Movies and TV shows set in wyoming

The list contains the best, new and most relevant movies set in wyoming ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, captivating, sentimental, suspenseful and tense films and TV shows about / with murder, family relations, horse, husband wife relationship, cowboy, ranch, small town, cowboy hat, horse riding and native american plots mostly in Drama, Western and Family genres shot in USA, Canada, UK and other countries.
wyoming
 115
wyoming movies
TOP 10 movies tagged as wyoming: Wind River (2017), Broken Trail (2006), Longmire (2012), Miracle at Sage Creek (2005), Land (2021), Heaven's Gate (1980), Straight From the Heart (2003), Monte Walsh (2003), Johnson County War (2002), Cat Ballou (1965).

List of movies set in wyoming

Watch Trailers From This List to Choose a Movie
 7.7
 279K
Wind River (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Western
Country: USA, UK, France
Duration: 107 min.
Story: An FBI agent teams with the town's veteran game tracker to investigate a murder that occurred on a Native American reservation.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, neo western, neo noir, surprise ending ...
Plot: investigation, murder, snow, rape, winter, fbi, murder investigation, native american reservation, violence, fbi agent, native american, forest ...
Time: 2010s, year 2017, 21st century
Place: wyoming, usa
Is relevant ?
 7.7
 7K
Broken Trail (2006)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 184 min.
TV show
Story: Broken Trail is a 2006 Western miniseries directed by Walter Hill and starring Robert Duvall and Thomas Haden Church. Written by Alan Geoffrion, who also wrote the novel, the story is about an aging cowboy and his nephew who transport 500 horses ...
Style: serious, captivating, sincere, realistic, tense ...
Plot: old west, cowboy, gang, horse, brothel, nephew, prostitute, fall in love, rescue, escapades, danger, protector ...
Time: 19th century
Place: wyoming, america, usa, oregon, san francisco
Is relevant ?
 8.3
 40K
Longmire (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A Wyoming sheriff rebuilds his life and career following the death of his wife. Based on the “Walt Longmire” series of mystery novels written by best-selling author Craig Johnson.
Style: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot: sheriff, police, cowboy, small town, policewoman, machismo, small town life, father daughter relationship, social relations, peril, election, fighting crime ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: wyoming, usa
Is relevant ?
Miracle at Sage Creek (2005)
Genre: Action, Drama, Family, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Two families overcome prejudice and tragedy in 1888 Wyoming when a special Christmas miracle saves the life of a small boy.
Style: serious, emotional, feel good
Plot: miraculous event, christmas, human spirit, family life, civil war, family relations, unlikely partners, hopes, social relations, person thought dead is alive, illness, prejudice ...
Time: 19th century, 1880s
Place: wyoming, usa
Is relevant ?
Related movie lists
equality movies
218
ranch movies
432
rancher movies
152
cattle movies
252
 6.7
 16K
Land (2021)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Edee, in the aftermath of an unfathomable event, finds herself unable to stay connected to the world she once knew and in the face of that uncertainty, retreats to the magnificent, but unforgiving, wilds of the Rockies. After a local hunter brings ...
Style: psychological, sincere, captivating, serious
Plot: solitude, nature, living alone, family tragedy, fishing, female protagonist, mountain, native american, wilderness, new life, mountain cabin, rocky mountains ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: wyoming, chicago
Is relevant ?
 6.7
 17K
Heaven's Gate (1980)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 219 min.
Story: Harvard graduate James Averill (Kris Kristofferson) is the sheriff of prosperous Jackson County, Wyo., when a battle erupts between the area's poverty-stricken immigrants and its wealthy cattle farmers. The politically connected ranch owners ...
Style: epic, captivating, talky, atmospheric, period piece ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: immigrant, violence, cattle ranch, culture clash, prostitute, brothel, ranch, gunfight, justice, civil war, love triangle, injustice ...
Time: 19th century, year 1980, 1890s, 1870s, 1800s
Place: montana, wyoming, usa, america, harvard university ...
Is relevant ?
Did You Hear About the Morgans? (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: In New York City, an estranged couple who witness a murder are relocated to small-town Wyoming as part of a witness-protection program.
