MN-Made Films

Feature films shot in Minnesota range from low-budget indies to studio blockbusters. From the film that launched an entire genre to cult classics, you might be surprised to find some of your favorite films were made in Minnesota.

Year Title Directed by Production company
1970 Airport George Seaton Universal Pictures
1970 The Emigrants Jan Troell Svensk Filmindustri
1972 It Ain't Easy Maury Hurley  
1972 You'll Like My Mother Lamont Johnson Bing Crosby Productions
1972 The Heartbreak Kid Elaine May Palomar Pictures Corp.
1974 The Wrestler James A. Westman Entertainment Ventures
1975 Slaughterhouse Five George Roy Hill Universal Pictures
1976 Loose Ends David Burton Morris & Victoria Wozniak American Eagle
1978 Ice Castles Donal Wrye International Cinemedia Center
1979 Spirit of the Wind Ralph Liddle Raven Pictures

 

Year Title Directed by Production company
1980 Foolin' Around Richard T. Heffron 20th Century Fox
1981 Take This Job and Shove It Gus Trikonis Avco Embassy Pictures/Cinema Group Ventures
1982 The Personals Peter Markle MPI/Markle Productions
1983 Purple Haze David Burton Morris Purple Haze Films
1984 Purple Rain Albert Magnoli Purple Films/Warner Brothers Pictures
1984 Wildrose John Hanson Ely Lake Films
1985 That Was Then...This Is Now Christopher Cain Media Ventures/Paramount Pictures
1986 Youngblood Peter Markle MGM/UA Entertainment Company
1987 Now I Lay Me Miroslav Janek Miroslav Janek
1987 Patti Rocks David Burton Morris FilmDallas Pictures
1987 Rachel River Sandy Smolan American Playhouse
1987 Sign o' the Times Prince Paisley Park Films/Cineplex-Odeon Films
1988 Far North Sam Shepard Circle JS Productions/Nelson Entertainment
1989 Catch Me if You Can Stephen Sommers Management Company Entertainment Group
1989 The Comeback Jerrold Freedman CBS Entertainment

 

Year Title Directed by Production company
1990 American Dream Barbara Kopple Cabin Creek/Prestige
1990 Graffiti Bridge Prince Paisley Park/Warner Brothers
1990 Hometown Boy Makes Good David Burton Morris HBO
1990 Old Explorers William Pohlad River Road Productions
1990 The Stranger Within Tom Holland

ABC TV/Goodman-Rosen Productions/New World Television, Paulette Breen Productions

 

1990 Voices Within: The Lives of Truddi Chase Lamont Johnson ItzBinso Long Productions, New World Television
1991 Drop Dead Fred Ate De Jong Working Title Films/New Line Cinema
1991 Lucky Day Donald Wrye Hearst Entertainment/CBS TV
1991 Resident Alien John Gaspard Granite Productions
1992 Bound & Gagged: A Love Story Daniel B. Appleby Cinescope Productions/Northern Arts
1992 Crossing the Bridge Mike Binder Outlaw Productions/Touchstone Pictures
1992 Equinox Alan Rudolph Rain City Productions
1992 The Keys Richard Compton Universal TV/NBC
1992 The Mighty Ducks Stephen Herek Walt Disney Pictures/Buena Vista Pictures
1992 The Usual Eric Tretbar Periferia Films
1993 Grumpy Old Men Donald Petrie Warner Brothers Pictures
1993 Iron Will Charles Haid Walt Disney Pictures
1993 Laurel Avenue Carl Franklin HBO Pictures
1993 Little Big League Andrew Scheinman Castle Rock Entertainment
1993 The Good Son Joseph Ruben 20th Century Fox
1993 Trauma Dario Argento ADC Films
1993 Twenty Bucks Keva Rosenfeld Big Tomorrow Prods., IRS Releasing
1993 Untamed Heart Tony Bill MGM
1994 D2: The Mighty Ducks Sam Weisman Avnet/Kerner Company, Walter Disney Pictures, Buena Vista Pictures
1994 Embrace of the Vampire Anne Goursaud Ministry of Film, General Media Entertainment, New Line Cinema
1994 She Led Two Lives Bill Corcoran Helios Productions, World International Network
1994 The Cure Peter Horton Island World, Universal Pictures
1994 With Honors Alek Keshishian Spring Creek Productions, Warner Brothers Pictures
1994 World and Time Enough Eric Mueller 1 in 10 Films, Stand Releasing

