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by NicoleLockney | created - 24 Apr 2013 | updated - 12 Jan 2023 | PublicNot definitive—all of my lists are works in progress!
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1. The Last Frontier (1955)
Approved | 98 min | Drama, Romance, Western
A trapper and his two partners work as scouts for a remote army fort where they witness an incompetent colonel's decision to throw his small unprepared garrison against Red Cloud's sizable Sioux force.
Director: Anthony Mann | Stars: Victor Mature, Guy Madison, Robert Preston, James Whitmore
Votes: 1,806
2. Men of Honor (2000)
R | 129 min | Biography, Drama
The story of Carl Brashear, the first African-American U.S. Navy Diver, and the man who trained him.
Director: George Tillman Jr. | Stars: Cuba Gooding Jr., Robert De Niro, Charlize Theron, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
Votes: 125,181 | Gross: $48.82M
3. One Week (I) (2008)
Not Rated | 94 min | Adventure, Drama
Chronicles the motorcycle trip of Ben Tyler as he rides from Toronto to Tofino, British Columbia. Ben stops at landmarks that are both iconic and idiosyncratic on his quest to find meaning in his life.
Director: Michael McGowan | Stars: Joshua Jackson, Peter Spence, Marc Strange, Gage Munroe
Votes: 12,045
4. North West Mounted Police (1940)
Passed | 126 min | Drama, Romance, Western
In 1885, a Texas Ranger travels to Canada to arrest a trapper who's wanted for murder and who's stirring up the Natives in a rebellion against the Canadian government.
Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Gary Cooper, Madeleine Carroll, Paulette Goddard, Preston Foster
Votes: 1,830
5. Lost in the Stars (1974)
G | 97 min | Drama, Musical
Brock Peters (To Kill a Mockingbird) is Stephen Kumalo, a black South African minister searching the unfamiliar back alleys and shantytowns of Johannesburg for his son, Absalom.
Director: Daniel Mann | Stars: Brock Peters, Melba Moore, Raymond St. Jacques, Clifton Davis
Votes: 138
6. Sometimes a Great Notion (1971)
PG | 114 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A family of fiercely independent Oregon loggers struggle to keep the family business alive amidst changing times.
Director: Paul Newman | Stars: Paul Newman, Henry Fonda, Lee Remick, Michael Sarrazin
Votes: 4,498 | Gross: $9.20M
7. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
R | 133 min | Drama
In the Fall of 1963, a Korean War veteran and criminal pleads insanity and is admitted to a mental institution, where he rallies up the scared patients against the tyrannical nurse.
Director: Milos Forman | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, Michael Berryman, Peter Brocco
Votes: 1,072,919 | Gross: $112.00M
8. Ricochet River (2001)
R | 112 min | Drama
High school seniors Wade and Lorna have spent all their lives in the small logging town of Calamus Grove, a conservative place where change comes slowly. Jesse Howl, a teenager of Native American ancestry.
Director: Deborah Del Prete | Stars: John Cullum, Eddie Thiel, Tyler Miller, Jason James Richter
Votes: 329
9. Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1993)
R | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Sissy Hankshaw (Uma Thurman) is born with enormous thumbs that help her hitchhiking through the U.S. from a young age. She becomes a model in advertising, and her New York agent, "the ... See full summary »
Director: Gus Van Sant | Stars: Uma Thurman, Lorraine Bracco, Pat Morita, Angie Dickinson
Votes: 7,827 | Gross: $1.71M
10. Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place (2011)
R | 107 min | Documentary
A freewheeling portrait of Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters' fabled road trip across America.
Directors: Alison Ellwood, Alex Gibney | Stars: Stanley Tucci, Ken Kesey, Timothy Leary, Jim Meskimen
Votes: 1,674 | Gross: $0.15M
11. Fire on the Track: The Steve Prefontaine Story (1995 Video)
58 min | Documentary
Pre" embodied the spirit of athletic excellence. He had a belief in self and sport that transcended all but the outer reaches of human speed and endurance. As a freshman, he appeared on the... See full summary »
Director: Erich Lyttle | Stars: Steve Prefontaine, Dana Carvey, Ken Kesey, Phil Knight
Votes: 98
13. Completely Cuckoo (1997 Video)
87 min | Documentary
A fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the making of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, tracing the path from Ken Kesey's1962 novel to a 1963 Broadway play starring Kirk Douglas, to the 1975 film that would sweep that year's Academy Awards.
Director: Charles Kiselyak | Stars: Ken Kesey, Michael Douglas, Kirk Douglas, Milos Forman
Votes: 175
14. A Conversation with Ken Kesey (1995)
PG-13 | 8 min | Short
Writer Ken Kesey discusses life, his work, and the 1960s in an interview conducted on his Oregon ranch.
