List of films shot in Pittsburgh

See also: List of television shows shot in Pittsburgh and List of fiction set in Pittsburgh

This list includes notable feature films shot either completely or partially in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and/or the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. Some of these are set in the city; others were shot in Pittsburgh but set in another real or fictional location.

Academy Award Winner

Golden Globe Winner

Nominated, or minor award winner

1900s

1904

• Assembling a Generator
• Assembling and Testing Turbines
• Casting a Guide Box
• Coil Winding Machines
• Coil Winding Section E
• Girls Winding Armatures
• Panorama Exterior Westinghouse Works
• Panorama of Machine Co. Aisle
• Panorama View Street Car Motor Room
• Panorama View Aisle B
• Steam Hammer
• Steam Whistle
• Taking Time Checks
• Taping Coils
• Tapping a Furnace
• Testing a Rotary
• Testing Large Turbines
• Welding the Big Ring
• Westinghouse Employees Boarding Train
• Westinghouse Air Brake Co. Westinghouse Co. Works (Casting Scene)
• Westinghouse Air Brake Co. Westinghouse Co. Works (Moulding Scene)
• Westinghouse Air Brake Co. Westinghouse Works

1910s

1914

• Filial Love
• The Perils of Pauline

1915

• Via Wireless

1918

• Just a Woman

1919

• Spring Fever
  • Harold Lloyd

1920s

1922

• In the Name of the Law

1924

• Fording the Lincoln Highway

1930s

1939

• The City
• Allegheny Uprising

1940s

1941

• The Pittsburgh Kid

1942

• Pittsburgh

1945

• The Valley of Decision

1947

• The Unconquered

1948

• Melody Time

1950s

1951

• Angels in the Outfield
• I Was a Communist for the FBI

1952

• Pat and Mike
• The Winning Team

1958

• Some Came Running

1960s

1960

• The Rat Race

1963

• A Visit to Santa

1965

• Sylvia

1968

• Night of the Living Dead

1970s

1970

• Looking for Me

1971

• There's Always Vanilla
• Vagrant Woman
• Going Home
• The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes
• Eyes
• Deus Ex

1972

• Jack's Wife

1973

• The Crazies
• The Song Remains the Same

1977

• Slap Shot

1978

• Martin
• The Deer Hunter
  • Christopher Walken, Meryl Streep, Robert De Niro
• Dawn of the Dead

1979

• The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh

1980s

1980

• Effects

1981

• Knightriders

1982

• Creepshow #1 ^{Nov. 12–18} Top 10 ^{Nov. 12 – Dec. 16}
• Midnight

1983

• Flashdance #1 ^{Apr. 15 – May 12} Top 5 ^{May 15 – Jun. 9} Top 10 ^{-Jul. 28 & Aug. 26 – Oct. 13} Top 15 ^{until Oct. 20}
• All the Right Moves Top 5 ^{Oct. 21 – Nov. 15 & Dec. 2–Dec. 8} Top 10 ^{until Dec. 15}

1984

• Mrs. Soffel Top 10 ^{Feb. 8–10, 1985} Top 20 ^{Dec. 28, 1984 – Jan. 10, 1985}
• Reckless Top 5 ^{Feb. 3 – Feb. 16}
• The Muppets Take Manhattan Top 5 ^{Jul. 13–19} Top 10 ^{Jul 20 – Aug. 2} Top 15 ^{until Aug. 16}
• Maria's Lovers
• The Boy Who Loved Trolls

1985

• Day of the Dead
• Rappin' #5 ^{May 10 – May 16} #14 ^{May 17–23}

1986

• Gung Ho #1 ^{Mar. 14–20} Top 5 ^{Mar. 21 – Apr. 24} Top 10 ^{until May 29}
• The Majorettes

1987

• RoboCop Top 5 ^{Jul. 17 – Aug. 6} Top 10 ^{Aug. 7–27} Top 15 ^{Until Oct. 1}
• Lady Beware

1988

• The Prince of Pennsylvania
• Heartstopper
• Monkey Shines
• Kenny
• Dominick and Eugene Top 20: ^{Mar. 18–24}
• Tiger Warsaw
• Flesheater

1989

• No Place Like Home
• An Unremarkable Life

1990s

1990

• Pretty Woman #1^{Mar. 23–29; Apr. 27 – May 17} #2 ^{Mar. 30 – Apr. 26} #3 ^{May 18 – May 31} Top 5^{-Jun. 14} Top 10^{-Jul. 12} Top 15 ^{-Oct. 18}
• Night of the Living Dead #7 ^{Oct. 19–25} #14 ^{Oct. 26 – Nov. 1}
• Two Evil Eyes #17 ^{Oct. 25–31}
• Iron Maze
• Simple Justice

