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50 best movies filmed in Massachusetts

The release of Central Intelligence and Ghostbusters added to the long list of movies made in Massachusetts. Here are 50 of the best films shot in the Bay State.

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'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'

From the files Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton during the filming of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? at Smith College in Northampton on August 26, 1965.

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'Jaws'

Martha's Vineyard was turned into Amity Island for this Steven Spielberg blockbuster in 1975.

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'The Proposal'

With some computer generated help, Rockport doubled for an Alaskan town.

Additional scenes for this Sandra Bullock and Ryan Renolds charmer were shot in Manchester-By-The-Sea and Boston.

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'Joy'

Boston, Wilmington and North Reading were among the locales used in this Jennifer Lawrence vehicle.

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'The Thomas Crown Affair'

The MassPike, Boston Common, South Station, and Anthony Pier's 4 are among the Greater Boston landmarks seen in this 1968 Steve McQueen classic.

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'The Judge'

Robert Downey Jr. filmed in Shelburne Falls, as well as Sunderland and Worcester for this 2014 film.

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'A Civil Action'

John Travolta poses with fans while filming in Palmer.

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'The Departed'

This 2006 Martin Scorsese gangster film was shot in Boston and starred Leonard DiCaprio, Jack Nicholson and Matt Damon.

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'The Social Network'

Massachusetts prep schools, Phillips Academy and Milton Academy in Cambridge were featured in this 2010 film on the birth of Facebook.

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'The Witches of Eastwick'

Cohasset and neighboring Ipswich Marblehead and Scituate welcome Jack Nicholson and Cher, Susan Sarandon and Michelle Pfeiffer for this 1987 film.

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'The Crucible'

The 1996 film adaptation of the Arthur Miller play was shot at Choate Island in Essex.

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'Charly'

Based on the book Flowers for Algernon, this 1968 movie with Cliff Robertson was partially shot in Boston.

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'Field of Dreams'

Kevin Costner and James Earl Jones take in a game at Fenway Park during the filming of this 1989 baseball movie.

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'Malice'

Alec Baldwin and Nicole Kidman filmed scenes for this 1993 film at Smith College, Amherst, Holyoke and other Bay State locales.

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'Fever Pitch'

Jimmy Fallon and Drew Barrymore try to balance baseball and love in this 2005 romance filmed at Fenway park.

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'The Finest Hours'

Quincy and Marshfield were among locales used in this 2016 film about a daring Coast Guard rescue.

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'The Fighter'

The 2010 story of fighter Micky Ward was shot in his hometown of Lowell.

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'The Reincarnation of Peter Proud'

Springfield's Memorial Bridge, Main Street in Northampton, as well as parts of Longmeadow, Amherst, Holyoke and Deerfield were all captured in this 1975 movie.

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'Altered States'

Roxbury, Logan Airport and Harvard Medical School made appearances in this off-beat 1980 film with William Hurt.

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'Filming Othello'

The audience question and answer segment of this look at the making of the 1952 film Othello was shot in Cambridge in early January 1977. It was director Orson Welles' last completed film.

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'American Hustle'

Boston and Worcester were among the locales used in this 2013 film.

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'Amistad'

Boston, the State House in particular, made an appearance in this 1997 Steven Spielberg effort.

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'The Paper Chase'

The exterior shots of Harvard Law School buildings were filmed for this 1973 film on the Harvard Law School campus. The library shots were filmed in the Harvard Andover library at the Harvard Divinity School.

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'Black Mass'

The 2015 story of crime boss James "Whitey" Bulger, played by Johnny Depp, was shot in South Boston, Lynn, Chelsea, Quicny, Metheun and Revere Beach.

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'The Boondock Saints'

A (small) portion of this 1999 cult film was shot in Boston.

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'Good Will Hunting'

Set in Boston, but shot mostly in Toronto, some scenes for this 1997 movie with Matt Damon and Oscar winner Robin Williams were filmed at Harvard University, Bunker Hill Community College and Boston Public Garden.

