This list includes major 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^[1]

1890s

1897

• The Prophecy of the Gargoyle

1898

• Tancred Commandery, Pittsburg

1899

• Heros of Luzon
• Running Through Gallitzin Tunnel

1900s

1902

• Panoramic View^[2]
• Jones & Laughlin Steel Yard^[2]

1903

• Pittsburgh Fire Department in Full Run
• The Prophecy of the Gargoyle II: Gregor's Return

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

1905

• The Juvenile^[3]

1910s

1912

• Olympic Games, Pittsburgh YMCA

1914

• Filial Love
• The Perils of Pauline
  • Pearl White

1915

• Via Wireless

1918

• Just a Woman

1919

• Spring Fever
  • Harold Lloyd

1920s

1920

• The North Wind's Malice

1922

• In the Name of the Law
  • Honus Wagner, Jeanne Carpenter

1924

• Fording the Lincoln Highway^[4]
  • William A. Magee

1926

• Buy an Electric Refrigerator

1930s

1931

• The Pip from Pittsburgh

1936

• Can You Imagine

1939

• The City
• Allegheny Uprising
  • John Wayne, Claire Trevor

1940s

1940

• Valley Town^[5]

1941

• The Pittsburgh Kid

1942

• Pittsburgh
  • John Wayne, Marlene Dietrich
• Columbia World Of Sports: College Champions

1945

• The Valley of Decision
  • Lionel Barrymore, Jessica Tandy

1947

• The Unconquered
  • Helen Keller, Gertrude Stein

1948

• Melody Time
  • Dennis Day

1950s

1951

• Angels in the Outfield
  • Bing Crosby, Joe DiMaggio, Ty Cobb
• I Was a Communist for the FBI
  • Frank Lovejoy, Dorothy Hart

1952

• Pat and Mike^[6]
  • Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn
• The Winning Team^[7]
  • Ronald Reagan, Doris Day

1955

• Lonesome Trail

1958

• Some Came Running
  • Frank Sinatra, Shirley MacLaine, Dean Martin

1960s

1960

• The Rat Race
  • Tony Curtis, Debbie Reynolds, Don Rickles

1963

• A Visit to Santa

1965

• Sylvia
  • Peter Lawford, Carroll Baker

1968

• Night of the Living Dead
  • Duane Jones, Judith O'Dea

1970s

1970

• Imago
• Looking for Me
• Inside/Outside Station 9

1971

• There's Always Vanilla
• Vagrant Woman
• Going Home
  • Robert Mitchum, Brenda Vaccaro
• The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes
• Eyes
• Deus Ex
• Three Domestics

1972

• Jack's Wife
• Investigation of a Hit and Run
• 901/904

1973

• The Crazies
  • Lynn Lowry, Richard Liberty
• The Song Remains the Same
  • Robert Plant, Jimmy Page
• After the Game
• A Forty Dollar Misunderstanding
• The Informant
• A Legal Discussion of a Hit and Run
• Manifold Controversy
• Nothing Hurt But My Pride
• Two Brothers
• $21 or 21 days
• Wrong Kid
• You Wasn't Loitering
• Henry Is Drunk
• The 4th, 5th, & Exclusionary Rule

1974

• The Devil and Sam Silverstein

1976

• Betty's Corner Cafe

1977

• Slap Shot
  • Paul Newman, Lindsay Crouse
• Incident at Browns Ferry

1978

• Martin
  • Tom Savini, John Amplas
• The Deer Hunter
  • Christopher Walken, Meryl Streep, Robert De Niro
• Death Penalty
• Dawn of the Dead
  • Tom Savini

1979

• The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
  • Jonathan Winters, Stockard Channing, Flip Wilson, Julius Erving

1980s

1980

• Effects
• All Washed Up

1981

• Knightriders
  • Ed Harris, Patricia Tallman, Tom Savini
• What Price Clean Air?
  • Robert Richter

1982

• Creepshow #1 ^{Nov. 12–18} Top 10 ^{Nov. 12 – Dec. 16}
  • Ed Harris, Hal Holbrook, Ted Danson, Leslie Nielsen
• Midnight
  • John Amplas
• Second Challenge
• King's Bane
• Poland: Two weeks in Winter