Director: Paul Chart | Star: Ken Kesey
Votes: 11
15. Seven Alone (1974)
G | 97 min | Adventure, Family, Western
A frontier family crosses the U.S. by wagon train, hoping for a better life in the Oregon Territory.
Director: Earl Bellamy | Stars: Dewey Martin, Anne Collings, Aldo Ray, Dean Smith
Votes: 604
16. Elephant (2003)
R | 81 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Several ordinary high school students go through their daily routine as two others prepare for something more malevolent.
Director: Gus Van Sant | Stars: Elias McConnell, Alex Frost, Eric Deulen, John Robinson
Votes: 97,285 | Gross: $1.23M
17. Restless (I) (2011)
PG-13 | 91 min | Drama, Romance
The story of a terminally ill teenage girl who falls for a boy who likes to attend funerals and their encounters with the ghost of a Japanese kamikaze pilot from WWII.
Director: Gus Van Sant | Stars: Mia Wasikowska, Henry Hopper, Ryô Kase, Schuyler Fisk
Votes: 18,408 | Gross: $0.16M
18. Paranoid Park (2007)
R | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A teenage skateboarder's life begins to fray after he is involved in the accidental death of a security guard.
Director: Gus Van Sant | Stars: Gabe Nevins, Daniel Liu, Taylor Momsen, Jake Miller
Votes: 31,931 | Gross: $0.49M
19. Last Days (2005)
R | 97 min | Drama, Music
A Seattle musician's life and career are reminiscent of those of Kurt Cobain.
Director: Gus Van Sant | Stars: Michael Pitt, Lukas Haas, Asia Argento, Scott Patrick Green
Votes: 23,757 | Gross: $0.45M
20. My Own Private Idaho (1991)
R | 104 min | Drama
Two best friends living on the streets of Portland as hustlers embark on a journey of self discovery and find their relationship stumbling along the way.
Director: Gus Van Sant | Stars: River Phoenix, Keanu Reeves, James Russo, William Richert
Votes: 61,778 | Gross: $6.40M
21. Drugstore Cowboy (1989)
R | 101 min | Crime, Drama
A pharmacy-robbing dope fiend and his crew pop pills and evade the law.
Director: Gus Van Sant | Stars: Matt Dillon, Kelly Lynch, James Le Gros, Heather Graham
Votes: 40,661 | Gross: $4.73M
22. How to Die in Oregon (2011)
Not Rated | 107 min | Documentary, Drama, Family
In 1994 Oregon became the first state to legalize a terminally ill person's request to end his or her life with medication. At the time, only Belgium, Switzerland, and the Netherlands had ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Richardson | Stars: Harry Bruton, Ray Carnay, Cody Curtis, Paul Darley
Votes: 2,019
23. Bandits (2001)
PG-13 | 123 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Two bank robbers fall in love with the girl they've kidnapped.
Director: Barry Levinson | Stars: Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Cate Blanchett, Troy Garity
Votes: 70,953 | Gross: $41.58M
24. The Oregon Trail (1959)
Approved | 86 min | Drama, Western
In 1846, a newspaperman joins an Oregon Trail wagon train to verify rumors about the U.S. government sending troops disguised as settlers there in order to claim Oregon.
Director: Gene Fowler Jr. | Stars: Fred MacMurray, William Bishop, Nina Shipman, Gloria Talbott
Votes: 490
25. The Far Horizons (1955)
Not Rated | 108 min | Drama, History, Romance
After purchasing Louisiana from France, the USA sends surveyors Lewis and Clark, assisted by a Shoshone guide, to chart the new territory.
Director: Rudolph Maté | Stars: Fred MacMurray, Charlton Heston, Donna Reed, Barbara Hale
Votes: 1,298
26. The Oregon Trail (1976–1978)
60 min | Drama, Western
In 1842, a widower leaves his Illinois farm and heads west towards Oregon with his three children to seek a better life.
Stars: Rod Taylor, Andrew Stevens, Tony Becker, Gina Smika Hunter
Votes: 127
27. Oregon Passage (1957)
Approved | 80 min | Drama, Western
An army officer tries to help the Indians placed in his charge, but finds himself interfering with their way of life.
