a challenge I keep forgetting, some films I watched a while back..
41. New Jersey - The Hurricane (Jewison, 1999) 5/10 - mostly set & shot in NJ where the murder happened. pretty clunky biopic, esp with the overuse of the Dylan song.
42. New Mexico - Sunshine Cleaning (Jeffs, 2008) 6/10 - set & shot in Alburquerque. easy to watch Amy Adams & Emily Blunt, but it felt very TV-ish.
43. Mississippi - Intruder in the Dust (Brown, 1949) 7/10 - made in Oxford, Mississippi. watched it in Oxford, England ;) good film, a little too neat & simplistic in how it winds up.
1. Georgia - Wise Blood (Huston, 1979) 9/10
2. Maryland - Diner (Levinson, 1982) 7/10
3. New York - New York Stories (Scorsese/Coppola/Allen, 1989) 6/10
4. California - High Plains Drifter (Eastwood, 1973) 6/10
5. Illinois - Medium Cool (Wexler, 1969) 7/10
6. Pennsylvania - Wanda (Loden, 1970) 3/10
7. Louisiana - Beasts of the Southern Wild (Zeitlin, 2012) 8/10
8. Arizona - The Ballad of Cable Hogue 7/10
9. Utah - Wagon Master (Ford, 1950) 7/10
10. BONUS TERRITORY Puerto Rico - The Rum Diary (Robinson, 2011) 6/10
11. Iowa - The Bridges of Madison County (Eastwood, 1995) 5/10
12. Idaho - Idaho Transfer (Peter Fonda, 1971) 5/10
13. Connecticut - The Ice Storm (Ang Lee, 1997) 7/10
14. South Carolina - Sherman's March (McElwee, 1986) 5/10
15. Washington - Safety Not Guaranteed (Trevorrow, 2012) 6/10
16. Texas - Terms of Endearment (Brooks, 1983) 6/10
17. Oregon - The Goonies (Donner, 1985) 6/10
18. Minnesota - Young Adult (Reitman, 2011) 7/10
19. Nebraska - About Schmidt (Payne, 2002) 7/10
20. Missouri - Law & Order (Wiseman, 1969) 7/10
21. Nevada - Leaving Las Vegas (Figgis, 1995) 8/10
22. Oklahoma - To the Wonder (Malick, 2012) 3/10
23. Tennessee - Stoker (Park Chan-wook, 2013) 7/10
24. Montana - Little Big Man (Penn, 1970) 5/10
25. Rhode Island - There's Something About Mary (Farrellys, 1998) 7/10
26. Alaska - Runaway Train (Konchalovsky, 1986) 8/10
27. Florida - Spring Breakers (Korine, 2012) 5/10
28. Massachusetts - Coma (Crichton, 1978) 6/10
29. Indiana - Breaking Away (Yates, 1979) 7/10
30. Arkansas - Mud (Nichols, 2012) 8/10
31. BONUS District of Columbia - Broadcast News (Brooks, 1987) 6/10
32. Michigan - Roger & Me (Moore, 1989) 7/10
33. Alabama - Phenix City Story (Karlson, 1955) 8/10
34. North Dakota - Jesus Camp (Ewing & Grady, 2006) 6/10
35. Ohio - The Fortune Cookie (Wilder, 1966) 6/10
36. Kentucky - Return of the Living Dead (O'Bannon, 1985) 8/10
37. Maine - A New Leaf (May, 1971) 7/10
38. Kansas - Ride With the Devil (Ang Lee, 1999) 6/10
39. West Virginia - Matewan (Sayles, 1987) 7/10
40. North Carolina - George Washington (Green, 2000) 6/10
41. New Jersey - The Hurricane (Jewison, 1999) 5/10
42. New Mexico - Sunshine Cleaning (Jeffs, 2008) 6/10
43. Mississippi - Intruder in the Dust (Brown, 1948) 7/10
Colorado - Silver City
Delaware - ?????
Hawaii - Tora Tora Tora
New Hampshire - On golden pond/Return of the Secaucus Seven
South Dakota - Thunderheart/Incident at Oglala
Vermont - The Spitfire Grill/Funny Farm
Virginia - What About Bob
Wisconsin - American Movie
Wyoming - Jubal