Movies and TV shows set in salt lake city utah

The list contains the best, new and most relevant movies set in salt lake city utah ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, psychological, suspenseful, touching and independent film films and TV shows about / with family relations, friendship, father son relationship, husband wife relationship, death, love, flashback, blood, telephone call and kiss plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres shot in USA, Canada, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as salt lake city utah: Carnival of Souls (1962), Resident Evil: Extinction (2007), The Elizabeth Smart Story (2003), Getting There (2002), Christmas Made to Order (2018), The Assistant (2019), The Singles Ward (2002), Stranger Than Fiction (2000), The Falls: Covenant of Grace (2016), Joe Bell (2020).

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Carnival of Souls (1962)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story: Mary Henry ends up the sole survivor of a fatal car accident through mysterious circumstances. Trying to put the incident behind her, she moves to Utah and takes a job as a church organist. But her fresh start is interrupted by visions of a fiendish ...
Style: atmospheric, cult classic, gothic, surreal, independent film ...
Plot: carnival, ghost, female protagonist, supernatural, zombie, afterlife, amusement park, car accident, surrealism, spirit, macabre, visceral ...
Time: year 1962
Place: salt lake city utah, utah, usa
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Resident Evil: Extinction (2007)
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Germany, USA, Mexico, Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Years after the Racoon City catastrophe, survivors travel across the Nevada desert, hoping to make it to Alaska. Alice joins the caravan and their fight against hordes of zombies and the evil Umbrella Corp.
Style: suspenseful, scary, entertaining, exciting, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, chick flick, adult
Plot: zombie, apocalypse, monster, supernatural, heroine, zombie apocalypse, infected, survival, post apocalypse, danger, genetically altered, experiment ...
Time: future, year 2007, 2000s
Place: las vegas, salt lake city utah, utah
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The Elizabeth Smart Story (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Based on the true story of the kidnapping of teenager Elizabeth Smart,in June 2002, by two people, in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
Style: suspense, thought provoking, psychological, rough, suspenseful
Plot: kidnapping, child abuse, true crime, missing child, child rape, religious cult, kidnapped, hostage, false identity, teenage girl, survival, escape ...
Place: utah, nova scotia, salt lake city utah
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Getting There (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: This film is about Mary-Kate and Ashley turning sixteen years old and going on a road trip without parents. They are headed to Utah for the Olympics and arrive late. There are also scenes in Las Vegas. The twins do not drive alone in this movie, ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, road movie, entertaining, sweet
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, pre-teens
Plot: twins, skiing, on the road, teenage life, love and romance, contests and competitions, teenage love, high school life, high school, disorder, friends, youth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: utah, usa, california, salt lake city utah, las vegas ...
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Christmas Made to Order (2018)
Genre: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: When architect and Christmas amateur Steven finds himself hosting his family for Christmas, he recruits holiday coordinator Gretchen to bring holiday joy to his home. Gretchen’s expert Christmas spirit brings Steven’s family together, but ...
Style: romantic, sweet, feel good, light, funny ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: christmas, holiday, christmas romance, designer, love and romance, transformation, opposites attract, fall in love, happy ending, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, unlikely couple, lifestyle change ...
Place: salt lake city utah
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 6.4
 26K
The Assistant (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A searing look at a day in the life of an assistant to a powerful executive. As Jane follows her daily routine, she grows increasingly aware of the insidious abuse that threatens every aspect of her position.
Style: bleak, depressing, realistic, suspense, psychological thriller ...
Plot: job, employer employee relationship, routine, obnoxious boss, abuse, corporate world, feminist, office, women, workplace problem, patience, boss and employee ...
Time: 2010s
Place: greenwich village manhattan new york city, salt lake city utah, beverly hills, london, connecticut ...
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The Singles Ward (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: When Jonathan Jordan gets divorced he's thrust back into the world of being a single Mormon - a world who's ultimate goal is eternal marriage. Struggling to fit in, Jonathan decides to stop going to church only to be pursued by the members ...
