# List of films set in West Virginia

This list includes movies/shows that either take place or were made, in West Virginia or the surrounding area:

## Films
### 1940-1969

| Title | Director | Release | Location |
| Stage Struck | Allan Dwan | 1925 | New Martinsville, West Virginia |
| The Millerson Case | George Archainbaud | 1947 | Jefferson County, West Virginia |
| Roseanna McCoy | Irving Reis & Nicholas Ray | 1949 | |
| The Night of the Hunter | Charles Laughton | 1955 | Moundsville, West Virginia |
| Shenandoah | Andrew V. McLaglen | 1965 | Hardy County, West Virginia |
| Holy Ghost People | Peter Adair | 1967 | Scrabble Creek, West Virginia |
| Teen-Age Strangler | Ben Parker | 1968 | Huntington, West Virginia |
| The Rain People | Francis Ford Coppola | 1969 | Fairmont, West Virginia |

### 1970-1989

| Title | Director | Release | Location | Note |
| Fools' Parade | Andrew V. McLaglen | 1971 | Moundsville, West Virginia | |
| No Drums, No Bugles | Clyde Ware | 1972 | | |
| The Gravy Train | Jack Starrett | 1974 | | |
| The Deer Hunter | Michael Cimino | 1978 | Weirton, West Virginia | 1979 Academy Awards Best Picture Winner |
| Reckless | James Foley | 1983 | Weirton, West Virginia | |
| Superman III | Richard Lester | 1983 | | |
| Pudd'nhead Wilson | Alan Bridges | 1984 | Hampshire County, West Virginia | |
| Sweet Dreams | Karel Reisz | 1985 | Monroe County, West Virginia | |
| A Killing Affair | David Saperstein | 1986 | Logan County, West Virginia | |
| Act of Vengeance | John Mackenzie | 1986 | Charleston, West Virginia | |
| Matewan | John Sayles | 1986 | Mingo County, West Virginia | |
| Chillers | Daniel Boyd | 1986 | Kanawha County, West Virginia | |
| Big Business | Jim Abrahams | 1988 | Fayette County, West Virginia | |
| Rain Man | Barry Levinson | December 16, 1988 | Huntington, West Virginia | 1989 Academy Awards Best Picture. One of the individuals Dustin Hoffman based his character, Raymond Babbitt, on, Joseph Sullivan, lived in Huntington, West Virginia. One of the film's premieres was later held in Huntington. |
| Strangest Dreams: Invasion of the Space Preachers | Daniel Boyd | 1989 | Kanawha County, West Virginia | |

### 1990-2009

| Title | Director | Release | Location | Note |
| The Turning | L.A. Puopolo | 1992 | Nemours, West Virginia | |
| The Silence of the Lambs | Jonathan Demme | 1991 | Clay County, West Virginia | 1992 Academy Awards Best Picture |
| Sommersby | Jon Amiel | 1993 | Snowshoe, West Virginia | |
| Off and Running | Ed Bianchi | 1991 | | |
| The Bodyguard | Mick Jackson | 1992 | Morgantown, West Virginia | |
| Lassie | Daniel Petrie | 1994 | Summers County, West Virginia | |
| Primal Fear | Gregory Hoblit | 1996 | McDowell County, West Virginia | |
| My Fellow Americans | Peter Segal | 1996 | Charleston, West Virginia | |
| Whatever | Susan Skoog | 1998 | Wheeling, West Virginia | |
| Patch Adams | Tom Shadyac | 1998 | Pocahontas County, West Virginia | |
| October Sky | Joe Johnston | 1999 | Coalwood, West Virginia | |
| Road Trip | Todd Phillips | 2000 | Morgantown, West Virginia | |
| Ashes to Glory | Deborah Novak | November 18, 2000 | Huntington, West Virginia | |
| A Beautiful Mind | Ron Howard | 2001 | Bluefield, West Virginia | 2002 Academy Awards Best Picture |
| The Mothman Prophecies | Mark Pellington | 2002 | Point Pleasant, West Virginia | |
| Gods and Generals | Ronald F. Maxwell | 2003 | Harper's Ferry, West Virginia | |
| Wrong Turn | Rob Schmidt | 2003 | Huntington, West Virginia | |
| Burning Annie | Van Flesher | October 9, 2003 | Huntington, West Virginia | |
| Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! | Robert Luketic | 2004 | Putnam County, West Virginia | |
| Super Size Me | Morgan Spurlock | 2004 | Beckley, West Virginia | |
| Dark Harvest | Paul Moore | 2004 | Huntington, West Virginia | |
| Bubble | Steven Soderbergh | 2005 | Parkersburg, West Virginia | |
| The Devil and Daniel Johnston | Jeff Feuerzeig | 2005 | | |
| Dear Wendy | Thomas Vinterberg | 2005 | Charleston, West Virginia | |
| The Descent | Neil Marshall | 2005 | | |
| We Are Marshall | McG | 2006 | Huntington, West Virginia | |
| Header | Archibald Flancranstin | 2006 | | |
| Salvage | Joshua Crook & Jeffrey Crook | 2006 | Parkersburg, West Virginia | |
| Silent Hill | Christophe Gans | 2006 | Silent Hill, West Virginia | |
| Two Tickets to Paradise | D.B. Sweeney | 2006 | Charleston, West Virginia | |
| Live Free or Die Hard | Len Wiseman | 2007 | | |
| The Rock-afire Explosion | Brett Whitcomb | 2008 | Barboursville, West Virginia | |
| Timber Falls | Tony Giglio | 2007 | Kanawha County, West Virginia | |
| Wrong Turn 2: Dead End | Joe Lynch | 2007 | Fayette County, West Virginia | |
| The X-Files: I Want to Believe | Chris Carter | 2008 | | |
| XIII: The Conspiracy | Duane Clark | 2008 | | |
| Blood Creek | Joel Schumacher | 2009 | Morgantown, West Virginia | |
| Wrong Turn 3: Left for Dead | Declan O'Brien | 2009 | Clay County, West Virginia | |
| Still Bill | Damani Baker & Alex Vlack | 2009 | Raleigh County, West Virginia | |

