The following is a list of films which are set in or around Salt Lake City, Utah. Note that Utah is a right-to-work state, and as such, has become a popular filming location, because actors and labor are not required to follow rules for the Screen Actors Guild. Salt Lake City provides a generic Western urban landscape, often playing the substitute for Los Angeles, Denver, or unnamed cities.
Films set in Salt Lake City Airport 1975 Brigham Young Forever Strong Mr. Krueger's Christmas Net Worth Plan 10 from Outer Space (a spoof based on Plan 9 from Outer Space) SLC Punk! The Crow: Salvation The Way of the Gun
Films shot in Salt Lake City 127 Hours Airport 1975 Brigham Young The Brown Bunny Carnival of Souls Con Air Dawn of the Dead Drive Me Crazy Dumb and Dumber Forever Strong Halloween sequels after Halloween III: Season of the Witch to Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers High School Musical High School Musical 2 High School Musical 3 The House of Seven Corpses Independence Day Letters from a Killer A Life Less Ordinary Melvin and Howard Minutemen Mr. Krueger's Christmas My Girlfriend's Boyfriend The Philadelphia Experiment Pool Hall Junkies The Crow: Salvation Revenge of the Ninja The Sandlot Savannah Smiles SLC Punk! Three O'Clock High Unaccompanied Minors Unhook the Stars The Way of the Gun The World's Fastest Indian Charley (based on the novel by Jack Weyland)
Television shows shot in Salt Lake City The Amazing Race 8 portions of Big Love portions of Everwood episodes of Flip Men Insomniac with Dave Attell Season 4 The Jerk Theory Promised Land The TV miniseries of The Stand Touched by an Angel Almost entirely filmed on location throughout Salt Lake City and Utah. Breaking Pointe Reality TV show following Ballet West and highlighting downtown locations. portion of Top Gear America "Best Taxi Challenge" Season 3 episode 11, Drifting BMW M5 Little Chocolatiers Entirely filmed in Salt Lake City. The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City Andi Mack Selling SLC High School Musical: The Musical: The Series Season 1 & 2