List of films set in Kansas

Kansas Saloon Smashers (1901)

Original poster for The Wizard of Oz (1939)

Kansas, in the geographic center of the United States, has a rich history connected with the American Old West and with the American Civil War ("Bleeding Kansas"), including the history of the notorious guerrilla commander William Quantrill. The following is a partial chronological list of major motion pictures set in Kansas. ^{[1] [2]}

Three of the listed films have won the Academy Award for Best Picture.

Film title	Release year	Notes/subject matter	National Film Registry
Kansas Saloon Smashers	1901	silent film: based on Carrie Nation
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz	1910	silent film: earliest surviving film version of Oz
A Modern Musketeer	1917	Silent film
Naughty, Naughty!	1918	Silent film
Wild Bill Hickok	1923	Silent film
Tumbleweeds	1925	Silent film
Wizard of Oz	1925	Silent film: features Oliver Hardy as Tin Man
Free and Easy	1930
The Big Trail	1930		Y
Cimarron	1931	Academy Award for Best Picture
Movie Crazy	1932
Silver Dollar	1932	starring Edward G. Robinson
The Plainsman	1936
Pick a Star	1937
The Texans	1938	story of the Chisholm Trail
Jesse James	1939
Dodge City	1939	stars Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland
Union Pacific	1939
The Wizard of Oz	1939		Y
Dark Command	1940
The Return of Frank James	1940
Santa Fe Trail	1940	features Ronald Reagan as Custer
Sheriff of Tombstone	1941
Heaven Can Wait	1943	stars Gene Tierney, Don Ameche
The Kansan	1943
The Woman of the Town	1943
Abilene Town	1946
The Harvey Girls	1946
Trail Street	1947
The Walls of Jericho	1948
Red River	1948		Y
Kansas Raiders	1950
Winchester '73	1950		Y
The Cimarron Kid	1952
Kansas Pacific	1953
The Stranger Wore a Gun	1953
Masterson of Kansas	1954
Picnic	1955
Seven Angry Men	1955	based on abolitionist John Brown
Wichita	1955
The Rainmaker	1956
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral	1957
The Jayhawkers!	1959
Splendor in the Grass	1961	Oscar for best writing for William Inge
Cheyenne Autumn	1964
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken	1966	Don Knotts comedy
Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter	1966
The Plainsman	1966
Gunfight in Abilene	1967	Bobby Darin stars in non-singing role
In Cold Blood	1967		Y
Angel in My Pocket	1969
The Gypsy Moths	1969
The Learning Tree	1969		Y
Prime Cut	1972
Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies	1973
Paper Moon	1973
Journey Back to Oz	1974	animated film
A Boy and His Dog	1975	set in post-apocalyptic Topeka, stars Don Johnson
The Great Waldo Pepper	1975
King Kung Fu	1976
Superman	1978	set in fictional Smallville	Y
Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff	1979
The Attic	1980
Americana	1983
The Day After	1983	originally aired on television
Superman III	1983
Return to Oz	1985
Critters	1986
Planes, Trains and Automobiles	1987
Kansas	1988
Dances with Wolves	1990	Academy Award for Best Picture	Y
Sarah, Plain and Tall	1991	originally aired on television
Unforgiven	1992	Academy Award for Best Picture	Y
Leap of Faith	1992
Dennis the Menace	1993	based on cartoon set in Wichita
Wyatt Earp	1994
Truman	1995
Mars Attacks!	1996	Partially set in fictional Perkinsville
The Big Kahuna	1999
Ninth Street	1999
Ride with the Devil	1999
Hedwig and the Angry Inch	2001
Nurse Betty	2003
Rolling Kansas	2003
Mysterious Skin	2004
Capote	2005	story of writing In Cold Blood
Firecracker	2005
The Muppets' Wizard of Oz	2005	television film
The Ice Harvest	2005
Infamous	2006
The Lookout	2007
New York City Serenade	2007
Amelia	2009	biopic of Amelia Earhart
Hannah's Law	2012	television film
Looper	2012
Oz the Great and Powerful	2013
Man of Steel	2013	partially set in fictional Smallville
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice	2016	partially set in fictional Smallville
American Honey	2016
Justice League	2017	partially set in fictional Smallville
All Creatures Here Below	2018	partially set in De Soto
Brightburn	2019	Set in fictional Brightburn

References

1. "Kansas in the Movies". Washburn University: Center for Kansas Studies. Retrieved May 6, 2014.
2. "Cool Things - Western Movies Set in Kansas". Kansas State Historical Society. Retrieved July 7, 2014.