| Just Add Magic (2015) | 8.3 | |
| Scorpion (2014) | 7.1 | |
| Bosch (2014) | 8.5 | |
| Perception (2012) | 7.5 | |
| The Knick (2014) | 8.4 |
Movies and TV shows set in usa – page 4
Best films
List of movies set in usa
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 172 min.
Story:
An Oregon woman vanishes. In her wake remains a single black rose & a note reading gone but not forgotten. Now a man stands accused: a private eye has gone missing: a detective knows more than she lets on: & a tough female attorney has ...
Style:
tense, realistic, psychological, serious, suspenseful
Plot:
serial killer, private detective, amateur detective, danger, investigation, rivalry, murder, psychopath, police investigation, law enforcement, police detective, who done it ...
Time:
year 1995, year 2005
Place:
usa, oregon, new york
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
The live-action comedy follows best friends Shelby and Cyd who, when their aspiring scientist friend Barry’s invention goes awry, gain the power to leap forward and backward in time whenever they want – and sometimes when they don’t. Now, they ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, corny, teen comedy
Audience:
pre-teens, kids, family outing
Plot:
time travel, friendship, high school life, friends, teenage life, youth, teenager, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, imaginary, disorder, experiment gone awry, best friend ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, portland oregon
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914
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Doctors are baffled when an expectant mother wakes to find her nearly-to-term pregnancy apparently disappear overnight. Police investigate the situation as a missing child, and only her husband and brother trust her version of events.
Style:
psychological, tense, serious, suspenseful, scary ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
alien abduction, found footage, pregnancy, missing child, danger, family relations, alien, uncover truth, investigation, babies and infants, family problems, woman in danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Family, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story:
Meet The Thundermans, a typical suburban family that happens to have astounding superpowers. At the center of the action are the 14-year-old Thunderman twins, who share the same bathroom, the same school, and the same annoying little siblings. Their ...
Style:
feel good, entertaining, humorous, sitcom, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
superhero, heroes, young heroes, youth, teenager, supernatural power, friendship, siblings relations, teenage superhero, superhuman powers, teen superhero, twins ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior was a short-lived American police procedural drama that aired on CBS. The show debuted in 2011 as a spin-off from the successful Criminal Minds, which had premiered in 2005. This edition's profiling team also ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, serious, rough, realistic ...
Plot:
forensics, profiler, serial killer, police investigation, law enforcement, multiple suspects, danger, police procedural, african american, computer genius, computer system, murder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, virginia
Is relevant?
7K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When two bus crash survivors awake to discover that they are the only people left in their small town, they must form an unlikely alliance in a race to unravel the truth behind their isolation. As strange events begin to unfold, they start to ...
Style:
suspenseful, scary, serious, suspense, retro ...
Plot:
hospital, isolation, coma, crash, small town, uncover truth, rivalry, purgatory, tragic romance, post apocalypse, danger, ghost ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Based on Gordon Korman's book 'Swindle,' this movie is about a boy named Griffin who finds a valuable multi-million dollar baseball card. After accidentally selling the card for a million dollar loss, he enlists the help of his best ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, humorous, light, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
friendship, cheerleader, escapades, partner, cons and scams, heist, teenager, collector, friends, best friend, youth, nun ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
When a group of close-knit friends assemble for the marriage of Skylar and Dan, they have no idea they will witness The Rapture and face a series of catastrophic events turning the celebration into a life-or-death struggle.
Style:
suspenseful, demonic, tense, serious, christian film ...
Plot:
found footage, wedding, apocalypse, hopes, bible prophecy, end of the world, supernatural, christianity, chaos, survival, christian, disaster ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Raines is a crime drama television series that ran from March 15, 2007 to April 27, 2007 on NBC in the United States. The show premiered as a mid-season replacement, as well as airing on CH in Canada, TV3 in Ireland, ITV3 in the UK, and on Network ...
Style:
detective, serious, psychological, suspenseful, gloomy ...
Plot:
police investigation, hallucination, therapist, afterlife, investigation, mentally unstable, supernatural, law enforcement, therapy, haunted by the past, murder, supernatural ability ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
On a stormy Saturday afternoon, six students from Crestview Academy begin to meet horrible fates as they serve out their detentions. Is a fellow student to blame, or perhaps Crestview's alleged ghosts are behind the terrible acts?
