List of films set in New England

This is a list of films set in New England. Movies made for television are not included.

This list is incomplete. Please make an annotation describing something about the setting.

1910s

 * The House of the Seven Gables (1910) – set in Salem, Massachusetts
 * The Scarlet Letter (1911)

1920s

 * The Sea Beast (1926)
 * The Scarlet Letter (1926)
 * The Yankee Clipper (1927)

1930s

 * Abraham Lincoln (1930)
 * Moby Dick (1930)
 * A Connecticut Yankee (1931)
 * Horse Feathers (1932)
 * Doctor Bull (1933)
 * Little Women (1933) – set in Concord, Massachusetts
 * The Pursuit of Happiness (1934)
 * The Scarlet Letter (1934)
 * Ah, Wilderness! (1935) - set in an unnamed New England town, filmed in Grafton, Massachusetts
 * Way Down East (1935)
 * Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
 * Captains Courageous (1937)
 * Maid of Salem (1937)
 * Nothing Sacred (1937)
 * Stella Dallas (1937)
 * Bringing Up Baby (1938) – they visit Susan's aunt in Connecticut
 * Mother Carey's Chickens (1938)
 * Dark Victory (1939)
 * The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939)

1940s

 * The House of the Seven Gables (1940) – set in Salem, Massachusetts
 * The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941)
 * Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
 * The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe (1942)
 * Holiday Inn (1942) – Connecticut
 * The Mummy's Tomb (1942)
 * I Married a Witch (1942)
 * The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944)
 * The Mummy's Ghost (1944)
 * Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
 * Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
 * Spellbound (1945)
 * The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
 * Dragonwyck (1946)
 * The Spiral Staircase (1946)
 * The Stranger (1946)
 * The Strange Woman (1946)
 * Boomerang (1947)
 * Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
 * Mourning Becomes Electra (1947)
 * Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948) – Connecticut
 * The Babe Ruth Story (1948) – Set in Boston, about the Red Sox and Braves
 * Little Women (1949) – set in Concord, Massachusetts
 * A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949)

1950s

 * Cheaper by the Dozen (1950)
 * Mystery Street (1950) – Massachusetts
 * The Underworld Story (1950)
 * All About Eve (1950)
 * Death of a Salesman (1951)
 * The Story of Will Rogers (1952)
 * Plymouth Adventure (1952) – the Pilgrims arrive at Plymouth, Massachusetts
 * The Actress (1953) – set in Wollaston, Massachusetts (a neighborhood of the city of Quincy)
 * White Christmas (1954) – set in Vermont
 * Seven Angry Men (1955)
 * All That Heaven Allows (1955)
 * Lady and the Tramp (1955)
 * The Trouble with Harry (1955)
 * Carousel (1956)
 * High Society (1956) – Newport, Rhode Island
 * Moby Dick (1956)
 * Fear Strikes Out (1957) – set in Boston, about the Red Sox
 * Johnny Tremain (1957) – set in Boston
 * The Last Hurrah (1958) – a mayoral race based on Boston mayor James Michael Curley
 * Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958) – set in Connecticut
 * The Devil's Disciple (1959) – Websterbridge, New Hampshire
 * A Summer Place (1959) – set in fictional Pine Island, Maine

1960s

 * The Bramble Bush (1960)
 * The City of the Dead (1960)
 * House of Usher (1960)
 * Death of a Salesman (1961)
 * The Parent Trap (1961)
 * Return to Peyton Place (1961)
 * Lolita (1962)
 * Long Day's Journey Into Night (1962) – Connecticut
 * The Miracle Worker (1962)
 * The Cardinal (1963)
 * Donovan's Reef (1963)
 * The Haunted Palace (1963) – fictional New England town of Arkham
 * The Haunting (1963)
 * My Six Loves (1963)
 * Lilith (1964)
 * Never Too Late 1965)
 * Death of a Salesman (1966)
 * Hawaii (1966)
 * The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming (1966) – Gloucester, Massachusetts
 * Tormented (1966)
 * Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) – set at Trinity College in Connecticut
 * The Shuttered Room (1967)
 * Valley of the Dolls (1967) – Anne starts in New England
 * The Boston Strangler (1968) – set in Boston
 * Charly (1968) – set in Boston
 * Death of a Salesman (1968)
 * Pretty Poison (1968) – set in western Massachusetts
 * Rachel, Rachel (1968) – Boston
 * Salesman (1968) – Boston
 * The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) – set in Boston
 * The Curse of the Living Corpse (1969)
 * Silent Night, Lonely Night (1969)

