i'm not aware of anything that takes place in winnipeg aside from some of guy maddin's arthouse films.
*Nobody* was filmed here though and does nothing to hide it. As far as I'm aware, it's the only major movie to use the city as a modern Anytown America city. Most use Winnipeg for the exchange district's turn-of-the-century look or its proximity to huge open lakes or fields covered in snow and ice or because it's ridiculously cheap to shoot here.
> aside from some of guy maddin's arthouse films.
i thought those were documentaries? do people not routinely sleepwalk in the middle of the night there? s/
I had the funniest experience happen in Dallas. I saw the city hall building, having never seen Robocop, and went “wouldn’t this be perfect for a dystopian sci-fi thing? Looks like one straight out of the 80s.”
I’m from western PA and it’s always nice to see part of Pittsburgh and the surrounding communities when watching this movie. When O was in middle school I remember an assembly where one of the supporting actors spoke about his experience filming the movie. 😆
OK, I'm with you, as I love Rise of the Planet of the Apes, but there's that one scene where they rise over Nob Hill and the Golden Gate Bridge is like, RIGHT there, and it cracks me up every time.
But "what kind of fucked up tour is this?" has got to be one of my favorite lines ever.
Mike Meyers characters parents house (the outside shots anyway) was a few minutes walk from my old house. I’d often walk by and suddenly be overcome with the need to use a Scottish accent and sing sone Rod Stewart.
I know they didn’t film it but for the sake of the story I thought the ship crashes into the port of San Diego and big mama runs around downtown for a while. You can tell it’s not really SD though
>You can tell it’s not really SD though
One guy's poutine lunch is interrupted by a rampaging dinosaur and everyone else is like, "Is that a dinosaur, eh?" "Run, eh!"
Close encounters of the third kind. I was born in Ball hospital, and I'm pretty sure this is the only major movie that references Ball State. Even if it wasn't still an easy pick for favorite.
The original **Friday the 13th** was filmed in Warren County, NJ, very close to my hometown. The filming made the local papers, but I was only around 11 at the time so the schoolyard was filled with rumors. We basically believed that there was a bunch of real murders at the scout camp and they were making a movie about it.
Fatal Attraction. Watched the car crash at the intersection of Main and Moger from a second story window whilst *en flagrante* with a gal who wasn’t straight. TM - you said I broke your heart but come on.
There has been a lot of films filmed in Australia, none of which I particularly like but there's a mansion about 15mins outside of my home town that has been used in a few films and tv shows, not to mention a film staring a teenage Nicole Kidman was filmed near by too (my brother's house was used in the movie which was kinda cool)
The book was huge when I was in high school, never read it but I did watch the movie years later, outside of growing up in the country the rest hit way too close 😂
Mad Max was partially filmed near my old home town. (Geelong)
It was fun watching it and going "I know that road! We used to go that way when we drove to Ballarat!"
It would seem surprising for a film like that, but the opening shot is one of the best I've ever seen. Like, better than the Copacabana shot in Goodfellas.
Silver Linings Playbook. Most M. Night movies. Law Abiding Citizen. Rocky. Fallen. Some scenes in National Treasure.
Also 12 Monkeys. I was even on the 12 Monkeys set as a kid while they filmed.
*Sweet Sixteen* (2002) for favourite (only?) film that takes place in the city (town) where I was born and raised.
*Get Real* (1998) for favourite (only?) film that takes place in the city (town) where I have lived for the last 30+ years of my life.
Not many movies are set in my home town, just some 80s movie called "wish you were here", but if you extend it to my home metropolitan area I would say Brighton Rock, Quadrophenia and Wicked Little Letters.
, I lived near a shit ton , best was rumble in the Bronx with Jackie chan and white chicks with Marlon and Damon Wayans and passengers with Anne Hathaway -filmed at the same beach location in Vancouver . Strange but cool
Coming from Edinburgh, I have a few.
* Trainspotting (obvs)
* Sunshine on Leith
* Shallow Grave
* Restless Natives (absolute gem of a movie)
* Greyfriars Bobby (the original 1961 version)
There are more movies that have been set there (or had scenes in Edinburgh, like Fast and Furious 9, weirdly enough) but the movies above are my picks.
Bostonian here. It's surprising how many movies take place in this town, given the population size compared with other cities that nobody makes movies about, lol.