Style: romantic, light, funny, relaxing, rom com ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot: witnessing a crime, divorce, witness protection program, witness protection, adultery, crumbling marriage, starting over, love and romance, relationships, marital problem, small town, reconciliation ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
Place: wyoming, new york, usa
Is relevant ?
Straight From the Heart (2003)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Jordan Donavan, a photographer in New York, is so disappointed when after five years of going steady Edward Morgan offers her not marriage but just to move in with him, that she accepts the match-making arranged via a magazine by her female friend ...
Style: semi serious, sentimental, touching, humorous, romantic ...
Audience: date night
Plot: opposites attract, fish out of water, couples, love and romance, relationships, male female relationship, marriage proposal, love affair, romantic triangle, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love story, love triangle ...
Time: 21st century
Place: wyoming, new york, usa
Is relevant ?
 7.1
 3K
Monte Walsh (2003)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Monte Walsh and Chet Rollins are long-time cowhands, working whatever ranch work comes their way, but "nothing they can't do from a horse." Their lives are divided between months on the range and the occasional trip into town. Monte ...
Style: serious, realistic, emotional, tense, period piece ...
Plot: heroes, old west, small town, forbidden love, against the odds, righting the wronged, society, escapades, human nature, working class, wild west, modern western ...
Time: 19th century, 20th century, 1890s
Place: wyoming, usa
Is relevant ?
Johnson County War (2002)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 240 min.
TV show
Story: The three Hammett brothers, Cain (Tom Berenger), Harry (Luke Perry) and Dale (Adam Stroke) are caught in a conflict that escalates rapidly and the old farmers facing against new farmers who have settled in the green grasslands.
Style: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot: battles, manhunt, rivalry, isolation, husband wife relationship, brother brother relationship, showdown, murder, resistance, settler, fight, bandit ...
Time: 19th century
Place: wyoming
Is relevant ?
 6.7
 16K
Cat Ballou (1965)
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A woman seeking revenge for her murdered father hires a famous gunman, but he's very different from what she expects.
Style: funny, melancholic, talky, harsh, semi serious ...
Plot: revenge, murder, female protagonist, vengeance, alcoholic, redemption, ranch, justice, twists and turns, culture clash, rescue, criminal heroes ...
Time: 19th century, 1890s, 1900s, 20th century
Place: wyoming, persia
Is relevant ?
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK, China
Duration: 138 min.
Story: After an encounter with UFOs, a line worker feels undeniably drawn to an isolated area in the wilderness where something spectacular is about to happen.
Style: suspenseful, breathtaking, captivating, cerebral, atmospheric ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, adult, teen drama
Plot: ufo, alien, alien abduction, first contact, space and aliens, contact, alien contact, space, benign alien, technology, chase, airplane ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1977, future, near future
Place: indiana, wyoming, india, ohio, mongolia ...
Is relevant ?
Related movie lists
Crossfire Trail (2001)
Genre: Action, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Rafe Covington is as good as his word, and he's determined to keep his promise to a dying man that he'll look after the man's widow and Wyoming ranch. But the widow doubts the integrity of drifter Covington. And an unscrupulous land ...
Style: serious, captivating, suspenseful, tense
Plot: cowboys and indians, best friend, righting the wronged, love and romance, danger, criminal heroes, countryside, small town life, modern west, modern western, love, love interest ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1880s
Place: wyoming, virginia, usa, california
Is relevant ?
 7.3
 1K
Heartland (1979)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Disarmingly realistic in its depiction of the realities of frontier life, Heartland is a strong antidote to the cliches of traditional Westerns. This semi-documentary slice of life is based on the diaries of Elmore Randall Stewart about her days on ...
Style: historically accurate, independent film, contemplative, realistic, serious ...
Plot: farm, scenery, nature, homestead, rural setting, ranch, cattle, strong female presence, fall in love, self discovery, society, couple relations ...
Time: 1910s, year 1979, 20th century
Place: wyoming, usa
Is relevant ?
 7.0
 25K
Red Rock West (1993)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: When a promised job for Texan Michael fails to materialise in Wyoming, Mike is mistaken by Wayne to be the hitman he hired to kill his unfaithful wife, Suzanne. Mike takes full advantage of the situation, collects the money and runs. During his ...