Style: semi serious, touching, humorous, entertaining, romantic ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: church, lifestyle, family relations, couples, love and romance, religions or cults, mormon, divorce, love affair, male female relationship, love story, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: salt lake city utah, utah
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Stranger Than Fiction (2000)
Genre: Thriller, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Lives spiral out of control when four friends cover up a murder.
Style: psychological, semi serious, suspenseful, humorous, black comedy ...
Plot: murder, friendship, who to trust, betrayal, buddies, homeless, car crash, best friend, female corpse, friends, twists and turns, small town ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: utah, usa, salt lake city utah
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The Falls: Covenant of Grace (2016)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: This third and final film of the Falls trilogy revisits former Mormon missionaries Chris and RJ, six years after they first fell in love and were disciplined for it, as they formulate a plan to be together at long last.
Style: sexy, suspenseful, psychological, lgbt cinema, light ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, gay husband, gay wedding, gay interest, love, homosexuality, lgbtq, gay love, religion, church, love and romance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, portland oregon, salt lake city utah, oregon, utah
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 6.2
 9K
Joe Bell (2020)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: The true story of a small town, working class father who embarks on a solo walk across the U.S. to crusade against bullying after his son is tormented in high school for being gay.
Style: melancholic, touching, talky, psychological, thought provoking ...
Plot: father son relationship, gay son, flash forward, high school, cheerleader, high school student, american football, gay, gay teenager, friendship, teenage love, high school football ...
Time: year 2013, 21st century
Place: usa, colorado, idaho, salt lake city utah, new york
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This Boy's Life (1993)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: In 1957, a son and mother flee the East and an abusive boyfriend to find a new life, and end up in Seattle, where the mother meets a polite garage mechanic. The boy continually gets into trouble by hanging out with the wrong crowd. The mom marries ...
Style: depressing, realistic, emotional, touching, epic ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, child abuse, small town, single parent, domestic violence, dysfunctional family, biopic, childhood, husband wife relationship, teenager, abusive stepfather, friendship ...
Time: 1950s, 50s, year 1993, 90s, 20th century ...
Place: seattle, washington state, salt lake city utah, washington d.c., usa
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September Dawn (2007)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, Western
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A story set against the Mountain Meadows Massacre, the film is based upon the tragedy which occurred in Utah in 1857. A group of settlers, traveling on wagons, was murdered by the native Mormons. All together, about 140 souls of men, women and ...
Style: serious, psychological, suspenseful, tense, realistic ...
Plot: mormon, conspiracy, murder, fall in love, vengeance, old west, tragic hero, forbidden love, terrorism, young lovers, love and romance, couple relations ...
Time: 19th century, year 2007, 1870s, 1850s, 1840s
Place: utah, salt lake city utah, arkansas, usa
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 7.4
 15K
Taking Chance (2009)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story: Lt. Col. Michael Strobl, a volunteer military escort accompanies the body of Lance Cpl. Chance Phelps to his hometown in Wyoming.
Style: realistic, touching, sincere, sentimental, sad ...
Plot: war, military, iraq war, soldier, marines, self discovery, ritual, military life, ethnic conflict, unlikely friendships, father son relationship, patriotism ...
Time: 20th century, year 2004, 21st century
Place: iraq, wyoming, afghanistan, baghdad iraq, usa ...
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Urban Legends: Bloody Mary (2005)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: On a prom-night dare, a trio of high school friends chant an incantation, unleashing an evil spirit from the past with deadly consequences.
Style: slasher, suspense, scary, serious, rough ...
Audience: teens
Plot: urban legend, afterlife, spirit, ghost, supernatural, murder, danger, haunted by the past, profanity, legends and myths, supernatural ability, vengeance ...
Time: 2000s, year 1969, 60s, 21st century
Place: utah, salt lake city utah
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The Fundamentals of Caring (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Having suffered a tragedy, Ben becomes a caregiver to earn money. His first client, Trevor, is a hilarious 18-year-old with muscular dystrophy. One paralyzed emotionally, one paralyzed physically, Ben and Trevor hit the road on a trip into the ...
