Were there any movies filmed in Missouri?

Missouri Filmography Title Year Location(s) Tom Sawyer 1974 Arrow Rock, Lupus, Meramac Caverns Escape From New York 1981 St. Louis The Day After 1983 Harrisonville, Kansas City Planes, Trains, and Automobiles 1987 St. Louis 34 more rows

What scary movie is based in Missouri?

The Exorcist movie is based on a true story of a teen boy's exorcism in St. Louis, Missouri.

What movie was filmed in Lexington, MO?

Ride with the Devil (1999) - Filming & production - IMDb.

What movie was filmed in Harrisonville MO?

The Day After (1983), 7.1 on IMDB Featuring thousands of local citizens as extras, the made-for-television movie was shot in Lawrence, KC, and Harrisonville, MO.

What is the most famous show set in Missouri?

In recent years, "Ozark" may have been at the top of people's minds when it came to how Missouri was showcased by Hollywood, but there have been several other award-winning television shows and movies set in the Show Me State — some of which, like "Ozark" weren't actually filmed here.

What Netflix series is set in Missouri?

A financial adviser drags his family from Chicago to the Missouri Ozarks, where he must launder $500 million in five years to appease a drug boss.

Was Tom Sawyer movie filmed in Missouri?

The film was shot in Arrow Rock and Lupus, Missouri . Meramec Caverns in Stanton, Missouri with cave sets. As a Mormon, Whitaker was prohibited from using tobacco. In the scene in which Tom and Huck carve a pipe and smoke it together, cabbage leaves were substituted in place of the tobacco, at Whitaker's insistence.

What movie was shot in Sparta, Missouri?

"REVEILLE" is based on a true story and follows a group of American soldiers and their German prisoners taking cover after a skirmish in central Italy in Nov. 1943. Though the film is set in Italy, it was all shot on a private farm in Sparta, Missouri.

Where was Roadhouse filmed in Missouri?

The movie was not filmed in Missouri . Though the plot is set in the town of Jasper, Missouri, Road House's infamous bar, The Double Deuce, was built for on-site filming in California. Some of the bar's interior footage was filmed in a real Anaheim bar that is now closed.

What movie is being filmed in Chickasha OK?

Chickasha's Hollywood closeup in 'Twisters' almost didn't happen because of strike. In the spring and summer of 2023, principal photography on the blockbuster movie "Twisters" zipped from Oklahoma City and El Reno to Fairview and Okarche to Burbank and Pawhuska.

Where was the movie Osage County filmed?

Riseborough was cast but withdrew due to scheduling conflicts. Juliette Lewis replaced her. Chloë Grace Moretz also auditioned for the role of Jean. Principal photography took place between October 16 and December 8, 2012, in Bartlesville and Pawhuska, Oklahoma, and Los Angeles .

Did Tom Cruise ever live in Missouri?

“He was in his late 40s. It was sad,” Cruise said. The Mapothers finally settled in Glen Ridge, N.J., and Tom went on to graduate from high school there in 1980 after moves to Kentucky, Missouri and Ottawa .

Is there a ghost town in Missouri?

The creepiest ghost town in Missouri is Red Oak II , a museum that stands as a monument to the original Red Oak town that was abandoned after World War II. Here's what the site had to say: "After World War II, Red Oak was left to wither, vacated by residents seeking bigger and brighter locales.

15 movies shot in Missouri —\u00a0and where to stream them (2024)

Aarik DanielsenColumbia Daily Tribune

Missouri might not be the movie capital of America, but the Show Me State often shows off when filmmakers shoot their work here. A wide array of films have been made in Missouri over a remarkable span of time.

To perhaps spy a familiar scene, and see it in a new way, it's worth giving these films a watch. Here are just 15 of the many films to be shot within our state, and how you can find them at home.

Streaming information is, of course, subject to change.

'Adam at 6 a.m.' (1970)

Director: Robert Scheerer

Cast: Michael Douglas, Lee Purcell, Joe Don Baker

Missouri locations: Excelsior Springs, Cameron, Orrick

Does the story involve Missouri? Yes. Douglas plays a college professor who treks from California to Missouri for a relative’s funeral.

Rating: R

Where to stream: Amazon Prime or Apple TV

'Paper Moon' (1973)

Director: Peter Bogdanovich

Cast: Ryan O'Neal, Tatum O'Neal, Madeline Kahn

Missouri location: St. Joseph

Does the story involve Missouri? St. Joseph is the eventual destination for a con man who reluctantly volunteers to deliver a recently-orphaned girl to a relative's home.

Rating: PG

Where to stream: Amazon Prime, Apple TV, Paramount Plus

'Escape From New York' (1981)

Director: John Carpenter

Cast: Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine, Donald Pleasence, Isaac Hayes

Missouri location: St. Louis

Does the story involve Missouri? No. While, as the title suggests, Russell's Snake Plissken takes a presidential rescue mission to Manhattan in the then-near future (1997), many of the film's urban scenes were filmed on both the Missouri and Illinois sides of St. Louis.

Rating: R

'Koyaanisqatsi' (1982)

Director: Godfrey Reggio

Missouri location: St. Louis

Does the story involve Missouri? This experimental film examines the relationship between people and their surroundings, whether urban or wild. The film prominently features footage of the demolition of St. Louis' infamous Pruitt-Igoe housing project.