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, semi serious, suspense, slasher ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
high school, detention, teenage life, student life, teenager, trapped, popular girl, murder, seance, manipulation, zombie, danger ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
After inheriting the family mortuary, a pyrophobic mortician accidentally exposes hundreds of un-cremated bodies to toxic medical waste. As the corpses re-animate, the mortician's inheritance-seeking younger brother unexpectantly shows up, ...
Style:
rough, scary, serious, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
grave, zombie, danger, chaos, supernatural, gory, living dead, death, night of the living dead, plague, strong violent content, woman ...
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
James "Jimmy" Chance is a clueless 24-year-old who impregnates a serial killer during a one-night-stand. Earning custody of his daughter after the mother is sentenced to death, Jimmy relies on his oddball but well-intentioned family for ...
Style:
humorous, sitcom, not serious, realistic, hilarious ...
Plot:
youth, disorder, single father, babies and infants, stupidity, parents and children, adolescence vs adulthood, eccentric family, living with parents, family life, parenthood, supermarket ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: France, USA, UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
As Nell Sweetzer tries to build a new life after the events of the first movie, the evil force that once possessed her returns with an even more horrific plan.
Style:
demonic, serious, suspenseful, scary, saga ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
exorcism, demonic possession, supernatural, supernatural horror, memory loss, evil, satan, demon, ghost, haunted by the past, curses spells and rituals, good versus evil ...
Time:
year 2013, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
usa, new orleans, louisiana
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Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
John James is a writer; his wife has left him. He moves with his two middle-school children to an isolated house off a dirt road in South Carolina. The property has an Indian burial mound, which fascinates his daughter, Louisa, who's entering ...
Style:
tense, scary, suspenseful, exciting, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
evil child, teenage girl, indian burial ground, supernatural, father daughter relationship, single parent, danger, family in danger, parents and children, life turned upside down, curses spells and rituals, supernatural ability ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, south carolina
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Serving Sara is a 2002 romantic comedy film which stars Matthew Perry, Elizabeth Hurley and Bruce Campbell. Joe Tyler (Perry) is a process server who is given the assignment to serve Sara Moore (Hurley) with divorce papers.
Style:
funny, romantic, entertaining, light, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens
Plot:
chase, divorce, opposites attract, on the road, couple relations, road trip, crumbling marriage, true love, husband wife relationship, vengeance, couples, wine ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s
Place:
usa, new york, manhattan new york city, amarillo texas, miami ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Inspired by a true story, sparks fly when a Jew and a Muslim fall in love in New York. David (David Moscow), TV host of "Sex & Happiness", becomes smitten with the voluptuous Layla (Shiva Rose) - a mysterious, sensual dancer who ...
Style:
realistic, humorous, semi serious, sincere, witty ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
forbidden love, meet the parents, culture clash, fall in love, love and romance, couples, parents and children, hopes, unlikely couple, family relations, desire, belly dancer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york, kurdistan, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Inspired by the true story of one of the most gruesome killers in American history. Now, years after inspiring "Psycho's" Norman Bates, "The Silence Of The Lambs'" Buffalo Bill and "The Texas Chainsaw ...
Style:
disturbing, scary, slasher, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
serial killer, true crime, murder, psychopath, law enforcement, violence spree, police investigation, stalking, mind game, danger, criminal, cannibal ...
Time:
50s
Place:
usa, wisconsin, texas
Is relevant?
41K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A grieving doctor is being contacted by his late wife through his patients near death experiences.
Style:
suspense, psychological, suspenseful, scary, surprise ending ...
Plot:
afterlife, death, hospital, supernatural ability, medical, lovers apart, destiny, supernatural, doctor, contact, dealing with death, ghost ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, chicago, colombia, south america, venezuela ...
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
Dan Vs. is an Emmy award winning American Flash animated television series created by Dan Mandel and Chris Pearson. The series has spanned three seasons, airing on Hub Network from January 1, 2011 to March 9, 2013. The series is rated TV-PG.
Style:
not serious, humorous, adult animation, light, sitcom ...
Audience:
teens, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
vengeance, revenge, buddies, friends, friendship, talented, disorder, irresponsible, male protagonist, anger, friend, hate ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
When a career criminal's plan for revenge is thwarted by unlikely circumstances, he puts his intended victim's son in his place by putting him in prison...and then joining him.
