Movies and TV shows set in usa
The list contains the best, new and most relevant movies set in usa ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, suspense, exciting, tense, serious and humorous films and TV shows about / with friendship, storytelling, investigation, dialogue, danger, mentor, love, society, husband wife relationship and destiny plots mostly in Drama, Action and Thriller genres shot in USA, Canada, Mexico and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as usa: The Night Shift (2014), Alien Abduction (2014), Far and Away (1992), Better Call Saul (2015), Perception (2012), The Simpsons (1989), Django Unchained (2012), Suburgatory (2011), Sicario (2015), The Terminal (2004).
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List of movies set in usa
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
The stories of the men and women who work the overnight shift at San Antonio Memorial Hospital. They are an irreverent and special breed, particularly adrenaline junkie T.C. Callahan.
Style:
medical drama, humorous, semi serious, realistic, tense
Audience:
teens
Plot:
hospital, emergency room, medical, doctor, friendship, lifesaver, surgery, medicine, doctors and patients, medical student, war veteran, workplace ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, san antonio texas, texas
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A vacationing family encounters an alien threat in this pulse-pounding thriller based on the real-life Brown Mountain Lights phenomenon in North Carolina.
Style:
scary, suspenseful, mockumentary, serious, suspense ...
Plot:
alien abduction, found footage, alien, extraterrestrial, alien encounter, ufo, space and aliens, abduction, mountain, escapades, danger, wilderness ...
Time:
year 2014, 21st century
Place:
north carolina, usa
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
A young man (Cruise) leaves Ireland with his landlord's daughter (Kidman) after some trouble with her father, and they dream of owning land at the big giveaway in Oklahoma ca. 1893. When they get to the new land, they find jobs and begin saving ...
Style:
sentimental, period piece, intense, serious, rom com ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, chick flick
Plot:
love, love and romance, enemies to lovers, boxing, ambition, love story, immigrant, boxer, obsessive quest, against the odds, american dream, rise and fall ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1890s, turn of the century, 1800s ...
Place:
usa, ireland, oklahoma, oklahoma city, europe ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Six years before Saul Goodman meets Walter White. We meet him when the man who will become Saul Goodman is known as Jimmy McGill, a small-time lawyer searching for his destiny, and, more immediately, hustling to make ends meet. Working alongside, ...
Style:
witty, stylized, captivating, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
lawyer, workplace situations, family relations, hotshot lawyer, legal, criminal lawyer, dark humor, dishonesty, moral dilemma, money, organized crime, lawyer client relationship ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, year 2002, 21st century
Place:
new mexico, usa, albuquerque new mexico, syria, north america
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
Dr. Daniel Pierce, a neuroscientist and professor, is recruited to help the federal government crack difficult cases. His intimate knowledge of human behavior and masterful understanding of the mind give him an extraordinary ability to read people, ...
Style:
intellectual, mind bending, exciting, offbeat, detective ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
investigation, schizophrenia, fbi, college professor, prodigy, riddles and clues, talented, crime investigation, intelligence, hallucination, genius, law enforcement ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, chicago
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465K
Genre: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family; Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie, as well as a virtual cast of thousands. Since the beginning, the series has been a pop ...
Style:
sitcom, humorous, adult animation, adult cartoon, spoof ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, chick flick, toddlers, kids ...
Plot:
dark humor, goofy hero, satire, social satire, beer, suburbs, bully, siblings relations, family relations, werewolf, eccentric family, adult humor ...
Time:
90s, 2000s, 2010s, 20th century, 80s ...
Place:
usa, nova scotia
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 165 min.
Story:
With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.
Style:
talky, suspense, captivating, brutal, bloody ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
racism, slavery, revenge, old west, bounty hunter, violent, vengeance, african american, dark humor, gunfight, racial violence, violence ...
Time:
19th century, year 2012, 2010s, 1850s
Place:
usa, texas, tennessee, america, austin texas ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
Single father George Altman is doing his best to raise his sixteen-year-old daughter Tessa in the big city. When he discovers a box of condoms in her bedroom, though, he decides the time has come to move her to a more wholesome and nurturing ...
Style:
sitcom, not serious, realistic, feel good, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, adult
Plot:
teenage life, suburban life, suburbs, family relations, youth, everyday life, parents and children, single parent, social relations, fish out of water, society, lifestyle ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york
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530K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico, Hong Kong
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
A young female FBI agent joins a secret CIA operation to take down a Mexican cartel boss, a job that ends up pushing her ethical and moral values to the limit.
Style:
realistic, brutal, harsh, suspense, neo noir ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
revenge, cia, drug cartel, drug smuggling, hitman, brutality, fbi, fbi agent, black ops, cia agent, vigilantism, murder ...
