883 Films & TV Shows Set In New England
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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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Stronger
Massachusetts The 2010sStrength Defines Us — A victim of the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013 helps the police track down the killers while struggling to recover from devastating trauma.
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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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Last Flag Flying
New York New Hampshire Massachusetts Virginia Delaware The 2000sTheir last mission wasn't on the battlefield. — Thirty years after serving together in the Vietnam War, Larry "Doc" Shepherd, Sal Nealon and the Rev. Richard Mueller reunite for a different type of mission: to bury Doc's son, a young Marine killed in Iraq. Forgoing burial at Arlington National Cemetery, Doc and his old buddies take the casket on a bittersweet trip up the coast to New Hampshire. Along the way, the three men find themselves reminiscing and coming to terms with the shared memories of a war that continues to shape their lives.
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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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Grey Lady
Massachusetts Atlantic OceanA Boston police officer goes to Nantucket to investigate the murder of his partner, but he finds more than he bargained for.
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Unrest
Massachusetts The 2010sWhen Harvard PhD student Jennifer Brea is struck down at 28 by a fever that leaves her bedridden, doctors tell her it’s "all in her head." Determined to live, she sets out on a virtual journey to document her story—and four other families' stories—fighting a disease medicine forgot.
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Wheelman
MassachusettsDrive fast. Think faster. — A getaway driver for a bank robbery realizes he has been double crossed and races to find out who betrayed him.
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Dating Game Killer
Washington New York New Hampshire California Texas The 1970s The 1980s The 1960s The 2000s The 2010sA grieving mother seeks justice against the serial killer who killed her daughter.
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Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later: Miniseries
Maine New York The 1990sSometimes, in order to move forward... you have to go back. — A decade after their wild summer as junior counselors, the gang reunites for a weekend of bonding, hanky-panky and hair-raising adventures.
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Cell
MassachusettsWhen everyone is connected no one is safe. — When a strange signal pulsates through all cell phone networks worldwide, it starts a murderous epidemic of epic proportions when users become bloodthirsty creatures, and a group of people in New England are among the survivors to deal with the ensuing chaos after.
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Live by Night
Florida Massachusetts The 1920sWitness the price of the American Dream. — A story set in the Prohibition Era and centered on a group of individuals and their dealings in the world of organized crime.
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Captain America: Civil War
New York Massachusetts Ohio England 🇦🇹 Austria 🇩🇪 Germany 🇷🇴 Romania 🇳🇬 Nigeria Africa - General The 1990s The 2010sDivided We Fall — Following the events of Age of Ultron, the collective governments of the world pass an act designed to regulate all superhuman activity. This polarizes opinion amongst the Avengers, causing two factions to side with Iron Man or Captain America, which causes an epic battle between former allies.
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The Finest Hours
Massachusetts Atlantic Ocean The 1950s32 survivors, room for 12. — The Coast Guard makes a daring rescue attempt off the coast of Cape Cod after a pair of oil tankers are destroyed during a blizzard in 1952.
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Coming Through the Rye
New Hampshire Pennsylvania The 1960sComing Through the Rye, set in 1969, is a touching coming of age story of sensitive, 16 year old Jamie Schwartz, who is not the most popular kid at his all boys' boarding school. Disconnected from students and teachers, he believes he is destined to play Holden Caulfield, the main character of The Catcher in the Rye, and has adapted the book as a play.
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Central Intelligence
Massachusetts Maryland The 1990s The 2010sSaving the world takes a little Hart and a big Johnson. — After he reunites with an old pal through Facebook, a mild-mannered accountant is lured into the world of international espionage.
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Shut In
MaineSome fears can't be shut out. — A widowed child psychologist lives in an isolated existence in rural New England. When caught in a deadly winter storm, she must find a way to rescue a young boy before he disappears forever.
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Bleed for This
Rhode Island The 1980s The 1990sThis is what the greatest comeback in sports history looks like — The inspirational story of World Champion Boxer Vinny Pazienza, who after a near fatal car crash, which left him not knowing if he'd ever walk again, made one of sports most incredible comebacks.
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Manchester by the Sea
MassachusettsAfter his older brother passes away, Lee Chandler is forced to return home to care for his 16-year-old nephew. There he is compelled to deal with a tragic past that separated him from his family and the community where he was born and raised.
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The Preppie Connection
Connecticut The 1980sA student at a private school uses his connections to establish a drug trafficking network.
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A Quiet Passion
Massachusetts The 19th CenturyThe story of American poet Emily Dickinson from her early days as a young schoolgirl to her later years as a reclusive, unrecognized artist.
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Jackie
Massachusetts Virginia District of Columbia Texas The 1960sI want them to see what they have done to Jack. — An account of the days of First Lady, Jacqueline Kennedy, in the immediate aftermath of John F. Kennedy's assassination in 1963.
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Patriots Day
Massachusetts The 2010sThe inside story of the world's greatest manhunt. — In the aftermath of an unspeakable act of terror, Police Sergeant Tommy Saunders joins courageous survivors, first responders and investigators in a race against the clock to hunt down the Boston Marathon bombers before they strike again.
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The Congressman
MaineMaine Congressman Charlie Winship has had a bad day. After being caught on video failing to stand and recite the pledge of allegiance, he knocks out another House member, confronts his angry ex-wife, and faces denunciation by the media for attacking one of the most cherished patriotic symbols in America. As his life spirals out of control, Charlie embarks on a journey to a remote island in the Atlantic whose eccentric inhabitants are in the middle of a shooting war over their fishing grounds. Treat Williams stars as The Congressman in this humorous and moving film that raises the important question of what it means to be an American.
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I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House
MassachusettsA young nurse takes care of elderly author who lives in a haunted house.
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