95 Films & TV Shows Set In Oklahoma
-
Heaven's Rain
OklahomaThe true story of one man's journey from utter devastation through the desire for retribution and eventual freedom found in the power of forgiveness. — Former Senator Brooks Douglass shares his remarkable true story about his journey to find freedom through forgiveness in the face of a life-shattering crime.
-
True Grit
Arkansas Oklahoma The 1900s The 1870sPunishment Comes One Way or Another. — Following the murder of her father by a hired hand, a 14-year-old farm girl sets out to capture the killer. To aid her, she hires the toughest U.S. Marshal she can find—a man with 'true grit'—Reuben J. 'Rooster' Cogburn.
-
Dirty Girl
Oklahoma The 1980sLet them talk — When Danielle is banished to special education because of her misbehavior, she joins Clarke on a road trip to discover themselves.
-
Leaves of Grass
Rhode Island OklahomaDrugs, Murder, and Brotherly Love. — An Ivy League professor returns home, where his pot-growing twin brother has concocted a plan to take down a local drug lord.
-
Up in the Air
Wisconsin Michigan Illinois Iowa Nevada Nebraska Kansas Missouri Oklahoma California Texas Florida The 2010sThe story of a man ready to make a connection. — Corporate downsizing expert Ryan Bingham spends his life in planes, airports, and hotels, but just as he’s about to reach a milestone of ten million frequent flyer miles, he meets a woman who causes him to rethink his transient life.
-
Barking Water
OklahomaFrankie is dying. Irene hasn't forgiven him. And they are racing against time to find their way home. Frankie needs help and Irene is the one he turns to. He must go home one last time. And, like so many times before, Irene is extending herself beyond her common sense. The two set out on a journey that becomes more than getting home; confronting the past, love, understanding, and self discovery. Barking Water is a tale of great love that looks at what brings us all together. It's a tale of home...and what it takes to get there.
-
Splinter
OklahomaIt will get under your skin. — When their plans for a nature trip go awry, Polly and boyfriend Seth decide to check into a motel. On their way, they're carjacked and kidnapped by low-rent crooks Dennis and Lacey, who take the victims and their SUV to a nearby gas station. Along the way, they encounter an increasingly terrifying horde of parasites, and if any of them intend to survive, they'll have to outsmart the deadly organisms.
-
Jolene
Arizona California Nevada OklahomaA life between the exit signs. — A teenage orphan spends ten years traveling to experience life.
-
Four Sheets to the Wind
OklahomaSee life for what it gives you. — After his father's untimely suicide, Cufe leaves his home in a Native American reservation in search of a more fulfilling life.
-
Bug
OklahomaParanoia is contagious — In Oklahoma, Agnes, a lonely waitress living in an isolated and dilapidated roadside motel, meets Peter, a quiet and mysterious man with whom she establishes a peculiar relationship.
-
Believe in Me
Oklahoma The 1960sIn a conservative small town, a young man's wish to coach high school basketball are tweaked by a school board decision that makes him the new coach of the girls' team.
-
Not Like Everyone Else
OklahomaA teenager fights to clear her name after her small Oklahoma town mistakenly assumes she is practicing witchcraft. Based on a true story.
-
Rolling Kansas
Kansas Oklahoma Texas The 1980sA group of friends go on a journey to a secret marijuana forest in Kansas.
-
The Doe Boy
Oklahoma The 1980sA Cherokee boy is a haemophiliac in a culture obsessed with blood identity.
-
Okie Noodling
Oklahoma The 2000sNo hooks, no bait, no fear. — For centuries, a unique breed of fishermen has been catching monster catfish with their bare hands in the rivers and lakes of Oklahoma. Today, the tradition of "noodling" still has Okie anglers hooked. This documentary by Bradley Beesley features interviews with hardcore handfishing veterans as well as footage of real noodlers in action. Set against an original musical score by rock band The Flaming Lips, Okie Noodling offers an anecdotal look at a most unusual piece of Midwest American culture.
-
Where the Heart Is
OklahomaLaughter is harder... Friendship is stronger... Trust is deeper... When it comes from the heart. — Novalee Nation is a 17-year-old Tennessee transient who has to grow up in a hurry when she's left pregnant and abandoned by her boyfriend on a roadside, and takes refuge in the friendly aisles of Wal-Mart. Eventually, some eccentric but kindly strangers 'adopt' Novalee and her infant daughter, helping them buck the odds and build a new life.
