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 Davis
  2. 2Jack Lemmon
  3. 3Walter Brennan
  4. 4Andrew Stanton
  5. 5Matt Damon
  6. 6William A. Wellman
  7. 7Chris Evans
  8. 8Dan Kwan
  9. 9Mark Wahlberg
  10. 10Ben Affleck
  11. 11Jane Alexander
  12. 12Agnes Moorehead
  13. 13Steve Carell
  14. 14Estelle Parsons
  15. 15Casey Affleck
  16. 16Edward Norton
  17. 17Charles Bickford
  18. 18Olympia Dukakis
  19. 19Allison Janney
  20. 20Madeline Kahn
  21. 21Jack Albertson
  22. 22Leonard Nimoy
  23. 23John Irving
  24. 24Josephine Hull
  25. 25William Monahan

+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

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