Movies and TV shows set in bay area
The list contains the best, new and most relevant movies set in bay area ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out cult classic, serious, realistic, entertaining, suspense and intense films and TV shows about / with mentor, dialogue, catastrophe, destiny, storytelling, chase, death, transformation, life philosophy and runaway plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Action genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as bay area: The Zodiac Killer (1971), Birdman of Alcatraz (1962), Bullitt (1968), A View to a Kill (1985), Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986), Pacific Heights (1990), Basic Instinct (1992), Mrs. Doubtfire (1993), Murder in the First (1995), All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 (1996).
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List of movies set in bay area
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The San Francisco area is beset by a series of seemingly random murders without motive or pattern. The police are taunted by phone calls and letters. Could the maniac be the violent, truck driver, or the seemingly mild-mannered mailman, or even a ...
Style:
slasher, detective, weird
Plot:
serial killer, murder, zodiac killer, killer, mystery killer, killing spree, exploitation, true crime, zombie, killing, psychotic, skirt ...
Place:
bay area, california, san francisco
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
After killing a prison guard, convict Robert Stroud faces life imprisonment in solitary confinement. Driven nearly mad by loneliness and despair, Stroud's life gains new meaning when he happens upon a helpless baby sparrow in the exercise yard ...
Style:
black and white, realistic, serious, captivating, atmospheric ...
Plot:
prison, bird, warden, life sentence, alcatraz, redemption, medical, pet bird, biopic, rebel, self discovery, isolation ...
Time:
20th century, year 1962, 1910s, 1920s, 1940s ...
Place:
san francisco, bay area, kansas, usa
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81K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Senator Walter Chalmers is aiming to take down mob boss Pete Ross with the help of testimony from the criminal's hothead brother Johnny, who is in protective custody in San Francisco under the watch of police lieutenant Frank Bullitt. When a ...
Style:
suspenseful, detective, suspense, intense, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
car chase, police, ford mustang, organized crime, murder, chase, police detective, hitman, police procedural, street racing, tough cop, hospital ...
Time:
year 1968, 20th century, 60s, 70s
Place:
san francisco, bay area, usa, chicago, illinois ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Iceland, France
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
A newly developed microchip designed by Zorin Industries for the British Government that can survive the electromagnetic radiation caused by a nuclear explosion has landed in the hands of the KGB. James Bond must find out how and why. His suspicions ...
Style:
sexy, exciting, saga, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
007, james bond, espionage, secret agent, british secret service, terrorist, cold war, chase, malice, secret service, female assassin, villain ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1985
Place:
san francisco, paris france, california, france, bay area ...
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Fugitives of the Federation for their daring rescue of Spock from the doomed Genesis Planet, Admiral Kirk (William Shatner) and his crew begin their journey home to face justice for their actions. But as they near Earth, they find it at the mercy of ...
Style:
futuristic, action adventure, clever, humorous, exciting ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
time travel, star trek, space travel, space opera, spacecraft, teleportation, space, marine biologist, space adventure, planet earth, falling from height, beer ...
Time:
future, year 1986, 80s, 23rd century, 20th century
Place:
san francisco, bay area, usa, california
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A couple works hard to renovate their dream house and become landlords to pay for it. Unfortunately one of their tenants has plans of his own.
Style:
neo noir, scary, suspenseful, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
psychopath, home invasion, sociopath, manipulation, stalking, anger, deception, landlord, yuppie, identity theft, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, home renovation ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
san francisco, california, bay area, usa, los angeles ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A police detective is in charge of the investigation of a brutal murder, in which a beautiful and seductive woman could be involved.
Style:
sexy, erotic, sexual, detective, neo noir ...
Audience:
kids, boys' night, girls' night, adult
Plot:
femme fatale, obsession, sex, nudity, manipulation, seduction, sexual tension, dangerous attraction, police investigation, murder, fatal attraction, strong sexual content ...
Time:
90s, year 1992, 20th century
Place:
san francisco, bay area, persia, oakland california, california ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Loving but irresponsible dad Daniel Hillard, estranged from his exasperated spouse, is crushed by a court order allowing only weekly visits with his kids. When Daniel learns his ex needs a housekeeper, he gets the job -- disguised as an English ...
Style:
feel good, touching, funny, sweet, laugh out loud ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot:
cross dressing, divorce, comedy of errors, nanny, gender, kids and family, children, custody battle, transvestism, transvestite, childhood, parenting ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
bay area, san francisco, california, usa, north america
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Inspired by a true story. A petty criminal sent to Alcatraz in the 1930s is caught attempting to make an escape. As punishment he is put in solitary confinement. The maximum stay is supposed to be 19 days, but Henri spends years alone, cold and in ...
Style:
suspense, period piece, emotional, depressing, dark ...
Plot:
prison, courtroom, alcatraz, lawyer, court, courtroom drama, legal, justice, murder, escape attempt, corporal punishment, torture ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, year 1941, 20th century, year 1938
Place:
san francisco, bay area, usa, california
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, France, Canada, Ireland, Thailand, Denmark, Australia, Taiwan, UK
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Charlie and Itchy return to Earth to find Gabriel's Horn, but along the way meet up with a young boy named David, who ran away from home.
