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Mystic River |
2003 |
Crime; Drama; Mystery |
$90,135,191.00 |
15.0 |
High on Boston flavor. Most of the movie takes place in East Boston but there are several scenes in South Boston (Miller's Market) and Jamaica Plain (Doyles Cafe and murder location).
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The Departed |
2006 |
Crime; Drama |
$129,000,000.00 |
14.50 |
Released Oct 6, 2006, filming began for this blockbuster in the summer of 2005 in Boston and New York. Filming locations in the Boston area include locations in South Boston, Chinatown, Charlestown, the waterfront, Quincy and Chelsea. A scene was also filmed on the Boston Common along the Boston Mov...
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Good Will Hunting |
1997 |
Drama |
$138,433,435.00 |
14.5 |
High on Boston character and filming locations. Many of the scenes were filmed in South Boston including the L Street Tavern, the hangout of the movie’s characters. Other locations include Harvard Square, Public Garden along the Boston Movie Mile, MIT and Charlestown (Bunker Hill Community College).
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The Friends of Eddie Coyle |
1973 |
Crime; Drama; Thriller |
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13.5 |
High on Boston character. Filmed all throughout Boston suburbs and Boston including scenes from South Boston, Government Center, Boston Common and the old Boston Garden.
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The Verdict |
1982 |
Drama |
$53,977,250.00 |
13.5 |
Newman plays a Boston lawyer so the movie includes shots of the Suffolk Country Courthouse. Scenes were also filmed in South Boston (Funeral Home and G Street), South Station and the Massachusetts State House along the Boston Movie Mile.
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Fever Pitch |
2005 |
Comedy; Romance |
$42,071,069.00 |
13.0 |
With the movie focused on the Boston Red Sox, Fever Pitch includes a plethora of scenes at Fenway Park. Fallon’s character lived in the North End and Barrymore’s character lived in Back Bay. High on flavor as it captures the passion of Red Sox fans.
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The Thomas Crown Affair |
1968 |
Crime; Drama; Thriller |
$16,000,000.00 |
13.0 |
The movie takes place in Boston. It was filmed throughout eastern Massachusetts with many scenes filmed in Boston including the heist itself (financial district) and Steve McQueen’s house at 85 Mt Vernon St along the Boston Movie Mile.
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The Brink's Job |
1978 |
Comedy; Crime |
$9,400,000.00 |
12.5 |
High on Boston flavor. The crime took place in Boston so it makes sense the majority of the movie was filmed in the Boston area. The North End was heavily used for scenes including the actual location of the Brink's Job robbery (now a parking lot). Movie contains some great shots of the old elevate...
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A Civil Action |
1998 |
Drama |
$56,709,981.00 |
12.0 |
Civil Action is filmed throughout the Boston area. The Beacon Hill area of Boston is featured prominently throughout the movie. Civil Action has scenes from several locations along the Boston Movie Mile. There are also scenes from the Western part of the state.
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Monument Ave. |
1998 |
Action; Crime; Drama |
$332,388.00 |
12.0 |
Includes many filming locations throughout the Charlestown part of Boston as well as Chelsea.
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Southie |
1999 |
Drama |
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11.5 |
Southie is a neighborhood movie filmed almost exclusively in South Boston.
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Blown Away |
1994 |
Action; Thriller |
$30,133,002.00 |
11.5 |
Jones, the mad Boston bomber lived on a ship docked in East Boston. He eventually blew it up in the famous scene that cost $1 million dollars to make. Other locations include the Back Bay, Chelsea, Charlestown and Copley Square. The famous runaway car scene is shot on Joy Street in Beacon Hill along...
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Charly |
1968 |
Drama; Sci-Fi |
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11.5 |
Charly is from South Boston with several scenes filmed in that part of Boston including his house and the playground scenes. Other locations include Faneuil Hall, Charlestown and the Public Garden along the Boston Movie Mile.
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The Boston Strangler |
1968 |
Crime; Drama; Mystery; Thriller |
$17,810,894.00 |
11.0 |
Based on Boston film locations include Beacon Hill along the Boston Movie Mile and the Back Bay.
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Next Stop Wonderland |
1998 |
Comedy; Drama; Romance |
$3,386,698.00 |
11.0 |
This independent film was shot exclusively in the Boston area. Locations include Copley Plaza Hotel, Aquarium, Public Garden and the South End.
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Once Around |
1991 |
Comedy; Drama; Romance |
$14,900,000.00 |
9.5 |
Filmed mostly in the suburbs of Boston, there are several drive by shots of Boston. Also includes a scene filmed on the Longfellow Bridge.
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The Boondock Saints |
1999 |
Action; Crime; Drama |
$30,471.00 |
9.0 |
The movie is set in South Boston and includes scenes from the Back Back, Beacon Hill, Copley Square and the Longfellow Bridge. Also includes a scene shot in the Charles St Jail at the beginning of the Boston Movie Mile.
