The Screen of Philadelphia

United States · #7 by film pedigree · 43 notable figures · 4 canon films set here

Metro rank
#7
Screen score
586.1
People
99
Films set here
4

What Philadelphia is known for

Box office 29%Prestige 18%Audience 53%

Philadelphia skews toward audience.

Canon films set here, by decade

1
'40
2
'70
1
'90

From Philadelphia

  1. 1Will Smith
  2. 2Richard Brooks
  3. 3Sidney Lumet
  4. 4Grace Kelly
  5. 5Bradley Cooper
  6. 6Alvin Sargent
  7. 7Lionel Barrymore
  8. 8Bruce Willis
  9. 9Ethel Barrymore
  10. 10Adam McKay
  11. 11Sam Wood
  12. 12Christopher McQuarrie
  13. 13Bryan Singer
  14. 14Franklin J. Schaffner
  15. 15Arthur Penn
  16. 16Richard Gere
  17. 17M. Night Shyamalan
  18. 18Abby Mann
  19. 19Broderick Crawford
  20. 20Peter Farrelly
  21. 21Nedrick Young
  22. 22Josh Singer
  23. 23Da'Vine Joy Randolph
  24. 24Irvin Kershner
  25. 25Kevin Bacon

+18 more

Set in Philadelphia

  1. Rocky 1976filmed#94
  2. The Philadelphia Story 1940filmed#193
  3. The Sixth Sense 1999#325
  4. Eraserhead 1977#454

Canon films by Philadelphia filmmakers

  • 12 Angry Men 1957 · Sidney Lumet#37
  • Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back 1980 · Irvin Kershner#40
  • Bonnie and Clyde 1967 · Arthur Penn#53
  • The Adventures of Robin Hood 1938 · William Keighley#177
  • A Hard Day's Night 1964 · Richard Lester#198
  • Network 1976 · Sidney Lumet#215
  • Dog Day Afternoon 1975 · Sidney Lumet#254
  • Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 1958 · Richard Brooks#311
  • A Night at the Opera 1935 · Sam Wood#368
  • Grease 1978 · Randal Kleiser#429

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