 

Year Title Directed by Production company
1995 ...And The Earth Did Not Swallow Him Severo Perez American Playhouse, Tierra Productions
1995 Angus Patrick Read Johnson Atlas Entertainment, Turner Pictures, New Line Cinema
1995 Beyond Bob John Gaspard Granite Productions
1995 D3: The Mighty Ducks Robert Lieberman Avnet/Kerner Company/Walt Disney Pictures
1995 Grumpier Old Men Howard Deutch Warner Bros. / Lancaster Gate
1995 In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice Dick Lowry Patchett-Kaufman Entertainment
1995 Mallrats Kevin Smith Alphaville Films, Universal Pictures/ Gramercy Pictures
1996 Beautiful Girls Ted Demme Miramax Films
1996 Cafe Donna Larry LaVerk Treehouse Films
1996 Fargo Joel Coen Ethan Coen
1996 Feeling Minnesota Steven Baigelman Jersey Films / Fine Line Cinema
1996 Full Moon Rising John Erick Dowdle Moondog Productions
1996 Jingle All The Way Brian Levant New Line Cinema
1996 Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie Jim Mallon Best Brains Inc., Gramercy Pictures
1996 Snow Eric Tretbar Winter Light Films
1996 Street Gun Travis Milloy Nu Image Films, Visionary Productions
1997 Criminals Jeff Butcher Criminal Pictures
1998 A Chance of Snow Tony Bill Hearst Entertainment, Orly Adelson Productions, Lifetime Television
1998 A Simple Plan Sam Raimi Mutual Film Corporation/Paramount
1998 Funkytown Steven Greenberg Drummer Boy Pictures
1998 Homo Heights Sara Moore Lehmann-Moore Productions
1998 Major League: Back to the Minors John Warren Morgan Creek Productions
1998 Overnight Delivery Jason Bloom Caravan Pictures, Motion Picture Corp of America/New Line Cinema
1998 The Naked Man J. Todd Anderson Naked Man Productions/October Films
1998 The Very Thought of You Nick Hamm Banshee/Channel Four Films
1998 With or Without You Wendell Jon Anderson Double U Productions/Mount Curve Productions/Wardenclyffe Entertainment
1999 Dill Scallion Jordan Brady Brady Oil Entertainment/Conspiracy Entertainment, Pedestrian Films
1999 Drop Dead Gorgeous Michael Patrick Jann Capella International, New Line Cinema
1999 Go To Hell Michael J. Heagle Carschool Film-o-Rama, Troma Entertainment
1999 Last Seen Eva llona Brzeski Apple Valley Pics
1999 Los Enchiladas Mitch Hedberg Expand Productions
1999 Mulligan Tim VandeSteeg Vandy Productions
1999 Pushing Tin Mike Newell Linson Films, 3 Miles Apart Productions, Ltd/ Fox

 

Year Title Directed by Production company
2000 Chasing Indigo Carol Brook-Marino Rollerloon Productions
2000 Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks Craig Rice Cartouche Entertainment, Chamba Mediaworks, HBO Films
2000 Here on Earth Mark Piznarski Friendly Productions / Fox 2000
2000 Peter John Swon Reel Cinema Entertainment
2000 The Hymen's Parable Jon Springer Cricket Films
2000 Uprising: Revolution from the Roots Kevin Zinniel Guerrilla Squad Productions
2001 Bill's Gun Shop Dean Hyers Dangerous Films
2001 Great Lakes James Byrne Friction Films
2001 Herman USA Bill Semans St. Anthony Films LCC
2001 Jerome's Razor John Swon Reel Cinema Entertainment
2001 Joe Somebody John Pasquin 20th Century Fox
2001 Sugar and Spice Francine McDougall New Line Cinema
2001 Visions of a Misfit Kevin Zinniel Guerrilla Squad Productions
2001 Vixen Highway John Ervin Berlin Productions
2002 How to Kill a Mockingbird Joe Sweet Producxtion
2003 This Obedience Jamie Lee & Dawn Mikkelson Aquariesmedia
2003 No Time for Cold Feet Trent Tooley & Jackie Garrie Not Another Hollywood Film
2004 Detective Fiction Patrick Coyle Farnam St. Ltd.
2004 New World Symphony Charles Bowe Backdrop Productions
2004 The Last Word Tim McCusker Firelight Films
2004 Vernie David Tufford Vernie Pictures, Ltd