Style: road movie, depressing, sentimental, compassionate, touching ...
Audience: teens, girls' night
Plot: road trip, disability, abandoned by father, coming of age, writers, friendship, tragedy, justice, loneliness, depression, redemption, mentor ...
Place: seattle, salt lake city utah, idaho, utah, montana
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Beyond the Blackboard (2011)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Inspired by a true story, “Beyond the Blackboard” is about a 24-year-old first-time teacher who makes a difference in the lives of the homeless children she teaches in a shelter’s makeshift classroom. Set in 1987 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, ...
Style: uplifting, touching, serious, emotional, inspirational ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: teacher, homeless, youth, changing lives, power relations, hopes, society, idealism, teachers and students, school, children, teaching ...
Time: 80s, year 1987
Place: new mexico, usa, salt lake city utah
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Two Brothers in Trinity (1972)
Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: Italy
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Charming, blithely amoral devil-may-care rogue Jesse Smith and peaceful, devout straight-arrow Mormon Lester O'Hara are estranged half brothers who are reunited after receiving a sizable inheritance from their deceased mother. The wildly ...
Style: spaghetti western, euro western
Plot: brothel, mormon, cowboy, gold rush, gambler, fat woman, branding iron, redemption, acquittal, bank robbery, hanged man, stolen money ...
Place: salt lake city utah
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The Sand Pebbles (1966)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 182 min.
Story: Engineer Jake Holman arrives aboard the gunboat U.S.S. San Pablo, assigned to patrol a tributary of the Yangtze in the middle of exploited and revolution-torn 1926 China. His iconoclasm and cynical nature soon clash with the "rice-bowl" ...
Style: epic, realistic, tense, cult classic, depressing ...
Plot: military, warship, u.s. navy, friendship, navy, gunfight, last stand, combat, international law, great war, revolution, civil war ...
Time: 1920s, 20th century
Place: china, shanghai, asia, utah, new jersey ...
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Pirates of the Great Salt Lake (2006)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Kirk Redgrave and Flint Weaver met only three weeks ago. But that hasn't stopped them from becoming the greatest pirates the Great Salt Lake has ever known. Still, pirate life isn't all that it's cracked up to be. For Kirk, it's ...
Style: humorous, feel good, captivating, light, entertaining ...
Plot: pirate, adventurer, treasure hunt, friends, danger, escapades, rebelliousness, rivalry, buddies, curses spells and rituals, ocean, tough heroes ...
Time: 21st century
Place: utah, salt lake city utah
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 6.2
 42K
Prime (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A career driven professional from Manhattan is wooed by a young painter, who also happens to be the son of her psychoanalyst.
Style: sweet, light, sentimental, romantic, funny ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, girls' night, teens, teen drama
Plot: older woman younger man relationship, age difference, relationships, love story, therapy, artist, love, older woman younger man sex, family relations, life philosophy, doctors and patients, love of one's life ...
Time: year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, salt lake city utah, panama, warsaw poland ...
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 5.6
 47K
MacGruber (2010)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Ex-special operative MacGruber (Forte) is called back into action to take down his archenemy, Dieter Von Cunth (Kilmer), who's in possession of a nuclear warhead and bent on destroying Washington, DC.
Style: parody, funny, spoof, humorous, satirical ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: sarcasm, undercover, hotshot hero, danger, escapades, chases and races, uninhibited rivalry, stoner, dumb, satire, secret agent, good versus evil ...
Time: year 2010, 21st century
Place: washington d.c., virginia, usa, las vegas, salt lake city utah ...
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 7.0
 19K
Latter Days (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Aaron Davis (Steve Sandvoss) and Christian Markelli (Wes Ramsey) are the two most opposite people in the world. Aaron is a young Elder (or a Mormon missionary) who wants to do his family proud and is quite passionate about his religion and film. ...
Style: romantic, sentimental, touching, controversial, sexy ...
Plot: gay, homosexuality, homosexual, sex, first gay sexual experience, depression, gay interest, gay love, gay teenager, relationships, one night stand, couples ...
