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List of films set in New England

This is a list of films set in New England. Movies made for television are not included.

1910s
The House of the Seven Gables (1910) – set in Salem, MassachusettsThe Scarlet Letter (1911) ==1920s==
1920s
The Sea Beast (1926) • The Scarlet Letter (1926) • The Yankee Clipper (1927) ==1930s==
1930s
Abraham Lincoln (1930) • Moby Dick (1930) • A Connecticut Yankee (1931) • Horse Feathers (1932) • Doctor Bull (1933) • Little Women (1933) – set in Concord, Massachusetts • The Pursuit of Happiness (1934) • The Scarlet Letter (1934) • Ah, Wilderness! (1935) -–set in an unnamed New England town, filmed in Grafton, Massachusetts • Way Down East (1935) • Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) • Captains Courageous (1937) • Maid of Salem (1937) • Nothing Sacred (1937) • Stella Dallas (1937) • Bringing Up Baby (1938) – they visit Susan's aunt in Connecticut • ''Mother Carey's Chickens'' (1938) • Dark Victory (1939) • The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939) ==1940s==
1940s
The House of the Seven Gables (1940) – set in Salem, Massachusetts • The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941) • Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) • The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe (1942) • Holiday Inn (1942) – Connecticut • ''The Mummy's Tomb'' (1942) • I Married a Witch (1942) • The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944) • ''The Mummy's Ghost'' (1944) • Christmas in Connecticut (1945) • Leave Her to Heaven (1945) • Spellbound (1945) • The Thin Man Goes Home (1945) • Dragonwyck (1946) • The Spiral Staircase (1946) • The Stranger (1946) • The Strange Woman (1946) • Boomerang (1947) • ''Gentleman's Agreement'' (1947) • Mourning Becomes Electra (1947) • Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948) – Connecticut • The Babe Ruth Story (1948) – set in Boston, about the Red Sox and BravesLittle Women (1949) – set in Concord, Massachusetts • ''A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court'' (1949) ==1950s==
1950s
Cheaper by the Dozen (1950) • Mystery Street (1950) – Massachusetts • The Underworld Story (1950) • All About Eve (1950) • Death of a Salesman (1951) • The Story of Will Rogers (1952) • Plymouth Adventure (1952) – the Pilgrims arrive at Plymouth, MassachusettsThe Actress (1953) – set in Wollaston, Massachusetts (a neighborhood of the city of Quincy) • White Christmas (1954) – set in VermontSeven Angry Men (1955) • All That Heaven Allows (1955) • Lady and the Tramp (1955) • The Trouble with Harry (1955) • Carousel (1956) • High Society (1956) – Newport, Rhode IslandMoby Dick (1956) • Fear Strikes Out (1957) – set in Boston, about the Red SoxJohnny Tremain (1957) – set in Boston • The Last Hurrah (1958) – a mayoral race based on Boston mayor James Michael Curley • ''Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!'' (1958) – set in Connecticut • ''The Devil's Disciple'' (1959) – Websterbridge, New Hampshire • A Summer Place (1959) – set in fictional Pine Island, Maine ==1960s==
1960s
The Bramble Bush (1960) • The City of the Dead (1960) • House of Usher (1960) • Death of a Salesman (1961) • The Parent Trap (1961) • Return to Peyton Place (1961) • Lolita (1962) • ''Long Day's Journey Into Night'' (1962) – Connecticut • The Miracle Worker (1962) • The Cardinal (1963) • ''Donovan's Reef'' (1963) • The Haunted Palace (1963) – fictional New England town of Arkham • The Haunting (1963) • My Six Loves (1963) • Lilith (1964) • Never Too Late 1965) • Death of a Salesman (1966) • Hawaii (1966) • The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming (1966) – Gloucester, Massachusetts • Tormented (1966) • ''Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'' (1966) – set at Trinity College in Connecticut • The Shuttered Room (1967) • Valley of the Dolls (1967) – Anne starts in New England • The Boston Strangler (1968) – set in Boston • Charly (1968) – set in Boston • Death of a Salesman (1968) • Pretty Poison (1968) – set in western Massachusetts • Rachel, Rachel (1968) – Boston • Salesman (1968) – Boston • The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) – set in Boston • The Curse of the Living Corpse (1969) • Silent Night, Lonely Night (1969) ==1970s==
