Which movies were filmed in Wyoming?
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 Wyoming 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.
Cheyenne Autumn (1964)
- Director: John Ford
- IMDb user rating: 6.7 (6.2K reviews)
- Runtime: 154 minutes
- Genres: Drama, History, and Western
- Cast: Richard Widmark, Carroll Baker, and Karl Malden
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
- Director: Steven Spielberg
- IMDb user rating: 7.6 (212K reviews)
- Runtime: 138 minutes
- Genres: Drama and Sci-Fi
- Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, François Truffaut, and Teri Garr
Dances with Wolves (1990)
- Director: Kevin Costner
- IMDb user rating: 8.0 (282K reviews)
- Runtime: 181 minutes
- Genres: Adventure, Drama, and Western
- Cast: Kevin Costner, Mary McDonnell, and Graham Greene
Django Unchained (2012)
- Director: Quentin Tarantino
- IMDb user rating: 8.5 (1.6M reviews)
- Runtime: 165 minutes
- Genres: Drama and Western
- Cast: Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, and Leonardo DiCaprio
Nebraska (2013)
- Director: Alexander Payne
- IMDb user rating: 7.7 (121K reviews)
- Runtime: 115 minutes
- Genres: Drama
- Cast: Bruce Dern, Will Forte, and June Squibb
A River Runs Through It (1992)
- Director: Robert Redford
- IMDb user rating: 7.2 (64K reviews)
- Runtime: 123 minutes
- Genres: Drama
- Cast: Craig Sheffer, Brad Pitt, and Tom Skerritt
Rocky IV (1985)
- Director: Sylvester Stallone
- IMDb user rating: 6.9 (220K reviews)
- Runtime: 91 minutes
- Genres: Drama and Sport
- Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, and Burt Young
Shane (1953)
- Director: George Stevens
- IMDb user rating: 7.6 (43K reviews)
- Runtime: 118 minutes
- Genres: Drama and Western
- Cast: Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, and Van Heflin
Starship Troopers (1997)
- Director: Paul Verhoeven
- IMDb user rating: 7.3 (310K reviews)
- Runtime: 129 minutes
- Genres: Action, Adventure, and Sci-Fi
- Cast: Casper Van Dien, Denise Richards, and Dina Meyer
The Vanishing (2018)
- Director: Kristoffer Nyholm
- IMDb user rating: 5.9 (20K reviews)
- Runtime: 107 minutes
- Genres: Drama, Mystery, and Thriller
- Cast: Peter Mullan, Gerard Butler, and Emma King
This story features data reporting by Karim Noorani, writing by Olivia Monahan, and is part of a series utilizing data automation across 48 states.
