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Movies and TV shows set in nebraska
The list contains the best, new and most relevant movies set in nebraska ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, weird, serious, melancholic, suspense and humorous films and TV shows about / with mentor, storytelling, dialogue, redemption, brutality, runaway, catastrophe, small town, pornography and dysfunctional family plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Thriller genres shot in USA, Canada, Japan and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as nebraska: Peacock (2010), Nebraska (2013), Terms of Endearment (1983), Boys Don't Cry (1999), Election (1999), A Simple Wish (1997), Caddyshack (1980), The Indian Runner (1991), The Substitute Wife (1994), Night of the Twisters (1996).
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13K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A man with a split personality fools his small town into believing his two alter egos are man and wife, although a struggling young mother holds the key to his past and sparks a battle between the personalities.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, thought provoking, psychological, intense ...
Plot:
mental illness, split personality, faked death, dissociative identity disorder, small town, mental disorder, double life, single mother, secret life, guilt, small town life, social relations ...
Time:
60s, 50s, 20th century, 1950s
Place:
nebraska, usa, texas
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
When a girl named Jamie repeatedly tries to contact her grandmother to no avail, she investigates by going to her apartment in Omaha Nebraska - only to find that it's been condemned and overtaken by possessed children. As she digs deeper, she ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, serious, slasher, captivating ...
Plot:
stephen king, zombie, ghost, police detective, small town, creepy child, serial killer, good versus evil, supernatural, religions or cults, escapades, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
nebraska, usa
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128K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
An aging, booze-addled father takes a trip from Montana to Nebraska with his estranged son in order to claim what he believes to be a million-dollar sweepstakes prize.
Style:
road movie, black and white, depressing, humorous, meditative ...
Plot:
road trip, small town, dysfunctional family, aging, elderly, confronting the past, on the road, relationships, old age, obsessive quest, character study, honest ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
montana, nebraska, usa, california
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Aurora and Emma are mother and daughter who march to different drummers. Beginning with Emma's marriage, Aurora shows how difficult and loving she can be. The movie covers several years of their lives as each finds different reasons to go on ...
Style:
sentimental, sad, heartbreaking, tear jerker, compassionate ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
cancer, love, dysfunctional family, friendship, death, adultery, husband wife relationship, single mother, mother daughter relationship, grief, hospital, death of daughter ...
Time:
1950s, 1940s, 20th century, year 1983, 70s ...
Place:
nebraska, houston texas, texas, new york, louisiana ...
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Female born, Teena Brandon adopts his male identity of Brandon Teena and attempts to find himself and love in Nebraska.
Style:
touching, independent film, emotional, sexy, depressing ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
transgender, lesbian, gender, transsexual, rape, lgbtq, tragic love, lesbian relationship, lesbian love, small town, gay, love ...
Time:
year 1999, 90s, 20th century
Place:
nebraska, texas, usa
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111K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A high school teacher's personal life becomes complicated as he works with students during the school elections.
Style:
black comedy, dark comedy, political, humorous, witty ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, teen drama
Plot:
teacher, high school, politics, election, teenage girl, satire, jealousy, school, coming of age, campaign, adultery, infidelity ...
Time:
90s, year 1999, y2k, 20th century
Place:
nebraska, washington d.c., manhattan new york city, new york, usa ...
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Murray is a male fairy godmother, and he is trying to help 8-year-old Anabel to fulfil her "simple wish" - that her father Oliver, who is a cab driver, would win the leading role in a Broadway musical. Unfortunately, Murray's magic ...
Style:
fairy tale, feel good, funny, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
magic, fairy godmother, magic wand, good versus evil, villainess, race against time, witch, imaginary, rivalry, supernatural ability, down on your luck, supernatural ...
Time:
year 1997
Place:
nebraska, manhattan new york city, oklahoma city, new york, usa
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134K
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
At an exclusive country club, an ambitious young caddy, Danny Noonan, eagerly pursues a caddy scholarship in hopes of attending college and, in turn, avoiding a job at the lumber yard. In order to succeed, he must first win the favour of the elitist ...
Style:
funny, slapstick, parody, light, intense ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, adult
Plot:
golf, country club, female nudity, nude girl, teenage girl, nudity, public nudity, swimming pool, pregnant teenager, bare breasts, peeping tom, passionate kiss ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 70s
Place:
nebraska, usa, seattle, canada
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
An intensely sad film about two brothers who cannot overcome their opposite perceptions of life. One brother sees and feels bad in everyone and everything, subsequently he is violent, antisocial and unable to appreciate or enjoy the good things ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, rough, serious, independent film ...
