Baltimore in Film

Baltimore has served as a backdrop for many memorable films and television shows. Sometimes the city plays a role in the plot, but more often it stands in for the District of Columbia or a generic gritty blue-collar city. This list is by no means exhaustive, but is representative of the ways Baltimore has been portrayed in film.

…And Justice for All (1979)
Absolute Power (1997)
The Accidental Tourist (1988)
Along Came a Spider (2001)
Avalon (1990)
Baltimore (2003)
Barry’s Gift (1999)
The Bedroom Window (1987)
The Blair Witch Project (1999)
Blood Circus (1985)
Boys (1996)
Brick Wall (1992)
Broadcast News (1987)
Cecil B. DeMented (2000)
Chainsaw Sally (2004)
Clara’s Heart (1988)
Company Business (1991)
The Contender (2000)
Cry-Baby (1990)
Dave (1993)
Dead Man’s Curve (1998)
The Death of Poe (2005)
Desperate Living (1977)
Detention (1998)
Diner (1982)
A Dirty Shame (2004)
Divine Trash (1998)
Enemy of the State (1998)
The Fall Before Paradise (2004)
A Fall from the Clouds (2003)
Female Trouble (1974)
Ghosts of Hamilton Street (2003)
Gods and Generals (2003)
Hail Columbia (1935)
Hairspray (1988)
He Said, She Said (1991)
Head of State (2003)
Her Alibi (1989)
The Hitter (1979)
Home for the Holidays (1995)
House on Sorority Row (1983)
Inescapable (1992)
Ladder 49 (2004)
Liberty Heights (1999)		 Little Red (2000)
Live Free or Die Hard (2007)
Major League II (1994)
Marnie (1964)
Maxim Xul (1991)
Men Don’t Leave (1990)
The Meteor Man (1993)
Mischief (1985)
Mondo Trasho (1969)
The Mosquito Coast (1986)
Multiple Maniacs (1970)
My Father’s House (2002)
Night of Horror (1978)
Nightbeast (1983)
No Way Out (1987)
The Paper Girl (2000)
Pecker (1998)
Pink Flamingos (1972)
Random Hearts (1999)
Red Dragon (2002)
The Replacements (2000)
Replay (2003)
Runaway Bride (1999)
Satisfaction (1988)
The Seduction of Joe Tynan (1979)
Serial Mom (1994)
Shadow Conspiracy (1997)
Shutter (2004)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Silent Fall (1994)
Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
Species II (1998)
The Spider’s Web (1927)
The Sum of All Fears (2002)
There’s Something About Mary (1998)
Tin Men (1987)
True Dreams (2002)
True Lies (1994)
Tuck Everlasting (2002)
Twelve Monkeys (1995)
Washington Square (1997)
Who You Know (1998)
Wish (2003)
XXX: State of the Union (2005)

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