Style:
funny, humorous, entertaining, hilarious, spoof ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
prison, mentor, friendship, adaptation, justice, stoner, storytelling, partner, faked death, jury, revenge, jail ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, illinois
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
When Manny Singer's wife dies, his young daughter Molly becomes mute and withdrawn. To help cope with looking after Molly, he hires sassy housekeeper Corrina Washington, who coaxes Molly out of her shell and shows father and daughter a whole ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, sweet, light, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
interracial romance, friendship, nanny, self discovery, couples, daughter, interracial relations, single father, starting over, housekeeper, interracial love, hopes ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, year 1994, 20th century
Place:
usa, los angeles, washington d.c., seattle
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When the new sheriff of Salem, Massachusetts discovers that he is the victim of a centuries-old curse, he must protect his family from the vengeful ghosts that torment his home.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
haunted house, small town, ghost, murder, witch, pursuit, sheriff, drowning, danger, parents and children, relocation, witchcraft ...
Time:
year 2000, 21st century
Place:
usa, massachusetts
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Despite being well into adulthood, brothers Doug and Steve Butabi still live at home and work in the flower shop owned by their dad. They exist only to hit on women at discos, though they're routinely unsuccessful until a chance run-in with ...
Style:
cult classic, humorous, funny, entertaining, mysterious ...
Audience:
date night, teens
Plot:
nightclub, brother brother relationship, stupidity, dumb, dancing, wedding, swimming pool, buddies, businessman, brother brother conflict, immaturity, vanity ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
usa, new york, beverly hills
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A representative of an alien race that went through drastic evolution to survive its own climate change, Klaatu comes to Earth to assess whether humanity can prevent the environmental damage they have inflicted on their own planet. When barred from ...
Style:
stylized, suspenseful, apocalyptic, visual, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
ufo, end of the world, alien encounter, alien, alien invasion, alien contact, evil alien, happy ending, first contact, robot, extraterrestrial, apocalypse ...
Time:
year 2008, future, 20th century, 1920s, 2000s ...
Place:
usa, washington d.c., virginia, new jersey, manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
INTER SCI climatologist Dr. David Kotzman has evidence that a shift in the Earth's polarity triggered the last Ice Age...in a single day. Now, it's happening again, and there's no time to escape. As the temperature plummets, Miami is ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, disturbing, captivating, tense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
apocalypse, disaster, natural disaster, survival, save the world, rescue, save the day, forces of nature, race against time, husband wife relationship, winter, post apocalyptic ...
Time:
future
Place:
miami, usa, florida, new york
Is relevant?
259K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Clarence marries hooker Alabama, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood, while the owners of the coke try to reclaim it.
Style:
sexy, cult classic, dark comedy, intense, neo noir ...
Audience:
chick flick, manly, boys' night
Plot:
organized crime, cocaine, lovers on the run, gangster, mafia, gunfight, shootout, drug dealing, husband wife relationship, bodyguard, love, hotel ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1993
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, seattle, michigan ...
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298K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Set in the 1930s this intricate caper deals with an ambitious small-time crook and a veteran con man who seek revenge on a vicious crime lord who murdered one of their gang.
Style:
witty, captivating, entertaining, surprise ending, humorous ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
gambling, revenge, con artists, murder, twists and turns, caper, con man, gangster, chase, cons and scams, casino, organized crime ...
Time:
1930s, year 1936, 20th century, year 1973
Place:
chicago, usa, persia, new york, illinois
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
When a Harvard-educated CIA agent is killed during an operation, the secret agency recruits his twin brother.
Style:
action comedy, humorous, intense, suspenseful, semi serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
espionage, spy, terrorism, partner, culture clash, hidden camera, cia, secret service, twin brother, betrayal, lone hero, fish out of water ...
Time:
year 2002, 21st century
Place:
usa, langley virginia, new york, europe, los angeles ...
Is relevant?
202K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Prot is a patient at a mental hospital who claims to be from a far away Planet. His psychiatrist tries to help him, only to begin to doubt his own explanations.
Style:
psychological, touching, sentimental, cerebral, philosophical ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
patient, mental institution, extraterrestrial, alien, mysterious character, psychiatry, hypnosis, psychiatrist, planet, space and aliens, investigation, delusion ...
Time:
future, year 2001, 80s, 90s, 21st century
Place:
usa, persia, new york, newfoundland, greenland ...
Is relevant?
92K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A hard-nosed cop reluctantly teams up with a wise-cracking criminal temporarily paroled to him, in order to track down a killer.
Style:
exciting, funny, neo noir, humorous, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, manly, adult
Plot:
buddy cop, prison, tough cop, revenge, reluctant partners, cop, partner, villain, tough guy, police investigation, police officer killed, buddy ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1982
Place:
san francisco, usa, bay area, north america, los angeles
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