 

Year Title Directed by Production company
2005 Factotum Bent Hamer Bulbul Film
2005 North Country Niki Caro Warner Bros.
2005 The Horrible Flowers Eric Tretbar Freakbeat Films
2006 A Prairie Home Companion Robert Altman GreenStreet Films
2006 Sweet Land Ali Selim Independent
2007 Arnolds Park Gene Teigland B.Sting Entertainment
2007 Killer Movie Jeff Fisher Dead of Winter, LLC
2007 The Breakout Lee Rose Sam and Tim, LLC
2007 Green Green Water Dawn Mikkelson & Jamie Lee Aquariesmedia
2008 13 Hours in a Warehouse Dav Kaufman Crotalus Productions, LLC.
2008 Horror House Chad Martin Horror House, LLC
2008 Older Than America Georgina Lightning Older Than America Productions
2008 Ghost From the Machine Matt Osterman Phasma Productions, LLC
2009 A Serious Man Ethan Coen & Joel Coen Big Minyan Films
2009 Four Boxes Wyatt McDill Lake Street Productions
2009 Holiday Beach Steve Erik Larson Northern Sky Productions
2009 The Red Tail Melissa Koch & Dawn Mikkelson Emergence Pictures
2009 Into Temptation Patrick Coyle Farnam Street Ltd.
2009 Nobody Rob Perez Lindeman Pictures, LLC

 

Year Title Directed by Production company
2011 The Inheritance Robert O'Hara My Place in the Horror, LLC
2011 In Harms Way John Karsko Restraining Hollywood
2011 Potpourri Elliot Diviney Restraining Hollywood
2011 Stuck Between Stations Brady Kiernan RKB Pictures
2011 Thin Ice Jill Sprecher Ten Dollar Trophy
2011 The Hagstone Demon Jon Springer Cricket Films and Slapshot Productions
2012 Memorial Day Samuel Fischer Seventh Sense Films
2012 Best Man Down Ted Koland KODA Entertainment
2012 Profile of a Killer Caspian Tredwell-Owen  
2013 Pollywogs Karl Jacob Kjax
2013 The Fabulous Ice Age Keri Pickett Pickett Pictures
2014 The Control Group Peter Hurd Company Point and Shoot Productions, LLC
2014 Dear White People Justin Simien Code Red, Duly Noted, & Homegrown Pictures
2014 Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter David Zellner Lila 9th Productions
2014 Polar Bear Club Brett Price Gear Seven Creative
2014 American Beast Livingston Oden/Taylor Scott Olson Ensomhet Films
2014 Stay Then Go Shelli Ainsworth Ah Light
2014 The Jingle Dress William Eigen Studio Bang

 

