Films in this library shot in Philadelphia, a city whose steps alone earned it a permanent place in film. Location data is sourced from Wikidata property P915, which records where a film was actually shot as distinct from where its story is set.
PennsylvaniaTrading Places is John Landis's 1983 American comedy depicting two wealthy commodity brokers who place a one-dollar wager on whether a homeless con artist and an Ivy League executive can be switched places without either knowing about the experiment, with…
PennsylvaniaSurvivors of the zombie apocalypse take refuge in a suburban shopping mall, in George Romero's social satire sequel. Dario Argento financed the Italian co-production and supervised the European cut that runs approximately fifteen minutes shorter than Romero's preferred American version.
CaliforniaJohn Avildsen's 1976 boxing underdog launcher. Began the franchise that defined boxing cinema.
PennsylvaniaNight Shyamalan's 1999 ghost story with the most-quoted twist of its decade. Bruce Willis, Haley Joel Osment, a script that earns its reveal twice.
CaliforniaStanley Kubrick developed the project for years before his death; Steven Spielberg completed it as a tribute. The first act honors the premise.
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