Style:
serious, exciting, feel good, touching, buddy comedy ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, preschool
Plot:
dog, love, animal, runaway, ghost, happy ending, afterlife, animal protagonist, cartoon dog, boy, good versus evil, heaven ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1996
Place:
san francisco, bay area, usa, california
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54K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
When the San Francisco Giants pay centerfielder Bobby Rayburn $40 million to lead their team to the World Series, no one is happier or more supportive than #1 fan Gil Renard. So when Rayburn becomes mired in the worst slump of his career, the ...
Style:
intense, suspenseful, cult classic, suspense, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
baseball, psychopath, obsession, kidnapping, murder, stalking, dog, father son relationship, fired from the job, anger, celebrity, restraining order ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
san francisco, bay area, usa, california, new jersey
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378K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
FBI chemical warfare expert Stanley Goodspeed is sent on an urgent mission with a former British spy, John Patrick Mason, to stop Gen. Francis X. Hummel from launching chemical weapons on Alcatraz Island into San Francisco. Gen. Hummel demands $100 ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, action packed, entertaining, intense ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
terrorism, hostage, alcatraz, twists and turns, prison, traitor, jail, military, mercenary, terrorist, car chase, prison escape ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
san francisco, california, bay area, usa
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Richard Martin buys a gift, a new NDR-114 robot. The product is named Andrew by the youngest of the family's children. "Bicentennial Man" follows the life and times of Andrew, a robot purchased as a household appliance programmed to ...
Style:
futuristic, philosophical, melancholic, inspirational, sentimental ...
Audience:
family friendly, kids, date night
Plot:
robot, androids and robots, androids, life philosophy, artificial intelligence, existentialism, dystopic future, love story, cyborgs, death, utopia, consciousness ...
Time:
future, 90s, 23rd century, 2040s, 22nd century ...
Place:
san francisco, bay area, california, indiana, utah ...
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291K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Bruce Banner, a genetics researcher with a tragic past, suffers massive radiation exposure in his laboratory that causes him to transform into a raging green monster when he gets angry.
Style:
serious, exciting, action packed, intense, saga ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
superhero, superhuman powers, chase, genetics, experiment gone awry, transformation, monster, scientist, repressed memory, technology, mutant, mad scientist ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 60s, 70s, 80s ...
Place:
san francisco, california, bay area, central america, south america ...
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115K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Italy, USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Geophysicist Dr. Josh Keyes discovers that an unknown force has caused the earth's inner core to stop rotating. With the planet's magnetic field rapidly deteriorating, our atmosphere literally starts to come apart at the seams with ...
Style:
intense, apocalyptic, serious, entertaining, breathtaking ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
natural disaster, disaster, end of the world, apocalypse, catastrophe, survival, worldwide chaos, hacker, danger, hysteria, heroic mission, post apocalypse ...
Time:
future, year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
san francisco, bay area, london, los angeles, chicago ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
When a cure is found to treat mutations, lines are drawn amongst the X-Men and The Brotherhood, a band of powerful mutants organized under Xavier's former ally, Magneto.
Style:
exciting, sexy, action adventure, saga, action packed ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, chick flick, kids, adult
Plot:
mutant, superhero, supernatural ability, avenger, superhuman powers, supernatural power, x men, final battle, comic book, fantasy world, mentor, superhero team ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, future, 20th century, year 1986 ...
Place:
san francisco, usa, bay area, california, washington d.c. ...
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665K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
The true story of the investigation of the "Zodiac Killer", a serial killer who terrified the San Francisco Bay Area, taunting police with his ciphers and letters. The case becomes an obsession for four men as their lives and careers are ...
Style:
atmospheric, tense, suspense, neo noir, stylized ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, murder, journalism, maniac, murder mystery, mind game, journalist, true crime, paranoia, killer, uncover truth ...
Time:
70s, year 2007, year 1971, year 1969, year 1979 ...
Place:
san francisco, california, bay area, usa, oakland california ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional career.
Style:
inspirational, emotional, sentimental, uplifting, motivational ...
Audience:
family outing, chick flick, teens, family friendly
Plot:
homeless, life, human spirit, rags to riches, life philosophy, success, single father, poverty, rise to the top, family drama, life is a bitch, biopic ...
Time:
80s, year 2006, 2010s, 20th century
Place:
usa, california, bay area, san francisco, america
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In the town of Colma, just south of San Francisco, the dead outnumber the living one thousand to one. Here, one wouldn't expect teenagers to burst out in song, or dance around cemeteries and streets. But, that's exactly what happens. Best ...
Style:
sincere, humorous, semi serious, realistic, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
youth, friends, social relations, buddies, gays and lesbians, haunted by the past, breakup, dull life, unrequited love, father son relationship, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, teenager ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, san francisco, bay area, california
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636K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
The fate of the galaxy rests in the hands of bitter rivals. One, James Kirk, is a delinquent, thrill-seeking Iowa farm boy. The other, Spock, a Vulcan, was raised in a logic-based society that rejects all emotion. As fiery instinct clashes with calm ...