1970s

 * Love Story (1970)
 * The Out-of-Towners (1970) – set in Boston
 * Carnal Knowledge (1971)
 * Let's Scare Jessica to Death (1971)
 * The Other (1972)
 * Slaughterhouse-Five (1972)
 * The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973) – set in Boston
 * The Last Detail (1973) – set in Boston
 * The Paper Chase (1973)
 * The Scarlet Letter (1973)
 * Silent Night, Bloody Night (1974) – set in western Massachusetts
 * Jaws (1975) – set in fictional Amity, Massachusetts
 * The Stepford Wives (1975)
 * The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976) – set in fictional Wells Harbor, Maine
 * Between the Lines (1977) – set in Boston
 * Pete's Dragon (1977)
 * Coma (1978) – set in Boston
 * Jaws 2 (1978) – set in fictional Amity, Massachusetts
 * The Brink's Job (1979) – set in Boston

1980s

 * The Children (1980)
 * Return of the Secaucus 7 (1980)
 * A Small Circle of Friends (1980)
 * Dead & Buried (1981)
 * The Incubus (1981) – fictional New England town of Galen
 * On Golden Pond (1981)
 * The Flight of Dragons (1982)
 * Superstition (1982)
 * The Verdict (1982)
 * The World According to Garp (1982)
 * The Bostonians (1983)
 * The Dead Zone (1983)
 * The Devonsville Terror (1983)
 * Reuben, Reuben (1983)
 * The Hotel New Hampshire (1984) – New Hampshire
 * Clue (1985) – set in a New England mansion
 * Death of a Salesman (1985)
 * Real Genius (1985) – fictional college similar to MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts
 * Re-Animator (1985) – set in fictional Arkham, Massachusetts
 * The Sure Thing (1985)
 * Highlander (1986) – "the famous duel on Boston Common"
 * One Crazy Summer (1986)
 * Baby Boom (1987) – set in Vermont
 * Flowers in the Attic (1987) – Ipswich MA
 * The Devil's Disciple (1987) – Websterbridge, NH
 * The Witches of Eastwick (1987) – set in fictional Eastwick, Rhode Island
 * Beetlejuice (1988) – set in fictional Winter River, Connecticut
 * Funny Farm (1988)
 * Mystic Pizza (1988) – set in Mystic, Connecticut
 * The Nest (1988)
 * Second Sight (1989) – comedy set in Boston, Massachusetts
 * Sweet Hearts Dance (1988)
 * Witchery (1988)
 * Dead Poets Society (1989) – set at a fictional academy in Vermont
 * Field of Dreams (1989) – they visit Fenway Park in Boston
 * Glory (1989) – the 54th Massachusetts Infantry form and train in Readville, now a suburb of Boston, and march through Boston
 * Pet Sematary (1989)
 * War of the Roses (1989)
 * Warlock (1989)