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}
  • Jennifer Beals, Michael Nouri
• All the Right Moves Top 5 ^{Oct. 21 – Nov. 15 & Dec. 2–Dec. 8} Top 10 ^{until Dec. 15}
  • Tom Cruise, Lea Thompson, Craig T. Nelson
• Hambone & Hillie

1984

• Mrs. Soffel Top 10 ^{Feb. 8–10, 1985} Top 20 ^{Dec. 28, 1984 – Jan. 10, 1985}
  • Mel Gibson, Diane Keaton
• Reckless Top 5 ^{Feb. 3 – Feb. 16}
  • Aidan Quinn, Daryl Hannah, Dan Hedaya
• The Muppets Take Manhattan Top 5 ^{Jul. 13–19} Top 10 ^{Jul 20 – Aug. 2} Top 15 ^{until Aug. 16}
• Maria's Lovers
  • John Goodman, Nastassja Kinski
• The Boy Who Loved Trolls
  • William H. Macy, Sam Waterston, Susan Anton

1985

• Day of the Dead
• Rappin' #5 ^{May 10 – May 16} #14 ^{May 17–23}
  • Mario Van Peebles, Rutanya Alda
• Moon over Pittsburgh
• Silent Witness

1986

• Gung Ho #1 ^{Mar. 14–20} Top 5 ^{Mar. 21 – Apr. 24} Top 10 ^{until May 29}
  • Michael Keaton, John Turturro, George Wendt, Mimi Rogers
• The Majorettes
• The Suicide Squeeze
• Flight of the Spruce Goose

1987

• RoboCop Top 5 ^{Jul. 17 – Aug. 6} Top 10 ^{Aug. 7–27} Top 15 ^{Until Oct. 1}
  • Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Miguel Ferrer, Kurtwood Smith
• Lady Beware
  • Michael Woods, Diane Lane
• Drive-In Madness!
• Alone In The Neon Jungle
  • Susan Pleshette, Danny Aiello

1988

• The Prince of Pennsylvania
  • Keanu Reeves, Amy Madigan, Fred Ward, Bonnie Bedelia
• Heartstopper
• Monkey Shines
  • Stanley Tucci, Janine Turner, Stephen Root, Kate McNeil
• Kenny
  • Caitlin Clarke, Liane Curtis, Zach Grenier
• Dominick and Eugene Top 20: ^{Mar. 18–24}
  • Ray Liotta, Jamie Lee Curtis
• Tiger Warsaw
  • Patrick Swayze, Piper Laurie,
• Flesheater
• Lightning Over Braddock
• Street Law
  • Christina Cox

1989

• No Place Like Home
  • Jeff Daniels
• An Unremarkable Life
  • Shelley Winters
• To the Limit
• The Awakening

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[8]}
  • Julia Roberts, Richard Gere
• Night of the Living Dead #7 ^{Oct. 19–25} #14 ^{Oct. 26 – Nov. 1[9]}
• Two Evil Eyes #17 ^{Oct. 25–31[10]}
  • Harvey Keitel, Julie Benz
• Superstar
  • Dennis Hopper, Shelley Winters
• The 10 Million Dollar Getaway (TV Film)
• Iron Maze
  • Bridget Fonda
• Simple Justice
  • John Spencer, Doris Roberts
• Criminal Justice
  • Forest Whitaker, Anthony LaPaglia, Rosie Perez, Jennifer Grey
  • https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099321/?ref_=fn_al_tt_3

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}
  • Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn, Ted Levine, Jodie Foster
• My Girl #2 ^{Nov. 29 – Dec. 5} #3 ^{Dec. 6–12} #4 ^{Nov. 22–28} Top 10 ^{until Jan. 2, 1992}
  • Macaulay Culkin, Dan Aykroyd, Jamie Lee Curtis, Anna Chlumsky
• Diary of a Hitman
  • James Belushi, Forest Whitaker, Sharon Stone
• Waterland
  • Jeremy Irons, Ethan Hawke, Maggie Gyllenhaal
• Bloodsucking Pharaohs in Pittsburgh (also known as Picking up the Pieces)
  • Tom Tully, Maureen McCullough
• My Worst Enemy
• North of Pittsburgh
• Dead and Alive: The Race For Gus Farace

