Films set in Philadelphia

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).

1999 film directed by M. Night Shyamalan

1995 film directed by Terry Gilliam

2009 science fiction film by Michael Bay

2012 film directed by David O. Russell

2013 film directed by Marc Forster

2013 American film directed by David O. Russell

1993 film by Jonathan Demme

2019 film directed by Martin Scorsese

2019 film directed by David F. Sandberg

2003 film by F. Gary Gray

1985 film directed by Sylvester Stallone

1979 film directed by Sylvester Stallone

2016 film directed by M. Night Shyamalan

1982 film directed by Sylvester Stallone

2007 film directed by Antoine Fuqua

2000 film directed by M. Night Shyamalan

2021 film directed by Adam Wingard

1990 film directed by John G. Avildsen

2006 film directed by Sylvester Stallone

1985 film directed by Peter Weir

2010 film directed by Karan Johar

2004 film directed by Jon Turteltaub

1940 film by George Cukor

1983 film directed by John Landis

1964 film by Alfred Hitchcock

2015 film directed by Ryan Coogler

2024 film directed by Brady Corbet

2009 film by F. Gary Gray

2008 film directed by M. Night Shyamalan

2005 film by David Cronenberg

1992 film by David Lynch

2019 film directed by M. Night Shyamalan

2023 film directed by David F. Sandberg

Gia is a 1998 American biographical drama television film about the life and times of one of the first supermodels, Gia Carangi. The film stars Angelina Jolie as Gia and Faye Dunaway as Wilhelmina Cooper, with Mercedes Ruehl and Elizabeth Mitchell. It was directed by Michael Cristofer and written by Cristofer and Jay McInerney. The original music score was composed by Terence Blanchard. The film premiered on January 31, 1998, on HBO.

2002 film directed by George Clooney

2006 film by M. Night Shyamalan

2018 film directed by Steven Caple Jr.

2012 film by Paul Thomas Anderson

1978 American horror film by George A. Romero

Red One is a 2024 American Christmas action comedy film directed by Jake Kasdan and written by Chris Morgan. It stars Dwayne Johnson, Chris Evans, Lucy Liu, J. K. Simmons, Kiernan Shipka, Bonnie Hunt, Nick Kroll, Kristofer Hivju, and Wesley Kimmel. The film tells the story of Head of North Pole Security Callum Drift, who teams up with black-hat hacker Jack O'Malley to locate a kidnapped Santa Claus on Christmas Eve. Principal photography for the film began in October 2022 and concluded in February 2023, with filming locations including Atlanta.

2019 film directed by Joshua Safdie and Ben Safdie

2013 film directed by Brian Helgeland

1989 film directed by Danny DeVito

2024 film directed by M. Night Shyamalan

1984 film by Alan Parker

1940 film by Sam Wood

2010 film directed by John Erick Dowdle

1981 film by Brian De Palma

2005 film by Curtis Hanson

1998 film directed by Gregory Hoblit

1996 film directed by Jon Avnet

2008 film by Michael McCullers

2019 film directed by Kasi Lemmons

2006 sports film directed by Ericson Core

2022 film directed by Jeremiah Zagar

1959 film by Vincent Sherman

2024 film by Tyler Perry

1991 film by James Dearden

1987 film by Michael Gottlieb