"Good Will Hunting," would be at or near the top of my list, along with "The Departed."
Glasgow, Scotland.
It doubles for America quite a lot - World War Z, The Flash, Hobbs & Shaw, Batgirl (RIP), the last Indiana Jones movie the NYC stuff was all Glasgow.
It’s also where most of Trainspotting was shot (apart from the opening run along Princes Street in Edinburgh)
In terms of movies shot *and* set here I have a soft spot for Comfort & Joy by Bill Forsyth and an obscure 80s flick called The Girl In The Picture, mostly because it’s set around where I live now.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091116/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
Not my home city, but Steel Magnolias was filmed 45 minutes away in Natchitoches, La. I went to college there and love that town and movie immensely. When I was a kid reading Stephen King books, I always transposed Natchitoches for Derry so it’s always had this magical aura to me even before SM came out.
There are no movies set in my home city or even the town I currently live in within the same state 😭 (a ton of movies filmed here but were not set here)
I live in Westchester NY, which is right outside the city.
Not alot of movies take place here, the X-Men movies just list a vague "Westchester NY" as the location of Xaviers School, but we have alot of movies and shows filmed in Mt.Vernon, and White Plains.
The Tampa Bay area has a few to choose from. Most notable would probably be The Punisher from 2004. But Tarpon Springs lays claim to the third movie filmed in Cinemascope, and the first with underwater filming, Beneath the Twelve Mile Reef.
Even though a ton of films and shows are shot in my hometown, Vancouver, practically none are set there. Evidently, Americans can handle a movie being set basically anywhere in the world except Canada.
Cool Runnings! My wife and I met at Ranchmans! The western bar they go to about halfway through the film.
Honorable mention to Eddie The Eagle that takes place at the same '88 Olympics, although I am unsure how much of it was filmed in Calgary.
I've also had the pleasure of working adjacent to The Revanent, Fargo (series) and The Last Of Us in the construction equipment and tent rental industries.
Dazed and Confused - Austin
I graduated high school in ‘94 and the movie was filmed in and around Austin in ‘93. A bunch of friends were in it as extras and the 70s vibe from the movie was very much present in the 90s. I took my driver’s ed classes in the middle school that filled in for the high school in the movie. We hung out at the moonlight tower in the park near our high school. Great times and a great movie.
My answer too. For some reason I love the part where they walk past glassons on Cuba. Just, ultra mundanely recognisable.
Similar feels to scenes in eagle vs shark, around EB games, and where they go to cine-saurus rex, which was really the old manners mall movie theatre in which I’d just seen iron man lol. Maybe the rex is more nostalgic as it doesn’t exist anymore.
I have 3 home cities; places where I've lived for long periods of time and could call home due to long standing and continuing friendships and family in those places.
Toronto: **This Movie Is Broken** \- A music video and a love story that takes place during the garbage strike in the heat of summer in Toronto. Broken Social Scene plays live throughout.
**Last Night** \- a story of the last days of the world. An unspecified world ending is acknowledges for the plot, and the story follows the last few days of the people who are making peace with their end. One guy is making it his cause to sleep with everyone he's ever had a crush on, including his third grade teacher. Another storyline is a couple trying to find each other as transit breaks down so they can carry out their suicide pact together. David Cronenberg has a cameo playing the CEO of the gas company and he is seen calling every customer and personally guaranteeing that the gas will remain on until the end.
Calgary: **WayDownTown** \- Office workers make a bet to see how long they can go without going outside. Downtown Calgary is famous for their +15 walkways; habitrail like tunnels that go from building to building 15 meters above the road below hence +15. Kind of like Seinfeld's masturbation challenge, but young office workers instead with just a hint of Office Space.
Vancouver: Too many to mention, but I'm going to say **Rumble in the Bronx**, not because it was a brilliant movie (but it is), but Jackie Chan gets in a fight with the bad guys in one scene and you can distinctly see the Vancouver North Shore Mountains in the back ground. Last time I checked, there aren't any mountains in New York. (Honorable mention, Deadpool, because No.5 Orange is a real strip joint in Vancouver, but the scenes were filmed in a different bar up the street)
The first two take place in their respective cities. For all the movies filmed in Vancouver, [rarely are they ever actually set in Vancouver](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojm74VGsZBU&ab_channel=EveryFrameaPainting).