1992

• Passed Away #14 ^{Apr. 24–30}
  • Bob Hoskins, Maureen Stapleton, Frances McDormand, Teri Polo
• Whispers in the Dark #8 ^{Aug. 7–13} #11 ^{Aug. 14–20}
  • Jamey Sheridan, John Leguizamo, Alan Alda
• Bob Roberts Top 15 ^{Sep. 11–17 & Sep. 25 – Oct. 1} Top 20 ^{Sep. 4–Oct. 1}
  • Tim Robbins, Jack Black, Fred Ward, Jeremy Irons, Susan Sarandon, Helen Hunt, John Cusack
• Innocent Blood #8 ^{Sep. 25 – Oct. 1} #12 ^{Oct. 2–8}
  • Don Rickles, Chazz Palminteri, Angela Bassett
• Hoffa #6 ^{Dec. 25, 1992 – Jan. 7, 1993} #8 ^{Jan. 8–14} #12 ^{until Jan. 21}
  • Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito
• The Cemetery Club
  • Danny Aiello, Christina Ricci, Diane Ladd, Olympia Dukakis
• The Fire Next Time
• The Jacksons: An American Dream
• No Pets
• Triumph of the Heart

1993

• Lorenzo's Oil Top 20 ^{Jan. 1–Feb. 4}
  • Nick Nolte, Susan Sarandon, Laura Linney
• Groundhog Day #1 ^{Feb. 12–25} #2 ^{Feb. 26 – Mar. 11} Top 18 ^{until Jun. 17}
  • Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell
• The Dark Half #6 ^{Apr. 23–29} #8 ^{Apr. 30 – May 6} #11 ^{until May 13}
  • Timothy Hutton, Amy Madigan
• Money for Nothing #16 ^{Sep. 10–16}
  • John Cusack, Benicio del Toro, James Gandolfini
• 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
  • Peter Falk, D. B. Sweeney, Julianne Moore, Ellen Burstyn
• Heartstopper
• Coming in Out of the Rain

1994

• Boys on the Side #2 ^{Feb. 3–9} #4 ^{Feb. 10–16} Top 10 ^{until Mar. 2}
  • Matthew McConaughey, Drew Barrymore, Mary-Louise Parker, Whoopi Goldberg
• Milk Money Top 5 ^{Sep. 2–8 & 16-22} Top 10 ^{until Sep.}
  • Ed Harris, Melanie Griffith, Anne Heche
• Timecop #1 ^{Sep. 16–29} #3 ^{Sep. 30 – Oct. 6} #6 ^{until Oct. 13} Top 15 ^{until Oct. 27}
  • Jean-Claude Van Damme, Ron Silver, Gloria Reuben
• Only You #3 ^{Oct. 7–13} Top 10 ^{Oct. 14–27} Top 15 ^{until Nov.}
  • Billy Zane, Robert Downey Jr., Marisa Tomei
• Street Corner Justice
• Baskin's Run
• No Pets

1995

• Houseguest #3 ^{Jan. 6–12} #6 ^{Jan. 13–19} Top 11 ^{until Feb. 9}
  • Sinbad, Phil Hartman, Kim Murphy
• Sudden Death Top 11 ^{Dec. 22, 1995 – Jan. 7, 1996}
  • Jean-Claude Van Damme, Powers Boothe, Audra Lindley
• Captured Alive
  • Pat Morita
• Bloodscent
• Undertakings
• Bleeding Orange and Brown

