Movies Set in Philadelphia

Kinora's catalogue lists 14 films set in Philadelphia, spanning 1940–2024. 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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• 1981

  Blow Out

  Philadelphia — 1980s
  Urbandir. Brian De Palma
• 1978

  Dawn of the Dead

  Philadelphia — 1970s
  Urban · Suburbandir. George A. Romero
• 1993

  Philadelphia

  Philadelphia — 1990s
  Urbandir. Jonathan Demme
• 1976

  Rocky

  Philadelphia — 1970s
  Urbandir. John G. Avildsen
• 2024

  The Brutalist

  Philadelphia · New York City · Venice — 1940s · 1950s · 1980s
  Urbandir. Brady Corbet
• 2019

  The Irishman

  Philadelphia · Detroit — 1950s · 1960s · 1970s
  Urbandir. Martin Scorsese
• 1940

  The Philadelphia Story

  Philadelphia — 1930s
  Suburbandir. George Cukor
• 1999

  The Sixth Sense

  Philadelphia — 1990s
  Urbandir. M. Night Shyamalan
• 1983

  Trading Places

  Philadelphia · New York City — 1980s
  Urbandir. John Landis
• 1995

  Twelve Monkeys

  Philadelphia — 1990s · Near Future · Far Future
  Urban · Undergrounddir. Terry Gilliam
• 2000

  Unbreakable

  Philadelphia — 2000s
  Urbandir. M. Night Shyamalan
• 2011

  Warrior

  Pittsburgh · Philadelphia · Atlantic City — 2010s
  Urbandir. Gavin O'Connor
• 1985

  Witness

  Philadelphia · Lancaster — 1980s
  Rural · Urbandir. Peter Weir
• 2013

  World War Z

  Philadelphia · South Korea · Jerusalem · Cardiff — 2010s
  Urbandir. Marc Forster