Which movies were filmed in Oregon?
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 Oregon 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.
1941 (1979)
- Director: Steven Spielberg
- IMDb user rating: 5.8 (35K reviews)
- Runtime: 118 minutes
- Genres: Action, Comedy, and War
- Cast: John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, and Treat Williams
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
- Director: Steven Spielberg
- IMDb user rating: 7.2 (318K reviews)
- Runtime: 146 minutes
- Genres: Drama and Sci-Fi
- Cast: Haley Joel Osment, Jude Law, and Frances O'Connor
Dead Man (1995)
- Director: Jim Jarmusch
- IMDb user rating: 7.5 (101K reviews)
- Runtime: 121 minutes
- Genres: Adventure, Drama, and Fantasy
- Cast: Johnny Depp, Gary Farmer, and Crispin Glover
Drugstore Cowboy (1989)
- Director: Gus Van Sant
- IMDb user rating: 7.3 (39K reviews)
- Runtime: 101 minutes
- Genres: Crime and Drama
- Cast: Matt Dillon, Kelly Lynch, and James Le Gros
Five Easy Pieces (1970)
- Director: Bob Rafelson
- IMDb user rating: 7.4 (40K reviews)
- Runtime: 98 minutes
- Genres: Drama
- Cast: Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, and Billy Green Bush
The General (1926)
- Director: Clyde Bruckman
- IMDb user rating: 8.1 (96K reviews)
- Runtime: 78 minutes
- Genres: Action, Adventure, and Comedy
- Cast: Buster Keaton, Marion Mack, and Glen Cavender
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
Kindergarten Cop (1990)
- Director: Ivan Reitman
- IMDb user rating: 6.2 (158K reviews)
- Runtime: 111 minutes
- Genres: Action, Comedy, and Crime
- Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Penelope Ann Miller, and Pamela Reed
My Own Private Idaho (1991)
- Director: Gus Van Sant
- IMDb user rating: 7.0 (60K reviews)
- Runtime: 104 minutes
- Genres: Drama
- Cast: River Phoenix, Keanu Reeves, and James Russo
Northwest Passage (1940)
- Director: King Vidor
- IMDb user rating: 7.0 (3.8K reviews)
- Runtime: 126 minutes
- Genres: Adventure, Drama, and History
- Cast: Spencer Tracy, Robert Young, and Walter Brennan
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
- Director: Milos Forman
- IMDb user rating: 8.7 (1M reviews)
- Runtime: 133 minutes
- Genres: Drama
- Cast: Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, and Michael Berryman
Paint Your Wagon (1969)
- Director: Joshua Logan
- IMDb user rating: 6.6 (14K reviews)
- Runtime: 164 minutes
- Genres: Comedy, Drama, and Musical
- Cast: Lee Marvin, Clint Eastwood, and Jean Seberg
Point Break (1991)
- Director: Kathryn Bigelow
- IMDb user rating: 7.2 (195K reviews)
- Runtime: 122 minutes
- Genres: Action, Crime, and Thriller
- Cast: Patrick Swayze, Keanu Reeves, and Gary Busey
The Ring (2002)
- Director: Gore Verbinski
- IMDb user rating: 7.1 (366K reviews)
- Runtime: 115 minutes
- Genres: Horror and Mystery
- Cast: Naomi Watts, Martin Henderson, and Brian Cox
The River Wild (1994)
- Director: Curtis Hanson
- IMDb user rating: 6.5 (49K reviews)
- Runtime: 111 minutes
- Genres: Adventure, Crime, and Thriller
- Cast: Meryl Streep, Kevin Bacon, and David Strathairn
The Road (2009)
- Director: John Hillcoat
- IMDb user rating: 7.2 (249K reviews)
- Runtime: 111 minutes
- Genres: Drama and Thriller
- Cast: Viggo Mortensen, Charlize Theron, and Kodi Smit-McPhee
The Shining (1980)
- Director: Stanley Kubrick
- IMDb user rating: 8.4 (1.1M reviews)
- Runtime: 146 minutes
- Genres: Drama and Horror
- Cast: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, and Danny Lloyd
Short Circuit (1986)
- Director: John Badham
- IMDb user rating: 6.6 (65K reviews)
- Runtime: 98 minutes
- Genres: Comedy, Family, and Sci-Fi
- Cast: Ally Sheedy, Steve Guttenberg, and Fisher Stevens
Stand by Me (1986)
- Director: Rob Reiner
- IMDb user rating: 8.1 (427K reviews)
- Runtime: 89 minutes
- Genres: Adventure, Comedy, and Drama
- Cast: Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, and Corey Feldman
Twilight (2008)
- Director: Catherine Hardwicke
- IMDb user rating: 5.3 (477K reviews)
- Runtime: 122 minutes
- Genres: Drama, Fantasy, and Romance
- Cast: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and Billy Burke
This story features data reporting by Karim Noorani, writing by Olivia Monahan, and is part of a series utilizing data automation across 48 states.
