The Best Film Set in Your Hometown

[gabspss Joined: Sep 10th, 2018 Topics: 148 Posts: 2490 View Predictions]

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What is, in your opinion, the best film ever made set in your hometown?

Ps.: I case you live in a small city which doesn’t have a movie set there, you can say what is the best movie set in your home state.

My favorite movie set in Rio is actually Central Station (1998), but only the very beggining the film is set in the city so I won’t count it, instead I’ll say: City of God (2002)

Let’s use this thread as a fun way to recommend movies. I, of course, recommend my choice. Terrific film.

It's about the chaotic editing in Moulin Rouge!

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[wolfali Joined: Apr 8th, 2023 Topics: 249 Posts: 39080 View Predictions]

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Solidarity with the striking writers. Pay them the wages they are owed for bringing us the content we are all on here because of!

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[thomasrigours Joined: Oct 9th, 2018 Topics: 0 Posts: 236 View Predictions]

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Pierrot le Fou by Jean-Luc Godard

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[Monsoon 🌊 Joined: Aug 11th, 2020 Topics: 23 Posts: 2236 View Predictions]

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Mean Girls or Home Alone

👑Cicely Tyson (1924-2021)
👑Mary Wilson (1944-2021)

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[William Gillquist Joined: Jan 1st, 2020 Topics: 14 Posts: 856 View Predictions]

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Purple Rain

FYC Oscars: Licorice Pizza (Best Picture, Best Director, Original Screenplay), The Mitchells vs The Machines (Best Picture, Animated Feature, Original Screenplay), Wes Anderson (Best Director), Denzel Washington (The Tragedy of MacBeth), Andrew Garfield and Robin de Jesus (Tick, Tick...BOOM!), Jayne Houdyshell (The Humans), Stephen Karam (Adapted Screenplay), Attica and Summer of Soul (Best Documentary)

FYC Razzies: Dear Evan Hansen (in all eligible categories)

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[Miles Joined: Oct 22nd, 2016 Topics: 7 Posts: 1101 View Predictions]

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Not aware of any films set in my hometown, but the best film set in my home state is:

White Christmas (1954)

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[Magnus Joined: Jan 20th, 2020 Topics: 1 Posts: 520 View Predictions]

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wolfali wrote:

Ditto.

FYC
Picture: Dune
Director: Jane Campion
Actress: Kristen Stewart
Actor: Benedict Cumberbatch
Sup. Actress: Kirsten Dunst
Sup. Actor: Kodi Smit-McPhee
Original: The Worst Person in the World
Adapted: The Power of the Dog
Cinematography/Editing/Score/Production Design/Sound: Dune
Costumes: Cruella
Animated/Doc: Flee
International Feature: The Worst Person in the World

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[wolfali Joined: Apr 8th, 2023 Topics: 249 Posts: 39080 View Predictions]

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Magnus wrote:

Ditto.

I couldn’t think of anything else lol.

Solidarity with the striking writers. Pay them the wages they are owed for bringing us the content we are all on here because of!

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[Magnus Joined: Jan 20th, 2020 Topics: 1 Posts: 520 View Predictions]

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wolfali wrote:

I couldn’t think of anything else lol.

Skyfall too… but honestly I would have expected there to be way more. Lived here my whole life yet I continue to be in love with it.

FYC
Picture: Dune
Director: Jane Campion
Actress: Kristen Stewart
Actor: Benedict Cumberbatch
Sup. Actress: Kirsten Dunst
Sup. Actor: Kodi Smit-McPhee
Original: The Worst Person in the World
Adapted: The Power of the Dog
Cinematography/Editing/Score/Production Design/Sound: Dune
Costumes: Cruella
Animated/Doc: Flee
International Feature: The Worst Person in the World

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[Brae Joined: Aug 3rd, 2017 Topics: 0 Posts: 259 View Predictions]

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I live in Canberra, Australia and my state as a result is literally the Australian Capital Territory which… is just Canberra and surrounding bushland lmao, so I’m going to go with my closest state New South Wales cause Canberra films are not very good (bad), and say Ferngully! 🧚‍♂️

More chaotic than a soderbergh Oscars

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[wolfali Joined: Apr 8th, 2023 Topics: 249 Posts: 39080 View Predictions]

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Magnus wrote:

Skyfall too… but honestly I would have expected there to be way more. Lived here my whole life yet I continue to be in love with it.

The only other film that wasn’t Skyfall or Paddington that I could think of were Richard Curtis movies. And I only like one Richard Curtis film lol.

Solidarity with the striking writers. Pay them the wages they are owed for bringing us the content we are all on here because of!

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[FairWeatherAffair Joined: May 11th, 2018 Topics: 4 Posts: 489 View Predictions]

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I’ll always love that great documentary of Leonard Cohen’s early, pre-musician days in Montréal, Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Leonard Cohen.

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[Butz Joined: Oct 15th, 2020 Topics: 0 Posts: 1557 View Predictions]

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Never Look Away, I guess? Germany is not a good place for quality movies unless you are in Berlin lol

For Your Consideration:
The Banshees of Inisherin in ALL categories, including:
- Best Picture
- Best Director
- Best Actor (Colin Farrell)
- Best Supporting Actor (Brendan Gleeson)
- Best Supporting Actor (Barry Keoghan)
- Best Supporting Actress (Kerry Condon)
- Best Supporting Actress (Sheila Flitton)
- Best Original Screenplay

Letterboxd: Ray_In_Bruges

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[BamaEd Joined: Nov 3rd, 2010 Topics: 3 Posts: 279 View Predictions]

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Part of Forrest Gump was set in my hometown so I can say that.

For my state overall:
1. To Kill a Mockingbird
2. Selma
3. Forrest Gump
4fun: Space Camp (then Leaf Phoenix, Kate Capshaw, Kelly Preston RIP, Lea Thompson, Jinx the robot!)

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