Director: Paul Landres | Stars: John Ericson, Lola Albright, Toni Gerry, Edward Platt
Votes: 128
28. The Oregon Trail (1939)
Passed | 320 min | Western
Frontier scout Jeff Scott (Johnny Mack Brown) and his pal, Deadwood Hawkins (Fuzzy Knight), are hired by Washington officials to stop outlaw and Indian raids on pioneer wagon trains ... See full summary »
Directors: Ford Beebe, Saul A. Goodkind | Stars: Johnny Mack Brown, Louise Stanley, Fuzzy Knight, Bill Cody Jr.
Votes: 75
29. Clear Cut: The Story of Philomath, Oregon (2006)
Not Rated | 72 min | Documentary
A documentary about a rural Oregon timber town and a rift between conservatives and liberals that threatens to put an end to a 40-year-old scholarship plan that pays the college tuition for... See full summary »
Director: Peter Richardson
Votes: 127
30. Oregon kara ai (1984–1996)
60 min | Drama
"Oregon Kara Ai" or "From Oregon with Love", is about a nine year boy, Akira, who is sent to live in rural Central Oregon with his aunt and her family after his parents are killed in a ... See full summary »
Stars: Kunie Tanaka, Reiko Tajima, Minori Terada, Nana Kinomi
Votes: 6
31. A Day Called X (1957 TV Movie)
27 min | Documentary
Portentously portrays the evacuation of Portland, Oregon, when threatened by a nuclear attack on its state-of-the-art civil defense system.
Director: Harry Rasky | Stars: Glenn Ford, The People of Portland Oregon
Votes: 62
32. Portlandia (2011–2018)
TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy
A sketch-comedy series that parodies life in Portland, Oregon.
Stars: Fred Armisen, Carrie Brownstein, Kyle MacLachlan, Sam Adams
Votes: 23,104
33. Vancouvria (2011– )
Comedy
Stars: Scott Weidlich, Deidre Debski, Ryon Rosvold, Tim Harrold
Votes: 9
34. Oregon Art Beat (2000– )
30 min | Talk-Show
Stars: Chel White, Shannon Wheeler, Jan Eliot, Olivia Clingman-White
35. Northern Exposure (1990–1995)
TV-PG | 60 min | Comedy, Drama
A city doctor is forced to work in the remote Alaskan town of Cicely, where he encounters peculiar locals, including a former astronaut, as he adjusts to small-town life.
Stars: Rob Morrow, Janine Turner, Barry Corbin, John Cullum
Votes: 21,720
36. Grimm (2011–2017)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
A homicide detective discovers he is a descendant of hunters who fight supernatural forces.
Stars: David Giuntoli, Russell Hornsby, Silas Weir Mitchell, Sasha Roiz
Votes: 130,803
37. Ring of Fire (1961)
Approved | 91 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
In the 1960s Oregon, two sheriff deputies arrest three teenagers for robbery but are overpowered and taken hostage while forest fires rage all around them.
Director: Andrew L. Stone | Stars: David Janssen, Joyce Taylor, Frank Gorshin, Joel Marston
Votes: 676
38. Portland Exposé (1957)
Approved | 72 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery
A tavern owner in mid-century Portland, Oregon finds the safety of himself and his family threatened when he becomes involved in a war between labor unions and a violent local crime syndicate.
Director: Harold D. Schuster | Stars: Edward Binns, Carolyn Craig, Virginia Gregg, Russ Conway
Votes: 288
39. Girl (1998)
R | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A straight-A teen explores Portland's rock scene.
Director: Jonathan Kahn | Stars: Dominique Swain, Sean Patrick Flanery, Summer Phoenix, Tara Reid
Votes: 3,112
40. Dream West (1986)
Biography, Drama, Western
Follows Fremont as he chosen to lead the journey into the Oregon Territory with the help of Kit Carson.
Stars: Richard Chamberlain, Benny Gibson, Alice Krige, F. Murray Abraham
Votes: 138
41. Golf in the Kingdom (2010)
PG | 86 min | Drama
The year is 1956. American philosophy student Michael is traveling en route to India when he decides to stop at Links of Burningbush in Scotland for one last round of golf before giving up the game for good.
Director: Susan Streitfeld | Stars: David O'Hara, Malcolm McDowell, Mason Gamble, Frances Fisher
Votes: 143
42. Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940)
Approved | 110 min | Biography, Drama, History
Humble Abraham Lincoln gains the respect of his Illinois neighbors, growing in stature and respect until he is elected President in 1860 and departs for Washington.