Year Title Directed by Production company
2015 The Dinkytown Uprising Al Milgrom Red Barn Project
2015 The Public Domain Patrick Coyle Ten Ten Films
2015 Girl Missing Joel Soisson Strike Accord
2015 Heart of Wilderness Towle Neu Northwoods Outfitters
2016 Miles Between Us Andrew Hunt II Films
2016 Blood Stripe Remy Auberjonois Tandem Pictures
2016 Expendable Assets Tino Struckman Almighty Dog Productions
2016 A Stray Musa Syeed Vilcek Foundation
2016 After the Reality David Anderson USofAnderson
2016 Dragonfly Maribeth Romslo/Cara Greene Hold For Plane Productions
2016 I Am Not A Serial Killer Billy O'Brien Winterland Pictures
2016 Ultimate Redemption Sampson E. Rolen Aequitas Entertainment
2017 Wilson Craig Johnson Ad Hominem Enterprises
2017 Cold November Karl Jacob The Jerome Foundation
2017 Twin Cities Dave Ash 355 Productions
2017 Zombies Hamid Torabpour Winter State Entertainment
2017 In Winter Aboubacar M. Camara & Alexander Gutterman Hypothermia Films
2017 Kid West Jesse Mast Southeast Corner Productions
2017 No Blood of Mine Wesley Ellenwood No Blood of Mine
2017 The House of Tomorrow Peter Livolsi Superlative Films
2017 First Daughter and the Black Snake Keri Pickett Pickett Pictures
2018 Christmas Break-In Michael Kampa G It's Entertainment
2018 Farmer of the Year Vince O'Connell & Kathy Swanson Buffalo Ridge Productions
2018 Strange Nature James Ojala  
2018 The Nanny Joel Novoa Epic Pictures Group
2018 Time for Ilhan Norah Shapiro  
2018 Virginia Minnesota Daniel Stine Rushaway Pictures
2018 Wunderland Steven Luke Schuetzle Company Productions
2018 Through the Banks of the Red Cedar Maya Washington Running Water Entertainment
2018 Risking Light Dawn Mikkelson Emergence Pictures/Sundance Family Foundation
2018 Gleahan and the Knaves of Industry Samuel T. Weston Battlemage Films
2019 3 Day Weekend Wyatt McDill Sleeper Cell
2019 Special Ed Frank Anderson  
2019 The Great War Steven Luke Schuetzle Company Productions
2019 Tuscaloosa Philip Harder Cinedigm
2019 First Person Plural

Eric Tretbar

 
2019 Singin' in the Grain Al Milgrom Al Milgrom Films
2019 Jasmine Star Jo Rochelle Treasure Beach Films and Tru Ruts Endeavors
2019 Blind Truth Adrianna Buckner & Wyatt Buckner Infinite Film Production
2019 Hyper Dark Lance Todd  

 

Year Title Directed by Production Company
2020 Ice House Steve Elbert New Century Pictures
2020 Battle of the Bulge: Winter War Steven Luke Schuetzle Company Productions
2020 Nina of the Woods Charlie Griak Axis Mundi Productions
2021 Sold Out Tim Dahlseid  
2021 The Co-op Wars Deacon Warner Food Freaks
2021 Wet House Benjamin May  
2021 After America Jake Yuzna Narrative Films
2021 Women in Blue Deirdre Fishel  
2022 Uncontained Morley Nelson Gravel Roads
2022 Cash for Gold Robert Enriquez Chariot Entertainment
2022 Stalked by My Stepsister John Burd, Logan Giese Title One Films
2022 Merry Kiss Cam Lisa France MarVista Entertainment
2023 Marmalade Keir O'Donnell Signature Films
2023 The Fun-Raiser Wyatt McDill  
2023 Downtown Owl Hamish Linklater, Lily Rabe Kill Claudio Productions
2023 Body Language Cory Miller MarVista Entertainment
2023 Rescuing Christmas Emily Moss Wilson MarVista Entertainment

 

MN-Made Television

Minnesota has an exceptionally large and highly-acclaimed television production industry. We are home to production companies making top-rated shows about everything from home renovation to bizarre foods to great out-of-the-way places to dine throughout the world. Drama, comedy, animation, reality - we've done it all.