1970s
Love Story (1970) • The Out-of-Towners (1970) – set in Boston • Carnal Knowledge (1971) • ''Let's Scare Jessica to Death'' (1971) • The Other (1972) • Slaughterhouse-Five (1972) • The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973) – set in Boston • The Last Detail (1973) – set in Boston • The Paper Chase (1973) • The Scarlet Letter (1973) • Silent Night, Bloody Night (1974) – set in western Massachusetts • Jaws (1975) – set in fictional Amity, Massachusetts • The Stepford Wives (1975) • The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976) – set in fictional Wells Harbor, Maine • Between the Lines (1977) – set in Boston • ''Pete's Dragon'' (1977) • Coma (1978) – set in Boston • Jaws 2 (1978) – set in fictional Amity, Massachusetts • ''The Brink's Job'' (1979) – set in Boston ==1980s==
1980s
The Children (1980) • Return of the Secaucus 7 (1980) • A Small Circle of Friends (1980) • Dead & Buried (1981) • The Incubus (1981) – fictional New England town of Galen • On Golden Pond (1981) • The Flight of Dragons (1982) • Superstition (1982) • The Verdict (1982) • The World According to Garp (1982) • The Bostonians (1983) • The Dead Zone (1983) • The Devonsville Terror (1983) • Reuben, Reuben (1983) • The Hotel New Hampshire (1984) – New Hampshire • Clue (1985) – set in a New England mansion • Death of a Salesman (1985) • Real Genius (1985) – fictional college similar to MIT in Cambridge, MassachusettsRe-Animator (1985) – set in fictional Arkham, Massachusetts • The Sure Thing (1985) • Highlander (1986) – "the famous duel on Boston Common" • One Crazy Summer (1986) • Baby Boom (1987) – set in Vermont • Flowers in the Attic (1987) – Ipswich MA • ''The Devil's Disciple'' (1987) – Websterbridge, NH • The Witches of Eastwick (1987) – set in fictional Eastwick, Rhode Island • Beetlejuice (1988) – set in fictional Winter River, Connecticut • Funny Farm (1988) • Mystic Pizza (1988) – set in Mystic, ConnecticutThe Nest (1988) • Second Sight (1989) – comedy set in Boston, Massachusetts • Sweet Hearts Dance (1988) • Witchery (1988) • Dead Poets Society (1989) – set at a fictional academy in Vermont • Field of Dreams (1989) – they visit Fenway Park in Boston • Glory (1989) – the 54th Massachusetts Infantry form and train in Readville, now a suburb of Boston, and march through Boston • Pet Sematary (1989) • War of the Roses (1989) • Warlock (1989) ==1990s==
1990s
• ''Jacob's Ladder'' (1990) – set in New York CityIt (1990) • Mermaids (1990) – set in the fictional town of Eastport, Massachusetts • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990) – set in New York City and rural New England • Once Around (1991) – Renata starts at her parents' place in New England • ''Other People's Money'' (1991) • Run (1991) – set in Boston, Massachusetts • What About Bob? (1991) – set at Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire • The Babe (1992) – set in Boston, Massachusetts • Far and Away (1992) • HouseSitter (1992) • ''Lorenzo's Oil'' (1992) • Mr. Baseball (1992) – set at Fenway Park • Scent of a Woman (1992) – set at a New England boarding school • School Ties (1992) – set at a fictional elite Massachusetts boarding school • Ethan Frome (1993) • The Firm (1993) • The Good Son (1993) • Hocus Pocus (1993) – set in Salem, MassachusettsMalice (1993) – set in Boston, Massachusetts • The Man Without a Face (1993) • Needful Things (1993) • Where the Rivers Flow North (1993) • Blown Away (1994) – set in Boston, Massachusetts • Dumb & Dumber (1994) – their journey begins in Providence, Rhode IslandFederal Hill (1994) – set in Providence, Rhode