1991

• The Silence of the Lambs #1 ^{Feb. 15 – Mar. 21} #2 ^{Mar. 22 – Apr. 11} Top 6 ^{Apr. 12 – May 16} Top 15 ^{until Jun. 20}
• My Girl #2 ^{Nov. 29 – Dec. 5} #3 ^{Dec. 6–12} #4 ^{Nov. 22–28} Top 10 ^{until Jan. 2, 1992}
• Diary of a Hitman
• Waterland
• North of Pittsburgh

1992

• Passed Away #14 ^{Apr. 24–30}
• Whispers in the Dark #8 ^{Aug. 7–13} #11 ^{Aug. 14–20}
• Bob Roberts Top 15 ^{Sep. 11–17 & Sep. 25 – Oct. 1} Top 20 ^{Sep. 4–Oct. 1}
• Innocent Blood #8 ^{Sep. 25 – Oct. 1} #12 ^{Oct. 2–8}
• Hoffa #6 ^{Dec. 25, 1992 – Jan. 7, 1993} #8 ^{Jan. 8–14} #12 ^{until Jan. 21}
• The Cemetery Club
• The Fire Next Time
• The Jacksons: An American Dream
• Triumph of the Heart

1993

• Lorenzo's Oil Top 20 ^{Jan. 1–Feb. 4}
• Groundhog Day #1 ^{Feb. 12–25} #2 ^{Feb. 26 – Mar. 11} Top 18 ^{until Jun. 17}
• The Dark Half #6 ^{Apr. 23–29} #8 ^{Apr. 30 – May 6} #11 ^{until May 13}
• Money for Nothing #16 ^{Sep. 10–16}
• Striking Distance #1 ^{Sep. 17–23} #4^{Sep. 24–30} Top 10 ^{until Oct. 7} Top 15 ^{until Oct. 14}
  • Bruce Willis, Dennis Farina, John Mahoney, Sarah Jessica Parker
• Roommates
• Heartstopper

1994

• Boys on the Side #2 ^{Feb. 3–9} #4 ^{Feb. 10–16} Top 10 ^{until Mar. 2}
• Milk Money Top 5 ^{Sep. 2–8 & 16-22} Top 10 ^{until Sep.}
• Timecop #1 ^{Sep. 16–29} #3 ^{Sep. 30 – Oct. 6} #6 ^{until Oct. 13} Top 15 ^{until Oct. 27}
• Only You #3 ^{Oct. 7–13} Top 10 ^{Oct. 14–27} Top 15 ^{until Nov.}
• Street Corner Justice

1995

• Houseguest #3 ^{Jan. 6–12} #6 ^{Jan. 13–19} Top 11 ^{until Feb. 9}
• Sudden Death Top 11 ^{Dec. 22, 1995 – Jan. 7, 1996}

1996

• Bed of Roses #2 ^{Jan. 26 – Feb. 1} #5 ^{Feb. 2–8} #7 ^{Feb. 9–15}
• Diabolique #3 ^{Mar. 22–28} #5 ^{Mar. 29 – Apr. 4} #11 ^{until Apr. 7}
• Independence Day
• Kingpin #4 ^{Jul. 26 – Aug. 1} #6 ^{Aug. 2–8}Top 20 ^{until Aug. 18}
• That Thing You Do! Top 5 ^{Oct. 4–24} Top 10 ^{Oct. 25 – Oct. 31}
• Santa Claws

1997

• Fire Down Below #1 ^{Sep. 5–11} #3 ^{Sep. 5–18} #10 ^{Sep. 19–21}

1998

• Desperate Measures Top 10 ^{Jan. 30 – Feb. 12} #11 ^{until Feb. 16}
• Transatlantic
• Whatever

1999

• Inspector Gadget #2 ^{Jul. 23–29} #5 ^{Jul. 30 – Aug. 5} #7 ^{Aug. 6–26}
• Stigmata #1 ^{Sep. 10–16} #4 ^{Sep. 17–24} Top 10 ^{Sep. 25 – Oct. 7} Top 15 ^{Oct. 8–21}
• Dogma #3 ^{Nov. 12–18} #7 ^{Nov. 19 – Dec. 2} #6 ^{Dec. 3–9} #8 ^{Dec. 10–16} #13 ^{Dec. 17–23}

