If you know of movies which were set in Pittsburgh, created by Pittsburghers, or
allude to the city in them, please
contribute to our growing list below. We eventually want to create a special,
collective-made Pittsburgh Movie Trailer of all these "Pittsburgh" movies.
Movies made in Pittsburgh:
2002
The Clearing
The West Wing (TV)
The Guardian (TV)
The Pennsylvania Miners' Story (TV)
2001
The Mothman Prophecies
2000
Rock Star
The Bread My Sweet
Out of the Black
1999
Wonder Boys
1998
Dogma
Temptations
Inspector Gadget
1996
The Journey
The Christmas Tree
Desperate Measures
Out In The Cold (TV) (re-titled Assassination File)
1995
Kingpin
Diabolique
Dog Eat Dog
1994
Baskins Run
Street Corner Justice
Sudden Death
A Promise Kept: The Oksana Baiul Story (TV)
The Piano Lesson (TV)
HouseGuest
Boys On The Side
1993
Roommates
Milk Money
Him (re-titled: Only You)
Breathing Lessons (TV)
The Stand (TV)
Backstreet Justice (a.k.a: Finnegan's Wake) (TV)
Joey Coyle (re-titled: Money For Nothing)
1992
Blind Spot (TV)
The Cemetery Club
Three Rivers (re-titled: Striking Distance)
The Fire Next Time (TV)
No Pets
An American Dream
Innocent Blood
Citizen Cohn (TV)
Hoffa
1991
Diary Of A Hitman
North Of Pittsburgh
What She Doesn't Know (TV)
Bob Roberts
Dead And Alive (TV)
Waterland
Guilty Until Proven Innocent (TV)
Passes Away
Against Her Will: Incident In Baltimore (TV)
Lorenzo's Oil
1990
The Dark Half
Darrow (TV)
Bump In The Night (TV)
Ten Million Dollar Getaway (TV)
Iron Maze
The Bride In Black (TV)
Criminal Justice (TV)
Night Of The Living Dead: The Remake
Silence Of The Lambs
1989
Two Evil Eyes
Homeless (TV)
The Awakening (re-titled: Heartstopper)
Flesheaters (re-titled: Revenge of the Living Zombies)(Video Cassette)
Struck With Each Other (TV)
Equal Justice (TV)
An Unremarkable Life
The Kid Brother
1988
NBC Unsolved Mysteries (TV)
Picking Up The Pieces (re-titled: Blood Sucking Pharaohs In Pgh)
Prince Of Pennsylvania
Street Law (re-titled: Simple Justice)
Along In The Neon Jungle (TV) (re-titled: Command In Hell)
Monkey Shines: An Experiment In Fear
Dominick And Eugene
Tiger Warsaw
1987
Drive-In Madness (Video Cassette)
Robocop
Lady Beware
1986
Majorettes
Gung Ho
1985
He's The Mayor (TV)
Rappin
Silent Witness (TV)
Day Of The Dead
1984
Ripley's Believe It Or Not (TV)
The Boy who Loved Trolls (TV)
Rodney Dangerfield Productions (TV)
Reckless
Mrs. Soffel
The Flight Of The Spruce Goose
Maria's Lovers
1983
Fantasy (TV)
Hambone And Hillie
Heart Of Steel (TV)
All The Right Moves
1982
Poland: Two Weeks In The Winter
Status (TV)
Labor Day (TV)
Flashdance
Creepshow
1981
The Steeler and The Pittsburgh Kid (TV)
Knightriders
Midnight
1980
Fighting Back (TV)
The Leatherstocking Tales (TV)
Death Penalty (TV)
1979
Dawn of the Dead
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
1978
Effects (re-titled: Director's Dilemma)
The Deer Hunter
Martin
1977
Slap Shot
1974
The Devil and Sam Silverstein
1973
The Crazies (re-titled: Code Name: Trixie)
1972
There's Always Vanilla (re-titled: The Affair)
1971
Going Home
1968
Night Of The Living Dead
1965
Sylvia
1960
The Rat Race
1958
Some Came Running (Second Unit)
1951
Angels in the Outfield
1947
The Unconquered
1914
The Perils of Pauline
Movies with Pittsburgh ties:
Singing In The Rain directed by Peabody grad Gene Kelly
Training Day directed by Taylor Alderdice grad Antoine Fuqua
Chicago directed by Squirrel Hill native and CMU grad Rob Marshall
Pittsburgh, a movie starring John Wayne.
Videodrome which has lines in it saying how the sounds are emanating from
Pittsburgh.
Blazing Saddles and My Favorite Year written by Pittsburgh native
Norman Steinberg
The Frisco Kid, "Pittsburgh" is mentioned by Harrison Ford in a campfire scene.
Glengarry Glenn Ross, "Pittsburgh" is mentioned by Al Pacino in an office scene.
Mrs. Sofel
Vision Quest
Mannequin