Movies Filmed on National Park Lands
Have you ever been watching a movie and thought scenery was beautiful and wondered where the location was? The is a good chance that the scenery was located in a national park. Starting in 1910 with "The Immortal Alamo", filmmakers have been coming to national parks year after year to capture majestic scenery for their productions. Take a look at the following alphabetical list. You will find some of your favorite movies, you will learn where that beautiful scenery is located, and hopefully it will inspire you to go there for a visit.
A large portion of the information listed below is provided courtesy of the National Park Service. Click on a letter below to browse a specific section of the table.
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Movie or Production Title Cast Year NPS Site State Kid Colter n/a 1984 Olympic NP WA Kill Me Again Val Kilmer, Joanne Whalley 1989 Lake Mead NRA NV King Solomon's Mines Stewart Granger, Deborah Kerr 1950 Carlsbad Caverns NP NM King Solomon's Mines Stewart Granger, Deborah Kerr 1950 Death Valley
NP CA Knights n/a 1992 Arches NP UT Lakota Woman n/a 1993 Mount Rushmore NMem SD Lassie Come Home Elizabeth Taylor 1945 Lake Chelan NRA WA Last of the Dogmen Tom Berenger, Barbara Hershey 1995 Banff
NP AB Last of the Dogmen Tom Berenger, Barbara Hershey 1995 Yoho
NP BC Last of the Mohicans Daniel Day Lewis 1991 Blue Ridge Parkway NC Last of the Mohicans n/a 1977 Pipe Spring NM AZ Last of the Mohicans Daniel Day Lewis 1991 Yosemite NP CA Last Riders, The Erik Estrada, William Smith 1990 Lake Mead NRA NV Last Warrior, The Yakima Canutt 1920s Bighorn Canyon NRA MT Law and Jake Wade, The Richard Widmark, Robert Taylor 1957 Death Valley
NP CA Let's Get Harry Robert Duvall, Mark Harmon 1986 Illinois & Michigan Canal NHC IL Liberty! The American Revolution n/a 1997 Colonial
NHP VA Like Father, Like Son Dudley Moore, Kirk Cameron 1987 Joshua
Tree NP CA Lincoln n/a 1992 Lincoln Boyhood NMem IN Lincoln His Land and His People n/a 1983 Lincoln Boyhood NMem IN Lincoln Youth in Indiana n/a 1983 Lincoln Boyhood NMem IN Lincoln: A Self Portrait n/a 1990 Lincoln Boyhood NMem IN Lively Set, The James Darren, Doug McClure 1964 Death Valley
NP CA Living History n/a 1987 Lincoln Boyhood NMem IN Long, Long Trailer, The Lucille Ball 1954 Yosemite
NP CA Longtime Companion Bruce Davison 1990 Fire Island NS NY Lost Horizons n/a 1970s Lake Chelan NRA WA Lovest Giulio Base, Gianmarco Tognazzi 1997 White
Sands NM NM Lucky Luke n/a 1991 White Sands NM NM Mackenna's Gold Gregory Peck, Omar Sharif 1967 Canyon de Chelly NM AZ MacKenna's Gold Gregory Peck, Omar Sharif 1967 Glen Canyon NRA UT Male and Female Gloria Swanson 1919 Channel Islands NP CA Man Who Fell to Earth, The David Bowie 1975 White Sands NM NM Man Who Would Be King, The Sean Connery, Michael Caine 1974 Glen Canyon NRA UT Man With One Red Shoe, The Tom Hanks 1985 National Capital Region DC Manson n/a 1972 Death
Valley NP CA Matewan Chris Cooper, James Earl Jones 1987 New River Gorge NR WV Maverick n/a 1993 Glen Canyon NRA UT Maverick n/a 1993 Yosemite NP CA Medicine Man, The n/a 1929 Carlsbad Caverns NP NM Meet the Deedles Paul Walker, Steve Van Wormer 1998 Yellowstone
NP WY Men Don't Leave Jessica Lange 1988 Illinois & Michigan Canal NHC IL Messenger of Death Charles Bronson 1988 Colorado NM CO Midnight Run Robert DeNiro, Charles Grodin 1988 Lake Mead NRA NV Million Dollar Mystery Tom Bosley, Jamie Alcroft 1987 Glen Canyon NRA UT Mission Killfast n/a 1990 Lake Mead NRA NV Modern Musketeer, A n/a 1917 Canyon de Chelly NM AZ Molly and Lawless John Vera Miles, Sam Elliott 1972 White
Sands NM NM Montezuma's Lost Gold n/a 1978 Glen Canyon NRA UT Mormon Conquest Al Adamson, Victor Adamson 1941 Zion NP
UT Motorama n/a 1990 Glen Canyon NRA UT Mountain Men, The Charleton Heston, Brian Keith 1974 Grand Teton NP WY My Father, My Son n/a 1987 Fort Pulaski NM GA My Life n/a 1993 Illinois & Michigan Canal NHC IL My Name is Nobody Henry Fonda, Terrance Hill 1973 White Sands NM NM Mystery, Alaska Russell Crowe, Hank Azaria 1999 Banff
NP AB Natural Born Killers Woody Harrelson, Tommy Lee Jones 1993 Illinois & Michigan Canal NHC IL Nemesis Tim Thomerson, Deborah Shelton 1992 Hawaii Volcanoes NP HI Never Ending Story III n/a 1993 Mount Rushmore NMem SD New Eden Stephen Baldwin, Lisa Bonet 1994 White
Sands NM NM Night Without Stars n/a 1950 Carlsbad Caverns NP NM Nightmare At Noon n/a 1984 Arches NP UT No Way Out Kevin Costner, Gene Hackman 1987 National Capital Region DC North n/a 1993 Mount Rushmore NMem SD North and South n/a 1985 Natchez Trace Parkway MS North By Northwest Cary Grant 1959 Mount Rushmore NMem SD Oasis, The Dori Brenner, Richard Cox (I) 1984 Death
Valley NP CA One-Eyed Jacks Marlon Brando, Karl Malden
1961 Death Valley
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CA Outlaw Josey Wales, The Clint Eastwood 1975 Glen Canyon NRA UT Package, The Gene Hackman 1989 Illinois & Michigan Canal NHC IL Painted Desert, The Clark Gable, William Boyd 1931 Petrified Forest NP AZ Parallex View, The Warren Beatty 1974 Lake Chelan NRA WA Pearls of Paradise n/a 1916 Channel Islands NP CA Pelican Brief, The Denzel Washington, Julia Roberts 1993 National Capital Region DC Pet Semetary Dale Midkiff, Fred Gwynne 1988 Acadia NP ME Peter Pan n/a 1924 Channel Islands NP CA Petrified Forest, The Humphry Bogart, Bette Davis 1936 Petrified Forest NP AZ Pilots North n/a 1982 Nahanni
NP NT Pioneer Days in Indiana n/a 1981 Lincoln Boyhood NMem IN Planet of the Apes Charleton Heston, Roddy McDowell 1967 Glen Canyon NRA UT Plastered in Paris Tom Mix (or Hoot Gibson) 1930s Bryce Canyon NP UT Point of No Return Bridget Fonda 1992 National Capital Region DC Poltergeist II: The Other Side Craig T. Nelson, JoBeth Williams 1986 Canyon de Chelly NM AZ Presideo, The Mark Harmon, Sean Connery 1988 Golden Gate NRA CA Private Lives Norma Shearer, Robert Montgomery 1931 Glacier
NP MT Professionals, The Burt Lancaster, Jack Palance 1966 Death Valley
NP CA Protocol Goldie Hawn 1984 National Capital Region DC
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