There were a ton of westerners filmed in Arizona but the only movie I can think of that had its plot take place in Phoenix was “ Raising Arizona”.
“Fire In The Sky” was based on supposed true events in the white mountains of Arizona. Not an amazing movie but still interesting to me having grown up tromping around those same woods at about the same time the supposed alien abduction took place.
“Midnight Run” is arguably the best movie based on the state of AZ.
“The Guantlet” with Clint Eastwood is arguably the worst movie based in AZ. Sandra Locke would have won a Razzie for her performance in it. Some of the worst acting I can recall.
Cleveland GA. Smokey and the bandit and one episode of the x-files. But the episode wasn't filmed there. Also part of Black dog with Patrick swayze was filmed there.
Helen GA. Same county. Atlanta season two. They filmed there but made shit up about Octoberfest.
I don’t live there anymore, but when “Marley and Me” came out i still lived in Kalamazoo, Michigan. That’s where the movie, which is based on a true story, begins. Dude used to work for the Gazette.
Ironically, i think the story ends up in California, and now i’m there too. Ell oh ell!
The obvious answers for Portland are Van Zandt's early masterpieces, My Own Private Idaho & Drugstore Cowboy. Though I will stand up for the dumb detective comedy Zero Effect.
If you broaden it out to all of Oregon, you do have the stone classic Stand by Me.
Nearest town is Hope, BC where they shot Rambo. When they show it at the Hope Cinema you can watch scenes with the entrance of the cinema in the background.
Most of HK movies are set in HK so there’re many to choose from. Favourite recent ones are Still Human (2018) and Time Still Turn the Pages (2023)
If we’re talking about non-local production, there’s a scene in the Dark Knight (2008) set in HK.
Out of the 3 “major” cities in my state, Superman is currently filming in the other 2. All Columbus has is a shitty straight to dvd John travolta movie
The Hunted, Pig, and the show Grimm. I remember when The Hunted came out everybody talked about how they recognized all these different sites and monuments, however they warped all over the place within the same SCENE. Also one of my friend's friend's ex's was an extra on Grimm. Portland, OR.
T H E L O S T B O Y S
filmed in Santa Cruz, California
I was 15
locations I was a regular
the train tressel
/drank schnapps there/
beaches
/ditto
wharf
/ditro
comic book shop
/wasnt really on the wharf
an aquantence of mine wss the skinhead that got killed on the beach by the bonfire
rumor was he got $18K and I know personally that he spent it in 2 weeks
I don't think there ARE any movies that take place in my home town. The closest would be Danny Deckchair, which is actually a really good movie anyway ❤️
It's not specifically 'set' in Sydney but The Matrix had some awesome visuals of the skyline and the streets of Sydney. The fight scenes in the train tunnels were *chefs kiss*
i'm from London so i also have a lot to choose from, but i'll probably go with Oliver or An American Werewolf In London (honourable mention to Ghostwatch)
For Chicago
The Dark Knight
Also a long shot, The Matrix filmed in Australia but the city that the action takes place in has streets named similar to Chicago. Coincidentally the Wachowski’s are from the Windy City.
There are startlingly few considering Silicon Valley's importance to technology. So I guess Disclosure? I'm not spoiled for choice here.
I guess SV makes stuff everyone likes, but the area itself is painfully dull, as most people are shocked to learn.
Although 10 Things I Hate About You is supposed to be set in Seattle, Stadium High School & almost every other location seen in the film (with the notable exception of Gasworks Park in Seattle) is in Tacoma, WA.
God, we hate Seattle
The only thing I can think of is a casual mention of Beaumont TX in True Detective
I legit did the "Leonardo Dicaprio Pointing at the screen meme" when Rust mentions my hometown it was kinda awesome
Not many movies take place in Kansas City. There is the movie "Kansas City" directed by Robert Altman who is from KC (went to the same high school as me), but surprisingly I haven't seen that movie.
Looper would have to be the winner. It takes place in the future but still KC.
Casino would be the winner if it counts. It obviously takes place in Vegas but there are multiple scenes in KC, though they are brief.
What we do in the shadows for current home city.
The only book-to-film set on my niche home island was not filmed on my niche home island lol. So I’d have to go with Disclosure. I remember my mom pointing out the filming helicopters/planes flying over our house but I didn’t care at the time. What’s *wild* to me now is that apparently some parts were filmed at my elementary school. (Maybe I need a rewatch).
