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- A Prairie Home Companion (St. Paul) - Robert Altman directs an ensemble cast about the homegrown radio favorite
- A Simple Plan (various) - Sam Raimi film features Bridget Fonda and Billy Bob Thornton
- Airport (Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport) - won 10 Oscars in 1970
- American Dream (Austin) - 1991 Oscar-winning documentary about striking Hormel employees
- Aurora Borealis (various) - a 2005 film about a young man struggling after his father's death
- Beautiful Girls (various) - Uma Thurman and Natalie Portman in an ensemble cast
- Catch Me If You Can (St. Cloud) - a 1989 film about fundraising high schoolers
- D2: The Mighty Ducks (various) - the follow-up to The Mighty Ducks
- D3: The Mighty Ducks (various) - more from The Mighty Ducks franchise
- Drop Dead Fred (various) - Phoebe Cates (remember her?) has an imaginary friend
- Drop Dead Gorgeous (various) - Kirstie Alley with a horrible Minnesotan accent
- Equinox (various) - evil twin/good twin played by Matthew Modine
- Factotum (various) - Matt Dillon as a guy who tries to find jobs that don't interfere with his personal life
- Far North (Duluth) - directed and written by Sam Shepard and starring Jessica Lange
- Fargo (various) - directed and written by the Coen brothers; won 2 Oscars in 1997
- Feeling Minnesota (various) - Cameron Diaz and Keanu Reeves flop
- Graffiti Bridge (various) - the sequel to Purple Rain
- Grumpier Old Men (various) - sequel to Grumpy Old Men with Sophia Loren
- Grumpy Old Men (various) - Walter Malthau, Jack Lemmon and Ann Margaret made this a sleeper hit
- Heartbreak Kid (Minneapolis) - Newlywed Charles Grodin wants Cybill Shepherd instead
- Herman USA (New Germany) - 78 bachelors from a small town advertise for brides
- Ice Castles (various) - Robby Benson helps an ice skater realize her dreams
- Iron Will (various) - a young man joins a cross-country race to support his family
- Jingle All the Way (various) - Arnold Schwarzenegger does Christmas
- Joe Somebody (various) - comedian Tim Allen wants to be somebody
- Little Big League (various) - a 12-year-old boy becomes the owner of the Minnesota Twins
- Mallrats (Eden Prairie) - Kevin Smith directs Shannen Doherty
- North Country (various) - fictionalzed story of the first major sexual harrassment US lawsuit-Jenson vs Eveleth Mines
- Patti Rocks (various) - two men roadtrip to visit a woman one of them impregnated
- Purple Rain (various) - semi-autobiographical story of Prince's life
- Rachel River (various) - tale about a young journalist returning home; written by Judith Guest
- Strange as Angels (St. Paul) - a painter tries to blend her need for independence with romance
- Sweet Land (various) - a Norweigan woman travels to MN to meet her husband
- The Emigrants (Marine on St. Croix) - Swedish film won best foreign-language Oscar in 1972
- The Mighty Ducks (various) - Emilio Estevez coaches a pee wee hockey team
- The Personals (Minneapolis) - A local 1989 romantic comedy about a divorced man loving for love
- Untamed Heart (Mendota) - Christian Slater, with a baboon heart, falls in love with Marisa Tomei
- Youngblood (Mendota) - Rob Lowe stars as a budding hockey player