Time:
2010s, year 2016, year 2015, 21st century
Place:
mexico, usa, texas, tucson arizona, arizona ...
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531K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Viktor Navorski is a man without a country; his plane took off just as a coup d'etat exploded in his homeland, leaving it in shambles, and now he's stranded at Kennedy Airport, where he's holding a passport that nobody recognizes. ...
Style:
touching, sincere, sentimental, sweet, emotional ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, date night, family friendly
Plot:
airport, stranded, loneliness, culture clash, nothing goes right, happy ending, destiny, fish out of water, aviation, passenger, life philosophy, fictional country ...
Time:
year 2004, 1900s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, america, canada, romania ...
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136K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
When best buds Rick and Fred begin to show signs of restlessness at home, their wives take a bold approach to revitalize their marriages: they grant the guys a "hall pass", one week of freedom to do whatever they want. At first, it seems ...
Style:
funny, sex comedy, humorous, not serious, teen ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
looking for sex, adultery, infidelity, midlife crisis, nudity, male objectification, bare breasts, oral sex, friends, marriage, marriage crisis, marital crisis ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, atlanta georgia, rhode island, massachusetts, georgia
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202K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The true story of how Ray Kroc, a salesman from Illinois, met Mac and Dick McDonald, who were running a burger operation in 1950s Southern California. Kroc was impressed by the brothers’ speedy system of making the food and saw franchise ...
Style:
inspirational, motivational, realistic, cerebral, uplifting ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens
Plot:
business, businessman, fast food, capitalism, rags to riches, entrepreneurship, entrepreneur, salesman, money, marketing, greed, food ...
Time:
50s, 1950s, 2010s, year 2016, year 1954 ...
Place:
usa, america, california, arizona, illinois ...
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93K
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
They say a blast of flames can take a life ... and hide a secret. But now firemen brothers Brian and Stephen McCaffrey are battling each other over past slights while trying to stop an arsonist with a diabolical agenda from torching Chicago.
Style:
suspense, tense, suspenseful, emotional, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
firefighter, arson, corruption, fire, rescue, pyromaniac, investigation, firefighting, natural disaster, danger, rookie, disaster ...
Time:
year 1971, 90s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
usa, chicago
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63K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Based on a true story, Scorpion is a high-octane drama about eccentric genius Walter O’Brien and his team of brilliant misfits who comprise the last line of defense against complex, high-tech threats of the modern age. As Homeland Security’s new ...
Style:
intellectual, captivating, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
genius, computer genius, prodigy, hacker, problem solving, science, boy genius, computers and web, national security, friendship, computer hacker, save the world ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
A drama about the local field office that investigates criminal cases affecting military personnel in The Big Easy, a city known for its music, entertainment and decadence.
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense, detective ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
crime investigation, military, investigation, government agency, danger, state affairs, partner, undercover, die hard, legal, terrorist, army investigation ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new orleans, louisiana
Is relevant?
18K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
Somewhere in Southern California, in a drug raid run by the US government, a beachfront property was seized and turned into a residence for undercover cops. They are all top agents of the DEA, FBI, and Customs and they are living in this house ...
Style:
realistic, tense, suspenseful, captivating, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
working undercover, rookie, undercover agent, fbi, fighting crime, young man, drug dealer, coworker, police, danger, special agent, frame up ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
Is relevant?
96K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Based on Michael Connelly's best-selling novels, these are the stories of relentless LAPD homicide Detective Harry Bosch who pursues justice at all costs. But behind his tireless momentum is a man who is haunted by his past and struggles to ...
Style:
realistic, tense, detective, exciting, serious ...
Plot:
police, law enforcement, coworker, determination, police detective, homicide detective, murder, murder investigation, suspicion, police investigation, father daughter relationship, danger ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s, future, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, south america
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Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story:
In the dark, early days of a zombie apocalypse, complete strangers band together to find the strength they need to survive and get back to loved ones.
Style:
supernatural thriller, atmospheric, suspense, disturbing, tense ...
Plot:
zombie, panic, blood, death, zombie survival, apocalypse, survival, zombie apocalypse, escape, zombie outbreak, walking dead, running ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Pregnant out of wedlock, an educated young woman is pressured by her father into an arranged marriage with a lonely farmer in this drama set during WWII.
Style:
touching, sincere, sentimental, serious, melancholic ...
Plot:
marriage of convenience, arranged marriage, love and romance, world war two, society, destiny, pregnancy, unhappy marriage, pretend relationship, hopes, soldier, marriage ceremony ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1944, 50s
Place:
usa, colorado
Is relevant?