1990s

 * It (1990)
 * Mermaids (1990) – set in the fictional town of Eastport, Massachusetts
 * Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990) – set in New York City and rural New England
 * Once Around (1991) – Renata starts at her parents' place in New England
 * Other People's Money (1991)
 * Run (1991) – set in Boston, Massachusetts
 * What About Bob? (1991) – set at Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire
 * The Babe (1992) – set in Boston, Massachusetts
 * Far and Away (1992)
 * HouseSitter (1992)
 * Lorenzo's Oil (1992)
 * Mr. Baseball (1992) – set at Fenway Park
 * Scent of a Woman (1992) – set at a New England boarding school
 * School Ties (1992) – set at a fictional elite Massachusetts boarding school
 * Ethan Frome (1993)
 * The Firm (1993)
 * The Good Son (1993)
 * Hocus Pocus (1993) – set in Salem, Massachusetts
 * Malice (1993) – set in Boston, Massachusetts
 * The Man Without a Face (1993)
 * Needful Things (1993)
 * Where the Rivers Flow North (1993)
 * Blown Away (1994) – set in Boston, Massachusetts
 * Dumb & Dumber (1994) – their journey begins in Providence, Rhode Island
 * Federal Hill (1994) – set in Providence, Rhode Island
 * In the Mouth of Madness (1994) – set in the fictional town of Hobbs End, New Hampshire
 * The Inkwell (1994)
 * The Last Seduction (1994)
 * Little Women (1994) – set based on Louisa May Alcott's childhood home in Concord, Massachusetts
 * The Next Karate Kid (1994) – set in Brookline, Massachusetts
 * Quiz Show (1994) – partly set at Van Doren's parents' house in Connecticut
 * The Ref (1994) – set in Connecticut
 * The River Wild (1994)
 * The Shawshank Redemption (1994) – set in Maine
 * With Honors (1994) – set at Harvard in Cambridge, Massachusetts
 * Wolf (1994)
 * Casper (1995) – set in Friendship, Maine
 * Dolores Claiborne (1995)
 * Jumanji (1995) – set in the fictional town of Brantford, New Hampshire
 * Outbreak (1995) – the monkey's owner lands at Logan Airport, Boston, Massachusetts
 * The Scarlet Letter (1995)
 * Celtic Pride (1996) – set in Boston, Massachusetts
 * The Crucible (1996) – Salem, Massachusetts
 * Death of a Salesman (1996)
 * Eden (1996)
 * Man with a Plan (1996)
 * Mrs. Winterbourne (1996)
 * The Spitfire Grill (1996)
 * Amistad (1997) – State House in Providence
 * Good Will Hunting (1997) – set in Boston and Cambridge, Massachusetts
 * The Ice Storm (1997) – set in New Canaan, Connecticut
 * Lolita (1997)
 * The Matchmaker (1997) – Sean follows Marcy to Boston, Massachusetts
 * The Myth of Fingerprints (1997)
 * Skeletons (1997)
 * That Darn Cat (1997)
 * Affliction (1998)
 * Animals with the Tollkeeper (1998)
 * A Civil Action (1998) – set in Woburn, Massachusetts
 * Monument Ave. (1998) – set in the Charlestown neighborhood of Boston
 * Next Stop Wonderland (1998) – set in Boston, Massachusetts
 * One True Thing (1998)
 * The Parent Trap (1998)
 * Practical Magic (1998)
 * Safe Men (1998) – set in Providence, Rhode Island
 * The Spanish Prisoner (1998)
 * Stranger in the Kingdom (1998)
 * There's Something About Mary (1998)
 * The Boondock Saints (1999) – set in Boston, Massachusetts
 * The Cider House Rules (1999) – set in Maine
 * Girl, Interrupted (1999) – set in the Boston suburb of Belmont, Massachusetts
 * The Iron Giant (1999)
 * Lake Placid (1999) – set in Maine
 * Message in a Bottle (1999)
 * The Out-of-Towners (1999)
 * Outside Providence (1999) – set in Providence, Rhode Island
 * The Thomas Crown Affair (1999) – Boston, Massachusetts
 * A Wake in Providence (1999) – Providence, Rhode Island
 * The Love Letter (1999)

