The First State Movies
The First State is the official nickname of Delaware. Before its coastline was explored by Europeans in the 16th century, Delaware was inhabited by several groups of Native Americans, including the Lenape in the north and Nanticoke in the south. It was initially colonized by Dutch traders at Zwaanendael, near the present town of Lewes, in 1631. Delaware was one of the 13 colonies participating in the American Revolution. On December 7, 1787, Delaware became the first state to ratify the Constitution of the United States, and has since been known as "The First State" (source: wikipedia.org).
These movies have a connection with Delaware. They are (partially) filmed there or it's a topic in the story. Which movie (or movie poster) do you associate the most with Delaware?
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These movies have a connection with Delaware. They are (partially) filmed there or it's a topic in the story. Which movie (or movie poster) do you associate the most with Delaware?
You may discuss the poll here
Click here to vote for other States of America
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- DirectorPeter WeirStarsRobin WilliamsRobert Sean LeonardEthan HawkeMaverick teacher John Keating returns in 1959 to the prestigious New England boys' boarding school where he was once a star student, using poetry to embolden his pupils to new heights of self-expression.
- DirectorRob LettermanStarsJack BlackDylan MinnetteOdeya RushA teenager teams up with the daughter of young-adult horror author R.L. Stine after the writer's imaginary demons are set free on the town of Madison, Delaware.
- DirectorDavid FincherStarsBrad PittEdward NortonMeat LoafAn insomniac office worker and a devil-may-care soap maker form an underground fight club that evolves into much more.
- DirectorM. Night ShyamalanStarsSigourney WeaverWilliam HurtJoaquin PhoenixA series of events tests the beliefs of a small isolated countryside village.
- DirectorGeorge A. RomeroStarsAlan Van SprangKenneth WelshKathleen MunroeOn an island off the coast of North America, local residents simultaneously fight a zombie epidemic while hoping for a cure to return their un-dead relatives back to their human state.
- DirectorAlison BagnallStarsGreta GerwigOlly AlexanderEleonore HendricksReeling from her husband's affair, Rose collides with a marooned teenager in a boarded-up Delaware beach town.
- DirectorRaghav PeriStarsEmily McKinley HillKevin D. BentonJason R. MagaA Holocaust survivor who escapes the concentration camps finds refuge on a secluded Delaware Beach and raises her abandoned twin grandchildren.
- DirectorJeremy SaulnierStarsMacon BlairDevin RatrayAmy HargreavesA mysterious outsider's quiet life is turned upside down when he returns to his childhood home to carry out an act of vengeance. Proving himself an amateur assassin, he winds up in a brutal fight to protect his estranged family.
- DirectorTi WestStarsTom NoonanKarl JacobVanessa Horneff"The Roost" is a 2005 movie where four friends marooned on a mysterious farm en route to a wedding are terrorized by various creatures and zombies.
- DirectorAllan MoyleStarsAnthony LaPagliaDebi MazarMaxwell CaulfieldTwenty-four hours in the lives of the young employees at Empire Records when they all grow up and become young adults thanks to each other and the manager. They all face the store joining a chain store with strict rules.
- DirectorTi WestStarsReggie CunninghamRay SullivanSean ReidInspired by true events...The story of three hunters who mysteriously became the hunted.
- DirectorCharles ReisnerStarsLucille BallDick PowellVirginia O'BrienAn idealistic shipyard worker interests a beautiful Hollywood star in staging a musical tribute to the war industry, but they disagree on some important issues.
- DirectorAnthony SpadacciniStarsPaul McCloskeyBrinke StevensMark CraySerial killer Wayne Montgomery committed 41 murders between 1979 and 2007, leaving behind an extensive library of his life's work. Now, a new generation carries on Wayne's legacy in a terrifying world where rules do not apply. Take a trip through the mind of one of history's most prolific serial killers - and his devoted followers who are out for blood.
- DirectorGraham ReznickStarsBenjamin DickinsonDuncan SkilesChristopher FordThree young ad-men enter the woods for a photo shoot, but a girlfriend's mysterious disappearance sparks a harrowing descent into unreality.
- DirectorGriffin DunneStarsMeg RyanMatthew BroderickKelly PrestonMaggie's and Sam's former partners are in love; she wants revenge and he wants his lost love back, so they work together to break up the happy couple.
