The Best Pacific Northwest Movies

Meek's Cutoff (2010)
Kelly Reichardt · 10 critic votes
Free on YOW.tv, Tubi TV, Pluto TV · Streaming on Kanopy, Fandor Amazon Channel, Hoopla
A group of settlers traveling through the Oregon High Desert in 1845 find themselves stranded in harsh conditions.
First Cow (2019)
Kelly Reichardt · 7 critic votes
Free on YouTube Free, Plex Channel
In the 1820s, a taciturn loner and skilled cook travels west to Oregon Territory, where he meets a Chinese immigrant also seeking his fortune. Soon the two team up on a dangerous scheme to steal milk from the wealthy landowner’s prized Jersey cow—the first, and only, in the territory.
Old Joy (2006)
Kelly Reichardt · 5 critic votes
Streaming on HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max
Soon to be a father, Mark feels the pressure of domestic responsibility closing in, so he is more than happy to accept when his old friend Kurt proposes a camping trip in the Oregon wilderness. During their time together, the men come to grips with the changes in their lives and the effect on their relationship.
My Own Private Idaho (1991)
Gus Van Sant · 3 critic votes
In this loose adaptation of Shakespeare's "Henry IV," Mike Waters is a hustler afflicted with narcolepsy. Scott Favor is the rebellious son of a mayor. Together, the two travel from Portland, Oregon to Idaho and finally to the coast of Italy in a quest to find Mike's estranged mother. Along the way they turn tricks for money and drugs, eventually attracting the attention of a wealthy benefactor and sexual deviant.
Housekeeping (1987)
Bill Forsyth · 2 critic votes
Free on Tubi TV, The Roku Channel
In the Pacific Northwest during the 1950s, two young sisters whose mother has abandoned them wind up living with their Aunt Sylvie, whose views of the world and its conventions don't quite live up to most people's expectations.
Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
Nora Ephron · 2 critic votes
Streaming on Netflix, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, Netflix Standard with Ads
After the death of his mother, a young boy calls a radio station in an attempt to set his father up on a date. Across the country, an engaged woman becomes convinced that they belong together, despite their never having met. Will their paths collide despite the odds?
L. Cohen (2017)
James Benning · 2 critic votes
A view of an Oregon farm field, observing a solar eclipse and incorporating a Leonard Cohen song.
The Big Trail (1930)
Raoul Walsh · 1 critic vote
Free on The Roku Channel, Xumo Play · Streaming on Hoopla, Fawesome
Young scout Breck Coleman leads a wagon train along the dangerous trail to Oregon as he tries to get the affection of the beautiful pioneer Ruth Cameron and plans his revenge on the harsh scoundrels who murdered a friend of his in the past.
Sometimes a Great Notion (1971)
Paul Newman · 1 critic vote
Hank Stamper and his father, Henry, own and operate the family business by cutting and shipping logs in Oregon. The town is furious when they continue working despite the town going broke and the other loggers go on strike ordering the Stampers to stop, however Hank continues to push his family on cutting more trees. Hank's wife wishes he would stop and hopes that they can spend more time together. When Hank's half brother Leland comes to work for them, more trouble starts.
The Changeling (1980)
Peter Medak · 1 critic vote
Free on FlixHouse, Darkroom, Bloodstream · Streaming on Screambox Amazon Channel, Night Flight Plus, Midnight Pulp
After a tragic event happens, composer John Russell moves to Seattle to try to overcome it and build a new and peaceful life in a lonely big house that has been uninhabited for many years. But, soon after, the obscure history of such an old mansion and his own past begin to haunt him.
Streetwise (1984)
Martin Bell · 1 critic vote
Streaming on Criterion Channel
This documentary about teenagers living on the streets in Seattle began as a magazine article. The film follows nine teenagers who discuss how they live by panhandling, prostitution, and petty theft.
Drugstore Cowboy (1989)
Gus Van Sant · 1 critic vote
Free on Tubi TV, Fandango at Home Free, Plex · Streaming on Kanopy, Hoopla, Lionsgate+ Amazon Channel
Portland, Oregon, 1971. Bob Hughes is the charismatic leader of a peculiar quartet, formed by his wife, Dianne, and another couple, Rick and Nadine, who skillfully steal from drugstores and hospital medicine cabinets in order to appease their insatiable need for drugs. But neither fun nor luck last forever.
Scent of a Woman (1992)
Martin Brest · 1 critic vote
Free on YouTube Free
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 U.S. Army officer Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade, a cantankerous middle-aged man who lives with his niece and her family.
Leave No Trace (2018)
Debra Granik · 1 critic vote
Streaming on Kanopy, Hoopla, Cinemax Amazon Channel
A father and daughter live a perfect but mysterious existence in Forest Park, a beautiful nature reserve near Portland, Oregon, rarely making contact with the world. But when a small mistake tips them off to authorities, they are sent on an increasingly erratic journey in search of a place to call their own.
The History of the Seattle Mariners (2020)
Jon Bois · 1 critic vote
Every team has its highs and lows, frustration, heartbreak, greatness and confusion, but no other team is like this one. The Seattle Mariners are eminently lovable, profoundly human and stunningly, outrageously weird.
Pig (2021)
Michael Sarnoski · 1 critic vote
A truffle hunter who lives alone in the Oregon wilderness must visit Portland to find the mysterious person who stole his beloved foraging pig.

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