Movies and TV shows set in michigan
The list contains the best, new and most relevant movies set in michigan ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, humorous, entertaining, suspense, feel good and cult classic films and TV shows about / with dialogue, mentor, brutality, nude, runaway, storytelling, vengeance, chase, catastrophe and drinking plots mostly in Comedy, Drama and Crime genres shot in USA, Canada, Italy and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as michigan: Flash of Genius (2008), The Road to Wellville (1994), The Christmas Bunny (2010), Semi-Pro (2008), Battle Creek (2015), Grosse Pointe Blank (1997), Blood Ties (2009), 8 Mile (2002), This Must Be the Place (2011), Escanaba in da Moonlight (2001).
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List of movies set in michigan
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
In this David vs. Goliath drama based on a true story, college professor Robert Kearns (Greg Kinnear) goes up against the giants of the auto industry when they fail to give him credit for inventing intermittent windshield wipers. Kearns doggedly ...
Style:
inspirational, thought provoking, sentimental, sincere, serious ...
Plot:
business, underdog, inventor, entrepreneurship, entrepreneur, legal, lawsuit, marketing, courtroom, lawyer, car, justice ...
Time:
20th century, year 2008, 60s, 70s, 80s
Place:
michigan, usa, detroit, california
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
An unhappy young couple visit the infamous Kellogg spa in Battle Creek, Michigan while a young hustler tries get into the breakfast-cereal business and compete against John Kellogg's corn flakes.
Style:
humorous, talky, witty, hilarious, surreal ...
Plot:
masturbation, eccentricity, male nudity, public nudity, sanitarium, doctor, doctors and patients, competition, countryside, cons and scams, couples, goofy hero ...
Time:
20th century, year 1994, 1900s, 19th century, 1890s ...
Place:
michigan, usa, america
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The Christmas Bunny tells the story of a lonely foster child (Sophie Bolen) who finds a lost, injured rabbit in the woods on Christmas Eve. The rabbit is nursed back to health by The Bunny Lady (Florence Henderson), who runs a rabbit rescue in an ...
Style:
uplifting, sentimental, touching, sincere, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, girls' night
Plot:
christmas, rabbit, friendship, family relations, family life, pets, nursing, orphan, coming of age, holiday, youth, farm ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
michigan, usa
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89K
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Jackie Moon is the owner, promoter, coach, and star player of the Flint Michigan Tropics of the American Basketball Association (ABA). In 1976 before the ABA collapses, the National Basketball Association (NBA) plans to merge with the best teams of ...
Style:
funny, entertaining, stylized, humorous, hilarious ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
basketball, championship, cheerleader, hopes, satire, basketball team, sport team, mentor, competition, adaptation, justice, athlete's life ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
michigan, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
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Story:
In this mismatched buddy cop dramedy, an amazingly handsome, happy-go-lucky FBI agent is paired with a local, hard scrabble Michigan homicide detective. As they solve crimes together, their polar opposite methods only slightly outweigh their disdain ...
Style:
witty, detective, realistic, cynical, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police detective, police station, murder investigation, law enforcement, partners against crime, police partner, police investigation, fighting crime, female boss, friendship, initially antagonists, luck ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
michigan, usa
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Martin Blank is a hitman for hire. When he starts to develop a conscience, he botches a couple of routine jobs. On the advice of his secretary and his psychiatrist, he decides to attend his ten-year high school reunion in Grosse Pointe, Michigan.
Style:
dark comedy, cult classic, entertaining, humorous, black comedy ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
professional killer, killer, hitman, gunfight, assassin, suburbs, contract killer, secretary, radio dj, high school reunion, small town, therapy ...
Time:
20th century, year 1997, 80s, 90s
Place:
michigan, usa, detroit
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Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A group of students solve the mystery of a 20 year old murder. Now they fight to stay alive while being hunted one by one.
Style:
slasher, suspense, tense, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
college, murder, serial killer, danger, stalking, youth, struggle for survival, investigation, rivalry, conspiracy, school, college life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
michigan, usa
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348K
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The setting is Detroit in 1995. The city is divided by 8 Mile, a road that splits the town in half along racial lines. A young white rapper, Jimmy "B-Rabbit" Smith Jr. summons strength within himself to cross over these arbitrary ...
Style:
inspirational, sexy, realistic, serious, harsh ...
Audience:
girls' night, boys' night, teens
Plot:
hip hop, underdog, music, rap, follow your dream, musician, urban ghetto life, success, urban ghetto, street gang, musician's life, trailer park ...
Time:
year 2002, 90s, year 1995, y2k, 2000s ...
Place:
detroit, michigan, los angeles, america, usa
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy, France, Ireland
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A bored, retired rock star sets out to find his father's executioner, an ex-Nazi war criminal who is a refugee in the U.S.
Style:
road movie, sexy, cerebral, dark comedy, melancholic ...
Plot:
goth, self discovery, rock, relationships, redemption, holocaust, hopes, on the road, eccentricity, desert, existentialism, reconciliation ...
Time:
year 2011, 21st century
Place:
ireland, new mexico, michigan, usa, dublin ireland ...