First Air Date Title Genre Network Production company
1982 Good Company Talk KSTP-TV Hubbard Broadcasting
1983 Newton's Apple Science PBS KTCA
1983 The Do-It-Yourself Home Improvement   KTCA
1984 Alive From Off Center Performance PBS KTCA
1989 Mystery Science Theatre 3000 Comedy   Best Brains, Inc
1992 Don't Believe the Hype News PBS KTCA
1993 Home Pro Home Improvement   Broadview Media
1994 The Bock & Craig Show     Edelman Productions
1995 Call of the Wild Nature Animal Planet Ron Schara Productions
1995 Collectable Treasures     Edelman Productions
1996 Dream House II Home Improvement   Broadview Media
1996 Home Savvy Home Improvement   Broadview Media
1996 Rebecca's Garden Home Improvement HGTV Hearst-Argyle
1996 The Great Indoors Home Improvement   Broadview Media
1996 Travel Adventures Travel   Edelman Productions
1997 Algo's Factory Science Clear Channel TV Perfectly Round Productions
1997 Free Wheelin'     Broadview Media
1997 Once Upon a Tree     Tremendous Entertainment
1997 Talk Box     Murphy Entertainment
1998 Health Diary Health TPT/Discovery Health Point2Point Productions
1998 Landscape Smart Home Improvement HGTV Edelman Productions
1998 Zap It!   TPT Howdy Productions
1999 American Photography: A Century of Images Documentary PBS Middlemarch Films
1999 K-9 to 5 Documentary Animal Planet Tremendous Entertainment
1999 Mental Engineering Talk SPNN Porcupine Productions

 

First Air Date Title Genre Network Production company
2000 Room for Change home Improvement HGTV Edelman Productions
2001 Billion Dollar Disasters   Discovery Murphy Entertainment
2001 Let's Bowl Game Show Comedy Central Let's Bowl LLC
2001 Right on the Money Finance TPT Twin Cities Public Television
2001 Wildlife Detectives Nature National Geographic Murphy Entertainment
2002 Tasting Napa Food Food Network David & David Productions
2003 Lifeline: Mayo Clinic Documentary Discovery Health Tremendous Entertainment
2003 Mysterious Encounters Documentary Outdoor Life Network Whitewolf Entertainment and Bosch Media
2004 Bathroom Renovations Home Improvement DIY Edelman Productions
2004 Nate on Drums Comedy KSTC One Camera Productions
2005 Freestyle Home Improvement DIY Edelman Productions
2005 NASCAR's Top Ten Sports Travel Channel Tremendous Entertainment
2006 Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern Food Travel Channel Tremendous Entertainment
2006 Diners, Drive-ins and Dives Food Food Network Page Productions
2006 Sweat Equity Home Improvement DIY Magnetic Productions
2007 Born To Be Wild Reality The Sportsman Channel Sportsman Media Productions, LLC
2007 Monster Quest Documentary History Channel Whitewolf Entertainment
2007 The Deal Hunter Home Improvement HGTV Edelman Productions
2007 Transylvania Television Webseries Seeka.tv The Puppet Forge / Style Commando Entertainment
2009 Bathtastic! Home Improvement DIY Magnetic Productions
2009 The Relic Hunter with Ian Grant History Travel Channel Magnetic Productions

 