-
You Know My Name
Oklahoma The 1920sAmerica's Last Great Lawman Takes On A New Kind Of Outlaw. — In six months, the population of Cromwell, Oklahoma, has climbed from 500 to 10,000. Boom times have come to the oil-rich town. So has a new breed of criminal. You Know My Name is the fact-based story of Bill Tilghman, a lawman and former partner of Wyatt Earp confronted by an emerging era when outlaws run whiskey instead of cattle and are likely to tote a tommy gun as carry a six-gun. An ideally cast Sam Elliott plays Tilghman, whose life takes on a newfangled wrinkle of its own. Tilghman makes a moving picture of his Old West exploits; and the success of that silent film, The Passing of the Oklahoma Outlaws, spreads his reputation like a brushfire. But that reputation may mean nothing to a thug (Arliss Howard) who hides behind a badge.
-
Eye of God
OklahomaA small, peaceful, God-fearing town. But tonight, it's not God they have to fear. — A small Oklahoma town is stripped of its innocence when one of its boys turns up mute and bloodied by the lakeside. Unable to tell his story, the local sheriff embarks on a quest to uncover the roots of a gruesome crime. He's led to Ainsley DuPree and her new husband, Jack, a man whose interest in family may very well outweigh his morals.
-
Keys to Tulsa
OklahomaTwo Men Taken By One Woman — Richter Boudreau is on a bad streak: Languishing in the shadow of his celebrity mother, he loses his job as a film critic for the town paper, and now he's been approached with a dangerous proposition that ultimately leads to blackmail. Richter's friend Ronnie ropes him into a scheme to steal the inheritance of his wife, Vicky.
-
Twister
Oklahoma The 1990s The 1960sDon't breath. Don't look back. — An unprecedented series of violent tornadoes is sweeping across Oklahoma. Tornado chasers, headed by Dr. Jo Harding, attempt to release a groundbreaking device that will allow them to track them and create a more advanced warning system. They are joined by Jo's soon to be ex-husband Bill, a former tornado chaser himself, and his girlfriend Melissa.
-
For My Daughter's Honor
OklahomaShe was young, lovely and innocent... until she met him. — Fourteen-year-old high school student, Amy Dustin, becomes an object of romantic affection to the school's biology teacher and football coach, Pete Nash. They take a sudden interest in each other, sending each other notes and talking on the telephone. Although Pete has a family, the two begin a secret relationship. People then begin to suspect that Pete and Amy are having an affair.
-
Midnight Runaround
OklahomaBounty hunter Jack Walsh heads for a small rural community in Oklahoma to bring back a young bail jumper, only to discover that the entire town has united to defend the young man.
-
Far and Away
Massachusetts Oklahoma 🇮🇪 Ireland The 1890sWhat they needed was a country big enough for their dreams. — A young man leaves Ireland with his landlord's daughter after some trouble with her father, and they dream of owning land at the big giveaway in Oklahoma ca. 1893. When they get to the new land, they find jobs and begin saving money. The man becomes a local barehands boxer, and rides in glory until he is beaten, then his employers steal all the couple's money and they must fight off starvation in the winter, and try to keep their dream of owning land alive. Meanwhile, the woman's parents find out where she has gone and have come to America to find her and take her back.
-
Thelma & Louise
Arkansas Oklahoma New Mexico ArizonaSomebody said get a life… so they did. — Whilst on a short weekend getaway, Louise shoots a man who had tried to rape Thelma. Due to the incriminating circumstances, they make a run for it and thus a cross country chase ensues for the two fugitives. Along the way, both women rediscover the strength of their friendship and surprising aspects of their personalities and self-strengths in the trying times.
-
All-American Murder
OklahomaWelcome to Fairfield College...It will be a real education — Artie Logan is the new guy on Campus. Suddenly, he meets Tally Fuller: the most popular and beautiful girl at Fairfield college and she finally agrees to go on a date with him. But that night she is brutally killed by a blowtorch-wielding maniac and Artie is wrongfully arrested. Despite protests from other Police officers, detective P.J. Decker believes Artie's story and gives him 24 hours to track down the real killer.
- load more