2000s

 * Almost Famous (2000) – one of the stops is Boston
 * Death of a Salesman (2000)
 * Me, Myself and Irene (2000) – set in Rhode Island
 * The Perfect Storm (2000) – they sail from Gloucester, Massachusetts
 * The Skulls (2000) – Yale University in Connecticut
 * State and Main (2000)
 * The Weight of Water (2000) – set in New Hampshire
 * What Lies Beneath (2000) – set in Vermont
 * You Can Count on Me (2000) – early scene where he borrows money set in Worcester, Massachusetts
 * Blow (2001) – starts in George Jung's hometown of Weymouth, Massachusetts
 * The Blue Diner (2001) – set in Boston
 * Harvard Man (2001)
 * The Heist (2001) – a robbery at a small Boston airport
 * In the Bedroom (2001) – set in mid-coast Maine
 * Legally Blonde (2001) – Elle is a student at Harvard
 * Riding in Cars with Boys (2001)
 * Summer Catch (2001) – Cape Cod, Massachusetts
 * Super Troopers (2001)
 * Wet Hot American Summer (2001)
 * What's the Worst That Could Happen? (2001) – filmed (and presumably set) in Boston and elsewhere in MA
 * Cabin Fever (2002)
 * Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)
 * Men in Black II (2002) - Agent J visits former Agent K in Truro, Massachusetts
 * Mister Deeds (2002) – set in New Hampshire
 * The Gray Man (2002)
 * The Skulls II (2002)
 * Alex & Emma (2003) – set in Boston
 * Anger Management (2003) – they drive to Boston to visit Buddy's mother
 * Behind the Red Door (2003) – set in Boston
 * Dreamcatcher (2003)
 * Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd (2003)
 * The Human Stain (2003)
 * Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003)
 * Mona Lisa Smile (2003) – set at Wellesley College in Wellesley, Massachusetts
 * Mystic River (2003) – set in Boston
 * The Recruit (2003) – James starts as a bartender in Boston
 * The Skulls III (2003)
 * X2 (2003) – they visit Iceman's parents' home in Boston
 * Irish Eyes (2004)
 * Saint Ralph (2004)
 * Spartan (2004)
 * The Stepford Wives (2004) – set in Connecticut
 * Still We Believe: The Boston Red Sox Movie (2004)
 * Welcome to Mooseport (2004)
 * The Family Stone (2005)
 * Fever Pitch (2005)
 * Ice Princess (2005) – Harvard in Cambridge, Massachusetts
 * War of the Worlds (2005) – Ray tries to flee to Boston to meet his ex-wife
 * Live Free or Die (2006 film) (2006)
 * The Departed (2006) – set in Boston
 * Islander (2006) – set in Vinalhaven, Maine
 * The Legend of Lucy Keyes (2006)
 * Little Children (2006)
 * United 93 (2006)
 * Vacationland (2006)
 * Black Irish (2007)
 * Dan in Real Life (2007) – set in Rhode Island
 * Everybody Wants to Be Italian (2007) – set in Boston
 * The Game Plan (2007)
 * Gone Baby Gone (2007) – set in Boston
 * The Great Debaters (2007) – they travel to debate at Harvard, in Cambridge, Massachusetts
 * 21 (2008) – MIT and Harvard Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts
 * The Forbidden Kingdom (2008) – set in Boston
 * My Best Friend's Girl (2008) – set in Boston
 * The Women (2008) – Connecticut
 * The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day (2009)
 * Knowing (2009) – set in Lexington, Massachusetts
 * The Maiden Heist (2009)
 * Surrogates (2009)
 * Tell-Tale (2009)
 * The Vicious Kind (2009) – set in Norfolk, Connecticut
 * The Way We Get By (2009)

2010s

 * All Good Things (2010) – set in Vermont and Connecticut
 * Conviction (2010) – based in Ayer, Massachusetts
 * Edge of Darkness (2010)
 * The Fighter (2010) – set in Lowell, Massachusetts
 * The Ghost Writer (2010) – set on Cape Cod, Massachusetts
 * Grown Ups (2010)
 * Knight and Day (2010) – the action passes through June's hometown of Boston
 * Leap Year (2010) – starts and ends in Boston
 * Shutter Island (2010) – set on an island outside Boston
 * The Social Network (2010) – set at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts
 * The Town (2010) – set in Charlestown and Cambridge, Massachusetts
 * The Innkeepers (2011) – set at the Yankee Pedlar Inn in Torrington, Connecticut
 * Man on the Train (2011) – set somewhere in New England
 * Sucker Punch (2011) – set in Brattleboro, Vermont
 * Ted (2012) – set in Boston, Massachusetts
 * Moonrise Kingdom (2012) – set on the fictional New England island of New Penzance
 * The Conjuring (2013) – set in Harrisville, Rhode Island
 * The Heat (2013) – set in Boston, Massachusetts
 * The Way, Way Back (2013) – set in Wareham, Massachusetts
 * The Equalizer (2014) – set in Somerville, Massachusetts
 * Backgammon (2015) – set in Maine
 * Ted 2 (2015)
 * Irrational Man (2015) – set in the small-town New England college campus of Braylin
 * In the Heart of the Sea (2015) – set in Nantucket
 * The Witch (2015)
 * Spotlight (2015)
 * Joy (2015)
 * Black Mass (2015)
 * The Finest Hours (2016) – set in Chatham, Massachusetts on Cape Cod
 * Manchester by the Sea (2016) – set in Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts
 * Patriots Day (2016)
 * Stronger (2017)
 * The Equalizer 2 (2018)
 * Proud Mary (2018) - set in Boston
 * Knives Out (2019) – set in Massachusetts
 * The Lighthouse (2019) – set in 1890s New England
 * Blow the Man Down (2019) – set in Maine

2020s

 * Ava (2020)
 * Summer of Mesa (2020) – set on Cape Cod, Massachusetts
 * The Block Island Sound (2020)
 * Hubie Halloween (2020)
 * Hocus Pocus 2 (2022) - Set in Salem, Massachusetts
 * The Holdovers (2023) - Set in Massachusetts
 * The Sudbury Devil (2023) - Set in Sudbury, Massachusetts