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Antiques Roadshow |
1997 |
TV |
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Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston.
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Gentleman |
1997 |
Action; Comedy |
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Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston.
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Home Before Dark |
1997 |
Drama |
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Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston.
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Larceny |
1997 |
Action; Adventure; Short |
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Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston.
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Little Shots of Happiness |
1997 |
Comedy |
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Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston.
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Bleached |
1997 |
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An independent movie filmed by a Boston University grad, the movie was filmed all over the Boston area including BU, at the Somerville hospital, at a motel on Route 1 in Saugus, at a studio in Dedham, and they used an ice cream place in Stow to double as a train station.
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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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Getting Away With Murder |
1996 |
Comedy |
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Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston.
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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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Apocalypse Bop |
1996 |
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Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston.
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Boston Common |
1996 |
TV |
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Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston.
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The Darien Gap |
1996 |
Comedy |
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Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston.
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Real Rock TV |
1996 |
TV |
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Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston.
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Dead |
1996 |
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Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston.
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New Nation |
1996 |
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Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston.
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Little Witches |
1996 |
Horror; Thriller |
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Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston.
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Sabrina, the Teenage Witch |
1996 |
TV |
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Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston.
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SIDS: A Special Report |
1995 |
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Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston.
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Original Sins |
1995 |
Drama |
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Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston.
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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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The Next Karate Kid |
1994 |
Action; Comedy; Drama |
$8,751,000.00 |
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Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston.
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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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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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Where Angels Dance |
1994 |
Drama |
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Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place 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 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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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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Manufacturing Consent - Noam Chomsky and the Media |
1993 |
Documentary |
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Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston.
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Dreamrider |
1993 |
Drama |
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Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston.
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Notes From the Attic |
1993 |
Comedy |
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Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston.
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The Teddy Bears' Jamboree |
1993 |
Musical |
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Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston.
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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 Program |
1993 |
Action; Drama |
$23,042,200.00 |
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Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston.
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Survivor Series |
1993 |
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Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston.
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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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Mr. Baseball |
1992 |
Comedy; Romance |
$20,883,046.00 |
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Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston.
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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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Whispers in the Dark |
1992 |
Thriller; Mystery |
$11,124,511.00 |
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Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston.
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A Place for Jazz |
1992 |
Documentary |
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Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston.
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Victor's Big Score |
1992 |
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Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston.
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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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Real World |
1992 |
TV |
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The cast stayed in the famous firehouse along the Boston Movie Mile.
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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 Story of America's Classic Ballparks |
1991 |
Documentary |
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Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston.
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O Pioneers! |
1991 |
Drama |
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Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston.
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Run |
1991 |
Action; Drama; Thriller |
$4,410,000.00 |
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Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston.
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The Unbelievable Truth |
1990 |
Comedy |
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Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston.
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Scientific American Frontiers |
1990 |
TV |
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Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston.
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Mermaids |
1990 |
Comedy; Romance |
$35,140,500.00 |
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Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston.
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The Road to God Knows Where |
1990 |
Documentary |
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Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston.
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Against the Law |
1990 |
TV |
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Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston.
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The Imported Bridegroom |
1990 |
Comedy; Drama |
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This was shot on Beacon Hill, and elsewhere; the director is an art history professor at Boston College. Thanks Dan Kimmel for the info.
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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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Route One USA |
1989 |
Documentary |
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Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston.
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Things Never Seen |
1989 |
Animation; Fantasy; Short |
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Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston.
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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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Little Monsters |
1989 |
Adventure; Comedy; Family; Fantasy |
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Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston.
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Near Death |
1989 |
Documentary |
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Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston.
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Second Sight |
1989 |
Comedy; Sci-Fi |
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Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston.
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Warlock |
1989 |
Action; Horror |
$8,824,553.00 |
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Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston.
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Physical Evidence |
1989 |
Crime; Thriller |
$3,560,000.00 |
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Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston.
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Cops |
1989 |
TV |
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Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston.
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Live with Regis and Kelly |
1989 |
TV |
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Filmed regularly in NY. But in June of 2005, Regis and Kelly shot in Boston for a day on a cruise line in the Boston Harbor. Boston local and ex New Kid on the Block member, Joey Mcintyre made an appearence.
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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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The House on Carroll Street |
1988 |
Drama; Thriller |
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Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take 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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Claudio Arrau Signature Performance Series |
1988 |
Documentary; Music |
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Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston.
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Act of Betrayal |
1988 |
Thriller |
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Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston.
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Hiding Out |
1987 |
Comedy; Drama |
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Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston.
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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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Like Father, Like Son |
1987 |
Comedy |
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Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston.
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Aenigma |
1987 |
Horror |
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Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston.
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Amazing Grace and Chuck |
1987 |
Drama |
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Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston.
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Miloha |
1987 |
Romance |
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Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston.
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Room Upstairs |
1987 |
Drama |
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Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston.
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A Case of Deadly Force |
1986 |
Drama |
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Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston.
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Verdict: The Wrong Man |
1986 |
Documentary |
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Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston.
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Billy Galvin |
1986 |
Drama |
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Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston.
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Soul Man |
1986 |
Comedy |
$27,316,198.00 |
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Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston, specifically Harvard.
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Spenser: For Hire |
1985 |
TV |
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Local Bostonians love this show set back in the 1980s. It was one of the few shows that was actually shot on location all over the Boston area. The main character lived in the famous firehouse along the Boston Movie Mile in the Beacon Hill area that was also used in The Real World and What’s the Wor...
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Three Sovereigns for Sarah |
1985 |
Drama |
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Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston.
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Andy |
1985 |
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Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston.
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Liang zhi lao hu |
1985 |
Comedy; Family; Fantasy |
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Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston.
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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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Concealed Enemies |
1984 |
Drama |
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Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston.
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Screamplay |
1984 |
Horror |
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Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston.
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Shottas |
1984 |
Drama; Thriller |
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Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston.
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The Indomitable Teddy Roosevelt |
1983 |
Documentary; Drama |
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Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston.
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A Christmas Story |
1983 |
Comedy; Family |
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Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston.
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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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Yes, Giorgio |
1982 |
Comedy; Musical |
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Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston.
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St. Elsewhere |
1982 |
TV |
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Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston.
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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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Cheers |
1982 |
TV |
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The hit TV show Cheers is based on the classic Bull & Finch pub on Beacon Street in Boston right along the Boston Movie Mile. The outside of the building is used for the Cheers opening credits. The bar was recreated in Hollywood where all the interior scenes were filmed. The series itself ran for 1...
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Parole |
1982 |
Drama |
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Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston.
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Pieces |
1982 |
Horror |
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Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston.
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Mission Hill |
1982 |
Drama |
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Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston.
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Night School |
1981 |
Horror |
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Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston.
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Quella villa accanto al cimitero |
1981 |
Horror |
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Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston.
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The Dozens |
1981 |
Drama |
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Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston.
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