Rankings by Metro / Boston

The Screen of Boston

United States · #6 by film pedigree · 42 notable figures · 3 canon films set here

Metro rank
#6
Screen score
611.6
People
95
Films set here
3

What Boston is known for

Box office 23%Prestige 24%Audience 53%

Boston skews toward audience.

Canon films set here, by decade

1
'70
1
'00
1
'10

From Boston

  1. 1Bette Davis58.54
  2. 2Jack Lemmon44.45
  3. 3Walter Brennan32.14
  4. 4Andrew Stanton24.43
  5. 5Matt Damon24.06
  6. 6William A. Wellman21.15
  7. 7Chris Evans15.82
  8. 8Dan Kwan15.46
  9. 9Mark Wahlberg15.43
  10. 10Ben Affleck14.95
  11. 11Jane Alexander14.3
  12. 12Agnes Moorehead14.24
  13. 13Steve Carell14.03
  14. 14Estelle Parsons13.08
  15. 15Casey Affleck12.57
  16. 16Edward Norton12.52
  17. 17Charles Bickford11.52
  18. 18Olympia Dukakis11.26
  19. 19Allison Janney10.85
  20. 20Madeline Kahn9.43
  21. 21Jack Albertson8.95
  22. 22Leonard Nimoy8.72
  23. 23John Irving8.5
  24. 24Josephine Hull8.5
  25. 25William Monahan8.27

+17 more

Set in Boston

  1. Jaws 1975#14
  2. The Social Network 2010#186
  3. The Departed 2006#420

Canon films by Boston filmmakers

  • WALL·E 2008 · Andrew Stanton#179
  • The Public Enemy 1931 · William A. Wellman#221
  • Finding Nemo 2003 · Andrew Stanton#231
  • Wings 1927 · William A. Wellman#300
  • Sweet Smell of Success 1957 · Alexander Mackendrick#339
  • The Ox-Bow Incident 1942 · William A. Wellman#380

More United States metros

New York 5190Los Angeles 2038Chicago 1026San Francisco-San Jose 690Philadelphia 586Washington-Baltimore 400Cleveland 272Kansas City 261Detroit 215Omaha-Lincoln 204San Diego 178Atlanta 174

Part of The Screen of the Metros · Boston overview