2000s

2000

• Eye of the Beholder #1 ^{Jan. 28 – Feb. 3} #5 ^{Feb. 4–10} #9 ^{Feb. 11–17}
• Wonder Boys #7 ^{Feb. 25 – Mar. 2} #10 ^{Mar. 3–9} #13 ^{Mar. 10–16} Top 20 ^{Mar. 17–30}
• Screwed #8 ^{May 12–18} #12 ^{May 19–25} #20 ^{May 26 – Jun. 1}
• Civility
• View from the Vault
• Brother 2

2001

• Rock Star #4 ^{Sep. 7–13} #9 ^{Sep. 14–20} #8 ^{Sep. 21–27} #17 ^{Sep. 28 – Oct. 4}
• A Wedding for Bella

2002

• The Mothman Prophecies #6 ^{Jan. 25 – Feb. 7} #10 ^{Feb. 8–14} #18 ^{Feb. 15–21}
• The Murder

2003

• Bringing Down the House #1 ^{Mar. 7–27} Top 5 ^{Mar. 28 – Apr. 17} Top 15 ^{Apr. 18 – May 8} Top 20 ^{May 9–Jun. 12}
• Beautiful Girl
• August Underground's Mordum

2004

• The Clearing Top 20 ^{Jul. 2–29}
• 10th & Wolf
• Fragile
• The War that Made America

2005

• Land of the Dead #6 ^{Jun. 24–30} #10 ^{Jul. 1–7} #15 ^{Jul. 8–14} 23 ^{Jul. 15–21}
• Devil and Daniel Johnston
• The Bituminous Coal Queens of Pennsylvania
• Me and the Mosque
• Dumpster

2006

• Pittsburgh
• Chasing 3000
• God Grew Tired of Us
• a/k/a Tommy Chong
• American Scary
• Bewilderness
• Abattoir
• Prison Girl

2007

• The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
• The Haunting Hour Volume One: Don't Think About It
• Gravida
• The Lottery
• All Saints Eve

2008

• Smart People #7 ^{Apr. 11–17} #11 ^{Apr. 18–24} #15 ^{Apr 25 – May 1} #18 ^{May 2–8}
• Zack and Miri Make a Porno #2 ^{Oct. 31 – Nov. 6} #5 ^{Nov. 7–13} #6 ^{Nov. 14–20} #12 ^{Nov. 21–27} #14 ^{Nov. 28 – Dec. 4} #18^{Dec. 5–11}
• Graduation
• My Bloody Valentine 3D
• Deadtime Stories
• Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father
• The Bridge to Nowhere
• Homecoming

2009

• Adventureland #6 ^{Apr. 3–9} #9 ^{Apr. 10–16} #13 ^{Apr. 17–23} #16 ^{Apr. 24–30} #25 ^{May 1–7}
• The Road #10 ^{Nov. 27 – Dec. 3} #16 ^{Dec. 4–10} #17 ^{Dec. 11–24} #19 ^{Dec. 25–31} #18 ^{Jan. 1–7 2010}
• Hollywood & Wine
• Shannon's Rainbow
• Sorority Row
• Kenny Chesney: Summer in 3-D
• End Game
• If It Ain't Broke, Break It

2010s

2010

• She's Out of My League #3 ^{Mar. 12–18} #6 ^{Mar. 19–25} #7 ^{Mar. 26 – Apr. 1} #9 ^{Apr. 2–8} #14 ^{Apr. 9–15} #25 ^{Apr. 16–22}
  • Jay Baruchel, Alice Eve
• Unstoppable #2 ^Nov.12-18 #3 ^{Nov. 19–25} #5 ^{Nov. 26 – Dec. 2} #4 ^{Dec. 3–9} #6 ^{Dec. 10–16} #12 ^{Dec. 17–23} #17 ^{Dec. 24–30} #15 ^{Dec. 31 – Jan. 6} #18 ^{Jan. 7–13}
  • Denzel Washington, Chris Pine, Rosario Dawson
• The Next Three Days #6 ^{Nov. 19–25} #9 ^{Nov. 26 – Dec. 2} #10 ^{Dec. 3–9} #13 ^{Dec. 10–16} #25 ^{Dec. 17–23}
  • Russell Crowe, Liam Neeson, Brian Dennehy, Elizabeth Banks
• Love & Other Drugs #10 ^{November. 19–25} #6 ^{Nov. 26 – Dec. 2} #5 ^{Dec. 3–9} #8 ^{Dec. 10–16} #16 ^{Dec. 17–23} #22 ^{Dec. 31 – Jan. 6} #19 ^{Jan. 7–13}
  • Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway
• Dog Jack
  • Louis Gossett Jr.
• The Chief
• Chasing 3000