Time: year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, utah, idaho, usa, salt lake city utah ...
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 6.6
 75K
Joy Ride (2001)
Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Three young people on a road trip from Colorado to New Jersey talk to a trucker on their CB radio, then must escape when he turns out to be a psychotic killer.
Style: suspense, scary, psychological, suspenseful, psychological thriller ...
Audience: teens, date night, adult
Plot: kidnapping, prank, truck driver, road trip, psychopath, truck, paranoia, twists and turns, brother brother relationship, revenge, murder, on the road ...
Time: year 2001, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new jersey, salt lake city utah, wyoming, san diego california, colorado ...
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Chilly Scenes of Winter (1979)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A man falls for a separated woman but can't cope when she returns to her husband.
Style: romantic, realistic, semi serious, sentimental, touching ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: love triangle, obsession, master and servant, love, extramarital affair, stepdaughter, winter, mother son relationship, parents and children, midlife crisis, unfulfilled love, looking for love ...
Time: year 1979, 60s, 70s
Place: usa, salt lake city utah, utah
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The Dream Catcher (1999)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: An abandoned teen jumps a freight train in Philadelphia intent on reaching his uncle in Indiana, whom he believes will help him with financial difficulties including a pregnant girlfriend. In Ohio, he meets another homeless teen, who escorts him to ...
Style: independent film, contemplative, serious, realistic, sincere ...
Plot: coming of age, family relations, friendship, on the road, father, prison, friends, self discovery, social misfits, youth, society, hopes ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: indiana, usa, oklahoma, salt lake city utah, philadelphia ...
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 5.2
 12K
Desperation (2006)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story: When a sheriff arrests a writer, a family, a couple, and a hitchiker and throws them in a jail cell in the deserted town of Desperation, they must fight for their lives.
Style: scary, serious, suspenseful, rough, suspense ...
Plot: survival, small town, sheriff, curses spells and rituals, stephen king, supernatural, mine, murder, mysterious character, danger, family in danger, gory ...
Time: 21st century
Place: nevada, usa, vietnam, salt lake city utah
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Death to Smoochy (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, USA, Canada
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Tells the story of Rainbow Randolph, the corrupt, costumed star of a popular children's TV show, who is fired over a bribery scandal and replaced by squeaky-clean Smoochy, a puffy fuscia rhinoceros. As Smoochy catapults to fame - scoring hit ...
Style: dark comedy, humorous, black comedy, funny, harsh ...
Plot: children, vengeance, television, depression, showbiz, revenge, performer's life, rivalry, artists and showbiz, success, disorder, delusion ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, new york, salt lake city utah, coney island brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city ...
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The Christmas Box (1995)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A ski-shop owner reluctantly moves himself, his wife, and his daughter in to an estate as live-in help for an elderly widow. While struggling to balance his career and family life, he has recurring dreams about an angel.
Style: feel good, sentimental, touching, semi serious
Audience: girls' night, family outing
Plot: christmas, holiday, dream, family life, snow, xmas, living together, angel, workaholic, mansion, old woman, recurring dream ...
Place: utah, salt lake city utah
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The Avenging Angel (1995)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Miles Utley is a professional Mormon commando/bodyguard who is forced to turn renegade and to question his faith as he investigates a scandal involving assassination and land speculation.
Style: serious, realistic, exciting, captivating, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: assassination attempt, religion, latter day saints, conspiracy, polygamy, journal, church, religions or cults, vengeance, state affairs, rivalry, society ...
Time: 19th century, 1870s
Place: utah, salt lake city utah
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 5.7
 12K
Airport 1975 (1974)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: "Something hit us...the crew is dead...help us, please, please help us!" With these terrifying words, 22 of Hollywood's greatest stars find themselves aboard a pilotless jumbo jet headed on a collision course with destruction in the ...
Style: suspenseful, psychotronic, suspense, psychological, fast ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: airplane, disaster, airport, survival, aviation, catastrophe, natural disaster, flying, stewardess, airplane accident, death, police officer ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1975
Place: los angeles, salt lake city utah, usa, washington d.c.
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