Robert Redford, Samuel L. Jackson, Jane Fonda, Kevin Bacon, Jim Carrey and Christie Brinkley all have at least one thing in common: They have graced the streets, mountains and plains of Colorado while filming movies.

To celebrate the state’s 150th anniversary and the nation’s 250th anniversary, the CO150 Film Festival this year will feature 150 flicks during 150 screenings at dozens of iconic venues, including Frontier Drive-Inn in Center, The Eclipse Theater in Breckenridge, Wright Opera House in Ouray, The Lyric in Fort Collins and Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum. All the movies were either made in Colorado, about Colorado or by Coloradans.

The selections cover a long period from the initial days of filmmaking in the early 1900s to modern-day productions, and include “Stagecoach,” “Around the World in 80 Days,” “In Cold Blood,” “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” “The Hateful Eight,” “City Slickers,” “Thelma & Louise,” “Fargo” and “Mr. & Mrs. Smith.”

“It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to bring people together,” said Rob DuRay, chief executive officer of Switchboard Strategy, a Denver-based marketing group that is co-organizing the festival with Denver Film. “Each of the 150 films has a cool story, and when you hear them, that’s when you build pride in the place you live.”

Colorado was a popular place to film in the early days of moviemaking, DuRay said. Its scenic backdrop made it ideal for Westerns as well as films requiring railroad iconography, mountain ranges or landscapes of the Southwest. These days, film interest is often military-oriented, such as using the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) as a setting.

While compiling the list of films, DuRay stumbled across entertaining trivia, such as the actor who played Bernie in the 1989 film “Weekend at Bernie’s” now lives in Ouray. And the swimming pool scene in “National Lampoon’s Vacation” involving Chevy Chase and Brinkley was shot outside Pueblo.

The connections with Colorado are seemingly endless and perfectly suited for the sesquicentennial. The festival starts in June and runs through October. A complete schedule, as well as trailers, stories and content from each movie’s original release, is available at colorado150film.com.

Screenings will feature a half-hour of local programming from experts, artists, speakers, organizations or businesses. Examples could include short films from Youth Documentary Academy or Rocky Mountain Women’s Film, or a comedian dissecting an episode of the animated TV comedy “South Park” before a screening of the 1999 movie “South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut.”

Military leaders might hold conversations before screenings of the 1983 film “WarGames” and the 1964 film “Dr. Strangelove,” which used aerial footage filmed in the Rocky Mountains.

“The festival is a social experience,” DuRay said. “With talks and shorts and local tie-ins, it will be an experience you can’t get streaming from your couch. And depending on people’s ages, there are lots of films people may not have seen that tie into our region.”

More than half a dozen films will be screened this July at Lulu’s in downtown Colorado Springs, including “The Shining,” “A League of Their Own” and “True Grit.” And the Ent Center will host “Dr. Strangelove” and “South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut.”

Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum will host a screening of “The Incident,” a 1990 movie starring Walter Matthau that was filmed around the Springs, with scenes from the historic courthouse in the museum.

Similar associations will be explored from Flagler to Grand Junction and many locations in between.

“When people gather and have moments together, that’s where community is built,” DuRay said. “This is 150 opportunities to create community.”

Coming to Colorado Springs

July 7: “A League of Their Own,” Lulu’s

July 9: “The Shining,” Lulu’s

July 14: “BlacKKKlansman,” Lulu’s

July 17: “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade,” Lulu’s

July 21: “WarGames,” Lulu’s

July 22: “True Grit,” Lulu’s

Aug. 13: “The Incident,” Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum

Sept. 3: “Dr. Strangelove,” Ent Center for the Arts

Sept. 10: “South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut,” Ent Center for the Arts

Coming to Denver

Aug. 13: “Dr. Strangelove,” Denver Museum of Nature and Science

Aug. 20: “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade,” Denver Museum of Nature & Science

Aug. 23: “City Slickers,” Denver Botanic Gardens

Aug. 31: “Stagecoach,” Denver Botanic Gardens

Sept. 6: “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” MCA Denver at the Holiday Theater

Sept. 13: “Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead,” MCA Denver at the Holiday Theater

Sept. 20: “BlacKKKlansman,” MCA Denver at the Holiday Theater

Oct. 4: “True Grit,” MCA Denver at the Holiday Theater

Oct. 11: “Jackie Brown,” MCA Denver at the Holiday Theater

Note: Films, dates and venues subject to change.