The Peace Garden State Movies
by Hoekkie | created - 25 Sep 2018 | updated - 05 Oct 2018 | PublicThe Peace Garden State is the official nickname of North Dakota. In 1889 it became the 39th state of the United States of America. These movies have a connection with North Dakota. It's a topic in the story or they are (partially) filmed in North Dakota.
Which movie (or movie poster) do you associate the most with North Dakota?
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1. Fargo (1996)
R | 98 min | Crime, Thriller
Minnesota car salesman Jerry Lundegaard's inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen's bungling and the persistent police work of the quite pregnant Marge Gunderson.
Directors: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Stars: William H. Macy, Frances McDormand, Steve Buscemi, Peter Stormare
Votes: 727,252 | Gross: $24.61M
2. Dakota (1945)
Passed | 82 min | Western
In 1871 Dakota, two crooked businessmen oppose the local wheat farmers and the railroad development to control the town of Fargo.
Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: John Wayne, Vera Ralston, Walter Brennan, Ward Bond
Votes: 1,704
3. The Messengers (2007)
PG-13 | 90 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
An ominous darkness invades a seemingly serene sunflower farm in North Dakota, and the Solomon family is torn apart by suspicion, mayhem and murder.
Directors: Danny Pang, Oxide Chun Pang | Stars: Dylan McDermott, Penelope Ann Miller, Kristen Stewart, John Corbett
Votes: 41,223 | Gross: $35.37M
4. Three Faces West (1940)
Approved | 79 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
Austrian refugees Dr Braun and his daughter Leni join the town's plan to relocate to Oregon. The town leader falls for Leni, but she is betrothed to the man who helped them escape from the Third Reich.
Director: Bernard Vorhaus | Stars: John Wayne, Sigrid Gurie, Charles Coburn, Spencer Charters
Votes: 966
5. Woman Walks Ahead (2017)
R | 101 min | Biography, Drama, History
Catherine Weldon, a portrait painter from 1890s Brooklyn, travels to Dakota to paint a portrait of Sitting Bull and becomes embroiled in the Lakota peoples' struggle over the rights to their land.
Director: Susanna White | Stars: Jessica Chastain, Louisa Krause, Boots Southerland, Chaske Spencer
Votes: 8,431 | Gross: $0.06M
6. Man in the Wilderness (1971)
GP | 104 min | Adventure, Drama, Western
Left for dead after a bear attack, a fur-trapper recuperates and pursues his former companions through dangerous Indian territory.
Director: Richard C. Sarafian | Stars: Richard Harris, John Huston, Henry Wilcoxon, Percy Herbert
Votes: 3,479
7. Leprechaun (1992)
R | 92 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
An evil, sadistic Leprechaun goes on a killing rampage in search of his beloved pot of gold.
Director: Mark Jones | Stars: Warwick Davis, Jennifer Aniston, Ken Olandt, Mark Holton
Votes: 30,524 | Gross: $8.56M
8. The Purchase Price (1932)
TV-PG | 68 min | Comedy, Drama
A torch singer becomes a farmer's mail-order bride.
Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, Lyle Talbot, Hardie Albright
Votes: 1,839
9. Devil's Gate (2017)
Not Rated | 94 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Seeking a missing woman in North Dakota, an FBI agent and a sheriff focus on her religious zealot husband but discover something far more sinister.
Director: Clay Staub | Stars: Amanda Schull, Shawn Ashmore, Milo Ventimiglia, Bridget Regan
Votes: 6,837
10. Valley of Bones (2017)
R | 90 min | Crime, Thriller, Western
A disgraced paleontologist struggling to raise her son is tipped off to a groundbreaking dig site in the Badlands by a recovering meth addict, but his tie to the cartel threatens to bury them both under the weight of their criminal pasts.
Director: Dan Glaser | Stars: Autumn Reeser, Rhys Coiro, Steven Molony, Mason Mahay
Votes: 551 | Gross: $0.17M
11. Prairie Love (2011)
PG-13 | 108 min | Comedy
Three lost souls look for love on the North Dakota tundra.
