
- IMDb user rating: 7.1 (27K reviews)
- Runtime: 109 minutes
- Genres: Thriller and War
- Cast: Priscilla Lane, Robert Cummings, and Otto Kruger
The Shootist (1976)
- Director: Don Siegel
- IMDb user rating: 7.6 (26K reviews)
- Runtime: 100 minutes
- Genres: Drama, Romance, and Western
- Cast: John Wayne, Lauren Bacall, and Ron Howard
Showgirls (1995)
- Director: Paul Verhoeven
- IMDb user rating: 5.0 (72K reviews)
- Runtime: 128 minutes
- Genres: Drama
- Cast: Elizabeth Berkley, Kyle MacLachlan, and Gina Gershon
Sister Act (1992)
- Director: Emile Ardolino
- IMDb user rating: 6.5 (105K reviews)
- Runtime: 100 minutes
- Genres: Comedy, Family, and Music
- Cast: Whoopi Goldberg, Maggie Smith, and Harvey Keitel
Star Trek: Generations (1994)
- Director: David Carson
- IMDb user rating: 6.6 (86K reviews)
- Runtime: 118 minutes
- Genres: Action, Adventure, and Mystery
- Cast: Patrick Stewart, William Shatner, and Malcolm McDowell
Starman (1984)
- Director: John Carpenter
- IMDb user rating: 7.0 (50K reviews)
- Runtime: 115 minutes
- Genres: Romance and Sci-Fi
- Cast: Jeff Bridges, Karen Allen, and Charles Martin Smith
Stir Crazy (1980)
- Director: Sidney Poitier
- IMDb user rating: 6.7 (30K reviews)
- Runtime: 111 minutes
- Genres: Comedy and Crime
- Cast: Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor, and Georg Stanford Brown
Swingers (1996)
- Director: Doug Liman
- IMDb user rating: 7.2 (86K reviews)
- Runtime: 96 minutes
- Genres: Comedy and Drama
- Cast: Vince Vaughn, Heather Graham, and Jon Favreau
Top Gun (1986)
- Director: Tony Scott
- IMDb user rating: 6.9 (485K reviews)
- Runtime: 109 minutes
- Genres: Action and Drama
- Cast: Tom Cruise, Tim Robbins, and Kelly McGillis
Transformers (2007)
- Director: Michael Bay
- IMDb user rating: 7.0 (663K reviews)
- Runtime: 144 minutes
- Genres: Action, Adventure, and Sci-Fi
- Cast: Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, and Josh Duhamel
Vanishing Point (1971)
- Director: Richard C. Sarafian
- IMDb user rating: 7.2 (30K reviews)
- Runtime: 99 minutes
- Genres: Action, Crime, and Thriller
- Cast: Barry Newman, Cleavon Little, and Charlotte Rampling
Viva Las Vegas (1964)
- Director: George Sidney
- IMDb user rating: 6.3 (8.9K reviews)
- Runtime: 85 minutes
- Genres: Comedy and Musical
- Cast: Elvis Presley, Ann-Margret, and Cesare Danova
Zabriskie Point (1970)
- Director: Michelangelo Antonioni
- IMDb user rating: 6.9 (17K reviews)
- Runtime: 113 minutes
- Genres: Drama
- Cast: Mark Frechette, Daria Halprin, and Paul Fix
This story features data reporting by Karim Noorani, writing by Olivia Monahan, and is part of a series utilizing data automation across 48 states.
