When you take a seat in the theater or turn on the TVat home, you’ll find dozens of Hollywood’s most beloved stories and figures have roots in Kansas City. Some movies and shows were filmed here and or set here, while others are inspired by events and memories that live on here.  

Production Release YearLocations
Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story2024Kansas City, Independence
Nelly Don the Musical Movie2023Kansas City area
Queer Eye2018Netflix – Kansas City
24 Hrs to Hell and Back2018TV Show on FOX – Kansas City
Bargain Mansions 2017-presentDIY Channel TV Show – Kansas City
American Ninja Warrior 2015, 2017TV Show on NBC – Kansas City
The Tree 2017Kansas City area
Different Flowers 2017Kansas City
Red Bird2017TV Series – Kansas City
All Creatures Here Below 2017Kansas City
The Association aka The Profit 2017Lawrence, KS
School Spirits 2017St. Joseph, MO
The Dreams of Rene Sendam 2017Lawrence, KS
The House on Pine Street 2016Leavenworth, Independence
American Honey 2016Kansas City MO/KS
Trust Fund 2016Kansas City area
The Matchbreaker 2016Kansas City
What We’ve Become 2016Lawrence, KS
Arbor Demon 2016Kansas City unit
Desperate Cowboys 2016Kansas City
New Girls on the Block 2015TV Series – Kansas City
The Gnomist 2015Acclaimed short – Overland Park
Terminal 2015Kansas City
Rich Hill 2014Rich Hill MO
Surrender 2014Springfield
The Sublime and Beautiful 2014Lawrence, KS
Jayhawkers 2014Lawrence, Topeka, Leavenworth KS
Awful Nice 2013Columbia, Branson, Kansas City
Nailbiter 2013Kansas City & Lawrence, KS
Raising the Bar2013TV series – Kansas City
Destination Planet Negro 2013Lawrence, Kansas City
Last Ounce of Courage 2012St. Joseph, Kansas City
Last Will 2011Kansas City
1802011Springfield
The Soccer Nanny aka Au Pair, Kansas 2011Lawrence, KS
Pawn’s Move 2011Kansas City, Weston
Last Breath 2010Kansas City
Air: The Musical 2010Lawrence, Kansas City
Play On 2010Kansas City, Scotland
The Only Good Indian 2009Lawrence, KS
Earthwork 2009Lawrence, KS
Works in Progress 2009Kansas City
Saving Grace B. Jones 2008Boonville
Rigged 2008Kansas City
Matchmaker Mary 2008Kansas City
The Battle for Bunker Hill 2008Lawrence, KS
Suspension 2008Kansas City, Lawrence, Topeka
Fling 2007Kansas City
Body of War 2007Kansas City, St. Louis
Sea Monsters 2007Kansas
Raising Jeffrey Dahmer 2006Kansas City
Jesus Camp 2006Lee’s Summit, St. Robert
All Roads Lead Home 2006Kansas City
Lenexa, 1 Mile: aka Full Count 2006Kansas City, Blue Springs, Lee’s Summit, Lenexa, OP
Ambrose Bierce: Civil war Stories 2005TV movie – Kansas City
Larva 2005Springfield
C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America 2004Lawrence, KS
Threat of Exposure 2002Kansas City
Silence 2002Kansas City
The Painting 2001Kansas City
Ride With the Devil 1999Pattonsburg, Kansas City, Lexington
Ninth Street 1999Junction City/Lawrence, KS
Cross of Fire 1998TV Movie – Lawrence, Topeka
Winding Roads 1998TV movie – Springfield
A Deadly Vision 1997TV movie – Kansas City
Mars Attacks 1996Lawrence, KS
Kansas City 1996Kansas City
Truman 1995HBO Movie – Independence
The Witching 1993Kansas City
Detour 1992Kansas City
Article 99 1992Kansas City
The Burden of Proof 1992TV Movie –  Kansas City
Child’s Play 3 1991Boonville
Sometimes They Come Back 1991Kansas City
Mr. and Mrs. Bridge 1990Kansas City
Bird 1988Kansas City
Midnight Movie Massacre 1988Kansas City
Kansas 1987Kansas City & Lawrence, KS
Nice Girls Don’t Explode 1987Lawrence, KS
The Day After 1983Harrisonville, Kansas City, Lawrence
Bucktown 1975Kansas City downtown, Platte City
Shoot it Black /Shoot in Blue 1974Kansas City
Supervan 1974Kansas City, St. Joseph
Paper Moon 1973St. Joseph and Kansas locations
Prime Cut 1972Kansas City
Honky 1971Kansas City -The Plaza
Adam at 6 a.m. 1970Excelsior Springs
In Cold Blood 1967Kansas City
Carnival of Souls 1962Lawrence, KS area
The Cool and the Crazy 1958Kansas City
The Delinquents 1957Kansas City
Rodeo Rhythm 1942Kansas City
Alice’s Wonderland 1923Kansas City
Tommy Tucker’s Tooth 1922Kansas City