Movies and TV shows set in rhode island

The list contains the best, new and most relevant movies set in rhode island ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, humorous, independent film, feel good and funny films and TV shows about / with family relations, husband wife relationship, parents and children, friendship, love, love and romance, friends, profanity, dog and father daughter relationship plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as rhode island: Reversal of Fortune (1990), The Conjuring (2013), Dan in Real Life (2007), Me, Myself & Irene (2000), Safe Men (1998), A Wake in Providence (1999), Inkubus (2011), The Mulberry Tree (2010), Kiss the Bride (2002), Outside Providence (1999).

List of movies set in rhode island

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Reversal of Fortune (1990)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, Japan, UK
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Wealthy Sunny von Bülow lies brain-dead, husband Claus guilty of attempted murder; but he says he's innocent and hires Alan Dershowitz for his appeal.
Style: realistic, talky, suspense, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot: courtroom drama, lawyer, courtroom, legal, murder, court, biopic, trial, coma, uncover truth, protagonist as suspect, dedicated lawyer ...
Time: 20th century, year 1990, 80s, 90s
Place: rhode island
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 7.5
 551K
The Conjuring (2013)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most terrifying case of their lives.
Style: scary, dark, atmospheric, suspenseful, frightening ...
Audience: family friendly, teens, adult
Plot: haunted house, supernatural, ghost, exorcism, witch, paranormal investigation, fear, possession, psychic, paranormal, haunting, supernatural horror ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 70s, year 2000, 20th century ...
Place: rhode island, new england, connecticut, usa
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Dan in Real Life (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Advice columnist, Dan Burns is an expert on relationships, but somehow struggles to succeed as a brother, a son and a single parent to three precocious daughters. Things get even more complicated when Dan finds out that the woman he falls in love ...
Style: romantic, touching, humorous, feel good, funny ...
Audience: chick flick, date night
Plot: single father, parenthood, love triangle, fall in love, love story, relationships, love and romance, love, widower, father daughter relationship, wedding, single parent ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
Place: rhode island, new jersey, new york, usa, new england
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Me, Myself & Irene (2000)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Rhode Island State Trooper Charlie Baileygates has a multiple personality disorder. One personality is crazy and aggressive, while the other is more friendly and laid back. Both of these personalities fall in love with the same woman named Irene ...
Style: humorous, funny, hilarious, not serious, slapstick ...
Audience: date night, teens, adult
Plot: split personality, gross out humor, road trip, mental illness, breast feeding, stupidity, farce, stoner, sarcasm, chase, chases and races, on the run ...
Time: year 2000, 20th century, 90s, 2000s, y2k ...
Place: rhode island, usa, new york
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 5.8
 4K
Safe Men (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Two untalented singers are mistaken for a pair of major league safe crackers in Providence, Rhode Island. The two are pressed into service by the local hoodlums and quickly find themselves in conflict with their professional colleagues. Romantic ...
Style: light, humorous, melancholic, absurd, buddy comedy ...
Plot: safecracker, heist, mistaken identity, organized crime, comedy of errors, cons and scams, gangster, farce, caper, justice, crime boss, unlikely criminals ...
Time: year 1998, 90s
Place: rhode island, usa
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A Wake in Providence (1999)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Going back home can be hard, particularly when you come from a traditional Italian family, and especially when the girlfriend you bring back is not Italian. But the roof caves in when she's African American. This is the problem that Anthony ...
Style: independent film, realistic, semi serious, humorous
Audience: date night
Plot: interracial, interracial relations, family gatherings, family relations, silly humor, eccentric family, culture clash, family life, social differences, family problems, couples, love and romance ...
Time: 90s
Place: rhode island, los angeles
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 3.8
 1K
Inkubus (2011)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Inkubus tells the story of a skeleton crew working the final shift at a soon to be demolished police station. The night takes a gruesome turn when the demon, Inkubus, calmly walks into the station holding the severed head of a murdered girl. Inkubus ...
Style: scary, serious, brutal, suspenseful, sadistic ...
Plot: serial killer, police station, supernatural, psychopath, law enforcement, gory, mysterious stranger, nightmare, characters killed one by one, disembowelment, decapitation, demon ...
Place: rhode island, usa
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The Mulberry Tree (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A drama centered on a young man working in Rhode Island's state corrections system and his relationship with a convicted murderer who is dying of AIDS and spending his remaining days on hospital detail.
Style: touching, serious, realistic, emotional, independent film ...
Plot: prison, hospital, redemption, family relations, estrangement, life is a bitch, hopes, one more chance, terminal illness, life sentence, haunted by the past, murderer ...
Place: rhode island, usa
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Kiss the Bride (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Sibling drama overshadows the impending nuptials of Danni Sposato and her longtime boyfriend, Geoff Brancato. Television actress Niki brings her manager-boyfriend, Marty, to meet the family for the first time, while spiky youngest sister Toni shows ...
Style: humorous, feel good, sentimental, touching, semi serious ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: wedding, lesbian sex, success, sister sister relationship, eccentric family, lifestyle, parents and children, family gatherings, looking for love, impossible love, unlikely couple, couples ...
