History of Arkansas in Film and Television
Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture

From cult classics to homegrown Oscar winners to the most famous motion picture ever made, Arkansas and the Little Rock region are rich in cinematic history.

Titles with Arkansas Locations
Universal Pictures’ Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1926)
King Vidor’s Hallelujah (1929)
MGM’s Gone with the Wind (1939)
Elia Kazan’s A Face in the Crowd (1956)
Roger Corman’s Bloody Mama (1970)
Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)
Roger Corman’s and Martin Scorsese’s Boxcar Bertha (1972)
Charles B. Pierce’s The Legend of Boggy Creek (1973)
Burt Reynolds’ White Lightning (1973)
Harry Thomason’s and Joe Glass’ Encounter with the Unknown (1973)
Charles B. Pierce’s Bootleggers (1974)
Harry Thomason’s The Great Lester Boggs (1975)
Harry Thomason’s So Sad About Gloria (1975)
Charles B. Pierce’sThe Town that Dreaded Sundown (1977)
James Bridges’ September 30, 1955 (1978)
Crisis at Central High (1981)
Harry Thomason’s The Blue and the Gray(1982)
Norman Jewison’s A Soldier’s Story (1983)
Under Siege (1986)
Harry Thomason’s Designing Women (1986 – 1993)
Mary Steenburgen’s and Jay Russell’s End of the Line (1987)
Three for the Road (1987)
Gary Jones' Stay Tuned for Murder (1987)
Pass the Ammo (1988)
Mike Nichols’ and Neil Simon’s Biloxi Blues (1988)
Gary Jones’ Too Scared to Laugh (1989)
Rosalie Goes Shopping (1989)
Harry Thomason’s Evening Shade (1990 – 1994)
Billy Bob Thornton’s and Tom Epperson’s One False Move (1992)
John Grisham’s The Firm (1993)
Chris Hegedus’ and D.A. Pennebaker’s The War Room (1993)
Billy Bob Thornton’s Sling Blade (1996)
The White River Kid (1999)
Billy Bob Thornton’s Daddy and Them (2001)
Lisa Blount’s and Ray McKinnon’s Chrystal (2004)
Johnny Cash’s Walk the Line (2005)
Cameron Crowe’s Elizabethtown (2005)
Renaud Brothers' Off to War (2005)
Joey Lauren Adams’ Come Early Morning (2006)
Richard Matson’s Towncraft (2007)
James Cotten’s Sugar Creek (2007)
Vincent Insalaco’s War Eagle Arkansas (2007)

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