First Air Date Title Genre Network Production company
2010 Dining With Death Reality Travel Channel Tremendous Entertainment
2010 I Hate My Kitchen Home Improvement DIY Magnetic Productions
2010 International Open House Home Improvement Travel Channel Tremendous Entertainment
2010 Rehab Addict Home Improvement HGTV Magnetic Productions
2011 Design On A Dime Home Improvement Scripps Network Magnetic Productions
2011 HGTV's Great Rooms Home Improvement HGTV Magnetic Productions
2011 I Hate My Bath Home Improvement DIY Magnetic Productions
2012 All You Can Meat Food Travel Channel Magnetic Productions
2012 America Unearthed History History Channel Committee Films
2012 Epic Reality Destination America/Discovery Tremendous Entertainment
2012 Fast Foods Gone Global Food Travel Channel Tremendous Entertainment
2012 Going Yard Home Improvement HGTV Magnetic Productions
2012 Meg's Great Rooms Home Improvement HGTV Magnetic Productions
2012 Shop This Room Home Improvement HGTV Magnetic Productions
2012 Unpacked Reality Travel Channel Tremendous Entertainment
2013 America's Best Kept Secrets Home Improvement HGTV Magnetic Productions
2013 Family Addition with Leigh Anne Tuohy Reality GMC Tremendous Entertainment
2013 Future Scream Machines Reality Travel Channel Magnetic Productions
2013 Holiday Kitchen Takeover Home Improvement Food Network Magnetic Productions
2013 Hot List: Baths Home Improvement Scripps Network Magnetic Productions
2013 Hot List: Kitchens Home Improvement Scripps Network Magnetic Productions
2013 I Hate My Yard Home Improvement DIY Magnetic Productions
2013 Lost Survivors Reality Travel Channel Tremendous Entertainment
2013 Most Embarassing Living Room In America Home Improvement Scripps Network Magnetic Productions
2013 Off Pitch Reality VH1 Tremendous Entertainment
2013 Renovate To Rent Home Improvement HGTV Magnetic Productions
2013 Renovation Raiders Home Improvement HGTV Magnetic Productions
2013 Street Eats Food Travel Channel Tremendous Entertainment
2013 Theater People Webseries Seeka.tv MetaSynthesis Films
2014 American Rehab: Buffalo Home Improvement DIY Magnetic Productions
2014 American Rehab: Charleston Home Improvement DIY Magnetic Productions
2014 American Rehab: Detroit Home Improvement DIY Magnetic Productions
2014 Angels Among Us Reality TLC Tremendous Entertainment
2014 Buy This Restaurant Food Food Network Magnetic Productions
2014 Eating America with Anthony Anderson Food Food Network Magnetic Productions
2014 Ghost Asylum Reality Destination America Tremendous Entertainment
2014 Little Pig Man   National Geographic Tremendous Entertainment
2014 My Big Family Renovation Home Improvement HGTV Magnetic Productions
2014 Raise A Roof: College Challenge Home Improvement HGTV Magnetic Productions
2014 Rock The Park Nature ABC Tremendous Entertainment
2014 Young Marvels Family/Performance Ovation Tremendous Entertainment

 

First Air Date Title Genre Network Production company
2015 Five Day Flip Home Improvement HGTV Magnetic Productions
2015 American Rehab: Virginia Home Improvement DIY Magnetic Productions
2015 Bama State Style Reality Lifetime Tremendous Entertainment
2015 Bigfoot Captured Sci-Fi History Channel Committee Films
2015 Bizarre Foods: Delicious Destinations Food Travel Channel Tremendous Entertainment
2015 Carnival Cravings with Anthony Anderson Food Food Network Magnetic Productions
2015 Danger & Eggs Animated Amazon Prime Puny Entertainment, LLC
2015 Deep Fried America Food Travel Channel Magnetic Productions
2015 Found Documentary A&E Committee Films
2015 In An Instant Documentary/Drama ABC Committee Films
2015 Lady Dynamite Comedy Netflix Funny Trio Productions for Netflix
2015 Meter's Running   Travel Channel Intuitive Content
2015 Nostradamus: 21st Century Prophecies Revealed Drama/Fantasy History Channel Committee Films
2015 Old Home Love Home Improvement Scripps Network Magnetic Productions
2015 Renovation Road Home Improvement HGTV Magnetic Productions
2015 Secrets of Einstein's Brain Documentary History Channel Committee Films
2015 Stonehouse Revival Home Improvement HGTV Magnetic Productions
2015 True Monsters Documentary History Channel Committee Films
2015 World From Above Documentary Travel Channel Committee Films
2016 Sight Unseen Home Improvement DIY Magnetic Productions
2016 For Peete's Sake Reality OWN Tremendous Entertainment
2016 It Came Outta Nowhere Mystery Travel Channel Committee Films
2016 Naturally, Danny Seo Reality NBC Tremendous Entertainment
2017 Mogadishu, Minnesota (produced but not aired) Drama (Pilot) HBO Poets and Pirates LLC for HBO
2017 My Aloha Dream Home Home Improvement HGTV Committee Films
2017 Myth or Monster Documentary/Fantasy Travel Channel Committee Films
2017 The Zimmern List Food Travel Channel Intuitive Content
2018 Health + Happiness Health NBC Tremendous Entertainment
2018 The Last Pope? Documentary History Channel Committee Films
2019 Twelve Forever Animated Netflix Puny Entertainment, LLC

First Air Date Title Genre Network Production Company
2021 Zoe Bakes Food

Magnolia Network

Intuitive Content
2021 Family Dinner Food Magnolia Network Intuitive Content