List of television shows and movies in Minnesota

Many television shows and/or films have been filmed or set in the U.S. state of Minnesota.

Films

• Airport (1970) (box office #1 film in the U.S.)[1]
• An American Romance (1944)
• Angus (1995)
• Aurora Borealis (2006)
• Beautiful Girls (1996)[2]
• Best Man Down (2012)
• The Big One (1997)[2]
• Bill (1981)
• The Bishop's Wife (1947)
• Bloodstained Memoirs (2009)
• Clouds (2020)
• Cologne: From the Diary of Ray and Esther (1939)
• Contagion (2011) (box office #1 film in the U.S.)[3]
• Crossing the Bridge (1992)
• The Cure (1995)
• D2: The Mighty Ducks (1994) (box office #1 film in the U.S.)
• D3: The Mighty Ducks (1996)
• Dear White People (2014)
• Drop Dead Fred (1991)
• Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999)[4]
• Embrace of the Vampire (1995)
• The Emigrants (1971)
• Equinox (1992)
• The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2000)
• Factotum (2005)[2]
• Fargo (1996)[4]
• Feeling Minnesota (1996)
• Foolin' Around (1980)

• Ghost from the Machine (2010)
• God's Country (1985)
• The Good Son (1993)[5]
• Graffiti Bridge (1990)
• The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid (1972)[4]
• Grumpier Old Men (1995)
• Grumpy Old Men (1993)[4]
• The Heartbreak Kid (1972)[1]
• Here On Earth (2000)
• Herman U. S. A. (2001)
• I Am Not a Serial Killer (2016)
• Ice Castles (1978)
• Inside Out (2015)
• Into Temptation (2009)
• Iron Will (1994)
• Jennifer's Body (2009)
• Jingle All the Way (1996)
• Joe Somebody (2001)
• Juno (2007)
• Killer Movie (2008)
• Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (2014)
• Leatherheads (2008)
• Life Partners (2014)
• Little Big League (1994)
• Los Enchiladas! (1999)
• Major League: Back to the Minors (1998)
• Mallrats (1995)[1]
• Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence (1998)
• The Mighty Ducks (1992)[4]
• Miracle (2004)
• The Monster of Phantom Lake (2006)
• Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (1996)
• New in Town (2009)
• The New Land (1972)
• North Country (2005)[2]
• Older Than America (2008)
• One More Saturday Night (1986)
• Overnight Delivery (1998)
• The Personals (1982)
• A Prairie Home Companion (2006)[4]
• Purple Haze (1982)
• Purple Rain (1984) (box office #1 film in the U.S.)[4]
• Rachel River (1987)
• Rio (2011) (beginning of the film)
• A Serious Man (2009)[4]
• Sign o' the Times (1987)
• A Simple Plan (1998)[4]
• A Stray (2016)
• Stuart Saves His Family (1995)
• Stuck Between Stations (2011)
• Sugar & Spice (2001)
• Sweet Land (2005)[4]
• That Was Then... This Is Now (1985)
• Thin Ice (2011)
• The Toilers and the Wayfarers (1996)
• Trauma (1993)
• Twenty Bucks (1993)
• The Unearthing (2015)
• Untamed Heart (1993)
• The Very Thought of You (1998)
• Wildfire the Arabian Heart (2010)
• Wilson (2017)
• With Honors (1994)
• Wrongfully Accused (1998)
• You'll Like My Mother (1972)
• Young Adult (2011)

Television

• Ascension (2014)
• Beyond the Prairie: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder (2000, 2002)
• The Big C (2010-2013)
• Big Time Rush (2009-2013)
• Coach (1989-1997)
• Fargo (2014-present)
• Fillmore! (2002-2004)
• Get a Life (1990-1992)
• Happy Town (2010)
• Laurel Avenue (1993)
• Life With Louie (1995-1998)
• Little House on the Prairie TV miniseries (2004)
• Little House on the Prairie TV series (1974-1982)
• Lucan (1977-1978)
• Mall Cops: Mall of America (2009-2010)
• The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1959-1963)
• The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970-1977)
• The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers (2021-present)
• My Gym Partner's a Monkey (2005-2008)
• Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988-1999)
• Newton's Apple (1983-1999)
• Orphan Black (2013-2017)
• 100% Freeze-Dried Minnesota (1979)
• The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends (1959-1964)
• The Tom Show (1997-1998)
• Voices Within: The Lives of Truddi Chase (1990)

References

1. "Movies Filmed In Minnesota". WCCO-TV. Retrieved 2011-05-13.
2. "Top Movies Filmed in Minnesota". TopTenReviews. Retrieved 2011-05-13.
3. Hewitt, Chris (2011-09-07). "'Contagion': Starring Minnesota. Filmed somewhere else". St. Paul Pioneer Press. Retrieved 2011-09-18.
4. Henderson, Eric (2010-11-06). "Best Movies Set In Minnesota". WCCO-TV. Retrieved 2011-05-13.
5. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107034/locations?ref_=tt_dt_dt

Further reading

• Kane, Lucile M.; Dougherty, John A. (Winter 1995). "Movie Debut: Films in the Twin Cities, 1894–1909" (PDF). Minnesota History. 54 (8): 342–358. JSTOR 20187951. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 28, 2018.