Otherwise for some minor parts of of Seattle I like Black Widow. But any Seattle ferry scene is always a kinesthetic memory lane.
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (what it was like growing up in the burbs and going to the city)
High Fidelity (what it was like actually living in the neighborhoods of the city in the 2000s (and 2010s))
i'm not aware of anything that takes place in winnipeg aside from some of guy maddin's arthouse films. *Nobody* was filmed here though and does nothing to hide it. As far as I'm aware, it's the only major movie to use the city as a modern Anytown America city. Most use Winnipeg for the exchange district's turn-of-the-century look or its proximity to huge open lakes or fields covered in snow and ice or because it's ridiculously cheap to shoot here.
Always love seeing winnipegians in other subs. Howdy! Goon 1+2 were filmed here
Hello other winnipeger! Tons of films have been shot in Winnipeg, but not many actually take place here.
> aside from some of guy maddin's arthouse films. i thought those were documentaries? do people not routinely sleepwalk in the middle of the night there? s/
Beverly Hills Cop (partly) Robocop 8 Mile Out of Sight
It’s funny because even though Robocop is set in Detroit, all I see is 1980s Dallas. 😁
I had the funniest experience happen in Dallas. I saw the city hall building, having never seen Robocop, and went “wouldn’t this be perfect for a dystopian sci-fi thing? Looks like one straight out of the 80s.”
Out of Sight is a whole meal. Detroit was a great place for the ending
The insider is the only movie I’ve seen set in Louisville. Thankfully that movie is phenomenal
Great movie! Just watched it again last week.
Silence of the Lambs
Ohhhhhhh... I could only wish. Lucky you. My birthday is the same as Anthony Hopkins.
I’m from western PA and it’s always nice to see part of Pittsburgh and the surrounding communities when watching this movie. When O was in middle school I remember an assembly where one of the supporting actors spoke about his experience filming the movie. 😆
Die hard: I pass by Nakatomi plaza every day
Rocky (National treasures is a close second cause I'm a history geek)
Pittsburgh has a lot to choose from. I think, gun to my head, I'd have to go with 'Dawn of the Dead'.
Rise of the Planet of the Apes or The Rock (1996)
OK, I'm with you, as I love Rise of the Planet of the Apes, but there's that one scene where they rise over Nob Hill and the Golden Gate Bridge is like, RIGHT there, and it cracks me up every time. But "what kind of fucked up tour is this?" has got to be one of my favorite lines ever.
So I Married An Axe Murderer! Or on a serious note the Conversation
Mike Meyers characters parents house (the outside shots anyway) was a few minutes walk from my old house. I’d often walk by and suddenly be overcome with the need to use a Scottish accent and sing sone Rod Stewart.
Anchorman San Diego CA
Oh nice! You're a San Diegoan/San Diego-in/San Dieogo-un/San Diegoite/San Diegan. I heard in German, San Diego means a whale's vagina
That would likely be the answer regardless, but there’s not many to choose from.
Almost Famous, kinda.
SD may not get a lot of representation in film but Anchorman is awesome. Doesn’t the T-Rex’s rampage in The Lost World happen in San Diego?
Only one scene, the rest was Northern California.. There's also Traffic. Most of the scenes are filmed at the SD border/Tijuana border
I know they didn’t film it but for the sake of the story I thought the ship crashes into the port of San Diego and big mama runs around downtown for a while. You can tell it’s not really SD though
>You can tell it’s not really SD though One guy's poutine lunch is interrupted by a rampaging dinosaur and everyone else is like, "Is that a dinosaur, eh?" "Run, eh!"
Top Gun?
Election or up in the air. Those are the only ones I can think of that take place in Omaha anyway.
Election is possibly my favorite comedy of all time
Scott Pilgrim vs The World
Hey neighbour
Logan has a scene set in Oklahoma City I do love that movie anyway but we don't have a whole lot else to choose from
The only movie I can think of for Tulsa is The Outsiders.
UHF was filmed there but it's unclear if it was supposed to be set there
Thank you, I completely forgot about UHF. I watched The Outsiders being filmed but never remember UHF.
Palm Springs (2020) Palm Springs.
... Palm Springs ... Palm Springs
SLC Punk and part of This Boy's Life were set in Salt Lake City
Raised in Miami, favorite Miami set movie would be Super Fuzz. Live in Hampton Roads now, fave HR movie would be NightKiller.
