The Top Rated Movies Set in Colorado, and Every Other State
With so many films either set or filmed in Colorado, what one film is the highest rated movie set in our great state? Here are just some of the memorable movies that are based in Colorado, Crazy Heart, Dumb and Dumber, City Slickers, Cliffhanger, Blades of Glory, Beerfest, Aspen Extreme, Jack Frost, Misery, Phantoms, WarGames... just to name a few. So what movie set in Colorado is the highest ranked movie on IMDB? Well, it's the movie based in Estes Park that has given so many people nightmares... The Shining, pulling in an impressive 8.5 our of 10 stars. The 1980 psychological horror film, staring Jack Nicholson and Shelly Duvaul, based on the Stephen King novel of the same name. The lowest scoring movie set in Colorado, may just be the John Travolta Sy-Fy stinker Battlefield Earth, getting only 2.4 our of 10 stars.
So, that's Colorado... now here are the top rated movie for the rest of our states according to IMDB.
Alabama – To Kill a Mockingbird
Alaska – The Gold Rush
Arizona – Psycho
Arkansas – Slingblade
California – Pulp Fiction
Connecticut – Bringing Up Baby
Delaware – Fight Club
Florida – Scarface
Georgia – Gone with the Wind
Hawaii – Tora! Tora! Tora!
Idaho – My Own Private Idaho
Illinois – The Sting
Indiana – A Christmas Story
Iowa – The Straight Story
Kansas – In Cold Blood
Kentucky – The Insider
Louisiana – The Green Mile
Maine – The Shawshank Redemption
Maryland – The Silence of the Lambs
Massachusetts – The Departed
Michigan – Gran Torino
Minnesota – Fargo
Mississippi – Django Unchained
Missouri – Paper Moon
Montana – Lonesome Dove
Nebraska – Nebraska
Nevada – Casino
New Hampshire – Lolita
New Jersey – On The Waterfront
New Mexico – The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
New York – The Godfather
North Carolina – George Washington
North Dakota – Jesus Camp
Ohio – Rain Man
Oklahoma – True Grit
Oregon – One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Pennsylvania – The Deer Hunter
Rhode Island – Hachi: A Dog’s Tale
South Carolina – Full Metal Jacket
South Dakota – Badlands
Tennessee – Inherit the Wind
Texas – For a Few Dollars More
Utah – 127 Hours
Vermont – Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Virginia – Donnie Darko
Washington – 50/50
West Virginia – The Night of the Hunter
Wisconsin – Stroszek
Wyoming – Unforgiven