Movies and TV shows set in boston
The list contains the best, new and most relevant movies set in boston ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, interesting, clever, suspense, serious and dramatic films and TV shows about / with mentor, dialogue, storytelling, redemption, bar, runaway, justice, chase, drinking alcohol and drinking plots mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres shot in USA, UK, Hong Kong and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as boston: Gone Baby Gone (2007), The Town (2010), The Departed (2006), Patriots Day (2016), The Boondock Saints (1999), Black Mass (2015), Good Will Hunting (1997), Ted (2012), The Verdict (1982), Spotlight (2015).
Best films
New films
| Frasier (2023) | 6.8 | |
| Redeeming Love (2022) | 6.8 | |
| The Walk (2022) | 5.3 | |
| The Equalizer 3 (2023) | 6.8 | |
| The Beekeeper (2024) | 6.3 |
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
When 4 year old Amanda McCready disappears from her home and the police make little headway in solving the case, the girl's aunt, Beatrice McCready hires two private detectives, Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro. The detectives freely admit that ...
Style:
twist ending, suspense, surprise ending, neo noir, thought provoking ...
Audience:
kids, adult
Plot:
kidnapping, private detective, twists and turns, investigation, conspiracy, violence, moral dilemma, police investigation, death, murder mystery, moral ambiguity, missing child ...
Time:
year 2007, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
boston, massachusetts, usa
Is relevant?
444K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Doug MacRay is a longtime thief, who, smarter than the rest of his crew, is looking for his chance to exit the game. When a bank job leads to the group kidnapping an attractive branch manager, he takes on the role of monitoring her – but their ...
Style:
suspense, neo noir, rough, stylized, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
heist, bank robbery, robbery, gunfight, romancing a criminal, group of criminals, thief, gang, organized crime, criminal gang, love affair, masked robber ...
Time:
2010s, year 2010, 21st century
Place:
boston, usa, florida, massachusetts
Is relevant?
1.5M
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin, a career criminal rises ...
Style:
twist ending, suspense, surprise ending, clever, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
mafia, police, undercover cop, twists and turns, mole, organized crime, working undercover, mobster, espionage, plot twist, undercover, irish mob ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
boston, massachusetts, america, persia, usa ...
Is relevant?
121K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
An account of Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis's actions in the events leading up to the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing and the aftermath, which includes the city-wide manhunt to find the terrorists behind it.
Style:
tense, intense, factual, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
terrorism, police, fbi, terrorist, tragedy, surveillance, courage, brutality, manhunt, police investigation, chase, investigation ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, year 2013, 21st century
Place:
boston, massachusetts, america, usa, california
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
With a God-inspired moral obligation to act against evil, twin brothers Conner and Murphy set out to rid Boston of criminals. However, rather than working within the system, these Irish Americans decide to take swift retribution into their own hands.
Style:
neo noir, suspense, entertaining, sexy, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vigilantism, revenge, violent, mafia, vengeance, twins, shootout, shooting, police, vigilante, twists and turns, fbi ...
Time:
year 1999, 20th century, 90s
Place:
boston, massachusetts, usa
Is relevant?
201K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
The true story of Whitey Bulger, the brother of a state senator and the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston, who became an FBI informant to take down a Mafia family invading his turf.
Style:
factual, suspense, brutal, intense, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, violence, corruption, irish mob, organized crime, gangster, fbi, fbi agent, true crime, murder, illness, violent ...
Time:
year 2015, 70s, 80s, 2010s, year 2016 ...
Place:
boston, peru, usa, massachusetts, miami ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Will Hunting has a genius-level IQ but chooses to work as a janitor at MIT. When he solves a difficult graduate-level math problem, his talents are discovered by Professor Gerald Lambeau, who decides to help the misguided youth reach his potential. ...
Style:
psychological, philosophical, emotional, sentimental, intellectual ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, chick flick, family friendly, date night ...
Plot:
mathematics, genius, professor, prodigy, life, life philosophy, psychology, philosophy, mentor, psychotherapy, university, life lesson ...
Time:
year 1997, 20th century, 90s, 2010s
Place:
boston, harvard university, america, persia, massachusetts ...
Is relevant?
704K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
John Bennett, a man whose childhood wish of bringing his teddy bear to life came true, now must decide between keeping the relationship with the bear or his girlfriend, Lori.
Style:
funny, humorous, buddy comedy, sexy, not serious ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot:
friendship, marijuana, sarcasm, party, bear, teddy bear, toys, buddy, friends, desire, weed, christmas ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 80s, year 1985, 21st century
Place:
boston, peru, massachusetts, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Frank Galvin is a down-on-his luck lawyer, reduced to drinking and ambulance chasing. Former associate Mickey Morrissey reminds him of his obligations in a medical malpractice suit that he himself served to Galvin on a silver platter: all parties ...
Style:
suspense, atmospheric, intense, serious, sincere ...
Plot:
courtroom, courtroom drama, lawyer, redemption, character study, justice, alcoholic, legal action, court, legal, corruption, moral dilemma ...
Time:
20th century, year 1982, 80s
Place:
boston, massachusetts, usa, new york, new york state
Is relevant?