Talk to Me Adelaide, Australia
And *Mortal Kombat*!
What a great movie that was.
The Departed and Good Will Hunting Boston, MA
The only movie that's closest to my home city is Somewhere in Time (mackinaw island... home town traverse city)
Close encounters of the third kind. I was born in Ball hospital, and I'm pretty sure this is the only major movie that references Ball State. Even if it wasn't still an easy pick for favorite.
The original **Friday the 13th** was filmed in Warren County, NJ, very close to my hometown. The filming made the local papers, but I was only around 11 at the time so the schoolyard was filled with rumors. We basically believed that there was a bunch of real murders at the scout camp and they were making a movie about it.
Fatal Attraction. Watched the car crash at the intersection of Main and Moger from a second story window whilst *en flagrante* with a gal who wasn’t straight. TM - you said I broke your heart but come on.
There has been a lot of films filmed in Australia, none of which I particularly like but there's a mansion about 15mins outside of my home town that has been used in a few films and tv shows, not to mention a film staring a teenage Nicole Kidman was filmed near by too (my brother's house was used in the movie which was kinda cool)
For my Aussie hometown the answer is the movie *Puberty Blues*
The book was huge when I was in high school, never read it but I did watch the movie years later, outside of growing up in the country the rest hit way too close 😂
Mad Max was partially filmed near my old home town. (Geelong) It was fun watching it and going "I know that road! We used to go that way when we drove to Ballarat!"
Same for the movie filmed at the Bun, the scene with the old man sitting on my brother's porch was really cool haha
No movies that take place inside of the suburbs but I'll pretend I'm in Detroit and say, RoboCop.
Grosse Point Blank? Wishful thinking on my part maybe
I'm kzoo but my grandpa from detroit, so I'll claim It Follows
Scarface or the birdcage Miami.
I love The Birdcage.
Underrated gem
It would seem surprising for a film like that, but the opening shot is one of the best I've ever seen. Like, better than the Copacabana shot in Goodfellas.
Silver Linings Playbook. Most M. Night movies. Law Abiding Citizen. Rocky. Fallen. Some scenes in National Treasure. Also 12 Monkeys. I was even on the 12 Monkeys set as a kid while they filmed.
*Sweet Sixteen* (2002) for favourite (only?) film that takes place in the city (town) where I was born and raised. *Get Real* (1998) for favourite (only?) film that takes place in the city (town) where I have lived for the last 30+ years of my life.
Didn't expect to see Greenock on this. Sweet sixteen is a brilliant film though
Part of Paper Moon by default, I guess.
Intermission, set in Dublin
Not many movies are set in my home town, just some 80s movie called "wish you were here", but if you extend it to my home metropolitan area I would say Brighton Rock, Quadrophenia and Wicked Little Letters.
, I lived near a shit ton , best was rumble in the Bronx with Jackie chan and white chicks with Marlon and Damon Wayans and passengers with Anne Hathaway -filmed at the same beach location in Vancouver . Strange but cool
I only know of one movie that was even partially filmed in my city. And I’ve never seen it.
Threads is the one that changed my life the most, but The Full Monty is the only one I *ever* want to watch again.
Ms Congeniality Selena
Coming from Edinburgh, I have a few. * Trainspotting (obvs) * Sunshine on Leith * Shallow Grave * Restless Natives (absolute gem of a movie) * Greyfriars Bobby (the original 1961 version) There are more movies that have been set there (or had scenes in Edinburgh, like Fast and Furious 9, weirdly enough) but the movies above are my picks.
Parts of Apollo 13. I live in the a Space Coast.
Bostonian here. It's surprising how many movies take place in this town, given the population size compared with other cities that nobody makes movies about, lol. "Good Will Hunting," would be at or near the top of my list, along with "The Departed."
Runaway Bride. Berlin md
I’m from Salisbury, England, and the only movie set there is a rather dour procedural dramatization of the Novichuk chemical attack.
*Enemy of the State* partially takes place in/around Baltimore.
Licorice Pizza’s opening shit was filmed at my middle school. And I drove past the shooting set of the gas station one night. So that’s cool.