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A macho man in a family on the eve of deer-hunting season must deal with the eldest son's curse of never having bagged a buck.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, entertaining, light, cult classic ...
Plot:
family relations, obsessive quest, goofy hero, dysfunctional family, parents and children, disorder, family problems, father son relationship, brother brother relationship, camping, camp, satire ...
Time:
year 1989, 80s, 21st century
Place:
michigan, usa
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465K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
At a high-school party, four friends find that losing their collective virginity isn't as easy as they had thought. But they still believe that they need to do so before college. To motivate themselves, they enter a pact to all ...
Style:
teen sex comedy, sex comedy, funny, humorous, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, girls' night, date night ...
Plot:
coming of age, teenager, party, adolescence, virginity, sex, masturbation, looking for sex, nudity, college, loss of virginity, high school ...
Time:
year 1999, y2k, 20th century, 90s, 80s
Place:
michigan, usa, north america
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Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
After his parents’ death, Shawn, 19 and mildly delinquent, tries to look after his little sister to cash in on his dad’s life insurance. But you can’t buy love -- and you sure can’t ignore it. Shawn will find out he’s got more to gain by ...
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, psychological, gloomy
Plot:
custody, family problems, coming of age, teenage life, family relations, youth, rivalry, small town, family life, dog, homeless, poverty ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
michigan, usa
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Two fledgling criminals kidnap a pizza delivery guy, strap a bomb to his chest, and advise him that he has mere hours to rob a bank or else...
Style:
humorous, black comedy, dark comedy, entertaining, feel good ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
kidnapping, pizza delivery boy, heist gone wrong, profanity, masked man, robbery, redemption, creativity, race against time, buddies, heist, escapades ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place:
michigan, usa
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The whole gang are back and as close as ever. They decide to get even closer by spending the summer together at a beach house. They decide to hold the biggest party ever to be seen, even if the preparation doesn't always go to plan. Especially ...
Style:
sex comedy, sexy, teen sex comedy, hilarious, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
party, looking for sex, female nudity, female masturbation, stupidity, high school, college student, sex, youth, masturbation, beach house, dumb ...
Time:
2000s, year 2001, 21st century
Place:
michigan, usa, north america
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Rob Lawson's perpetual quest for success is interrupted when his estranged daughter shows up pregnant, challenging him to be a father before he becomes a grandfather.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, captivating, psychological, contemplative ...
Plot:
family relations, estrangement, family problems, couples, parents and children, river, pregnancy, unfulfillment, self discovery, moral dilemma, dysfunctional family, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
michigan
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Tough-talking Detroit cop Axel Foley heads to the rarified world of Beverly Hills in his beat-up Chevy Nova to investigate a friend's murder. But soon, he realizes he's stumbled onto something much more complicated. Bungling rookie ...
Style:
buddy comedy, humorous, funny, entertaining, exciting ...
Audience:
kids, boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
police, gunfight, buddy, murder, reluctant partners, fish out of water, death of friend, investigation, law enforcement, damsel in distress, cop, drug smuggling ...
Time:
year 1984, 20th century, 80s
Place:
los angeles, michigan, beverly hills, usa, detroit ...
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59K
Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
A police raid in Detroit in 1967 results in one of the largest citizens' uprisings in the history of the United States.
Style:
suspense, social, hood, suspenseful, factual ...
Plot:
racism, police violence, police brutality, racial tension, trial, fear, motel, murder, african american, revenge, racial segregation, looting ...
Time:
year 2017, year 1967, 2010s, year 1969, year 1943 ...
Place:
detroit, michigan
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167K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Four adopted brothers return to their Detroit hometown when their mother is murdered and vow to exact revenge on the killers.
Style:
entertaining, harsh, hood, intense, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
revenge, vengeance, robbery, violence, vigilante, adoption, snow, gangster, uncover truth, sibling relationship, criminal heroes, mob boss ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
michigan, usa, detroit
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Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Jessica, the daughter of an impoverished apple farmer, still believes in Santa Claus. So when she comes across a reindeer with an injured leg, it makes perfect sense to her to assume that it is Prancer, who had fallen from a Christmas display in ...
Style:
touching, christmas classics, crying, entertaining, sad ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
christmas, santa claus, reindeer, single father, small town, holiday, farm, father daughter relationship, widower, girl, little girl, animal ...
Time:
year 1989
Place:
michigan
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249K
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When a group of college students finds a mysterious book and recording in the old wilderness cabin they've rented for the weekend, they unwittingly unleash a demonic force from the surrounding forest.
Style:
bloody, splatter, demonic, scary, psychotronic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, manly, date night, adult
Plot:
gory, zombie, evil dead, demonic possession, supernatural horror, nightmare, demon, monster, extreme violence, violence, sexualized violence, evil ...
Time:
80s, year 1981, 20th century, 70s
Place:
usa, michigan, tennessee, north america
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Detective Burt Williams has been on the trail of the infamous "Poe killer" for nearly three years. The most recent abduction of fashion model Heather Makepiece prompts state authorities to bring in the FBI. Burt's daughter Kris ...
