Brockton is still buzzing after a film crew came to town last week to film scenes for the Netflix movie “Don’t Look Up” featuring Jennifer Lawrence and Timothée Chalamet, among other luminaries.
But it’s far from the only time the City of Champions and other communities in the region have been turned into makeshift sets for the filming of movies, TV shows and documentaries. Over 30 featured locations in the Brockton area.
“With 351 cities and towns, Massachusetts offers extraordinary places ranging from scenic countryside to ultra-modern, from seaside to mountain, and from all time periods, from the 1600s to the present day and beyond,” wrote the Massachusetts Film Office on its website.
Here is a list of other movies, TV shows and documentaries filmed in the Brockton area:
Free Guy (planned for 2021): A bank teller finds out he’s a character from an open-world video game
Scenes shot in: Raynham
Starring: Ryan Reynolds
Kevin Can F—Himself (2020): A glimpse into the secret life of a sitcom wife
Scenes shot in: Avon, BrocktonRandolph
Starring: Annie Murphy
Spenser Confidential (2020): Ex-cop Spenser teams up with his roommate to investigate the deaths of two Boston police officers
Scenes shot in: Randolph, Raynham
Starring: Mark Wahlberg
The Wait (2020): The journey of an unlucky pregnant woman under mysterious circumstances
Scenes shot in: Easton
With: AnnaSophia Robb, Rory Culkin, Mira Sorvino
Love, Marriages and Other Disasters (2020): A romantic comedy about people who work on marriages and their own relationships
Scenes shot in: Brockton, Raynham
Starring: Dianne Keaton, Jeremy Irons, Maggie Grace, Andrew Bachelor
The Sleepover (2020): Two siblings discover that their mother is a former thief in witness protection forced to retire one last job. They team up to rescue her.
Scenes shot in: Hanson, Randolph
Jungle Land (2019): Two brothers travel across the country for a boxing match that becomes the fight of their lives.
Scenes shot in: Raynham, Taunton
At Knives Out (2019): A detective investigates the death of the patriarch in a combative family
Scenes filmed in: Ames mansion, Borderland State Park, Easton; Stoughton
With: Daniel Craig, Toni Collette, Ana De Armas, Chris Evans, Don Johnson, Katherine Langford, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jaeden Martell, Christopher Plummer, Michael Shannon, LaKeith Stanfield
Little Women (2019): Based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott, Jo March reflects on her life and tells the story of her sisters
Scenes shot in: Stoughton
With: Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, Eliza Scanlen, Laura Dern, Timothée Chalamet, Meryl Streep
American woman (2018): A woman raises her grandson after her daughter’s disappearance
Scenes shot in: Abington, Avon, Brockton, Stoughton, West Bridgewater
Starring: Sienna Miller, Aaron Paul, Christina Hendricks
Detroit (2017): A drama based on the 1967 Detroit riots in which a group of police officers respond to a complaint with retaliation rather than justice
Scenes shot in: L Street and Frederick Douglas Avenue, Brockton
With: John Boyega, Will Poulter, Algee Smith, Jacob Latimore
Stronger (2017): Based on the inspiring life story of Jeff Bauman, who was injured in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing
Scenes filmed in: Avon; Villa Union, Easton
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal
Ghostbusters (2016): Paranormal enthusiasts, a nuclear engineer and a subway worker team up to catch ghosts
Scenes shot in: Ames Mansion, Borderland State Park, Easton
Starring: Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones
Black Mass (2015): The True Story of Whitey Bulger, the South Boston Criminal Turned FBI Informant
Scenes shot in: Randolph
Starring: Johnny Depp
American Hustle (2013): A con man and his partner work with an FBI agent in the world of New Jersey power brokers and the mafia
Scenes shot in: Brockton
Starring: Amy Adams, Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Jeremy Renner
RIPD (2013): A recently killed cop joins a group of dead cops working for the Rest in Peace Department and to find the man who murdered him.
Scenes shot in: Raynham
Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Jeff Bridges
That’s My Boy (2012): Donny fathered a son, Todd, as a teenager and raised him until his 18th birthday. Donny then resurfaces before Todd’s wedding.
Scenes filmed in: the former Temple Beth Emunah, Brockton; Stoughton
Starring: Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg
Knight and Day (2010): A woman is caught by a spy who tries to clear her name
Scenes shot in: Bridgewater
Starring: Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz
Shutter Island (2010): US Marshal Investigating Murder Disappearance at Criminal Insane Hospital
Scenes shot at: Easton; Whittenton Mills, Taunton
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio
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