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Stories Set in Arizona — top stories

Phoenix sprawl, Monument Valley vistas and Route 66 dust — Arizona is western cinema's favorite backdrop. Its stories span desert noir, border thrillers and canyon-country adventures.

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10 famous stories set in Arizona

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Browse 146 books, 217 movies, 2 TV shows and 25 games set in Arizona.

Once Upon a Time in the West

Once Upon a Time in the West

Paramount Pictures-Rafran Cinematografica-San Marco
movie

As the railroad builders advance unstoppably through the Arizona desert on their way to the sea Jill arrives in the small town of Flagstone with the intention of starting a new life.

Setting: Arizona, USATime Period: Late 19th Century
The Fabelmans

The Fabelmans

Amblin Entertainment-Reliance Entertainment
movie

Growing up in post-World War II era Arizona young Sammy Fabelman aspires to become a filmmaker as he reaches adolescence but soon discovers a shattering family secret and explores how the power of films can help him see…

Setting: Arizona, USATime Period: Post-World War II
Tombstone

Tombstone

Cinergi Pictures-Hollywood Pictures
movie

Legendary marshal Wyatt Earp now a weary gunfighter joins his brothers Morgan and Virgil to pursue their collective fortune in the thriving mining town of Tombstone. But Earp is forced to don a badge again and get help…

Setting: Tombstone, Arizona, USATime Period: 1880s
3:10 to Yuma

3:10 to Yuma

Tree Line Films-Lionsgate-Relativity Media-Yuma
movie

In Arizona in the late 1800s infamous outlaw Ben Wade and his vicious gang of thieves and murderers have plagued the Southern Railroad. When Wade is captured Civil War veteran Dan Evans struggling to survive on his…

Setting: Arizona, USATime Period: 1880s
Rambo: Last Blood

Rambo: Last Blood

Millennium Films-Templeton Media-Campbell Grobman Films-Dadi Film Group-Balboa Productions
movie

After fighting his demons for decades John Rambo now lives in peace on his family ranch in Arizona but his rest is interrupted when Gabriela the granddaughter of his housekeeper María disappears after crossing the…

Setting: Arizona, USA; MexicoTime Period: 2010s
The Marksman

The Marksman

Sculptor Media-Zero Gravity Management-Cutting Edge Group-Stonehouse Motion Pictures-Voltage Pictures
movie

Jim Hanson’s quiet life is suddenly disturbed by two people crossing the US/Mexico border – a woman and her young son – desperate to flee a Mexican cartel. After a shootout leaves the mother dead Jim becomes the boy’s…

Setting: Arizona, USA; MexicoTime Period: 2020s
Educated

Educated

by Tara Westover (Goodreads Author)
book

Tara Westover was 17 the first time she set foot in a classroom. Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, she prepared for the end of the world by stockpiling home-canned peaches and sleeping with her…

Setting: ['Idaho Mountains (United States)', 'Idaho (United States)', 'Arizona (United States)', 'Rome (Italy)', 'Paris (France)', 'Palmyra, New York (United States)', 'Boston, Massachusetts (United States)', 'Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)', 'Cambridge, England (United Kingdom)']Time Period: UNKNOWN
Only the Brave

Only the Brave

Di Bonaventura Pictures-Black Label Media-Condé Nast Entertainment
movie

Members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots battle deadly wildfires to save an Arizona town.

Setting: Arizona, USATime Period: Contemporary
Stagecoach

Stagecoach

Walter Wanger Productions
movie

A group of people traveling on a stagecoach find their journey complicated by the threat of Geronimo and learn something about each other in the process.

Setting: Arizona, USATime Period: 1880s
Everybody’s Everything

Everybody’s Everything

First Access Entertainment
movie

The story of artist Lil Peep from his birth in Long Island and meteoric rise as a genre blending pop star & style icon to his death due to an accidental opioid overdose in Arizona at just 21 years of age.

Setting: Long Island, New York, USA; Arizona, USATime Period: 2010s

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