Rating: Unrated

Where to stream: Amazon Prime, Apple TV

'National Lampoon's Vacation' (1983)

Director: Harold Ramis

Cast: Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Anthony Michael Hall

Missouri location: St. Louis

Does the story involve Missouri? Momentarily. Clark Griswold and his family's Great American Vacation takes a detour through St. Louis, in which the family "truckster" is vandalized in a scene which plays to stereotypes about the city.

Rating: R

Where to stream: Amazon Prime, Apple TV, Netflix

'Planes, Trains and Automobiles' (1987)

Director: John Hughes

Cast: Steve Martin, John Candy

Missouri location: St. Louis

Does the story involve Missouri? Briefly, but oh so memorably. One of the classic modern road-trip movies — and the definitive Thanksgiving film —stages one of its most iconic scenes in the Show Me State. After their train breaks down in Missouri, Martin and Candy are bussed to St. Louis where Martin's airport freakout takes place at Lambert International Airport.

Rating: R

Where to stream: Amazon Prime, Apple TV

'White Palace' (1990)

Director: Luis Mandoki

Cast: Susan Sarandon, James Spader

Missouri location: St. Louis

Does the story involve Missouri? Yes. Spader and Sarandon's star-crossed lovers live in St. Louis, with Sarandon's work as a waitress depicted at a real diner in the city.

Rating: R

Where to stream: Amazon Prime

‘Ride with the Devil’ (1999)

Director: Ang Lee

‘Fever Pitch’ (2005)

Directors: Peter and Bobby Farrelly

Cast: Drew Barrymore, Jimmy Fallon

Missouri location: St. Louis

Does the story involve Missouri? Yes. In this rom-com, Boston Red Sox obsessive Ben (Fallon) and girlfriend Lindsey (Barrymore) visit Busch Stadium for the fourth game of the 2004 Red Sox-Cardinals World Series. A scene of Fallon and Barrymore’s characters celebrating on the field happened in real-time.

Rating: PG-13

Where to stream: Disney+, Amazon Prime, Apple TV

'Killshot' (2008)

Director: John Madden

Cast: Diane Lane, Thomas Jane, Mickey Rourke, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Rosario Dawson

Missouri location: Cape Girardeau

Does the story involve Missouri? Yes. In this mafia thriller, a pair of witnesses seeking protection are relocated to Missouri.

Rating: R

Where to stream: Amazon Prime

'Up in the Air' (2009)

Director: Jason Reitman

Cast: George Clooney, Anna Kendrick, Vera Farmiga, Jason Bateman

Missouri location: St. Louis

Does the story involve Missouri? Yes, the film features scenes set at Lambert airport, but St. Louis also stands in for a number of Middle American cities throughout the narrative.

Rating: R

Where to stream: Amazon Prime, Apple TV, Netflix, Paramount Plus

'Winter's Bone' (2010)

Director: Debra Granik

Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, John Hawkes, Garret Dillahunt

Missouri locations: Locales within Taney and Christian counties

Does the story involve Missouri? The film which made a then-20-year-old Jennifer Lawrence is indeed set within an insular Ozarks, where a teen girl fights for her family's future and tries to track down her father.

Rating: R

Where to stream: Amazon Prime, Apple TV, Peaco*ck

'You're Next' (2011)

Director: Adam Wingard

Cast: Sharni Vinson, Nicholas Tucci, Wendi Glenn, A.J. Bowen

Missouri location: Columbia

Does the story involve Missouri? Written by Columbia native Simon Barrett, this home invasion horror flick is set within Show Me State borders.

Rating: R

Where to stream: Amazon Prime, Hulu

'Gone Girl' (2014)

Director: David Fincher

Cast: Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris, Tyler Perry

Missouri location: Cape Girardeau

Does the story involve Missouri? Based on Kansas City native Gillian Flynn's smash novel, this marital drama-and-missing woman thriller travels to the fictional Missouri town of North Carthage.

Rating: R

Where to stream: Amazon Prime, Disney+, HBO Max, Hulu

'American Honey' (2016)

Director: Andrea Arnold

Cast: Sasha Lane, Shia LaBeouf, Riley Keough

Missouri location: Kansas City

Does the story involve Missouri? The road-trip movie involves passage through Kansas City.

Rating: R

Where to stream: Showtime Anytime, Amazon Prime, Apple TV

To learn about more films made in Missouri, visit the Missouri Film Office at https://mofilm.org/about/filmed-in-missouri/, among other sources.

Aarik Danielsen is the features and culture editor for the Tribune. Contact him at adanielsen@columbiatribune.com or by calling 573-815-1731. Find him on Twitter @aarikdanielsen.

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15 movies shot in Missouri —\u00a0and where to stream them (2024)

'Adam at 6 a.m.' (1970)

'Paper Moon' (1973)

'Escape From New York' (1981)

'Koyaanisqatsi' (1982)

'National Lampoon's Vacation' (1983)

'Planes, Trains and Automobiles' (1987)

'White Palace' (1990)

‘Ride with the Devil’ (1999)

‘Fever Pitch’ (2005)

'Killshot' (2008)

'Up in the Air' (2009)

'Winter's Bone' (2010)

'You're Next' (2011)

'Gone Girl' (2014)

'American Honey' (2016)

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Title	Year	Location(s)
Tom Sawyer	1974	Arrow Rock, Lupus, Meramac Caverns
Escape From New York	1981	St. Louis
The Day After	1983	Harrisonville, Kansas City
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles	1987	St. Louis