Definitive List of the Best Movies Filmed in Boston

People of the Face: Here in Boston we're going to be having a lot of time on our hands. Maybe you people would like a definitive list of the best Boston movies to watch during the next few weeks?

1. The Verdict - David Mamet penned, Sidney Lumet directed, starring Paul Newman as one of his best washed-up drunks since Slap Shot (seriously, though, Newman is great here.) Filmed partially in dirty early 80's Southie, the Common, and the State House. The whole thing from script to execution is flawless.

2. Friends of Eddie Coyle: Featuring large schlubbies Robert Mitchum and Peter Boyle and a bunch of other medium-size schlubs as low level criminals getting tangled with the FBI. Shot completely in dirty 70's Boston area, featuring Dedham! including scenes in the Garden with live Bruins footage

3. The Departed - Scorsese directed, featuring a passel of A-lists actors with bad Boston accents except for real local natives Marky Mark (in one of his two or three best performances) and Matt Damon, this movie is great until the final shot which blows enormous chunks over the rest of the movie. Jesus, Mahty. Also, why didn't Marky Mark tell Mahty that not every single person in Boston has to have a strong Boston accent?

4. Good Will Hunting - I mean. Everyone knows this movie. Everyone like those apples. RIP Bow and Arrow. Also, Robin Williams. Look, Casey Affleck has a lot of problems, but he's clearly the best modern actor at playing Boston townies.

5. Between the Lines - Funny, hard to find 70's ensemble movie about a Boston Phoenix like indie paper, filmed in Boston and Cambridge starring Jeff Goldblum, John Heard, Bruno Kirby, Marilu Henner, and Lindsey Crouse. Also, the newspaper office is set in what is now Gallery 263 on Pearl St. in Cambridge and you can see Rick, Brian, and Sam's old place in a few of the shots. In other words, one of the only Hollywood movies that shares a location with the famous webseries: CRSD&T's The Central Square Detective Agency (Episode 2)

Honourable Mentions: Thomas Crown Affair, Mystic River, Spotlight, Gone Baby Gone, Manchester by the Sea (North Shore Extension) Did I miss anything? Kidding, I never miss anything.

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