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List of movies set in pennsylvania
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Two lifelong buddies must unravel the circumstances that led to a corpse in their bathtub in the wake of a Halloween party.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, suspenseful, psychological, dread ...
Plot:
corpse, friendship, investigation, halloween, party, murder investigation, secret, crime solving, uncover truth, friends, violent, cover up ...
Place:
pennsylvania
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243K
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
After iron man Drago, a highly intimidating 6-foot-5, 261-pound Soviet athlete, kills Apollo Creed in an exhibition match, Rocky comes to the heart of Russia for 15 pile-driving boxing rounds of revenge.
Style:
inspirational, saga, tense, suspenseful, action packed ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, boys' night, manly
Plot:
boxing, boxer, revenge, training, underdog, cold war, christmas, brutality, vengeance, boxing match, fight, mercilessness ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1985
Place:
philadelphia, soviet union, las vegas, moscow russia, pennsylvania ...
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160K
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A lifetime of taking shots has ended Rocky's career, and a crooked accountant has left him broke. Inspired by the memory of his trainer, however, Rocky finds glory in training and takes on an up-and-coming boxer.
Style:
inspirational, saga, serious, realistic, action packed ...
Audience:
manly, teens, family outing, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
boxing, boxer, fight, underdog, betrayal, training, father son relationship, boxing trainer, showdown, street fight, gym, fistfight ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 20th century
Place:
philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa, madison square garden manhattan new york city, russia
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Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Coming from a police family, Tom Hardy ends up fighting his uncle after the murder of his father. Tom believes the killer is another cop, and goes on the record with his allegations. Demoted to water-way duty Tom, along with new partner Jo ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, intense, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, murder, murder mystery, plot twist, twists and turns, river, police investigation, frame up, police corruption, chase, investigation, grudge ...
Time:
90s, year 1991, year 1993
Place:
pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa, philadelphia, los angeles ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
A Philadelphia garbageman is discovered by the Philadelphia Eagles and signed by them to become a kicker.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, feel good, humorous
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
american football, power relations, family relations, sport team, ambition, contests and competitions, underdog, hopes, rivalry, lifestyle, athlete's life, athlete and trainer ...
Time:
90s
Place:
philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Jeff Goldblum put his Hollywood actor life on hold to star alongside his new girlfriend in a Pittsburgh regional theater production of The Music Man. Co-directors Bradley and LaBrache tread a surprisingly elegant line between genuine documentary and ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, witty, humorous, mockumentary ...
Plot:
lifestyle, showbiz, relationship vs career, actor's life, couple relations, artists and showbiz, couples, celebrity culture, hollywood, audition, filmmaking, media ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa
Is relevant?
174K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
In the summer of 1987, a college graduate takes a 'nowhere' job at his local amusement park, only to find it's the perfect course to get him prepared for the real world.
Style:
romantic, funny, sentimental, independent film, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
teenager, summer job, friendship, coming of age, amusement park, workplace, college, marijuana, first sexual experience, youth, misfit, young adult ...
Time:
year 2009, year 1987, 2000s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa, boston, new york ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
A married couple's life is turned upside down when the wife is accused of a murder. Lara Brennan is arrested for murdering her boss with whom she had an argument. It seems she was seen leaving the scene of the crime and her fingerprints were on ...
Style:
suspense, romantic, tense, suspenseful, emotional ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, teens
Plot:
innocent, twists and turns, danger, injustice, prison escape, false accusation, couples, life turned upside down, husband wife relationship, escapades, murder, lawyer ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
venezuela, pennsylvania, usa, haiti, canada ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Greg is coasting through senior year of high school as anonymously as possible, avoiding social interactions like the plague while secretly making spirited, bizarre films with Earl, his only friend. But both his anonymity and friendship threaten to ...
Style:
touching, independent film, emotional, teen, black comedy ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, date night, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
high school, cancer, adolescence, friendship, terminal illness, teenager, coming of age, dying, leukemia, friends, teenage boy, illness ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa
Is relevant?
125K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
In 1950s Pittsburgh, a frustrated African-American father struggles with the constraints of poverty, racism, and his own inner demons as he tries to raise a family.
Style:
depressing, talky, stylized, sentimental, cult classic ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
african american, racism, working class, twists and turns, violent, husband wife relationship, black, greed, character study, family relations, race issues, parenthood ...
Time:
1950s, year 2016, 2010s, 20th century, 1930s ...
Place:
pittsburgh, indiana, pennsylvania, usa
Is relevant?
331K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
The former World Heavyweight Champion Rocky Balboa serves as a trainer and mentor to Adonis Johnson, the son of his late friend and former rival Apollo Creed.