Style:
futuristic, entertaining, visually stunning, epic, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family friendly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
space travel, star trek, space opera, spacecraft, time travel, heroic mission, heroes, space and aliens, teamwork, alien, space wars, human versus alien ...
Time:
future, year 2009, 24th century, 23rd century, 2000s
Place:
san francisco, iowa, bay area, space western
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504K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
The story of Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to put together a baseball team on a budget, by employing computer-generated analysis to draft his players.
Style:
inspirational, feel good, clever, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
baseball, mathematics, underdog, success, rise to the top, strategy, business, entrepreneurship, based on real people, biopic, entrepreneur, motivation ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, year 2002, 2000s, 80s ...
Place:
boston, california, usa, san francisco, bay area ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
On a fall night in 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer programming genius Mark Zuckerberg sits down at his computer and heatedly begins working on a new idea. In a fury of blogging and programming, what begins in his dorm room as a small site among ...
Style:
intellectual, clever, realistic, motivational, witty ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
entrepreneur, programmer, geek, business, facebook, computer genius, computers and web, hacker, success, inventions and discoveries, rise to the top, entrepreneurship ...
Time:
year 2010, 20th century, year 2003, 2000s, 2010s ...
Place:
harvard university, boston, california, usa, san francisco ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Scientist Will Rodman is determined to find a cure for Alzheimer's, the disease which has slowly consumed his father. Will feels certain he is close to a breakthrough and tests his latest serum on apes, noticing dramatic increases in ...
Style:
thought provoking, visually stunning, emotional, exciting, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, family friendly, adult
Plot:
gorilla, ape, planet of the apes, rebelliousness, chimpanzee, animal testing, virus, rebellion, experiment gone awry, animal experimentation, dystopia, animal ...
Time:
future, year 2011, jurassic, 2010s, near future ...
Place:
san francisco, bay area, california, usa, north america
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, United Arab Emirates, Hong Kong
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
As an epidemic of a lethal airborne virus - that kills within days - rapidly grows, the worldwide medical community races to find a cure and control the panic that spreads faster than the virus itself.
Style:
apocalyptic, suspense, medical horror, bleak, clever ...
Plot:
virus, pandemic, epidemic, deadly virus, infected, infection, death, quarantine, plague, survival, disaster, medical ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, year 2000, distant future, future ...
Place:
hong kong, minnesota, san francisco, california, bay area ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Bay Area Chef, Mark Matheson has everything he ever wanted: A Restaurant of his own, the love of his girlfriend, Gillian and the respect of the culinary community. But in the wake of bad press and personal demons returning to haunt him, Mark ...
Style:
culinary, emotional, thought provoking, realistic, independent film ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
restaurant, chef, relationships, self discovery, second chance, male protagonist, character study, reputation, ambition, identity, intimate, slice of life ...
Place:
bay area, san francisco
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
Three North Oakland natives fight, dream, and plot hilarious schemes to remain rooted as their changing neighborhood becomes a hostile environment.
Style:
satirical, psychological, social, semi serious, captivating ...
Plot:
satire, society, social commentary, community, ambition, social issues, lifestyle, city life, social problems, ambitious, neighborhood, friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
bay area, oakland california
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Far from his home country of Brazil, a gay man goes on a San Francisco adventure with his friends in order to find the right hookup.
Style:
independent film, multicultural, queer cinema
Plot:
lgbt, brazilian abroad, gay, gay bar, man in underwear, bare chested male, lgbtq, friendship, urban, sexual exploration, intimate, sexually liberated ...
Place:
san francisco, bay area
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 211 min.
TV show
Story:
Cootie is a 13-foot-tall 19-year-old Black man raised by his Aunt Lafrancine and Uncle Martisse in Oakland, California. He is shielded from the outside world until being accidentally discovered by a group of teenage political activists.
Style:
absurd, entertaining, funny, captivating, humorous ...
Plot:
coming of age, superhero, social satire, identity, self discovery, tough guy, adventure hero, escapades, society, satire, guy, friendship ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
northern california, oakland california, california, bay area
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The young Harold lives in his own world of suicide-attempts and funeral visits to avoid the misery of his current family and home environment. Harold meets an 80-year-old woman named Maude who also lives in her own world yet one in which she is ...
Style:
black comedy, dark comedy, offbeat, feel good, inspirational ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
coming of age, suicide, funeral, older woman younger man relationship, eccentricity, misfit, old age, alienation, age difference, couples, cemetery, dark humor ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1971
Place:
california, san francisco, bay area, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Each morning Donya leaves her tight-knit community of Afghan immigrants in Fremont, California. She crosses the Bay to work at a family-run fortune cookie factory in San Francisco. Donya drifts through her routine, struggling to connect with the ...
Style:
black and white, suspenseful, harsh, captivating, dramatic ...
Plot:
female protagonist, refugee, fortune cookie, us military, translator, immigrant, racial prejudice, loneliness, insomnia, u.s. army, army, war ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
afghanistan, bay area, california, san francisco
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