1996

• Bed of Roses #2 ^{Jan. 26 – Feb. 1} #5 ^{Feb. 2–8} #7 ^{Feb. 9–15}
  • Christian Slater, Mary Stuart Masterson
• Diabolique #3 ^{Mar. 22–28} #5 ^{Mar. 29 – Apr. 4} #11 ^{until Apr. 7}
  • Sharon Stone, Isabelle Adjani, Chazz Palminteri, Kathy Bates
• Independence Day
  • Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum
• Kingpin #4 ^{Jul. 26 – Aug. 1} #6 ^{Aug. 2–8}Top 20 ^{until Aug. 18}
  • Bill Murray, Woody Harrelson, Randy Quaid
• That Thing You Do! Top 5 ^{Oct. 4–24} Top 10 ^{Oct. 25 – Oct. 31}
  • Tom Hanks, Liv Tyler, Steve Zahn
• Santa Claws
• Naked Christmas
• Struggles in Steel

1997

• Fire Down Below #1 ^{Sep. 5–11} #3 ^{Sep. 5–18} #10 ^{Sep. 19–21}
  • Steven Seagal, Kris Kristofferson
• The Journey
  • Roshan Seth, Saeed Jaffrey, Carrie Preston
• Sprung (Written, directed and starring native Rusty Cundeiff)

1998

• Desperate Measures Top 10 ^{Jan. 30 – Feb. 12} #11 ^{until Feb. 16}
  • Andy García, Michael Keaton, Brian Cox, Marcia Gay Harden
• Transatlantic
• Star of Jaipur
  • Linda Gray
• Whatever
  • Liza Weil

1999

• Inspector Gadget #2 ^{Jul. 23–29} #5 ^{Jul. 30 – Aug. 5} #7 ^{Aug. 6–26}
  • Matthew Broderick, Rupert Everett, Andy Dick, D. L. Hughley, Dabney Coleman, Joely Fisher, Cheri Oteri
• Stigmata #1 ^{Sep. 10–16} #4 ^{Sep. 17–24} Top 10 ^{Sep. 25 – Oct. 7} Top 15 ^{Oct. 8–21}
  • Gabriel Byrne, Jonathan Pryce, Patricia Arquette
• Dogma #3 ^{Nov. 12–18} #7 ^{Nov. 19 – Dec. 2} #6 ^{Dec. 3–9} #8 ^{Dec. 10–16} #13 ^{Dec. 17–23}
  • Chris Rock, Matt Damon, Kevin Smith, George Carlin, Salma Hayek
• The Nest
• Out for Vengeance
• Cola for Tea
• Achilles Heel

2000s

2000

• Eye of the Beholder #1 ^{Jan. 28 – Feb. 3} #5 ^{Feb. 4–10} #9 ^{Feb. 11–17}
  • Ewan McGregor, Jason Priestley, Ashley Judd
• Wonder Boys #7 ^{Feb. 25 – Mar. 2} #10 ^{Mar. 3–9} #13 ^{Mar. 10–16} Top 20 ^{Mar. 17–30}
  • Michael Douglas, Tobey Maguire, Robert Downey Jr., Katie Holmes, Frances McDormand
• Screwed #8 ^{May 12–18} #12 ^{May 19–25} #20 ^{May 26 – Jun. 1}
  • Norm Macdonald, Dave Chappelle, Danny DeVito, Sarah Silverman
• Civility
  • William Forsythe, Tom Arnold
• View from the Vault
  • Jerry Garcia
• Brother 2
  • Sergei Bodrov Jr.
• Reign of the Dead
  • Matthew Montgomery, Holly Crenshaw
• Out of the Black
• Achilles' Love
• Ketchup King

2001

• Rock Star #4 ^{Sep. 7–13} #9 ^{Sep. 14–20} #8 ^{Sep. 21–27} #17 ^{Sep. 28 – Oct. 4}
  • Mark Wahlberg, Jennifer Aniston
• A Wedding for Bella
  • Scott Baio
• High Point
• The Resurrection Game
  • Kristin Pfeifer
• Shake 'Em Up

2002

• The Mothman Prophecies #6 ^{Jan. 25 – Feb. 7} #10 ^{Feb. 8–14} #18 ^{Feb. 15–21}
  • Richard Gere, Will Patton, Debra Messing
• The Murder
• Daddy Cool
• Memories of a Forgotten War
• Project: Valkyrie
• Icarus of Pittsburgh

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[11]}
  • Steve Martin, Queen Latifah, Eugene Levy
• Beautiful Girl
• August Underground's Mordum
• Vicious
• Klownz
• Mr. Smith goes to Pittsburgh
• Shooting Home
• The Battles for Fort Duquesne