Plot:
small town, welder, pregnancy, vietnam war, brothers, melancholy, murder, family problems, suicide, violence, blood, childhood ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 60s, year 1991
Place:
nebraska, usa, america, ohio, vietnam ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In Nebraska, in pioneer days, a woman who knows she is going to die asks a prostitute to replace her with her husband and four children in order to make it possible for them to keep their family farm.
Style:
touching, sincere, emotional, sentimental, serious ...
Plot:
bigamy, love triangle, family relations, self discovery, polygamy, open relationship, american history, prostitute, couples, tragic hero, aging, life is a bitch ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s
Place:
nebraska
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Genre: Action, Drama, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A Nebraska farm community is plagued by a storm with a series of tornadoes acting against normal patterns...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful
Audience:
kids
Plot:
disaster, natural disaster, tornado, bad weather, weather, youth, old lady, apocalypse, climate, family relations, small town life, small town ...
Time:
90s
Place:
nebraska, usa
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A boy preacher named Isaac goes to a town in Nebraska called Gatlin and gets all the children to murder every adult in town.
Style:
creepy, slasher, demonic, cult horror, suspenseful ...
Audience:
kids, teens, adult
Plot:
violence, folk horror, killer child, small town, religion, creepy child, stephen king, children, blood, murder, devil, isolation ...
Time:
80s
Place:
nebraska, usa, iowa
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In 1958 Nebraska 19 year old garbageman Charles Starkweather goes on a murder spree with his 14 year old girlfriend Caril Ann Fugate killing 11 people in three months, introducing America to spree killing.
Style:
suspenseful, rough, serious, realistic, road movie ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, murder, lovers on the run, psychopath, police investigation, mind game, teenage life, gory, law enforcement, violence spree, chase, true crime ...
Place:
nebraska, usa, wyoming
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: France, USA, UK, Mexico, Canada, Brazil, Argentina
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Dean and Sal are the portrait of the Beat Generation. Their search for "It" results in a fast paced, energetic roller coaster ride with highs and lows throughout the U.S.
Style:
road movie, sexy, inspirational, period piece, independent film ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
road trip, on the road, writers, beat generation, homoeroticism, nude, infidelity, homoerotic friendship, bisexual, travelogue, beatnik, poetry ...
Time:
1940s, year 1948, 1950s, year 1951, year 1949 ...
Place:
nebraska, arizona, california, usa, virginia ...
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138K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
66-year-old Warren Schmidt is a retired insurance salesman and has no particular plans other than to drive around in the motor home his wife insisted they buy. He's not altogether bitter, but not happy either, as everything his wife does annoys ...
Style:
road movie, dark comedy, depressing, sad, philosophical ...
Plot:
road trip, wedding, existentialism, parenthood, elderly, letter, salesman, fish out of water, dysfunctional family, self discovery, family life, life changing ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
nebraska, colorado, denver colorado, kansas, california
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A girl called Hannah goes back to her hometown (Gatlin) to find out who her mother but on the way she picks up a strange man who fore-shadows her life with a passage from the bible. When she gets there she wakes up Isaac from a coma he has been in ...
Style:
slasher, saga, classic horror, pastoral, cult horror ...
Plot:
stephen king, evil child, killer child, teenager, suicide, machete, coma, religion, creepy kid, occult, faith, bad kids ...
Time:
90s
Place:
nebraska, usa
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
86-year-old Irving Zisman is on a journey across America with the most unlikely companion: his 8 year-old grandson, Billy.
Style:
humorous, black comedy, dark comedy, stylized, funny ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
road trip, on the road, male nudity, jackass, dirty old man, prank, stupidity, funeral, goofy hero, disorder, elderly, irresponsible ...
Time:
year 2013, 21st century
Place:
north carolina, nebraska, tennessee, america, usa ...
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Two young Gatlin residents are orphaned after the younger brother kills their father. The terror of Gatlin goes urban when the two boys are placed in the custody of two foster parents in the city. The younger brother takes some corn seeds along for ...
Style:
scary, slasher, cult classic, saga, classic horror ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
killer child, stephen king, scarecrow, supernatural, creepy child, killer scarecrow, evil child, religion, telekinesis, vengeance, youth, gory ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
nebraska, chicago, usa
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Arriving in Gatlin, Nebraska, a news-reporter and his son get wind of a story about the youth in the town murdering their parents finds that a series of brutal murders are revealed to be worshipers of the corn-stalks and try to stop them before they ...
Style:
slasher, cult classic, saga, scary, classic horror ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
stephen king, children, supernatural, creepy child, cornfield, killer child, occult, evil child, reporter, investigation, gory, murder ...