Place: rhode island, usa
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Outside Providence (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: In this coming-of-age comedy, Tim Dunphy is leading a go-nowhere existence, spending his days smoking pot and hanging out with his best friend, Drugs Delaney. But Tim's lazy days of getting high are jettisoned after a brush with the law ...
Style: feel good, humorous, intense, sweet, semi serious ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, teenager, high school life, father son relationship, family relations, prank, honest, high school, parents and children, american football, teenage life, student ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, year 1999, y2k, 90s
Place: usa, rhode island, connecticut, arizona, new england ...
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There's Something About Mary (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Having never fully recovered from a prom date that became a total disaster, a man finally gets a chance to reunite with his old prom date, only to run up against other suitors including the sleazy detective he hired to find her.
Style: funny, romantic, humorous, romantic comedy, sex comedy ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, boys' night, date night ...
Plot: true love, dream girl, dumb, stupidity, private detective, farce, dating, love, obstacle, wooing, nothing goes right, hidden identity ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 80s, year 1998
Place: rhode island, florida, miami, usa
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 5.9
 2K
Mr. North (1988)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Mr. North, a stranger to a small, but wealthy, Rhode Island town, quickly has rumors started about him that he has the power to heal people's ailments...
Style: offbeat, independent film, humorous, semi serious
Plot: witch doctor, wealth, small town, small town life, social differences, healing power, social relations, supernatural ability, society, boarding house, court hearing, arrest ...
Time: 1920s, 20th century
Place: rhode island, usa
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 6.3
 493
Federal Hill (1994)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: In Providence's Italian neighborhood, Federal Hill, five young are immersed in drugs, crime and violence. Everything changes when one of the guys in the band know love.
Style: black and white, independent film, serious, realistic, tense
Plot: gangster, college, drug, youth, friendship, partner, best friend, life is a bitch, fall in love, going straight, society, drug dealing ...
Time: year 1994, 90s
Place: rhode island, usa
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Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (2010)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia, Mexico
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A young girl sent to live with her father and his new girlfriend discovers creatures in her new home who want to claim her as one of their own.
Style: gothic, suspenseful, suspense, dark, scary ...
Plot: supernatural, haunted house, child in peril, creature, supernatural horror, monster, deadly creature, parents and children, danger, little girl, old dark house, teeth ...
Time: year 2000, 21st century
Place: rhode island, usa
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 7.3
 409K
Dumb and Dumber (1994)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Lloyd and Harry are two men whose stupidity is really indescribable. When Mary, a beautiful woman, loses an important suitcase with money before she leaves for Aspen, the two friends (who have found the suitcase) decide to return it to her. After ...
Style: humorous, road movie, absurd, funny, slapstick ...
Audience: kids, girls' night, family friendly, teens
Plot: road trip, dumb, dimwit, buddies, stupidity, buddy, parakeet, toilet humor, friendship, odd couple, misfit, bromance ...
Time: 20th century, year 1994, 90s
Place: utah, rhode island, colorado, usa, mississippi ...
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The Last Shot (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A movie director-screenwriter finds a man to finance his latest project but soon discovers that the producer is actually an undercover FBI agent working on a mob sting operation.
Style: humorous, funny, stylized, semi serious, clever ...
Plot: hollywood, organized crime, forgery, investigation, satire, law enforcement, dishonesty, artists and showbiz, sting operation, undercover, filmmaking, ambition ...
Time: year 2004
Place: rhode island, usa, houston texas, los angeles
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 8.1
 362K
Family Guy (1999)
Genre: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Sick, twisted, politically incorrect and Freakin' Sweet animated series featuring the adventures of the dysfunctional Griffin family. Bumbling Peter and long-suffering Lois have three kids. Stewie (a brilliant but sadistic baby bent on killing ...
Style: adult animation, humorous, adult cartoon, cynical, animated comedy ...
Audience: teens, kids, adult
Plot: dark humor, family relations, social satire, dysfunctional family, dog, bullying, goofy hero, eccentric family, family life, parents and children, sexual innuendo, cheerleader ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s ...
Place: rhode island, new england, usa
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 6.8
 30K
Bleed for This (2016)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: The inspirational story of World Champion Boxer Vinny Pazienza, who after a near fatal car crash, which left him not knowing if he'd ever walk again, made one of sports most incredible comebacks.
Style: rough, realistic, exciting, serious, inspirational ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: boxing, underdog, comeback, boxer, hopes, training, car accident, adaptation, rivalry, car rollover, fight, gym ...
Time: year 1988
Place: rhode island, new york, boston, las vegas
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Between Something & Nothing (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: BETWEEN SOMETHING & NOTHING is based on filmmaker Todd Verow’s experiences at Rhode Island School of Design. After being accepted into a prestigious New England art school, sexy small-town JOE and townie mastermind JENNIFER quickly join ...
Style: realistic, serious, independent film, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot: gay, art school, college, dangerous attraction, self discovery, lifestyle, youth, student life, friendship, social misfits, prostitute, lgbtq ...
Time: 21st century
Place: rhode island
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American Buffalo (1996)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Three inner-city losers plan a robbery of a valuable coin in a seedy second-hand junk shop.
