List of films set in New England
This is a list of films set in New England. Movies made for television are not included.
This list is incomplete. Please make an annotation describing something about the setting.
1910s
The House of the Seven Gables – set in Salem, Massachusetts1920s
The Sea Beast The Scarlet Letter1930s
Abraham Lincoln Moby Dick A Connecticut Yankee Horse Feathers Doctor Bull Little Women – set in Concord, MassachusettsThe Pursuit of Happiness The Scarlet Letter Ah, Wilderness! -–set in an unnamed New England town, filmed in Grafton, MassachusettsWay Down East Mr. Deeds Goes to Town Captains Courageous Maid of Salem Nothing Sacred Stella Dallas Bringing Up Baby – they visit Susan's aunt in ConnecticutMother Carey's Chickens Dark Victory1940s
The House of the Seven Gables – set in Salem, Massachusetts The Devil and Daniel Webster Yankee Doodle Dandy The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe Holiday Inn – ConnecticutThe Mummy's Tomb I Married a Witch The Adventures of Mark Twain The Mummy's Ghost Christmas in Connecticut Leave Her to Heaven Spellbound The Thin Man Goes Home Dragonwyck The Spiral Staircase The Stranger The Strange Woman Boomerang Gentleman's Agreement Mourning Becomes Electra Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House – ConnecticutThe Babe Ruth Story – set in Boston, about the Red Sox and BravesLittle Women – set in Concord, Massachusetts1950s
Cheaper by the Dozen Mystery Street – MassachusettsThe Underworld Story All About Eve Death of a Salesman The Story of Will Rogers Plymouth Adventure – the Pilgrims arrive at Plymouth, MassachusettsThe Actress – set in Wollaston, Massachusetts White Christmas – set in Vermont Seven Angry Men All That Heaven Allows Lady and the Tramp The Trouble with Harry Carousel High Society – Newport, Rhode IslandMoby Dick Fear Strikes Out – set in Boston, about the Red SoxJohnny Tremain – set in BostonThe Last Hurrah – a mayoral race based on Boston mayor James Michael CurleyRally 'Round the Flag, Boys! – set in ConnecticutThe Devil's Disciple – Websterbridge, New HampshireA Summer Place – set in fictional Pine Island, Maine1960s
The Bramble Bush The City of the Dead House of Usher Death of a Salesman The Parent Trap Return to Peyton Place Lolita Long Day's Journey Into Night – ConnecticutThe Miracle Worker The Cardinal Donovan's Reef The Haunted Palace – fictional New England town of ArkhamThe Haunting My Six Loves Lilith Never Too Late 1965) Death of a Salesman Hawaii The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming – Gloucester, MassachusettsTormented Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? – set at Trinity College in ConnecticutThe Shuttered Room Valley of the Dolls – Anne starts in New EnglandThe Boston Strangler – set in BostonCharly – set in BostonDeath of a Salesman Pretty Poison – set in western MassachusettsRachel, Rachel – BostonSalesman – BostonThe Thomas Crown Affair – set in BostonThe Curse of the Living Corpse1970s
Love Story The Out-of-Towners – set in BostonCarnal Knowledge Let's Scare Jessica to Death The Other Slaughterhouse-Five The Friends of Eddie Coyle – set in BostonThe Last Detail – set in BostonThe Paper Chase The Scarlet Letter Silent Night, Bloody Night – set in western MassachusettsJaws – set in fictional Amity, MassachusettsThe Stepford Wives The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane – set in fictional Wells Harbor, MaineBetween the Lines – set in BostonPete's Dragon Coma – set in BostonJaws 2 – set in fictional Amity, MassachusettsThe Brink's Job – set in Boston1980s
The Children Return of the Secaucus 7 A Small Circle of Friends Dead & Buried The Incubus – fictional New England town of GalenOn Golden Pond The Flight of Dragons Superstition The Verdict The World According to Garp The Bostonians The Dead Zone The Devonsville Terror Reuben, Reuben The Hotel New Hampshire – New HampshireClue – set in a New England mansionDeath of a Salesman Real Genius – fictional college similar to MIT in Cambridge, MassachusettsRe-Animator – set in fictional Arkham, MassachusettsThe Sure Thing Highlander – "the famous duel on Boston Common"One Crazy Summer Baby Boom – set in VermontFlowers in the Attic – Ipswich MAThe Devil's Disciple – Websterbridge, NHThe Witches of Eastwick – set in fictional Eastwick, Rhode IslandBeetlejuice – set in fictional Winter River, ConnecticutFunny Farm Mystic Pizza – set in Mystic, ConnecticutThe Nest Second Sight – comedy set in Boston, Massachusetts Sweet Hearts Dance Witchery Dead Poets Society – set at a fictional academy in VermontField of Dreams – they visit Fenway Park in BostonGlory – the 54th Massachusetts Infantry form and train in Readville, now a suburb of Boston, and march through BostonPet Sematary War of the Roses- ''Warlock''
1990s