Time:
90s
Place:
nebraska, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
An overenthusiastic high-school maintenance man attempts to lead an unlikely group of misfits to the Nebraska state tennis championship in Balls Out: The Gary Houseman Story? director Danny Leiner's underdog sports comedy. American Pie star ...
Style:
sexy, funny, humorous, entertaining, not serious ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
tennis, teacher, mentor, stereotypes, athlete and trainer, ambition, rivalry, youth, misfit, lifestyle, school, underdog ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
nebraska, usa, california
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
While Al Capone works his way up from top-dog street gang thug captain in Chicago to U.S. crime king, his brother Jimmy Capone chooses the righteous way, actually with father's blessing, leaving Illinois for small town Harmony in Nebraska, ...
Style:
tension, suspense, period drama
Audience:
adult
Plot:
organized crime, gangster, prohibition, lawman, bootlegging, mafia, justice, small town, identity, law enforcement, redemption, biopic ...
Time:
1920s, 1930s
Place:
nebraska, chicago
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22K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A pistol-packing teen meets an unstable rebel and a cocaine-snorting drifter as she hitchhikes her way out West.
Style:
touching, realistic, independent film, semi serious, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
teenage girl, hitchhiker, teenage runaway, alcoholic, on the road, self discovery, teenage life, friendship, youth, lolita, nymphet, adolescence vs adulthood ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 21st century
Place:
nebraska, oklahoma, usa, california
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Heaven is for Real recounts the true story of a small-town father who must find the courage and conviction to share his son's extraordinary, life-changing experience with the world. Four-year-old Colton shares the details of his amazing journey ...
Style:
christian film, touching, emotional, inspirational, sentimental ...
Audience:
family outing, teens
Plot:
faith, afterlife, christianity, jesus, heaven, religion, near death experience, happy ending, god, small town, child illness, pastor ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
nebraska, usa, lithuania
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2K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
An inspirational tale about the relationship between two Sioux Indian brothers living on the Pine Ridge Indian reservation.
Style:
rough, serious, realistic, gloomy, contemplative ...
Plot:
native american reservation, brother brother relationship, vigilantism, native american, american football, family relations, arson, vandalism, life is a bitch, homecoming, human nature, social relations ...
Time:
year 2002
Place:
nebraska, montana, idaho, usa, asia ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The interlaced stories of several characters in a small town united by their use of CB (citizen's band) radio.
Style:
cult classic, humorous, independent film, offbeat, realistic ...
Plot:
small town, radio, vigilantism, trucker, bigamy, truck driver, couples, family relations, social relations, artists and showbiz, couple relations, media ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 80s
Place:
nebraska, usa, tokyo, california
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A story about a mostly normal young man who makes the most out of fitting in when he obviously doesn't.
Style:
semi serious, sincere, realistic, humorous, captivating ...
Plot:
small town, family problems, fish out of water, small town life, hopes, social relations, sport team, working class, teenage life, dysfunctional family, youth, introspection ...
Place:
nebraska, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Three New York drag queens on their way to Hollywood for a beauty pageant get stranded in a small Midwestern town for the entire weekend when their car breaks down. While waiting for parts for their Cadillac convertible, the flamboyant trio shows ...
Style:
road movie, cult classic, sexy, sweet, cute ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot:
gay, transvestism, gender bending, drag queen, lgbtq, friendship, small town, cross dressing, gender, glbt, on the road, gay interest ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
nebraska, usa, new york, london, california ...
Is relevant?
41K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
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Story:
The human race is wiped out by a government invented super flu. The remaining survivors take sides in the forces of good and evil. A mysterious old woman who is a servant of God and a powerful and deadly man who might be the devil himself. A gas ...
Style:
scary, apocalyptic, satanic, suspense, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
apocalypse, virus, disaster, end of the world, stephen king, post apocalypse, pandemic, supernatural, plague, good versus evil, cursed object, deadly virus ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
las vegas, maine, nebraska, usa, oregon ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, Canada, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
An FBI agent tracks a serial killer with the help of three of his would-be victims - all of whom have wildly different stories to tell.
Style:
suspenseful, stylized, rough, detective, slasher ...
Plot:
twists and turns, police station, police corruption, sadism, hidden identity, serial killer, mass murder, dishonesty, whodunit, police, dirty cop, characters killed one by one ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
nebraska, new mexico, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Taken aback by his mother's wedding announcement, a young man returns home in an effort to stop her from marrying his old high school gym teacher, a man who made high school hell for generations of students.
Style:
funny, humorous, teen, slapstick, light ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
teacher, vengeance, writers, transformation, single mother, uninhibited rivalry, haunted by the past, parents and children, teachers and students, rivalry, family relations, humiliation ...
Time:
2000s, 90s
Place:
nebraska, usa
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