265 Films & TV Shows Set In New England During The 20th Century
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The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
Massachusetts Connecticut The 1980sThe demonic case that shocked America. — Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren encounter what would become one of the most sensational cases from their files. The fight for the soul of a young boy takes them beyond anything they'd ever seen before, to mark the first time in U.S. history that a murder suspect would claim demonic possession as a defense.
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The Turning
Maine The 1990sWatch the children with care. — A young woman quits her teaching job to be a private tutor (governess) for a wealthy young heiress who witnessed her parent's tragic death. Shortly after arriving, the girl's degenerate brother is sent home from his boarding school. The tutor has some strange, unexplainable experiences in the house and begins to suspect there is more to their story.
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Shirley
Vermont The 1950sA famous horror writer finds inspiration for her next book after she and her husband take in a young couple.
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Hillbilly Elegy
Connecticut Ohio Kentucky The 1990s The 2010sInspired by a true story three generations in the making. — An urgent phone call pulls a Yale Law student back to his Ohio hometown, where he reflects on three generations of family history and his own future.
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The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two
Massachusetts 🇲🇽 Mexico The 1990s The 2020sThe battle to save Christmas is on. — Kate Pierce is reluctantly spending Christmas with her mom’s new boyfriend and his son Jack. But when the North Pole and Christmas are threatened to be destroyed, Kate and Jack are unexpectedly pulled into a new adventure with Santa Claus.
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Summer of Mesa
Massachusetts The 1980sI don't wanna be your "friend." — Summering on Cape Cod in 1985, precocious young Lily befriends an enigmatic girl her age named Mesa. Through their shared time biking the quaint land and exploring the depths of their true selves; they unearth powerful feelings for each other.
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We Have Always Lived in the Castle
Vermont The 1950sIn Shirleyville, Vermont, during the sixties, sisters Merricat and Constance, along with their ailing uncle Julian, confined to a wheelchair, live isolated in a big mansion located on the hill overlooking the town, tormented by the memories of a family tragedy occurred six years ago. The arrival of cousin Charles will threaten the fragile equilibrium of their minds, haunted by madness, fear and superstition.
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It Chapter Two
New York Maine The 1980s The 2010sYou'll Float Again — 27 years after overcoming the malevolent supernatural entity Pennywise, the former members of the Losers' Club, who have grown up and moved away from Derry, are brought back together by a devastating phone call.
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Doctor Sleep
New Hampshire New Jersey Iowa Colorado Florida The 1980s The 2010sDare to go back. — Still irrevocably scarred by the trauma he endured as a child at the Overlook, Dan Torrance has fought to find some semblance of peace. But that peace is shattered when he encounters Abra, a courageous teenager with her own powerful extrasensory gift, known as the 'shine'. Instinctively recognising that Dan shares her power, Abra has sought him out, desperate for his help against the merciless Rose the Hat and her followers.
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Jumanji: The Next Level
New Hampshire The 1980s The 2010sAs the gang return to Jumanji to rescue one of their own, they discover that nothing is as they expect. The players will have to brave parts unknown and unexplored in order to escape the world’s most dangerous game.
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Annabelle Comes Home
Connecticut The 1970s The 1960sPossess them all — Determined to keep Annabelle from wreaking more havoc, demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren bring the possessed doll to the locked artifacts room in their home, placing her “safely” behind sacred glass and enlisting a priest’s holy blessing. But an unholy night of horror awaits as Annabelle awakens the evil spirits in the room, who all set their sights on a new target—the Warrens' ten-year-old daughter, Judy, and her friends.
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Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
New England Quebec The 1970sPart documentary, part concert film, part fever dream, this film captures the troubled spirit of America in 1975 and the joyous music that Dylan performed during the fall of that year.
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WBCN and the American Revolution
Massachusetts The 1960s The 1970s“WBCN and The American Revolution” tells the previously unknown story of the early days of the legendary, radical underground radio station WBCN-FM, set against the profound social, political and cultural changes that took place during the late-1960s and early-1970s in Boston and nationally. It’s “the story of how a radio station, politics and rock and roll changed everything.
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Aquaman
Atlantic Ocean 🇮🇹 Italy Maine Massachusetts 🇪🇭 Western Sahara The 2010s The 1980s The 1990sHome Is Calling — Once home to the most advanced civilization on Earth, Atlantis is now an underwater kingdom ruled by the power-hungry King Orm. With a vast army at his disposal, Orm plans to conquer the remaining oceanic people and then the surface world. Standing in his way is Arthur Curry, Orm's half-human, half-Atlantean brother and true heir to the throne.
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On the Basis of Sex
Colorado Massachusetts New York The 1970s The 1960s The 1950sHer story made history — Young lawyer Ruth Bader Ginsburg teams with her husband Marty to bring a groundbreaking case before the U.S. Court of Appeals and overturn a century of sex discrimination.
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The Wife
Massachusetts Connecticut 🇸🇪 Sweden The 1990s The 1960s The 1950sSecrets lie between the lines. — A wife questions her life choices as she travels to Stockholm with her husband, where he is slated to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature.
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Hot Summer Nights
Massachusetts The 1990sOne summer can change everything. — A teen winds up in over his head while dealing drugs with a rebellious partner and chasing the young man's enigmatic sister during the summer of 1991 that he spends on Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
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Chappaquiddick
Massachusetts The 1960sThe Untold True Story — Ted Kennedy's life and political career become derailed in the aftermath of a fatal car accident in 1969 that claims the life of a young campaign strategist, Mary Jo Kopechne.
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Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero
Connecticut 🇫🇷 France The 1910sThe incredible true story of America's top underdog — The true story of the most decorated dog in American military history -- Sgt. Stubby -- and the enduring bonds he forged with his brothers-in-arms in the trenches of World War I.
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Free Fire
Massachusetts The 1970sAll guns. No control. — A crime drama set in 1970s Boston, about a gun sale which goes wrong.
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It
Maine The 1980sYour fears are unleashed — In a small town in Maine, seven children known as The Losers Club come face to face with life problems, bullies and a monster that takes the shape of a clown called Pennywise.
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Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
New Hampshire The 1990s The 2010sThe game has evolved. — The tables are turned as four teenagers are sucked into Jumanji's world - pitted against rhinos, black mambas and an endless variety of jungle traps and puzzles. To survive, they'll play as characters from the game.
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Marshall
Connecticut The 1940sJustice has a name. — Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, battles through one of his career-defining cases.
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Marrowbone
Maine The 1960sNo one will ever separate us. — A young man and his three younger siblings are plagued by a sinister presence in the sprawling manor in which they live.
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Professor Marston and the Wonder Women
Massachusetts New York The 1940s The 1920s The 1930sEver wonder? — The unconventional life of Dr. William Marston, the Harvard psychologist and inventor who helped invent the modern lie detector test and created Wonder Woman in 1941.
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