170K
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
On the night a comet is passing near Earth, eight friends at a dinner party experience a troubling chain of reality bending events. When the power goes out, they discover that the only house on the street left with power also holds many secrets.
Style:
psychological, mind bending, suspenseful, cerebral, confusing ...
Plot:
twists and turns, alternate reality, parallel world, parallel universe, time loop, quantum physics, disorder, friends, paranoia, paradox, isolation, dinner party ...
Time:
near future, year 2013, future, distant future, 2010s ...
Place:
usa, los angeles
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
It's 1946, and peace has dealt Peggy Carter a serious blow as she finds herself marginalized when the men return home from fighting abroad. Working for the covert SSR (Strategic Scientific Reserve), Peggy must balance doing administrative work ...
Style:
tense, captivating, semi serious, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
pre-teens, boys' night, teens
Plot:
female agent, female protagonist, undercover, heroic mission, secret agent, hand to hand combat, heroes, danger, save the world, villain, strong female lead, spy ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1946
Place:
usa, new york
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The army is known for churning out lean mean fighting machines intent on protecting our great nation. Martin is the inexplicable the incorrigible the invicible sgt. Ernie bilko leader of a ragtag group of the sorriest soldiers ever to enlist in the ...
Style:
humorous, funny, light, hilarious, feel good ...
Plot:
gambling, revenge, camp, military, vendetta, feud, soldier, cons and scams, irreverence, african american, grudge, disorder ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, california, greenland, las vegas
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA, Canada, Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Sometimes, it takes a strange night to put everything else into focus. And that's exactly what happens to Harold and his roommate, Kumar, when they set out to get the best stoner fix money can buy: White Castle hamburgers. Both guys are at a ...
Style:
funny, humorous, hilarious, sex comedy, teen ...
Audience:
teens, date night, boys' night, adult
Plot:
road trip, marijuana, stoner, stoned, weed, sex scene, female nudity, adultery, nothing goes right, dumb, party, food ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, amsterdam, new jersey, seattle
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
Kickin' It is an American martial arts inspired comedy television series, which debuted on June 13, 2011 on Disney XD. Created and executive produced by Jim O'Doherty, the series is rated TV-Y7 and follows the karate instructor at an ...
Style:
cult classic, slapstick, realistic, humorous, not serious
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
karate, buddies, martial arts, friends, teenage life, friendship, teenage boy, best friend, teenage girl, high school student, high school, dojo ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
After being hypnotized by his sister in law, Tom Witzky begins seeing haunting visions of a girl's ghost and a mystery begins to unfold around her.
Style:
psychological, sexy, twist ending, dark, disturbing ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
haunted house, ghost, hypnosis, murder, afterlife, supernatural, murder mystery, haunted, psychic, supernatural horror, paranoia, disappearance ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1999
Place:
usa, chicago
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A dysfunctional family of superheroes comes together to solve the mystery of their father's death, the threat of the apocalypse and more.
Style:
exciting, tense, offbeat, anime, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, kids
Plot:
time travel, superhero, heroes, apocalypse, supernatural power, time traveler, danger, alternate history, fight, fantasy world, academy, death ...
Time:
year 1989, future, year 1963, 80s, 20th century ...
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in an alternate America where witches ended their persecution over 300 years ago by cutting a deal with the government to fight for their country, the series follows three young women from basic training in combat magic into early deployment.
Style:
captivating, suspense, supernatural thriller, sad, deep ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
witch, lesbian, female protagonist, lgbt, magic, sorceress, military service, public service, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, female soldier, sapphic, military ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
usa, salem massachusetts
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of several young people from around the world who represent the next stage in human evolution, possessing special powers, including the ability to teleport and communicate with each other telepathically. Together they work to defeat the ...
Style:
exciting, serious, stylized, suspenseful, teen ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, supernatural ability, youth, young heroes, escapades, superhuman powers, teleportation, telekinesis, psychic, friendship, good versus evil, danger ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
Refugees from a war-torn country start showing up to seek asylum in an American town. Only the country these people are from is America and the war they are fleeing is 250 years in the future. The local sheriff with a past, a federal agent and a ...
Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, non-linear, spiritual
Plot:
time travel, conspiracy, twists and turns, superpower, manhunt, runaway, police, adaptation, friendship, society, danger, investigation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Music, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A guy who danced with what could be the girl of his dreams at a costume ball only has one hint at her identity: the Zune she left behind as she rushed home in order to make her curfew. And with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity in front of him, he ...
Style:
romantic, feel good, modern fairy tale, sweet, teen ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, family outing, kids ...
Plot:
cinderella, cinderella story, high school, teenage love, teenage life, love and romance, pop star, youth, teenage girl, love affair, evil stepmother, dance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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