Director: Dusty Bias | Stars: Jeremy Clark, Holly Lynn Ellis, Garth Blomberg, Bryant Mock
Votes: 173
12. Bugles in the Afternoon (1952)
Approved | 85 min | Drama, Western
After violently attacking a fellow officer Lt. Edward Garnett, cavalry Captain Kern Shafter is court martialled. Later, he rejoins the army with Custer's regiment at Fort Lincoln, Dakota, becoming a sergeant, where he runs into his old foe.
Director: Roy Rowland | Stars: Ray Milland, Helena Carter, Hugh Marlowe, Forrest Tucker
Votes: 466
13. Pinching Penny (2011)
R | 104 min | Crime
Alex and Murphy, two small-time crooks trapped in Fargo, try to support their spending habits with robberies and home invasions, until one ill-fated caper brings them face-to-face with Teddi, a femme fatale who joins their gang.
Director: Dan Glaser | Stars: Steven Molony, Timothy J. Meyer, Maddisyn Carter, Lauren Wertz-James
Votes: 237
14. Logan (2017)
R | 137 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
In a future where mutants are nearly extinct, an elderly and weary Logan leads a quiet life. But when Laura, a mutant child pursued by scientists, comes to him for help, he must get her to safety.
Director: James Mangold | Stars: Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Dafne Keen, Boyd Holbrook
Votes: 832,358 | Gross: $226.28M
15. Wooly Boys (2001)
PG | 99 min | Comedy
A sheep rancher's visit to the big city triggers a mischevious adventure with his teenage computer-whiz grandson.
Director: Leszek Burzynski | Stars: Peter Fonda, Kris Kristofferson, Joseph Mazzello, Keith Carradine
Votes: 738 | Gross: $0.34M
16. Buick Riviera (2008)
86 min | Drama
The story of Buick Riviera is told through fates of two men, both Bosnian (ex Yugoslavian) emigrants, belonging to the two different religious groups that fought for the city of Sarajevo ... See full summary »
Director: Goran Rusinovic | Stars: Slavko Stimac, Leon Lucev, Aimee Klein, Krissy Lynn Hibbard
Votes: 257
17. Supermoto (2016)
90 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A young woman wakes up alone in a motel room. Her boyfriend has ditched her, leaving her with a few dollars, a toothbrush, racing leathers, and a supermoto motorcycle. She's just learned ... See full summary »
Director: Joe Maggio | Stars: Jeannine Kaspar, Jessamine Burgum, Jesse Burgum, Amber Morgan
Votes: 19
18. You Are the One (2006)
115 min | Romance
Sally Malasmas applies for a US visa. There she meets the young and dashing vice-consul Will Derby with a wide, warm and inviting smile. Sally feels it's her lucky day! But Will thinks ... See full summary »
Director: Cathy Garcia-Sampana | Stars: Toni Gonzaga, Sam Milby, Jodi Sta. Maria, Susan Africa
Votes: 153
19. Little Woods (2018)
R | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Western
In Little Woods North Dakota, two estranged sisters are driven to extremes when their mother dies, leaving them with one week to pay back her mortgage.
Director: Nia DaCosta | Stars: Tessa Thompson, Lily James, Luke Kirby, James Badge Dale
Votes: 4,110 | Gross: $0.15M
20. Brothers (1977)
R | 105 min | Biography, Drama
Thinly disguised account of the relationship between radical black activist Angela Davis and Black Panther and prison inmate George Jackson, who was killed in a failed 1971 prison breakout.
Director: Arthur Barron | Stars: Bernie Casey, Vonetta McGee, Ron O'Neal, John Lehne
Votes: 193
21. 7th Cavalry (1956)
Approved | 75 min | Western
An officer accused of cowardice volunteers to bring back General Custers's body after Little Big Horn.
Director: Joseph H. Lewis | Stars: Randolph Scott, Barbara Hale, Jay C. Flippen, Frank Faylen
Votes: 1,376
22. American Honey (2016)
R | 163 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
A teenage girl with nothing to lose joins a traveling magazine sales crew, and gets caught up in a whirlwind of hard partying, law bending and young love as she criss-crosses the Midwest with a band of misfits.
Director: Andrea Arnold | Stars: Sasha Lane, Shia LaBeouf, Riley Keough, McCaul Lombardi
Votes: 46,490 | Gross: $0.66M
23. 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: 1,299
24. Iron Will (1994)
PG | 108 min | Adventure, Family
A brave young man is thrust into adulthood as he and his courageous team of sled dogs embark on a grueling and treacherous cross-country marathon.
