How many native (or guest) Coloradoans have looked around our beautiful state and thought, “Wow, this place is pretty enough to be in the pictures!” (in the pictures=1930s lingo)? It turns out that filmmakers of different generations have thought the same thing and have made several iconic classics in and around this picturesque state. Here are 15 of those movies that you may not have realized were filmed in Colorado.

1.) Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
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Filmed in Durango & Silverton.
2.) How the West Was Won (1962)
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Filmed in La Junta, Bent's Old Fort, Durango, Montrose, and Silverton.
3.) Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
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Filmed in Durango, Telluride, and Silverton.
4.) Christmas Vacation (1989)
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Filmed in Breckenridge
5.) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
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Filmed in Alamosa, Cortez, Pagosa Springs, Cumbres, and the Toltec Railroad in Antonito.
6.) City Slickers (1991)
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Filmed in Durango.
7.) Thelma and Louise (1991)
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Filmed in Gateway and Bedrock.

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8.) Dumb and Dumber (1994)
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Filmed in Aspen, Breckenridge, Copper Mountain and Estes Park.
9.) Independence Day (1996)
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Filmed in Colorado Springs.
10.) Nurse Betty (2000)
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Filmed in Durango.
11.) About Schmidt (2002)
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Filmed in Boulder and Denver.
12.) Mr. and Mrs. Smith (2005)
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Filmed in Glenwood Canyon.
13.) Blades of Glory (2007)
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Filmed in Denver.
14.) The Lone Ranger (2013)
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Filmed in Creede.
15.) Furious 7 (2015)
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Filmed in Woodland Park and at Pikes Peak.

Which of these movies surprised you the most?

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