North by Northwest
Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason
A New York City advertising executive goes on the run after being mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies, and falls for a woman whose loyalties he begins to doubt.
Why you'll love it
The climax of this classic Hitchcock thriller takes place on Mount Rushmore, South Dakota.
Dances with Wolves
Kevin Costner, Mary McDonnell, Graham Greene
A lieutenant assigned to a remote Civil War outpost starts questioning his purpose after making contact with a neighboring Sioux settlement.
Why you'll love it
The film is set during the Civil War and explores the relationship between a Union Army lieutenant and a group of Lakota Indians in South Dakota.
Badlands
Martin Sheen, Sissy Spacek, Warren Oates
An impressionable teenage girl from a dead-end town, and her older greaser boyfriend, embark on a killing spree in the South Dakota Badlands.
Why you'll love it
The film is based on the real-life murder spree of Charles Starkweather and Caril Ann Fugate, taking place in South Dakota's badlands.
Armageddon
Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Ben Affleck
After discovering that an asteroid the size of Texas will impact Earth in less than a month, NASA recruits a misfit team of deep-core drillers to save the planet.
Why you'll love it
One of the key scenes in the movie takes place in South Dakota, where a meteor shower destroys the town of Hot Springs.
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
Nicolas Cage, Diane Kruger, Justin Bartha
Benjamin Gates must follow a clue left in John Wilkes Booth's diary to prove his ancestor's innocence in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
Why you'll love it
Part of the film's plot revolves around the protagonists trying to find a city of gold beneath Mount Rushmore, South Dakota.