531K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
In 2001, editor Marty Baron of The Boston Globe assigns a team of journalists to investigate allegations against John Geoghan, an unfrocked priest accused of molesting more than 80 boys. Led by editor Walter "Robby" Robinson, reporters ...
Style:
factual, tense, suspense, clever, cerebral ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
journalism, investigative journalism, conspiracy, newspaper, lawyer, investigation, sexual abuse, catholic church, cover up, child abuse, journalist, expose ...
Time:
year 2001, year 2015, year 2016, 70s, 2000s ...
Place:
boston, massachusetts, new england, nova scotia, florida
Is relevant?
518K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
A story about friendship and loyalty, guilt and vengeance, and the fateful affect the past has on the present.
Style:
psychological, suspense, depressing, twist ending, emotional ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
murder, murder mystery, vengeance, police, police investigation, investigation, death in the family, police detective, sexual abuse, loss of child, child abuse, loss of daughter ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 70s, 20th century, 60s ...
Place:
boston, massachusetts, persia, usa
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Blown Away tells the story of Jimmy Dove who works for the Boston bomb squad. Shortly after Dove leaves the force his partner is killed by a bomb that Dove thinks might have been made by someone he knows.
Style:
suspense, exciting, suspenseful, intense, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
terrorism, revenge, terrorist, psychopath, bomb squad, brutality, stalking, marriage proposal, anarchist, danger, investigation, race against time ...
Time:
20th century, year 1994, 90s, year 1992
Place:
boston, ireland, usa, northern ireland, massachusetts ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A lighthearted story about a man and a woman who seem destined to be together... and the hilarious chain of accidents that seem determined to keep them apart!
Style:
clever, independent film, romantic comedy, heartfelt, realistic ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick
Plot:
destiny, love, writers, fall in love, dating, loneliness, passionate kiss, magic, ship, grief, flirting, siblings ...
Time:
year 1998, 20th century, 90s
Place:
boston, massachusetts, usa, london, manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
When relaxed and charming Ben Wrightman meets workaholic Lindsey Meeks she finds him sweet and charming, they hit it off and when it is winter Ben can spend every waking hour with Lindsey, but when summer comes around the corner Lindsey discovers ...
Style:
sexy, romantic, entertaining, sweet, cute ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
baseball, teacher, obsession, happy ending, contests and competitions, relationship problems, women, baseball coach, dating, career woman, workaholic, fall in love ...
Time:
year 2005, year 2003, 2000s, 80s, year 1980 ...
Place:
boston, usa, massachusetts, new jersey
Is relevant?
406K
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
The Fighter, is a drama about boxer "Irish" Micky Ward's unlikely road to the world light welterweight title. His Rocky-like rise was shepherded by half-brother Dicky, a boxer-turned-trainer who rebounded in life after nearly being ...
Style:
inspirational, realistic, sincere, serious, stylized ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
boxing, boxer, addiction, underdog, biopic, athlete's life, drug abuse, drug addiction, change of luck, white trash, fight, working class ...
Time:
year 2010, 20th century, 2000s, 90s, 80s ...
Place:
boston, massachusetts, america, new jersey, usa ...
Is relevant?
280K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Ben Campbell is a young, highly intelligent, student at M.I.T. in Boston who strives to succeed. Wanting a scholarship to transfer to Harvard School of Medicine with the desire to become a doctor, Ben learns that he cannot afford the $300,000 for ...
Style:
clever, inspirational, suspense, teen, surprise ending ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, girls' night
Plot:
gambling, casino, mathematics, prodigy, blackjack, genius, card playing, youth, cheating, talented, professor, college ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
las vegas, boston, harvard university, usa, massachusetts
Is relevant?
188K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Uptight and straight-laced, FBI Special Agent Sarah Ashburn is a methodical investigator with a reputation for excellence--and hyper-arrogance. Shannon Mullins, one of Boston P.D.'s "finest," is foul-mouthed and has a very short fuse, ...
Style:
action comedy, buddy comedy, humorous, detective, black comedy ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, adult
Plot:
women, misfit partners, fbi, policewoman, police investigation, female protagonist, police detective, sarcasm, friendship, foe turned friend, buddy cop, female warrior ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
boston, massachusetts, usa, new york
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
Banacek is an American detective TV series starring George Peppard that aired on the NBC network from 1972 to 1974. The series was part of the rotating NBC Wednesday Mystery Movie anthology. It alternated in its time slot with several other shows ...
Style:
clever, witty, anthology, light hearted, humorous ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
private investigator, chauffeur, urban, insurance investigator, cop, private detective, whodunit, police, sidekick, theft, investigation, insurance ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
boston, usa, massachusetts
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
After his older brother passes away, Lee Chandler is forced to return home to care for his 16-year-old nephew. There he is compelled to deal with a tragic past that separated him from his family and the community where he was born and raised.
Style:
depressing, sad, heartbreaking, touching, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, adult
Plot:
sadness, family drama, loneliness, suicide attempt, depression, loss, death, uncle nephew relationship, dysfunctional family, guardian, nephew, grief ...
