# List of films set in Kansas

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.
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 | |