List of films set in Kansas
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Kansas, in the geographic center of the United States, has a rich history connected with the American Old West and with the American Civil War ("Bleeding Kansas"), including the history of the notorious guerrilla commander William Quantrill. The following is a partial chronological list of major motion pictures set in Kansas.[1][2]
Three of the listed films have won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Film title | Release year | Notes/subject matter | National Film Registry |
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Kansas Saloon Smashers | 1901 | silent film: based on Carrie Nation | |
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz | 1910 | silent film: earliest surviving film version of Oz | |
A Modern Musketeer | 1917 | Silent film | |
Naughty, Naughty! | 1918 | Silent film | |
Wild Bill Hickok | 1923 | Silent film | |
Tumbleweeds | 1925 | Silent film | |
Wizard of Oz | 1925 | Silent film: features Oliver Hardy as Tin Man | |
Free and Easy | 1930 | ||
The Big Trail | 1930 | ![]() | |
Cimarron | 1931 | Academy Award for Best Picture | |
Movie Crazy | 1932 | ||
Silver Dollar | 1932 | starring Edward G. Robinson | |
The Plainsman | 1936 | ||
Pick a Star | 1937 | ||
The Texans | 1938 | story of the Chisholm Trail | |
Jesse James | 1939 | ||
Dodge City | 1939 | stars Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland | |
Union Pacific | 1939 | ||
The Wizard of Oz | 1939 | ![]() | |
Dark Command | 1940 | ||
The Return of Frank James | 1940 | ||
Santa Fe Trail | 1940 | features Ronald Reagan as Custer | |
Sheriff of Tombstone | 1941 | ||
Heaven Can Wait | 1943 | stars Gene Tierney, Don Ameche | |
The Kansan | 1943 | ||
The Woman of the Town | 1943 | ||
Abilene Town | 1946 | ||
The Harvey Girls | 1946 | ||
Trail Street | 1947 | ||
The Walls of Jericho | 1948 | ||
Red River | 1948 | ![]() | |
Kansas Raiders | 1950 | ||
Winchester '73 | 1950 | ![]() | |
The Cimarron Kid | 1952 | ||
Kansas Pacific | 1953 | ||
The Stranger Wore a Gun | 1953 | ||
Masterson of Kansas | 1954 | ||
Picnic | 1955 | ||
Seven Angry Men | 1955 | based on abolitionist John Brown | |
Wichita | 1955 | ||
The Rainmaker | 1956 | ||
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral | 1957 | ||
The Jayhawkers! | 1959 | ||
Splendor in the Grass | 1961 | Oscar for best writing for William Inge | |
Cheyenne Autumn | 1964 | ||
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken | 1966 | Don Knotts comedy | |
Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter | 1966 | ||
The Plainsman | 1966 | ||
Gunfight in Abilene | 1967 | Bobby Darin stars in non-singing role | |
In Cold Blood | 1967 | ![]() | |
Angel in My Pocket | 1969 | ||
The Gypsy Moths | 1969 | ||
The Learning Tree | 1969 | ![]() | |
Prime Cut | 1972 | ||
Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies | 1973 | ||
Paper Moon | 1973 | ||
Journey Back to Oz | 1974 | animated film | |
A Boy and His Dog | 1975 | set in post-apocalyptic Topeka, stars Don Johnson | |
The Great Waldo Pepper | 1975 | ||
King Kung Fu | 1976 | ||
Superman | 1978 | set in fictional Smallville | ![]() |
Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff | 1979 | ||
The Attic | 1980 | ||
Americana | 1983 | ||
The Day After | 1983 | originally aired on television | |
Superman III | 1983 | ||
Return to Oz | 1985 | ||
Critters | 1986 | ||
Planes, Trains and Automobiles | 1987 | ||
Kansas | 1988 | ||
Dances with Wolves | 1990 | Academy Award for Best Picture | ![]() |
Sarah, Plain and Tall | 1991 | originally aired on television | |
Unforgiven | 1992 | Academy Award for Best Picture | ![]() |
Leap of Faith | 1992 | ||
Dennis the Menace | 1993 | based on cartoon set in Wichita | |
Wyatt Earp | 1994 | ||
Truman | 1995 | ||
Mars Attacks! | 1996 | Partially set in fictional Perkinsville | |
The Big Kahuna | 1999 | ||
Ninth Street | 1999 | ||
Ride with the Devil | 1999 | ||
Hedwig and the Angry Inch | 2001 | ||
Nurse Betty | 2003 | ||
Rolling Kansas | 2003 | ||
Mysterious Skin | 2004 | ||
Capote | 2005 | story of writing In Cold Blood | |
Firecracker | 2005 | ||
The Muppets' Wizard of Oz | 2005 | television film | |
The Ice Harvest | 2005 | ||
Infamous | 2006 | ||
The Lookout | 2007 | ||
New York City Serenade | 2007 | ||
Amelia | 2009 | biopic of Amelia Earhart | |
Hannah's Law | 2012 | television film | |
Looper | 2012 | ||
Oz the Great and Powerful | 2013 | ||
Man of Steel | 2013 | partially set in fictional Smallville | |
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice | 2016 | partially set in fictional Smallville | |
American Honey | 2016 | ||
Justice League | 2017 | partially set in fictional Smallville | |
All Creatures Here Below | 2018 | partially set in De Soto | |
Brightburn | 2019 | Set in fictional Brightburn |
References
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