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The Paper Chase |
1973 |
Drama |
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9.0 |
Filmed mostly in the Harvard area. Also has a scene in Harvard stadium.
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Field of Dreams |
1989 |
Drama; Fantasy |
$64,431,625.00 |
9.0 |
Kevin Cosner’s character began hearing voices to build a baseball field and he did just that in his Iowa cornfield. After building the field, Cosner began hearing move voices that told him to go to Fenway. He finds James Earl Jones and makes the trip to the historic park. Also includes some drive by...
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Celtic Pride |
1996 |
Comedy |
$9,240,378.00 |
8.5 |
Boston Celtic Pride was the last film shot in the old Boston Garden. With Aykroyd's character from Charlestown, there are various Charlestown scenes. Other locations include East Boston (LaPresti Park) and Jamaica Plain (Doyles Cafe).
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The Witches of Eastwick |
1987 |
Comedy; Fantasy; Horror |
$63,749,955.00 |
8.5 |
Was filmed all over the eastern Mass mostly focusing on the small coastal community of Cohasset. But the lobby of the Wang Center was used for many of the interiors of the house of Jack Nicholson's character.
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With Honors |
1994 |
Comedy; Drama |
$20,043,254.00 |
8.5 |
Has some great shots of Harvard. However, the University of Illinois and University of Minnesota were used for many of the Harvard shots. Includes a scene at the Boston Athenaeum along the Boston Movie Mile.
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The Firm |
1993 |
Drama; Thriller |
$158,340,892.00 |
8.5 |
Attending Harvard, Tom Cruise’s character gets the offer he can’t refuse. The opening credits show some Harvard exteriors. Another location is filmed in Copley.
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Malice |
1993 |
Crime; Thriller |
$46,038,636.00 |
8.5 |
The movie was mostly filmed in the Western part of Massachusetts. Several shots were filmed in Boston including Alec Baldwin’s famous "I am God" scene at 1 Beacon along the Boston Movie Mile.
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The Last Detail |
1973 |
Comedy; Drama |
$10,000,000.00 |
7.5 |
Boston is one of those locations the threesome visits in the movie. Includes a shot of Boston’s downtown area and a depiction of the Boston Common along the Boston Movie Mile.
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Amistad |
1997 |
Drama; Mystery |
$44,212,592.00 |
7.5 |
Amistad is one of the few movies that was filmed in Boston that was supposed to take place somewhere else. There are some scenes in the Massachusetts State House along the Boston Movie Mile that were actually supposed to take place in Washington, DC.
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Glory |
1989 |
Action; Drama; War |
$26,593,580.00 |
7.5 |
There several scenes in the movie that are supposed to take place in Boston from a historical perspective. However, they are actually filmed in Savannah. Glory includes the Shaw Memorial, the famous Boston landmark during the closing credits.
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Just Cause |
1995 |
Drama; Mystery; Thriller |
$36,853,222.00 |
7.5 |
Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston. Takes place at Harvard.
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What's the Worst That Could Happen? |
2001 |
Comedy; Crime |
$32,267,774.00 |
7.0 |
Filmed all over Boston including scenes from Beacon Hill, the State House, Charlestown and the Back Bay.
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Spartan |
2004 |
Crime; Drama; Thriller |
$4,357,745.00 |
7.0 |
The girl who was kidnapped went to Harvard. Includes shots of Beacon Hill along the Boston Movie Mile and Copley Square. Also included the film debut of the Zakim Bridge.
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The Bostonians |
1984 |
Drama; Romance |
$312,566.00 |
6.5 |
Filmed all over Beacon Hill including a shot from the Athenaeum.
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Mrs. Winterbourne |
1996 |
Comedy; Romance |
$10,039,566.00 |
6.5 |
The Winterbourne family lived in Boston. Locations include the North End, Public Garden and the Massachusetts State House.
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The Spanish Prisoner |
1997 |
Drama; Mystery; Thriller |
$10,162,034.00 |
6.5 |
The film takes place in New York until the characters travel to Boston to flee from the police. Locations include Logan Airport and the waterfront area.
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The Parent Trap (Vault Disney Collection) |
1961 |
Comedy; Family; Romance |
$25,150,385.00 |
6.5 |
One of the twins lived in Boston and the movie returns there after she comes home from camp. Back Bay and Public Garden along the Boston Movie Mile.
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Coma |
1978 |
Mystery; Thriller |
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6.5 |
Boston City Hospital in the South End.
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Legally Blonde |
2001 |
Comedy; Documentary |
$96,493,426.00 |
6.5 |
Movie is supposed to take place at Harvard but the film makers only used Harvard exteriors along with some driving scenes through Boston. A college in California is used for most of the shots.