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'Grown Ups'

The 2011 Adam Sandler comedy was shot in Essex County and producers returned three years later for the sequel.

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'Ted'

Much of the 2012 comedy was shot in Canada, but Seth MacFarlane brought his cameras to Boston, Chelsea and Norwood for some scenes.

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'The Verdict'

Quincy Market, State House, South Station, South Boston High School and George's Variety Store in South Boston were all part of the 1982 Paul Newman courtroom drama.

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'Shallow Hal'

Some scenes for this 2001 Jack Black comedy were shot in Sterling and Wachusett Mountain in Princeton.

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'Love Story'

Harvard University in Cambridge and South Hamilton were among the locations filmed for this iconic 1970 romance film.

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'Spotlight'

The Boston Globe offices in Dorchester, Fenway Park and the Boston Public Library all make appearances in this 2015 film about the clergy sex abuse scandal.

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'The Next Karate Kid'

Pat Morita trains Hillary Swank in this 1994 film set in Boston. Scenes were filmed on the Brookline High School campus and Cousens Gymnasium at Tufts University. Other scenes in Boston and Newton.

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'Knight and Day'

Principal photography began in mid-September 2009 in Boston and Bridgewater. Airport terminal scenes were filmed at Worcester Regional Airport. Filming also took place in Melrose, Danvers, and New Bedford. Cameron Diaz and Tom Cruise starred in the 2010 action film.

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'Borat'

Four Seasons Kosher Bed & Breakfast in Newton had a role in the 2006 comedy from Sacha Baron Cohen.

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'Gone Baby Gone'

Filming on this 2007 thriller took place on site in South Boston and the former Quincy Quarries.

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'Fuzz'

Fuzz with Burt Reynold and Raquel Welch was set and was shot on location in Boston in 1972.

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'Edge of Darkness'

Danny Huston as Jack Bennett and Mel Gibson as Thomas Craven in the Warner Bros. thriller Edge of Darkness. The scene was filmed atop Mount Sugarloaf in Deerfield.

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'Pink Panther 2'

This 2009 Steve Martin comedy filmed scenes in Boston, Bedford, Chelsea, Westwood, and Winchester.

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'The Town'

Directed, co-written by and starring Ben Affleck, the 2010 film was adapted from Chuck Hogan's novel Prince of Thieves and shot at Fenway Park and other Boston locales.

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'The Firm'

This 1993 legal thriller based on the John Grisham novel of the same name was partly filmed in Boston and Cambridge.

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'Shutter Island'

This Martin Scorsese film starring Leonardo DiCaprio was partly shot at the Medfield State Hospital, the Boderline State Park in Sharon, and Peddocks Island in Boston Harbor.

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'In Dreams'

This 1999 thriller with Annette Bening and Robert Downey Jr. was partially filmed at Northhampton State Hospital and Smith College in Northampton.

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'Captain Phillips'

A brief scene for the Tom Hanks film about piracy at seas was shot at Worcester Regional Airport.

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'Labor Day'

The 2013 Kate Winslet film was shot in Shelburne Falls, Acton, Mansfield, Sutton and Boston.

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'The Women'

The 2009 comedy starring Meg Ryan, Annette Bening, Eva Mendes, Debra Messing was filmed in Georgetown, Sudbury, Medfield, Dover, Gloucester and Boston.

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'The Heat'

Sandra Bullock and Mellisa McCarthy filmed this 2013 comedy in Boston and at a Denny's in Danvers.

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'Surrogates'

The 2009 sci-fi movie with Bruce Willis was shot in Woburn, Milford, Hopedale, Taunton, Lynn, Worcester, Lawrence, and Wayland.

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'Hocus Pocus'

This 1993 Disney family film was shot in Salem.

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'Paul Blart: Mall Cop'

The Kevin James comedy was filmed at three Bay State shopping malls: Burlington Mall in Burlington, Northshore Mall in Peabody,and South Shore Plaza in Braintree.

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