According to a report by 24/7 Wall St.- 24/7 Tempo, the best movie filmed in Texas is “Paris, Texas” (1984).
However, most Texans would likely disagree– citing numerous John Wayne movies for starters.
“Each state has unique characteristics that make it attractive to filmmakers, and with that in mind, 24/7 Tempo has tapped critic and audience ratings from Rotten Tomatoes and IMDb to find the best movie filmed in every state,” the report states.
Paris, Texas, which is about a drifter who struggles to adapt to society and his family after missing for four years, was filmed in several locations in Texas– but not in the town after which it was named. It was filmed in El Paso, Marathon, Terlingua, Houston, and not in Paris, Texas. And yes, there is a Paris, Texas.
24/7 Wall St. reports that the second best movie filmed in Texas is “The Last Picture Show” (1971).
The analysis was based on critic and audience ratings from Rotten Tomatoes and IMDB to find the best movie filmed in every state.
Most Texans would disagree with this analysis and call this ranking a bunch of horse @#$x.
And John Wayne would likely say, “That’ll be the day.”
| State | Best movie | Year | IMDb rating | Tomatometer score | Second best movie | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Get Out | 2017 | 7.7 | 98 | Just Mercy | 2019 |
| Alaska | Insomnia | 2002 | 7.2 | 92 | Runaway Train | 1985 |
| Arizona | Psycho | 1960 | 8.5 | 96 | Once Upon a Time in the West | 1968 |
| Arkansas | Sling Blade | 1996 | 8 | 96 | Mud | 2012 |
| California | Modern Times | 1936 | 8.5 | 100 | City Lights | 1931 |
| Colorado | Badlands | 1973 | 7.8 | 98 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | 1989 |
| Connecticut | The Ice Storm | 1997 | 7.4 | 85 | We Need to Talk About Kevin | 2011 |
| Delaware | Dead Poets Society | 1989 | 8.1 | 84 | Blue Ruin | 2013 |
| District of Columbia | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | 1939 | 8.1 | 96 | All the President’s Men | 1976 |
| Florida | The Truman Show | 1998 | 8.1 | 95 | Edward Scissorhands | 1990 |
| Georgia | Avengers: Endgame | 2019 | 8.4 | 94 | The Peanut Butter Falcon | 2019 |
| Hawaii | From Here to Eternity | 1953 | 7.6 | 92 | Papillon | 1973 |
| Idaho | Napoleon Dynamite | 2004 | 6.9 | 72 | N/A | |
| Illinois | The Dark Knight | 2008 | 9 | 94 | Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse | 2018 |
| Indiana | Hoosiers | 1986 | 7.5 | 89 | Rudy | 1993 |
| Iowa | The Straight Story | 1999 | 8 | 95 | The Bridges of Madison County | 1995 |
| Kansas | Paper Moon | 1973 | 8.1 | 93 | Mars Attacks! | 1996 |
| Kentucky | Goldfinger | 1964 | 7.7 | 99 | Stripes | 1981 |
| Louisiana | 12 Years a Slave | 2013 | 8.1 | 95 | Logan | 2017 |
| Maine | In the Bedroom | 2001 | 7.4 | 93 | It | 2017 |
| Maryland | Philomena | 2013 | 7.6 | 91 | The Barbarian Invasions | 2003 |
| Massachusetts | Good Will Hunting | 1997 | 8.3 | 98 | Spotlight | 2015 |
| Michigan | Anatomy of a Murder | 1959 | 8 | 100 | Vishwaroopam | 2013 |
| Minnesota | A Simple Plan | 1998 | 7.5 | 91 | Beautiful Girls | 1996 |
| Mississippi | Mississippi Burning | 1988 | 7.8 | 84 | The Help | 2011 |
| Missouri | Up in the Air | 2009 | 7.4 | 90 | Winter’s Bone | 2010 |
| Montana | Little Big Man | 1970 | 7.6 | 96 | A River Runs Through It | 1992 |
| Nebraska | Nebraska | 2013 | 7.7 | 91 | Election | 1999 |
| Nevada | Casino | 1995 | 8.2 | 80 | Leaving Las Vegas | 1995 |
| New Hampshire | On Golden Pond | 1981 | 7.6 | 93 | In Your Eyes | 2014 |
| New Jersey | On the Waterfront | 1954 | 8.1 | 99 | The Wrestler | 2008 |
| New Mexico | Ace in the Hole | 1951 | 8.1 | 92 | No Country for Old Men | 2007 |
| New York | The Godfather | 1972 | 9.2 | 98 | The Godfather: Part II | 1974 |
| North Carolina | Evil Dead II | 1987 | 7.8 | 95 | Blue Velvet | 1986 |
| North Dakota | Fargo | 1996 | 8.1 | 94 | N/A | |
| Ohio | The Shawshank Redemption | 1994 | 9.3 | 91 | The Deer Hunter | 1978 |
| Oklahoma | Rumble Fish | 1983 | 7.2 | 74 | The Outsiders | 1983 |
| Oregon | One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest | 1975 | 8.7 | 94 | Stand by Me | 1986 |
| Pennsylvania | The Silence of the Lambs | 1991 | 8.6 | 96 | Night of the Living Dead | 1968 |
| Puerto Rico | Assassins | 1995 | 6.4 | 98 | GoldenEye | 1995 |
| Rhode Island | Moonrise Kingdom | 2012 | 7.8 | 93 | Hachi: A Dog’s Tale | 2009 |
| South Carolina | Cold Mountain | 2003 | 7.2 | 70 | The Big Chill | 1983 |
| South Dakota | Dances with Wolves | 1990 | 8 | 83 | Nomadland | 2020 |
| Tennessee | The Green Mile | 1999 | 8.6 | 78 | October Sky | 1999 |
| Texas | Paris, Texas | 1984 | 8.1 | 97 | The Last Picture Show | 1971 |
| Utah | Jeremiah Johnson | 1972 | 7.6 | 95 | Wind River | 2017 |
| Vermont | Beetlejuice | 1988 | 7.5 | 85 | The Trouble with Harry | 1955 |
| Virginia | Lincoln | 2012 | 7.3 | 89 | Loving | 2016 |
| Washington | Captain Fantastic | 2016 | 7.9 | 82 | Dancer in the Dark | 2000 |
| West Virginia | Super 8 | 2011 | 7 | 81 | We Are Marshall | 2006 |
| Wisconsin | Major League | 1989 | 7.2 | 83 | The Last Kiss | 2006 |
| Wyoming | Django Unchained | 2012 | 8.4 | 87 | N/A |
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