Director: Charles Haid | Stars: Mackenzie Astin, Kevin Spacey, David Ogden Stiers, August Schellenberg
Votes: 9,409 | Gross: $21.01M
25. Monster Trucks (2016)
PG | 104 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A young man working at a small town junkyard discovers and befriends a creature which feeds on oil being sought by a fracking company.
Director: Chris Wedge | Stars: Lucas Till, Jane Levy, Thomas Lennon, Barry Pepper
Votes: 18,942 | Gross: $33.37M
26. A Star Is Born (1937)
Passed | 111 min | Drama, Romance
A young woman comes to Hollywood with dreams of stardom, and achieves them only with the help of an alcoholic leading man whose best days are behind him.
Directors: William A. Wellman, Jack Conway, Victor Fleming | Stars: Janet Gaynor, Fredric March, Adolphe Menjou, May Robson
Votes: 10,897 | Gross: $4.36M
27. SLC Punk! (1998)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
In the early 1980s Stevo, and Heroin Bob are the only two dedicated punks in conservative Salt Lake City.
Director: James Merendino | Stars: Matthew Lillard, Michael A. Goorjian, Annabeth Gish, Jennifer Lien
Votes: 32,847 | Gross: $0.30M
28. Killer Movie (2008)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
A reality TV director copes with a spoiled celebutante and a show gone haywire when a masked killer starts bumping off the crew in this slasher-movie satire.
Director: Jeff Fisher | Stars: Paul Wesley, Kaley Cuoco, Gloria Votsis, Torrey DeVitto
Votes: 3,111
29. The Legend of Hell's Gate: An American Conspiracy (2011)
PG-13 | 108 min | Action, Adventure, History
The story of how 'Hell's Gate' at Possum Kingdom Lake, Texas came to have its name. Relive the story of how three outlaws' expeditions and encounters through historical 1870s Texas were remembered for a lifetime.
Director: Tanner Beard | Stars: Eric Balfour, Lou Taylor Pucci, Henry Thomas, Jenna Dewan
Votes: 816
30. Dead Dogs (1999)
90 min | Crime, Thriller
A young security guard works the late shift at the Driftwood Inn along with a desk clerk and a married night maid with whom he is having an affair in whatever room is available. ... See full summary »
Director: Clay Eide | Stars: Joe Leroy Reynolds, Jay Underwood, Margot Demeter, John Durbin
Votes: 112
31. Exscind (2016)
80 min | Horror
After reading a magazine article about a case of multiple murders 50 years ago, an excited paranormal group sets out to investigate the site where the serial killers lived and where the ... See full summary »
Director: Les Sholes | Stars: Dave Andrews, Louie Babcock, Philip Bumgardner, Amy Byzewski
Votes: 66
32. Boomtown (2017)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama
A young father and husband looks towards the oil fields for a better life for him and his family. But will the fast money and glamour detour his agenda?
Director: Sabyn Mayfield | Stars: Rachel Brosnahan, Boyd Holbrook, Dwight Yoakam, Jocelin Donahue
Votes: 181
33. Van Hook (2001)
Two young men from North Dakota, Kip and Job are shown their "Alternate lives" as an escape from what they called, "Minot-ony." Their journey begins when they visit Van Hook (arm), a part ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Biehn | Stars: Kirk Roos, Bo Brown, Sam J. Jones, Charlie Talbert
Votes: 13
34. Deadwood Dick (1940)
Approved | 285 min | Western
Deadwood Dick, a masked and mysterious hero, is in reality Dick Stanley, editor of the Dakota Pioneer Press and a leading member of Statehood For Dakota. He is on the trail of a masked ... See full summary »
Director: James W. Horne | Stars: Donald Douglas, Lorna Gray, Harry Harvey, Marin Sais
Votes: 65
35. The Black Dakotas (1954)
Approved | 65 min | Western
During the American Civil War, Confederate spies aim to steal Union gold intended for the peace treaty with the Sioux and thus pit the Indians against the Union Forces.
Director: Ray Nazarro | Stars: Gary Merrill, Wanda Hendrix, John Bromfield, Noah Beery Jr.
Votes: 293
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