Style:
inspirational, emotional, reflective, brutal, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, teens, family outing, adult
Plot:
boxing, underdog, boxer, training, fight, mentor, athlete and trainer, coach, legacy, boxing match, gym, sex scene ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, year 1998, year 2016, 90s ...
Place:
philadelphia, tijuana mexico, mexico, pennsylvania, usa ...
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302K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, China
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
In a series of escalating encounters, security guard David Dunn uses his supernatural abilities to track Kevin Wendell Crumb, a disturbed man who has twenty-four personalities. Meanwhile, the shadowy presence of Elijah Price emerges as an ...
Style:
twist ending, psychological thriller, bad ending, surprise ending, psychological ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
dissociative identity disorder, mental illness, twists and turns, pig, psychology, feminine beauty, superpower, mental patient, psychic, split personality, cheerleader, sociopath ...
Time:
2010s, year 2019, 21st century
Place:
philadelphia, pennsylvania
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
Before there were parenting blogs, trophies for showing up, and peanut allergies, there was a simpler time called the '80s. For geeky 11-year old Adam these were his wonder years and he faced them armed with a video camera to capture all the ...
Style:
retro, humorous, realistic, feel good, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly
Plot:
childhood, father daughter relationship, family life, family relations, parents and children, overbearing parent, teenage life, family values, three generations, brother sister relationship, teenager, mother daughter relationship ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Brad Sexton and his wife, Caroline, are wealthy New Yorkers with both marital and financial problems. The latter issue becomes a pressing matter when they discover that their accountant has embezzled millions and pinned the blame on them. Forced to ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, feel good, romantic comedy, detective ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
amish, fish out of water, embezzlement, true love, wealth, lawyer, farce, marital discord, marital reconciliation, small town, husband and wife, divorce ...
Time:
90s, year 1997
Place:
pennsylvania, usa, new york
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Grace Caldwell, a young Pennsylvania newspaper heiress living with her widowed mother, has trouble restraining herself when it comes to the amorous attentions of young men. As word starts to spread about her behavior, Grace becomes a major source of ...
Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, sexual, ambiguous ending ...
Plot:
cheating wife, nymphomaniac, power of love, infidelity, heiress, marriage, love, couples, dishonesty, love and romance, journalism, looking for sex ...
Time:
60s
Place:
pennsylvania, usa
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Two men from Pennsylvania give up hope in their small run down coal mining town, and head off in search of the beaches of California. The two steal cars as they travel across the USA and are joined by a wild young woman.
Style:
independent film, semi serious, realistic, exciting, rough ...
Plot:
wild ride, on the road, friendship, outlaw, unlikely criminals, chases and races, youth, buddies, teenage life, disorder, dull life, contamination ...
Time:
80s
Place:
california, pennsylvania, usa, illinois
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Rachel arrives in New York from her Amish community intent on becoming a dancer. Unfortunately Billy Minsky's Burlesque is hardly the place for her Dances From The Bible. But the show's comedian Raymond sees a way of wrong-footing the ...
Style:
funny, semi serious, realistic, humorous, feel good
Audience:
date night
Plot:
female nudity, burlesque, stripper, voyeur, nudity, big breasts, swing, bare breasts, dance, hippie, womanizer, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
1920s
Place:
new york, pennsylvania, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Two brothers live in the economically-depressed Rust Belt, when a cruel twist of fate lands one in prison. His brother is then lured into one of the most violent crime rings in the Northeast.
Style:
neo noir, harsh, realistic, rough, gothic ...
Audience:
boys' night, family friendly, girls' night
Plot:
revenge, vengeance, drug dealer, small town, justice, vigilante, disappearance, deadend life, vigilantism, financial problem, violent, brothers ...
Time:
year 2013, 80s, 20th century, year 2008, 2010s ...
Place:
new jersey, pittsburgh, pennsylvania, indiana, appalachia ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A jealous woman (Mischa Barton) plots revenge after her former beau (Matt Long) returns to their hometown with a pretty new girlfriend (Jessica Stroup).
Style:
suspense, psychological, suspenseful, rough, dark ...
Plot:
obsession, obsessive love, female psychopath, cheerleader, bad girl, jealousy, desire, dangerous attraction, american football, girlfriend, kidnapped, suspicion ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
pennsylvania, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Mr. Belvedere is an American sitcom that originally aired on ABC from March 15, 1985, until July 8, 1990. The series is based on the Lynn Aloysius Belvedere character created by Gwen Davenport for her 1947 novel Belvedere, which was later adapted ...
Style:
sitcom, semi serious, realistic, witty, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
family relations, friends, power relations, disorder, youth, lifestyle, master and servant, society, workplace, boss and employee, suburban life, siblings relations ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
All My Children is an American television soap opera that aired on ABC for 41 years, from January 5, 1970 to September 23, 2011, and on The Online Network since April 29, 2013 via Hulu, Hulu Plus, and iTunes. Created by Agnes Nixon, All My Children ...