Time:
2010s, year 2016
Place:
massachusetts, boston, nebraska, new england
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Boston is being terrorized by a series of seemingly random murders of women. Based on the true story, the film follows the investigators path through several leads before introducing the Strangler as a character. It is seen almost exclusively from ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, rough, suspense, retro ...
Plot:
serial killer, strangulation, true crime, split personality, murder, double life, police detective, serial rapist, police investigation, psychopath, strangler, obsession ...
Time:
20th century, year 1968, 60s, year 1963
Place:
boston, usa, massachusetts, new england
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Boston Common is an American television sitcom that ran on NBC from 1996–1997. It starred Anthony Clark and took place in the city of Boston. It was one of the 10 highest rated shows in its first season as it ranked 8th in the yearly ratings and ...
Style:
sitcom, lighthearted, feel good, romantic comedy, teen ...
Plot:
college, college life, campus, young adult, fish out of water, brother sister relationship, coming of age, culture clash, urban, workplace romance, love triangle, repairman ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
boston, massachusetts, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Eddie's friends are numerous, but the term friends is suspect. As a small time hood Eddie is about to go back to jail. In order to escape this fate he deals information on stolen guns to the feds. Simultaneously he is supplying arms to his bank ...
Style:
neo noir, retro, cynical, crime drama, crime thriller ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
bartender, gangster, betrayal, contract killer, masked robber, criminal, heist, robbery, hustler, mafia, bank robbery, traitor ...
Time:
year 1973, 20th century, 70s
Place:
boston, massachusetts, new england, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Connie Doyle is eighteen and pregnant her boyfriend has kicked her out. She accidentaly ends up on a train where she meets Hugh Winterbourne and his wife Patricia who is pregnant. The train wrecks and she wakes up in the hosptial to find out that ...
Style:
touching, romantic, sweet, rom com, feel good ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
mistaken identity, love and romance, pregnancy, enemies to lovers, women, rags to riches, pretend relationship, train crash, forbidden love, society, couple relations, fall in love ...
Time:
90s, year 1996
Place:
boston, usa, massachusetts, new jersey
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258K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Newlywed couple Ted and Tami-Lynn want to have a baby, but in order to qualify to be a parent, Ted will have to prove he's a person in a court of law.
Style:
absurd, humorous, hilarious, not serious, action comedy ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, teens, adult
Plot:
silly humor, teddy bear, lawyer, marijuana, foul language, buddy, satire, adoption, anthropomorphism, sarcasm, buddies, friends ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
boston, usa, massachusetts, new york
Is relevant?
461K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
In The Equalizer, Denzel Washington plays McCall, a man who believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. But when McCall meets Teri (Chloë Grace Moretz), a young girl under the control of ...
Style:
serious, exciting, suspense, brutal, breathtaking ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
vigilante, vigilantism, corruption, hitman, assassin, one man army, gunfight, justice, lone hero, violence, loner, revenge ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
boston, moscow russia, massachusetts, usa, russia
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
This is an update of George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion" that changes the genders of the main characters. Hannah Higgins attempts to turn blue-collar Boston beer vendor Elliot Doolittle into a viable candidate and inadvertently learns ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, feel good, realistic, romantic
Audience:
girls' night, date night, chick flick
Plot:
politics, disorder, hopes, fish out of water, social differences, partner, couples, campaign, love and romance, rivalry, misfit, unlikely couple ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
boston, massachusetts
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
Three paranormal roommates, a ghost, a vampire, and a werewolf, struggle to keep their dark secrets from the world, while helping each other navigate the complexities of living double lives.
Style:
semi serious, captivating, exciting, scary, gothic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
vampire, werewolf, supernatural, ghost, friendship, supernatural ability, friends, lifestyle, everyday life, transformation, roommate, psychic ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
boston, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Dawson's Creek is an American teen drama television series created by Kevin Williamson which debuted on January 20, 1998, on The WB and was produced by Sony Pictures Television. Filmed in Wilmington, North Carolina, at EUE/Screen Gems studios ...
Style:
touching, teen, realistic, emotional, soap opera ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, kids, date night, teen drama
Plot:
couples, coming of age, teenager, teenage life, couple relations, friendship, small town, high school life, true love, love triangle, gay relationship, teen romance ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
boston, massachusetts, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Boston Public is an American drama television series created by David E. Kelley and broadcast on Fox. It centered on Winslow High School, a fictional public high school located in Boston, Massachusetts. The show was named for the real public school ...
Style:
sincere, realistic, humorous, sentimental, sitcom ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
high school, teacher, teachers and students, rivalry, youth, teenage life, everyday life, social problems, society, idealism, struggle, workplace ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
boston, massachusetts, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
Boston Legal is an American legal dramedy created by David E. Kelley and produced in association with 20th Century Fox Television for ABC. The series aired from October 3, 2004, to December 8, 2008.
Boston Legal is a spin-off of long-running Kelley ...
Style:
thought provoking, witty, semi serious, humorous, contemplative ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
law firm, hotshot lawyer, lawyer, courtroom drama, ethics, partner, idealism, workplace, society, trial, civil rights, friendship ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
boston, las vegas, massachusetts, usa
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