Island • In the Mouth of Madness (1994) – set in the fictional town of Hobbs End, New Hampshire • The Inkwell (1994) • The Last Seduction (1994) • Little Women (1994) – set based on Louisa May Alcott's childhood home in Concord, MassachusettsThe Next Karate Kid (1994) – set in Brookline, Massachusetts • Quiz Show (1994) – partly set at Van Doren's parents' house in Connecticut • The Ref (1994) – set in Connecticut • The River Wild (1994) • The Shawshank Redemption (1994) – set in Maine • With Honors (1994) – set at Harvard in Cambridge, Massachusetts • Wolf (1994) • Casper (1995) – set in Friendship, MaineDolores Claiborne (1995) • Jumanji (1995) – set in the fictional town of Brantford, New Hampshire • Outbreak (1995) – the monkey's owner lands at Logan Airport, Boston, Massachusetts • The Scarlet Letter (1995) • Celtic Pride (1996) – set in Boston, Massachusetts • The Crucible (1996) – Salem, MassachusettsDeath of a Salesman (1996) • Eden (1996) • Man with a Plan (1996) • Mrs. Winterbourne (1996) • The Spitfire Grill (1996) • Amistad (1997) – State House in Providence • Good Will Hunting (1997) – set in Boston and Cambridge, Massachusetts • The Ice Storm (1997) – set in New Canaan, ConnecticutLolita (1997) • The Matchmaker (1997) – Sean follows Marcy to Boston, Massachusetts • The Myth of Fingerprints (1997) • Skeletons (1997) • That Darn Cat (1997) • Affliction (1998) • Animals with the Tollkeeper (1998) • A Civil Action (1998) – set in Woburn, MassachusettsMonument Ave. (1998) – set in the Charlestown neighborhood of Boston • Next Stop Wonderland (1998) – set in Boston, Massachusetts • One True Thing (1998) • The Parent Trap (1998) • Urban Legend (film) (1998) - set in New Hampshire • Practical Magic (1998) • Safe Men (1998) – set in Providence, Rhode Island • The Spanish Prisoner (1998) • Stranger in the Kingdom (1998) • ''There's Something About Mary'' (1998) • The Boondock Saints (1999) – set in Boston, Massachusetts • The Cider House Rules (1999) – set in MaineGirl, Interrupted (1999) – set in the Boston suburb of Belmont, MassachusettsThe Iron Giant (1999) • Lake Placid (1999) – set in MaineMessage in a Bottle (1999) • The Out-of-Towners (1999) • Outside Providence (1999) – set in Providence, Rhode Island • A Wake in Providence (1999) – Providence, Rhode Island • The Love Letter (1999) ==2000s==
2000s
Almost Famous (2000) – one of the stops is Boston • Death of a Salesman (2000) • Me, Myself and Irene (2000) – set in Rhode Island • The Perfect Storm (2000) – they sail from Gloucester, MassachusettsThe Skulls (2000) – Yale University in Connecticut • State and Main (2000) • The Weight of Water (2000) – set in New Hampshire • What Lies Beneath (2000) – set in Vermont • You Can Count on Me (2000) – early scene where he borrows money set in Worcester, Massachusetts • Blow (2001) – starts in George Jung's hometown of Weymouth, MassachusettsThe Blue Diner (2001) – set in Boston • Harvard Man (2001) • The Heist (2001) – a robbery at a small Boston airport • In the Bedroom (2001) – set in mid-coast Maine • Legally Blonde (2001) – Elle is a student at Harvard • Riding in Cars with Boys (2001) • Summer Catch (2001) – Cape Cod, Massachusetts • Super Troopers (2001) • Wet Hot American Summer (2001) • ''What's the Worst That Could Happen?'' (2001) – filmed (and presumably set) in Boston and elsewhere in MA • Cabin Fever (2002) • Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002) • Men in Black II (2002) – Agent J visits former Agent K in Truro, Massachusetts • Mister Deeds (2002) – set in New Hampshire • The Gray Man (2002) • The Skulls II (2002) • Alex & Emma (2003) – set in Boston • Anger Management (2003) – they drive to Boston to visit Buddy's mother • Behind the Red Door (2003) – set in Boston • Dreamcatcher (2003) • Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd (2003) • The Human Stain (2003) • Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003) • Mona Lisa Smile (2003) – set