Style:
soap opera, saga, realistic, serious, sentimental ...
Plot:
lesbian, women, gender, culture, family relations, betrayal, love triangle, rapist, childhood sweetheart, family problems, couples, crumbling marriage ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 90s, 20th century, 2010s ...
Place:
philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa
Is relevant?
47K
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Rock Star tells the story of Chris Cole and a rock band called Steel Dragon. Cole is a photocopier technician by day, and the lead singer of a Steel Dragon tribute band called "Blood Pollution" by night.Internal struggles between the Steel ...
Style:
period piece, cult classic, melancholic, stylized, intense ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, adult
Plot:
music, rock star, rock and roll, rock music, heavy metal, rock, rock band, orgy, rock concert, musician, success, audition ...
Time:
80s, year 2001, y2k, 20th century
Place:
pennsylvania, pittsburgh, seattle, los angeles, usa ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 912 min.
TV show
Story:
The life of a 15 year-old high school student, whose angst-ridden journey through adolescence, friendship, parents, and life teaches her what it means to grow up.
Style:
sentimental, sincere, serious, emotional, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, kids, teen drama
Plot:
female protagonist, high school, coming of age, teenage daughter, first love, teenager, teenage girl, high school hunk, teen angst, adolescence, gay teenager, girl next door ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
pennsylvania, usa
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411K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A family living on a farm finds mysterious crop circles in their fields which suggests something more frightening to come.
Style:
suspense, twist ending, creepy, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Plot:
alien invasion, ufo, alien, alien encounter, single father, faith, first contact, survival, loss of faith, death of wife, extraterrestrial, natural disaster ...
Time:
2000s, future, year 2002, 21st century
Place:
philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa, north america, mexico ...
Is relevant?
49K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A successful, single businesswoman who dreams of having a baby discovers she is infertile and hires a working class woman to be her unlikely surrogate.
Style:
humorous, light, witty, entertaining, cute ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens
Plot:
pregnancy, friendship, female protagonist, babies and infants, thirtysomething life, farce, stereotypes, family relations, lifestyle, odd couple, mother daughter relationship, pregnant woman ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Brash humor and genuine emotion make up this original series revolving around the lives, loves, ambitions, careers and friendships of a group of gay men and women living on Liberty Avenue in contemporary Pittsburgh, PA. The show offers an ...
Style:
emotional, sexy, touching, sexual, realistic ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
lgbt, gay, gay love, gay relationship, friendship, homosexuality, gays and lesbians, lgbtq, homosexual, lesbian, lifestyle, gender ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, pittsburgh, idaho, pennsylvania
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A successful artist looks back with loving memories on the summer of his defining year, 1974. A talented but troubled 18-year-old aspiring artist befriends a brilliant elderly alcoholic painter who has turned his back on not only art but life. The ...
Style:
sincere, realistic, serious, touching, emotional ...
Plot:
painter, self discovery, friendship, family relations, youth, parents and children, unsupportive parent, artists and showbiz, inspiration, art, mentor, intergenerational friendship ...
Time:
year 2006, year 1974, year 1991, 21st century
Place:
pennsylvania, usa, new york
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Sixteen-year-old Dylan is dying of cancer. When a charitable organization offers to grant Dylan his final wish, the teen has a surprising request: to meet supermodel Nikki Sinclair. Much to his mother's dismay, Dylan, with the help of his best ...
Style:
emotional, sexy, tragicomedy, realistic, humorous ...
Plot:
american football, last wish, model, teenage love, single parent, life is a bitch, fall in love, teenage life, follow your dream, youth, hallucination, male female relationship ...
Time:
year 2005, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
new york, pennsylvania, usa, philadelphia, manhattan new york city
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11K
Genre: Drama, Family, History, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
The film focuses on the representatives of the Thirteen original colonies who participated in the Second Continental Congress. 1776 depicts the three months of deliberation (and, oftentimes, acrimonious debate) that led up to the signing of one of ...
Style:
humorous, suspense, patriotic, stylized, surreal ...
Plot:
independence, broadway, revolution, american revolution, dancing, president, american history, slavery, politics, freedom, medieval, war for independence ...
Time:
1770s, georgian era, 18th century, 1930s
Place:
philadelphia, massachusetts, pennsylvania, usa, new jersey ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Equal Justice was a television legal drama broadcast in the United States by ABC from March 27, 1990 to July 3, 1991.
This series details on the lives of the district attorney's office in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The series stars George ...
Style:
serious, emotional, tense, realistic
Plot:
legal, criminal justice, district attorney, courtroom, law firm, politics, ambition, realism, ethics, investigation, urban, public defender ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa
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