Twister
Wakita · Norman
Wakita and Norman appear in this Oklahoma storm-chasing adventure.
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Twisters
Oklahoma City · El Reno · Chickasha · Pawhuska
A new generation of storm chasers crosses Oklahoma; production used communities across the state, including El Reno and Chickasha.
The Outsiders
Tulsa · Owasso · Skiatook
S. E. Hinton’s Tulsa story became a film made across northeastern Oklahoma.
Rumble Fish
Tulsa · Sapulpa
Another Hinton adaptation, with Tulsa and Sapulpa streets among its filming locations.
Killers of the Flower Moon
Osage County · Pawhuska
Filmed in Oklahoma, this historical drama examines the murders of Osage people during the 1920s oil boom. Its locations connect directly to Osage County’s history.
Minari
Tulsa · Sand Springs · Skiatook · Broken Arrow · Rose
Oklahoma locations stand in for rural Arkansas in Lee Isaac Chung’s story of a Korean American family starting a farm.
Oklahoma!
Oklahoma Territory (story setting)
Rodgers and Hammerstein’s musical imagines life in Oklahoma Territory. The screen adaptation filmed in Arizona, rather than Oklahoma.
Rain Man
El Reno · Guthrie · Cogar
El Reno, Guthrie and Cogar supplied locations for the brothers’ cross-country journey.
The Grapes of Wrath
Sayre · Route 66
The Joads leave Oklahoma for California; Sayre’s courthouse appears along their journey.
Reservation Dogs
Okmulgee · Tulsa · Sand Springs · Beggs · Inola · Terlton · Claremore
Four Indigenous teenagers navigate friendship, grief and growing up in rural Oklahoma. All three seasons filmed in northeastern Oklahoma, with Okmulgee and Tulsa as principal locations.
Tulsa King
Tulsa (story setting) · Oklahoma City (season-one production)
A New York mobster starts over in Tulsa. Season one filmed in Oklahoma; later production also used Georgia. Season three filmed in both Oklahoma and Georgia.
August: Osage County
Osage County · Pawhuska · Bartlesville
An Oklahoma family reunion unfolds against locations around Pawhuska and Bartlesville.
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