Style:
slasher, suspense, realistic, scary, serious ...
Plot:
serial killer, chases and races, police detective, race against time, confined, law enforcement, police investigation, psychopath, gory, murder, kidnapping, who done it ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
michigan, midwest, detroit
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The Dirty Shame is the only bar in the small town of Paradise, Michigan. A burnt out, chain-smoking fortyish bar maid is the only waitress at The Dirty Shame. A group of local red necks conspiring to bring a mail order bride to their Midwest town ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, touching, feel good, independent film ...
Plot:
fish out of water, friendship, starting over, society, couples, love and romance, couple relations, culture clash, immigrant, husband wife relationship, mail order bride, countryside ...
Time:
90s
Place:
michigan, ukraine, usa, kiev ukraine
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Adopted as a child, new father Mel Colpin (Ben Stiller) decides he cannot name his son until he knows his birth parents, and determines to make a cross-country quest to find them. Accompanied by his wife, Nancy (Patricia Arquette), and an inept yet ...
Style:
road movie, black comedy, sexy, witty, funny ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, road trip, mistaken identity, adoption, on the road, gay couple, farce, misunderstanding, attraction, acid trip, baby, adopted son ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new mexico, new york, michigan, usa, san diego california ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
The characters we met a little more than a decade ago are returning to East Great Falls for their high-school reunion. In one long-overdue weekend, they will discover what has changed, who hasn’t and that time and distance can’t break the bonds ...
Style:
sexy, funny, hilarious, humorous, teen sex comedy ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night
Plot:
party, high school reunion, friends, friendship, sex scene, husband wife relationship, sexual attraction, sexual activity, buddies, college, masturbation, outdoor sex ...
Time:
2010s, year 2012, 21st century
Place:
usa, michigan
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The remarkable true story of how retiree Jerry Selbee discovers a mathematical loophole in the Massachusetts lottery and, with the help of his wife, Marge, wins $27 million dollars and uses the money to revive their small Michigan town.
Style:
feel good, disturbing, captivating, realistic, entertaining ...
Plot:
lottery winner, small town, rich, genius, mathematics, lottery, husband wife relationship, money, couple relations, small town life, money falling through the air, satire ...
Place:
michigan, massachusetts, harvard university, boston
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306K
Genre: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
In a violent, near-apocalyptic Detroit, evil corporation Omni Consumer Products wins a contract from the city government to privatize the police force. To test their crime-eradicating cyborgs, the company leads street cop Alex Murphy into an armed ...
Style:
futuristic, entertaining, black comedy, cyber, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids, teens, manly
Plot:
cyberpunk, robot, cyborgs, androids and robots, dystopia, robocop, police, revenge, graphic violence, law enforcement, satire, gory ...
Time:
future, near future, 80s, year 1987
Place:
usa, detroit, michigan
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229K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Exactly one year after young rock guitarist Eric Draven and his fiancée are brutally killed by a ruthless gang of criminals, Draven -- watched over by a hypnotic crow -- returns from the grave to exact revenge.
Style:
gothic, suspenseful, dark fantasy, rough, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
vengeance, supernatural, vigilante, good versus evil, goth, halloween, murder, superhero, afterlife, justice, revenge, vigilantism ...
Time:
90s, year 1994, near future, 20th century
Place:
michigan, seattle, detroit
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105K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Meet Jack Foley, a smooth criminal who bends the law and is determined to make one last heist. Karen Sisco is a federal marshal who chooses all the right moves … and all the wrong guys. Now they're willing to risk it all to find out if ...
Style:
sexy, romantic, entertaining, neo noir, witty ...
Audience:
date night, boys' night
Plot:
heist, prison, bank robbery, hot and sexy, robbery, fbi, runaway, love story, making love, hotel, crime gone awry, opposites attract ...
Time:
90s, year 1998, 20th century
Place:
usa, miami, michigan, florida, detroit
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In 1978, a Kiss concert was an epoch-making event. For the three teen fans in Detroit Rock City getting tickets to the sold-out show becomes the focal point of their existence. They'll do anything for tickets -- compete in a strip club's ...
Style:
period piece, road movie, funny, teen, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
rock and roll, virginity, heavy metal, coming of age, youth, friendship, high school, road trip, domineering mother, telephone call, runaway, music ...
Time:
70s, year 1999, 90s, 20th century, year 1978 ...
Place:
michigan, detroit, ohio, usa, cleveland ohio
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857K
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Walt Kowalski is a widower who holds onto his prejudices despite the changes in his Michigan neighborhood and the world around him. Kowalski is a grumpy, tough-minded, unhappy old man who can't get along with either his kids or his neighbors. ...
Style:
serious, touching, emotional, suspense, harsh ...
Audience:
chick flick, manly, teen drama, adult
Plot:
gang, friendship, veteran, revenge, racism, old man, elderly, prejudice, car, war veteran, gangster, gunfight ...
Time:
2000s, year 2008, 21st century
Place:
detroit, usa, michigan, italy, north america
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