Style: neo noir, suspenseful, sexy, atmospheric, road movie ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: small town, femme fatale, twists and turns, hitman, unemployment, danger, war injury, murder, greed, brutality, caper, gas station ...
Time: year 1993, 90s
Place: texas, wyoming, usa
Is relevant ?
 8.2
 434K
Unforgiven (1992)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: William Munny is a retired, once-ruthless killer turned gentle widower and hog farmer. To help support his two motherless children, he accepts one last bounty-hunter mission to find the men who brutalized a prostitute. Joined by his former partner ...
Style: bleak, suspenseful, tense, realistic, suspense ...
Audience: manly, adult
Plot: old west, revenge, vengeance, cowboy, redemption, gunfight, hitman, sheriff, prostitute, small town, wild west, tough heroes ...
Time: 19th century, 20th century, 90s, 1800s, year 1992 ...
Place: wyoming, kansas, america, usa
Is relevant ?
The Cokeville Miracle (2015)
Genre: Drama, Family, History, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: On May 9, 1986, a small ranching community in Wyoming experiences a divine intervention when a couple detonates a bomb inside a crowded classroom.
Style: spiritual, suspenseful, light, captivating, humorous ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: divine intervention, faith, christian, miraculous event, spirituality, little girl, little boy, loss of faith, ghost, elementary school, tragedy, evacuation ...
Time: 80s, year 1986
Place: wyoming
Is relevant ?
 4.7
 514
The Virginian (2014)
Genre: Western
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Trace Adkins (The Lincoln Lawyer), Ron Perlman (TV's "Sons of Anarchy") and Brendan Penny (Ring Of Fire) star in this gritty and riveting re-imagining of the classic Western saga. Raised by powerful cattle baron Judge Henry (Perlman), ...
Style: serious, captivating, psychological, tense, exciting ...
Plot: rivalry, old west, family relations, farm, uncover truth, danger, violent content, heroes, lone wolves, tough heroes, orphan, parents and children
Time: 19th century
Place: wyoming, usa
Is relevant ?
Related movie lists
Goodnight for Justice (2011)
Genre: Western
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 88 min.
TV show
Story: How long can you wait for justice? After being appointed Circuit Judge, John Goodnight (Perry) travels the territory dispensing justice. After returning to a town that brings back memories of his parents murders, he sees someone who looks familiar.
Style: captivating, tense, suspense, psychological, serious ...
Plot: murder, justice, lawyer, vigilantism, vengeance, judge, racism, flashback, obsession, rivalry, haunted by the past, price of justice ...
Place: wyoming
Is relevant ?
Spencer's Mountain (1963)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Clay Spencer is a hard-working man who loves his wife and large family. He is respected by his neighbors and always ready to give them a helping hand. Although not a churchgoer, he even helps a newly arrived local minister regain his flock after he ...
Style: emotional, talky, intense, humorous, touching ...
Plot: family relations, family life, family problems, family in crisis, family gatherings, couples, husband wife relationship, mountain, mother daughter relationship, father son relationship, brother brother relationship, equality ...
Time: 60s, year 1963
Place: wyoming
Is relevant ?
The Laramie Project (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: "The Laramie Project" is set in and around Laramie, Wyoming, in the aftermath of the murder of 21-year-old Matthew Shepard. To create the stage version of "The Laramie Project," the eight-member New York-based Tectonic Theatre ...
Style: thought provoking, captivating, disturbing, bleak, sincere ...
Plot: murder, gay, politics, gay bashing, sexuality, violence, gay slur, sin, hypocrisy, interview, gay interest, lgbt ...
Time: year 1998, 90s, 21st century
Place: usa, wyoming
Is relevant ?
Anatomy of a Hate Crime (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: This MTV film dramatizes the horrific hate-crime killing of 21-year-old Matthew Shepard (Cy Carter) in Wyoming. In 1998, Shepard, a gay college student, was savagely beaten by Russell Henderson (Ian Somerhalder) and Aaron McKinney (Brendan ...
Style: disturbing, emotional, serious, realistic, bleak ...
Plot: youth, murder, hate crime, life is a bitch, social decay, society, gay slur, gay, real life, violent content, injustice, gender ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: wyoming, wisconsin
Is relevant ?