Director: John Cromwell | Stars: Raymond Massey, Gene Lockhart, Ruth Gordon, Mary Howard
Votes: 2,061
43. Scrapper (2013)
Not Rated | 85 min | Drama
Did you know that scrap metal is America's 4th largest export? Well, Hollis Wallace does, and he makes his quiet living trolling the back alleys of Seattle looking for cast-off copper, ... See full summary »
Director: Brady Hall | Stars: Michael Beach, Aidan Gillen, Anna Giles, Joanna Angel
Votes: 287
44. Ghost World (2001)
R | 111 min | Comedy, Drama
Two eccentric best friends graduate high school and respond to a man's romance-seeking newspaper ad as a gag, only to find their lives becoming increasingly complicated.
Director: Terry Zwigoff | Stars: Steve Buscemi, Thora Birch, Scarlett Johansson, Brad Renfro
Votes: 126,871 | Gross: $6.22M
45. The Goonies (1985)
PG | 114 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
A group of young misfits called The Goonies discover an ancient map and set out on an adventure to find a legendary pirate's long-lost treasure.
Director: Richard Donner | Stars: Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, Jeff Cohen, Corey Feldman
Votes: 298,574 | Gross: $61.50M
46. The Basket (1999)
PG | 105 min | Drama
A picturesque Pacific Northwest community raising its wheat and children in the midst of a nation reeling from World War I sets the stage for The Basket. In a time of pain and prejudice ... See full summary »
Director: Rich Cowan | Stars: Peter Coyote, Karen Allen, Robert Burke, Amber Willenborg
Votes: 668 | Gross: $0.61M
47. Wild Geese Calling (1941)
Approved | 77 min | Drama, Romance
In the 1890s lumberjack John leaves Seattle for Alaska to look for gold. After he marries dance hall girl Sally, he finds she used to be in love with his best friend Blackie.
Director: John Brahm | Stars: Henry Fonda, Joan Bennett, Warren William, Ona Munson
Votes: 124
48. Reds (1981)
PG | 195 min | Biography, Drama, History
A radical American journalist becomes involved with the Communist revolution in Russia, and hopes to bring its spirit and idealism to the United States.
Director: Warren Beatty | Stars: Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, Edward Herrmann, Jerzy Kosinski
Votes: 24,725 | Gross: $40.38M
49. Bend of the River (1952)
Approved | 91 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
When a town boss confiscates homesteaders' supplies after gold is discovered nearby, a tough cowboy risks his life to try and get it to them.
Director: Anthony Mann | Stars: James Stewart, Rock Hudson, Arthur Kennedy, Julie Adams
Votes: 9,905
50. Wild (I) (2014)
R | 115 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
A chronicle of one woman's 1,100-mile solo hike undertaken as a way to recover from a recent personal tragedy.
Director: Jean-Marc Vallée | Stars: Reese Witherspoon, Laura Dern, Gaby Hoffmann, Michiel Huisman
Votes: 138,931 | Gross: $37.88M
51. Oregon Trail Scouts (1947)
Passed | 58 min | Drama, Western
Red Ryder battles an unscrupulous fur thief named Hunter for the right to trap beaver and otter on the land of Chief Running Fox. Hunter attempts to ambush Ryder and his pal "Bear Trap" and... See full summary »
Director: R.G. Springsteen | Stars: Allan Lane, Robert Blake, Martha Wentworth, Roy Barcroft
Votes: 44
52. Rogue River (1951)
81 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The story of two step-brothers, raised by their father, the chief of police, in a small Oregon lumber town. One brother is hard-working, always within the law, the other a 'rogue.' When ... See full summary »
Director: John Rawlins | Stars: Rory Calhoun, Peter Graves, Frank Fenton, Ralph Sanford
Votes: 59
53. Raw Edge (1956)
Passed | 77 min | Drama, Romance, Western
In 1842 lawless Oregon, a gunfighter seeks vengeance when his innocent brother is lynched and his beautiful Indian wife is claimed by the local tyrant.
Director: John Sherwood | Stars: Rory Calhoun, Yvonne De Carlo, Mara Corday, Neville Brand
Votes: 463
54. Battle of Rogue River (1954)
Passed | 71 min | Western
In Oregon, the Army is ordered to negotiate peace with the Indians but unscrupulous businessmen, who profiteered during the conflict, secretly sabotage the peace process.
Director: William Castle | Stars: George Montgomery, Richard Denning, Martha Hyer, John Crawford
Votes: 381
55. Oregon Field Guide (1988– )
Documentary
Weekly TV news magazine produced by OPB, the PBS affiliate in Portland, Oregon. A celebration of travel, exploration, history, nature and the variety of environments of Oregon.
Star: Steve Amen
Votes: 12
56. Tugboat Annie (1933)
Approved | 86 min | Comedy
Annie the tugboat captain tries to help two young lovers come together.
Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Marie Dressler, Wallace Beery, Robert Young, Maureen O'Sullivan
Votes: 815
57. Youth in Oregon (2016)
105 min | Comedy, Drama
A man is tasked with driving his embittered 80-year-old father-in-law cross country to be legally euthanized in Oregon, while along the way helping him rediscover a reason for living.
Director: Joel David Moore | Stars: Frank Langella, Billy Crudup, Christina Applegate, Mary Kay Place
Votes: 1,419
58. Quarterback Princess (1983 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Sport
Tami, a young girl who has just moved to Oregon, stands up against her coach and the naysayers of her small town to prove that she's capable of being a talented football quarterback despite her gender.
Director: Noel Black | Stars: Don Murray, Barbara Babcock, Dana Elcar, John Stockwell
Votes: 1,117
59. C.O.G. (2013)
R | 88 min | Comedy, Drama
A cocky young man travels to Oregon to work on an apple farm. Out of his element, he finds his lifestyle and notions being picked apart by everyone who crosses his path.
Director: Kyle Patrick Alvarez | Stars: Jonathan Groff, Denis O'Hare, Corey Stoll, Dean Stockwell
Votes: 3,906 | Gross: $0.06M
60. Feast of Love (2007)
R | 97 min | Drama, Romance
A meditation on love and its various incarnations, set within a community of friends in Oregon. and is described as an exploration of the magical, mysterious and sometimes painful incarnations of love.
Director: Robert Benton | Stars: Morgan Freeman, Radha Mitchell, Alexa Davalos, Greg Kinnear
Votes: 17,110 | Gross: $3.50M
61. How to Beat the High Cost of Living (1980)
PG | 105 min | Comedy, Crime
A caper comedy about three suburban housewives who, in order to beat inflation and subsidize their alimony checks, plot to steal $1 million from a large plastic ball which is displayed in a local shopping center.
Director: Robert Scheerer | Stars: Susan Saint James, Jane Curtin, Jessica Lange, Richard Benjamin
Votes: 1,997
62. Bongwater (1998)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An indolent artist in Portland, Oregon becomes addicted to marijuana, prompting his girlfriend to flee to New York City with a heroin addict.
Director: Richard Sears | Stars: Luke Wilson, Alicia Witt, Amy Locane, Brittany Murphy
Votes: 4,389
63. The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper (1981)
PG | 100 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
D.B. Cooper parachutes with his stolen money and proceeds to contact his wife. Meanwhile, his former army sergeant, who now works as an insurance investigator, manages to identify him and decides to track him down.
Directors: Roger Spottiswoode, Buzz Kulik | Stars: Robert Duvall, Treat Williams, Kathryn Harrold, Ed Flanders
Votes: 1,424 | Gross: $3.70M
64. Everything Sucks! (2018)
TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy, Drama
In 1990s Oregon, members of a high school A/V club clash with the drama club.
Stars: Jahi Di'Allo Winston, Peyton Kennedy, Patch Darragh, Claudine Mboligikpelani Nako
Votes: 23,298
65. Hood to Coast (2011)
Not Rated | 102 min | Documentary
HOOD TO COAST follows four unlikely teams on their epic journey to conquer the world's largest relay race. From a 67-year-old heart attack survivor determined to conquer the race that ... See full summary »
Directors: Christoph Baaden, Marcie Hume | Stars: Margaret Lily Andres, Jason Baldwin, Bruce Langlois, Rachel Larsen
Votes: 181
66. Edge of the Knife (2018)
101 min | Drama, History
When a man accidentally causes the death of the son of his best friend, the man is wracked by grief and runs off into the woods.
Directors: Gwaai Edenshaw, Helen Haig-Brown | Stars: Willy Russ, Adeana Young, Brandon Kallio, Merika Gladstone
Votes: 388
67. Eureka (2006–2012)
TV-14 | 60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A U.S. Marshal becomes the sheriff of Eureka, a remote, cozy little Northwestern town where the best minds in the US have secretly been tucked away to build futuristic inventions for the government which often go disastrously wrong.
Stars: Colin Ferguson, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Erica Cerra, Neil Grayston
Votes: 58,305
68. Shrill (2019–2021)
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Drama
A woman seeks out ways to change her life without changing her body.
Stars: Aidy Bryant, Lolly Adefope, John Cameron Mitchell, Ian Owens
Votes: 9,359
69. Fire (1977 TV Movie)
97 min | Action, Drama
A convict starts a fire in a forest to cover his escape, but the fire goes out of control and threatens to destroy a small mountain community.
Director: Earl Bellamy | Stars: Ernest Borgnine, Vera Miles, Patty Duke, Alex Cord
Votes: 359
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