Movies Set in Massachusetts

Kinora's catalogue lists 29 films set in Massachusetts, spanning 1956–2023. Each is tagged by where and when it takes place — filter by real-world setting, era, and environment, or open any film for its full tagged world.

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• 1998

  A Civil Action

  Massachusetts — 1980s
  Urban · Suburbandir. Steven Zaillian
• 2023

  American Fiction

  Boston · Los Angeles — 2020s
  Urban · Coastal Seadir. Cord Jefferson
• 2021

  CODA

  Gloucester · Boston — 2020s
  Coastal Seadir. Sian Heder
• 1989

  Glory

  Boston · South Carolina — 1800s
  Coastal Sea · Ruraldir. Edward Zwick
• 2007

  Gone Baby Gone

  Boston — 2000s
  Urbandir. Ben Affleck
• 1997

  Good Will Hunting

  Boston — 1990s
  Urbandir. Gus Van Sant
• 2012

  Goon

  Halifax · Massachusetts — 2010s
  Urbandir. Michael Dowse
• 2012

  Killing Them Softly

  Boston — 2000s
  Urbandir. Andrew Dominik
• 2019

  Knives Out

  Massachusetts — 2010s
  Ruraldir. Rian Johnson
• 2019

  Little Women

  Concord · New York City · Paris — 1800s
  Rural · Urbandir. Greta Gerwig
• 1994

  Little Women

  Concord · New York City — 1800s
  Suburbandir. Gillian Armstrong
• 1992

  Malcolm X

  New York City · Boston · Mecca — 1940s · 1950s · 1960s
  Urbandir. Spike Lee
• 2016

  Manchester by the Sea

  Boston — 2010s
  Coastal Sea · Suburbandir. Kenneth Lonergan
• 1956

  Moby Dick

  New Bedford · Pacific Ocean — 1800s
  Coastal Seadir. John Huston
• 2003

  Mystic River

  Boston — 2000s
  Urbandir. Clint Eastwood
• 2020

  Pieces of a Woman

  Boston — 2010s
  Urbandir. Kornél Mundruczó
• 2010

  Shutter Island

  Boston — 1950s
  Islanddir. Martin Scorsese
• 1984

  Splash

  New York City · Cape Cod — 1980s
  Urban · Coastal Seadir. Ron Howard
• 2015

  Spotlight

  Boston — 2000s
  Urbandir. Tom McCarthy
• 1996

  The Crucible

  Salem — Early Modern
  Ruraldir. Nicholas Hytner
• 2006

  The Departed

  Boston — 2000s
  Urbandir. Martin Scorsese
• 2010

  The Fighter

  Lowell · Atlantic City · London — 2000s
  Urbandir. David O. Russell
• 2023

  The Holdovers

  Boston · New England — 1970s
  Rural · Urbandir. Alexander Payne
• 2012

  The Master

  California · Phoenix · Massachusetts — 1950s
  Urbandir. Paul Thomas Anderson
• 2000

  The Perfect Storm

  Gloucester — 1990s
  Coastal Seadir. Wolfgang Petersen
• 2010

  The Social Network

  Boston — 2000s
  Urbandir. David Fincher
• 2010

  The Town

  Boston — 2010s
  Urbandir. Ben Affleck
• 1982

  The Verdict

  Boston — 1980s
  Urbandir. Sidney Lumet
• 2005

  War of the Worlds

  New York City · Boston — 2000s
  Urban · Suburbandir. Steven Spielberg