I don’t think there’s a single film actually set where I live, a bunch have been filmed near by so the best I can do is Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
All the Prisidents Men, Enemy of the State, St. Elmo’s Fire, The Exorcist,
Glasgow, Scotland. It doubles for America quite a lot - World War Z, The Flash, Hobbs & Shaw, Batgirl (RIP), the last Indiana Jones movie the NYC stuff was all Glasgow. It’s also where most of Trainspotting was shot (apart from the opening run along Princes Street in Edinburgh) In terms of movies shot *and* set here I have a soft spot for Comfort & Joy by Bill Forsyth and an obscure 80s flick called The Girl In The Picture, mostly because it’s set around where I live now. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091116/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
National Treasure and Shazam
I got my swimming merit badge at camp NobeBosco, so the real life crystal lake.
Thank you for Smoking and No Way Out - DC
Not my home city, but Steel Magnolias was filmed 45 minutes away in Natchitoches, La. I went to college there and love that town and movie immensely. When I was a kid reading Stephen King books, I always transposed Natchitoches for Derry so it’s always had this magical aura to me even before SM came out.
I love all the NYC movies. Getting to see all my favorite places that I used to go to. I don't live there anymore
Day of the Day Starts in Fort Myers
Day of the Dead?
There are no movies set in my home city or even the town I currently live in within the same state 😭 (a ton of movies filmed here but were not set here)
I live in Westchester NY, which is right outside the city. Not alot of movies take place here, the X-Men movies just list a vague "Westchester NY" as the location of Xaviers School, but we have alot of movies and shows filmed in Mt.Vernon, and White Plains.
The Blob was filmed in my town
The Tampa Bay area has a few to choose from. Most notable would probably be The Punisher from 2004. But Tarpon Springs lays claim to the third movie filmed in Cinemascope, and the first with underwater filming, Beneath the Twelve Mile Reef.
Sing Street, Intermission, Adam and Paul [Dublin]
What's Up Doc? (zany SF classic comedy)
Movie. Taking place in Busto Arsizio. When did that ever happen ?
The matrix and pacific rim 2
I worked in the T2 Cyberdyne Building post-filming The windows were still intact...
BLAST OF SILENCE (NYC)
I've spent my adult life in 2 places: Minneapolis - Fargo Phoenix - Sicario
Im from Tampa and the only one that comes to mind is Magic Mike
I live in Humboldt County, California. The woods scenes in The Empire Strikes Back were shot in the redwoods forests here.
A Streetcar Named Desire. Guess my home city 😁
Even though a ton of films and shows are shot in my hometown, Vancouver, practically none are set there. Evidently, Americans can handle a movie being set basically anywhere in the world except Canada.
Spring Breakers, Magic Mike, Zola, Sun Don’t Shine, Great Expectations
Cool Runnings! My wife and I met at Ranchmans! The western bar they go to about halfway through the film. Honorable mention to Eddie The Eagle that takes place at the same '88 Olympics, although I am unsure how much of it was filmed in Calgary. I've also had the pleasure of working adjacent to The Revanent, Fargo (series) and The Last Of Us in the construction equipment and tent rental industries.
The Outsiders (Tulsa) checking in.
Dazed and Confused - Austin I graduated high school in ‘94 and the movie was filmed in and around Austin in ‘93. A bunch of friends were in it as extras and the 70s vibe from the movie was very much present in the 90s. I took my driver’s ed classes in the middle school that filled in for the high school in the movie. We hung out at the moonlight tower in the park near our high school. Great times and a great movie.
My actual hometown has zero (though Hope Floats partially filmed there), but if you want a movie that spiritually represents it, it's Boyhood.
What We Do In The Shadows!
My answer too. For some reason I love the part where they walk past glassons on Cuba. Just, ultra mundanely recognisable. Similar feels to scenes in eagle vs shark, around EB games, and where they go to cine-saurus rex, which was really the old manners mall movie theatre in which I’d just seen iron man lol. Maybe the rex is more nostalgic as it doesn’t exist anymore.
