Kentucky (1938)<\/h3>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n (Rent – Buy – Stream)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Jack and Sally (played by Richard Greene and Loretta Young) are a much more modern (and American) version of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. This Technicolor tale of star-crossed lovers took place in Kentucky and also had some scenes filmed in both Lexington and Louisville. Walter Brennan took home an Oscar that year for Best Supporting Actor.<\/p>\n 1 h 35 min | NR<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n (Rent – Buy – Stream)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Starring Liam Neeson, Patrick Swayze, Helen Hunt, and Bill Paxton, this action thriller involved a man out to exact revenge for the death of one of his family members by dangerous Chicago mobsters. The movie’s setting goes back and forth from Kentucky to Chicago and so does the filming, which used areas of Perry County and Letcher County.<\/p>\n 1 h 48 min | R<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n (Rent – Buy – Stream)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Action star Steven Seagal’s 10th movie, this one had him as an EPA agent working undercover to help locals combat the red tape of trying to stop toxic waste from being dumped into mines. The movie was shot all over Kentucky, including Natural Bridge State Resort Park, Cumberland Falls State Resort Park, and Great Salpetre Cave Preserve.<\/p>\n 1 h 44 min | R<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n (Rent – Buy – Stream)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n This comedy horror film about parents being overcome with the urge to murder their own children once they are exposed to a static starred Nicholas Cage and Selma Blair. Their victims AKA children were played by Anne Winters and Zackary Arthur. The movie was shot in Louisville, with no children harmed by their parents during its filming.<\/p>\n 1 h 25 min | R<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n (Rent – Buy – Stream)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n This movie was based upon Laura Hillenbrand’s 1999 best-selling book about the racehorse Seabiscuit, who despite a great deal of adversity and naysayers found huge success and notoriety in the 1930s, beating War Admiral at Pimlico. Shots were made at some of the most famous racing parks, including the Keeneland Race Course in Lexington.<\/p>\n 2 h 20 min | PG-13<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n (Rent – Buy – Stream)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Although Clarksville is not a real place in the state, this thriller was not only set in Kentucky, but it was also filmed there. Starring Dylan McDermott, Charlie Plummer, and Samantha Mathis, the movie centers around a series of unsolved brutal murders ten years past; murders that a teenager suspects might have been committed by his father.<\/p>\n 1 h 49 min | 16+<\/p>\n This independent film is based upon a true story about two drug-addicted prostitutes who murdered five people in Lexington in 1986. Among its cast was Jim Varney, best known for portraying Ernest in the movie franchise. The movie was shot locally in Kentucky in order to help keep it as authentic as possible and received much praise.<\/p>\n 1h 34m | NR<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n (Rent – Buy – Stream)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Cameron Crowe’s 8th film, this one starred Orlando Bloom, Kirsten Dunst, Alec Baldwin, and Susan Sarandon. It is the story of a young man who faces a huge blunder at work, in his love life, and then his father dies and he must head back to his hometown. Oddly enough, while Elizabethtown does actually exist, the movie only did two scenes there.<\/p>\n 2 h 3 min | PG-13<\/p>\nNext of Kin (1989)<\/h3>\n
Fire Down Below (1997)<\/h3>\n
Mom and Dad (2017)<\/h3>\n
Seabiscuit (2003)<\/h3>\n
The Clovehitch Killer (2018)<\/h3>\n
100 Proof (1997)<\/h3>\n
Elizabethtown (2005)<\/h3>\n
The Stand-In (2020)<\/h3>\n