Guide To Movies Filmed In Boston

Hollywood isn't the only place where movies are made. Some consider Boston a movie making haven, hosting dozens of motion picture crews in recent years. Sites such as the Massachusetts State House and the Boston Common appear in a multitude of films ranging from action classics to romantic comedies. Check out this list of places in good ol' Bean Town that have been featured on the big screen.

See Also: Gallery of Movies Made In Mass.

• Pre 1960
• 1960s & 70s
• 1980s
• 1990s
• 2000s

Vanity Fair – 1915

13 Rue Madeleine – 1947

Portrait of Jennie – 1948
Boston Harbor

Mystery Street – 1950
Harvard Medical School

Charly – 1968
Faneuil Hall
Boston City Hospital
John Hancock Hall
Longfellow Bridge
Public Garden

The Thomas Crown Affair – 1968
85 Mt. Vernon Street, Beacon Hill
Blackstone and North Streets
Copp's Hill
South Station
Tobin Bridge

The Out of Towners – 1970
Logan Airport
South Station

The Friends of Eddie Coyle – 1973
Boston Bowl, Dorchester
Boston Garden
Callahan Tunnel

Hanky Panky – 1982
New England Aquarium

The Bostonians – 1984
Gibson House Museum – 137 Beacon Street
The Athenaeum – 10 1/2 Beacon Street

Field of Dreams – 1988
Fenway Park

The Firm – 1993
Boston-Copley Plaza Hotel
The Abbey, South Boston

Amistad – 1997
Massachusetts State House

Good Will Hunting – 1997
South Boston District Municipal Court
L Street Tavern, South Boston
Public Garden

The Boondock Saints – 1999
Copley Square
Longfellow Bridge
Boston Common
Newbury Street

What's the Worst That Could Happen? – 2000

Mystic River – 2003
Tobin Bridge
Jamaica Plain – various locations
South Boston – various locations
East Boston – various locations

Fever Pitch – 2005
Fenway Park

The Departed – 2006
Erich Lindemann Mental Health Center
12 Farnsworth Street

21 – 2007
Boston Convention and Exposition Center
Boston University
Newbury Street

Pink Panther 2 – 2007
Boston Convention and Exposition Center
Boston Public Library
Copley Square
Museum of Fine Arts
Museum of Science
The Wang Center

Gone Baby Gone - 2007
Erich Lindemann Mental Health Center - 25 Staniford Street, Boston
Hormel Stadium - 97 Locust Street, Medford
LoConte Rink - 3449 Veterans Memorial Pkwy, Medford
Moakley Park, Boston
Mount Auburn Cemetery - 330 Mt. Auburn Street, Cambridge
Murphy's Law - 837 Summer Street, Boston

The Proposal – 2008
225 Franklin Street

Bride Wars - 2008

Shutter Island – 2008
Boston Harbor
Hyde Park

Knight and Day – 2009
Logan Airport

The Zookeeper – 2009 (to be released 2011)
Franklin Park Zoo, Dorchester

The Social Network - 2009

The Town - 2010
Charlestown
Harvard Square
Fenway
North End

Shutter Island - 2010
Boston Harbor

Information from the Massachusetts Film Office and Internet Movie Database