265 Films & TV Shows Set In New England During The 20th Century
-
The Conjuring
Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut The 1970s The 1960sBased on the true case files of the Warrens — Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most terrifying case of their lives.
-
Curse of Chucky
Rhode Island The 1980s The 2010sFear has a new home — After the passing of her mother, a young woman in a wheelchair since birth, is forced to deal with her sister, brother-in-law, niece and their nanny as they say their goodbyes to mother. When people start turning up dead, Nica discovers the culprit might be a strange doll she received a few days earlier.
-
Free Birds
Massachusetts Maryland The 1990s The 2010s The 17th CenturyHang On To Your Nuggets — Two turkeys from opposite sides of the tracks must put aside their differences and team up to travel back in time to change the course of history—and get turkey off the holiday menu for good.
-
Jinxed
Maine The 1910s The 2010sMeet the Murphys, a family with never ending bad luck. "Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong," it's Murphy's law! Over a century ago a witch put a magical curse on their great-great grandfather and the whole family has been jinxed for generations! After Meg Murphy (played by Big Time Rush's Ciara Bravo) and her family's house is destroyed in yet another freak accident, the family moves into their grandfather's house in Harvest Hills. In a not-so-strange case of bad luck, Meg's nemesis Ivy is also spending the summer in town. But things start to look up, kind of, when Meg meets a local boy named Brett and he casts another spell on her, a love spell that is! With help from her brother Charlie, Meg more determined than ever, must break the hex on her catastrophically cursed family! Watch this doomed teen try for a normal existence in a world full of hijinks!
-
Dark Shadows
Maine The 1970s The 18th CenturyEvery Family Has Its Demons — Vampire Barnabas Collins is inadvertently freed from his tomb and emerges into the very changed world of 1972. He returns to Collinwood Manor to find that his once-grand estate and family have fallen into ruin.
-
The Master
New York Massachusetts Pennsylvania Arizona California England The 1950s The 1940sEvery man needs a guide. — Freddie, a volatile, heavy-drinking veteran who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, finds some semblance of a family when he stumbles onto the ship of Lancaster Dodd, the charismatic leader of a new "religion" he forms after World War II.
-
Ted
Massachusetts The 2010s The 2000s The 1980sTed is coming. — John Bennett, a man whose childhood wish of bringing his teddy bear to life came true, now must decide between keeping the relationship with the bear or his girlfriend, Lori.
-
Moonrise Kingdom
New England The 1960sA tormenting and surprising story of children and adults during the stormy days of the summer of 1965. — Set on an island off the coast of New England in the summer of 1965, Moonrise Kingdom tells the story of two twelve-year-olds who fall in love, make a secret pact, and run away together into the wilderness. As various authorities try to hunt them down, a violent storm is brewing off-shore – and the peaceful island community is turned upside down in more ways than anyone can handle.
-
That's My Boy
Massachusetts The 1980s The 2010sThe story of a child… and his son. — While in his teens, Donny fathered a son, Todd, and raised him as a single parent up until Todd's 18th birthday. Now, after not seeing each other for years, Todd's world comes crashing down when Donny resurfaces just before Todd's wedding.
-
Sucker Punch
Vermont The 1960sYou will be unprepared — A young girl is institutionalized by her abusive stepfather. Retreating to an alternative reality as a coping strategy, she envisions a plan which will help her escape from the mental facility.
-
The Whisperer in Darkness
Vermont Massachusetts The 1930sWritten in 1931, H.P. Lovecraft's iconic genre-bending tale of suspense and alien terrors is brought to life in the style of the classic horror films of the 1930s like Frankenstein, Dracula and King Kong. Using its Mythoscope™ process — a mix of vintage and modern techniques — the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society expands on Lovecraft's original tale while still bringing you unparalleled authenticity. Horror and science fiction collide in the adventure of Albert Wilmarth, a folklore professor at Miskatonic University, as he investigates legends of strange creatures rumored to dwell in the most remote mountains of Vermont. Wilmarth’s investigation leads him to a discovery of horrors quite beyond anything he ever imagined, and ends in a desperate attempt to escape the remote New England hills with his life and sanity intact.
-
Shutter Island
Massachusetts The 1950sSome places never let you go. — World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by his troubling visions and also by a mysterious doctor.
