How many native (or guest) Coloradoans have looked around our beautiful state and thought, “Wow, this place is pretty enough to be in the pictures!” (in the pictures=1930s lingo)? It turns out that filmmakers of different generations have thought the same thing and have made several iconic classics in and around this picturesque state. Here are 15 of those movies that you may not have realized were filmed in Colorado.

1.) Around the World in 80 Days (1956)

Wikimedia Commons Filmed in Durango & Silverton.

2.) How the West Was Won (1962)

Wikimedia Commons Filmed in La Junta, Bent’s Old Fort, Durango, Montrose, and Silverton.

3.) Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)

Creative Commons Filmed in Durango, Telluride, and Silverton.

4.) Christmas Vacation (1989)

Creative Commons Filmed in Breckenridge

5.) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Wikimedia Commons Filmed in Alamosa, Cortez, Pagosa Springs, Cumbres, and the Toltec Railroad in Antonito.

6.) City Slickers (1991)

Wikimedia Commons Filmed in Durango.

7.) Thelma and Louise (1991)

Wikimedia Commons Filmed in Gateway and Bedrock.

8.) Dumb and Dumber (1994)

Creative Commons Filmed in Aspen, Breckenridge, Copper Mountain and Estes Park.

9.) Independence Day (1996)

Creative Commons Filmed in Colorado Springs.

10.) Nurse Betty (2000)

Wikimedia Commons Filmed in Durango.

11.) About Schmidt (2002)

Creative Commons Filmed in Boulder and Denver.

12.) Mr. and Mrs. Smith (2005)

Creative Commons Filmed in Glenwood Canyon.

13.) Blades of Glory (2007)

Creative Commons Filmed in Denver.

14.) The Lone Ranger (2013)

Wikimedia Commons Filmed in Creede.

15.) Furious 7 (2015)

Creative Commons Filmed in Woodland Park and at Pikes Peak.

Which of these movies surprised you the most?

Wikimedia Commons

Filmed in Durango & Silverton.

Filmed in La Junta, Bent’s Old Fort, Durango, Montrose, and Silverton.

Creative Commons

Filmed in Durango, Telluride, and Silverton.

Filmed in Breckenridge

Filmed in Alamosa, Cortez, Pagosa Springs, Cumbres, and the Toltec Railroad in Antonito.

Filmed in Durango.

Filmed in Gateway and Bedrock.

Filmed in Aspen, Breckenridge, Copper Mountain and Estes Park.

Filmed in Colorado Springs.

Filmed in Boulder and Denver.

Filmed in Glenwood Canyon.

Filmed in Denver.

Wikimedia Commons

Filmed in Creede.

Filmed in Woodland Park and at Pikes Peak.

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