 6.0
 8K
Flicka (2006)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A headstrong 16 year old Katy McLaughlin desires to work on her family's mountainside horse ranch, although her father insists she finish boarding school. Katy finds a mustang in the hills near her ranch. Katy then sets her mind to tame a ...
Style: talky, realistic, sentimental, touching, teen ...
Audience: family outing, kids, teens, girls' night, family friendly ...
Plot: horse, animal, family relations, self discovery, hopes, love and romance, parents and children, family life, animal life, introspection, siblings relations, girl horse relationship ...
Time: year 2006, 21st century
Place: usa, wyoming
Is relevant ?
Related movie lists
Brokeback Mountain (2005)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 134 min.
Story: Two modern-day cowboys meet on a shepherding job in the summer of '63, the two share a raw and powerful summer together that turns into a lifelong relationship conflicting with the lives they are supposed to live.
Style: emotional, touching, sexy, sad, melancholic ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot: gay, homosexuality, homosexual, gay romance, gay relationship, forbidden love, lgbt, love story, gays and lesbians, gay slur, gay interest, first gay sexual experience ...
Time: 60s, year 1963, year 2005, 80s, 20th century ...
Place: wyoming, usa, texas, idaho, indiana ...
Is relevant ?
 6.9
 554
Druid Peak (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A troubled teen is sent to live with his estranged father, a park ranger. During his time there, he develops an unusual affinity with and passion for the wolves in a local pack.
Style: psychological, disturbing, captivating, sad
Plot: wolf, nature, animal, teenage boy, teenager, human animal relationship, animal human communication, dangerous animal, adolescence, family problems, wild animal, teenage life ...
Place: wyoming
Is relevant ?
Meet the Deedles (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Two surfers end up as Yellowstone park rangers and have to stop a former ranger who is out for revenge.
Style: humorous, light, semi serious, buddy comedy, romantic ...
Audience: kids, girls' night
Plot: stupidity, surfing, summer camp, teenage life, wilderness, partner, friends, animal, camp, vengeance, twins, forest ...
Time: 90s, year 1998
Place: wyoming
Is relevant ?
 5.9
 2K
Flicka 2 (2010)
Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Carrie is a big-city teenager whose life is turned upside down when she moves to a horse ranch in Wyoming to live with her father. But everything changes when Carrie meets Flicka, a wild, jet-black mustang who's just as free-spirited and ...
Style: realistic, touching, sentimental, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience: family outing, girls' night, family friendly, pre-teens, kids
Plot: horse, ranch, girl horse relationship, horse ranch, teenager, wild horse, horse riding, human animal relationship, coming of age, countryside, danger, love and romance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: wyoming, usa, pittsburgh
Is relevant ?
 6.0
 350
Pioneer Woman (1973)
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story: A homesteading family in the 1867 Wyoming faces a crisis when the husband is killed and the wife must decide whether to remain or take her son and daughter back East.
Style: spaghetti western, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot: woman with a gun, youth, settler, prairie, dealing with death, heroes, starting over, fugitives, chases and races, feminism, murder, wartime life ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s, 1860s
Place: wyoming, usa, nebraska, indiana
Is relevant ?
Leaving Normal (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A female buddy story in which Meg Tilly plays a child-like 20-something who has just walked out on her abusive husband. Darly (Christine Lahti) is fleeing a life as a waitress and stripper and is on her way to Alaska to claim a home and family she ...
Style: road movie, semi serious, realistic, touching, sentimental ...
Plot: road trip, friendship, female protagonist, buddy, journey, waking up, girl power, truck driver, waitress, female friendship, couple relations, human nature ...
Time: year 1992, 90s
Place: alaska, wyoming, portland oregon, usa, canada
Is relevant ?
Yellowstone Romance (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story: As maid of honor, Olivia plans her best friend’s bridal shower at a ranch where handsome rancher Travis shows her that life, and love, could be great on a ranch.
Style: romantic, feel good, thrilling, semi serious, psychological ...
Plot: ranch, best friend, holiday romance, engagement, male female relationship, satire, romantic relationship, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, relationships, love affair, love and romance, love interest ...
Place: wyoming, new york
Is relevant ?
Watch Trailers From This List to Choose a Movie