- DirectorGlenn Gordon CaronStarsMichael KeatonKathy BakerMorgan FreemanA hustling drug addict checks himself into rehabilitation to escape trouble with the law and realizes that it's exactly what he needs.
- DirectorLorene ScafariaStarsSteve CarellKeira KnightleyMelanie LynskeyAs an asteroid nears Earth, a man finds himself alone after his wife leaves in a panic. He decides to take a road trip to reunite with his high school sweetheart. Accompanying him is a neighbor who inadvertently puts a wrench in his plan.
- DirectorTony ScottStarsTom CruiseNicole KidmanRobert DuvallA young hot-shot stock car driver gets his chance to compete at the top level.
- DirectorJonathan DemmeStarsOprah WinfreyDanny GloverYada BeenerA slave is visited by the spirit of a mysterious young woman.
- DirectorTom DeyStarsMatthew McConaugheySarah Jessica ParkerKathy BatesA thirty-something is still living with his parents until they hire an interventionist to help him graduate out of the house. That's when the fun begins.
- DirectorJames SignorelliStarsRodney DangerfieldJoe PesciGeraldine FitzgeraldTo inherit his mother-in-law's colossal fortune, a hard-living gambling addict must change his unhealthy ways before they get the best of him.
- DirectorJack FiskStarsSissy SpacekKevin KlineBonnie BedeliaYoung love may endure in your heart and one day re-ignite, but reality may soon dowse the flames.
- DirectorPericles LewnesStarsSteve SooyAnthony M. CarrKen DavisA barrel of radioactive waste is lost out in the woods. Some demented rednecks find it and use it as part of their still. Everybody who drinks the liquor they produced turns into zombies.
- DirectorJason PagnoniStarsEric RobertsEliza RobertsJenny HuttonOn their 2010 tour, an International Pop Star and band mates mysteriously disappear. As past and present merge, they find themselves searching for answers and fighting for more than just their own lives when a concealed industry is revealed.
- DirectorAlex PiresStarsLea ThompsonJudd NelsonDorian HarewoodA hard-working cupcake maker is inadvertently elected mayor of a small town burdened with debt. Uneducated, she relies on her street smarts to clean up the town.
- DirectorDon DohlerStarsDon LeifertRichard NelsonElaine WhiteAn evil spirit Possesses the corpse of a diseased man. It must absorb the life energy of the living, in order for the corpse to not rot away. It moves to the suburbs, where, a neighbor begins to suspect something isn't right.
- DirectorAnthony SpadacciniStarsPaul McCloskeyBarbara LessinBrinke StevensA film edited from the home movies of serial killers Wayne and Andrea Montgomery, which presents a look into their quiet, suburban lives...and the graphic, disturbing details of their horrific crimes.
- DirectorJonah GreenStarsJonah GreenSam KatzCaroline Colino17-year-old Eli is taught by Mr. Walker, a retired soldier who was involved in a failed government operation that planned to militarize hypnosis.
- DirectorShari Springer BermanRobert PulciniStarsPaul GiamattiShari Springer BermanHarvey PekarAn original mix of fiction and reality illuminates the life of comic book hero everyman Harvey Pekar.
- DirectorGregory JacobsStarsEmily BluntAshton HolmesMartin DonovanTwo college students share a ride home for the holidays, but when they break down on a deserted stretch of road, they are preyed upon by the ghosts of people who have died there.
- DirectorHerschel DaughertyStarsFess ParkerWendell CoreyJoanne DruA young white man who spent his whole life raised by Native Americans is sent to live with his birth family and must learn to fit in with people he was taught to hate.
- DirectorRichard GroschoppStarsGojko MiticRolf RömerHelmut SchreiberChingachgook is about to marry the daughter of the Delaware chief, when the Hurons kidnap her. Chingachgook and his friend Deerslayer try to rescue her though white scalp hunters interfere until the tribes unite against the palefaces.
- DirectorAnthony SpadacciniStarsPaul McCloskeyBarbara LessinBrinke StevensA serial killer begins the process of grooming a protégé, until outside influences threaten to destroy their sadistic relationship.
- DirectorLew LandersStarsJon HallMary CastleJames SeayIn 1753, during the French and Indian War, Colonel George Washington and frontiersman Christopher Gist hope to persuade the Delaware tribes to join the British side but French spies aim for a contrary outcome.