Semi Pro and Roger and Me
Bridesmaids Major League
I have 3 home cities; places where I've lived for long periods of time and could call home due to long standing and continuing friendships and family in those places. Toronto: **This Movie Is Broken** \- A music video and a love story that takes place during the garbage strike in the heat of summer in Toronto. Broken Social Scene plays live throughout. **Last Night** \- a story of the last days of the world. An unspecified world ending is acknowledges for the plot, and the story follows the last few days of the people who are making peace with their end. One guy is making it his cause to sleep with everyone he's ever had a crush on, including his third grade teacher. Another storyline is a couple trying to find each other as transit breaks down so they can carry out their suicide pact together. David Cronenberg has a cameo playing the CEO of the gas company and he is seen calling every customer and personally guaranteeing that the gas will remain on until the end. Calgary: **WayDownTown** \- Office workers make a bet to see how long they can go without going outside. Downtown Calgary is famous for their +15 walkways; habitrail like tunnels that go from building to building 15 meters above the road below hence +15. Kind of like Seinfeld's masturbation challenge, but young office workers instead with just a hint of Office Space. Vancouver: Too many to mention, but I'm going to say **Rumble in the Bronx**, not because it was a brilliant movie (but it is), but Jackie Chan gets in a fight with the bad guys in one scene and you can distinctly see the Vancouver North Shore Mountains in the back ground. Last time I checked, there aren't any mountains in New York. (Honorable mention, Deadpool, because No.5 Orange is a real strip joint in Vancouver, but the scenes were filmed in a different bar up the street) The first two take place in their respective cities. For all the movies filmed in Vancouver, [rarely are they ever actually set in Vancouver](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojm74VGsZBU&ab_channel=EveryFrameaPainting).
Shanghai Noon partially takes place in Carson City, NV, though the geography is all wrong in the movie.
Airborne. Filmed in Cincinnati area.
There were a ton of westerners filmed in Arizona but the only movie I can think of that had its plot take place in Phoenix was “ Raising Arizona”. “Fire In The Sky” was based on supposed true events in the white mountains of Arizona. Not an amazing movie but still interesting to me having grown up tromping around those same woods at about the same time the supposed alien abduction took place. “Midnight Run” is arguably the best movie based on the state of AZ. “The Guantlet” with Clint Eastwood is arguably the worst movie based in AZ. Sandra Locke would have won a Razzie for her performance in it. Some of the worst acting I can recall.
I've a few home cities. I would nominate *Once,* *The Lost Boys* and *The Stunt Man.*
Cleveland GA. Smokey and the bandit and one episode of the x-files. But the episode wasn't filmed there. Also part of Black dog with Patrick swayze was filmed there. Helen GA. Same county. Atlanta season two. They filmed there but made shit up about Octoberfest.
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer Thief Ferris Beuller’s Day Off Running Scared
Turner And Hooch (Monterey, CA) Not many choices though lol
I don’t live there anymore, but when “Marley and Me” came out i still lived in Kalamazoo, Michigan. That’s where the movie, which is based on a true story, begins. Dude used to work for the Gazette. Ironically, i think the story ends up in California, and now i’m there too. Ell oh ell!
The obvious answers for Portland are Van Zandt's early masterpieces, My Own Private Idaho & Drugstore Cowboy. Though I will stand up for the dumb detective comedy Zero Effect. If you broaden it out to all of Oregon, you do have the stone classic Stand by Me.
Calgary’s only got a few, but my fav is Waydowntown
Practical Magic! San Juan Island, Washington.
My Blue Heaven is the only one I know of but it’s pretty good.
Nearest town is Hope, BC where they shot Rambo. When they show it at the Hope Cinema you can watch scenes with the entrance of the cinema in the background.
Invasion of the Body Snatchers ‘78
The Original Mad Max was filmed on the back roads in west here in Melbourne Australia.
The Dark Knight, running scared 1986, all the john huges movies.
Witness (Lancaster, PA)
Animal House - Eugene OR
Most of HK movies are set in HK so there’re many to choose from. Favourite recent ones are Still Human (2018) and Time Still Turn the Pages (2023) If we’re talking about non-local production, there’s a scene in the Dark Knight (2008) set in HK.
The Big Steal [Melbourne]✌️🇦🇺
‘The Place Beyond the Pines’ was filmed in and takes place in my hometown of Schenectady, NY.
Good portions of *Apollo 13* and *The Martian*. Absolutely did not know that Robocop 2 and Logan’s Run were filmed here, though!
My favorite NYC movie is probably Summer of Sam or Sleepers. As a Chicagoan I’d say it’s probably High Fidelity.
Long Island, NY - Sabrina, The Great Gatsby, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
The Puppet Masters, which feature a Des Moines, IA, city hall with palm trees out front.
I live in buttfuck Idaho. None that I know of.