### 2010-Present

| Title | Director | Release | Location | Note |
| Unstoppable | Tony Scott | 2010 | Benwood, West Virginia | |
| Tucker & Dale vs. Evil | Eli Craig | 2010 | Huntington, West Virginia | |
| Mothman | Sheldon Wilson | 2010 | Point Pleasant, West Virginia | |
| The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia | Julien Nitzberg | 2010 | Boone County, West Virginia | |
| The Last Mountain | Bill Haney | 2011 | | |
| Super 8 | J. J. Abrams | 2011 | Wheeling, West Virginia & Weirton, West Virginia | |
| Wrong Turn 4: Bloody Beginnings | Declan O'Brien | 2011 | Fayette County, West Virginia | |
| Wrong Turn 5: Bloodlines | Declan O'Brien | 2012 | Morgantown, West Virginia | |
| Memory Lane | Shawn Holmes | 2012 | Wheeling, West Virginia | |
| A Single Shot | David M. Rosenthal | 2013 | | |
| Oxyana | Sean Dunne | 2013 | Wyoming County, West Virginia | |
| Pro Wrestlers vs Zombies | Cody Knotts | 2013 | Parkersburg, West Virginia | |
| The Hunted | Josh Stewart | 2013 | | |
| Out of the Furnace | Scott Cooper | 2013 | Moundsville, West Virginia | |
| A Christmas Tree Miracle | JW Myers | 2013 | Wheeling, West Virginia | |
| Child of God | James Franco | 2013 | Greenbrier County, West Virginia | |
| Little Accidents | Sara Colangelo | 2014 | Wyoming County, West Virginia | |
| Surviving Cliffside | Jon Matthews | 2014 | Alum Creek, West Virginia | |
| Rand University | Marquis Daisy | 2014 | Rand, West Virginia & Huntington, West Virginia | Made for TV as a part of ESPN's 30 for 30 series. Examines former NFL star Randy Moss and his origins. |
| Wrong Turn 6: Last Resort | Valeri Milev | 2014 | Kanawha County, West Virginia | |
| American Ultra | Nima Nourizadeh | 2015 | | |
| Z for Zachariah | Craig Zobel | 2015 | Welch, West Virginia | |
| Hidden Figures | Theodore Melfi | 2016 | White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia | |
| Don't Let the Devil In | Courtney Fathom Sell | 2016 | |
| Hollow Creek | Guisela Moro | 2016 | Wyoming County, West Virginia | |
| The Mothman of Point Pleasant | Seth Breedlove | 2017 | Point Pleasant, West Virginia | |
| The Glass Castle | Destin Daniel Cretton | 2017 | Welch, West Virginia | |
| Logan Lucky | Steven Soderbergh | 2017 | Boone County, West Virginia | |
| Heroin(e) | Elaine McMillion Sheldon | September 3, 2017 | Huntington, West Virginia | |
| Heroin Town | Dan Child | October 8, 2017 | Huntington, West Virginia | |
| Feast of the Seven Fishes | Robert Tinnell | 2018 | Fairmont, West Virginia | |
| Dark Waters | Todd Haynes | 2019 | Parkersburg, West Virginia | |
| The Devil All the Time | Antonio Campos | 2020 | Coal Creek, West Virginia | |
| The Big Ugly | Scott Wiper | 2020 | | |
| Untold: Deal with the Devil | Laura Brownson | 2021 | Mullens, West Virginia | |
| Wrong Turn | Mike P. Nelson | 2021 | Pocahontas County, West Virginia | |
| King Coal | Elaine McMillion Sheldon | 2023 | | |
| As the Sunflower Whispers | Samuel Felinton | 2025 | Huntington, West Virginia | Documentary on Ukrainian refugee crisis in collaboration with MUkraine, the film was later premiered at the Edwards Performing Arts Center in Huntington, West Virginia. |
| Untitled Christy Martin film | David Michôd | 2025 | Mullens, West Virginia | |