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Keep-Portland-weird comedy, Twilight forests and high-desert ranches — Oregon pairs drizzle with dreams. Its stories hike from food carts to crater lakes.
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Browse 180 books, 153 movies, 13 TV shows and 23 games set in Oregon.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
A petty criminal fakes insanity to serve his sentence in a mental ward rather than prison. He soon finds himself as a leader to the other patients—and an enemy to the cruel domineering nurse who runs the ward.

Coraline
A young girl discovers an idealized parallel universe behind a secret door in her new home unaware that it contains a sinister secret.

To All the Boys I've Loved Before
Lara Jean's love life goes from imaginary to out of control when her secret letters to every boy she's ever fallen for are mysteriously mailed out.

The Simpsons
Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family; Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie, as well as a virtual cast of thousands. Since the…

Stand by Me
Gordie Chris Teddy and Vern are four friends who decide to hike to find the corpse of Ray Brower a local teenager who was hit by a train while plucking blueberries in the wild.

The Goonies
A young teenager named Mikey Walsh finds an old treasure map in his father's attic. Hoping to save their homes from demolition Mikey and his friends Data Wang Chunk Cohen and Mouth Devereaux run off on a big quest to…

The Simpsons Movie
After Homer accidentally pollutes the town's water supply Springfield is encased in a gigantic dome by the EPA and the Simpsons are declared fugitives.

Scent of a Woman
Charlie Simms is a student at a private preparatory school who comes from a poor family. To earn the money for his flight home to Gresham Oregon for Christmas Charlie takes a job over Thanksgiving looking after retired…

The Shack
After suffering a family tragedy Mack Phillips spirals into a deep depression causing him to question his innermost beliefs. Facing a crisis of faith he receives a mysterious letter urging him to an abandoned shack deep…

If I Stay
Mia Hall a talented young cellist thought the most difficult decision she would ever have to make would be whether to pursue her musical dreams at prestigious Juilliard or follow her heart to be with the love of her…
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