Are movies that are filmed in/about your town accurate?

I, too. am in Texas. in my youth the area in which I lived gained international attention with "Dallas", sparking exactly the same kind of misnomers about the people if this state and this region that perpetuate to this day! Do people like those portrayed in 'Landman" or 'Dallas" actually exist in the Lone Star State? Absolutely! Are they as overwhelmingly represented in our reality as such shows would have you believe? Absolutely not!

Personally I spent years living down the perception of Texas, especially since I am devoid of a Southern or Texas drawl, I don't wear denim orca cowboy hat, and I only ever owned cowboy boots once (in childhood). I don't own horses, have not ridden one in over a quarter of a century, and I have no stake in big oil.

Are aspects of Texas accurately portrayed? I imagine like all regions that become popularized in media the answer is... at times. But it is easier and more attractive to sensationalize regions with exaggerated incarnations than to actually paint an accurate picture of the area and its population.

I'm not sure how many movies or series which have been filmed here (and I have by no means seen them all) have actually explicitly referenced / depicted my city

sometimes it's used as a stand-in for places like New York, Illinois, Ohio, Africa or even the Outer Banks in the state to our north (no, casual, frequent boat use by teens is not the norm here, but we have hanged many pirates in the colonial era)

even with The Notebook I think this area is really secondary to the story, and I wasn't alive during the era depicted so it may be a bit romanticized

I don't recall if some mini-series touching upon the uglier parts of our local 19th century history explicitly named my city, but those might be accurate

I don't think we have any actual televangelists here, so the Righteous Gemstones may not be super-accurate, but background stuff in many scenes does seem more or less like normal contemporary life here

some obnoxious reality show about socialites like Southern Charm definitely does not represent the normal experience here

There was a series on Netflix called iZombie and it took place in Seattle. They captured the area and its people perfectly.

several movies have been filmed in my town in Ohio. yes they are accurate. my town has since witnessed a revival and i am so proud of it

As far as I know, there have only been pickup shots here and there, certainly nothing based on my town. Some Hunger Games II exterior shots were done here, that's surely not my town.

People have various forms of a Noo Yawk accent.

I’m from Texas too!

There was a holiday hallmark film that was partially filmed in my hometown, mainly because of it's resemblance to a small Midwestern town.

I was born and raised in New York city there are a ton of movies and tv shows filmed here and almost none are accurate not evethe stuff you see on the news

Black and White (2002) Is about a murder that took place in the town in 1968. It happened along the beach near some cliffs. Although the cliffs they used in the movie are actually 800km away from the actual site.

Not at all
95% of the population here in my part of Texas, doesn’t have horses, a ranch, cattle, wears a cowboy hat, nor has the over exaggerated accent draw

I only know about The Bridges of Madison County, and that was a snoozefest to me.

No idea -- the only one I know of I haven't seen.

'Anora' and 'Saturday Night' are pretty close. 'Verity' feels real too.

'Someone Great' felt like if Instagram was asked to describe NYC lol stylized, glossy and fictitious

Not really at all lol

Every movie that's "set" in Austin, seems to be pretty accurate. Every movie that's "set" in Seattle, seems to be accurate.

You do sound like Texas ... don't you ?

the only tangent one isn't remotely close. the mountains they show are in colorado.

The only movies made here are made by people from here, so there's that.

Nobody makes films about or in this area, lol.

Someone must live near Mordor

Alien? No!

My Own Private Idaho was pretty accurate for its theme in Portland.