Have you ever been watching a movie and thought the scenery was beautiful and wondered where the location was? There 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 Queen of the Nile n/a 1944 Canyon de Chelly NM AZ Quick and the Dead, The Sam Elliot, Kate Capshaw 1988 Wupatki
NM AZ Rainbow, The Dorothy Sebastian, Sam Hardy 1928 Death Valley
NP CA Ramrod Joel McCrea 1947 Zion
NP UT Ravenhawk n/a 1993 Glen Canyon NRA UT Raw Courage Ronnie Cox, M. Emmet Walsh 1983 White Sands NM NM Real Man's Law Oliver Hardy unknown Death Valley
NP CA Red Heat Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Belushi 1987 Illinois & Michigan Canal NHC IL Redskin n/a 1929 Canyon de Chelly NM AZ Rescue, The Ronald Coleman, Lily Damita 1928 Channel Islands NP CA Returning, The n/a 1981 Arches NP UT Reward, The Max Von Sydow, Yvette Mimieux 1965 Death Valley
NP CA Riders of the Storm Dennis Hopper 1990 Glen Canyon NRA UT Rio Conchos Richard Boone, Stuart Whitman 1964 Arches NP UT River of No Return Robert Mitchum, Marilyn Monroe 1954 Banff
NP AB River Wild, The Merril Streep, Kevin Bacon 1993 Glacier NP MT Roadside Prophets n/a 1990 Lake Mead NRA NV Robinson Crusoe on Mars Paul Mantee, Adam West 1964 Death Valley
NP CA Rocket Ship X-M Hugh O'Brien, Lloyd Bridges 1950 Death Valley
NP CA Rocky II Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire 1978 Independence NHP PA Rocky IV Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire 1985 Grand Teton NP WY Romancing the Stone Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner 1984 Zion NP UT Ropes End Elenor Parker 1953 Death Valley
NP CA Ruby Danny Aiello 1991 San Juan NHS PR Ruffian, Le Lino Ventura 1983 Yoho
NP BC Run Cougar Run Frank Aletter, Alfonso Arau 1970 Arches NP UT Run For Cover n/a 1954 Aztec Ruins NM NM Running Wild n/a 1927 Great Sand Dunes NM UT Saskatchewan Alan Ladd,
Shelley Winters 1954 Banff
NP AB Scandalous John Brian Keith, Harry Morgan 1970 White Sands NM NM Sea of Grass Spencer Tracy, Katherine Hepburn 1946 Canyon de Chelly NM AZ Seeing America n/a 1916 Yellowstone
NP WY Seeing America n/a 1916 Yosemite
NP CA Shane Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur 1952 Grand Teton NP WY Shining, The Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall 1978 Glacier NP MT Showdown at Williams Creek Tom Burlinson, Raymond Burr 1991 Waterton
Lakes NP AB Sirens of the Sea n/a 1917 Channel Islands NP CA Slaughter of the Innocents n/a 1992 Arches NP UT Sliver Sharon Stone 1992 Hawaii Volcanoes NP HI Smouldering Fires Pauline Frederick, Laura La Plante 1925 Yosemite
NP CA Snowriders II n/a 1997 Denali
NP AK Soldiers Three n/a 1961 Bryce Canyon NP UT Son of the Morning Star, The Gary Cole, Rosanna Arquette 1990 Badlands NP SD Spartacus Kirk Douglass, Jean Simmons 1960 Death Valley
NP CA Spencer's Mountain n/a 1962 Grand Teton NP WY Sporting Club, The Linda Blair 1971 Hot
Springs NP AR Standing Up Country n/a 1973 Glen Canyon NRA UT Star Trek V: The Final Frontier William Shattner, Leonard Nimoy 1988 Yosemite NP CA Star Wars Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher 1977 Death Valley