Style: talky, bleak, stylized, independent film, minimal cast ...
Plot: betrayal, heist, robbery, revenge, tantrum, coin, antique dealer, loyalty, trust, rainstorm, diner, vulgar ...
Time: year 1996, 90s
Place: rhode island, usa
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 5.9
 131K
Hall Pass (2011)
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, humorous, sex comedy, light, hilarious ...
Audience: date night, chick flick, boys' night, adult
Plot: looking for sex, nudity, adultery, infidelity, midlife crisis, oral sex, friends, female nudity, marriage, marital problem, life philosophy, sex ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, rhode island, atlanta georgia, massachusetts, georgia
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My Sister's Keeper (2009)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Sara and Brian live an idyllic life with their young son and daughter. But their family is rocked by sudden, heartbreaking news that forces them to make a difficult and unorthodox choice in order to save their baby girl's life. The ...
Style: sad, touching, sentimental, heartbreaking, tear jerker ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: cancer, family drama, terminal illness, sisters, lawyer, parenthood, mother daughter relationship, sick child, life is a bitch, leukemia, family relations, family life ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
Place: rhode island, usa, montana, los angeles
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 7.2
 46K
Conviction (2010)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Switzerland, UK, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: When Betty Anne Waters' older brother Kenny is arrested for murder and sentenced to life in 1983, Betty Anne, a Massachusetts wife and mother of two, dedicates her life to overturning the murder conviction. Convinced that her brother is ...
Style: emotional, sincere, touching, inspirational, sad ...
Audience: family friendly, adult
Plot: lawyer, legal, courtroom drama, trial, fighting the system, prison, injustice, false accusation, court, strong female character, freedom, hopes ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1995, year 1992, year 2001 ...
Place: massachusetts, rhode island, usa
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 6.3
 914
Family Sins (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Based on the true story of the Burt family who seemed normal, upstanding members of the community but were actually deeply embedded in crime. The matriarch took in foster children who were subsequently molested and abused by her husband and children ...
Style: realistic, disturbing, serious, thought provoking, bleak
Plot: courtroom drama, unlikely criminals, legal action, family problems, dishonesty, legal, under the surface, love, parents and children, eccentric family, kidnapping, family relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: rhode island
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 6.0
 800
Fatal Desire (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Fatal desire tells the story of the first Internet-related murder in the United States. Sharee Miller is a 27-year-old fiancee, when interviewing with Jerry Cassaday in an Internet chat room. Soon they are in the real life begin a passionate affair. ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, suspense, tense, psychological thriller ...
Plot: child, gangster, love and romance, parents and children, computers and web, pregnancy, teenage life, dishonesty, domestic disturbance, serial killer, danger, casino ...
Time: 21st century
Place: rhode island, nova scotia, pittsburgh
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It's a Complex World (1991)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: A band of would-be terrorists threaten to blow up the Heartbreak Hotel, Providence's most notorious rock club. Featuring extended live performances by The Young Adults and Morris Brock.
Style: independent film
Plot: rock band, terrorism, timebomb, rock and roll, nightclub, singer, politics, singing, musician, destruction, assassin, sex scene ...
Place: rhode island, baltimore, new jersey, maryland
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Normal Adolescent Behavior (2007)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: High school student Wendy has an odd relationship with her five friends: They're openly sexual with each other, swapping partners every week. But this is all thrown into turmoil when she meets Sean, a new student in school who has a crush on ...
Style: serious, bleak, sincere, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: sex, teenager, high school, coming of age, teenage love, humiliation, high school life, innocence lost, friendship, teenage sexuality, best friend, love and romance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, rhode island
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Hachi: A Dog's Tale (2009)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Family
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A drama based on the true story of a college professor's bond with the abandoned dog he takes into his home.
Style: touching, emotional, sad, heartbreaking, sentimental ...
Audience: family outing, chick flick, kids, girls' night, teens ...
Plot: dog, friendship, loyalty, pets, human animal relationship, life & death, animal, loss of friend, loneliness, loss, friends, death ...
Time: year 2009, 2000s
Place: japan, rhode island, usa
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Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story (2005)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: The major sub-plot circles around the youngest Griffin, Stewie, who has a near-death experience at a pool when a lifeguard chair falls on him, but he survives. After having a vision of being in Hell, he decides to change his ways, but this ...
Style: humorous, funny, talky, not serious, witty ...
Audience: teens, kids
Plot: dark humor, time travel, twists and turns, stereotypes, storytelling, family relations, family life, friends, disorder, self discovery, parents and children, existence paradox ...
Time: future, 20th century, year 2005, 2040s, 2000s ...
Place: usa, rhode island, san francisco, new jersey
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Trusting Beatrice (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Claude (Mark Evan Jacobs) is a hapless blue-collared loser living in Providence, Rhode Island whose life changes for the worse when he is unfairly fired from his job, his girlfriend cheats on him, and his apartment burns down resulting in him ...
Style: independent film
Plot: frenchwoman, jail, fire, bad luck, dysfunctional family, orphan
Place: rhode island
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