-
Temple Grandin
New Hampshire Massachusetts Arizona The 1960s The 1970s The 1980s The 1950sAutism gave her a vision. She gave it a voice. — A biopic of Temple Grandin, an autistic woman who has become one of top scientists in humane livestock handling.
-
Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds
Connecticut The 1960sThe Final... — Maltazard, the Evil M, is now 7 feet tall and evolving among the humans, causing terror wherever he goes. His goal is simple: forming an army of giant henchmen and ruling over the universe. Meanwhile, Arthur is still a Minimoy, and thus in a state where he's unable to fend him off. With the help of Selenia and Betameche, he hatches a plan to regain his usual size: all they must do is infiltrate Arthur's house through the pipeworks, catch an electric train from his bedroom to his grandfather's study and find an elixir that will make him grow back to his human size. Sounds simple enough, if it weren't for Darkos, Maltazard's own son, hot on their tails.
-
The Fighter
Massachusetts New Jersey England The 1990sEvery dream deserves a fighting chance. — Boxer "Irish" Micky Ward's unlikely road to the world light welterweight title. His Rocky-like rise was shepherded by half-brother Dicky, a boxer-turned-trainer who rebounded in life after nearly being KO'd by drugs and crime.
-
Who Is Clark Rockefeller?
Massachusetts The 1970s The 1980s The 1990s The 2000sCon Man. Husband. Kidnapper. — Called "the longest running con in FBI history," Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter, the man that people knew as "Clark Rockefeller" had brilliantly impersonated numerous people, ranging from a talk show host to a Pentagon Advisor before ultimately claiming to be an heir to the famous Rockefeller family. Confident from the success of his prior scams, Clark quickly became well known and highly respected among Boston's elite and used his purported high society status to charm his way into the life of Sandra Boss, a millionaire with a Harvard MBA and a partner at the prestigious management consulting firm, McKinsey & Company.
-
YellowBrickRoad
New Hampshire The 1940sThey went looking for evil in the forest but the forest found evil in them — In the Fall of 1940, the entire population of Friar, New Hampshire walked together up a winding mountain trail and into the wilderness. Without warning, they left behind everything: their homes, their clothes, and their money. The only clue where they went was a single word etched into stone near the forest’s edge: YELLOWBRICKROAD.
-
Keep Your Head Up Kid - The Don Cherry Story
Massachusetts 🇨🇦 Canada The 1970s The 1960sChronicles the life of Don Cherry, from playing minor league hockey to coaching the NHL's Boston Bruins.
-
Knowing
Massachusetts The 2000s The 1950s429733 — A teacher opens a time capsule that has been dug up at his son's elementary school; in it are some chilling predictions -- some that have already occurred and others that are about to -- that lead him to believe his family plays a role in the events that are about to unfold.
-
The Haunting in Connecticut
Connecticut The 1980sSome things cannot be explained. — When the Campbell family moves to upstate Connecticut, they soon learn that their charming Victorian home has a disturbing history: not only was the house a transformed funeral parlor where inconceivable acts occurred, but the owner's clairvoyant son Jonah served as a demonic messenger, providing a gateway for spiritual entities to crossover.
-
What Goes Up
New Hampshire The 1980sA Different Class of Misfits — Set in the mid-80s, when a reporter is sent to cover the Challenger Space Shuttle launch only to become mixed up in the lives of some local students.
-
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
Massachusetts New York 🇮🇪 Ireland The 2000s The 1950sThe Saints Are Calling — Skillfully framed by an unknown enemy for the murder of a priest, wanted vigilante MacManus brothers Murphy and Connor must come out of hiding on a sheep farm in Ireland to fight for justice in Boston.
-
Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard
Connecticut The 1960sArthur answers a distress call from Princess Selenia, who is menaced by the nefarious Maltazard.
-
Hachi: A Dog's Tale
Rhode Island 🇯🇵 Japan The 1990s The 2000sA true story of faith, devotion and undying love. — A drama based on the true story of a college professor's bond with the abandoned dog he takes into his home.
-
The Lightkeepers
Massachusetts The 1910sSet in the year 1912 on Cape Cod, a lighthouse keeper who has disavowed any association with females, must deal with the appearance of two attractive women who move into a nearby cottage for the summer.
- load more