2011

• I Am Number Four #3 ^{Feb. 18–24} #4 ^{Feb. 25 – Mar. 3} #9 ^{Mar. 4–10} #12 ^{Mar. 11–17} #15 ^{Mar. 18–24} #19 ^{Mar. 25–31}
• Super 8 #1 ^{Jun. 10–16} #2 ^{Jun. 17–23} #5 ^{Jun. 24 – Jul. 7} #7 ^{Jul. 8–14} #9 ^{Jul. 15–21} #14 ^{Jul. 22–28}
• Warrior #3 ^{Sep. 9–15} #8 ^{Sep. 16–22} #12 ^{Sep. 23–29} #17 ^{Sep. 30 – Oct. 6} #24 ^{Oct. 7–13}
• Abduction #4 ^{Sep. 23–29} #8 ^{Sep. 30 – Oct. 6} #11 ^{Oct. 7–13} #13 ^{Oct. 14–20} #20 ^{Oct. 21–27}
• Margaret
• River of Darkness
• On the Inside
• Riddle

2012

• One for the Money #3^{Jan. 27 – Feb. 2} #6^{Feb. 3–9} #13^{Feb. 10–16} #18^{Feb. 17–23}
• The Avengers #1^{May 4–24} #2^{May 25–31} #3^{Jun. 1–7} #5^{Jun. 8–14} #7^{Jun. 15–21} #8^{Jun. 22–28} #11^{Jun. 29 – Jul. 5} #12^{Jul. 6–19}
• The Dark Knight Rises #1^{Jul. 20 – Aug. 9} #3^{Aug. 10–16} #5^{Aug. 17–23} #6^{Aug. 24–30} 8^{Aug. 31 – Sep. 6} 10^{Sep. 7–13} 12^{Sep. 14–20} 14^{Sep. 21–27}
• The Perks of Being a Wallflower #13^{Sep. 28 – Oct. 4} #11^{Oct. 5–11} #10^{Oct. 12–18} #12^{Oct. 19–25} #16^{Oct. 26 – Nov. 1} #17^{Nov. 2–8} #14^{Nov. 9–15}
• Won't Back Down #10^{Sep. 28 – Oct. 4} #13^{Oct. 5–11} #23^{Oct. 12–18}
• Jack Reacher #4^{Dec. 21–27} #5^{Dec. 28 – Jan. 10} #11^{Jan. 11–17} #16^{Jan. 18–24}
• Homemakers

2013

• Baseball's Last Hero: 21 Clemente Stories
• Promised Land #29^{Dec. 28, 2012 – Jan. 3} #10^{Jan. 4–10} #19^{Jan. 11–17}
• Out of the Furnace #3^{Dec. 6–12} #7^{Dec. 13–19} #29^{Dec. 20–26}
• Grudge Match #12^{Dec. 20–26} #11^{Dec. 27 – Jan. 2 2014} #11^{Jan. 3–9} #15^{Jan. 10–16}
• The Lifeguard
• 6 Souls
• Generation Iron
• Elixir

2014

• The Fault in Our Stars #1^{Jun 6–12} #4^{Jun 13–19} #7^{Jun 20–26} #8^{Jun 27 – Jul 3} #11^{Jul 4–10} #15^{Jul 11–17} #19^{Jul 18–24}
• Foxcatcher

2015

• Me & Earl & the Dying Girl
• American Pastoral
• Fathers and Daughters
• The Last Witch Hunter
• Concussion
• Southpaw
• Let It Snow

2016

• Last Flag Flying
• Fences

2019

• The Amusement Park
• Sweet Girl
• I'm Your Woman
• Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
• Happiest Season

2020

• An American Pickle

2022

• A Man Called Otto

See also

• List of television shows shot in Pittsburgh
• Pittsburgh Film Office
• Three Rivers Film Festival

External links

Media related to Film and television production in Pittsburgh at Wikimedia Commons

Works cited

• Complete list of films shot in Pittsburgh
• Complete list of films shot in Pittsburgh
• "Hollywood East"
• Israeli filmmaker project
• Pittsburgh Film History