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JOPLIN, Mo. — Missouri may not be the film capital of America, but the Show Me State is often featured when filmmakers shoot their works here. A wide variety of movies have been shot in Missouri over a remarkable period of time.
To look back at a familiar scene and see it in a new way, these movies are worth watching. Here are just a few of the many movies filmed in Missouri (from 2000-2023) and how you can find them at home (streaming information subject to change).
“Fever Pitch” (2005)
- Directors: Peter and Bobby Farrelly
- Starring: Drew Barrymore, Jimmy Fallon
- Missouri Location: St. Lewis
- Does the story include Missouri? yes In this rom-com, Boston Red Sox-obsessed Ben (Fallon) and his girlfriend Lindsey (Barrymore) visit Busch Stadium for Game 4 of the 2004 Red Sox-Cardinals World Series. A scene of Fallon and Barrymore’s characters celebrating on pitch, happened in real time.
- rating: PG-13
- Where to stream: Disney+, Amazon Prime, Apple TV
“Killshot” (2008)
- Director: John Madden
- Starring: Diane Lane, Thomas Jane, Mickey Rourke, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Rosario Dawson
- Missouri Location: Cape Girardeau
- Does the story include Missouri? yes In this mob thriller, two witnesses seeking protection move to Missouri.
- Rating: R
- Where to stream: Amazon Prime
Up in the Air (2009)
- Director: Jason Reitman
- Starring: George Clooney, Anna Kendrick, Vera Farmiga, Jason Bateman
- Missouri Location: St. Lewis
- Does the story include Missouri? Yes, the film includes scenes set at Lambert Airport, but St. Louis also stands in for a number of Mid-American cities throughout the narrative.
- rating: R
- Where to stream: Amazon Prime, Apple TV, Netflix, Paramount Plus
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“Winter’s Bone” (2010)
- Director: Debra Granik
- Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, John Hawkes, Gareth Dillahunt
- Missouri Locations: Location in Taney and Christian counties
- Does the story include Missouri? The film, which the then 20-year-old Jennifer Lawrence made, is indeed set on an island in the Ozarks, where a teenage girl fights for her family’s future and tries to track down her father.
- rating: R
- Where to stream: Amazon Prime, Apple TV, Peacock
You’re Next (2011)
- Director: Adam Wingard
- Starring: Sharni Vinson, Nicholas Tucci, Wendy Glenn, AJ Bowen
- Missouri Location: Colombia
- Does the story include Missouri? Written by Columbia native Simon Barrett, this home invasion horror film is set within the confines of the Show Me State.
- rating: R
- Where to stream: Amazon Prime, Hulu
Gone Girl (2014)
- director: David Fincher
- Starring: Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris, Tyler Perry
- Missouri Location: Cape Girardeau
- Does the story include Missouri? Based on the dramatic novel by Kansas City native Gillian Flynn, this thriller about marital drama and a missing woman travels to the fictional town of North Carthage, Missouri.
- rating: R
- Where to stream: Amazon Prime, Disney+, HBO Max, Hulu
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American Honey (2016)
- director: Andrea Arnold
- Cast: Sasha Lane, Shia LaBeouf, Riley Keough
- Missouri Location: Kansas City
- Does the story include Missouri? The road trip film involves going through Kansas City.
- rating: R
- Where to stream: Showtime Anytime, Amazon Prime, Apple TV
To learn more about films made in Missouri, visit the Missouri Film Office located HERE.