2004

• The Clearing Top 20 ^{Jul. 2–29}
  • Robert Redford, Willem Dafoe, Helen Mirren
• 10th & Wolf
  • Dennis Hopper, Brian Dennehy, Giovanni Ribisi, Val Kilmer, Tommy Lee, Piper Perabo
• Grim
• Fragile
• The War that Made America
  • Graham Greene
• Deadline
• Atlanta
• When Tyrants Kiss
• Lift
• The Stranger
• Speilburgh
• Day of the Scorpion
• Dvorak and America

2005

• Land of the Dead #6 ^{Jun. 24–30} #10 ^{Jul. 1–7} #15 ^{Jul. 8–14} 23 ^{Jul. 15–21[12]}
  • Dennis Hopper, John Leguizamo
• Devil and Daniel Johnston
  • Daniel Johnston
• The Bituminous Coal Queens of Pennsylvania
  • Fabian, Patricia Heaton, Sarah Rush
• Me and the Mosque
• Dumpster
• Squonkumentary
• Missing Jane
• The Smallest Things
• A Thousand Windows
• Squonkumentary
• Missing Jane
• The Smallest Things
• A Thousand Windows
• On Every Corner

2006

• Pittsburgh
  • Jeff Goldblum, Conan O'Brien, Ed Begley Jr.
• Chasing 3000
  • Ray Liotta, Lauren Holly, Willa Holland
• God Grew Tired of Us
  • Nicole Kidman
• a/k/a Tommy Chong
  • Tommy Chong
• American Scary
• Bewilderness
• Abattoir
• 30
• Karloff and Me
• Project: Adam
• Sofia for Now
• Grace
• Doing Therapy
• Prison Girl

2007

• The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
  • Nick Nolte, Sienna Miller, Mena Suvari
• Golden Days
• Strange Girls
• The Haunting Hour Volume One: Don't Think About It
• Pain Within
• Gravida
• The Screening
• The Lottery
• Dr. Ravie and Mr. Hyde
  • Myron Cope
• Germanity
• Gender Redesigner
• Happy Walter
• Silent Knights
• All Saints Eve

2008

• Smart People #7 ^{Apr. 11–17} #11 ^{Apr. 18–24} #15 ^{Apr 25 – May 1} #18 ^{May 2–8[13]}
  • Thomas Haden Church, Dennis Quaid, Sarah Jessica Parker, Elliot Page
• 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[14]}
  • Seth Rogen, Kevin Smith, Elizabeth Banks
• Graduation
• The Mausoleum^[15]
• My Bloody Valentine 3D
• Deadtime Stories^[16]
• Deadtime Stories^[16]
• Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father
• The Bridge to Nowhere^[17]
  • Ving Rhames, Bijou Phillips
• Homecoming
  • Jessica Stroup, Mischa Barton
• On Sabbath Hill^[16]
• I Am a Schizophrenic and So Am I
• Served Cold
• Staunton Hill
• Tremble

2009

• Adventureland #6 ^{Apr. 3–9} #9 ^{Apr. 10–16} #13 ^{Apr. 17–23} #16 ^{Apr. 24–30} #25 ^{May 1–7[18]}
  • Kristen Stewart, Jesse Eisenberg, Ryan Reynolds, Kristen Wiig
• The Road #10 ^{Nov. 27 – Dec. 3} #16 ^{Dec. 4–10} #17 ^{Dec. 11–24} #19 ^{Dec. 25–31} #18 ^{Jan. 1–7 2010[19]}
  • Viggo Mortensen, Robert Duvall, Charlize Theron
• Hollywood & Wine
  • Chris Kattan, David Spade
• Shannon's Rainbow
  • Louis Gossett Jr., George Lopez, Charles Durning, Steve Guttenberg, Daryl Hannah
• Sorority Row
  • Carrie Fisher
• Kenny Chesney: Summer in 3-D^[20]
  • Kenny Chesney
• End Game
  • Kurt Angle
• If It Ain't Broke, Break It

2010s

See also

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

References

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