Films set in Pennsylvania

Home Alone is a 1990 American Christmas comedy film directed by Chris Columbus and written and produced by John Hughes. The first film in the Home Alone franchise, the film stars Macaulay Culkin as Kevin McCallister, an eight-year-old boy who defends his suburban Chicago home from a home invasion by a pair of robbers after his family accidentally leaves him behind on their Christmas vacation to Paris. The cast also features Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Heard, and Catherine O'Hara.

Rocky is a 1976 American independent sports drama film directed by John G. Avildsen, written by and starring Sylvester Stallone. It is the first installment in the Rocky franchise and also stars Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, and Burgess Meredith. In the film, Rocky Balboa (Stallone), a poor small-time club fighter and loanshark debt collector from Philadelphia, gets an unlikely once in a lifetime shot at the world heavyweight championship held by Apollo Creed (Weathers).

1994 film directed by Chuck Russell

2004 film by Roland Emmerich

1978 film directed by Michael Cimino

1993 film by Harold Ramis

2012 film directed by David O. Russell

2009 film directed by Gavin Hood

1993 film by Jonathan Demme

1968 American independent zombie horror film by George A. Romero

1999 film by James Mangold

2004 film by M. Night Shyamalan

2022 American film directed by Colin Trevorrow

1994 comedy film by Peter Farrelly

1985 film directed by Sylvester Stallone

1979 film directed by Sylvester Stallone

1982 film directed by Sylvester Stallone

2002 film directed by M. Night Shyamalan

2021 film directed by Adam Wingard

1990 film directed by John G. Avildsen

2012 American animated film directed by Tim Burton

2006 film directed by Sylvester Stallone

2010 film directed by Karan Johar

1985 film directed by Peter Weir

2004 film directed by Jon Turteltaub

2015 film directed by David O. Russell

2006 film directed by James Wong

2013 film directed by Denis Villeneuve

2009 film by F. Gary Gray

2006 film directed by Paul Greengrass

2014 film directed by Kenneth Branagh

2009 film directed by Peter Jackson

2008 American film directed by David Frankel

1978 film by Franklin J. Schaffner

2017 film directed by Stephen Chbosky

Foxcatcher is a 2014 American biographical sports thriller film, produced and directed by Bennett Miller. Written by E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman, the film stars Steve Carell, Channing Tatum, and Mark Ruffalo. Its plot is loosely based on multimillionaire Du Pont family heir and wrestling enthusiast John du Pont's 1986 recruitment of Olympic gold medalist brothers Mark and Dave Schultz, to help coach American wrestlers, and du Pont's murder of Dave in 1996.

Weapons is a 2025 American supernatural mystery horror film directed, written, co-produced, and co-scored by Zach Cregger. It stars an ensemble cast including Josh Brolin, Julia Garner, Alden Ehrenreich, Austin Abrams, Cary Christopher, Toby Huss, Benedict Wong, and Amy Madigan. Its plot follows the case of seventeen children from the same classroom who mysteriously run away on the same night at the same time.

2012 film by Timur Bekmambetov

2010 film directed by Tony Scott

2006 animated film

2012 film directed by Scott Derrickson

2011 film directed by John Singleton

2015 film directed by Jake Schreier

1996 film by Renny Harlin

2010 film by Derek Cianfrance

2012 film by Paul Thomas Anderson

1978 American horror film by George A. Romero

2010 film by Jimmy Hayward

2015 film directed by M. Night Shyamalan

Flashdance is a 1983 American romantic drama dance film directed by Adrian Lyne and starring Jennifer Beals as a passionate young dancer, Alex Owens, who aspires to become a professional ballerina, alongside Michael Nouri, who plays her boyfriend and the owner of the steel mill where she works by day in Pittsburgh.

2008 film directed by Alexandre Aja

2004 film directed by D. J. Caruso

2005 film by Lawrence Guterman

2019 film directed by André Øvredal

2000 film directed by Curtis Hanson

1991 film directed by Howard Zieff

2008 comedy film by Kevin Smith

The Conjuring: Last Rites is a 2025 American supernatural horror film directed by Michael Chaves and written by Ian Goldberg, Richard Naing, and David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick. The film is the ninth installment in The Conjuring film series, and is based on the real-life investigations of the Smurl haunting case. It stars Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga, who reprise their roles as paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren, along with Mia Tomlinson and Ben Hardy.

Kalifornia is a 1993 American road psychological thriller film directed by Dominic Sena in his feature film directorial debut. It stars Brad Pitt, Juliette Lewis, David Duchovny, and Michelle Forbes. The film tells the story of a journalist (Duchovny) and his photographer girlfriend (Forbes) traveling cross-country to research serial killings, who unwittingly carpool with a psychopath (Pitt) and his childlike girlfriend (Lewis).

2023 film directed by M. Night Shyamalan