NP CA Straight Talk Dolly Parton, James Woods 1991 Illinois & Michigan Canal NHC IL Sundown David Carradine, Morgan Brittany 1988 Arches NP UT Superman III Christopher Reeve 1982 Glen Canyon NRA UT Suspect Cher, Dennis Quaid 1987 National Capital Region DC Taps Timothy Hutton, George C. Scott 1981 Valley Forge NHP PA Taza, Son of Cochise n/a 1953 Arches NP UT Temple of Venus n/a 1920s Channel Islands NP CA Ten Who Dared n/a 1954 Arches NP UT The Chisolms Robert Preston 1978 Bent's Old Fort NHS CO The Immortal Alamo n/a 1910 San Antonio Missions NHP TX Thelma and Louise Geena Davis, Susan Sarandon 1990 Arches NP UT Thief James Caan, Tuesday Weld 1980 Illinois & Michigan Canal NHC IL Three Godfathers John Wayne, Ward Bond 1948 Death Valley
NP CA Thrill of a Romance Van Johnson 1945 Yosemite
NP CA Thunder Warrior Bo Svenson 1983 Glen Canyon NRA UT Thunderhead n/a 1944 Bryce Canyon NP UT Thunderheart Val Kilmer, Sam Shepard 1991 Badlands NP SD Time for a Killing, A Glen Ford, George Hamilton 1947 Zion
NP UT To Dance With the White Dog Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy 1993 Jimmy Carter NHS GA Track of the Cat William Holden 1950s Mount Rainier NP NM Trading Places Eddie Murphy, Dan Ackroyd 1982 Independence NHP PA Trial & Error Tim Matheson, Helen Shaver 1992 Independence NHP PA True Lies Arnold Schwarzenegger 1993 National Capital Region DC Twenty Mule Team Wallace Beery, Leo Carillo 1940 Death Valley
NP CA Two For The Road Emilio Estavez 1987 Hot Springs NP AR Undine n/a 1915 Channel Islands NP CA Universal Soldier Jean-Claude Van Dam 1992 Lake Mead NRA NV Unknown Cavalier Ken Maynard 1928 Death Valley
NP CA Visitor, The n/a 1984 Death Valley
NP CA Walking Hills, The Randolph Scott, Ella Raines 1949 Death Valley
NP CA Wanda Nevada Peter Fonda, Brooke Shields 1978 Glen Canyon NRA UT Wanderer of the Wasteland n/a 1923 Death Valley
NP CA War of the Roses Kathleen Turner, Michael Douglas 1989 Ebey's Landing NHR WA War Paint Robert Stack, Peter Graves 1953 Death Valley
NP CA Wargames Matthew Broderick, Ally Sheedy 1982 Lake Chelan NRA WA Weeds Nick Nolte 1987 Illinois & Michigan Canal NHC IL Wendigo n/a 1977 Grand Teton NP WY What Dreams May Come Robin Williams 1998 Glacier
NP MT When a Man's a Man n/a 1948 Canyon de Chelly NM AZ Where Angels Go Trouble Follows n/a unknown Independence NHP PA Where the Rivers Rise n/a 1920 Glacier NP MT White Palace Susan Sarandon, James Spader 1989 Jefferson
National Expansion Mem MO White Sands Willem DaFoe, Mickey Rourke 1991 White Sands NM NM Wild Horse Hank Lloyd Berry, Linda Blair 1979 Waterton
NP AB Wild Rovers Wiliam Holden, Ryan O'Neal 1966 Arches NP UT Wilderness Idea, The n/a 1988 John Muir NHS CA Winter Kills John Huston, Elizabeth Taylor 1979 Death Valley
NP CA Wishbone Cutter n/a 1970 Buffalo National River AR Wizard of Mars, The John Carradine 1964 Great Basin NP NV Wrong Guys, The Louie Anderson, Richard Lewis 1987 Grand Teton NP WY Wrong Is Right Sean Connery 1981 White Sands NM NM Yellow Sky Gregory Peck, Anne Baxter 1948 Death Valley
NP CA Young and Free n/a 1978 Zion NP UT Young Guns II Emilio Estavez 1990 Tumacacori NM AZ Young Guns II Emilio Estavez 1990 White Sands NM NM Zabriskie Point Harrison Ford, Mark Frechette 1970 Death Valley
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