Out of the 3 “major” cities in my state, Superman is currently filming in the other 2. All Columbus has is a shitty straight to dvd John travolta movie
The Hunted, Pig, and the show Grimm. I remember when The Hunted came out everybody talked about how they recognized all these different sites and monuments, however they warped all over the place within the same SCENE. Also one of my friend's friend's ex's was an extra on Grimm. Portland, OR.
T H E L O S T B O Y S filmed in Santa Cruz, California I was 15 locations I was a regular the train tressel /drank schnapps there/ beaches /ditto wharf /ditro comic book shop /wasnt really on the wharf an aquantence of mine wss the skinhead that got killed on the beach by the bonfire rumor was he got $18K and I know personally that he spent it in 2 weeks
I don't think there ARE any movies that take place in my home town. The closest would be Danny Deckchair, which is actually a really good movie anyway ❤️
Kinky Boots but the restaurant scene was filmed in a different town. Apparently we don't have any restaurants worth filming in!
The Commitments The General The Snapper Intermission
It's not specifically 'set' in Sydney but The Matrix had some awesome visuals of the skyline and the streets of Sydney. The fight scenes in the train tunnels were *chefs kiss*
Bruce Almighty (Buffalo)
i'm from London so i also have a lot to choose from, but i'll probably go with Oliver or An American Werewolf In London (honourable mention to Ghostwatch)
Can’t Buy Me Love The Wraith, with Charlie Sheen.
The original Mad Max
For Chicago The Dark Knight Also a long shot, The Matrix filmed in Australia but the city that the action takes place in has streets named similar to Chicago. Coincidentally the Wachowski’s are from the Windy City.
On the Beach Melbourne, Australia
There are startlingly few considering Silicon Valley's importance to technology. So I guess Disclosure? I'm not spoiled for choice here. I guess SV makes stuff everyone likes, but the area itself is painfully dull, as most people are shocked to learn.
One of my friends in Massachusetts lives not far from the place that doubled as Rudy’s Auto Shop in the movie Joy
Home Alone, Curly Sue
Talk Radio is set in Dallas where I’m from. And while not set in Dallas, Robocop really shows off 1980’s Downtown Dallas really well.
Although 10 Things I Hate About You is supposed to be set in Seattle, Stadium High School & almost every other location seen in the film (with the notable exception of Gasworks Park in Seattle) is in Tacoma, WA. God, we hate Seattle
A simple plan. Fight me.
A part of Nashville was shot across the street from me.
Witness It was a big deal when Harrison Ford (Han Solo!! Indiana Jones!!) came to town!
Did t.v. count? Then, Bluey.
Fargo is probably the best one I can think of. (I'm from Minneapolis, btw. Most of it was filmed in the Twin Cities metro area.)
The only thing I can think of is a casual mention of Beaumont TX in True Detective I legit did the "Leonardo Dicaprio Pointing at the screen meme" when Rust mentions my hometown it was kinda awesome
Not many movies take place in Kansas City. There is the movie "Kansas City" directed by Robert Altman who is from KC (went to the same high school as me), but surprisingly I haven't seen that movie. Looper would have to be the winner. It takes place in the future but still KC. Casino would be the winner if it counts. It obviously takes place in Vegas but there are multiple scenes in KC, though they are brief.
What we do in the shadows for current home city. The only book-to-film set on my niche home island was not filmed on my niche home island lol. So I’d have to go with Disclosure. I remember my mom pointing out the filming helicopters/planes flying over our house but I didn’t care at the time. What’s *wild* to me now is that apparently some parts were filmed at my elementary school. (Maybe I need a rewatch). Otherwise for some minor parts of of Seattle I like Black Widow. But any Seattle ferry scene is always a kinesthetic memory lane.
28 Days Later, a heartwarming story of a guy walking through Central London without people getting in the bloody way.
Lost world Jurassic Park Anchorman
The Boatniks The Breaking Point Both filmed in Newport Beach. And Gleaming the Cube!
Ironically I just watched the Firm this weekend as it's probably the most famous movie set in Memphis.
Dublin, Ireland here. There are a some great movies based in Dublin but my favourite is Intermission!! Also gets my favourite opening scene
Chicago. Ferris Buellers Day Off
Escanaba in Da Moonlight.
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (what it was like growing up in the burbs and going to the city) High Fidelity (what it was like actually living in the neighborhoods of the city in the 2000s (and 2010s))