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Out-of-Towners |
1970 |
Comedy |
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6.0 |
Logan Airport and South Station
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Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events |
2004 |
Adventure; Comedy; Family; Fantasy |
$118,627,117.00 |
6.0 |
Takes place mostly somewhere else but there is a small scene in Boston's financial district.
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Malcolm X |
1992 |
Drama |
$48,169,910.00 |
6.0 |
Although part of the movie is supposed to take place in Boston, you won’t find any Boston scenes. They were filmed elsewhere. The first part of the movie chronicles Malcom X’s early years as a thief in Boston and his jail term served partly at the old Charlestown prison.
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The Matchmaker |
1997 |
Comedy; Romance |
$3,398,083.00 |
6.0 |
Garofalo’s character is from Boston. Although the movie takes place mostly in Ireland, there are several scenes of Faneuil Hall and other Boston locations.
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The River Wild |
1994 |
Action; Adventure; Drama; Thriller |
$46,815,000.00 |
6.0 |
Boston comes into play in the very beginning of the movie when Steep is rowing on the Charles River.
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War of the Worlds |
2005 |
Action; Adventure; Drama; Sci-Fi; Thriller |
$234,277,056.00 |
6.0 |
Not filmed in Boston. It just barely gets classified as a Boston movie as it is VERY low on Boston flavor and scenes. However, the Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge is depicted in the movie as it is partly destroyed in one of the scenes.
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Alex & Emma |
2003 |
Comedy; Drama; Romance |
$14,200,000.00 |
5.5 |
Although the movie takes place in Boston, it was mostly filmed on a set in Hollywood. Rob Reiner did do a day of filming in Boston to capture famous Boston locations such as the Charles River, Copley Square and the Public Garden along the Boston Movie Mile.
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Hanky Panky |
1982 |
Action; Comedy; Crime |
$9,823,934.00 |
5.5 |
Movie mostly takes place in New York. But when Radner and Wilder are on the run, they come to Boston where they continue to get chased through the Aquarium, Beacon Hill and Quincy market.
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Housesitter |
1992 |
Comedy; Romance |
$58,500,000.00 |
5.5 |
Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston. Includes a scene at 1 Beacon along the Boston Movie Mile and the old Cafe Budapest.
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National Treasure |
2004 |
Action; Adventure |
$173,005,002.00 |
5.5 |
The North Church in Boston's North End is the home of the supposed treasure in National Treasure.
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Harvard Man |
2001 |
Crime; Drama; Romance; Thriller |
$56,653.00 |
5.0 |
With the movie set at Harvard, includes a number of Harvard exterior, Harvard Square and Charles River shots.
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School Ties |
1992 |
Drama |
$14,715,000.00 |
5.0 |
The movie was filmed all over Massachusetts. The campus was filmed in Concord Ma. at the Middlesex school.
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Out-of-Towners |
1999 |
Comedy |
$28,544,120.00 |
5.0 |
One of the mishaps that happen to Hawn and Martin is a diversion to Boston. Logan Airport and South Station are depicted but are not filmed in Boston.
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Altered States |
1980 |
Drama; Fantasy; Horror; Sci-Fi |
$19,853,892.00 |
5.0 |
Harvard University is depicted as William Hurt's character is a professor. He lives in Beacon Hill. Hurt's character also visits the Franklin Park Zoo. These locations are at least depicted. We have yet to confirm that any actual filming took place in Boston.
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The Serpent and the Rainbow |
1988 |
Horror |
$19,595,000.00 |
4.5 |
One of the few horror stories that has scenes from Boston. The movie takes place mostly in Haiti. Boston comes into play when Pullman returns briefly to the states to meet with a business, Boston Biotech that is interested in the drug. Includes shots of Copley area.
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The Good Mother |
1988 |
Drama; Romance |
$4,764,606.00 |
4.0 |
Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston.
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Dreamcatcher |
2003 |
Horror; Sci-Fi; Thriller |
$33,685,268.00 |
4.0 |
The movie starts out in Boston before four friends take their truck up camping in Maine. The camping part actually takes place up in British Columbia. Considering that's a week’s drive from Boston, that's one heck of a trip. Nothing actually filmed in Boston.
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Little Big League |
1994 |
Comedy; Drama; Family |
$12,124,754.00 |
4.0 |
Includes a scene at Fenway when the Twins travel to Boston to visit the Red Sox.
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The Ring |
2002 |
Drama; Horror; Mystery; Thriller |
$129,094,024.00 |
4.0 |
This is not truly a Boston movie but deserves mention. The movie is based in Washington but that wasn't the production company's original choice. The original primary location was to be Boston. However, due to the 9/11 issues where airports were closed, the film makers decided to move the location t...
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Little Black Book |
2004 |
Comedy; Drama; Romance |
$20,422,207.00 |
3.5 |
Although the movie takes place in New York and New Jersey, there are a few minor scenes filmed in Boston. The film makers had such a great experience making Mona Lisa Smile that they finished up some minor scenes in Boston.
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