at Wellesley College in Wellesley, Massachusetts • Mystic River (2003) – set in Boston • The Recruit (2003) – James starts as a bartender in Boston • The Skulls III (2003) • X2 (2003) – they visit Iceman's parents' home in Boston • Irish Eyes (2004) • Saint Ralph (2004) • Spartan (2004) • The Stepford Wives (2004) – set in Connecticut • Still We Believe: The Boston Red Sox Movie (2004) • Welcome to Mooseport (2004) • The Family Stone (2005) • Fever Pitch (2005) • Ice Princess (2005) – Harvard in Cambridge, Massachusetts • War of the Worlds (2005) – Ray tries to flee to Boston to meet his ex-wife • Live Free or Die (2006) • The Departed (2006) – set in Boston • Islander (2006) – set in Vinalhaven, MaineThe Legend of Lucy Keyes (2006) • Little Children (2006) • United 93 (2006) • Vacationland (2006) • Black Irish (2007) • Dan in Real Life (2007) – set in Rhode Island • Everybody Wants to Be Italian (2007) – set in Boston • The Game Plan (2007) • Gone Baby Gone (2007) – set in Boston • The Great Debaters (2007) – they travel to debate at Harvard, in Cambridge, Massachusetts • 21 (2008) – MIT and Harvard Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts • The Forbidden Kingdom (2008) – set in Boston • ''My Best Friend's Girl'' (2008) – set in Boston • The Women (2008) – Connecticut • The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day (2009) • Knowing (2009) – set in Lexington, MassachusettsThe Maiden Heist (2009) • Surrogates (2009) • Tell-Tale (2009) • The Vicious Kind (2009) – set in Norfolk, ConnecticutThe Way We Get By (2009) ==2010s==
2010s
All Good Things (2010) – set in Vermont and Connecticut • Conviction (2010) – based in Ayer, MassachusettsEdge of Darkness (2010) • The Fighter (2010) – set in Lowell, Massachusetts • The Ghost Writer (2010) – set on Cape Cod, Massachusetts • Grown Ups (2010) • Knight and Day (2010) – the action passes through June's hometown of Boston • Leap Year (2010) – starts and ends in Boston • Shutter Island (2010) – set on an island outside Boston • The Social Network (2010) – set at Harvard University in Cambridge, MassachusettsThe Town (2010) – set in Charlestown and Cambridge, Massachusetts • The Innkeepers (2011) – set at the Yankee Pedlar Inn in Torrington, Connecticut • Man on the Train (2011) – set somewhere in New England • Sucker Punch (2011) – set in Brattleboro, Vermont • Ted (2012) – set in Boston, Massachusetts • Moonrise Kingdom (2012) – set on the fictional New England island of New Penzance • The Conjuring (2013) – set in Harrisville, Rhode Island • The Heat (2013) – set in Boston, Massachusetts • The Way, Way Back (2013) – set in Wareham, Massachusetts • The Equalizer (2014) – set in Somerville, Massachusetts • Backgammon (2015) – set in Maine • Ted 2 (2015) • Irrational Man (2015) – set in the small-town New England college campus of Braylin • In the Heart of the Sea (2015) – set in Nantucket • The Witch (2015) • Spotlight (2015) • Joy (2015) • Black Mass (2015) • The Finest Hours (2016) – set in Chatham, Massachusetts on Cape Cod • Manchester by the Sea (2016) – set in Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts • Patriots Day (2016) • Stronger (2017) • The Equalizer 2 (2018) • Proud Mary (2018) – set in Boston • Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) - final showdown set in Boston • Knives Out (2019) – set in Massachusetts • The Lighthouse (2019) – set in 1890s New England • Blow the Man Down (2019) – set in Maine ==2020s==
2020s
Ava (2020) • Summer of Mesa (2020) – set on Cape Cod, Massachusetts • The Block Island Sound (2020) – set in Rhode Island • Hubie Halloween (2020) • CODA (2021 film) (2021) - set in Gloucester, MassachusettsHocus Pocus 2 (2022) – set in Salem, Massachusetts • The Holdovers (2023) – set in Massachusetts • The Sudbury Devil (2023) – set in Sudbury, Massachusetts • Thanksgiving (2023) – set in Plymouth, Massachusetts ==References==
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