Jacob's Ladder – set in New York CityIt Mermaids – set in the fictional town of Eastport, MassachusettsTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – set in New York City and rural New EnglandOnce Around – Renata starts at her parents' place in New EnglandOther People's Money Run – set in Boston, MassachusettsWhat About Bob? – set at Lake Winnipesaukee, New HampshireThe Babe – set in Boston, MassachusettsFar and Away HouseSitter Lorenzo's Oil Mr. Baseball – set at Fenway ParkScent of a Woman – set at a New England boarding schoolSchool Ties – set at a fictional elite Massachusetts boarding schoolEthan Frome The Firm The Good Son Hocus Pocus – set in Salem, MassachusettsMalice – set in Boston, MassachusettsThe Man Without a Face Needful Things Where the Rivers Flow North Blown Away – set in Boston, MassachusettsDumb & Dumber – their journey begins in Providence, Rhode IslandFederal Hill – set in Providence, Rhode IslandIn the Mouth of Madness – set in the fictional town of Hobbs End, New HampshireThe Inkwell The Last Seduction Little Women – set based on Louisa May Alcott's childhood home in Concord, MassachusettsThe Next Karate Kid – set in Brookline, MassachusettsQuiz Show – partly set at Van Doren's parents' house in ConnecticutThe Ref – set in ConnecticutThe River Wild The Shawshank Redemption – set in MaineWith Honors – set at Harvard in Cambridge, MassachusettsWolf Casper – set in Friendship, MaineDolores Claiborne Jumanji – set in the fictional town of Brantford, New HampshireOutbreak – the monkey's owner lands at Logan Airport, Boston, MassachusettsThe Scarlet Letter Celtic Pride – set in Boston, MassachusettsThe Crucible – Salem, MassachusettsDeath of a Salesman Eden Man with a Plan Mrs. Winterbourne The Spitfire Grill Amistad – State House in ProvidenceGood Will Hunting – set in Boston and Cambridge, MassachusettsThe Ice Storm – set in New Canaan, ConnecticutLolita The Matchmaker – Sean follows Marcy to Boston, MassachusettsThe Myth of Fingerprints Skeletons That Darn Cat Affliction Animals with the Tollkeeper A Civil Action – set in Woburn, MassachusettsMonument Ave. – set in the Charlestown neighborhood of BostonNext Stop Wonderland – set in Boston, MassachusettsOne True Thing The Parent Trap Urban Legend (film) - set in New HampshirePractical Magic Safe Men – set in Providence, Rhode IslandThe Spanish Prisoner Stranger in the Kingdom There's Something About Mary The Boondock Saints – set in Boston, MassachusettsThe Cider House Rules – set in MaineGirl, Interrupted – set in the Boston suburb of Belmont, MassachusettsThe Iron Giant Lake Placid – set in MaineMessage in a Bottle The Out-of-Towners Outside Providence – set in Providence, Rhode IslandA Wake in Providence – Providence, Rhode Island- ''The Love Letter''
2000s
Almost Famous – one of the stops is BostonDeath of a Salesman Me, Myself and Irene – set in Rhode IslandThe Perfect Storm – they sail from Gloucester, MassachusettsThe Skulls – Yale University in ConnecticutState and Main The Weight of Water – set in New HampshireWhat Lies Beneath – set in VermontYou Can Count on Me – early scene where he borrows money set in Worcester, MassachusettsBlow – starts in George Jung's hometown of Weymouth, MassachusettsThe Blue Diner – set in BostonHarvard Man The Heist – a robbery at a small Boston airportIn the Bedroom – set in mid-coast MaineLegally Blonde – Elle is a student at HarvardRiding in Cars with Boys Summer Catch – Cape Cod, MassachusettsSuper Troopers Wet Hot American Summer What's the Worst That Could Happen? – filmed in Boston and elsewhere in MACabin Fever Confessions of a Dangerous Mind Men in Black II – Agent J visits former Agent K in Truro, MassachusettsMister Deeds – set in New HampshireThe Gray Man The Skulls II Alex & Emma – set in BostonAnger Management – they drive to Boston to visit Buddy's motherBehind the Red Door – set in BostonDreamcatcher Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd The Human Stain Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde Mona Lisa Smile – set at Wellesley College in Wellesley, MassachusettsMystic River – set in BostonThe Recruit – James starts as a bartender in BostonThe Skulls III X2 – they visit Iceman's parents' home in BostonIrish Eyes Saint Ralph Spartan The Stepford Wives – set in ConnecticutStill We Believe: The Boston Red Sox Movie Welcome to Mooseport The Family Stone Fever Pitch Ice Princess – Harvard in Cambridge, MassachusettsWar of the Worlds – Ray tries to flee to Boston to meet his ex-wifeLive Free or Die The Departed – set in BostonIslander – set in Vinalhaven, MaineThe Legend of Lucy Keyes Little Children United 93 Vacationland Black Irish Dan in Real Life – set in Rhode IslandEverybody Wants to Be Italian – set in BostonThe Game Plan Gone Baby Gone – set in BostonThe Great Debaters – they travel to debate at Harvard, in Cambridge, Massachusetts21 – MIT and Harvard Square in Cambridge, MassachusettsThe Forbidden Kingdom – set in BostonMy Best Friend's Girl – set in BostonThe Women – ConnecticutThe Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day Knowing – set in Lexington, MassachusettsThe Maiden Heist Surrogates Tell-Tale- The Vicious Kind – set in Norfolk, Connecticut
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